CamilaRemolina

Personally I did not use the CEAC website at all. Once we received our case number we completed and paid for the DS-160, and went on the Us travel site to schedule his medical and interview for a few weeks out to allow time for NVC to send our packet to Santo Domingo. Waiting on them will leave you waiting for some time. I am impatient and moved forward once I obtained the case number. I believe right now they are scheduling the end of Dec into Jan for interviews. 
 
If you schedule the appointments online, be sure to schedule the medical and interview at least 10 days apart. The first appointment you schedule will be for the medical and then the interview. 
 
Once you get the interview scheduled I would begin getting all the paperwork together your fiance will need to take for the interview- AOS form, pay stubs, letter from employer, tax transcripts from last year, copies of your interview confirmation as well as the confirmation page showing your DS-160 was completed and the confirmation page showing your payment for the visa was paid and processed. 
 
Best of luck to you both 

We’re also July filers (Potomac) and I’m trying very hard to not get excited but mid-June applications are getting approved right now and I’m very excited, despite my best attempts not to be. 

I too have those panic mode days...the days where I check our case stauts for any change even though they give NO info, and when I pour through visa journey posts. I'm also wondering how soon to get the police report, and wondering how my husband will obtain any vaccine record in romania where these things were not done when he was born into a comminist leadership. Any advice from anyone is so appreciated 😊 Love and patience to all of us!

Thank you to both of you. Every once in a while I go into panic mode. Last night was one of those nights. I am going to see my husband next week for Thanksgiving break so we will get his passport then. In D.R. I've been reading it only takes about three days for them to process and hand out the passport. I was thinking that there was a lot that needed to be submitted during the nvc stage but if it's basically tax return/earnings/employment information, then it shouldn't be too bad.
 
I spoke to my attorney/cousin and he believes a should wait a bit longer for the police clearance in order to have the most up to date one to submit. Any thoughts on this, Apelcina and carmel?
 
Also, Carmel. How do you plan on organizing the documents being sent at the NVC stage? Where would you add the documents for "side-loading?" And in terms of the vaccination records, should my husband have an official copy of this?
 
We don't want to spend any minute more apart than we have to either. Thanks for both of your quick replies.

I read through the link that was provided for the NVC Process: https://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process#Step_2_-_Submit_DS-261
 
But I still feel confused as to the exact documentation I need to have at this point and thereafter. Basically just tax returns and sponsor information if one is needed? Am I to submit additional evidence of bonafide marriage at the NVC stage? Also, at what point should my spouse apply for a passport and get the police clearance certificate? We want to have everything done prior to each stage.
 
I'm a worrier. Thank you to those who answer.

Hi
Daphne and Eli
Noa date July 9
Daphne,  us citizen
Eli togolese 
So excited to join the July forum. 
I can't wait until my husband will make it here. 
Nebraska center
Please to meet everyone

I've been looking for a thread like this, thank you! I-130 received July 9th.

Hello 
 
It´s so nice to follow other couples in this process
 
Me and my husband have a long distance relationship between Texas and Sweden. Luckily Thomas has a very flexible job, so he´s got  the possibiblity to visit me in Stockholm quite often. (We are sooo grateful for that)
 
We got married the 25th of june 2018. 
Priority Date: 7/20/2018
NOA1: 7/30/2018
Service Center: Nebraska
 
Hope you are all doing well
Good luck to all of us! 
 

Hello everyone!
I hope everyone is doing very well and not suffering the wait. It is still so early for us all. My priority date is July 31, 2018, but my notice date is August 3. So i hope it's okay with everyone that I joined the July thread. It will benefit me to see when everyone will get their NOA2 since it will likely be just before I will. btw I was sent to the Texas processing center.
 
I got married beginning of July in D.R., left to come back home near the end of the month. I submitted everything to USCIS on July 29 and received my PD for July 31 as i mentioned. Went back to see my husband two weeks later for two more weeks in August. I will see him again end of October for about a week and end of November for about another week. Nothing planned as of yet for next year, but definitely as least for a few days in February for his birthday. 
 
I am a very impatient person. I am happy this thread was created to read about experiences and wait times other than mine. I wish everyone luck and hope that we all get our second NOA as soon as possible!
 
Some questions for any of you who would like to response while we get other members on this thread:
-Do you believe our social media accounts are heavily considered in the approval process?
-Is posting wedding pictures on social media necessary or a big plus?
-How often will each of you be seeing your spouse (or the beneficiary)? And how often do each of you believe is necessary to visit spouse before finalization of the whole process?
-What examples of evidence of bonafide marriage did you all provide?
-What documentation should one start gathering before the NOA2 arrives?
 
Thanks all! Good luck again!

Visits are the best!  Not often enough, but they make the long wait bearable.  Keep up the positive energy, July 2018 filers!

Hello everyone!
I hope everyone is doing very well and not suffering the wait. It is still so early for us all. My priority date is July 31, 2018, but my notice date is August 3. So i hope it's okay with everyone that I joined the July thread. It will benefit me to see when everyone will get their NOA2 since it will likely be just before I will. btw I was sent to the Texas processing center.
 
I got married beginning of July in D.R., left to come back home near the end of the month. I submitted everything to USCIS on July 29 and received my PD for July 31 as i mentioned. Went back to see my husband two weeks later for two more weeks in August. I will see him again end of October for about a week and end of November for about another week. Nothing planned as of yet for next year, but definitely as least for a few days in February for his birthday. 
 
I am a very impatient person. I am happy this thread was created to read about experiences and wait times other than mine. I wish everyone luck and hope that we all get our second NOA as soon as possible!
 
Some questions for any of you who would like to response while we get other members on this thread:
-Do you believe our social media accounts are heavily considered in the approval process?
-Is posting wedding pictures on social media necessary or a big plus?
-How often will each of you be seeing your spouse (or the beneficiary)? And how often do each of you believe is necessary to visit spouse before finalization of the whole process?
-What examples of evidence of bonafide marriage did you all provide?
-What documentation should one start gathering before the NOA2 arrives?
 
Thanks all! Good luck again!

Nebraska center is averaging a 7 to 9.5 month wait for I-130 filers, until NOA2, after that NVC typically takes 3-4 more months for their process, then another month or two before the interview, so the whole process could take a year or more according to the data on this site. Good luck!

Hi all July 2018 filers, I hope the waiting is going well so far.  I just got back from spending a week with my husband in Brazil.  We talked about the CR1 visa process and next steps so that he can start getting his documents ready to submit, hopefully early next year.  Saying goodbye was hard, but we have another trip planned for November, in Chile.  Hang in there everybody!

Yes cannot wait to visit my husband in Dec..it will be over the half way mark..so I'm excited!