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micmac's US Immigration Timeline

blank avatar   Petitioner's Name: p
Beneficiary's Name: m
VJ Member: micmac
Country: United Kingdom

Last Updated: 2011-09-30
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Immigration Checklist for p & m:

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 : 2011-02-25
I-129F NOA1 : 2011-03-01
I-129F RFE(s) : 2011-06-04
RFE Reply(s) :
I-129F NOA2 : 2011-06-17
NVC Received :
Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned :
NVC Left :
Consulate Received :
Packet 3 Received : 2011-08-01
Packet 3 Sent : 2011-08-10
Packet 4 Received : 2011-09-08
Interview Date : 2011-09-26
Interview Result : Approved
Second Interview
(If Required):
Second Interview Result:
Visa Received : 2011-09-30
US Entry : 2011-10-06
Marriage : 2011-11-01
Comments : POE Salt lake city utah
Processing
Estimates/Stats :
Your I-129f was approved in 108 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 209 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.


Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: London, United Kingdom
Review Topic: General Review
Event Description
Review Date : September 26, 2011
Embassy Review : got to the embassy at about half 7. Sat outside for a bit and the queue was getting bigger and bigger...

I went to goulds and having traveled from scotland I had a ton of stuff on me and the guy didn't look amused... laptop, cameras, chargers, ipod, phone, memory stick.

Anyway, went back to the embassy and got in line. An embassy worker was calling to everyone that they had to have their appointment letter, receipt and a ds160. Obviously that is not on the k1 list for interview but she kept saying it and I freaked out. Everyone around me had one, so I went back to goulds to do one, and one of their staff told me not to do it and sent me back. Got back in the line which had further grown. Was served at the little counter they set up, and the officer was nice and friendly.

Went through security and got my stickers. I was too nervous to read, and I didn't have a watch. I am not sure how long I waited for. I was called up to my first window, the man was also nice and he chatted about my journey down.He took my birth certificate and copy, and my original police certificate.The affidavit of support with tax return and employee letter were taken but not the pay stubs. He took a photo of my passport picture and gave me it back.

I sat down again and was called back up maybe 20 minutes later. I was asked how long we had been together, how he had proposed, where we were getting married, how many guests, what the wedding date was. I always babble and give too much information so it must have seemed genuine so I got approved straightaway. No need for any of the proof of relationship stuff I had painstakingly gathered and worried over.

Complete anticlimax! Months of build up for that tiny interview! It was more like a friendly chit chat with the officer I got so I was lucky I guess.

Anyway I give the embassy 4/5. I drop them some points for the shouty lady outside making me worried that I wouldn't get in. Also, the information on the embassy website is misleading in ways. I think they should send out a checklist instead of assuming everyone is internet savvy. There were quite a few older people there in the I category. It was confusing enough for me, being in an internet obsessed generation never mind being in an older one.

A lot of the stuff in the process I would not have known without visa journey. I think the website could use a reshuffle, but the embassy itself and the staff were all pleasant.
Rating : Good


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