Since my last post (July 2011): I moved from Seoul to Chicago, got engaged, moved from Chicago to SF Bay area, got married and started a new job. And because I no longer live in the land of garlic, kimchi and bbq, I'll be talking about things to do and places to go in the Bay Area.
Until then, here's a little review of what I've been up to since March 2012.
03/05/12 Married in Korea
03/07/12 Signed contract with immigration lawyer
03/27/12 MS sent signed I-130 visa forms to lawyer
03/28/12 E sent signed I-130 visa forms & check (for US Homeland Security) to lawyer
03/29/12 Lawyer received forms from MS and E; expected time for submission-week of April 1, 2012
04/03/12 I-130 visa request sent to Immigration Services!
04/05/12 I-130 packet confirmed delivered at PO Box in Chicago for Immigration Services
04/10/12 Check cashed by USCIS
04/12/12 USCIS sent lawyers confirmation of receipt of I-130 form
***WAITING GAME BEGINS-CUE THEME SONG FROM JEOPARDY***
07/11/12 Our I-130 Immigrant Petition was approved!!! Now we need to wait (approximately 45-days) for the USCIS to send our information to the National Visa Center to begin the next phase of our visa journey.
08/13/12 Lawyer mailed original and translated documents to the NVC
08/14/12 Paid NVC filing fees for Minsoo's paperwork
08/23/12 NVC emailed lawyer and E that a document was missing
08/28/12 E & M mailed missing document from Nha Trang, Vietnam to Minneapolis, MN
09/04/12 Lawyer sent document to New York for another round of translating (TBD if this was necessary)
09/05/12 Document was sent to NVC
10/04/12 Received email from NVC that Minsoo's visa interview has been scheduled for Nov. 29, 2012
10/05/12-10/22/12 After much back and forth between Minsoo, the US embassy in Seoul and the US embassy help desk, his visa interview was rescheduled
for Nov. 1, 2012!!!
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