MentalVoid

31 minutes ago, dayotutu1 said:

Congratulations!!!!!!! Can you please share your processing center?

It was TSC!

Got the approval letter today! Our case was officially approved 5/20/2021. I'm honestly truly surprised that it went this quickly, and I'm sending good vibes to everyone here!

23 hours ago, stellar613 said:

Congrats!! Could you let us know your received date so we can gauge if maybe we’re close to your case?

I originally sent in our package on 11-11-2020, but we were rejected for "incorrect edition" and re-filed right after receiving the rejection letter, on 12-26-2020. The last update we had was the biometrics appointment being waived on 3-8-2021.

2 hours ago, dayotutu1 said:

Congratulations...you have been approved for 10 years! Kindly share your processing center...

TSC!

Got an update on the case status today, it's been changed to New Card Is Being Produced. Is this just a new card for the 18 month extension thing or does this mean we've been approved? I'm a little confused lol.

So....my package got sent back with "wrong edition filed" (not really sure why? I printed it straight from them but okay). I'll just print off the copy on the USCIS site again and send it in. Do I need to fully repackage everything again (originally I had it organized into sections with post-its), or can I just send it back to them the way they sent it to me, just with the "updated" form?

Sent off our package on the 10th, arrived today. Cutting it super close to the filing deadline because I ended up with COVID and was unable to work on it when I planned to. Now the waiting begins!

6 hours ago, doggieandsam said:

did it actually say "submit a new Form I-693"? or did it say, "submit it, if you have not done so already"?

 

also check if your ds-3025 has been marked "complete, request a blanket waiver". because if that has not been checked then yes, you need a new i-693.

 

 

It says: 

"You are required to submit the following information as indicated. Return on or before 6/24/2018." And then below that it list "Submit a complete Form I-693", followed by information about what the form is and where to get it.

The DS-3025 was marked Complete, request a blanket waiver. We specifically made sure this was checked when he got it, because we'd heard about people having problems with it not being checked.

Just got a notice saying that we need to submit the Form I-693. Very annoying, since we did submit a photocopy & original document of the DS-3025, and since we are K1 that means we don't actually need the I-693. 

Does anyone have the link to where it says K1 don't need to complete this requirement? I would rather take a risk of submitting a second photocopy with that information, then have to spend money we don't have on a civil surgeon. 

We sent in a service request on March 19th for the EAD, just as a hope. Our EAD was approved March 23rd, and then our AP was approved March 26th. The status for the EAD now says that the card has been mailed out, so glad to be done with this step! 

I'm expecting Adjustment to take a while since my office is Dallas and they seem to be pretty busy.

Just got our biometrics appointment. December 27th, so fun Christmas present for us! It was dated the 9th, which was less than 2 weeks after we sent it in.

Hey guys! It's been a while since I've been on VJ. Busy making sure I have all of my stuff together and getting married lol. We got married on October 21st (over a month ago ) but we had to wait almost a month for our certified marriage certificate copies, and for paperwork from my parents (my dad is my joint sponsor). I'm sending out our AOS package bright and early tomorrow morning, but with processing times I might end up straddling the line of a November / December filer. I'm just very glad the paperwork is going out and is going to be out of my hands. I've been paranoid about losing a tax transcript or a signature page for almost 2 months now lol.

I can also confirm that it goes pretty quick once it goes from the NVC to Sydney. See: our timeline. It went very quick for us and luckily we had everything in order.

We also did name only, full disclosure, and got through the process just fine!

Anecdotally, I didn't send all of the pages either and I didn't get an RFE. But it might just depend on who ends up reviewing your case.

3 hours ago, shawndee said:

Thanks for the reply. I suppose I should be grateful but, yeesh!! I was hoping for a little more time!

Happened with me as well, clearest answer I could get was that it's because the cases are electronic. It still takes some time from NVC to interview. Feel free to check out my timeline and ask me any questions, since I just got through with the interview stage and everything is still pretty fresh. 

1 minute ago, Holly♡ said:

Congratulations on your speedy approval!! Sounds exciting though!!
Do you guys have any wedding plans/date yet? =)

Nothing super specific right now. I'm trying to work around two very hectic schedules, lol. I just started my first year of grad school, so I've got appointments and conferences and everything to be worked around. And then my dad is managing a company that's growing right now, and he's going to be out of town for unknown time periods. We've narrowed it down to October, but that's about it. I did order my dress and my fiances ring, though! The easiest step of them all.

Woo our case has been switched over to a non-immigrant visa, and it's currently in AP. My fiance has booked his flight for the 14th of September, hoping that the visa is in his hands by that point. Now I just have to clean the entire apartment and fuss about him hating it for two weeks lol. 

I wish everyone the best of luck, this whole process is ridiculous and there's so many of you who should have been done way before me. 

2 hours ago, amishbaby said:

Same thing happened with us, and can't seem to find an answer to it. It seems everything went fine for you guys, so hopefully the same will work for us. Never requested an expedited and I can't see how this happened. Did you ever find an answer or explanation to this?

From what I was told from someone else, it seems to be based on the fact that Australian cases are electronic? But I never had that confirmed by anyone in an official position. It never affected our case though! 

1 minute ago, AnJ Co said:

WELL!!!  CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!

 

Be sure to post a POE victory pic here!!!!!    You must be sooooooo happpppy  

I was on the phone with my dad telling him the news and I just started crying, he was very confused lol. It's hard to explain the feeling of it all being over, and it being 2 weeks until I can hug my fiance again.

I've been away for a bit, focusing on settling into my apartment and waiting for the embassy to email us back. They did about 10 minutes ago, and we've got an interview date for the 29th of this month! I'm both excited that it's so close, and very nervous. 

Oh, we both misunderstood what the doctor meant. He has to give his psych a letter, but the psych doesn't have to send anything back. So once blood and xray stuff come back, medical is cleared! Waiting on embassy for interview date, hoping it's early/middle September.

It breaks my heart to see everyone still waiting on their NOA2s, but there's a light at the end of the tunnel. It goes pretty quick once you get it, and all the waiting just kinda gets forgotten. I'm praying for everyone to get theirs next week!