Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 June 2011 Filers	I am so glad for the two people who have already received their wonderful notifications! I am still waiting for mine, but these news make me think that mine is coming soon. I have a concern, that if any of you can give a some advice I would really appreciate it. I am still waiting for my GC, my old GC is already expired, and I was invited to travel to Honduras in March. I have the NOA with me and I am taking my old green card as well, but will this be enough? I don't want to risk anything. The NOA says that it is valid for 1 year, and as you know, since we filed in June it will almost be one year. Am I risking it? Let me know if you have any experience with traveling with the NOA close to the expiration date. Thank you, Isabel Hello there, Take your expired GC and the NOA that shows the 1 year extension. You'll need both at the port of entry. You don't need anything when you get out of the US. Make sure you save an e-copy of your NOA. Scan it, make a pdf file or a simple image. Just in case, you never know. I went back to my Country for a week the past september and it's all you need. Best of luck!	Shannon And Marco	Female	Italy	2012-01-31 16:10:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 June 2011 Filers	Hello there VJrs Few weeks ago i was on the phone with a friend of mine who lives in southern CA. He's an italian language teacher and he was telling me that one of his students is a woman who works at the CSC in Laguna Niguel. Apparently, she was telling him that it's a complete chaos at the service centers, all of it because they're all backed up with papers and few things are changing, this as far as procedures to get a better flow in the job process. If anyone in CA was wondering why that Service Center has suddenly slow down the approvals... well, this may be why. As far as VSC (that's where i'm stuck too) i haven't heard anything, as for i don't know anyone who's got contacts up there. As far as i'm concerned i do have a permanent job, i was able to travel without any problems and i just bought a house with my wife. Yes, my lender was a little put off with that GC that shows off as expired, but the NOA clarified everything. So, the real matter would be waiting for another piece of plastic with a different expiration date (this is just my vision). My current status is not really keeping me from living a normal life. I still do what i did as soon as i got my work permit. It'll come, sooner or later. Best of luck to you all! Edited by Shannon And Marco, 04 January 2012 - 08:41 PM.	Shannon And Marco	Female	Italy	2012-01-04 20:40:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 June 2011 Filers	This so unfair! By the time I get my 10 year gc it will be almost time to file for my citizen ship. I think it was a waste of money! You're damn right! That's unbelievable...	Shannon And Marco	Female	Italy	2011-09-30 18:24:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 June 2011 Filers	Anyone travel with only their GC and NOA? My wife was questioned by the Airlines while leaving US that she needed the stamp in the passport or NOA notice, but when we call USCIS they say she only needs NOA and the GC... Anyone else have any recent experience traveling? Just little nervous here. My husband and I just got back from Italy on Tuesday and we made it out and back into the country with his "expired" greencard lol. We travelled with his NOA, greencard and his Italian passport. We flew out of JFK in NYC and they checked his passport and NOA at checkin. He only needed to show his passport when we landed in Italy. When we returned, we flew back into JFK and got in the customs line for US Citizens and permanent residents. When we got to the booth they looked at both is NOA, greencard, and passport. He had to have his fingerprints and photo taken at the customs booth, but it seemed pretty normal, not like they singled him out or anything. We really didn't have any problems at all and I think that if we can survive travelling through JFK with our NOA then anyone can lol! Just to be on the safe side we scanned our NOA and emailed it to ourselves in case we lost it we had a copy, but don't worry you should be fine! Hope you have a great trip!	Shannon And Marco	Female	Italy	2011-09-23 09:08:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 June 2011 Filers	It has been 41 days and still no BIO appointment for me. It's time for you to call the USCIS to find out what's going on with your case status. You can call past 30 days from your NOA1. They should be able to go in deep and verify.	Shannon And Marco	Female	Italy	2011-07-21 21:29:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 June 2011 Filers	There are some stories about people contacting USCIS regarding their BIO letter, and been told they didnt get it because their local offices schedules are full, some reported they received the BIO after such a call, no one really knows for sure but yeah CSC been always faster the VSC for long time though in different applications give them a call and try to find out Good Luck Ah! Right about time, today is a beautiful day! Got the letter in the mail, my BIO appointment is the 08/10/2011. Could someone update the chart for us? Thank you!!	