aaa2zzz's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Thomas Beneficiary's Name: Jirawan VJ Member: aaa2zzz Country: Thailand Last Updated: 2017-03-24 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Thomas & Jirawan :

USCIS I-130 Petition:       Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:     USCIS I-751 Petition:   USCIS N-400 Petition:

IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Date Service Center : Nebraska Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Bangkok, Thailand Marriage (if applicable): 2015-10-17 I-130 Sent : 2015-12-22 I-130 NOA1 : 2015-12-24 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2016-07-29 NVC Received : 2016-09-02 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2016-09-12 Pay AOS Bill : 2016-09-12 Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : 2016-09-19 Submit DS-261 : 2016-09-19 Receive IV Bill : 2016-09-15 Pay IV Bill : 2016-09-15 Send IV Package : 2016-09-19 Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2016-11-30 Case Completed at NVC : NVC Left : 2016-12-01 Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2017-01-09 Submit Review Interview Result : Administrative Review Second Interview (If Required): 2017-03-09 Second Interview Result: Approved Visa Received : 2017-03-23 US Entry : Comments : Now that the visa is in hand, will provide comments on the interview. My wife was the last interview scheduled for the day. Consular staff had no interest in doing the job correctly. They gave an RFE requesting copies of divorce degree and proof of additional assets for the AOS. Of course, all these documents were attached to the original filings. Were they lost by NVC? Who knows? Being overprepared, my wife told the staff that she had extra copies in her possession. The consular staff refused to look at the documents. The RFE also asked for proof of domicile in the USA. Admittedly, there was not a lot of proof in the filing of domicile other than the fact that all the documentation sent reflected a US address, but, since we had our wedding outside of the USA, I suppose it was a fair question. After all, no one marries outside the USA and files a CR-1. RIght? So, the visa was delayed for 10 weeks (the consulate had all the requested information in their hands again, within a week of the initial interview). Of course, at both interviews the CO asked really weird questions, I believe just to try to rattle my wife, who is super calm. At the second interview, they told her because of my prior marriages they probably would not grant her visa. This was either a mind game or their lack of knowledge about the rules.. That issue was definitively decided by USCIS, and State is not allowed to revisit it under the rules. And the consular staff needs to learn how to write numbers legibly. They would have flunked 3rd grade. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 218 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 382 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

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