Cyteen's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Angela Beneficiary's Name: Lyle VJ Member: Cyteen Country: Canada Last Updated: 2014-11-16 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Angela & Lyle:

USCIS I-129F Petition:       Dept of State K1 Visa:     USCIS I-485 Petition:   USCIS I-765 Petition:       USCIS I-131 Petition:       USCIS I-751 Petition:   USCIS N-400 Petition:

K1 Visa Event Date Service Center : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Vancouver, Canada I-129F Sent : 2011-07-13 I-129F NOA1 : 2011-07-18 I-129F RFE(s) : None RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2011-12-06 NVC Received : Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : NVC Left : 2011-12-14 Consulate Received : 2011-12-20 Packet 3 Received : 2011-12-22 Packet 3 Sent : 2011-12-23 Packet 4 Received : 2012-01-30 Interview Date : 2012-01-13 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : US Entry : 2012-01-28 Marriage : 2012-02-29 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 141 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 179 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : Yakima WA Date Filed : 2012-04-28 NOA Date : RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2012-06-06 AOS Transfer** : Interview Date : 2012-07-24 Approval / Denial Date : 2012-07-24 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Yes Greencard Received: 2012-08-02 Comments :

Employment Authorization Document Event Date CIS Office : Yakima WA Filing Method : Mail Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2012-04-28 NOA Date : RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2012-06-06 Approved Date : Date Card Received : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Based on timeline data, your EAD may be adjudicated between July 6, 2012 and July 23, 2012*. If this date range has passed or your application is past due per USCIS processing times then you should consider calling the USCIS to inquire on your petition. If you have been approved please update your timeline.

Advance Parole Event Date CIS Office : Yakima WA Filing Method :   Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2012-04-28 NOA Date : RFE(s) : Date Received : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Based on timeline data, your AP may be adjudicated between July 24, 2012 and August 10, 2012*. If this date range has passed or your application is past due per USCIS processing times then you should consider calling the USCIS to inquire on your petition. If you have been approved please update your timeline.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Vancouver, Canada Review Topic: K1 Visa Event Description Review Date : January 16, 2012 Embassy Review : Overall, an excellent experience. We arrived before 9 for a 10 o'clock appointment. The line up was not too long and was being well managed by the very courteous staff. I will just add here what others didn't observe in their reports as my experience was very similar in most respects. First, whoever got into the building with their electronics and had the security staff keep them experienced a very lucky day! We elected to arrive without our devices. Nonetheless, we were instructed to remove EVERYTHING from our pockets. Only a Canadian in the winter can really appreciate what this means. We saw one family group come outside twice to sort through their tray of stuff and re-enter. It was a real WTF? moment till we got to the head of the line. After your pockets are emptied, they go over your outer garments... coats and sweaters very thoroughly. They found a book of matches in one of my sweater pockets which I told them they could have, but I was directed to a trash can in front of another building about half a block away. I was let right back into the building. It would not have been a nice fate for a new iphone or something, so, I'd advise taking no chances. Just your document cases. We were taken upstairs and directed to attend Window B and turn on the light switch. Window B is inhabited by an utterly professional, super empathetic and knowledgeable woman who helped me put my documents in a slightly different order. She assured me their was no problem with already having glued my photos to the forms. She then told us to have a seat in the waiting room and to watch for our number, but to wait for the second time it appeared. We went to window 6, I believe and spent a couple of minutes with a young woman who then asked my fiancee to have a seat in the waiting area again. On with the interview! it wasn't so much an interview as a casual office chat while she stamped and initialed documents and lobbed a very few softball questions from our I-29F file which she had open in front of her along with my medical report. We have both been married twice previously. She divorced once and widowed once, me widowed twice. We interpreted the requirement for original marriage documents to mean proof we were both free to marry as our prior marriages had ended AND to provide a path and timeline of Fiancee's name changes. So I did not order my original marriage certificates, only original death certificates. Not needing them might have been more good luck than good management. I'm not sure. I was asked for the original of her divorce decree which was promptly copied and returned to me although I offered a copy as well. I got the impression this was to judge preparation more than anything else. More chit chat and stamping, a question about a benign eye condition I'd disclosed to the Doc at the clinic on Wednesday. She asked about marriage plans and I told her that we'd been moving very fast since NOA2 and didn't have it nailed quite yet. She then said she would approve the visa and directed me back to window B. She said a couple of other things that were lost in the ringing of my ears and said again that I was approved and explained DHL might be a few extra days because of the holiday. and then told me again that I was approved. It might have been the blank look on my face or that she heard the ringing too that took her a bit off script! I wasn't asked for a single scrap of evidence. All of the travel documents, emails, call logs, photos, cards and letters stayed in my document case without a question or a glance from there, it was back to Window B. The same wonderful woman told us again that my visa was approved and explained how DHL might be delayed a little bit due to the US holiday on the 16th. She also volunteered something remarkable which I'll start another thread on. She told us that a K-1 visa holder can still go to the US as a visitor, so long as they point out in advance that there is a K-1 visa in their passport that they don't want to activate just yet. The wheels started turning when I realized how this might really simplify our logistics. So, all in all, a relatively painless experience with a group of pleasant, professional people. The work -up to the interview was much worse than the experience itself, but I don't regret being as prepared as I possibly could be. Rating : Very Good

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*Notice about estimates: The estimates are based off averages of other members recent experiences
(documented in their timelines) for the same benefit/petition/application at the same filing location.
Individual results may vary as every case is not always 'average'. Past performance does not necessarily
predict future results. The 'as early as date' may change over time based on current reported processing
times from members. There have historically been cases where a benefit/petition/application processing
briefly slows down or stops and this can not be predicted. Use these dates as reference only and do not
rely on them for planning. As always you should check the USCIS processing times to see if your application
is past due.

** Not all cases are transfered

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