Rick&Maeve

Our interview date has been scheduled for January 31st in Mt. Laurel NJ! What is everyone planning on wearing to the interview? Formal attire or business casual?

Business casual. 

Just had my interview this morning at Cincinnati office. Everything went well more than I expected. I was asked 6 civic questions and got all correct. Then, the officer had me read a sentence “who lives in the White House?”, and asked me to write down “the President lives in the White House”. I was asked all the Yes/No questions from N400 and a couple personal information questions. The whole interview was about 20 minutes. I was not asked for any extra document or evidence beside my passport, green card and ID. In the end, the officer said I passed the test and he recommended me for approval. Waiting for my Oath Ceremony Date! 

Physical green card arrived today!  Although online case status still says green card being produced.  Case status changed to green card being produced on March 6th.  Called a teir 2 on the 6th to get a tracking number but they told us to call back today.  Really grateful there was no mixups with USPS. 

Physical green card arrived today!  Although online case status still says green card being produced.  Case status changed to green card being produced on March 6th.  Called a teir 2 on the 6th to get a tracking number but they told us to call back today.  Really grateful there was no mixups with USPS. 

Thank you.  NOA1 was March 2nd 2017 and VSC was our service center.  Approval was sent from my local USCIS center.

Thank you.  NOA1 was March 2nd 2017 and VSC was our service center.  Approval was sent from my local USCIS center.

Friends, I am filling our the form. In Part 7 under petitioner's contact number, where it says, " Acknowledgment of appointment at USCIS Application Support Center, there is a line which starts with:
_  I........ .........., understand that...
I can't type my name. Should I write my name by hand writing? the same issue in the spouse part too.
would u please guide me?? 

What an inspiring love story the two of you share. Congratulations & I wish the two of you a trouble free AOS!

We filed our I-129F petition on 10/21/13 w/NOA1 on 11/01/13 & an initial NOA2 on 11/24/13. I waited 2 weeks and then began calling NVC about my status. All I was told every time I called was "it can take up to 8 weeks for the NVC to receive the petition from the USCIS." It wasn't until after 8 weeks had passed that I was able to get more than the scripted "give it 8 weeks" response from the NVC reps.



By this time it was cause for concern and this is where things started getting silly. My initial NOA2 for 11/24/13 stated "forwarded to consulate" on the form. I didn't pay this much mind because I knew the petition has to go through the NVC before it reaches the consulate. The lower level reps at the NVC and USCIS on the other hand didn't. Several of the lower level reps that I spoke with were telling me that my petition had accidentally been mailed to the consulate due to the wording on my NOA2. So I asked to speak to a tier 2 representative at the USCIS and they told me that the information I was receiving from the the lower level reps was incorrect and that they would look into it. I called the tier 2 representative back two weeks later and they told me they had mailed out a new NOA2 which I received 2/19/14. After this happened, things finally started moving along and a couple weeks later the NVC finally received my petition on 3/04/14.



I called the NVC the day they received my petition, they asked me for my date of birth and other normal formalities, then told me they received the petition and were processing it and to call back the next day. I called back the next day and in the process of processing my petition, the NVC entered in my wrong date of birth, preventing me from gaining access to my case. They told me I had to email them a scanned copy of my passport so that they could correct the mistake. After two weeks of receiving no response from NVCinquiry@state.gov, I asked to speak to a supervisor. I asked this several times before but the lower level reps told me there was no one I could talk to but after two weeks of this I had just about had it, and I clearly stated that I have no idea where my petition was and it's all on the account of a clerical error made on their end not mine.



This time I got to speak to a supervisor at the NVC who looked up my email over the phone, pulled up my passport, gave me my case & ID number and told me that my petition had arrived at the embassy on 3/13/14, which was a week ago so I'm worried that I might be behind. On 3/26 I get an email that a call in letter was mailed out and the call in letter arrived on 4/9. In hindsight we should have took that call in letter email to the embassy the following Wednesday, instead of waiting for it in the mail because by the time we received the letter, we only had two weeks to get the police records and medicals done for our upcoming interview on 4/24. Fortunately the medical report was able to be processed within a week and the police report was available the next day.



As far as the interview was concerned everything was short and sweet. We were asked the basic questions How did you meet, When, where does he work, Why didn't you get married in Ghana and it all took 5 minutes. The visa officer was very friendly and gave her the blue slip and told her to pick up her visa next Friday. The visa was available the following Friday, hassle free and we are finally at the end of our K1 visa journey!



I wan't to thank reneegh724 for her quick responses helping me sort out the confusion with the NVC when I was concerned the USCIS lost my petition. I'd like to thank Curry and Cherry for all there support and words of encouragement before for the interview. I'd like to thank Tosh Love for sharing her experience and I wish her a fast and hassle free approval very soon.



