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SteveLA   0

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sorry haven't been keeping in tough with you guys, but have been busy with a new job and just leased a new apartment after my old landlord decided to build a shopping center out of my old one..

but anyway, my wife's interview is Today 5PM PST (8:00AM Saigon time). I'm praying everything goes well. I did all I could, we must have saved 500 pages of evidence (certificates, paperwork, phone bills, plane tickets, hotel bills, call logs, yahoo IMs).

oh please please, let the interview go smoothly. Pray for me guys..

Service Center: California Service Center

Consulate: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

12/23/2004 Met First time on Christmas Eve (12/24 is Xmas day over there)

03/24/2005 2nd Visit

01/23/2006 Marriage Party

04/24/2006 Officially married and signed papers at Justice Department in HCMC

11/23/2006 I-130 Sent

11/30/2006 Received NOA1 for I-130

12/20/2006 I-129F Sent for K3 Visa

12/28/2006 Received NOA1 for I-130 Sent

01/10/2007 Notice of I-129 being transferred to CSC

01/17/2007 Notice of reciept of I-129 from CSC

04/05/2007 I-129 Approved ! (106 Days)

04/13/2007 Received NOA2

06/08/2007 Wife receives Packet #3

06/10/2007 Packet #3 sent

11/16/2007 Packet #4 recieved

11/28/2007 Medical Exam passed

12/05/2007 Interview Date: failed

12/19/2007 Passed!

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MR2nice   0

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Best of luck to the both of you. Get the Pink!! :thumbs:

05/07/2007 : I-129F Sent

05/29/2007 : NOA1

09/28/2007 : NOA2 (144 days from filing date)

11/02/2007 : NVC Received Case (35 days from NOA2)

11/06/2007 : NVC Sent Case to HCM Consulate

11/16/2007 : HCMC Received Case

11/17/2007 : HCMC Sent Packet 3

11/20/2007 : HCMC Received Packet 3

12/10/2007 : HCMC Called Fiancee (Packet 4 Sent + Interview Date)

12/18/2007 : Packet 4 Received

01/02/2008 : Medical Appointment

01/09/2008 : Interview passed!

01/29/2008 : Visa Received

02/02/2008 : POE @ SFO

Favorite Links:

K1 Process Flowchart

Vietnam Visa Seekers

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Dave_Thao   0

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: Vietnam (no flag)
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Good Luck!

06-29-09 received GC in mail

4-18-11 mailed I-751 CSC

CIS Office : California Service Center

Date Filed : 2011-04-18

NOA Date Received : 2011-06-06

Date on NOA: 2011-04-22

Bio. Appt. : 2011-06-24

Had to make an Info Pass appointment because there was a delay in receiving the NOA for our I-751. Never found out the reason for the delay but they gave Thao a 1 year green card stamp in her passport and we got a the NOA 2 days later.

Approved: 2011-09-23

Notice sent: 2011-09-28

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hope2018   25

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
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Good Luck!

Good luck we all are praying for you good luck get that pink

TimeLine

Consulate : Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

I-129F Sent : 2007-09-26

I-129F NOA1 : 2007-09-28

I-129F RFE(s) : none

RFE Reply(s) : none

I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-30

NVC Received : 2007-11-05

NVC Left : 2007-11-06

Consulate Received : 2007-11-09

Packet 3 Received : 2007-11-17

Packet 3 Sent : 2007-11-23

Packet 4 Received : 2007-12-16

Medical Taken : 2008-01-03

Medical Passed : 2008-01-04

Interview Date : 2008-01-11

Interview Passed : 2008-01-11

Visa Issue : January 18th 2008

USA ENTRY : January 23rd 2008

POE Entry : Seattle Washington

Wedding : February 9th 2008

Social Security Card Received: February 19th 2008

Civil Surgeon I693 signed : April 14th Vaccinations Complete.

AOS: Sent on April 15th 2008 USPS Confirmed . April 17th 4:56 Am

AOS: Hard Copy Received NOA1 April 22nd all 3 arrived same day.

Biometrics : Received Appointment Letter Today April 27th = May 23rd 2008 10 am appointment

Transfered CSC June 4th

EAD: Approved June 13th 2008

EAD: Recieved Card June 18th 2008

AP: Approved June 13th 2008

AP: Received June 18th 2008

AOS:touched :Card ordered July 26th

Approval: AOS : Aug 4th

Green Card :Received : Aug 5th with Welcome Letter . 2 years Dated July 26th

Thank You USCIS

Thank You Visa Journey...........................

