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Immigrant Visa (DCF: I-130 Filed in UK) - TIMELINE ONLY!

Old Dec 19th 2017, 12:30 pm
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26/10 - I-130 sent via recorded delivery
26/10 - Already have a lot of documents such as ACRO, Police Certificate, Military Record etc.
31/10 - Payment of $535 taken
03/11 - Email notification received (petition filed 31/10)
08/11 - Requested Medical and Vaccination Records from GP
27/11 - Medical Records ready and collected
07/12 - Letter received in the post. I-130 Approved! :-)
18/12 - LND Number arrived in post
19/12 - DS-260 submitted
19/12 - Medical booked for 15/01
19/12 - Embassy interview booked for 29/01


Now to fly to the U.S on Thursday for the Holidays and count down the days to the medical / interview in January!
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Old Dec 29th 2017, 10:22 am
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We are just starting our process of relocating to the US from the UK. Our timeline:

23/12/2017: I-130 sent recorded delivery to US Embassy in London.
29/12/2017: Email confirmation of petition filed, with processing time quoted as 90 days (is this likely to be the case?).
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Old Jan 15th 2018, 1:13 pm
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26/10 - I-130 sent via recorded delivery
26/10 - Already have a lot of documents such as ACRO, Police Certificate, Military Record etc.
31/10 - Payment of $535 taken
03/11 - Email notification received (petition filed 31/10)
08/11 - Requested Medical and Vaccination Records from GP
27/11 - Medical Records ready and collected
07/12 - Letter received in the post. I-130 Approved! :-)
18/12 - LND Number arrived in post
19/12 - DS-260 submitted
19/12 - Medical booked for 15/01
19/12 - Embassy interview booked for 29/01
15/01 - Knightsbridge Medical completed

Hopefully, the last hurdle will be on the 29th for my Embassy interview!
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Old Jan 16th 2018, 7:55 pm
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Originally Posted by mdwbowden
We are just starting our process of relocating to the US from the UK. Our timeline:

23/12/2017: I-130 sent recorded delivery to US Embassy in London.
29/12/2017: Email confirmation of petition filed, with processing time quoted as 90 days (is this likely to be the case?).
16/01/2017: Medical records requested and ACRO certificate ordered.
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Old Jan 27th 2018, 6:24 pm
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Originally Posted by mdwbowden
16/01/2017: Medical records requested and ACRO certificate ordered.
27/01/2017: Medical records, ACRO certificate, birth and marriage certificate certified copies received.
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Old Jan 29th 2018, 9:10 pm
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26/10 - I-130 sent via recorded delivery
26/10 - Already have a lot of documents such as ACRO, Police Certificate, Military Record etc.
31/10 - Payment of $535 taken
03/11 - Email notification received (petition filed 31/10)
08/11 - Requested Medical and Vaccination Records from GP
27/11 - Medical Records ready and collected
07/12 - Letter received in the post. I-130 Approved! :-)
18/12 - LND Number arrived in post
19/12 - DS-260 submitted
19/12 - Medical booked for 15/01
19/12 - Embassy interview booked for 29/01
15/01 - Knightsbridge Medical completed
29/01 - Embassy interview attended - VISA APPROVED!!!
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Old Jan 30th 2018, 10:28 am
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Default Re: Immigrant Visa (DCF: I-130 Filed in UK) - TIMELINE ONLY!

So we started the process way back in mid June but put everything on hold as we got our Petition approval back so quickly.

15/06/17 I-130 sent
23/06/17 Email received stating petition received
25/06/17 Payment taken
27/06/17 Petition Approved - Letter received
03/07/17 LND number received in post
Paused on the process
01/11/17 Requested Vaccination and Medical records from GP
01/11/17 ACRO certificate requested
08/11/17 ACRO certificate received
15/11/17 picked up vaccination and medical records from GP
29/12/17 Completed DS-260 online
04/01/18 Booked medical for 10/01/18 and interview for 18/01/18
10/01/18 Medical at Knightsbridge- needed an additional letter from Dr before medical can be signed off
12/01/18 Dr letter submitted to Knightsbridge
18/01/18 Interview at Embassy (2nd day the new location was open!) Our medical hadn't been received so approved pending receipt of medical (221g)
29/01/18 Called Knightsbridge to see if the medical was sent and chase, they stated it was but the embassy is very delayed because of their move so things are not being processed as quickly.
30/01/18 CEAC was updated again but still says Administrative Processing -I know in the big scheme of things this is not long but we can't make any plans until it switches to ISSUED.
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Old Jan 31st 2018, 12:27 pm
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FINAL UPDATE:

