sherose's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Evan
Beneficiary's Name: Meaw
VJ Member: sherose
Country: Thailand
Last Updated: 2010-01-09
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Immigration Checklist for Evan & Meaw:
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USCIS I-129F Petition:
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Dept of State K1 Visa:
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USCIS I-485 Petition:
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USCIS I-765 Petition:
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USCIS I-131 Petition:
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USCIS I-751 Petition:
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USCIS N-400 Petition:
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K1 Visa
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
California Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Bangkok, Thailand |
| I-129F Sent : |
2005-09-02 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2005-09-12 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2005-11-15 |
| NVC Received : |
2005-11-28 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
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| NVC Left : |
2005-12-01 |
| Consulate Received : |
2005-12-04 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
2005-12-15 |
| Interview Date : |
2006-02-02 |
| Interview Result : |
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2006-02-03 |
| US Entry : |
2006-03-16 |
| Marriage : |
2006-03-31 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 64 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 143 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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Date |
| Port of Entry : |
San Francisco |
| POE Date : |
2006-03-16 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
No |
| Biometrics Taken : |
Yes |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
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Adjustment of Status
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
San Francisco CA |
| Date Filed : |
2006-05-17 |
| NOA Date : |
2006-05-25 |
| RFE(s) : |
2006-06-27 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2006-06-15 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
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| Interview Date : |
2006-09-06 |
| Approval / Denial Date : |
2006-09-06 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
Yes |
| Greencard Received: |
2006-09-19 |
| Comments : |
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Employment Authorization
Document
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
| Filing Method : |
Mail |
| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2006-05-17 |
| NOA Date : |
2006-05-25 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2006-06-15 |
| Approved Date : |
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| Date Card Received : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Based on timeline data, your EAD may be adjudicated between July 23, 2006 and August 12, 2006*.
If this date range has passed or your application is past due per USCIS processing times then you should consider calling the USCIS to inquire on your petition. If you have been approved please update your timeline. |
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Lifting Conditions
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
California Service Center |
| Date Filed : |
2008-06-24 |
| NOA Date : |
2008-06-27 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2008-07-23 |
| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
2008-10-24 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
No |
| Green Card Received : |
2008-10-31 |
| Comments : |
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Citizenship
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Date |
| Service Center : |
Phoenix AZ Lockbox |
| CIS Office : |
San Francisco CA |
| Date Filed : |
2009-09-17 |
| NOA Date : |
2009-09-28 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2009-10-17 |
| Interview Date : |
2009-12-03 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Oath Ceremony : |
2010-01-07 |
| Comments : |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Bangkok, Thailand
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
February 3, 2006 |
| Embassy Review : |
Hello All,
I just wanted to report a successful interview in Bangkok on February 2.
Today Meaw and I went to the embassy at 3:00pm and picked up her passport and K-1 visa along with the sealed envelope for US immigration. The interview was a piece of cake. The consular officer's name is Thomas, he was very nice. He asked Meaw only 2 questions: 1)How many times has your fiance come to visit you?, and 2)Where did you meet your fiance? The whole thing took about 2 minutes. The funny part came when he took Meaw's fingerprints. He asked Meaw to place the index finger of her right hand on the fingerprint thingy, no problem. Then he asked for her to do the left index finger. So, Meaw, not being familiar with the process put both her left and right index fingers on the thingy at the same time. After I stopped chuckling I explained that one at a time was what was needed.
On another subject, I don't think it behooves anyone to get to the embassy at 5 or 6 am in the morning. Unless you want to get up really early and spend more time hanging out on Wireless Road. They didn't let anyone in until 7:30am. The order in which you turn in your package in at window 5 does not dictate the interview order, it was completely random. The woman in front of us got lucky and just happened to be the first interview that day. Our interview was the eighth one. Neither she or us was first to turn in our respective packages. They do 17 interviews a day, everyday. We went to the interview with the man who has been helping us throughout the process and is at the embassy several times each week. He says, Thomas(consular officer) does not even start the first interview until 9am. Sure enough, 9:05, first interview. We got to the embassy at about 7:00am, tuned in our package, had our interview and were out of there at 11:00am.
The embassy is no longer accepting walk-ins for interview dates. The forms and checklist must be mailed in and the embassy mails you the interview date. Kind of a bummer. I don't have incredible faith that they can get the mail where it is supposed to go all of the time. Case in point, Meaw now has her visa in hand and we are still waiting for her Packet 3! Good Luck to all.
Peace, Evan and Meaw
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| Rating : |
Good |
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Local US CIS Office Review: San Francisco CA
Review Topic: cis_topic
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Description |
| Review Date : |
September 7, 2006 |
| Embassy Review : |
Hello All,
Had a successful interview in San Francisco today. We were scheduled for 10:30 and called in at about 11:15. The officer was bussinesslike, but nice. I was a bit surprised at what he wanted, also surprised that he looked at so little of the mounds of paperwork we brought with us. He first swore us in, then began to ask a few questions while making notations and markings in our file. When did you meet? Where did you meet? How did you meet? When were you married? Where were you married? Who was in attendance? He asked my wife where she had learned her English? Also asked her if she had worked in the last 5 yrs, which turned out to be quite humorous as my wife is Thai and uses the Buddhist calendar. So she told the officer she had been laid off of her last job in 2544, we chuckled, then I explained that if you subtract 543 from her figure of 2544, we would arrive at the appropriate (Gregorian?) year.
He took my employer letter, only my latest pay stub, and one photo of us. What did surprise me was his request for my (USC) original G-325A from our I-129F Fiance petition and also a copy of the original I-129F petition (1 page) itself , fortunately we brought it with us. He said that he needed to keep the entire file complete. I would have thought that the CSC would have forwarded those documents. But seeing as we never received our original approval notice from CSC, nothing surprises me anymore. Me thinks they were lost, perhaps by CSC
He didn't look at or ask for, joint bank account info, utilitiy bills, beneficiary info, insurance info, mail addressed to us, none of it. We walked in with 15 pounds of paperwork and walked out with it nearly intact. Towards the end of the interview he said he was going to approve our petition and asked if we were planning on travelling any time soon. This was my opening. We are not actually planning on travelling any time soon, but I took this question to mean that if I had said yes, he would perhaps put the I-551 stamp in my wife's passport. I replied, no, we are not planning on travelling, but my wife never received her EAD and has a job opportunity opening up very soon and we would also like to get her California ID card (both are true) as soon as possible and would he be willing to place the stamp in the passport. To which he replied, "Today is your lucky day" and stamped the passport with the I-551 The wait to be called was about an hour, but the interview itself was over in about 15-20 minutes.
Many thanks to all on this board for making this possible.
Peace, Evan and Meaw
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| Harassment Level : |
Very Good |
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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
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