slimbolina's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Mike Beneficiary's Name: Nicky VJ Member: slimbolina Country: United Kingdom Last Updated: 2020-08-15 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Mike & Nicky:

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 : London, United Kingdom I-129F Sent : 2015-12-29 I-129F NOA1 : 2016-01-04 I-129F RFE(s) : 2016-02-29 RFE Reply(s) : 2016-03-09 I-129F NOA2 : 2016-03-16 NVC Received : 2016-04-06 Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : 2016-04-07 NVC Left : 2016-04-07 Consulate Received : 2016-04-14 Packet 3 Received : 2016-04-16 Packet 3 Sent : 2016-04-16 Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2016-06-01 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2016-06-09 US Entry : 2016-06-17 Marriage : 2016-07-14 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 72 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 149 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : Saint Louis MO Date Filed : 2016-08-24 NOA Date : 2016-08-31 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2016-09-26 AOS Transfer** : Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : 2017-02-10 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : No Greencard Received: Comments : Interview waived.

Employment Authorization Document Event Date CIS Office : Chicago National Office Filing Method : Mail Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2016-08-24 NOA Date : 2016-08-31 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : Approved Date : 2016-11-04 Date Card Received : 2016-11-19 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your EAD was approved in 72 days.

Advance Parole Event Date CIS Office : Chicago IL Filing Method :   Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2016-08-24 NOA Date : 2016-08-31 RFE(s) : Date Received : 2016-11-19 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your AP was approved in 73 days.

Lifting Conditions Event Date CIS Office : California Service Center Date Filed : 2018-11-29 NOA Date : 2018-12-17 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2019-07-31 Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : 2020-08-14 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : No Green Card Received : Comments : Had to go to ombudsman but got the approval in 3 days.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: London, United Kingdom Review Topic: K1 Visa Event Description Review Date : June 1, 2016 Embassy Review : Appointment was booked using the new online format. Interview was scheduled for 12pm, arrived at 11am but were allowed to go straight through security with no queuing. Security checked the confirmation letter that you print when you've booked your interview online together with your passport, you then go around to the security booth where your letter and passport are checked again and then through the security screening, you get directed around to the right and up some steps into the embassy. There you go to reception where your documents are checked once more (3rd time lucky?), a ticket number is printed and stuck to your confirmation letter then you go upstairs to the waiting room. Here you just wait until your number is called up on the big screen (keep an eye on this as numbers are not called in any particular order). My window was around the corner and down a corridor, just walk past the people queuing and straight to your window. Here they had my file and did a quick checklist of questions, took my passport and passport photograph (only one was required and I took a UK passport photo), she took my birth certificate, police record, affidavit of support and divorce certificates. She asked me if I had lived in any other country than the UK, when I planned to leave the UK and then she went to get my medical records to give me my chest xray but unfortunately they lost it! I was still okay to have my interview without it. Fingerprints are taken here too. From here I was given my appointment letter back with another sticker with my original number on it and told to go back to the waiting room and wait for my number to be called for my interview. At about 12.15pm I was called up. I went to the window and was greeted by a very pleasant woman, the first thing she said to me was 'you've been married before' and then she was a bit confused about me having a son and him not going with me, she was expecting both of us at the interview, but it was my fiance's son she was confused with, but anyway, the questions went like this and although not necessarily in order, they weren't quickfire questions, it was a chit chat (not like over coffee or anything but it was really quite relaxing and not interrogating at all), imagine being sat next to a stranger on a plane and you get talking, it's pretty much like that: How did you meet? Tell me about the online game and how you chatted to each other. When did you meet him online? When did you become friends on Facebook? When did you first meet each other in person? Have you ever been to the States to meet him? How many times? Where does he live? How far is that from Missouri? Where will you live? What do you do for a living? What does he do for a living? Why America and not England? When do you plan to leave? When do you plan to get married? When was the last time you saw each other? I did expand on all of my answers, not just one or two word answers. Then she said she had everything she needed and congratulations, I will go ahead and approve your visa. My advice... don't just stand there and stare and say 'really?' haha, it was THAT relaxed, she didn't mind she laughed and said uh huh!! I then asked if that was it, do I just go, she said 'yep', congratulations. Then you just leave by the exit behind you, down the opposite set of stairs you go up originally and boom, job's done! All in all I was there for about 90 minutes and the interview itself took no more than 15. I will also point out that I was not asked for the employer letter, pay stubs or any other documentation other than what was taken from me initially. I don't know if this is for everyone or if it was just that officer on that particular day. Still though, take EVERYTHING! Hope this helps somewhat. Remember every single case is different and if you're confident and enthusiastic about your fiance then your interview should be more of curious questioning than interrogation, it flowed nicely for me and the questions came naturally and just as you'd expect a conversation would. Rating : Good

POE Review: JFK Event Description Entry Date : 2016-06-17 Embassy Review : ALLOW AT LEAST A 3 HOUR LAYOVER IF THIS IS YOUR POE AND YOU HAVE A CONNECTING FLIGHT. Landed at 1.25pm, as it was a long haul flight the wait to clear immigration took around an hour and a half. Presented my packet at the desk (my fiance was with me), after the CO opened it and input details into the computer and stamped some pages, we were taken down to an interview room, it's just a room with several COs and a waiting area. My packet and passport was handed to a CO who did a lot of computer inputting and more stamping for around 10 minutes then I was called up and had my passport handed back to me. That was it. Nothing spectacular, quite anti climatic with no crowds waving banners, clapping and cheering. If you know the airport then you shouldn't have any problems if you have a connecting flight. I had a 3 hour and 40 minute layover, my connecting flight was delayed for a further 45 minutes and I still barely had time to get through immigration, collect our bags, recheck them and find exactly where we were in the airport before boarding our next flight. All in all, painless entry, no questioning, just paperwork on their side and that's it. Harassment Level : Low

Timeline Comments: 3



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