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Was the english marriage certificate you sent them from a certified agency or something like that?

nah, str8 from the government. We'll look out for an agency to do the job now.

A'ight, we've got an RFE on our case with priority date 8/11. Question: We've supplied our international marriage certificate (including English) but they still need an approved English translation. This common?

Any August 2011 filers still waiting for NOA2? If so, please mention your NOA1 date, thanks!

First off, "congrats" to all whose petitions were approved. Next, "hang in there" to all whose petitions are still pending (easier said than done, I know).

Finally, to the point of this post: My I-130 petition was approved today (Feb 16, 2012) by CSC. Mine was an Aug 19, 2011 priority date.

Can someone explain to me the difference between a regular I-130 filing and a "Priority" I-130 filing?

JUST SHARED A BEER WITH HUBBY OVER THE PHONE TO CELEBRATE....LOL WE ARE TOO SILLY!

Don't you guys Skype?

following this

There's some chatter that they are working on the July 2011 I-130's now. Should be alive and kicking in about four weeks.

When did you guys get your NOA1?

Mid-August. Shouldn't the next steps be identical for every August filer?

*awakes from winter nap*

We're still on 'Initial Review'. Can anyone shed a light on the upcoming steps..?

Thanks.

Still nothing here.

No news here either. I do not expect to hear anything until the new year.

Well, my husband used to live in the USA from when he was 6 years old to about 20.

He had a daughter with an American girl when he was 17. He moved back to England

when he was 20 or so, and he hasn't been able to see his daughter since she was 2.

How time flies, she's graduating high school (valedictorian candidate!) in May 2012,

she's turning 18 in Feb 2012, and she really would like to share her many

accomplishments with him.

We simply composed a very sincere, heartfelt letter, included a copy of our I-130

receipt notice, and posted it off to the California Service Center in Laguna Niguel.

The worst they can say is no right? But hopefully it'll be compelling enough.

She really wants to meet him.

Thank you Adriene. I wish you all the best in your expedite request. People like you deserve a quick procedure

I mailed off our expedite request on Friday.

Hopefully they approve it!

Hi Adriene,

We are thinking about doing the same. Can you please explain the procedure to me? What would be a good expedite 'reason'?

Thank you and best wishes

Hi August Filers! Any approvals yet?

Nope!

If that very, very unlikely event ever happens, you might probably be stuck at the airport or be accommodated at the airport's hotel. I think you can't go farther than that, unless of course if you have been issued a tourist visa before you filed for CR-1, then you may go around and enjoy the US.

Thank you Swingman

How is that for countries with a Visa Waiver?

Hi all, hows it going in here? Hope everyone stays rad.

I have a question, while our CR-1 is pending I can't travel to the US. Soon though I'll be taking a business trip to Canada. I assume that's allowed

But what will happen in the, of course very, very unlikely event that we need to make a pit-stop on American soil, due for example bad flight weather? I'm just curious. Hope someone knows more about this.

Thanks.

We completely feel your anguish. When I went to visit my husband back in August, I just didn't want to leave but he kept saying that good things come to those who wait. All we can do now is sit tight and wait, and all of us within the VJ community can support each other as it's now out of our hands and we can only act when USCIS give us something to act on. Hopefully, it will be sooner rather than later that all of our cases progress.

I like your words. Hang in there everybody, good luck.

Good luck everybody who filed in August.

There already is a topic for the August '11 filers. Please merge, thank you.

August '11 filers please post here.

Can we somehow merge all these August topics? --> http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/323766-august-2011-filers

I see someone bumped the August '10 topic.

Sent mine off Aug 8, no NOA yet.

Just wondering if there are any others filing their (I-130) applications this month?

Cheers.

The only issue I see is that you'll need more than one police report.

Thanks. And how about during the interview? I mean we can provide loads and loads of evidence about our marital status. But I'm just wondering how they'll see it when we're kind of all over the place.

Any ideas on that? Will that temporary NZ stay make things more complicated to proof?

Here's a link to NVC's page on police certificates: http://travel.state....195.html#police Scroll just a little bit and there's a table.

Remember, it'll take about 5 months just to get your I-130 approved.

When did you move to NZ?

I am not there yet. Our total timeline will be about 8-9 months in which we can process this.

So yeah it's a bit of a challenge to move to a different country and then run the CR-1. But obviously we will mention my temporary address in the CR-1 forms from the get-go.