thirdsjen

i got my NVC case number already.. i can call and ask now? hmm.. ok..

what's the website?

thank you so much, steve!

hi steve! that's great news! so the aug 14 K3 interview can be changed to CR1 interview IF the file arrives before the interview date? NIICE!

by the way, to get the IIN, you called NVC? but i can't call yet, huh? they haven't generated anything. i kinda wanted to finish some of this before i leave but it looks kinda bleak right now..

hi all! just dropping by in here before i go to work..

NVC received the file 7/25. As of now, still no word about the AOS or the DS-3032 being generated. I keep calling and calling. As soon as both of those are generated, going to email the DS-3032, will call NVC again to get my IIN, then pay the AOS fee online..

as soon as it says "PAID," gna send in my AOS package then go on my vacation. I HOPE THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN!!!!

i want to get all of these things done before i go so that i will have peace of mind, dangit! :wacko:

cmnb, i hope your wife is ok! AND MAYBE AN EXPEDITE TOO!!!!

Rajaa, somebody died? how sad..

Rajaa, i think you mean NVC, not VSC!

if both CR1 and K3 are approved together and sent to NVC together, the K3 will be out of there in a couple of days, give or take. CR1 meanwhile, stays there at NVC for 4-6 weeks.

now, if you want to pursue both, i believe you can. if you finish all of the docs for CR1 at NVC and the file was sent BEFORE your K3 interview, i think you can have your K3 interview changed to the CR1 interview.

BUT, if you just want him here ASAP, just go with the K3. and don't even bother with pursuing the CR1. disregard all notices about it from NVC when it comes to you.

hope i didn't tell you anything wrong

read Loto's guide or Jame's shortcut, Rajaa.. just type it in the search box. i don't have the link

Also, do we know what's happening with the other CSC filers prior to May 23rd NAO1 date??? some I don't recognize and I am wondering if they've recieved it and haven't updated????? any ideas?

going to look them up right now while i have some time.. i hope they have been approved..

btw, Rajaa.. it's been only 64 days since you sent in your I-130.. my approval took 73 days from my NOA1. so DO NOT LOSE HOPE!!! ok? your turn will come, if not next week then the next.. and since it looks like USCIS is not even updating their website, i wouldn't even bother basing your approval on that..

congrats to all the May filers!!! except me but.. Insha'allah at the right time. I am so happy for everyone... I do have a questions. You recieved your NAO2 in the mail but when you logged on to the USCIS site did it say you were approved? Or did you just get it in the mail?

Rajaa

just got in the mail, Rajaa.. never got an email. still says PENDING on the USCIS website. and you don't have to have a touch i guess for it to be approved.. weird.. i guess they are not updating their website at all...

btw, i added extra stuff to the tracker.. NVC, interview, visa received, US entry, etc.. let me know what you all think! should it stay or should it go?

just another thing to keep me occupied, i suppose!

btw, i added extra stuff to the tracker.. NVC, interview, visa received, US entry, etc.. let me know what you all think! should it stay or should it go?

just another thing to keep me occupied, i suppose!

my predictions are coming true, left and right!! congrats, KAHM!!

now i wonder what is going on with K3 applicants?? just seems like it's been all CR1 filers...

awww, thanks, cmnb! i got myself ICE CREAM instead! haha!

well, our file is at NVC, entered into their system 7/25. but alas, can't speak to a live operator and get my IIN to pay the AOS.. guess i'm gonna have to wait till monday. hopefully the AVR will say it has generated the bill and the other thing.. haha.. choice of agent..

i think i saw a thread that's similar in the NVC thread.. but count me in..

NOA2: 7/21

NVC: 7/25

Hello all,

Add me to May 2008 filers.

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Chennai, India

Marriage : 2008-04-28

I-130 Sent : 2007-05-20

I-130 NOA1 : 2008-05-24

I actually did not receive the hardcopy of NOA1. I had to call 3 times to have them resend it (as of last week). But I can check my case status online!

