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Hi everyone, February 2018 filer here. No update on my end though 😟. Sent I-791 package to california service center on 2/24/2018, Noa date 3/6/2018, no biometrics was needed, Got extension letter on 8/16/2018. 

Waiting for approval in anticipation. Good luck to the rest of us who haven't gotten their green card yet. 

2 hours ago, -Shana- said:

;__; Getting worried that I'm seeing people who filed after me are getting their NOA's. I'm sure it's down to individuals at USCIS just not going through the cases that pile up on their desk, but would be nice to see the check be cashed at the very least! Anxiety brain is in full on "what if the package got misplaced?!" 

You aren't alone. Our check has not been cashed, no noa either. Our package was received on the 26th at CSC

Thank you for assuring me. yup hoping for a empty account desperately lol. 

Package was received on the 26th February by the California service center. Still check hasnt been cashed.  Kinda worried 

Hi all, I will be sending out our package on Saturday. I have been on here since the K1 visa days. People here are so wonderful  always helping each other out even line by line on the forms lol.  Happy to be back, lets all get through this step as well without any issues!  Best of luck to all

Congratulations @ dosmode. Thank you guys for congratulating me earlier as well. They set my interview for April 6th

Couple of minutes ago I received a text from Uscis to check my status. As followed I checked status with " Your case is ready to be scheduled for an interview" this wonderful news. We are so happy. Our biometrics was on February 17th.

Thank you so much everyone. I now know exactly what I need. So glad I posted here

Hi everyone,

Its been a long while I have posted a thread. I hope to be guided into the right direction by you all .

My fiance is coming to US in December. We plan to get married right away. Now I know for sure that I will have to submit the civil marriage certificate ( given at the court) to apply AOS however since my fiance and I are muslim we will also have a Nikkah ceremony performed by an Imam. My question is: Are we required to submit mikkah certificate along with the civil marriage certificate for AOS? Please share your thoughts.

Thank you in advance

Yeah we were only discussing the date to get a simple registry marriage in London and boom we received the letter. Saved us another year of filing, money, time!

I am so happy I just couldn't resist myself to share my story/my fiance's story! Fiance had his first interview on March 27. The CO was not satisfied at the end of the interview so she told him London embassy will mail him a letter. No 221G either!! Just felt like a verbal refusal as she said she wasn't convinced. My heart sank. We were so sad and depressed as we already had planned everything and fixed our wedding dates in the States. After two months of patiently waiting we decided to get married in the UK. I even got a UK marriage visitor visa so that we can file Spousal visa after marriage. After coming to UK in June my fiance found a letter mailed to him from embassy asking him to attend another interview. We looked at the date and got another shock. The mail arrived after 1.5 months of the interview date. We thought we would go crazy. After calming ourselves down we decided to write london embassy an email explaining our situation. Within 2 business days embassy emailed us back saying it is fine and that they can arrange another interview date for us. This time I went to the interview with him thinking they will let me stand on the lobby at least. Anyway they dont allow any visitor inside so I waited for him outside on the street. He came outside after 2 hrs looking very happy. He was approved!! Today I checked status on Ceac site and it says Issued!!.. I have been a regular on visajourney since August of last year. Learned so much from here and will be needing the help once again during the adjustment status filing period.

Anyone going through london embassy know that they are pretty good, easy, and I would say very flexible!

My fiancee had a 2nd interview after being on AP for 2 months. He was Approved the 2nd time.

My fiancee is originally from Bangladesh but had his K1 interview in London 2 months ago. He has been living in london for the past 6 years.He is still in AP. I hope your fiancee doesnt go to AP as mine did.

My fiancee is still in AP. Its been exactly 2 months. His consulate is London. It sucks not knowing what the heck is going on behind the scenes. I emailed soo many times none of the emails were replied to either. At least they reply you. Hope you get a result soon!!

Thank you so much Kiran n Suds!

Thank you so much for this useful piece of information.

