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IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNew NVC rules Ukraine

NVC says that now only NVC sets the interview for ALL embassies. :wacko: :help: :help: :help: :help: :help:


Hmm....I wonder if this means that all the requirements will be the same then for all interviews at all embassies and if all of us will now have to send in the same stuff you have to send in? Seems a bit risky to send them originals. Do they offer any guarantees you'll get it back?
GeistFemaleFinland2007-04-03 21:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresIS IT JUST ME???????
I think everyone goes through this. Since "every case is different" there is almost an unlimited number of mistakes each of us can make. I can't tell you the number of nights I've laid awake in bed with various senarios running through my head, especially after I mailed off our application. Now it's better, but whenever I have a day off, I spend an inordinate amount of time worrying :P Thank goodness for work! It helps keep my mind off the visa...though the whole time I'm thinking "must...keep...working....must meet 125% of poverty level!"
GeistFemaleFinland2007-04-04 08:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresOMG OMG!!!!!!!
Oh how awesome! I bet you're overjoyed!! Good luck on the next step of the process; your patience has been rewarded :)
GeistFemaleFinland2007-04-03 21:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNOA2! OMG!
Congratulations! Which service center are you?

Edit: Doh, California. I can read;) I just get so used to looking at the signatures instead of the sidebar!

Edited by Geist, 07 April 2007 - 08:57 AM.

GeistFemaleFinland2007-04-07 08:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAre the blogs always helpful?????
As this forum is a FORUM and not a blog, I hearby declare the entire thread void.
GeistFemaleFinland2007-04-19 22:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresApproved
Quick question, did you receive any touches beyond the one on Nov 25 before you were approved? Or was it just approved out of the blue?
GeistFemaleFinland2007-04-17 07:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresApproved
Awesome, this is great news for you guys...and those of us watching and waiting to see when our turns will come :)

Congratulations on your long awaited approval! Calling a senator does seem to help, doesn't it?
GeistFemaleFinland2007-04-16 18:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresThe end of the beginning - got I-130 approval
Oh man, your crazy situation finally got straightened out :) That's awesome! Good luck on the NVC!
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-02 19:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresFebruary Filers
Yep I filed in VSC, too, just like Vylex. Looks like you're my competition. I think we filed right around the same time :)
GeistFemaleFinland2007-03-15 16:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresHow to understand the USCIS Case Number
Wow Excellent info. So this means that my application was the 52022 to be received at the Vermont Service Center on that day?

Well, that would certainly put into perspective why they're so swamped....
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-04 22:14:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWTF? Our I-130 got tranferred to CSC from VSC.
Considering how quickly CSC has been churning out approvals lately, I would say it is a good thing for you, especially if you've waited a while!
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-07 20:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedureswhy our case i-130 transfered from vermont to california?
Hath, could you update your timeline? It says you don't actually have one. And your profile claims you're applying for a K-1 visa....
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-08 07:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCR-1
All cases filed at TSC and NSC are routinely shipped out to California as neither TSC or NSC adjudicate I-130s anymore. Don't worry, it's normal :) VSC shipping out petitions to CSC, however, is a bit more unusual :)
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-13 18:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresFinally NOA2!!!
Yaaay! i'm so happy for you! See, it did come :) :thumbs:
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-16 22:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDoes the clock reset when I-130 transferred to another SC?
Hmm
Finish processing, eh? They have yet to start processing our case! No touches at all until it was sent out!

But the info about the 60 days is good. I hope it's accurate :whistle:
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-17 12:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDoes the clock reset when I-130 transferred to another SC?
We got another touch on our petition today! Yay!!!
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-15 21:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDoes the clock reset when I-130 transferred to another SC?
He did it on VJ, using the timelines people enter into their profiles :) (He's at school right now, so I'm answering for him ;)
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-15 07:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDoes the clock reset when I-130 transferred to another SC?

