Vallejo

Yeah! We are off the list. Recieved the welcome letter today, 11/1/06. We were approved on 10/24/06. I haven't bothered checking the tracker for awhile, guess I should of.

Funny thing is, we just moved to a new state. We called to report the new address, sent in the form AR-11, etc. Of course, nobody new anything, call back in 90 days, everyone here knows the drill.

So we began stressing that with the change of address, we would really be screwed. I think what actually happened is someone went in the back, found the file, and said "Oh, this has been approved for 2 months, guess we'll go ahead and process it..." We reported the address change about a week before the 24th, so go figure.

I don't know, but we are out of the hell of Name Check.

Good luck everyone!

Ooop's. Try that again...

Visa =K1

NOA1 = 5/31/06

Biometrics=6/20/06

AOS Interview=8/14/06

Country = Colombia

Apparently they didn't do this before they gave us a K-1 Visa? What a fouled up system. Thank god we are at least married and waiting together. It would be horrrible to be in the "black hole" in two different countries.

After finally reading the current 37 pages of this thread, I can only say "Uh-oh, we maybe hosed..."

If anyone who is savvy enough could update our data, it is:

Vallejo 6-20-06 8-14-06 Pending Pending Colombia

I guess there is hope, its only been a month and half so far. Of course, online tracker has not been touched since June when they sent an RFE for translated copies of birth certificates, we we sent, and they recieved long before the interview August 14,2006.

What a cluster &%$!

Good Luck To All of US!

adding Patrick A.

NAME..................Biometrics............AOS Interview.......Approval......GC Rec'd.......Country

Satyam................08-16-04..............02-19-05...........Pending........Pending........India

David&Marissa.........10-08-04..............12-28-04...........Pending........Pending........

dcl766................12-31-04..............10-25-05...........Pending........Pending........Moldova

Journeyhelper.........01-xx-05 .............05-23-05...........Pending........Pending........Algeria

Patrick_A.............02-xx-05..............02-xx-06...........Pending........Pending........

Sunnyisland...........06-06-05..............10-21-05...........Pending........Pending........

scorpiogirl68.........07-18-05..............06-23-06...........07-31-06.......08-17-06

mannionsworld.........08-16-05 .............10-24-05...........Pending........Pending........

Karotte...............11-22-05..............02-15-06...........Pending........07-xx-06

Ghallett..............12-15-05..............03-03-06...........Pending........Pending........

RebeccaJo.............12-20-05..............03-09-06...........Pending........Pending........UK

Huskerfan.............12-28-05..............02-09-06...........Pending........Pending........

gag5461...............12-28-05..............03-08-06...........04-05-06.......04-17-06

Irachka...............01-09-06..............04-26-06...........06-09-06.......06-19-06

Donnal................02-01-05..............01-09-06...........Pending........Pending........

Designermedusa........02-04-06 (2nd time)...09-26-05...........03-06-06.......06-19-06

babyzee...............02-06-06..............05-09-06...........Pending........Pending........Germany

lal_brandow...........02-17-06..............05-28-06...........Pending........Pending........Canada/Egypt

Pink Rose's Son.......02-22-06..............05-17-06...........07-25-06.......08-17-06

Annman................02-28-06..............03-30-06...........06-08-06.......06-19-06

Nkem..................03-03-06..............04-11-06...........Pending........Pending........Nigeria

Chris W...............03-10-06..............04-26-06...........Pending........Pending........

ChanelKitten..........04-05-06..............05-11-06...........08-15-06.......Pending........Canada

bobochow..............04-08-06..............06-29-06...........Pending........Pending........HK

felina................04-10-06..............05-09-06...........08-01-06.......Pending........

Liz10976..............04-14-06..............08-24-06...........Pending........Pending........UK

Ip_Everywhere.........04-15-06..............06-29-06...........Pending........Pending........Pakistan

NeonExile.............04-18-06..............07-24-06...........Pending........Pending.......

dani_christine .......04-19-06..............06-20-06...........08-14-06.......Pending........UK (NI)

stevey................04-19-06..............08-23-06...........Pending........Pending.......

