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Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionSeptember 2009 I-751 filers
Would someone mind adding our Biometrics for 10/2? I tried adding it myself last time and everything got misaligned.

Thanks!
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2009-09-27 13:29:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionSeptember 2009 I-751 filers

Updated to reflect receipt of the NOA1!



California Service Center - CSC
VJName.................Date of I-751........NOA1 Date............Biometrics.........Approved
E&K....................08/31/09.............09/02/09.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
calitoday..............08/31/09.............09/02/09.............10/08/09...........--/--/--
David-and-Mae..........09/02/09.............--/--/--.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
chemaatah..............09/02/09.............09/06/09.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
CountryBoy.............09/04/09.............09/08/09.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
Coco&Kitten............09/05/09.............09/08/09.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
Chris_n_Veronica.......09/08/09.............--/--/--.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
payxibka...............09/09/09.............09/15/09.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
NycBra.................09/16/09.............--/--/--.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
RomeoNan...............09/17/09.............--/--/--.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
Nanusia&Lukaszek.......09/19/09.............--/--/--.............--/--/--...........--/--/--


Vermont Service Center - VSC
VJName.................Date of I-751..........NOA1 Date...........Biometrics.........Approved
crysethu...............08/31/09...............09/02/09............09/18/09...........--/--/--
JamalNTam..............09/01/09...............09/04/09............--/--/--...........--/--/--
SM&LP..................09/04/09...............09/08/09............--/--/--...........--/--/--
cdngirl06..............09/04/09...............09/09/09............--/--/--...........--/--/--
GabachaYucateca........09/04/09............09/09/2009............--/--/--...........--/--/--
MonicaMexico...........09/05/09...............09/14/09............--/--/--...........--/--/--
Lhedyjoe...............09/08/09...............--/--/--............--/--/--...........--/--/--
Agnar..................09/09/09...............09/11/09............--/--/--...........--/--/--
JelloShotGirl..........09/10/09...............09/14/09............--/--/--...........--/--/--
Dayna and Ali..........09/12/09...............--/--/--............--/--/--...........--/--/--



HOW TO ADD YOUR NAME

*Make sure that your VJ Text Editor setting is set to Rich Text Editor.
*Go to the MOST RECENTLY POSTED VERSION of this list (go to the last post and
scroll UP) and "Reply" to it, deleting the "quote" tags in your reply.
Leave only the list/table section and these instructions.
* Please DO NOT change the font, font size, add colors, stuff like that.
* It is helpful to copy the last line under either VSC or CSC. Paste it and change the name to yours and the date to yours.
Make sure your date is aligned with the date above.
* Please PREVIEW before posting to make sure it is properly formatted.

**When you're on this list, please come back to update your information accordingly**
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GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2009-09-21 16:43:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionSeptember 2009 I-751 filers
Added myself!

VJName.................Date of I-751........NOA1 Date............Biometrics.........Approved
E&K....................08/31/09.............09/02/09.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
calitoday..............08/31/09.............09/02/09.............10/08/09...........--/--/--
David-and-Mae..........09/02/09.............--/--/--.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
chemaatah..............09/02/09.............09/06/09.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
CountryBoy.............09/04/09.............09/08/09.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
Coco&Kitten............09/05/09.............09/08/09.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
Chris_n_Veronica.......09/08/09.............--/--/--.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
payxibka...............09/09/09.............09/15/09.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
NycBra.................09/16/09.............--/--/--.............--/--/--...........--/--/--
RomeoNan...............09/17/09.............--/--/--.............--/--/--...........--/--/--

Vermont Service Center - VSC
VJName.................Date of I-751..........NOA1 Date...........Biometrics.........Approved
crysethu...............08/31/09...............09/02/09............09/18/09...........--/--/--
JamalNTam..............09/01/09...............09/04/09............--/--/--...........--/--/--
SM&LP..................09/04/09...............09/08/09............--/--/--...........--/--/--
cdngirl06..............09/04/09...............09/09/09............--/--/--...........--/--/--
GabachaYucateca....09/04/09...............--/--/--............--/--/--...........--/--/--
MonicaMexico...........09/05/09...............--/--/--............--/--/--...........--/--/--
Lhedyjoe...............09/08/09...............--/--/--............--/--/--...........--/--/--
Agnar..................09/09/09...............09/11/09............--/--/--...........--/--/--
JelloShotGirl..........09/10/09...............--/--/--............--/--/--...........--/--/--
Dayna and Ali..........09/12/09...............--/--/--............--/--/--...........--/--/--


HOW TO ADD YOUR NAME

*Make sure that your VJ Text Editor setting is set to Rich Text Editor.
*Go to the MOST RECENTLY POSTED VERSION of this list (go to the last post and
scroll UP) and "Reply" to it, deleting the "quote" tags in your reply.
Leave only the list/table section and these instructions.
* Please DO NOT change the font, font size, add colors, stuff like that.
* It is helpful to copy the last line under either VSC or CSC. Paste it and change the name to yours and the date to yours.
Make sure your date is aligned with the date above.
* Please PREVIEW before posting to make sure it is properly formatted.

