Anthony and Becky's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Rebecca
Beneficiary's Name: Anthony
VJ Member: Anthony and Becky
Country: Canada
Last Updated: 2019-07-26
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Immigration Checklist for Rebecca & Anthony:
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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 : |
Texas Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Montreal, Canada |
| I-129F Sent : |
2014-12-16 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2014-12-22 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2015-06-23 |
| NVC Received : |
2015-07-09 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
2015-07-09 |
| NVC Left : |
2015-07-10 |
| Consulate Received : |
2015-07-23 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2015-08-03 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
2015-08-04 |
| Packet 4 Received : |
2015-08-05 |
| Interview Date : |
2015-09-28 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2015-10-02 |
| US Entry : |
2015-11-21 |
| Marriage : |
2015-12-12 |
| Comments : |
The I-129F was received at the Texas Lockbox on Friday, December 19th, 2014. The petitioner received the text and email from USCIS on Wednesday, December 24th, 2014.
The NOA2 was received by the petitioner on June 29th 2015.
Called NVC on July 10th, 2015 and received Case # and Invoice #. Advised that the package has not been sent to the consulate yet.
CEAC status changed from In Transit to Ready on July 23rd, 2015
Sent Packet 3 completion email on Aug 4th 2015
Packet 4 email received Aug 5th, 2015
Paid $265 USD for K Visa
Interview scheduled for Sept 28
Sept 21st: Medical completed!
Sept 28th: Interview! Approved!
Oct 2 2015: visa in hand! |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 183 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 280 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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| Event |
Date |
| Port of Entry : |
CDN-USA Border |
| POE Date : |
2015-11-21 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
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| Biometrics Taken : |
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| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
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Adjustment of Status
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
San Antonio TX |
| Date Filed : |
2015-12-22 |
| NOA Date : |
2015-12-30 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2016-01-25 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
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| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
2016-03-01 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
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| Greencard Received: |
2016-03-07 |
| Comments : |
AOS was approved without interview. |
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Employment Authorization
Document
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
| Filing Method : |
Mail |
| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2015-12-22 |
| NOA Date : |
2015-12-30 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
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| Approved Date : |
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| Date Card Received : |
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| Comments : |
Never processed - we just received the I-551 without an interview. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Based on timeline data, your EAD may be adjudicated between February 10, 2016 and March 10, 2016*.
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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Advance Parole
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
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| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2015-12-22 |
| NOA Date : |
2015-12-30 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Date Received : |
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| Comments : |
Never processed - we just received the I-551 without an interview. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Based on timeline data, your AP may be adjudicated between April 25, 2016 and May 18, 2016*.
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 : |
2017-12-21 |
| NOA Date : |
2017-12-26 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
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| Interview Date : |
2019-07-17 |
| Approval / Denial Date : |
2019-07-18 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
No |
| Green Card Received : |
2019-07-25 |
| Comments : |
I-551 currently extended by 18 months while awaiting decision on ROC.
Interview for I-751 was done at the same time as interview for N-400. The Immigration Officer that conducted the N-400 was annoyed that he had to do the 751 interview also (he actually stated this verbatim). Interview for this portion was a breeze - thankfully my wife was with me. He stated that if the 751 wasn't addressed, they wouldn't be able to approve the N-400, and that although I wouldn't need the I-551 for long, they still had to issue it.
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Citizenship
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
Online |
| CIS Office : |
San Antonio TX |
| Date Filed : |
2019-02-10 |
| NOA Date : |
2019-02-11 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2019-03-06 |
| Interview Date : |
2019-07-17 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Oath Ceremony : |
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| Comments : |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Montreal, Canada
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
September 28, 2015 |
| Embassy Review : |
The appointment was at 7:40 am. We (the petitioner and I) arrived shortly after 7:00 am and it looked like there were 4 people ahead of us.
Around 7:30 the security guys came out to put the tinsel barriers up and the guy in the shirt marked CSC started reviewing documents for the people ahead of us.
The second person in line was turned away due to his backpack (he was told to either bring it to his hotel room or rent a locker at the Eaton Center)
When he got to us, he asked to see the DS-160 and made sure that we had signed up for the Loomis pickup. He then gave us card #3 and let us in.
The metal detector was fine, they asked us to remove one of those musical greeting cards from our proof papers and leave it with the rest of our personal effects (keys, fiancee's Apple Watch). We were then told to go downstairs and wait.
We waited in the room downstairs for around 10 minutes, then the security guards cam down and started herding people towards the elevator. We made it onto the second trip up.
Don't worry about what other people have said on here about waiting near the elvator or trying to get into the elevator first to be the first one out (the exit on the 19th floor is the back door of the elevator) because it doesn't matter. We were card #3 and were the first ones called.
Our number was called right away to go to window #12.
The lady there was really nice and had a sense of humour. Her job was to collect our documents and finger print me (the beneficiary). My fiancée was with me. We actually asked her if she needed specific documents like the petitioner's proof of residence and she said "if you have them, sure." She also said that it would not have been necessary to have my birth & divorce certificates translated, but that if I had the translations, she would take them. Once she was done, she asked us to go sit down again and wait until they called our number.
We sat down for another 15 minutes and they called us to window #8. The guy there was also really friendly. He started out by asking me to read an oath out loud basically to confirm that everything I was about to say was true under penalty of perjury. He then asked my fiancée to see her passport (nothing in the documentation we had received said anything about her bringing it, but happy we did).
He re-checked my left hand finger prints then looked through our documents that the previous lady had taken. When he got to the letters of intent, he mentioned that it was the first time that he had received letters from both the petitioner and beneficiary. Apparently the only one they really need is the one from the petitioner.
He asked us a couple of questions like how we had met, when we said online he asked us jokingly whether it had been a website or a game. We asked him if a lot of people met through gaming, he laughed and said that some people send in screenshots of their WoW characters. We asked him about his job and whether he himself was a US Citizen, he spoke about his previous job in China, and that it had taken his wife 3 years to go through the process. All in all, I think we asked him more questions than he asked us. He started giving us our original documents back, asked us if we were part of the online forums for the process, and said that there was no bad news here, slipped the Welcome to the United States letter through the opening and said that my visa would be printed tomorrow and would likely be able to pick it up in Montreal on Friday.
We had brought a LOT of relationship proof and were never asked for it once, but really happy that we went in prepared.
All in all it was a great experience but hopefully one we will never have to go through again. 
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| Rating : |
Very Good |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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Individual results may vary as every case is not always 'average'. Past performance does not necessarily
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times from members. There have historically been cases where a benefit/petition/application processing
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