Ans...................05-06-06..............07-21-06...........Pending........Pending........

jesskhan..............05-08-06..............08-03-06...........Pending........Pending........Pakistan

Laneysera.............05-13-06..............07-25-06...........Pending........Pending........

KarenM................05-15-06..............08-08-06...........Pending........Pending........Brazil

timelena..............05-16-06..............06-08-06...........Pending........Pending........

niki .................05-18-05..............05-24-05...........Pending........Pending

Reckless..............05-25-06..............08-03-06...........Pending........Pending........UK

Kopa..................unknown...............04-27-05...........Pending........Pending........

miamimommy............06-03-06..............08-08-06...........Pending........Pending........

Mrs. Johnson06........06-09-06..............08-02-06...........Pending........Pending........

yomiakinbowale........xx-xx-xx..............07-06-06...........Pending........Pending........Nigeria

Vallejo...............xx-xx-xx..............08-12-06...........Pending........Pending

CindiShah.............xx-xx-xx..............08-15-06...........Pending........Pending........Pakistan

CanuckCarrie..........06-13-06..............08-22-06...........Pending........Pending........Canada

cruiser...............xx-xx-xx..............08-22-06...........Pending........Pending

We applied for AOS in late May and had our interview 8/12. A little less than 3 months, we were happily surprised. Recieved one request for translated birth certificates, sent them in the next day.

Interview (Sacramento, CA) was pretty much on time. Swore to tell the truth, etc.

Interview was quick, friendly and professional. Not alot of questions other than going over the forms. I had a mountain of pictures, he never asked to see them. At the end I told him, "hey, I have all these documents supporting our relationship, would you like them?" He said, "Sure, I'll take them off your hands" then he looked them over and said "good".

Two snags.

One, they lost our little ones Medical exam from the original K-1, K-3 application. He said I could wait and see if it showed up, or I could get a new one. Let's see, lost in the caves of the US government, I think we'll go ahead and get a new one...

Two, waiting on the dreaded "name check". He told me the longest anybody everhad to wait was 4 years, but that hardly ever happens anymore", so now we hurry up and wait...

BUT HEY, no problem, new baby's on the way we are very happy and we got nothing but time. Live is good, very good!

P.S. Visajourney is the stuff!!! I don't know how we would of made it without all the good info. We followed the advice here, never talked to a friggin money grubbing lawyer, and everything went pretty smooth. A little painful when they took all our originals at the embassy in Bogota (yes, I gave them copies, they preferred originals...), and then wanted more orginals for the AOS, but all in all, pretty smooth.

THANKS EVERYONE

Thanks everyone, I appreciate all of your help! We're going with the back of the I-94/ NOA2 number...

I searched the site, I found convincing, but conflicting answers. Which is the elusive "A" number?

There is a number on the K-1 Visa that starts with "A" directly under PASSPORT NUMBER, this number is repeated at the bottom left corner of the Visa. In our case the number is AJ395XXX.

On the K-2 childs Visa there is a similar, but different, number.

Some say this is the "A" Number.

There is another number hand written on the back of the I-94 that starts with an "A"

For the K-1 Visa holder the number is: A 98 458 XXX

For the K-2 child the number is: PA: A 98 458 XXX

With the exception of the "PA:" these numbers are exactly the same.

We are filing for two AOS (K-1 and K-2) and one EA (I-765).

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would hate to have a delay because I used the wrong number!

Thanks in advance to all

11 digit number at the top of the card.

Thanks

I am slow, help would be appreciated...

On the I-94 form there is a number typed form number on the front and another number hand written on the back. The number on the back starts with an A for my wife (k-1) and PA for my stepson (K-2).

Can anyone tell me which is the right I-94 number?