johndoe12

Wow

Good to hear your house is in better condition than others. Hope there is not much cleanup work for you.

Where's the April 2010 filers' thread?

IndigoSkies - search for the following and you should be able to find the April one. There are two for some reason.

April 2010 CR1 Filers

APRIL 2010 (I-130) FILERS

Anyone have predictions of what order we will go in? For example :

The 1st five to get NOA 2's will be:

1. The Jesal

2. johndoe12

3. TomD

4. JuneFirst

5. Someone else like posters who haven't been active here lately.

Also, I wonder how many of you guys will get an interview date the same day for the same country. I think I am alone for my country so no one we can meet up with.

My guess would be the following order:

1. TeyaValentina

2. TheJesal

3. TomD

4. Junefirst

5. Myself (hopefully)

I doubt i will get the interview on the same day as Thejesal. Very unlikely. But never know

I was in the same situation and I left her current surname as is because all of my wife's documentation had that name. I was told that if you write your surname, it will create problems when you try to get police clearance certificate. Might want to check into that before filling it out.

Thanks

Anyone have a NOA2 estimated date around May 12th?

I am not in may time frame but VJ estimates June 10th - July 16th as of today. This date keeps changing as Junefirst mentioned but we just hope it is accurate

My husband is lax about it. Maybe because he has no idea what is going on.

I guess its good that he doesn't know. That way at least only one of the two will be stressed out

TomD - hahah. there is no school but it has to be you who has to create that charm I wish there were schools that do teach you things like that though

I love watching other CR1 visas progress, so yea, I will definetly keep you updated!!

How come you won't get to see your wife if you don't get your NOA2 soon? How long has it been since you have been with her? Anyways, I hope you will get to see her soon!

Oh, I wish I was a relaxed as your wife. This journey drives me nuts!

Time to get going, skyping with my everything.

I just saw her in march so dont want to go back without having a reason to go back. Not that I need a reason but would like to have one

Good luck with not worrying about this. My wife is just a little different i guess. She knows that she is going to come to US if not within 7 months, then in 9 months. As long as she has me, she doesn't care.

Enjoy the time with Your Everything.

haha. She is not even worried about it. She is relaxing and enjoying her free time right now. However, she does encourge me and tells me not to worry too much. Things will happen when it is bound to happen which is true but I am just too impatient. we want to be together but there is nothing in our hands right now. I am waiting to get our NOA2 so I can go visit her again for a week if we get the approval by middle of june (crossing my fingers). Or else I will be seeing her end of the year for sure.

I agree with you as far as we are one day closer to our NOA2. But I am hoping we get it sooner so I can see her again. She is also eagerly waiting for that moment.

Its just wait and watch time right now.

We should share what's been done with each other or whoever gets the NOA2 first. That way it would be helpful to the others in speeding the process up

Thanks

That just does not seem fair, does it?

I dont wanna (and I hope I dont) offend anybody, but those countries aren't exactly "friendly" countries like Canada etc..I just wish there was some rhyme and reason to this.

I know its not fair but I guess we will have to live with it. Even I hope no one is offended by this. I am just going to wait it out as we dont have any other option right now.

Good luck Junefirst. Hope you get all the paper work ready before your approval. I am having my wife do the same back home. She is sending me all the paper work ahead of time and once the file gets approved, i will be ready.

TomD - just checked and it seems that couple of people got the NOA2 who had NOA1 dates of early to middle march:

March 6th NOA1 ...april 28th NOA2. From Turkey. Lucky them

March 4th NOA1 ...April 22nd NOA2. From Ethiopia . Expedited.

March 25th NOA1 ...April 15th NOA2. From phillipines. Very Very lucky.

Looks like they are not going through the applications in order. It is just randomly selected and approved.

Do you happen to know what country did that person belong to? Reason I am asking is because for some reason some countries application are accepted sooner than others. Hoping ours comes soon too

TeyaValentina i think you should be getting you NOA2 by end of May. As you have an early march application. If your application get to end of August, then i guess mine wont come till end of september Just hope that's not the case.

Hope you get it soon.

I believe all of us are waiting very impatiently. I think I am not even going to bother about it till end of June like TomD mentioned. If it comes earlier then great. In the mean while, prepare all the necessary documents for NVC stage.

DS3032

DS230

I864

pay stubs

employment letter (verification)

tax returns or transcripts

Birth certificate (both of you)

Marriage certificate

Police clearance certificate (for the beneficiary)

Thanks

TomD - I guess we will have to wait for that month or two. Most of the members in this topic have applied before me, so you all will be receiving the good news ahead of me. Will wait for that day eagerly for all of us.

Good luck.

TomD - wow that's late. I was hoping early june but there is nothing in our hand right now. So just have to wait for it.

Does anyone know if USCIS looks at the application based on when they receive it or they just open files randomly? The reason I am asking is because I saw people who submitted their application in march getting their NOA2 before people who applied for in January/february. Trying to figure out why that is the case. If it is random, then we wont know for sure when we will get our NOA2s.

This waiting thing is really painful as we have to stay away from our loved ones.

Take care everyone and hoping that we get our NOA2 soon. Please do update your timeline and notify us all once you receive it

Nothing as of yet. From what I have seen couple of march filers actually got their NOA2. One of them actually received it within 20 days. I was surprised with that but lucky for them. I doubt we will be seeing anything until end of May. One reason is because of the new H1 visa applications that they have started to review starting April 1st. Looking at Igor's list, not a lot of applications have been approved lately. the process seems to be slowing down a lot and I am hating this.

Been away from my wife for 42 days now. This wait is just too sad. I hear you pain Junefirst.

Thanks and lets all wait this out together.

congrats Rehwa. That was very quick. Hopefully the NVC process takes the same time. Good Luck.

Hello Everyone. I am just trying to prepare and have ready all the documents ahead of time once I get NOA2 (hopefully in the next month and a half) and have a question regarding DS-230 form question 30.

My spouse actually stayed in a dorm for her college life. However, she used to back home during the weekend or every other weekend. Since that is not 6 months in a row, do I just not show that or should i just show it as her staying there for the four years?

Please advise.

Thanks.

Thanks for the answer. Now I am relieved. Thanks pushbrk.

Holy #######. Now i am a scared. I dont want to received RFE for this as I would have to get my spouse to send me another signed G325A and that would take atleast 20 days.

I just have to pray that it doesnt delay my process. Anyone else think it might be a problem? Should I have my spouse send me another G325 Signed just in case?

Thanks.

Does it make a difference if you sent it in without writing anything in there? I just left it blank as my spouse doesn't have a SSN or Green card.

They touched mine again today (one yesterday and one today). Hopefully it is just not for the address change but they are actually looking into my case.

It all depends. Could be anywhere from 6 months to a year. Some cases might take longer. Right now to go from NOA1 to NOA2 it says upto 5 months (on USCIS website). For NVC process, i would say another month and then have to wait for the consulate to give you an interview date which could take time as well.

Good Luck.