26/8/17 - French police record requested
29/8/17 - ACRO police report requested
30/8/17 - Married!
01/9/17 - Picked up vaccination record, US passport size photos taken, I-130 sent RM "guaranteed" next day
04/9/17 - I-130 tracking updated to reflect attempted delivery. Rescheduled for 06/9/17.
05/9/17 - Tracking states 'delivered'i - and so it begins

08/9/17 - Payment Taken $535
06/10/17 - Petition Approved

[very long-feeling gap in which we gathered i864 info, medical records etc]

18/11/17 - LND number sent by post TO A DIFFERENT ADDRESS (not my mailing address!) luckily we know the people who just moved in and picked it up the same day.
19/11/17 - Filled in DS 260 and booked interview online
20/11/17 - Booked medical over the phone with KD
24/11/17 - Attended medical - need extra vacc info and 2 injections
29/11/17 - Had vacc at GP, evidence emailed to KD.
8/12/17 - Visa Interview in London (in and out in 45 minutes with minimal questions and a weighty amount of paperwork) APPROVED!
13/12/17 - email saying visa issued
18/12/17 - picked up packet from DX Northampton
27/1/18 - POE Philadelphia, directed to wait in visitor line (approx 30mins). Primary officer Williams took prints and asked a couple questions, escorted to secondary where I waited about 5 minutes while he processed my comically large envelope. (At this point I asked about using my married name on my green card and he said not possible, my maiden name is on my paperwork - annoying) He wished me luck and sent me on my way.

Iā€™m in šŸ‘šŸ»šŸ˜¬šŸŽ‰ now for all the other hurdles!
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Old Feb 7th 2018, 10:31 am
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26/10 - I-130 sent via recorded delivery
26/10 - Already have a lot of documents such as ACRO, Police Certificate, Military Record etc.
31/10 - Payment of $535 taken
03/11 - Email notification received (petition filed 31/10)
08/11 - Requested Medical and Vaccination Records from GP
27/11 - Medical Records ready and collected
07/12 - Letter received in the post. I-130 Approved! :-)
18/12 - LND Number arrived in post
19/12 - DS-260 submitted
19/12 - Medical booked for 15/01
19/12 - Embassy interview booked for 29/01
15/01 - Knightsbridge Medical completed
29/01 - Embassy interview attended - VISA APPROVED!!!
07/02 - CEAC status changed to "Issued"
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Old Feb 9th 2018, 10:26 am
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Default Re: Immigrant Visa (DCF: I-130 Filed in UK) - TIMELINE ONLY!

[QUOTE=Sachaerin76;12430371]So we started the process way back in mid June but put everything on hold as we got our Petition approval back so quickly.

15/06/17 I-130 sent
23/06/17 Email received stating petition received
25/06/17 Payment taken
27/06/17 Petition Approved - Letter received
03/07/17 LND number received in post
Paused on the process
01/11/17 Requested Vaccination and Medical records from GP
01/11/17 ACRO certificate requested
08/11/17 ACRO certificate received
15/11/17 picked up vaccination and medical records from GP
29/12/17 Completed DS-260 online
04/01/18 Booked medical for 10/01/18 and interview for 18/01/18
10/01/18 Medical at Knightsbridge- needed an additional letter from Dr before medical can be signed off
12/01/18 Dr letter submitted to Knightsbridge
18/01/18 Interview at Embassy (2nd day the new location was open!) Our medical hadn't been received so approved pending receipt of medical (221g)
29/01/18 Called Knightsbridge to see if the medical was sent and chase, they stated it was but the embassy is very delayed because of their move so things are not being processed as quickly.
30/01/18 CEAC was updated again but still says Administrative Processing -I know in the big scheme of things this is not long but we can't make any plans until it switches to ISSUED.
09/02/18 CEAC has changed to ISSUED!!!
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Old Feb 12th 2018, 9:55 am
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26/10 - I-130 sent via recorded delivery
26/10 - Already have a lot of documents such as ACRO, Police Certificate, Military Record etc.
31/10 - Payment of $535 taken
03/11 - Email notification received (petition filed 31/10)
08/11 - Requested Medical and Vaccination Records from GP
27/11 - Medical Records ready and collected
07/12 - Letter received in the post. I-130 Approved! :-)
18/12 - LND Number arrived in post
19/12 - DS-260 submitted
19/12 - Medical booked for 15/01
19/12 - Embassy interview booked for 29/01
15/01 - Knightsbridge Medical completed
29/01 - Embassy interview attended - VISA APPROVED!!!
07/02 - CEAC status changed to "Issued"
12/02 - Collected Passport with Visa from DXS Tipton