HEY! I got APPROVED TOO July 25th 2008. Now waiting for NOA2 Hard copy. BTW, I also received the NOA1 hardcopy 2 days ago! lol.

congrats, falcon! did you send your I-130 2007? then you became a citizen and updated it? cuz that means i can't really put you in our tracker.. only 2008 or else it wouldn't look right..

OMG, YOU GUYS, JUST RECEIVED NOA2 IN THE MAIL TODAY. OUR PETITION WAS APPROVED ON JULY 23 WITHOUT ANY TOUCHES!! I AM SO HAPPY!!

KAHM!!!! you see???? I TOLD YOU SOO!!!! CONGRATS!!! is this like the most awesome week EVER????

i never got anything in my email either.. still says pending in the website.. and all of a sudden, i got my NOA2 in the mail! they like giving us heart attacks, eh?

APPROOOVVVEEEEDDD!!!!!!

i got a touch 7/21 but it just kept saying pending.. no email or anything.. then today when i got home from work, there was the letter from USCIS with my NOA2!!! i was like.. what the heck then i jumped up and down.. then started crying.. then ran to the computer and updated my timeline! hahahaha!

yesterday before i left for work, it still said pending and no email from CRIS.. i haven't even checked the uscis website cuz WHO CARES??? I GOT THE NOA2 HARDCOPY ALREADY!! yahooo!!!! :dance:

OMG OMG OMG I am soooooo happy for you!!!! I actually squeeled for you at my computer!!!!! OK CSC start lovin on the Moroccan marriages in MAY now

i was squealing too, Rajaa! isn't this exciting?? hope you are next!! i just have this feeling that by mid august, most may filers will be approved already from CSC! so have your hubby prepare everything already.. i thought i was prepared but i don't have his police clearance and certified copy of his birth certificate! i sent it with the I-130!! so now he has to get another one.. so mine will be slightly delayed.. but don't lose hope! hang in there!

Lizscott, thank you! nice pic!

shiri, hahaha! you crack me up! thank you! go CSC!! go MAY filers!!

thanks, everyone!! so i guess i didn't need that K3 after all.. and i was so worried that i didn't file it 'cause i thought i would be so delayed.. but in 2 months time i was approved! hallelujah!

Longbranch, you guys are still not at NVC? really? wow.. why? i just checked, we are not there either. i was hoping to be there today so that i can pay already. i am leaving monday, august 4. kinda want to have that part done before i leave..

I received my hardcopy of the 130 on Monday. I have been stuck at work since then and have not been home. I am hopeful that the 129 is in the mail, I think her A number will be on it. I will call the NVC number and try to get to an actual live person to see if it is there and not logged or if we are still waiting to be sent. I have checked several aprrovals from last week and all that had updated their timelines from CSC did not show NVC In dates. The approvals from VSC were in & out in four days or less.

I have read enough in the NVC forum about mass shippings and not being updated in the auto phone that I don't know what to think. Right now it looks like we will probably be in the same shipment to New Hampshire. Still not complaining about one week delay. Beats the hell out of many people still stuck at a SC.

Looks like I will be in Hong Kong about the time you leave.

Steve

i just checked with NVC's AVR and they have received my case already on 7/25. My prob is that i can't get my IIN anyway since it's the weekend. figures! well, i guess i just won't be doing anything this weekend but wait until i can talk to an operator and get my number. or maybe i'll try emailing them so that i can pay this online and get this going!

by the time i leave the philippines? aww.. so close, yet so far away!

Thanks cmnb. Best wishes for VSC and you have to believe me, when we were waiting for our petition back in January to be approved, VSC was in awful shade. People were suicidal but I am glad to see all those approvals and really hopeful for you all.

Jen, doing my best . Thanks for updating the list. One more thing off my mind.

THank you everyone else too for being there.

