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fjelltronen, Sorry my late response. Yes finally I received email today from NVC that says "The National Visa Center (NVC) completed the domestic pre-processing of the immigrant visa petition and will now forward the petition to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate" and they also scheduled the...

Thank you for your response. Yes I did all the 6 steps. So they could loose the file at the consulate? Who would you talk to in this case? The NVC customer service sounds like they don't know anything beyond that I finish the steps.

Hello all, I filed for my parents April 2014 and IV completed on April 30th 2015. But I haven't heard anything since. Is this normal? I called the NVC today and she told me they are waiting to hear from the embassy and she couldn't tell me more than that. What and till when they are expecting...

I landed here searching for DS260 and glad to see there is an Ethiopian thread. I am petitioning for parents and finished filling DS260 recently. How long does the process take? I had my mailing address on the forms instead of my parents who are residing in CP. Does it matter or do I need to...

Thank you so much dhlunar.

Hi all, I have two questions. The first one is could you tell me how much fee I should expect in each stages? My second question is once immigrant visa given at US consulate, how many days or months my parents have to migrate to US before the visa expires? Thank you in advance, S

Came back to see this portal after a year of absence and this time for my parents petition. It has very useful info. Very glad to see Ethiopians are cooperating and mentoring. Hope this continues after you make it to US as well. Best of lucks all.

Marchers, Finally tomorrow I will become a proud American citizen. My oath will be conducted in the town where I work and am excited about it Thanks everyone!

Chicago interview schedule I think it usually takes a month after the status change to "testing and interview" (at least for me). For more you can check at http://www.trackitt.com/usa-immigration-trackers/n400

YL=yellow letter It is a computer generated yellow letter (YL) that is based on your application what additional document you need to furnish when you present for interview.

Mitra88 what do you mean by Voluntary withdrawal? I didn't mean to pry in your business though, it made me curious of your situation especially after approval and you decided to withdraw (according to your signature) and now you are reapplying. Is there something you can share with us?

Address Change Well after waiting for more than a month after changing my address, my case was finally rescheduled for interview in a new jurisdiction (at least the online status say so). So it wasn't bad after all, I was afraid it would take as much as three month so I was told. Glad to...

Change of address while case pending Thanks madgu for your response and congrats. I already filed AR-11 and also updated my address on the pending file. I am not sure even if I get my hand on the appointment letter, my file is still going to be in DO=St. Louis (rather than the new DO=Chicago).

Change of address while case pending Hi guys! I have been waiting for the status to change to testing and interview all this time and when it did finally I moved to another jurisdiction just five days ago because of my job situation. This is just great:mad: Anyhow, I am just worried if the...

March Updates 06/26/07: GC 03/24/12: N-400 mailed to Phoenix, AZ with USPS 03/27/12: N-400 delivered 03/29/12: N-400 priority date 03/30/12: Personal Check cashed 04/02/12: NOA recvd 04/04/12: FP notice mailed 04/07/12: FP notice recvd (scheduled on 04/27/12) 04/16/12: YL Received 04/20/12...

Thank you El Cafe

Arrest in COP Hello all, I have been following passively this blog for quiet a while and gotten a lot of useful information. I appreciate everyone, who has participated in these lively dialogues. I have one question regarding arrest or have been in jail on N-400 application. I was arrested...

Travel Document Hi All, I will be a applying for Naturalization next year. I never been out of US since I obtained my asylum but now I am planning to travel to Europe (not my COP) for three weeks in June 2010. I have my COP passport and was going use it anyways. But I was wondering if this...