Thank you all for your help these past few months, it's been invaluable. Now the real fun begins planning our lives with our big move planned for June.
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Old Feb 16th 2018, 1:17 pm
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Default Re: Immigrant Visa (DCF: I-130 Filed in UK) - TIMELINE ONLY!

15/06/17 I-130 sent
23/06/17 Email received stating petition received
25/06/17 Payment taken
27/06/17 Petition Approved - Letter received
03/07/17 LND number received in post
Paused on the process
01/11/17 Requested Vaccination and Medical records from GP
01/11/17 ACRO certificate requested
08/11/17 ACRO certificate received
15/11/17 picked up vaccination and medical records from GP
29/12/17 Completed DS-260 online
04/01/18 Booked medical for 10/01/18 and interview for 18/01/18
10/01/18 Medical at Knightsbridge- needed an additional letter from Dr before medical can be signed off
12/01/18 Dr letter submitted to Knightsbridge
18/01/18 Interview at Embassy (2nd day the new location was open!) Our medical hadn't been received so approved pending receipt of medical (221g)
29/01/18 Called Knightsbridge to see if the medical was sent and chase, they stated it was but the embassy is very delayed because of their move so things are not being processed as quickly.
30/01/18 CEAC was updated again but still says Administrative Processing -I know in the big scheme of things this is not long but we can't make any plans until it switches to ISSUED.
09/02/18 CEAC has changed to ISSUED!!!
15/02/18 Collected Passport with Visa from Chancery Lane
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Old Mar 28th 2018, 6:09 pm
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Default Re: Immigrant Visa (DCF: I-130 Filed in UK) - TIMELINE ONLY!

Originally Posted by mdwbowden
27/01/2017: Medical records, ACRO certificate, birth and marriage certificate certified copies received.
16/03/2018: RFE received, asking for affidavit confirming that boxes on I-130 left blank should be not applicable.

18/03/2018: Affidavit returned to London Embassy. Emailed also, but email reply stating that cannot accepted emailed return.

28/03/2018: I-130 approval received in post.
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01/03/18 - I-130 Sent recorded delivery
02/03/18 - I-130 Signed for at Embassy
07/03/18 - I-130 Payment taken via credit card
12/03/18 - Contacted Embassy via contact form regarding lack of NOA1/receipt of petition
13/03/18 - Email received noting petition received and filed on 07/03/18
13/03/18 - UK Military Record requested
21/03/18 - South Korean police certificate requested
28/03/18 - UK Military Record received
28/03/18 - South Korean police certificate received
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23/12/2017: I-130 sent recorded delivery to US Embassy in London.
29/12/2017: Email confirmation of petition filed, with processing time quoted as 90 days (is this likely to be the case?).
16/01/2017: Medical records requested and ACRO certificate ordered.
27/01/2017: Medical records, ACRO certificate, birth and marriage certificate certified copies received.
16/03/2018: RFE received, asking for affidavit confirming that boxes on I-130 left blank should be not applicable.
18/03/2018: Affidavit returned to London Embassy. Emailed also, but email reply stating that cannot accepted emailed return.
28/03/2018: I-130 approval received in post, dated 22/03/2018
04/04/2018: LND number received in post, dated 29/03/2018
04/04/2018: DS-260 submitted online.
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