abby12's US Immigration Timeline
Immigration Checklist for KM & abby12:
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USCIS I-129F Petition:
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Dept of State K1 Visa:
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USCIS I-485 Petition:
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USCIS I-765 Petition:
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USCIS I-131 Petition:
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USCIS I-751 Petition:
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USCIS N-400 Petition:
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K1 Visa
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
California Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Dominican Republic |
| I-129F Sent : |
2014-03-22 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2014-03-27 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2014-04-11 |
| NVC Received : |
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| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
2014-04-29 |
| NVC Left : |
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| Consulate Received : |
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| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
2014-05-21 |
| Interview Date : |
2014-06-23 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2014-07-04 |
| US Entry : |
2014-08-01 |
| Marriage : |
2014-10-02 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 15 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 88 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Adjustment of Status
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
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| Date Filed : |
2014-10-08 |
| NOA Date : |
2014-10-16 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2014-11-18 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
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| Interview Date : |
2015-02-18 |
| Approval / Denial Date : |
2015-02-18 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
No |
| Greencard Received: |
2015-02-27 |
| Comments : |
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Employment Authorization
Document
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
| Filing Method : |
Mail |
| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2014-10-08 |
| NOA Date : |
2014-10-16 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
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| Approved Date : |
2014-12-30 |
| Date Card Received : |
2015-01-07 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your EAD was approved in 83 days. |
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Advance Parole
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
| Filing Method : |
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| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2014-10-08 |
| NOA Date : |
2014-10-16 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Date Received : |
2015-01-07 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your AP was approved in 83 days. |
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Lifting Conditions
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
California Service Center |
| Date Filed : |
2016-12-27 |
| NOA Date : |
2016-12-28 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2017-01-25 |
| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
2018-06-12 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
Yes |
| Green Card Received : |
2018-06-19 |
| Comments : |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Dominican Republic
Review Topic: General Review
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
July 1, 2014 |
| Embassy Review : |
The new location is nice, big.
I went days after it was formally open, the 23th jun/2014..at 6am it was already full of people standing on line waiting, but that day there was nothing that will sign where to start the line. Only the "info staff" knows and they arrive at 6am.
Eventually they started to address the crowd and telling them where to stand to according the type of visa. The order to enter the security area didn't make sense to me...one line can pass, then the other.
No camera, no USB, no media, no water bottles, NO NADA! So read again very well the list of forbidden things that can not be brought to the embassy. NO CELL PHONES!!! there are buscones there that offer to keep your things secure...yea right.
When we were finally at the front of the line, a staff girl checked my interview letter and gave me a number and asked us to walk through security..they have a metal detector and a x ray machine, like the airport. Then we stepped into what it seems like a backyard. One staff guy was standing between the main building to his right, and seats placed on his left. He took our interview letter and told us to go inside the main building. The side that had the seats was for the non immigrant visas (tourist, sports, etc) It has only a roof, and some TVs sets...I feel sorry for this group, really, because they will surely get wet if it rains..
The main building has air conditioner and plenty of seats. Another staff/security indicated us where to go. We were inside around 7am. This area is really big and have several TVs to watch and kill time, but they didn't have any shows on, only what it seems to be some recorded cd that was on a loop...if I knew this I would have brought a book.
There are several windows on the right side of this area, with TV that calls the assassinated number we had and tells which window to go. The day we went there were some of these tvs not working so they had to yell the number...so pay attention...maybe after a week perhaps all the monitors will be working. Our number was called around 8am and this was to present the required documents. Here the lady behind the window gave us a ticket and instructed us to go to the second floor and pay the 80 dollars, then come back and gave her the receipt, then she told us to wait around the windows 1 and 2 for fingerprinting. They called us around 9.30am.
There was a small water cooler that ran out of cups around 9am, and it took them 3 hours to replace them. Some guard had some cups and were used by those sitting outside waiting for the tourist visa. They had to come insider the building for water..I really don't if in that area had water coolers or not. That's not right.
Finally, at 12.20pm, we were called for the interview, let me tell ya, most of the female consuls are girls in their 20s, or look like it...they really looked very young. There were a few male consuls that look older.
The girl that interview us was nice, she didn't give us a hard time, and she didn't request any other evidence...i mean, no photos no I134 supporting evidence... I did show her photos with my fiance and family taken the day before because I went through a lot to get the family together for photos when we went to lunch at Boca Marina, so I MADE HER SEE THE PHOTOS!!...anyway its not like she requested then either...then aproved! yaaay!!
Then, the worst part of the day. We went outside to pay for DOMEX...and we stood in line....for.....almost 4 hours!!! we were done with the interview at 12.45, and we were back to the hotel at 4.30pm. Do the math. No where to sit, you cannot sit on the floor or anywhere nearby that entrance. You have to walk where the buscones are to buy anything to drink, and I heard someone had to pay like 100 pesos for a bottle of water. No restrooms!! My fiance needed to use a restroom, and was told no, then my fiance used the US citizen card and said: I am an US Citizen and this is the US Embassy/Consulate and I will use a restroom! all that in english, oh my fiance got to get inside and used the restroom....hahaha.....
I was talking to some US Consulate staff supervisor and he dared to tell me that DOMEX is not the consulate's problem. He said they had about 1500 people that day and they were all inside at 10am, I call that bullshit! I told him: well, the way I see, all this is US property and territory. The US Embassy/Consulate DID hire DOMEX and the DOMEX windows are in this territory, the DOMEX staff have to go through security to be behind those windows..so it is the US Embassy/Consulate's problem that people have to wait 3 hours to pay for this in this scorching humid heat...then I walked away and that felt good.
I hope that these issues are not issues anymore after a week. So good luck to everyone! |
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Moderate |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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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
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