Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Sep 08 NOA1, then nothing?	I sent in I-130 Aug 20, 08 and am still waiting for NOA2. We are going I-30 route. I called USCIS but just receive the below via automated voice message. I'll try calling tomorrow to talk to an actual person? Seems like a long time waiting....my patience has worn out? I sent in a full I-130 with two affadavit of bona fide marriage and some bank transfers to show comingling of financial resources. I'm wondering if my package was insufficient in some way? Any thoughts appreciated from this forum. Receipt Number: WACxxxxxxxxxx Application Type: I130, IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN Current Status: Case received and pending. On September 4, 2008, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN, and mailed you a notice describing how we will process your case. Please follow any instructions on this notice. We will notify you by mail when we make a decision or if we need something from you. If you move while this case is pending, call customer service. We process cases in the order we receive them. You can use our processing dates to estimate when yours will be done. This case is at our CALIFORNIA SERVICE CENTER location. Follow the link below to check processing dates. You can also receive automatic e-mail updates as we process your case. Just follow the link below to register.	Ryan H.	Male	Peru	2009-02-08 23:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	More than 6 Months NOA1 to NOA2	QUOTE (MMW @ Mar 15 2009, 05:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We were in the same situation with our I-130 petition. We reached 7 months on our NOA-1 and still nothing from USCIS and tried contacting them to do a request for info which was a waste of time. I then contacted my congressman and told them it was outside the 6 moth window and his office contacted USCIS for us and that same afternoon we received an Email from USCIS with our NOA-2. So I would suggest doing the same contact your district Congressman and have them call USCIS to lite a fire there. Good Luck and hopefully you get the same response we did. All, I really appreciate your responses. I'll contact USCIS and my elected officials. Best Ryan	Ryan H.	Male	Peru	2009-03-15 22:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	More than 6 Months NOA1 to NOA2	I received NOA1 rapidly on Sept 4, 2008. Now more than 6 months later, no NOA2. Any advice on what to do with USCIS on the phone to get a handle on where my case is at? Thanks, Ryan	Ryan H.	Male	Peru	2009-03-15 12:20:00
United Kingdom	Medical done, now I wait...	Had the medical in London yesterday, was quite painless, and was done within 40 minutes of me arriving. The process was exactly as described in the pinned threads above so won't bore you with the details again! I was told that I need a mumps vaccination again, as each component of the MMR needs to be had twice, and I'm missing a mumps. I thought that just one MMR would be enough, but apparently not, so just a warning to anyone! Does anyone know if you can still get the mumps by itself? I don't mind having the whole MMR again but would probably rather limit my intake of unnecessary vaccine... My police certificate arrived today, this being 30 days after the date on the receipt they sent me, not too bad methinks, and in plenty of time for my interview... I don't even have a date yet! To anyone getting photos, the 449 Oxford Street photo place is up lots of rickety stairs and easy to miss if you're not careful. I was in and out in 5 minutes, not bad at all! Hope all is well, Maria x	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-09-30 10:29:00
United Kingdom	40 days and 40 nights	Received mine yesterday, 30 days after the date of the receipt. Not too bad really!	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-01 02:40:00
United Kingdom	good luck this week interviewees!	Wishing you all the best of luck!!	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-03 01:38:00
United Kingdom	whoo! interview!	Already posted on the embassy forum but i'm just so excited so i'm posting here as well! Got an interview date today, for just 2 weeks away, doesn't leave much planning time!! how come when you call from here they're absolutely useless, and scottish (no offense to scottish people, i just mean i was shocked that they were all scottish), and when the USC calls from there they're brilliant and give out interview dates and everything!!! well that may have just been me... anyway, to anyone waiting for interviews from london, i hope you get them soon!! Maria x	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-02 16:19:00
United Kingdom	Interview finished!	Congratulations!	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-02 13:00:00
United Kingdom	Mission accomplished	Yay Yay YAYAYYY!	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-02 12:59:00
United Kingdom	New to the board	Welcome It's always nice to see people from the UK! I hope all goes well for you! I'm reckoning things might speed up a little now after the delay from IMBRA which has clogged up USCIS for so long... Good luck!	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-07 16:14:00
United Kingdom	YEY Packet 4 is here!	Congrats! Got my packet 4 today too, I didn't believe it either... I can't see anyone else on the 16th yet, am I going to be all by myself...? It's so great that everyone's getting interviews all of a sudden! Maria x	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-04 12:36:00
United Kingdom	Does a female need to fill out DS-157?	Oop, no don't send any photos - just take to embassy! Sorry didn't see that question when I replied in the other forum...	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-11 11:59:00