Hi guys,

i apologize ahead of time if I am posting this thread under a wrong category. I have a quick question. I am U.S. citizen traveling to London for a month then want to fly to bangladesh from London. I am a naturalized U.S. citizen and i was born in bangladesh. Now I know I dont need a visa to travel to UK as a visitor. Since I am a bangladeshi born U.S. citizen I also know that I dont need a visa to fly to Bangladesh from u.s.a. My question is will there be an issue or problem if I fly to bangladesh from the UK. Will the UK airport immigration stop me?

the dates updated twice this week..hope its something

I am getting so frustrated of staying in AP. Why dont they reply to emails either..so agonizing !

Thank you guys so much. I guess there is no way of knowing when AP will be over. Hope and pray it ends soon so that I can move on.

Is it true they update AP date on CEAC page when you email them? After my first email I saw one date update 2 days later, this week I sent another email yesterday today they updated the page. I didn't get responses for any of those emails though. I was getting excited thinking they are working on my case but it looks like they are only touching my case cause I am emailing them :(

Thank you so much @Yuna628. If you didnt tell me I would have completely ignored this valuable useful information.

@Boiler because of not having enough vacation days my family found getting us married in the UK is the best option for now. Also Bangladesh is really far and very time consuming. My fiance's family will be throwing another wedding reception party once he and I go to Bangladesh after the marriage.

@ Kiran n Suds yes he has a renewed passport. Thank you

@ Nigeriaorbust We might try this as well. Right now we are just so tired of waiting both families want us to settle down, hence the idea of CR1.

@mimolicious We are still on ap . How do I find out the reason of denial? Been emailing the embassy no response from them as of yet.

Thank you guys for all your input. If only the AP turned into approved all of my problems would have been solved. Still hopeful Idk why. Any of you think we still have a shot of getting approved??

keep those advises coming ( if any).

Hello all,

I need your guidance/opinions on my situation. Please advise.

My fiance ( K1 visa) was interviewed at the london embassy on March 27, 2015. After the interview the CO said she wasn't "convinced" and "I am not going to issue you a visa today or something like that ( fiance's words) ". The interview lasted 5 mins. She returned the passport to him but kept the affidavit documents. Fiance was told he will be receiving a "letter" in the mail. He was not given a "221g" slip/worksheet either. As of today nearly 2 weeks, CEAC status is on AP with two updated dates ..one last week, one this week with no new information. Now we both mourned and kinda accepted the fact that he is most probably refused.

He has been on student visa in the UK and his visa expires in August 2015 then he flies back to Bangladesh (native country). He holds a "Bangladesh Passport". We want to get married in June in the UK, file I-130 and mail the petition package to the U.S. listed USCIS address from the UK. Below are some of the questions/doubts I am having Please feel free to share opinions. Thank you.

1. Is it okay to get married in the UK in other words use UK marriage certificate In the petition.

2. Even though we are mailing the package to U.S.A address during at the end of our stay in the UK are we good to put his "present and Permanent address" his Bangladesh address.

3. Hypothetically by the time we get married in June 2015 if his K1 ceac status still remains on AP should we send USCIS an official letter to withdraw K1. Should we send the letter before we send I-130/cr1 package or during the I-130 process.

4. If we get K1 denial letter by May 2015 are we ready to file I-130 right away or should we wait. Our service center was "California service center".

5. What are the chances of us getting a denial again of CR1 at the interview because of our K1 refusal.

6. How long does it take an estimate of time for CR1 to get approved.

7. I do think because he holds a Bangladeshi Passport and is a muslim he is still on AP. I cant think of any other reasons for him to be on AP where the CO already told him he was verbally refused at the interview.

The reason CO verbally refused my fiance: She asked if my fiance ever came to USA to visit his future in laws family and me. He said No. I was the one always went to the UK to visit him. That's when she said she wasn't convinced. My family is also going to the UK in June to get us married. I am hoping they dont deny us again based on this ground any longer.

Please do advise me. Thank you

Thanks Azim. All the best to you. So after applying from USA its okay to live with spouse in the foreign country for as long as you wish?

Thank you NLR for your advise. Still no response from the embassy.