**When you're on this list, please come back to update your information accordingly**

Edited by GabachaYucateca, 19 September 2009 - 07:22 PM.

GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2009-09-19 19:22:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionSeptember 2009 I-751 filers
Well, they cashed the check on 9/11 so I'd be shocked if the biometrics appointment was this past week! At least I'm hoping so!
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2009-09-19 11:18:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionSeptember 2009 I-751 filers
Mailed in the packet to Vermont on 9/4...don't know if we've received anything in the mail yet from USCIS as I just got back from Mexico and won't pick up the held mail until Monday. Amazed at how quickly these seem to be moving, and to see that someone already had had the biometrics scheduled. What would be the chances of our having already received a letter and missed a biometrics appointment because of being out of the country? If in the off chance that we did and the appt is scheduled for next week and my husband stayed an extra week in Mexico, not too worried about calling or visiting the biometrics office and explaining that he won't be back until 9/26...but would REALLY be concerned if we missed it altogether.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2009-09-19 11:04:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussiongot shocked and need help
Not that my thoughts on what you should have done beforehand are helpful since the interview already occured, but I don't understand why you two didn't go over elemental things like your family's names before the interview. My husband has a terrible memory for names and dates and I made damn sure he could remember important dates before his interview (only for K1...we didn't get intervied for his LPR card nor for ROC). I mean, the dude got his own birthday wrong most of the time (what his mother remembered and told him growing up was different from what was on his BC) much less my own. Finally after 11 years together he remembers my birthday...and had I not drilled it into his head for his interview, he probably still wouldn't know it.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2010-04-17 16:21:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion2 year green card expired .. Help
So confused...by not coming up with the money for ROC (there are plenty of franchises that offer small, quick loans; if you have a credit card, that would have been a time to use the dreaded cash advance, etc), you've effectively deported yourself or your family will need to incur thousands more dollars of debt for a great attorney to get you out of this mess.

Even if you were permitted by law to exit the country and re-apply for a visa and permanent residence, that will also cost you tons more in the long run.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2010-04-30 11:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNOA 2 on the way
Yahooo!!! Hope CSC keeps it up!!!
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-27 20:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportspl. contact your congressman to complain about the slow processing times
vismaster...what kitkat said refered to a spouse visa, not a fiance. Once the K1 is approved, the rest is quite quick.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-04-06 10:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWhy Send All Petitions to CSC?
From what I understand, when it comes to AOS, Vermont is mindbendingly slow while California processes these much more quickly.

So while CSCers are languishing waiting for the NOA2, Vermonters speed through. On the other end, Vermonters are stuck in AOS limbo while those in California have already received their Green Card.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-04-21 22:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWe just got her visa approved

Wow! Congratulations. This gives us all hope :-)



Bush loves Mexicans. No need for visa just walk across the wide open border. They will hand you social security, food stamps, democratic voter registration, free housing, free medical etc.


Excepting Epiphany's stupid, xenophobic, highly misinformed and racist post, FELICIDADES!!!! Que chiiidddooo!
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-04-20 21:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportsa long VSC time
Thanks for sharing your indignation, Crix. I feel the same way.

Before I even learned about the differences between filing centers for processing times, I already had it in my head from what I'd heard that it'd most likely be 6 to 9 months from filing to interview. Little did I know how fast Vermont processed petitions. And all along I've seen these digs at people who filed through Vermont, although the spoiled brat comment seemed to be the nastiest.

I also stupidly chose to share the fact that Vermont filers have a much more difficult road and wait during adjustment of status, and I was told by people filing through other centers that it was a dumb thing to say because nobody cares about how long AOS takes since their partner will be by their side and that's all they want. I don't buy it. I really don't see the difference in waiting one month or three to get your petition approved when you'll be spending the next 20 to 70 years of your life together as a married couple. I know my fiance isn't going to disappear in the meantime.

