meauxna

Oh, Helllloooooo.. anyone we know?

Sorry, just being nosy here.

AlistairL

Only the best craft brewery in California!

Well, thats my opinion

USAalltheway

Approval received

Petition filed on August 24, date of approval of petition on October 26!!!

We don't have a case number yet - do we get this once the application is passed to the Immigrant Visa Unit?

C_C

Congrats!
I don't think anyone on this thread has a case number yet.
The Visa Unit is supposed to send you a letter with your case number and further instructions shortly after your file is transferred to them. It's supposed to be within a couple of weeks of the I-130 approval, but some people on other threads have reported delays. We'll see.

krosfyah

Hi USAalltheway

Interestingly, i;ve just got back home and our approval of petition has arrived on the doorstep exatclty the same as you! Petition approved Oct 26th, filed 24th August - so it would appear, much as we discussed, that we are indeed on a very much identical path towards our visa application

I do feel a great amount of relief, having gotten over the first hurdle of I-130 approval, especially after everyone else on this thread was reporting their own I-130 approvals. Good to know that things have definitely got moving after the "summer lull". Best of luck to all, let's keep this thread going by briefing one another on next steps....those of us trailing the rest of you will be very keen to hear how the next phase of the process pans out

jmes

Filed Aug 6th, still no letter of approval :/

We changed address since then, we have recieved notification from them that our address has been changed. Getting nervous now though. Anyone else from early August still to here?

C_C

Although it's not entirely impossible that you just haven't received a letter yet, I suspect that it may actually have something to do with your moving addresses despite their confirmation. I'm saying this because the Embassy has now moved to processing September petitions and it seems like even the late August filers have now received their approvals.

If I were you, I'd do one of two things (or both) to check what's happening:
a) check with your pervious landlord/estate agency, or at least ask them to ask the new occupier to look out for a letter from USCIS and forward it to you
b) email USCIS London to ask whether an approval for your petition has been issued, and if so, at which address it was sent to and when. Their email address was on the notice of receipt that they sent you in August (probably via email).

This should help you track things down. If possible, it may even be worth checking with your local post office (seems like sometimes it's jus the post office that delays delivery).

londonmale2008

i would definatley drop them an email. It will clear up any doubts straight away. Also, once receiving your number from the IV department, how do you go about changing your address registered with them?

meauxna

+1 and I would add: email the IVU and ask them if they have your case and please, what is the LND number?
Then you can just carry on with returning the Ds-2001 etc.

jmes

Thanks for all the helpful answers. We had already called the premium line and sent two emails.

This morning we received an email reply, stating that we had an RFE. They had sent the letter on October 20th to an address that was not our old one, but not quite our new one.

C_C

Ugh! It's always one of my big fears with these things that somehow they're going to mess up the address.
Good luck with the RFE - hope you can find out what it is, send it to them and get your approval asap .
Keep us posted!

meauxna

OK C_C, last gratuitous Hellenic story.. I know you're from the big city proper.
Our address was
Name
Village
Island Post Code
Delivered by the baker's wife, and anyone could take anyone else's mail. Mail call was the big daily event for the seniors, and each letter's recipient was read outloud, followed by a discussion of where that person was or might be and who would be seeing them later on and 'oh I'll take that to him'.

And yet, the system worked perfectly!



An RFE on the I-130 is almost always for proof of the marriage (the stuff the instructions ask for that London tells you NOT to send, and then asks for sometimes).

C_C

Don't you just love the Greek countryside?
Regardless, I can actually see how this system can work well!

meauxna

I do miss it..
And we had much the same system in Central America but relied on it that much more because there was only one land line phone in the village (pre cell phones), no newspapers or sat TV and mail took about 3 weeks each direction.. those letters were so sweet to receive!

I also had to keep my money hidden under the house floorboards.. we were cut off from the bank, too!
Greece seemed very modern by comparison.

C_C

Has anyone received the letter from the Visa Unit with their case number yet?
I haven't as of this morning (will check once I'm back home from work this evening).