Shannon And Marco	Female	Italy	2011-07-15 17:11:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 June 2011 Filers	I got my BIO done today 07/14 Please update Thanks I was looking at your timeline.. damn they're quick in CA.. It's been 3 weeks since i got the NOA and still no BIO letter in the mail.. I'm getting a little worried.. I know it can take up to 1 month before they even mail it out, but looking at other timelines in the VSC tab, users who sent out the package after we did got already their BIO appointment.. Just wondering how they pick who is gonna go now or next... Best of luck to everyone!	Shannon And Marco	Female	Italy	2011-07-14 15:26:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 June 2011 Filers	Hey fellas, Got the NOA today, the date on the paper says the 23rd of June. Could someone update the list for us? Thank you!	Shannon And Marco	Female	Italy	2011-06-27 15:08:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 June 2011 Filers	Hey there! Could you guys add us please? We sent out the I-751 today! Best of luck to each and everyone of you!!	Shannon And Marco	Female	Italy	2011-06-20 15:11:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	RFE; response preparation and what if denied?	Ascendant00? I don't no one in this forum who can tell you what to do or how you would proceed with your RFEs whitout knowing whats in the request they sent you. You should describe them clearly if you expect members who had similar ordeals or who knows the laws can chip in for help...	makebalayesarr	Male	Senegal	2013-07-18 15:59:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	My i-751 Interview Experience	Sorry about your situation but it very clear from the outset that in any conditional residency they do want the marriage be consummated if a child is born from that relationship or a strong financial Commingling if any covering that period especially if you're not together...sorry for your case	makebalayesarr	Male	Senegal	2013-07-15 20:47:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Expired, 2 yr GC	Hypnosis got it right ..if your I.751 is denied for whatever reasons like you've suggested you will be placed into removal proceedings before an Immigration judge for deportation ..	makebalayesarr	Male	Senegal	2013-07-27 18:10:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Affidavits	You shouldn't write any explanation letter for your ROC. All documents they do request you will be in the notice they often send to applicants. In your case,these kind of letter opens up more questions than answers in the first place. If your marriage is genuine then send only evidence of a bonifide marriage and let them decide if an interview is necessary to take a formal decision . It's not mandatory to have a kid or credit card but love and faith.	makebalayesarr	Male	Senegal	2013-09-13 16:43:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	how a divorce affect citizenship	If you are divorced to your wife ( petitioner ), yes it will affect both ROC & citizenship. You can finish up your immigration journey without her BUT you gonna have to prove that your marriage wasn't a scam wich you entered only to gain legal status. And if you can't provide anything substantial as far as real financial commingling then you going to be in a difficult situation to keep you GC. After a year with no child and no financial commingling like you enumerate it's unlikely that uscis will give you a free pass on this. I might be wrong but you better find an good attorney before the next move.	makebalayesarr	Male	Senegal	2013-09-12 09:46:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Tax Return Transcript - How recent does it need to be?	Ask your sponsors if they can provide you with various evidence of employment for the year 2012.   Like a recent pay statement, or a statement from your employer showing beginning date of employment, type of work performed, and salary or wages paid... you know, stuff like that.   That might work in addition to the Tax documents of the previous years	olsan3	Male	Nigeria	2013-06-19 15:05:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Waiting time for the NVC case number	I called them 2 .00 AM at my local time. DoS is not US embassy in Jakarta. They are different though embassy is part of DoS. DoS is in US and here is their number, +12024857600. Good luck and keep us posted.   Thank you and yes i will call them tomorrow probably, will surely keep you posted.	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-04 02:50:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Waiting time for the NVC case number	You're welcome. Note on that, I called both NVC and Dos. I prefer DoS because I did not have to wait 30 minutes to get hold one of them, in fact, I got my case number from DoS (Visa Unit) not NVC.   Other thing, better NOT to call them in the morning (their time). When first time I made a call, I was thinking before better to call in the morning (night time on my side) because not too many callers. But they told me they still don't upload my case yet. Weird that after I called in the afternoon, the lady on the phone finally gave my case number.   So I'm guessing they started working in the morning to input all data into system and showing up in afternoon or many hours after working time was finished for them. I always get an update on USCIS or CEAC website morning time in my country which means at night in US.     