Best of wishes to future K1 filers and my advice is to first read the guidelines then advance search your topic before posting to get the best results. I learned a lot by doing this and reading posts by JimVaPhuong, Ebunoluwa, TBoneTX, Dwheels76, NigeriaorBust, Penguin_ie just to name a few so I really can't thank this forum enough and the mods that keep it up & running.



I hope that this post can help someone alleviate some of their anxieties about their K1 visa journey and if my post was too long to read, long story short, don't listen to what the lower level reps tell you, always request to speak to a supervisor or a tier 2 rep at the USCIS.



It's truly a tragedy when two people who love each other are unjustly denied their right to live the rest of their lives together. That's why I want to sincerely thank Visa Journey for helping our dream of living the rest of our lives together come true!

We filed our I-129F petition on 10/21/13 w/NOA1 on 11/01/13 & an initial NOA2 on 11/24/13. I waited 2 weeks and then began calling NVC about my status. All I was told every time I called was "it can take up to 8 weeks for the NVC to receive the petition from the USCIS." It wasn't until after 8 weeks had passed that I was able to get more than the scripted "give it 8 weeks" response from the NVC reps.



By this time it was cause for concern and this is where things started getting silly. My initial NOA2 for 11/24/13 stated "forwarded to consulate" on the form. I didn't pay this much mind because I knew the petition has to go through the NVC before it reaches the consulate. The lower level reps at the NVC and USCIS on the other hand didn't. Several of the lower level reps that I spoke with were telling me that my petition had accidentally been mailed to the consulate due to the wording on my NOA2. So I asked to speak to a tier 2 representative at the USCIS and they told me that the information I was receiving from the the lower level reps was incorrect and that they would look into it. I called the tier 2 representative back two weeks later and they told me they had mailed out a new NOA2 which I received 2/19/14. After this happened, things finally started moving along and a couple weeks later the NVC finally received my petition on 3/04/14.



I called the NVC the day they received my petition, they asked me for my date of birth and other normal formalities, then told me they received the petition and were processing it and to call back the next day. I called back the next day and in the process of processing my petition, the NVC entered in my wrong date of birth, preventing me from gaining access to my case. They told me I had to email them a scanned copy of my passport so that they could correct the mistake. After two weeks of receiving no response from NVCinquiry@state.gov, I asked to speak to a supervisor. I asked this several times before but the lower level reps told me there was no one I could talk to but after two weeks of this I had just about had it, and I clearly stated that I have no idea where my petition was and it's all on the account of a clerical error made on their end not mine.



This time I got to speak to a supervisor at the NVC who looked up my email over the phone, pulled up my passport, gave me my case & ID number and told me that my petition had arrived at the embassy on 3/13/14, which was a week ago so I'm worried that I might be behind. On 3/26 I get an email that a call in letter was mailed out and the call in letter arrived on 4/9. In hindsight we should have took that call in letter email to the embassy the following Wednesday, instead of waiting for it in the mail because by the time we received the letter, we only had two weeks to get the police records and medicals done for our upcoming interview on 4/24. Fortunately the medical report was able to be processed within a week and the police report was available the next day.



As far as the interview was concerned everything was short and sweet. We were asked the basic questions How did you meet, When, where does he work, Why didn't you get married in Ghana and it all took 5 minutes. The visa officer was very friendly and gave her the blue slip and told her to pick up her visa next Friday. The visa was available the following Friday, hassle free and we are finally at the end of our K1 visa journey!



I wan't to thank reneegh724 for her quick responses helping me sort out the confusion with the NVC when I was concerned the USCIS lost my petition. I'd like to thank Curry and Cherry for all there support and words of encouragement before for the interview. I'd like to thank Tosh Love for sharing her experience and I wish her a fast and hassle free approval very soon.



Best of wishes to future K1 filers and my advice is to first read the guidelines then advance search your topic before posting to get the best results. I learned a lot by doing this and reading posts by JimVaPhuong, Ebunoluwa, TBoneTX, Dwheels76, NigeriaorBust, Penguin_ie just to name a few so I really can't thank this forum enough and the mods that keep it up & running.



I hope that this post can help someone alleviate some of their anxieties about their K1 visa journey and if my post was too long to read, long story short, don't listen to what the lower level reps tell you, always request to speak to a supervisor or a tier 2 rep at the USCIS.



It's truly a tragedy when two people who love each other are unjustly denied their right to live the rest of their lives together. That's why I want to sincerely thank Visa Journey for helping our dream of living the rest of our lives together come true!

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