Also thanks Jen for pointing out the I-864EZ one. I think Zayd would need to fill this too instead of the other regular form.

if his income is sufficient and you are the only one, definitely the I-864EZ, Sara.. then just have him attach the transcripts, pay stubs, employment letter, etc. No need for bank account, assets or whatever else. Income alone is sufficient..

alright.. gonna take a nap before i pass out!

thirdsjen and Sara,

Thank you.....I am hoping for the same. To be honest, I feel somewhat left out as I'm seeing so many May approvals and mine has not even been touched since May 20th....but no worries...feeling happy for everyone who has been approved!

cmnb,

Hope your petition gets a fast approval as well so that we can all go through NVC around the same time.

KAHM, don't worry! mine wasn't touched at all since it was entered into their system 5/14!! it was updated on 6/06 because they had my address wrong and i changed it online (by the way, it is still wrong!! oh well, it least the mailman knows who we are and still gives us our mail!). so basically, i never got a touch until 7/21 and that was the approval.. trust me.. you are next! (i hope you are next!!!)

my I-864EZ is already completed. will use the EZ since my income is sufficient and he is the only person i'm sponsoring. Got my employement letter the other day, my W-2's are completed from 2005 and i got '05, '06, and '07 IRS transcripts on hand. I think i'll be fine with just the transcripts but i have my W-2's ready too just in case. i have the last 2 months of my pay stubs. gonna have to dig if i have to include from January '08 too.. but then i can always print those out from our online employee intranet... wondering, do i need ALL of 2008 paystubs?

so, basically, just waiting for the NVC case number. as soon as i have that, i will go ahead and pay online. do i have to wait for them to generate the choice of agent before i can email them or i can just go ahead and email them as soon as i have my nvc case number? my brain doesn't want to work right now. i'm sure i know the answer to this one but i really am tired.. been awake for almost 24 hours now..

oh heck yeah! GO APRIL/MAY FILERS and GO CSC!!!

now i just wish VSC will mooooooove!

thanks, everyone!! so i guess i didn't need that K3 after all.. and i was so worried that i didn't file it 'cause i thought i would be so delayed.. but in 2 months time i was approved! hallelujah!

Longbranch, you guys are still not at NVC? really? wow.. why? i just checked, we are not there either. i was hoping to be there today so that i can pay already. i am leaving monday, august 4. kinda want to have that part done before i leave..

WE GOT APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :crying:

that's tears of joy!!! oh my gosh!!! i don't even know what the USCIS website says but last i checked yesterday afternoon, it said PENDING!!! they were just playing with me! then this morning, when i got home, there was the letter from USCIS.. and i knew it had to be my NOA2!!!!

you guys!!!!! i'm soo happy!!!!!!!!!

that touch was THE TOUCH OF ALL TOUCHES!!!!!!!!! and it was on our 7 month wedding anniversary too!!!!!

Thank you, Lord!!!!

thirdsjen,

Congratulations on the fast approval, I am very excited for you. Wishing you good luck with the process at NVC....hopefully you'll be out of there in 4-6 weeks per Loto's guidelines.

KAHM, expect to get a touch next week.. your NOA1 and mine are only days apart.. you are probably next!!

Everyone,

That touch on 21st did mean something. The expedite request was sent on th 9th of July on humanitarian grounds after bombing near my area on July 7th. And we heard nothing from USCIS. Then on 21st there was a touch on both our old and new petition and we had received an email stating that our older petition has been sent from the State Department to USCIS for the request to review it. USCIS also sent a letter to my husband stating that they have received the expedite request...but did not say whether it was approved or not. Also note that they did not show any more touches after that nor we received any e-mail from USCIS. Then today on the 24th my husband received the NOA2 letter in mail (the case was expedited). The online system still hasn't been updated and how shown 21st July as the latest date.

I feel bad about all my other fellows here but I am very hopeful that USCIS will approve May filers soon inshaAllaah.

You are in my prayers,

Sara.

Sara,

Congratulations on your approval, wishing you best of luck with the rest of the journey.........

Thank you KAHM for your wishes. I wish you and all my fellow may filers with all my heart a really swift approval.

we really needed to move on as the situation here keeps detoriating with Talibaans and Army and crumbling political system...really bad.

just be careful, Sara! i'm glad the expedite got approved.. you need to get out of there like NOW!