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My case was approved March 30..now on to next step..
pd: July 25
nov1:July 29
aproval March 30 
from Potomac center...

My case was approved March 30..now on to next step..
pd: July 25
nov1:July 29
aproval March 30 
from Potomac center...

My case was approved March 30..now on to next step..
pd: July 25
nov1:July 29
aproval March 30 
from Potomac center...

My case was approved March 30..now on to next step..
pd: July 25
nov1:July 29
aproval March 30 
from Potomac center...

Hey guys! I'm a silent member of this forum for like a year, reading everyone's articles and stories helps us a lot, thanks! Now I've been in Miami for 4 months, being with my beloved husband is the best thing ever happened to me. Truly appreciate every day here! As most of K visa holders, I'm bored with the waiting lol. But we gotta deal with it, the price we have to pay for our love! Here i wanna share with you guys my ways to kill time, hope they can save you out of boredom.
 
1、Register a gym. This is something that we can all afford and it's amazing! I became a member of LA Fitness the second month I arrived and couldn't stop since then. They got nearly 6-8 group fitness everyday from 8am-9pm, I basically spent 2 hours there 4 days every week. It helps me socialize a lot! I love Zumba and yoga, especially yoga class, it really calms me down during the hard waiting.
2、Doing embroidery. I love traditional Chinese embroidery, which is fun and a real "waste of time", i can basically sit for 8 hours just for finishing a leaf. I saw some simpler set in Walmart and Target, if you like handcraft, you have to try it. Here are my work lol. Spent roughly 2 months for each, working on another one now, hope i could finish it before my interview.

 
3、Volunteer in animal shelter. It's super easy to apply, all you need to do is go to their website, fill in a form and wait. Then they will arrange you for an orientation, after a background check, and you are gonna work really quick.I mainly walk dogs and pat cats. But I don't really feel myself really achieved something in volunteering, especially after I read online that this shelter will kill most of the animals everyday cause they can't take after that a lot amount. So I feel it's a waste of time, like I just meet a puppy today bath him walk him play with him, and second day, he's gone. That fact just made me sad. And plus, there is no guarantee that you won't get hurt. I was shocked the first time I got scratched by a dog, the working people there just told me to clean the wound with water. So guys, if you love animal, and want to devote your time in those charity organization, be very careful and think twice. 

 
4、Watch The Office. My husband recommended me this amazing show and I totally loved it! I spent 3 months to finish 9 seasons and now I'm rewatching it again. This show is not only funny but also really helpful for people like me, whose first language is not English (I'm from China), when i first came here, I could hardly understand people's oral english here. It was super discouraging. I was scared that i couldn't fit in and even suffered a little depression. After the 9 seasons, I feel so much better now, I got a notebook to write down all the expressions now. That just gave me a sense of fulfillment. And it's fun. BTW, any new recommendations?

 
5、Go to library events. This is something that just not my thing, to be honest. I went to an ESOL class and a knitting class, which are toooo easy and extremely boring. I wanted to make some friends there, but it turns out that you can never make true friends if you are at the wrong place. I didn't go to every library event, so if you are interested, go to the local public library system, it's a nice thing to do to get around with people anyway, and it's FREE!
 
 
That's pretty much everything, my husband will take me out for dinner, movies or games(let's go Heat!) too. Feel appreciated that he's so thoughtful and sweet. However, I sometimes still feel upset that I'm in a totally different country, what the future gonna have in store for me? I read some of people's stories that they are depressed, you guys don't know how jealous of me seeing you are from Britain , Australia... you guys at least have no problems communicating. Sometime i got frustrated that people can't understand me. I remember one time a waiter stopped talking to me cause I didn't know the name of certain food(I mean dude I never saw this food before in my life!!) But I keep cheering myself up, trying hard to improve myself. So guys, for those of you who feel lonely, isolated, anxious, I just wanna say, you are not alone! Get up and do something, get involved in this country, you will find your place! Feel free to share your life with me! I got tons of time to make new friends here!
 
 

Lots of us still waiting. Especially those of us with Nebraska. Our PD is July 9th, we hadn’t had any date change since September but were one of the ones that did get a date update last week so I’m hoping this is good news and we will hear something soon. I’m sure there’s more waiting in July than have been approved still too. 
Our turn will come 👍🏻

Just got my approval today!!!! 
Service center - Potomac
PD July 15

Thanks so much, I hope your comes soon, logged on online and was able to download the approval letter. 

Excitment over here, just changed to case approved, just this moment. Best of luck to those right  behind me. Weekend has started

Just posting my timeline for anyone wondering how long NVC might take cause I was wondering too....
 
1. PD: July 8
2. received at Texas: July 11
3. case approved: February 18
4. status updated to “case closed”: February 20
5. NVC received case: February 21
6. I received NVC letter by mail: February 27
7. Affidavit fee paid (just now): February 27
8. Visa Fee paid (just now):February 27
 

We’ve just been APPROVED today!
PD - 12th July 2019 at Nebraska Service Centre.
 
We’re absolutely buzzing! We’re four months ahead of the expected review date! Thank You anonymous USCIS case worker! You’ve made our day!!

Hey everyone,
Got approved today!
NOA1: 2nd Jul, 2019
NOA2: 22nd Feb, 2020
Service center: Nebraska

Just saw my approval!!!!!! So happy!!!!🥰🥰🥰

Hello, wanted to give update on my case
PD -7/31/2019 (NVC  has 8/3/2019 as Priority Date)
NOA1 -8/2/2019
NOA2 - 2/4/2020
NVC Case -  USCIS case closed on 2/7/2020. Status didn't change. Document section has NOA2 notification. Got NVC case in mail (i just got back from out of country today 2/16/2020 so not sure when the mail came in). Letter dated 2/11/2020. According the Case Number, it was assigned on 2/4/2020
Paid AOS and IV fee - 2/17/2020

So excited, thanking God for the approval 👏👏👏, glory,praises honor to him.
Pd25 July 2019
Sc - Potomac
K-3 -15th October 2019
Approval-12th February
NOA2 received on 14th July 2020

PD: July 11th
I got my  approval  today. So happy to see that. Thanks for the support. Potomac is getting faster. We wish you guys all the best. 

Case Approved 2/4/2020 and status updated on 2/7/2020 to case closed. Does this mean that they sent to NVC?

Same here ; Case Approved 2/4/2020 and status updated on 2/7/2020 to case closed. Received approval notice yesterday in the mail

Just received my approval today form Potomac via email, followed by the APP: Going to NVC.
 
Potomac 
Priority date July5th, 2019.
 
Good luck to the rest of the July filers ..

Update! 😃
 
Priority date: July 12,  2019 Texas Service Center 
USCIS Approval: January 2, 2020
NVC Case Created: January 20, 2020