prijal's US Immigration Timeline
|
Petitioner's Name: J
Beneficiary's Name: P
VJ Member: prijal
Country: India
Last Updated: 2011-08-09
|
|
|
Immigration Checklist for J & P:
|
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 : |
Mumbai, India |
| I-129F Sent : |
2010-10-05 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2010-10-12 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
|
| RFE Reply(s) : |
|
| I-129F NOA2 : |
2011-03-03 |
| NVC Received : |
2011-03-09 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
|
| NVC Left : |
2011-03-11 |
| Consulate Received : |
2011-03-15 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2011-03-28 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
2011-03-31 |
| Packet 4 Received : |
|
| Interview Date : |
2011-05-16 |
| Interview Result : |
Administrative Review
|
Second Interview
(If Required): |
|
| Second Interview Result: |
|
| Visa Received : |
|
| US Entry : |
|
| Marriage : |
|
| Comments : |
Fiance's embassy interview was scheduled at 7.30 am, but my fiance had to wait until 2 pm to be interviewed. She was asked basic questions about our relationship and then they asked about why we want to marry in US since many of my fiance's family is in India. She answered it based on the fact that lot of my family members are here in USA. Then they asked about the pictures provided to them for ring ceremony. They asked why didnt we get married right there. They also asked that the ring ceremony photos look like wedding pictures. My fiance asnwered that those are engagement pictures because they were engagement pictures infact. After my fiance answered, the guy at the window went inside and talked to some people for about 10 minutes. He returned back and issued us a 221g asking us to provide some wedding plans, catering plans, guest list and photos from our last meet in India. It is funny that they thought the engagement pictures were wedding pictures even after we provided them the entire DVD of the function in the original USCIS application. However that DVD was returned during the interview to my fiance.
The embassy did collect our passport and the fees and just asked us to provide the plans listed above
A week later, we provided the embassy with all the tentative dates and plans for marraige in USA. We also provided them a guest list with 25-30 people who will be attending. Also provided the court marraige dates and traditional marraige dates at a temple.
Another 221g was issued asking my fiance to provide the intent to marry letter signed. She did that the next day and week later we again recieved a 221g with her passport returned this time. The file just said "Your file is still incomplete and we will let you know once we are ready to process". The VFS office told us that we will get an email or text message when embassy wants your passport. No other update. 221g under AP since June 2011.
We gave them about 30 days to process this. After that we called DOS and embassy multiple times asking them about the status of our application. The only reply we got was that the file is still under AP.
On 22nd July, I contacted the congressman office in my city and asked them to do the inquiry on my behalf. They got a reply from embassy on 30th July stating that we are being investigated since the engagement pictures looked like wedding pictures. And since the original NOA2 has expired, they are sending the application back to NVC. They informed us about this investigation after playing us to give the tentative wedding plans and then sending the application back to NVC after it is expired.
I have contacted the congressman office again to give their input on this matter and please ask the embassy to rethink of their decision. All the proof required were provided and their investigation is of no use since they had the proof with them all the time. THEY RETURNED THE DVD OF THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY, WHICH THEY THOUGHT LOOKED LIKE WEDDING PICTURES. THEY DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE DVD AS A PROOF.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR INPUT ON HOW CAN WE APPROACH THIS ISSUE BETTER.
ALSO, IF THE FILE IS RETURNED BACK TO NVC AND THE PETITION IS EXPIRED, DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF K1 AGAIN?
|
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 142 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 216 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
|
Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Mumbai, India
Review Topic: K1 Visa
|
| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
August 6, 2011 |
| Embassy Review : |
Fiance's embassy interview was scheduled at 7.30 am, but my fiance had to wait until 2 pm to be interviewed. She was asked basic questions about our relationship and then they asked about why we want to marry in US since many of my fiance's family is in India. She answered it based on the fact that lot of my family members are here in USA. Then they asked about the pictures provided to them for ring ceremony. They asked why didnt we get married right there. They also asked that the ring ceremony photos look like wedding pictures. My fiance asnwered that those are engagement pictures because they were engagement pictures infact. After my fiance answered, the guy at the window went inside and talked to some people for about 10 minutes. He returned back and issued us a 221g asking us to provide some wedding plans, catering plans, guest list and photos from our last meet in India. It is funny that they thought the engagement pictures were wedding pictures even after we provided them the entire DVD of the function in the original USCIS application. However that DVD was returned during the interview to my fiance.
The embassy did collect our passport and the fees and just asked us to provide the plans listed above
A week later, we provided the embassy with all the tentative dates and plans for marraige in USA. We also provided them a guest list with 25-30 people who will be attending. Also provided the court marraige dates and traditional marraige dates at a temple.
Another 221g was issued asking my fiance to provide the intent to marry letter signed. She did that the next day and week later we again recieved a 221g with her passport returned this time. The file just said "Your file is still incomplete and we will let you know once we are ready to process". The VFS office told us that we will get an email or text message when embassy wants your passport. No other update. 221g under AP since 8th June 2011.
We gave them about 30 days to process this. From 8th July till 20th July, we called DOS and embassy multiple times asking them about the status of our application. The only reply we got was that the file is still under AP.
On 22nd July, I contacted the congressman office in my city and asked them to do the inquiry on my behalf. They got a reply from embassy on 30th July stating that we are being investigated since the engagement pictures looked like wedding pictures. And since the original NOA2 has expired, they are sending the application back to NVC. They informed us about this investigation after playing us to give the tentative wedding plans and then sending the application back to NVC after it is expired.
I have contacted the congressman office again to give their input on this matter and please ask the embassy to rethink of their decision. All the proof required were provided and their investigation is of no use since they had the proof with them all the time. THEY RETURNED THE DVD OF THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY, WHICH THEY THOUGHT LOOKED LIKE WEDDING PICTURES. THEY DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE DVD AS A PROOF.
PLEASE GIVE US YOUR INPUT ON HOW CAN WE APPROACH THIS ISSUE BETTER.
ALSO, IF THE FILE IS RETURNED BACK TO NVC AND THE PETITION IS EXPIRED, DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF K1 AGAIN?
|
| Rating : |
Very Poor |
|
Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
*Notice about estimates: The estimates are based off averages of other members recent experiences
(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
times from members. There have historically been cases where a benefit/petition/application processing
briefly slows down or stops and this can not be predicted. Use these dates as reference only and do not
rely on them for planning. As always you should check the
USCIS processing times to see if your application
is past due.
** Not all cases are transfered
ver 5.0
