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Leslie 07-10-2003, 08:16 AM I am in early stages. Filed I-130 two weeks ago, no receipt yet. Does anyone know the time-line in Texas? How about time-line once you file to Chicago? Does anyone have any experience with Morocco? Thank for any help. Leslie cindyabs 07-10-2003, 08:51 AM Originally posted by Leslie I am in early stages. Filed I-130 two weeks ago, no receipt yet. Does anyone know the time-line in Texas? How about time-line once you file to Chicago? Does anyone have any experience with Morocco? Thank for any help. Leslie Leslie, As SOON as you get that receipt from TSC file the K3!!!! TSC currently processing 130 petitions that were receipted 2 YEARS ago in June.................Chicago NORMALLY is through in 2 months, but Morocco another story quite possibly. We do have/had had some other ladies with husbands/fiances from that neck of the woods. They can help you out. Welcome and good luck! -- Posted via http://britishexpats.com lfaridi 07-10-2003, 08:59 AM Originally posted by Leslie I am in early stages. Filed I-130 two weeks ago, no receipt yet. Does anyone know the time-line in Texas? How about time-line once you file to Chicago? Does anyone have any experience with Morocco? Thank for any help. Leslie hi leslie, my name is linda and i am in the last stages of getting my moroccan husband here with me. i agree with cindy, as soon as u get the receipt, file the I-129F right away. K-3 is much faster than spousal visa. if u have any questions feel free to ask. another woman on here just got her hubby from morocco here and she helped me out alot. good luck and hang in there. linda -- Posted via http://britishexpats.com Khadija 07-10-2003, 09:01 AM Originally posted by Leslie I am in early stages. Filed I-130 two weeks ago, no receipt yet. Does anyone know the time-line in Texas? How about time-line once you file to Chicago? Does anyone have any experience with Morocco? Thank for any help. Leslie Hi Leslie: First, welcome to the NG! You've come to the right place. Second, ditto what Cindy said re: filing for the K3. Don't waste time like I did thinking your I-130 will approved anytime soon. My K3 petition was just approved this week as you can see from my signature timeline. I'll be checking with the National Visa Center (NVC) either tomorrow or Monday to see if my approval has been faxed there yet. I'm cautiously optimistic I'll see my husband again in October and bring him home with me. Third, we have a few of us with Middle Eastern spouses (my husband is in Cairo) on the NG a couple of whom who have worked or are working through Casablanca. Feel free to ask any of us about anything unique to this part of the world. Good luck, Patty Khadijah -- Posted via http://britishexpats.com Khadija 07-10-2003, 09:03 AM Originally posted by lfaridi hi leslie, my name is linda and i am in the last stages of getting my moroccan husband here with me. i agree with cindy, as soon as u get the receipt, file the I-129F right away. K-3 is much faster than spousal visa. if u have any questions feel free to ask. another woman on here just got her hubby from morocco here and she helped me out alot. good luck and hang in there. linda Linda, Any word on when your husband's interview will be scheduled? Has he received his Packet 3 yet? Patty Khadijah -- Posted via http://britishexpats.com Noorah101 07-10-2003, 09:39 AM Hi Leslie My situation is different....I'm filing an 129F petition to bring my Iranian fiance here from Turkey. Just wanted to say welcome to this wonderful group of helpful people, and good luck with your process. Rene -- Posted via http://britishexpats.com Katie 07-10-2003, 09:51 AM Hi Leslie, My husband is in Morocco (Casablanca), and we started the immigration process in September 2002. We are hoping for his consular interview in September 2003. The process has be long, but that is not unusual. Katie I-130 NOA 1 9/10/02 NOA 2 5/23/03 -- Posted via http://britishexpats.com lfaridi 07-10-2003, 10:33 AM Originally posted by Khadija Linda, Any word on when your husband's interview will be scheduled? Has he received his Packet 3 yet? Patty Khadijah hi patty, first of all congrats on the approval. i just returned from morocco monday july 7 and my husband got his packet 3 june 23. his appointment is scheduled for november 18. i was shocked at the lenth of time. but i guess with the bombings that happened in casblanca they have to take extra security checks. i just happened to remember something i read somewhere that after the petition is approved, u have 4 months to get the interview. does anyone know about this? it will be 6 months between petition approval and interview for my husband. linda -- Posted via http://britishexpats.com Leslie 07-11-2003, 11:14 AM Khadija <member10682@britishexpats.com> wrote in message news:<867622.1057856488@britishexpats.com>... Originally posted by Leslie I am in early stages. Filed I-130 two weeks ago, no receipt yet. Does anyone know the time-line in Texas? How about time-line once you