bigb159's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Maria
Beneficiary's Name: Brendon
VJ Member: bigb159
Country: Canada
Last Updated: 2016-11-22
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Immigration Checklist for Maria & Brendon:
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USCIS DCF I-130 Petition:
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Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:
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USCIS I-751 Petition:
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USCIS N-400 Petition:
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IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
Vermont Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Montreal, Canada |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2011-07-01 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2012-01-30 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2012-02-08 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2012-06-25 |
| NVC Received : |
2012-07-11 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2012-07-11 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2012-07-11 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
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| Send AOS Package : |
2012-10-15 |
| Submit DS-261 : |
2012-10-15 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2012-08-02 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2012-08-15 |
| Send IV Package : |
2012-08-20 |
| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
2014-02-27 |
| Case Completed at NVC : |
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| 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 : |
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| Interview Date : |
2014-04-18 |
| Interview Result : |
Administrative Review
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Second Interview
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2016-05-18 |
| Second Interview Result: |
Approved |
| Visa Received : |
2016-05-24 |
| US Entry : |
2016-07-06 |
| Comments : |
Due to family emergency we were forced to postpone work on the case, which expired in Spring 2015 but was reinstated by formal petition 2015-09-23. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 138 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 800 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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Date |
| Port of Entry : |
CDN-USA Border |
| POE Date : |
2016-07-06 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
Yes,Passport Stamp |
| Biometrics Taken : |
No |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
Courteous, speedy and friendly service, for a change. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Montreal, Canada
Review Topic: General Review
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
March 30, 2016 |
| Embassy Review : |
The US needs to put an interview location and approved medical facility in Halifax. This was a ridiculously long and abusive trip for us and our newborn. Montreal is a nice city... but not in March. We ended up in a ditch off the icy highway on the way there - no damage done - but this was really hard for us.
The Montreal consulate is... fine. Interview process will never be a pleasurable process, so always go in with low expectations.
On arrival, people are expected to wait outside in the cold until they clear current occupants through security. Then they check you at the door and let you in to the security room.
Basically you are not allowed to bring anything in but paperwork and the clothes on your back, and they won't hold anything for you. You will go through metal detectors and security (guards were surprisingly friendly) and head on up the elevators to the interview hall.
Directions are extremely poor and the clerk by the elevator was on the whole uninformed and useless so take some time getting your bearings of where the facilities are and where the interview windows dedicated to your class visa are located.
The room was seriously packed, people were lined up along the walls, and yet they had a full section of empty seating reserved for some other kind of visa which we were no allowed to use. You will not need to line up as you have a visa interview already scheduled.
As with every part of the US immigration system, this too was a very poorly designed system.
After a while, you'll be called out. My interviewer was professional and pleasant, so there's some redeeming value.
If you are living in Canada, reinforce with them that your stay here is temporary and you've not put down any roots, you plan to move in the near future and are already corresponding with future employers, so you don't get stuck on the "domicile" train like I did and get sent home with a refusal and petition for supporting documentation. The resulting Administrative Processing cycle is a black hole where a bureaucrat can sit on your case file as long as they like.
Let's just say that interview locations are very probably worse in other countries and locations, but where other parts of this US immigration process rated a 1 out of 5, the consulate may have gotten a 3.
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Moderate |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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(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
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briefly slows down or stops and this can not be predicted. Use these dates as reference only and do not
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