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sorry haven't been keeping in tough with you guys, but have been busy with a new job and just leased a new apartment after my old landlord decided to build a shopping center out of my old one..

but anyway, my wife's interview is Today 5PM PST (8:00AM Saigon time). I'm praying everything goes well. I did all I could, we must have saved 500 pages of evidence (certificates, paperwork, phone bills, plane tickets, hotel bills, call logs, yahoo IMs).

oh please please, let the interview go smoothly. Pray for me guys..

Good Luck to both of you.

Regards!

2007k1

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My timeline:

1st time we met: 05-19-2005

2nd time we met: 12-14-2006

I-129F sent: 05-01-2007

NOA1: 05-09-2007

NOA2: 09-29-2007

(145 days from NOA1 to NOA2)

NVC: 11/05/2007

(38 days from NOA2 to NVC)

NVC to Consulate: 12-10-2007

(35 days at NVC)

Consulate received NOA2: 12-12-2007

Consulate sent Package 3: 01-02-2008

Pick up Package 3: 01-28-2008

Consulate received Package 3: 01-28-2008

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NeverSeen   0

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let us know how it goes!

I said a little prayer for you guys. I hope for only the best! We are less than a week away so I know how you are feeling!

2-22-08 - I-485 rev'd

2-27-08 - NOA1

3-17-09 - Transferred to Cali.

4-12-08 - Biometrics

4-22-08 - Touch

4-28-08 - EAD received.

...waiting...

3-04-09 - Had to renew the EAD :(

3-04-09 - Got annoyed at being outside of the processing window

3-04-09 - Called and they confirmed. Will contact me within 45 days.

3-05-09 - Date on the EAD NOA1

3-12-09 - Received a confirmation email that I am outside of the window and will get a decision in 60 days.

3-12-09 - TOUCH!!!

3-27-09 - Touch!

5-09-09 - Randomly received the renewed EAD Card... w/ wrong A# :(.

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She is probably in the Consulate now. She’ll pass the interview.

Second K1: I-129F Timeline

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Sept 15, 2007: I-129F sent to VSC

Sept 24, 2007: NOA1 hard copy received

Jan 25, 2008: Approved

Feb 01, 2008: NOA2 hard copy received

April 24, 20008: Interviewed

May 06, 2008: Received Visa

May 11, 2008: Entry to US "Chicago"

May 15, 2008: Registered Marriage's license

Sept 19, 2008: Received Green Card w/o interview

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***Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence

June 19,2010 - I751 Package sent to VSC

June 28,2010 - Received NOA1

July 07, 2010 - Biometrics appt

August 09, 2010 - Approved w/o Interview

August 19, 2010 - 10 Year Green Card Received

++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Feb 2012 - Received U.S Citizenship

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10pm in FL right now... so 7pm in cali... what's the good word??? I'm sure you'll get the pink and tell us about it in 2 weeks right :). hehehe... just keeping things on the light side...

Wait... forgot... interview time is 8am so she probably has to sit there all day first. I'll be looking for your post tomorrow some time ;).

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2-22-08 - I-485 rev'd

2-27-08 - NOA1

3-17-09 - Transferred to Cali.

4-12-08 - Biometrics

4-22-08 - Touch

4-28-08 - EAD received.

...waiting...

3-04-09 - Had to renew the EAD :(

3-04-09 - Got annoyed at being outside of the processing window

3-04-09 - Called and they confirmed. Will contact me within 45 days.

3-05-09 - Date on the EAD NOA1

3-12-09 - Received a confirmation email that I am outside of the window and will get a decision in 60 days.

3-12-09 - TOUCH!!!

3-27-09 - Touch!

5-09-09 - Randomly received the renewed EAD Card... w/ wrong A# :(.

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I think it will be another 2-3 hours for the interview to be completed. Hopefully everything was a success. Praying for the Pink!! :thumbs:

05/07/2007 : I-129F Sent

05/29/2007 : NOA1

09/28/2007 : NOA2 (144 days from filing date)

11/02/2007 : NVC Received Case (35 days from NOA2)

11/06/2007 : NVC Sent Case to HCM Consulate

11/16/2007 : HCMC Received Case

11/17/2007 : HCMC Sent Packet 3

11/20/2007 : HCMC Received Packet 3

12/10/2007 : HCMC Called Fiancee (Packet 4 Sent + Interview Date)

12/18/2007 : Packet 4 Received

01/02/2008 : Medical Appointment

01/09/2008 : Interview passed!