United Kingdom	tax questions... exciting...	Thanks for the info kezzie and fwaguy! I do know that the tax year is annual Boiler, I was just asking on the off chance that I get my temp EAD and do work this tax year.	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-08 09:01:00
United Kingdom	tax questions... exciting...	So, I graduated this summer, and have worked for a few months since, which will be my only income this UK tax year, which will total to less than the limit above which you pay tax. So in any normal situation, I would get all the tax I have paid so far back in March. But! I will be earning money when I get to the states - does this have to be taken into account when dealing with the nasty tax people here or can I still get my tax back? Also... When I'm filing my tax returns next year in the states, do I have to declare the money I earned here? I'm worried that at some point I'm going to be paying taxes for the same money in two countries! Aaahhh!! I've also been hearing about some new thing where even JFK isn't giving out the temp EAD, has anyone actually verified this or should I still go ahead with my original plan of flying there and then onto LAX? Thanks for all your helP! Maria x	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-08 07:47:00
United Kingdom	What to bring to the embassy with us?	that sounds about right, my interview is 2 days before you so i'll let you know if i forget anything... by the way did you get a vaccination list from the medical place in london? i'm not really sure why they sent it to me!	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-09 13:12:00
United Kingdom	how do i get this info on timelines???	I spent a long time looking at timelines when I had sent my packet three back so I will tell you what I know... When I was looking the average time seemed to be about 6 weeks, about 2 weeks to get packet 4, which would give you an interview date about a month after that. In my case, my packet 4 took longer to arrive, but the interview date was less than two weeks after I received it! Mine interview was only actually a month after sending back packet three, but I think that's probably nearer the quicker end of the scale. Good luck and hope you get an interview date soon! Maria x	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-15 08:44:00
United Kingdom	Munchkins & CapeG Cheerleading thread!	yay yay yay gimme a CapeG and a munchkins!	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-17 14:42:00
United Kingdom	INTERVIEW!!! 24th October	yayyy!!! that's so soon! Think they're getting their act together at the embassy...	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-17 12:02:00
United Kingdom	Leaving tomorrow	Okkk, So I'm leaving tomorrow at 13.15 from heathrow, I'm just making a few last minute checks before I leave the house tomorrow morning... I need to fill out the white I-94 NOT the green one that I'm used to, it that correct? I'm connecting in JFK, so hopefully I'll get my EAD stamp If not, then I'll wish I'd just got the direct flight and been in LAX sooner Is there anything else I need to remember? I have the brown envelope and x-ray in my hand luggage. Wish me luck through immigration!! Maria x	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-25 11:49:00
United Kingdom	Arrived, and it's hot	So, after all that hassle of getting the visa I am finally in Long Beach with my soon to be husband! Mt journey was somewhat eventful, I missed my connecting flight from jfk to lax, but not diue to slow immigration (that was done within 30 minutes), but becuase we had to sit on the tarmac at heathrow for 3 HOURS waiting for clearance from washington. What??? Anyway, I did eventually get ti LAX at 12.30am local time. I got the temp EAD stamp, yay!! ANd immigration really was quite straightforward, had to wait for one of the blkokes cos he was outsiide having a **, but that was my only delay... He said to me 'you're unusual, we usually get people from ###### who come in and marry some 65 year old'. Hmmm. Charming man. SO, Ed is at school (USC), and I am putting off unpacking! Maria x	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-27 16:22:00
United Kingdom	embassy interview	yep, you need the visa bill to get into the building! No need for passport photocopy as they keep the original anyway for a couple of days. Good luck!!	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-22 03:16:00
United Kingdom	POE and 90 day work visa	I went through there last week, and they just stamped me without me asking. I did ask them if they'd done it and he looked at me suspiciously and then showed me. I'm pretty sure you'll be ok! I'm still waiting for my social security number so can't work yet, but we;re about to send of AOS and EAD so maybe, just maybe... there'll be an overlap. But I'm not banking on it!! Good luck Maria x	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-11-01 22:49:00
United Kingdom	how long did it take you to get your visa?	It arrived at 6am Beware of ticking the before 8am box! It is very early!!!	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-19 11:29:00
United Kingdom	how long did it take you to get your visa?	I got a text message this evening saying that the US embassy visa pcakage will be delivered on 19/10, tomorrow!! So I shall be waiting by the door tomorrow morning...	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-18 14:42:00
United Kingdom	how long did it take you to get your visa?	I paid £20 more to get it delivered before 8am, at least that way there would def be someone at home... On day 2 now, and there's 10minutes to go! Don't think it's arriving today somehow!	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-18 01:51:00