file to Chicago? Does anyone have any experience with Morocco? Thank for any help. Leslie Hi Leslie: First, welcome to the NG! You've come to the right place. Second, ditto what Cindy said re: filing for the K3. Don't waste time like I did thinking your I-130 will approved anytime soon. My K3 petition was just approved this week as you can see from my signature timeline. I'll be checking with the National Visa Center (NVC) either tomorrow or Monday to see if my approval has been faxed there yet. I'm cautiously optimistic I'll see my husband again in October and bring him home with me. Third, we have a few of us with Middle Eastern spouses (my husband is in Cairo) on the NG a couple of whom who have worked or are working through Casablanca. Feel free to ask any of us about anything unique to this part of the world. Good luck, Patty Khadijah Hi Patty, Thanks for the input. I am definitely planning the K3 route. How long ago did you file the i-129F with the Chicago Service Center? Thanks, Leslie lfaridi 07-11-2003, 12:34 PM Originally posted by Debbie Jaanane Katie wrote in message news:news:... Hi Leslie, My husband is in Morocco (Casablanca), and we started the immigration process in September 2002. We are hoping for his consular interview in September 2003. The process has be long, but that is not unusual. Katie I-130 NOA 1 9/10/02 NOA 2 5/23/03 i also have a husband in Morocco were going for the K-3.i recieved our first NOA on our I-129f dated May 28 2003.can anyone tell me how long this process takes.i live in Upstate New York.as i'm sure you all know how much i'm missing my husband i have been back since Febuary.. the whole process seems to be taking 6-9 months from the time of filing to getting your hubby home. it will be 8 months for me by the time my hubby is home. which part of morocco is your hubby from? mine is from fez. linda -- Posted via http://britishexpats.com Khadija 07-11-2003, 01:18 PM I'm not going through Casablanca but I am doing a K3. Our Consulate is Cairo. I mailed the K3 petition on the 8th of May, the hard copy receipt said May 12th and my online receipt said May 13th. I received our K3 approval online on the July 8th. 2 months after I mailed it in. Hopefully, the hard copy approval will be in my mailbox tonight or tomorrow. I called the NVC yesterday for the heck of it to see if they'd received the file from the MSC yet. They hadn't. So, I'll try again on Monday. I'm hoping the NVC will be finished with file by the end of this month. The next big query is when will Cairo schedule the interview. I'd emailed them earlier and, while they don't open provisional files, they did agree to send the Packet 3 instructions to my husband early. So, we're pretty much set to go once Cairo gets our paperwork from the States. I have created a 3-ring binder for my husband At this point, we're cautiously optimistic to finally be together around mid-October (Inshallah). Which would mean about 6 months total for us assuming there are no hidden bumps along the rest of our journey. Patty Khadijah -- Posted via http://britishexpats.com Katie 07-12-2003, 05:13 AM Originally posted by lfaridi hi patty, my husband got his packet 3 june 23. his appointment is scheduled for november 18. linda I am shocked by the length of time, too. I was hoping that my husband would get an interview in September, but since our case is still with NVC, a September interview probably is not realistic. Best wishes, Linda. Katie -- Posted via http://britishexpats.com Khadija 07-12-2003, 09:11 AM Originally posted by Katie I am shocked by the length of time, too. I was hoping that my husband would get an interview in September, but since our case is still with NVC, a September interview probably is not realistic. Best wishes, Linda. Katie Katie, How long has your petition been at the NVC? Patty -- Posted via http://britishexpats.com Katie 07-12-2003, 09:27 AM Originally posted by Khadija Katie, How long has your petition been at the NVC? Patty Patty, My I-130 was approved on May 23, and NVC received our paperwork in early June. I've received the fee bills from NVC and returned my payments. Receipt of my payments is not yet in the NVC system. I understand that it takes NVC longer to process the immigrant visa paperwork than it does to process the K visa paperwork. Katie -- Posted via http://britishexpats.com Khadija 07-12-2003, 09:33 AM Originally posted by Katie Patty, My I-130 was approved on May 23, and NVC received our paperwork in early June. I've received the fee bills from NVC and returned my payments. Receipt of my payments is not yet in the NVC system. I understand that it takes NVC longer to process the immigrant visa paperwork than it does to process the K visa paperwork. Katie Thanks! Even though yours is taking a bit longer this way, you're better off in the long run with I-130. At this point, I'll take whatever I can get to get my hubby here sooner rather than later. Good luck!!! Patty -- Posted via http://britishexpats.com |
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