Had I filed through another center, I would have been prepared for at least a three month wait and wouldn't have had a freak out until those 90 days had come and gone.

What is anxiety producing is when your wait ends up being longer than the norm, no matter if the norm is 20 days or 120.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-05-12 16:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMARCH FILERS :p
Does it really give the reason in the RFE email? If I remember correctly, they only send notice that it was mailed, not the reason. It may be for something else, like a form you forgot to sign. I mean, you do have a horse together! What more evidence would they need?
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-04-06 11:21:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNOA2 on May 3rd, but no
You will also need a copy of the NOA2 when the beneficiary adjusts status in the US.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-05-12 16:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMexico filers
I'm one too...am planning on going to Juarez in June.

The Juarez thread in the Foreign Consulate forum is full of us!
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-04-07 16:31:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsStill no NOA1?..it has been 90 days
90 days is just an estimate based on others' experiences, not a hard and fast rule. Your timeline gives an estimated date of adjudication, which is 9/14 (but can changed based on other people entering data who are filing through the same service center.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-08-17 11:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsVSC - February Filers
Best of luck tomorrow, Tonyeck!!!!!

We've only got three weeks to go...and I have stopped calling Edgar because I am sooooo annoying. Just can't keep my crazy to myself.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-05-28 17:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsVSC - February Filers
Must feel good to have a set date!

Did you receive his police cert from Canada yet?
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-05-19 22:11:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsVSC - February Filers
I have only been sporadically following this thread since things moved to the consulate, but I like to check in!

Especially after seeing so much movement on all of your cases.

Homeboy is full of anxiety about this whole process. He's never flown before, is terrified of bureaucracy, petrified of being denied. We're meeting in Juarez on June 18th, and last night I explained to him the necesity of keeping all of his documents in his carry-on, about checking his luggage, and how to pick it up at baggage claim. Then we moved on to the interview, and he'd apparently blocked out the part about my not being allowed into the consulate. I asked him some of the likely questions, and then said, "See? All you have to do is tell the truth about us! Now don't you feel better about this process after I took you through it?" A moment of silence, then he wails "Noooooooo."
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-05-18 18:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsVSC - February Filers
What a great opportunity, GhanaLove. I hope you can jump on it!

My update: have bought tickets and we'll be going to the consulate on June 18th for his interview. Only problem...I'm growing more and more disenchanted with Providence and am itching to move back to Mexico!
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-04-21 22:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsVSC - February Filers
No kidding...it felt like we were conversing in an alternate universe. He is VERY stubborn. Luckily I'm usually right. :)
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-21 20:24:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsVSC - February Filers
jlvr: Yes, I am going to be there for the interview. He has to travel the whole length of Mexico and he's never flown before! He will have a layover in Mexico City and he keeps texting me: "Are you sure there's no direct flight?" and "so there'll be a layover?" and "let me know if you find a direct flight." He will be hopeless trying to navegate Ciudad Juarez alone.

Plus I have to prep him on things like my birthday, and HIS birthday too! You'd think after seven years, he'd remember my birthday...and we got into an argument about if his birthday was December 3 or 5, and he took out his birthn certificate and it proved me right!

So you see, it's imperative that I go too! But don't stress about not being able to go...another woman who couldn't make her fiance's interview in Mexico wrote a letter for him to take with him explaining why she couldn;t be there. I don't think they asked for it, and they got approved, but it made her feel better.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-21 20:07:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsVSC - February Filers
My latest update:

Just got an email from the consulate saying that our fiance packet (packet 4) has been mailed out today, which means we can go to the consulate VERY soon, but I don't think I can until June.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-21 18:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary Filers
Yay!!!!!!!! Great to see an approval! That spurt of approvals at the beginning of April sure was exciting, but I had hoped it would continue.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-04-12 22:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary Filers
Nebraska is the service center that petitions from the state the petitioner is from, but Nebraska no longer processes K1s so they all get forwarded to Cali.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-24 13:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
Just got a letter from NVC saying that our petition has been forwarded to the Juarez Consulate!! And my dog promptly sat on it!

Following other people's timelines, it seems that most recently it has only been taking about a month to receive Packet 4 and then we can be on our way to the consulate for his interview! It also seems that a while ago, people were waiting for up to a month for Juarez to say they'd received it and then a bit longer for them to mail out the packet!

Not too worried, as I can't even think about going for his interview until mid-June.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-17 17:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
Tony: The NVC? Not at all. If they haven't sent it on to the consulate (which they probably have) then you can at least get the case # to follow up with.

