smartgreen's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Mr. S Beneficiary's Name: Ms. S VJ Member: smartgreen Country: Hong Kong Last Updated: 2018-11-28 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Mr. S & Ms. S:

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 : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Singapore Marriage (if applicable): 2014-12-08 I-130 Sent : 2014-12-11 I-130 NOA1 : 2014-12-17 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2015-01-14 NVC Received : 2015-01-23 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2015-02-24 Pay AOS Bill : 2015-02-26 Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : 2015-03-03 Submit DS-261 : 2015-03-02 Receive IV Bill : 2015-03-31 Pay IV Bill : 2015-04-01 Send IV Package : 2015-03-25 Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : Case Completed at NVC : 2015-04-16 NVC Left : Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2015-06-10 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2015-07-03 US Entry : Comments : Visa was delay for three weeks after approval due to US Visa system glitch in Jun 2015. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 28 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 175 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Lifting Conditions Event Date CIS Office : Vermont Service Center Date Filed : 2017-06-06 NOA Date : 2017-06-16 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2017-07-03 Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : 2018-05-21 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Yes Green Card Received : 2018-05-29 Comments : 4/9/18 - Application received by the local office 5/25/18 - New card in production 5/29/18 - Received 10 year GC

Citizenship Event Date Service Center : Online CIS Office : Washington DC Date Filed : 2018-04-19 NOA Date : 2018-04-20 Bio. Appt. : 2018-05-10 Interview Date : 2018-11-26 Approved : Yes Oath Ceremony : Comments : After a 6-month wait, i finally had my N400 interview today at the DC field office in Fairfax, VA. My interview was scheduled at 11:40 am and my husband and I arrived around 11:20 am. We waited for about 10 minutes and my name was called. I asked the officer if I should get my husband, he said no need and took me to his office. On to the interview, he seemed not to bother with my GC and DL, I took them out from my backpack and placed them on the desk but he didn't not even take a peek of them. He requested to take picture of me and went directly into the reading test, writing and civil test. Reading: Who is George Washington Writing: Washington is the first President Civil: We elect a US Representative for how many years? 2 years In what month do we vote for President? November The house of Representative has how many voting members? 435 Who is the Chief Justice of the US now? John Roberts Name one war fought by the US in the 1900s? WWI Sorry forgot the last one. Some are difficult questions if you don't study the booklet. He did a lot of typing when I was answering these questions. He also asked if I ever got arrested or deported by the US government, didn't ask me anything about the traffic citation. After that he asked me to give my signature on the screen. It almost seemed like the interview was over. I paused him and asked if I could still do a name change (I said no on the form). He said great, we can do it today, right now. I asked if it will delay the oath ceremony as I saw it online that the name change to delay the process by 3-4 months. He laughed out loud (not kidding, he really laughed loudly) and said don't trust the internet. I then asked when i could expect my Oath Ceremony and he answered about 2 months. He then proceed with my name change and asked my to confirm both old and new name on the screen. I think I provided my signature 2-3 times in total at the end. That's it. The total time was less than 15 minutes. I'd say if i didn't request for the name change, it could have ended within 10 minutes.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Singapore Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : June 15, 2015 Embassy Review : My interview was on June 10. The entire interview process is relative simple and easier than I expected although I waited outside of the embassy for a good 45 minutes. The first guy I met was a Chinese who mainly to ensure the completeness of all my supporting documents. He only asked me how I met my hubby, what he does and requested for some photos of us. That's it!! Nothing tricky. The second guy I met was a Caucasian and he is the real Officer who tells you whether he would approve your application. He was very straight forward and told me my case look good and he would approve it within the next day to two. Yay....and I thought my VISA process ends here, but guess what!!!!! I found it on Jun 15 that they are not able to issue my visa due to some technical issue with all the VISA systems overseas. I am very upset and disappointed about this as I am supposed to attend my sis-in-law's wedding on the 20th in the US. Well....life sometimes is full of surprises and we can only deal with it. Good luck to everyone else who is going thru the same process. Cheers, Mrs. S Rating : Good

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