United Kingdom	how long did it take you to get your visa?	interview went fine - posted in the embassy forum!! on the verge of booking my ticket right now for next tuesday... yayyy!! after howmany days did you get the visa delivrered katie_uk?	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-16 13:38:00
United Kingdom	how long did it take you to get your visa?	oohh I never thought of that! What a good idea!	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-15 03:16:00
United Kingdom	how long did it take you to get your visa?	Oohh how annoying, maybe I'll just quit my job after my interview and not work the notice.. Then I'll definitely be at home to get it... perhaps I'll be lucky and it'll arrive on one of the days my mum's at home. But being lucky during this process does seem to be a bit of a rarity...haha.	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-14 08:12:00
United Kingdom	how long did it take you to get your visa?	Hmmm... So it's looking like 3 days is the norm, which would make it a day where no one will be at home to answer the door to the postman... Is it just like a parcel where they take it back to the depot and you can go and get it later? I work next to the depot so that would be quiite handy! Thanks Maria	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-14 02:01:00
United Kingdom	how long did it take you to get your visa?	Hellooo, Just trying to get an idea of how long it's recently been taking the embassy to post out the visa after the interview. I know it;s never going to be a certainty, but it's nice to have soem idea... My friend who was getting a student visa said it took three days for him, and he lives in Ireland, has it been that quick for most people? Thanks for your help! Maria	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-10-13 12:46:00
United Kingdom	Anyone in CA know of any expat groups?	Hi Maria. Is it nice to finally be there though? I handed my notice in today and my boss who is normally a total w****r was lovely. I explained that I'm still waiting for my interview and that as long as my interview is Nov or Dec I will be flying out 3rd January. He said if mt interview doesn't come through until January then I can stay on a couple more weeks. Which was good news. Is it lovely and sunny in Long Beach? I'm moving to San Diego so futher down the Coast from you. Keep in touch for how you are keeping yourself busy. Is it warm enough to go to the beach? OH yes it's wonderful to finally be here! THe first couple of days I was here was def warm enough to go to the beach, it got a bit cooler but it's still very pleasant. Don't make the mistake I did and bring the wrong clothes! I think all the Californians think it's cold, they're walking around in jumpers, but coming from england it feels positively tropical! Haha I'm sure i'll get used to it... Good luck with everything, hope you get your interview soon! Maria x	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-11-03 11:11:00
United Kingdom	Anyone in CA know of any expat groups?	Hi, I'm living in Long Beach now and I was wondering if anyone knows of any expat groups around here or nearby? I'm sittting at home going mad and it would be nice to meet up with some brits!! I miss home Hope you're all well Maria x	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-11-02 21:23:00
United Kingdom	VISA APPROVED!!!	Congrats! Hope no one saw you walk into the door	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-11-02 13:28:00
United Kingdom	How many UKers filed for AP?	Sending off my AOS and EAD today. Not including the AP...	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-11-06 12:24:00
United Kingdom	Where in the UK are you from?	Not many from Portsmouth then... Living here at the moment, but was at Uni in Oxford for 4 years, much nicer than Portsmouth! Oxford's also a lot better because it's where I met Ed	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-09-28 14:40:00
United Kingdom	Interview over, so easy!	Yay congratulations!	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-11-10 18:10:00
United Kingdom	Next level	I'm still only a member too, but my posts have slowed down somwhat since I've actually got here....	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-11-15 21:31:00
United Kingdom	Question. but not visa related.	I just got an account at Bank of America. Haven't had any problems so far... but I've only had it for 3 days!	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-11-16 18:09:00
United Kingdom	Passport question...	Hmm, the visa only takes up one page, so you might be ok!	ninamyers	Female	England	2006-12-13 11:15:00
United Kingdom	Tell us a story	I lived in Ham (not West Ham), near Kingston-upon-Thames until I was about three I think, so don't really remember much of that... remember Richmond Park though, that was a very nice place if i recall! I lived in near Portsmouth from then on, a place called Horndean. It was generally a nice place, we lived sort of in the country, and it wasn't far to get to some lovely quiet pubs in the middle of nowhere. Portsmouth isn't really my cup of tea... but there are some nice bits that are quite new, like Gunwharf Quays, which are a lot nicer than the old parts of Portsmouth. many a night I spent on Guildhall Walk when I was 18/19, I'm not sure I'd be brave enough to go down there anymore! For the past 4 years I lived in Oxford as I was at University. I lived right in the centre of town, and it was such a lovely place to live. Right near all the best pubs shops and kebab vans Oxford had to offer! I miss kebab vans...It was always cold though, must be all the rivers...	ninamyers	Female	England	2007-01-17 01:18:00