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Hi, any September 2019 CR1 filers group yet? I have started following this thread in the meantime. 

On 7/9/2019 at 9:38 PM, O&GForever said:

The person asking the question actually created this feed so they aren't hijacking it. 

 

She can't change her name in Ghana. Changing her maiden name has nothing to do with where she got married. She has to go through the Social Security Office to get it legally changed, which will require her showing them a copy of the marriage license. Once that's done and she has her new social security card, she'll need to change things like her drivers license at the DMV, her passport, credit cards, bank account, bills, etc. Most of the changes are free...passport and drivers license are not. It took me about 6-8 weeks to get everything changed and several required me going to the offices in person. 

Please can you give me a guide on how to go about the letter of support. A sample will help me a lot. Thank you. 

Thanks for the response. What was the procedure for you changing to your marriage name after your husband joined you and the cost. We are looking at changing it here in Ghana since the marriage is happening here and add all the supporting documents for married name change to I-130 or leaving it till I join her, which either ways there will still be a name change. What is the cost involved doing it in the state.

I don't know whether this is the right place to ask this question or be moved to the right forum. 

After K1 denial, my fiancée (USC) will come down for us to have our wedding and file for CR1. I want to know whether having her name maiden name changed to her married name right after getting our marriage certificate before she goes back to the US to file the CR1 will be a good thing to do. We would have included affidavit of name change and a gazetted marriage name in the CR1 petition. I need your take on this. 

So in our case will it be okay to still include some of our traditional engagement ceremony pictures while will update it with our upcoming court wedding photos since the CO openly said our engagement ceremony in Ghana is what they consider as traditional marriage. 

@O&GForever, I am more than grateful. I I went through your timeline and I am more than grateful to say it will help a lot. 

Thanks @SelAli711

@SelAli711, my sweetheart is in Washington State but it looks like USC filing for Spouse visa have Texas, Chicago and Phoenix lockbox as service centre for CR1 and IR1. I stand corrected anyway. 

@Mrs Odurothanks so much, will it be still okay to include the some of the engagement pictures that the Officer interpreted as traditional marriage and add up the new pictures from our upcoming court marriage. Would it be necessary to involve a visa coach or lawyer in our next filing after our court marriage. 

@SelAli711thanks for the insight, please how did you get Potomac service centre? Or better still which centre did you petition to in the first place? 

We got refused Last week for our K1 because our Ghanaian engagement ceremony pictures were misinterpreted as traditional marriage. My fiancée will come down for us to go have a court marriage and file for CR1. Anyone with similar experience who will guide me through what exactly we need gather before filing. 

Go to the bank and make payment and book your appointment, they are almost closing July and they will move to August. Some people waited for 9 months and never got p3 so they eventually went and they were approved. Some waited for 5 months and beyond without P3. You already know your case is ready for interview. I have taken the risk to boom my appointment although p3 hasn't been mailed to me. 

I checked the hack but it displays error. 

Has there been any situation where case has been received by embassy but Ceac site still shows IN TRANSIT. Case was shipped on 4/16/2019 and also got an email alert about case being sent to my embassy by NVC but it still reads in Transit. 

3 minutes ago, EmiAndIgli said:

Just checked out DHL and finally it shows something! lol "shipment not yet picked up by DHL" does anyone know once it's actually in process does DHL show an expected arrival date like UPS or Fedex?

Give it some time, I am sure even if they have picked up, it will take a while for them to update their system for you to monitor progress. 

Call went through, case have been received.  March 18th for NOA2.  Just for those on same date.

6 hours ago, Helenlc said:

Just called the NVC and the guy who answered was so sweet... they still haven't received  mine 18th of march NOA2 but he did wish me a happy engagement and all the best for my future life in the USA  

We are in the same boat,  March 18, and we were able to get through to NVC but our case hasn't been received. 

13 minutes ago, fluffykim said:

603-334-0888

 

they just need your WAC number to check

They keep hanging up after translation in Spanish, is that how it works or there is a step after you call

Can someone who was able to get hold of NVC get me their contact that I can reach them on. I called severally and they keep hanging up. The other option is for Non immigrant and it keeps asking for passport number. 

On 3/21/2019 at 2:52 PM, rashidk said:

I am truly inspired my case also say ready but no email or call from the embassy, But i have my DS160 filled already can i go ahead and make pay for the visa fee and book for interview cause they open up a profile for me , whiles i wait for them to get my packet 3 and go for my medicals plus get ready for the main interview???

28 minutes ago, Quansah said:

Please I am interested in the whatsapp group, my NOA2 was on March 18 and my case will expire on July 17th. Hoping to be through with NVC stage within first week or 2nd week of April. I want to be able to be on time tactically looking at the expiry date. So I will do the DS 160/ Visa fee once I get the NVC number. How do I get to join the group

Kindly share your interview experience with us. Your time line has not been filled so it difficult to even follow you. I wish you all the best. Can't wait to hear the good news. 

On 3/21/2019 at 3:04 PM, AbenaKofi said:

Hi Rashid,  

 

Congrats on getting this far in the process!  As you read, that's what we did.  It took almost 3 months from NOA2 to packet 3, so we went ahead and scheduled the interview.  If it's already been a couple of months, I would advise you to consider doing that as well - because we completed DS160/visa fee, we were checking online for a month before the interview spots even opened up!  

 

PM me your number if you'd like to be added to our WhatsApp group :).  

 

Thanks,

Abena

Please I am interested in the whatsapp group, my NOA2 was on March 18 and my case will expire on July 17th. Hoping to be through with NVC stage within first week or 2nd week of April. I want to be able to be on time tactically looking at the expiry date. So I will do the DS 160/ Visa fee once I get the NVC number. How do I get to join the group

On 3/23/2019 at 12:16 PM, rsanda said:

@Quansah Congratulations. We received RFE on 15th March and they received it on 19th March. Hoping to hear an approval too.

You should be getting NOA2 by next week hopefully. 

9 hours ago, rsanda said:

@Quansah Congratulations. We received RFE on 15th March and they received it on 19th March. Hoping to hear an approval too.

Sure it should take about 2weeks from time of receipt at USCIS to get the NOA 2. 

So apparently I had been mailed my NOA 2 on March 18, 2019 but the site and the app had not updated yet and I was just relying on these two for hopes until yesterday when my fiancée went into her mail box. I am so excited. 

Case filed : November 6, 2018

NOA 1: November 13, 2018

NOA 2: March 18, 2019

All November filers should be hopeful and please keep an eye on your mail box too because I almost missed because I was relying on app and the USCIS site.