I also recieved this notice on 11th May. Not too sure what happens now though. Does my case get reset to receipt date of 11th May or kept as 3rd Jan 2007...really confused now. Does anybody know an exact answer? I changed my timeline and now it says my I-130 should be have been adjudicated by 28 april 2007. Should I be expecting a decision soon or should I be contacting USCIS for some info? :unsure:

No, your NOA1 date is still the original date on your NOA1 sheet. What you got on May 11 qualifies as a touch, not as an NOA1.
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-14 08:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDoes the clock reset when I-130 transferred to another SC?

I mailed an I-130 to Vermont Service Center for filing on March 30, which they received and signed for on Saturday April 7, now after 1 month of nothing (no checks cashed, no filing receipt, nada), May 10 the check clears and I get a filing receipt not from Vermont, but California! Guess CSC is the I-130 shop right now if you guys have cases transferring too!


Someone that filed around the same time as me (but at the Nebraska Center) had their petition shortly transferred to the CSC. They JUST got the NOA2! It gives me hope that once the CSC gets it, it will be worked on. *FINGERS CROSSED*

Vylex, I just noticed that you and I have very nearly the same NOA1 dates and got transferred to CSC on the same day! Maybe we'll get NOA2'd around the same time as well :)
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-12 18:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDoes the clock reset when I-130 transferred to another SC?

Your petition will be put in the queue with the others based on the NOA1 date.


I'm sorry to doubt you, but how do you know it will be placed in queue on the basis of the NOA1 date :unsure:? I've personally been under the impression that we would be placed last in the CSC queue after the transfer, with all the May 2007 filers :(.

No, honey, I'm right, you're wrong ;) They'll still honor our NOA1 date.
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-12 18:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDoes the clock reset when I-130 transferred to another SC?
It better not! that's all I have to say! Our case has also been transferred.
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-11 16:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresVisa Granted!! Took 9 months.
Awesome :) Hope you and your sweetie have a wonderful life together :)
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-04 23:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI-130 Approved
That's great :) :thumbs:
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-21 22:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedureswasn't the I-130 pending anyway??
I got it too. Must be pretty standard :) I'm just taking it to mean they didn't lose it. The truck with our petition in it didn't explode on the highway :P

A good sign! :thumbs:
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-22 16:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWhat is GOING ON with VSC

180 days is 6 months from date of applying..that makes mid june approx for you...just next month!...but still i hope you'll get approved before!!

No, I applied in February. 2 + 6 = 8. So August 21 is 180 days :) And I Reallyhope we get approved before. We got touched again today!
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-14 19:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWhat is GOING ON with VSC

Guys, in the past transferees were approved soon. in Vt in the fall of last year, the uscis site said 22.000 family petitions were transfered in Cali...now another batch...things are moving now, it's the most important..and you'll be approved very soon!...and/or get help with officials, like senators...some are more than willing to help...just find the right one!!! Looking forward to hear great news about you here very soon!!!

Yea, that's why I'm feeling somewhat optimistic that we'll get our approval before my husband comes to visit :) But it hasn't been long enough for me to go to Senators regardless and won't be until late August...I can be patient! I just don't want to be :( Weekends are the worst, though, because you can't really expect an approval.
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-13 18:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWhat is GOING ON with VSC

I used to think Vermont was pretty fast in approving petition. Don`t understand why it`s taking soooooooo long. I need my NOA2 already.

They were fast once, in early 2006 when it comes to I-130s for CR-1/IR-1 visas, but I heard the reason why they slowed down is because they lost a lot of their more experienced workers and have to train new ones. It's understandable; I see all the time in my field the effects of high turnover. I just hope they get it together! But hey, look on the bright side: we're at California now. It shouldn't be too long before we get approved. My timeline says June 17 now which is a vast improvement over the September ___ it was promising earlier at VSC!
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-13 06:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWhat is GOING ON with VSC

It's not random; it's happened to several of us this week.

No, I meant it's random for CSC to suddenly have jurisdiction over that case. It sounds in that email that they got like the USCIS moved the file to CSC because CSC was supposed to have jurisdiction over it, instead of the other way around. Probably just me being a picky reader, but that's how it sounded to me :)

I hope this means that the people who have been lagging behind far at VSC will be approved soon :thumbs:
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-08 19:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWhat is GOING ON with VSC

On May 6, 2007, we transferred this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN to our CALIFORNIA SERVICE CENTER location for processing because they now have jurisdiction over the case. We sent you a notice of this transfer.

