winniewolf

CONGRATULATIONS. Your son's will change to Issued probably tomorrow (monday or maybe tuesday).
See the natural steps is READY==>AP (the good kind like you)==> READY==> ISSUED.
So now worries and thank you for the kind words. I try and at least make people smile.

Yes all originals have to be presented at interview. Something presented at USCIS by petitioner will not be on a NVC checklist.
Unfortunately have seen many people put in AP asking for petitioners original or certified copy. These things are not forwarded. USCIS keeps all copies of everything. Notice how you have to resubmit marriage certificates
Saying all that i say this EVERYBODY who has been divorced petition and Beneficiary Please have your original/certified copy for your interview.
Better to have and not need, then need and not have.
Really sorry for your delay. But it will go fast I hope it won;t take much to get the copy.

mallafir76, Thank you. Looking forward for a smooth ride onwards.

Hello... I am still trying to take in the reality this morning... I woke up to the most fantastic news by far. We've got an interview date and it's JAN 21. YEAHHHH... WE MADE IT !!!!!!!! It has been a long, long journey since we filed I130 in Oct 2014. Thank you to all who posted articles to help us thru this journey and to others still waiting, never give up. Dwheelz, kindly update us please. Thank you very much.

The same advice above applies. The procedure for a step-parent to adopt their step-child varies by state.
Likely you will need the natural parent's consent and for them to agree to terminate their parental rights. Failing that, you may be able to serve them via publication if their current whereabouts are unknown.
You may also be able to ask a family court judge to terminate their parental rights involuntarily. This is usually only done in unusual cases where the natural parent will not agree to terminate their rights but you can demonstrate it will be in the best interests of the child to do so.
You should consult with a reputable family law attorney in your state to get advice relevant to your jurisdiction.

Usually when you have case complete, the AOS fee changes from Paid to N/A. Once we saw that on the CEAC website, we called NVC and got our case complete confirmed. The three N/As refer to AOS fee, AOS & Financial Documents and Civil Documents. If you log into the CEAC website and these three areas show N/A, it usually means your case is complete at NVC.
It's rare that you'll have the three N/As without having case complete but unfortunately, it does happen.
I can see you've had a long visa journey so far, same as my husband and I. We are 14 months and counting into the visa journey and we were stuck at NVC for eight months, so I know how hopeless everything feels for you right now. We were in your position just five days ago, wondering what we did wrong, thinking we would never get case complete... And then all of the sudden, case complete and our whole world changed. Don't give up, you will get case complete, just hang in there.
I hope your case completes soon but if your reach past day 42 of supervisor review, get your Senator involved immediately. We didn't get case complete until our Senator got involved.

We also have an October 13th scan date. Hopefully everyone will start getting those CCs soon. As far as we can tell there aren't that many people from early October with CCs.
I got tired of checking the CEAC site daily so I built a small program that automatically logins to the CEAC site using our case number and invoice number and then looks for the N/A under the AOS fees. If it finds the "N/A" it sends an e-mail notifying me of the "Case Complete." I programmed it to check the site every hour. I know some people don't get the "N/A" but it seems like the majority do, so checking the CEAC site seems to make sense; and if it can be done automatically, why not?
This little program has freed me from constantly having to check the site manually.