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Sizzy and Terry's US Immigration Timeline

blank avatar   Petitioner's Name: Sizzy
Beneficiary's Name: Terry
VJ Member: Sizzy and Terry
Country: Pakistan

Last Updated: 2021-12-22
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Immigration Checklist for Sizzy & Terry:

USCIS DCF 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 : Islamabad, Pakistan
Marriage (if applicable): 2015-12-10
I-130 Sent : 2016-02-17
I-130 NOA1 : 2016-02-25
I-130 RFE :
I-130 RFE Sent :
I-130 Approved : 2016-07-05
NVC Received : 2016-07-22
Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2016-08-20
Pay AOS Bill : 2016-08-23
Receive I-864 Package :
Send AOS Package : 2016-09-02
Submit DS-261 : 2016-08-30
Receive IV Bill : 2016-08-28
Pay IV Bill : 2016-08-29
Send IV Package : 2016-09-02
Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter :
Case Completed at NVC : 2016-10-28
NVC Left :
Consulate Received :
Packet 3 Received :
Packet 3 Sent :
Packet 4 Received :
Interview Date : 2016-12-14
Interview Result : Approved
Second Interview
(If Required):
Second Interview Result:
Visa Received : 2017-02-02
US Entry : 2017-02-04
Comments :
Processing
Estimates/Stats :
Your I-130 was approved in 131 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 293 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.


Lifting Conditions
Event Date
CIS Office :
Date Filed : 2019-01-28
NOA Date : 2019-02-10
RFE(s) :
Bio. Appt. :
Interview Date :
Approval / Denial Date :
Approved :
Got I551 Stamp :
Green Card Received :
Comments :


Citizenship
Event Date
Service Center : Online
CIS Office :
Date Filed : 2020-07-08
NOA Date : 2020-07-25
Bio. Appt. :
Interview Date : 2021-06-16
Approved : Yes
Oath Ceremony : 2021-08-28
Comments :

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Islamabad, Pakistan
Review Topic:
Event Description
Review Date : December 21, 2016
Embassy Review : So i had my interview, i have no idea how it went and i am freaking outttt.
First I gave my interview to a lady who is probably in her 40's. After hello hi.
there were altogether three steps:
1. Biometrics
2. Documents submission
3. Interview
that is how the interview went:

She: How did you guys meet?
Me: We met online
She: What was the name of the site?
Me: ***.com
She: Wow!!
Me: ..
She: Can you show me some of the pictures from your wedding?
Me: Sure. I showed her the album. She just took a peek.
She: Who attended her wedding from the US?
Me: Just her ***. Her *** couldn't make it because he had his exams and he was too much caught in his job.
She: Okay What religion does she follow?
Me: She is a muslim.
She: Just checking! So you guys are of the same age.
Me: Yeah 25.
She: Okay So tell me about your job.
Me: Well i have worked for 3 different companies as a project scheduler, contracts engineer and then as a cost engineer for a sugar mill and... (she didn't let me complete)
She Are you a civil engineer? (tricky one)
Me: (that's where it went horrible for me) I am a mechanical engineer and then i corrected it after a pause of of 1 second. actually, i am an industrial engineer it is sort of a specialisation of mechanical engineering (On my DS 260 it clearly states i have done BE in Industrial & Manufacturing engineering).
She: okay and why she didn't file her taxes. I need to see why?
Me: She didnt make enough. Her brother claimed her in his taxes.
She: But do you have something in written.
Me: I have a letter from her
She : yes, please. Show me that
Me: (while i was trying to find it in my folder, she had already checked :-( the box in 221g slip ). She was about to get agitated when i handed it over she just put it in her folder she didn't eve look at it.
She: Okay you need to submit me your CV and your transcript so that we could approve your visa.
That's what she wrote in front of "others______(in 221g white slip)"
Me: thank you very much (i was disappointed)
She: Thank you. You can submit it electronically.

1.The guards(personnel in light blue uniforms) specially one of them, a big one, was rude. I asked him about the e-mail address since i could find it nowhere on the 221 g slip. he said that you should mail it and then he showed me the door. I was like what should i do now. He said use the American express and mail it to the embassy. He shouted that i should leave. He didn't even give me a chance to ask about why didn't they ask for translations (all of them) and my original documents are with them. Was i supposed to get them back on my interview day. Among those documents were my nikkah nama, marriage certificate and birth certificate. I left to avoid any scene in utter embarrassment. I forgot my wallet and i didn't even have it in me to get that back. It was a dreadful experience. I didn't know why he did that as i am quite polite and i have been polite through out.

Here are some of the very important tips that i need to give away:
1.SLEEP WELL
2. BE ON TIME. MY INTERVIEW LETTER ASKED TO COME AT THE EMBASSY AT 7 PM. I REACHED THE SHUTTLE SERVICE AT 7 PM AND IT ALMOST TOOK AN HOUR FOR ME TO REACH THE US EMBASSY FROM THERE ON. SO, I WAS LATE AND IT ALREADY GOT ME THINKING THAT WHAT IF THE SEND ME BACK AND WHAT IF THEY DON'T TAKE MY INTERVIEW, BLAHHHH BLAAHHH.... OF COURSE, NONE OF THIS HAPPENED BUT IT TOOK ME TO A NERVOUS STATE OF MIND.
3. READ YOUR DS-260 THOROUGHLY, ANYTHING YOU CAN CARRY TAKE IT WITH YOU. I WAS ASKED MY CV AND TRANSCRIPTS. I DON'T SEE WHY IT RELATES TO MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY WIFE.
4. AMERICAN CONSULARS(THOSE WHO TAKE INTERVIEW IN ENGLISH) ARE LESS INTIMIDATING THAN OUR PAKISTANIS (THOSE WHO TAKE INTERVIEW IN URDU).
5. BE ORGANISED.
6. TAKE YOUR SPOUSE WITH YOU, IT REALLY MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

RESULT:

CASE IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW RINCE THE INTERVIEW AND GETS UPDATED 4 TIMES A WEEK.
Rating : Very Poor


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