01/29/2008 : Visa Received

02/02/2008 : POE @ SFO

Favorite Links:

K1 Process Flowchart

Vietnam Visa Seekers

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Good Luck. I hope everything goes smoothly.

Peter and Thi

I-129F Sent : 2007-05-26

I-129F NOA1 : 2007-06-11

I-129F RFE(s) :

RFE Reply(s) :

I-129F NOA2 : 2007-10-26

Touched: 2007-11-02

NVC Recieved: 2007-11-16

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SteveLA Apprentice

SteveLA   0

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Interview failed, got the blue :crying:

Apparently, after looking through wedding pictures, family photos, and about 70 pages of records like emails, IMs, phone records showing we called eachother at least 6 times a week, every week for 2 and a half years, they determined that they "do not believe we have a bonefide spousal relationship." What the hell do these guys want, sex videos?

The one snag is I do not have the credit card statement for the purchase of the first 2 of my 4 tickets to Vietnam. I never figured I would get married to her 2 years ago, so I guess I carelessly just threw it out. I mean, that's normal IMO, you don't leave used receipts and stuff around to collect dust. And unfortunately, I am no longer a customer of the credit card that I used. So what can I do, on the paper it says that a reciept from the travel agency is no good, they want banking statements/credit card statements for the purchases which i do not have.

I did keep the statements for the last 2 trips to Vietnam that I made last year, but is there any way I can easily explain my situation with the proof of the first 2 trips? I mean I got the ticket stub, I got the hotel bill over there even. just don't have the "right proof" when it comes to purchasing the ticket.

Service Center: California Service Center

Consulate: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

12/23/2004 Met First time on Christmas Eve (12/24 is Xmas day over there)

03/24/2005 2nd Visit

01/23/2006 Marriage Party

04/24/2006 Officially married and signed papers at Justice Department in HCMC

11/23/2006 I-130 Sent

11/30/2006 Received NOA1 for I-130

12/20/2006 I-129F Sent for K3 Visa

12/28/2006 Received NOA1 for I-130 Sent

01/10/2007 Notice of I-129 being transferred to CSC

01/17/2007 Notice of reciept of I-129 from CSC

04/05/2007 I-129 Approved ! (106 Days)

04/13/2007 Received NOA2

06/08/2007 Wife receives Packet #3

06/10/2007 Packet #3 sent

11/16/2007 Packet #4 recieved

11/28/2007 Medical Exam passed

12/05/2007 Interview Date: failed

12/19/2007 Passed!

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The only thing on the blue was "No proof of first 2 trips to Vietnam?"

I can assure you that you can call that credit card company and get the old statements mailed/faxed to you. They may charge you a fee but who cares.

Don't think of the interview as a failure, its just a hiccup and a delay that everyone here is going to help you guys with.

2-22-08 - I-485 rev'd

2-27-08 - NOA1

3-17-09 - Transferred to Cali.

4-12-08 - Biometrics

4-22-08 - Touch

4-28-08 - EAD received.

...waiting...

3-04-09 - Had to renew the EAD :(

3-04-09 - Got annoyed at being outside of the processing window

3-04-09 - Called and they confirmed. Will contact me within 45 days.

3-05-09 - Date on the EAD NOA1

3-12-09 - Received a confirmation email that I am outside of the window and will get a decision in 60 days.

3-12-09 - TOUCH!!!

3-27-09 - Touch!

5-09-09 - Randomly received the renewed EAD Card... w/ wrong A# :(.

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Don't you have visa stamps in your passport from the first 2 visits?

05/16/2005 I-129F Sent

05/28/2005 I-129F NOA1

06/21/2005 I-129F NOA2

07/18/2005 Consulate Received package from NVC

11/09/2005 Medical

11/16/2005 Interview APPROVED

12/05/2005 Visa received

12/07/2005 POE Minneapolis

12/17/2005 Wedding

12/20/2005 Applied for SSN

01/14/2005 SSN received in the mail

02/03/2006 AOS sent (Did not apply for EAD or AP)

02/09/2006 NOA

02/16/2006 Case status Online

05/01/2006 Biometrics Appt.

07/12/2006 AOS Interview APPROVED

07/24/2006 GC arrived

05/02/2007 Driver's License - Passed Road Test!

05/27/2008 Lifting of Conditions sent (TSC > VSC)

06/03/2008 Check Cleared

07/08/2008 INFOPASS (I-551 stamp)

07/08/2008 Driver's License renewed

04/20/2009 Lifting of Conditions approved

04/28/2009 Card received in the mail

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