That is very useful, thank you so much for the info, since we are on the same time, i would probably call them morning time , like what time in the morning? And DOS means Department of State meaning the US Embassy of your country?   THanks	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-04 01:37:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Waiting time for the NVC case number	That is the number NVC keeps tossing out there.  I have seen some getting their MNL # within about 4 weeks, but things are slow at NVC for sure as of late.   There is info in my link below.   Thank you Hank, i hope we will get ours within that time frame	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-04 01:34:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Waiting time for the NVC case number	Hi,   Yours was processing at TSC like mine and they were pretty fast sent to NVC. I've got my case number a week after my fiance received NOA-2 hardcopy by mail which means less than 2 weeks from approval date. My fiance never received text or email notification but I did get the information on the USCIS website when they shipped to NVC. That was a week after approval.  Below how it says when they shipped my case to NVC.   Post Decision Activity On October 17, 2013, we shipped this approved or re-affirmed case to the Department of State for visa processing. For more information, please contact them directly.       Read this thread:   http://www.visajourn...2887-wondering/   Good luck.     Thank you so much, looks like we have the same time line My fiance got the hard copy of NOA2 on October 28, so i will just wait one more week before calling them, and yes my fiance didn't receive text or email too.   Good luck to all of us!	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-04 00:37:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Waiting time for the NVC case number	TSC filers get notification. Since we were from CSC, we didn't get any.   We waited a month before we started calling because we didn't want to get depressed or upset. Instead, we concentrated on gathering materials for the interview (NBI, Birth Certificate, Cenomar, more photos and evidences etc).    I hope we will receive notification too, but its been 10 days already, well i guess we will just wait, besides the approval of our case with USCIS is way quicker than what we thought of the normal process.   Good luck to your interview	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-04 00:22:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Waiting time for the NVC case number	6-8 weeks for CSC filers. We got ours in 5 weeks. I did notice though that TSC filers get their case #s quicker. So you may not need to wait as long as we did. Good luck!     Thank you for the reply , i should probably wait for one more week before calling NVC, did you receive a notification  from USCIS that they sent it to  NVC  or DOS?	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-04 00:01:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Waiting time for the NVC case number	Hello VJ'ers , i would just like to ask what is the usual waiting time for  us to have our  NVC case number? Is it really 8 weeks?   Thank you so much!	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-03 23:44:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	sending good vibes to everyone Congratulations to those who got their NVC case numbers	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-12-17 21:54:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	What did you include in your request?     Subject: USCIS Receipt Number - ( xxxxx)  from   (xxx Service Center)   REQUIRED SECURITY INFORMATION:   * Name of the person submitting the inquiry- * NVC case number or USCIS receipt number - * Petitioner's name and date of birth- * Principal Applicant's name and date of birth-	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-12-05 17:35:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	hello guys, just giving you update that we received our NVC case number through email , i suggest that those who are still waiting of NVC case number should email NVCInquiry@state.gov ... they will email you the complete information including the invoice ID number.  Thank God we received it just now   sending good vibes to everyone...	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-12-05 00:22:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	just got off the phone just now with the NVC visa representative, NOA2 October 24 here from TSC, and he said we were just on our 6 and half week of waiting and give it until 8 weeks before they will receive the file.	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-12-03 00:39:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	Just got the case number!!!  However I think it was because the K3 visa started to go through and I made sure to call the NVC and get pushed through to a supervisor.  She told me to check on Friday or on Mon to see if I had the case number yet so I am sure she put it on top of the pile. Congrats i will call next week for my case number	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-12-01 02:29:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	Call next week, after that message i got my case number in 7 labor days. So you case number can be ready on december 3. Give them 7 days     Thank you	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-27 01:44:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	You are not going to believe this, I filed a K3 with my I-130.  