But try calling closer to when they open or close so you don't pay gads of money on hold from the UK.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-14 15:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
And alcatrazk!!

I haven't seen tonyeck for a while....he must still be, um, celebrating the NOA2 with his lovely fiancee!

I'd love to stay updated on everyone's progress, however, Mexico is a little different. No Packet 3 and no interview date. We can go to the consulate when we receive packet 4 to pick up the interview letter, do the medical, and then show up for the interview. I shouldn't say we, because I'm not invited to the party, but I will be there.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-13 20:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
I called NVC because I was procrastinating at work and didn't expect to get through. I was only on hold for about 3 minutes, and she asked for my case number and the petitoner's info, confirmed my phone #, and told me they had sent it today. Doesn't seem like a big deal to call, and it was very quick.

I said, "Great, so now I can start harassing the consulate!" and she told me to give them a break for a while. At least a couple of weeks.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-13 20:02:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
I am a computer moron, but I learned a bit last week when my hard drive crashed and I had to reinstall everything.

Some things that I didn't expect (and was happy to see) made it into my backup folder. Any luck there?

Regardless, it sounds like you have plenty of evidence.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-13 19:45:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
Just got off the phone with NVC...a very pleasant woman told me that the petition was sent to Juarez today.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-13 17:48:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
The dates on the VJ timelines for "your petition may be adjudicated as early as" DO change based on others' approvals. Check yours again, Brian, it's at March 11 now. As I said earlier, I also had a freakout just about the same time you did, and my petition was approved 2 days after the possible date on the timeline.

Good luck!
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-12 19:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
You sound exactly like me, Brian...I was about to have a breakdown because many, many people who filed after me were approved before me. Just when I was about to try to get a prescription of Xanax, I got my approval email.
I also didn't want to cry wolf and pull the congressperson card, especially because it might be needed down the line.

I filed a few days before you, and my last touch was the 21st as well, and then I was touched again and it was the approval.

Sit tight for a while longer, do something you love to take your mind of of it, and it'll come.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-12 19:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
mchakko: You should call the USCIS...you will be able to talk to a live person since they said they've sent something that you haven't received. They'll be able to clear it up for you before you have a major freakout.

The biggest problem I saw in your post was the wedding in India. Under the K1, you CANNOT get married outside the US. The most important piece of the fiance visa is that the beneficiary be your fiancee, NOT wife at the point of entry and that you marry in the US within 90 days. If you marry in India, you will be committing fraud, and could jeopardize everything. I know that many people have non-binding ceremonies in the beneficiary's country, but you'd best explain it as an engagement part and/or going away party. If you are legally married, then you need to file a K3, not K1.

Many people save the big wedding for when the beneficiary can travel outside the US.

Craigandkym....once it leaves Vermont, it's out of their system. You won't see any more updated info on that page. From what I understand, the NVC doesn't even enter it into a computer system before sending it on to the embassy.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-11 00:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
Yay for all of us!!!!!

Is there anyone left? If so, speak up!! I know that hearing the kind words from other made me feel a bit better.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-09 16:10:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
Safitu, how do you get to a live person???? at VSC????

Is it by dialing the general USCIS number? I can definitely do the polite and thanking part, but dunno about the calm!
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-09 12:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
From what I understand, the USCIS phone service has the same information that the online system has...and that many people do not have any luck beyond hearing, "we have record of receiving your case and it's pending."

I called to listen to the automated system yesterday and within minutes after I was touched for the first time in weeks....hmmm.

I'm now thinking that going through VSC is not necessarily a blessing, and my fiance is getting discouraged, but he is an awfully impatient fellow. After seven years in this relationship, it's hard to believe how agonizingly slow the last 30 have gone!
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-08 19:35:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
Nothing....I thought a touch yesterday after two weeks of silence would mean something.

How long would you wait before pulling the congressman card? It wouldn't be such a biggie for me since both my bosses know him and I work for two federally funded programs that are his babies, but I don't want to go there just because my NOA2 is taking a bit longer than everyone else's because I might truly need his help later.

His local office is two blocks from my apartment so when he's local, I may just plant my tushy outside his office.
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-08 17:51:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
Thanks, alcatrazk! Please do keep us in your thoughts! :)
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-07 20:42:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsFebruary Filers!
You know I'm one too, Tonyeck! Sorry for the compulsive PMing, but I'm just so frustrated seeing petitions that were sent a full two weeks after me getting approved!
GabachaYucatecaFemaleMexico2007-03-07 20:14:00