This is odd. HOw do they now have jurisdiction over your case? It seems rather random.
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-07 20:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWhat is GOING ON with VSC

GEIST
germany seems to be better again in visa matters
congrats for your visas:)

Yea but they were a completely different style of visa than the spouse ones...but still, it would seem MOST countries are better than the US as far as visas go. It's because everyone hates us. Remember? :whistle:
GeistFemaleFinland2007-03-06 08:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWhat is GOING ON with VSC

should i mention again that in germany you only have to go to the "ausländerbehörde" where they process the visa things, wait some time (depending on how many people are there that day) and then they put a visa sticker in the passport which allowes to live and work in germany for three years...

Yea, I've gotten two visas in Germany (one as a high school foreign exchange student and once as a college exchange student) and both times the process was very simple. The second time was a little more painful because I was doing it in Berlin and the stupid bureaucrats lost my file and then the one I was dealing with seemed to think none of my paperwork was good enough (telling me I had to have my parents' passport there so they could verify their signature on their letter of financial support was valid! And hten that the letter had to be in German because he didn't speak English...but my parents don't speak German!) But I got it anyway :)

If it takes a while to get this visa, I'll take a leave of absence from work and go live in Finland for a while. As i'm married to a Finn, I can get automatic permanent residency. All I have to do is go to the police where my husband lives and fill out a form and they'll set me up :) Only problem: I don't speak finnish and my degree isn't high enough to get me a job there :(
GeistFemaleFinland2007-03-05 23:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWhat is GOING ON with VSC
How do you tell if your case has been assigned an adjudicator?
And, is there much of a chance they'll be sending I-130s to other service centers to handle the backlong? I know that occasionally they do transfer them to CSC
GeistFemaleFinland2007-03-03 09:55:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresWhat is GOING ON with VSC

what a waste of time and money to call VSC... guess what they said...

- we are working on march 12
- case are processed in the order we received them
- you will get approved soon... dont worry

so basically nothing new. hubby made the mistake of telling them, that he heard now we reached the 180 days line we are allowed to contact our congressman. the lady told them this isnt true... of course. what else should she say?

Pssh. You're allowed to contact your congressman anytime and complain...I guess that the theory is, you shouldn't expect the application to be done for six months. But complain away. It was, last time I checked, still a free country.
GeistFemaleFinland2007-02-23 08:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresInteresting.....what CSC operator said about current processing times.
Hah! that's great!
I wonder if the poor operator went home and lay in bed that night thinking, "aw, #######, what if my boss years and I get fired?"
GeistFemaleFinland2007-05-29 18:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAny more feb. filers approved?
Yay! Congrats Vylex!
GeistFemaleFinland2007-06-12 08:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAny more feb. filers approved?
Thanks :)

Pjjoy, since you just got touched today, I want to bet that it might have been an approval :) Maybe you'll get a good email tomorrow like we did today after a touch yesterday :)
GeistFemaleFinland2007-06-08 12:15:00
PhilippinesWe've got THE PINK :D
congratulations, wish you luck with the rest of your journey
mike&jieNot TellingPhilippines2009-10-11 08:25:00
Philippineshotels near CFO manila
you may want to check out Bay view hotel,, right across from the embassy,safe secure and a excellent breakfast buffet,,,,,,,,and very easy to get taxi to cfo,, good luck
mike&jieNot TellingPhilippines2009-10-04 05:42:00
PhilippinesWhich city and state are you?
Concord, New Hampshire (this is my 5th post to try to get back onto the list)
Scott and IrynaNot TellingUkraine2008-09-04 18:26:00
PhilippinesWhich city and state are you?
Hmm... not sure why I keep falling off the list. This is the 3rd time if posted.

I am from Concord, New Hampshire.
Scott and IrynaNot TellingUkraine2008-07-28 13:02:00