ChrystalandKeith

Just got the notice from USCIS! Green Card is in PRODUCTION! Woo!

I was wondering why it has been taking so stinking long! Looking forward to the hubby getting his green card soon.

Anyone have any leads for civil surgeons that will transcribe the vaccination supplement for a reasonable fee? My husband's medical was less than a year ago, but we keep getting wild quotes ($300) to have the vaccination supplement transcribed. Unfortunately, Dr. L.E. Arnold has retired - I know she was a popular resource.

Any help you can spare would be appreciated!

Well we will never know why some are approved ahead of others, let's not be snarky towards those who get their approvals before others. I'm wishing the best for everyone - you do what you can and follow the rules and hope for the best. Most of us are on this forum for the same reason: support, so comments that tear people and their visajourney down are unnecessary. thanks to everyone who has offered congratulations and support. We appreciate it and hope to do the same for others.

Don't get me wrong - it's totally bizarre. Based on my timeline projection, we were looking at November at the earliest. This is only half the battle. I am a little concerned - he's visiting the first week of October and I hope they don't give him trouble upon arriving here. We're arming ourselves with plenty of paperwork in an attempt to prove that he's going back to London (and he is, it's only a 10 day visit), but I hope it all goes well.

I was smart and started getting stuff together for the Affadavit of Support as I filled out the I129-F, so there's more paperwork to come.

Can anyone tell me what they are experiencing with the NVC in terms of wait? I'm hoping the embassy in London won't send his packet until AFTER he gets back. His neighbours can be kind of sketchy when it comes to the post.

No expedite requested, and no bribes, lol. We just faithfully did our research and made sure our evidence for the relationship/making sure we've seen each other in the past two years was solid. I think the wisest advice I've gotten from VJ was to file your petition as if the adjudicator knows NOTHING about your relationship (because they don't). We painted a very cohesive and chronological story about how we met, how we became friends and how we fell in love. All the evidence we submitted just supported our story in a very logical way.

First of all, thank you VisaJourney for taking the worry and the complexity out of filing the I-129F.

With that said, our petition was APPROVED! The California Service Center has just outdone itself. We filed in the middle of August, got our NOA1 around August 17, and just when I was getting worried that our case hadn't been touched in the month that it's been out in I-129Fland, we got our NOA2. They processed our petition in 26 days. We're an entire 1.5 months ahead of what I was expecting. I'm gobsmacked.

Wishing everyone else an expedient process like ours. Please keep us updated on your timelines - it really helps everyone. Thank you all!!!

Mid-August filer here! We already got the NOA1 by email, so i'm just waiting on the paper copy. Now buckling down for the long wait to NOA2.

Good luck to all!

First of all, thank you all so much for contributing to this forum. I have been reading it for about 2 months now in preparation for our own VisaJourney. Keith just left to go back to London after a three week visit and we're now engaged. Of course we're very sad that we have to be away from one another, but we know it's only temporary. I'm hoping to get some support from this group to help us through the hard times and hoping to avoid pitfalls that may slow down our K-1 process.

We will send off our application around the first week of August once he sends me the appropriate information, but I do have a question. Keith has had a few surname changes over the years due to adoptions, etc. and the surname he goes by in daily life is not the official surname on his passport, etc. We don't want to delay the process by having him get an official name change on his passport now. Once we're married, we both want to change our surnames to the one he goes by in daily life - will this cause problems when we file for his AOS/green card and social security, since his K-1 will be filed under the official surname? We planned to have him update his UK passport after we're married. I've read some of the name change posts, but have found them inconclusive. Your input is appreciated.