The K3 was given a case number and sent to the Madrid embassy where it is ready for the interview, but the I-130 is still waiting for the case number.  Crazy huh!     Yeah super crazy, try calling them why the case number of your I-130 was left behind.	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-26 19:07:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	Congratulations  .  Finally they shipped it!  But wow why it took  so long.  Call within a week or so. NVC has to processed it and assign you a number.  I noticed the day I called NVC when they rec'd the files and  have the MNL number, I was asked  for the beneficiary's name and d.o.b as well as the petitioner's. Before that, each time I call them they asked me what it says on the NOA2 letter.   Keep us updated. Good luck. Yes geff44 FINALLY!!! I will try to call later because one member here from tsc got the same notification and got the case the same date.. thank you so much.. i am happy will keep you updated Congratulations  .  Finally they shipped it!  But wow why it took  so long.  Call within a week or so. NVC has to processed it and assign you a number.  I noticed the day I called NVC when they rec'd the files and  have the MNL number, I was asked  for the beneficiary's name and d.o.b as well as the petitioner's. Before that, each time I call them they asked me what it says on the NOA2 letter.   Keep us updated. Good luck. Yes geff44 FINALLY!!! I will try to call later because one member here from tsc got the same notification and got the case the same date.. thank you so much.. i am happy will keep you updated	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-26 04:32:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	This is what i get   how long should i call NVC to get the case number?   On November 25, 2013, we shipped this approved or re-affirmed case to the Department of State for visa processing. For more information, please contact them directly. For approved applications/petitions, post-decision activity may include USCIS sending notification of the approved application/petition to the National Visa Center or the Department of State. For denied applications/petitions, post-decision activity may include the processing of an appeal and/or motions to reopen or reconsider and revocations.     Thank you	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-26 00:59:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! our status on USCIS portal was changed to ' we shipped  this approved" at last!!!! I am so happy	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-26 00:09:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	Approved nov 5 Waiting for my case number     Did you call NVC ?	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-25 20:37:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	Yeah me either, I am also hoping for this week, has the NVC at least received your case?     We have not received any update in USCIS portal too, and when i called DOS yesterday, the lady said, i need to wait few more weeks.	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-24 22:44:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	Any news yet?     None K and P -- hoping this week ...	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-24 22:34:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	Yours will be shipped soon...thinking positive for you! Thanks for the positive vibes...hoping to get update too... congrats.. Edited by icedblu15, 23 November 2013 - 02:44 AM.	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-23 02:35:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	Almost everyone is getting their case ship to NVC or consulate (BIG Congratulations).. now some feels they are being left behind , just like us	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-22 20:01:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	My fiancee and I received our notice of approval on Oct 18, 2013. We are waiting for a notification from NVC: 35 days and counting.     We are on the same page, we are still waiting for TSC  to ship it to NVC.	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-22 05:32:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	I just booked my fiancee's interview at USEM online. Right now earliest available date is Jan 28 ( 4 slots available).  I also saw whole month of February as well as March available.  The dates I chose and the day  I finally decided to schedule has about 20 slots open. I don't know if these available days just opened up and that means you will get your MNL # soon. Congratulations to you.. i hope ill get the manila number soon its not that im rushing since i still have some things to settle down with work.. but its better to have it sooner than later..	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-20 21:30:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NOA2 APPROVED IN OCTOBER.. WAITING FOR NVC CASE NUMBER	It supose change to sipped this week. My approved was october 23 and shipped to uscis on november 6 , my fiance calked on november 15 and got case number. I guess it depends on the availability of interview slots in consulates because until now even though we are from tsc and noa2 october 24 our case was not shipped to nvc as well.	icedblu15	Not Telling	Philippines	2013-11-20 19:53:00