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  1. Filed: 06/30/2023 NOA EAD: 07/11/2023 Biometrics Appt: 08/02/2023 EAD approved: 08/02/2023 SSN card with restrictions: 08/03/2023 Received EAD: 08/12/2023 SSN card w/o restrictions: 09/13/2023 I-485 approved: 01/09/2024 No interview! Happy to be moving forward! Best of luck to others.
  2. Yes, he received it on August 12th, a month prior to the second social security card without restrictions!
  3. We filed for AOS for my husband on June 30th for his K1 visa. His EAD was approved on August 2nd and he received the card on August 12th. He received his 1st social security card on August 3rd with the "valid for work only with DHSauthorization." On September 13th, we got a notification there was a change in the status of his case and received a new social security card in the mail without restrictions. It is the exact same card number as the previous one. However, when we check the status of his case there is no change, it still says "case is being actively reviewed by USCIS." We have not received any written notification either. Has this ever happened to anybody?
  4. My fiance and I submitted the information for packet 3 on September 11th. Two days later, September 13th, we received packet 4, stating they were ready to schedule our interview. Our I-129F petition was approved on July 7th, 2022 and states it is valid until November 6th, 2022. Neither of us were prepared for this rapid, but happy, turn of events. He will have to take at least two days off of work to travel for the interview and is currently working on several time sensitive projects at work. The current options are interviews in October and November. October is rapidly approaching and we're still waiting for his police certificate to finish processing that we requested almost two weeks ago, and he still needs to go to get his medical examination. Otherwise, most of the paperwork is completed because I anticipated we would be waiting much longer. With that being said, we're concerned he does not have a lot of time to re-work some things (e.g. re-arrange his work schedule, make travel plans) to make this work. Obviously this is a long time coming so we want to do everything possible but do feel frustrated by the lack of clarification with timing. So here are my questions: 1. Does the interview need to be scheduled by November 6th (e.g. there's dates available on November 1st, 3rd, 8th, and 10th)? 2. Does anyone get an extension of the validity of their petition, if they inquire for one? Greatly will appreciate any input/information!
  5. It finally happened! NOA1: May 18, 2021 NOA2: July 8, 2022 I'm sure there's a long wait ahead but it's something for now.
  6. Yeah, I wish I had outright rejected it because you're right nobody is dealing with it but us. Now i'm the one stressed about this wedding, while just trying to learn my new job, in a new city, far from home. But alas, I did what I did so I can only fix things before it gets worse. Which I think is why I tried to put safety nets in contract vendors so they're aware of the possibility that I would do this. This gives me some hope! It's a wedding with probably 80-100 people so it's not a "giant wedding," per se. yeah it is a lot of work. It's even worse because I don't even live in the city/state the wedding is taking place in. Literally, worst idea for someone that just completed school, moved away for their first job and bought their first home. Definition of no time in the world (You can tell I am overzealous and like to gamble, LOL). However, our planner has been really helpful. I made my dress appointment back in July (before we were engaged officially because I knew things would be hectic). I bought my dress back in October and it's to be completed by the end of February! I honestly thought a lot about this in advance but even then, I can't predict everything. So maybe I'll get lucky?
  7. yeah that's what I figured would end up being best. Had a feeling most people would agree with that! Thanks!
  8. Also, technically there's 9 months total for marriage. example: waited until the last month to enter (e.g. 6 months, the last month to enter) and then having the additional 3 months for marriage once he enters. That's technically how I ended up planning it. Not planning to expedite the process! Wouldn't dream of even trying to do that and I know you can't. I just meant having more consulates/embassies open that can work on more cases at once, rather than just only one place doing all of them. I don't think we're above anybody even if it's a big expensive wedding. Just want to clarify that!
  9. To be fair, I probably already know what the answer to this question is, however, I will still pose it for further insight. Due to difficult conversations/input from outside family members, we were coerced in to setting a wedding date after being together for 10 years and prior to getting engaged. (something dumb along the lines of, your wedding date is the date you get married and it's dumb to have a ceremony later - I digress very dumb reasoning in retrospect). Prior to being engaged, I submitted the K1 visa in the middle of May. We then set a tentative wedding date for the middle of August 2022. On the USCIS processing timelines, I see they're currently taking case inquiries for the end of March 2021.My fiance and I have fought on and off about whether or not there's enough time to complete the entire process with approval before our set wedding date in the middle of August. He's Canadian and currently only the Montreal Consulate is processing visas. There is talk that in early 2022 that other consulates/embassies will be open to further expedite the process. However, we're doubtful this will work in our favor. We currently only have a venue, photographer/videographer, and floral design planner. I had clauses written in the contracts to move these services to an alternate date if the visa does not come in on time. Yesterday, we got into a large argument, where he expressed that he was unsure whether we would get everything completed in time (although, I estimated 15 months for the entire process). We know that vendors need a big enough notice to change venues. He proposed moving it to October 2022, just 2 more months, to give it enough time. However, I feel we should just move it to Spring/Summer 2023 because I don't want to end up with the same problem. How far would you push back the wedding and should we wait until January/early February before making a final decision? (I kind of want to just go ahead and move it back further because my job is extremely stressful and I don't want this stress on top of it. Plus, we're in a very large metropolitan city so I know wedding season is busy, so I want my wedding planner and vendors to have enough time to make alternate plans. We're planning to run this by our planner next week.) I know we only have one shot to move these vendors to a new wedding date so I don't want to choose poorly.
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