zuzie

We started our Journey 09/07/2014 when we were married in Canada. Me being a US citizen and he is a Canadian citizen. Along the way, we could not have done it without the help of Visa Journey. My husband was allowed into the US on 05/26/2016. He got a Social Security # right away and we waited and waited and .... After countless calls and inquires as to the status of my husband's green card, we were finally told that his paperwork had been lost.  Thanks to the advice from VJ I had multiple copies of EVERYTHING I had sent to USCIS. We had to start over and recreate everything. We were told it could take years because of the new bans on US immigration. More phone calls, more visits to USCIS, more background checks, you name it we had more of them. My husband's green card arrived in the mail yesterday. 05/25/2018. 3 years 7 months and 18 days. The kicker to this story is that it expires in 20 days. 
 

Yes, good luck with your journey. I always wondered where does all the money go and how many hands can actually be in this pot called USCIS? To answer my own question, Too many people and the other question is none of my business lol.

We started our Journey 09/07/2014 when we were married in Canada. Me being a US citizen and he is a Canadian citizen. Along the way, we could not have done it without the help of Visa Journey. My husband was allowed into the US on 05/26/2016. He got a Social Security # right away and we waited and waited and .... After countless calls and inquires as to the status of my husband's green card, we were finally told that his paperwork had been lost.  Thanks to the advice from VJ I had multiple copies of EVERYTHING I had sent to USCIS. We had to start over and recreate everything. We were told it could take years because of the new bans on US immigration. More phone calls, more visits to USCIS, more background checks, you name it we had more of them. My husband's green card arrived in the mail yesterday. 05/25/2018. 3 years 7 months and 18 days. The kicker to this story is that it expires in 20 days. 
 

We started our Journey 09/07/2014 when we were married in Canada. Me being a US citizen and he is a Canadian citizen. Along the way, we could not have done it without the help of Visa Journey. My husband was allowed into the US on 05/26/2016. He got a Social Security # right away and we waited and waited and .... After countless calls and inquires as to the status of my husband's green card, we were finally told that his paperwork had been lost.  Thanks to the advice from VJ I had multiple copies of EVERYTHING I had sent to USCIS. We had to start over and recreate everything. We were told it could take years because of the new bans on US immigration. More phone calls, more visits to USCIS, more background checks, you name it we had more of them. My husband's green card arrived in the mail yesterday. 05/25/2018. 3 years 7 months and 18 days. The kicker to this story is that it expires in 20 days. 
 

Yes, good luck with your journey. I always wondered where does all the money go and how many hands can actually be in this pot called USCIS? To answer my own question, Too many people and the other question is none of my business lol.

Hi zuzie!
My husband received his in about 4 weeks after he entered.
I think you can call USCIS or maybe make an appointment at any local office ( just google USCIS (your city) field office) Maybe they sent it and got lost in the mail, unfortunately has happened before.

Congratulations!

Final update: well, yesterday morning Canada Post finally got their act together and my wife's passport arrived at the correct post office. She drove there right away to pick it up and then went on to the border for her POE at the Peace Arch near Vancouver.
She said the border guard was very nice and aside from a few computer glitches the final processing went very smoothly. She arrived at our house near Seattle later that afternoon and we went out last night for a celebratory dinner. Thank goodness this is all behind us now and we can get on with our marriage living together under the same roof!
Thanks again to all for their input and advice on these forums and good luck to all the rest who are waiting for their cases to be finished!!

I initially went to a Lawyer for information. I was told $5000 and 8 months to a year to finish everything. I would say that I did it myself but that would not be true. I did not use the lawyer and the help I got from VJ was invaluable! People on this site know there stuff for sure. Knowing what I know now, no way the Lawyer could have done it any faster.

What a few days, I think I am having a mini heart attack! haha.
Today is my birthday, trying to age gracefully
Tomorrow I have a AM flight to Montreal, (hopefully no flight delays)
and Thursday is the day...my husbands interview!!!
I can't believe it is less than 48 hours away now..please send us all the good energy and positive vibes you can muster up.

Hi Zuzie
I am in the same situation. I received the same email with the letter attached stating exactly the same thing. Hopefully sooner rather than later the interview date will come.
All the best, God Bless.

As stated in the page header, those are times based on direct feedback from VJ members timelines. so ppl like IDY and others whome update their times can help render the data trend/stats for everyone to know vs posts such as this when people are worried about being off track. You can see the differences from diff countries and Service Centers. VJ has a lot of rich data / info already baked in.

Hi Zuzie,
I am a Canadian citizen and my fiance is American, so we are in a similar situation. We also started dating in 2012, and applied for our K-1 visa back in October 2014. Our visa was initially accepted in November, and like you I was hoping the situation would be a smooth and quick one (so many postings seem to make it sound like such an easy and quick process). The time period from the initial acceptance to the time you receive your letter from the consulate to schedule your interview takes the longest time unfortunately (we're talking +6 months!). I just attended my interview in Montreal this past Monday, making it 11 months since we originally filed. Now I am trying to patiently wait for my visa to be delivered where I can pick it up.
Mind you, everyone's story is different, but it can (and will) feel like a grueling process! My best piece of advice I can give you is keep organized, and make sure you keep EVERY piece of paperwork handy. One thing I found that was especially frustrating (and I tell you this because we are in the same situation) was conflicting info on the consulate website, and what is posted in the letter your receive from the consulate.
If you have any questions about the process, and what to expect down this crazy road, don't hesitate to ask! Best of luck!

FYI, passport notes like no aos or marriage don't hold legal weight. I know it doesn't help but it is what it is...or isn't in this case

Regarding other people that are with their spouses, many got married while their spouse was in the US and simply adjust status. My wife, for example, was in the states for 10 years from high school through graduate school during which time we married. We would have simply adjusted status (I met her many years into her studies, so she had no intent to immigrate) but also had a J-visa originally which required a 2-year homestay before immigration is even possible. As a result, she had to return home after graduation for a little over 6 months. Luckily she took care of most of her 2-year requirement on vacations over the decade, but we had to go CR-1 to get her back.
The CR-1 was just a long and stressful process. Our petition got lost at one point, was sent to the wrong USCIS offices by USCIS once, and both times they pull that "we won't tell you anything for 90 business days" excuse. We managed to get an expedite at the NVC on the grounds of USCIS screwing up so much, and with out that it would have easily been a few more months.
Just make sure you keep track of everything you are doing, track your documentation, and most of all just be patient and have some humility. Sometimes its hard to look past the fact that you are in love and you deserve to be together and just go along with the tide.
The good thing is the CR-1 is a nice visa. She had no issues at her point of entry, no issues getting her greencard, working, etc. We're just now in the removal of conditions phase to get her IR-1 (which again is more money, stress, and waiting).

It's a slow and quite often frustrating process, my wife and I thought the process would be 6 months at the most
Being a Brit and the special relationship USA/UK have.......
An no!
Filed in July 2014, visa approved sept 2015
We had a couple of hiccups on the way, lost paperwork,lack of comms etc
But it will happen, keep being positive

We started the process in August 2014 and my interview is in October. Your timeline is normal.

We started January 30/ 2014 Interview at MTL consulate was May 21/ 2015 the case is under administrative processing since then... Waiting and taking one day at a time. Be patience :-)