Jägermasterize's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Tom
Beneficiary's Name: Chris
VJ Member: Jägermasterize
Country: France
Last Updated: 2020-10-24
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Immigration Checklist for Tom & Chris:
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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 : |
France |
| I-129F Sent : |
2015-09-16 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2015-09-21 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2015-10-20 |
| NVC Received : |
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| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
2015-11-04 |
| NVC Left : |
2015-11-06 |
| Consulate Received : |
2015-11-09 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2015-11-17 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
2016-01-20 |
| Packet 4 Received : |
2016-03-01 |
| Interview Date : |
2016-03-08 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2016-03-23 |
| US Entry : |
2016-04-09 |
| Marriage : |
2016-06-10 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 29 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 169 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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| Event |
Date |
| Port of Entry : |
JFK |
| POE Date : |
2016-04-09 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
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| Biometrics Taken : |
Yes |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
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Adjustment of Status
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
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| Date Filed : |
2016-07-06 |
| NOA Date : |
2016-07-30 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2016-08-18 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
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| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
2016-11-05 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
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| Greencard Received: |
2016-11-08 |
| Comments : |
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Employment Authorization
Document
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
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| Filing Method : |
Mail |
| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2016-07-06 |
| NOA Date : |
2016-07-30 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2016-08-18 |
| Approved Date : |
2016-10-06 |
| Date Card Received : |
2016-10-20 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your EAD was approved in 92 days. |
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Advance Parole
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
New York City NY |
| Filing Method : |
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| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2016-07-06 |
| NOA Date : |
2016-07-30 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Date Received : |
2016-10-20 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your AP was approved in 92 days. |
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Lifting Conditions
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Vermont Service Center |
| Date Filed : |
2018-08-02 |
| NOA Date : |
2018-08-11 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2018-09-20 |
| Interview Date : |
2020-10-21 |
| Approval / Denial Date : |
2020-10-22 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
No |
| Green Card Received : |
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| Comments : |
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Citizenship
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
Online |
| CIS Office : |
New York City NY |
| Date Filed : |
2019-08-04 |
| NOA Date : |
2019-08-04 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2019-08-29 |
| Interview Date : |
2020-10-21 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Oath Ceremony : |
2020-12-03 |
| Comments : |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: France
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
March 9, 2016 |
| Embassy Review : |
Our overall Fiancé visa interview experience was really good and pleasant.
We were scheduled at 13h at the Paris embassy for our K1 interview, and arrived at 12h40. We waited outside until 1pm. We showed our passports, appointment letter and petition at a 1st checkpoint. My fiancé and I were invited to a second checkpoint where we passed security screening and left our cellphones and other items.
We then got into the consular section of the embassy and a nice young lady asked us for our type of visa. We answered fiancé and received a ticket with a number on it and we were invited to wait until our number appears on the screen of the waiting room where we sat down.
After waiting 20min, we were called a first time and went to a first counter. A lady asked us our appointment letter and ticket number. We then returned in the waiting room and sat down for another 20min until being called to a different counter. A smiling French lady asked us my passport, confirmation page of DS-160, police records, translations of police records and asked us a few questions: what is my work, where do I live and If I went to the US. When she asked the new intent to marry of my fiancé, she asked him directly if he still wanted to marry me. She was nice and playful which gave a more pleasant mood to the process. After completing information on her computer and her file of paper documents she gave us a copy of our petition with the approved seal of uscis for us to keep. She explained me the info about the process of K1 once in the US and asked us to wait until being called for my interview.
After 30min, I was called by my name. A consular officer told me that I will be interviewed and that even if my petitioner could be present he wasn’t being interviewed.
He first took my fingerprints and made me rise the right hand to take an oath.
The questions he asked me was:
When did you meet your fiancé?
Do you know your fiancé’s family?
Did he meet my family?
Did you live in the US?
Did my fiancé live in France before?
Where you going to live in the US?
After writing everything on his computer, he wrote A.P on our file and said that we submitted all the documents needed, that the interview was completed and that we were approved
We should receive my passport back with the visa in 10 to 12 days. It will come with an orange sealed envelope that we mustn’t open until we give it to the border officer when we enter the US.
The overall experience was pleasant because the embassy wasn’t so crowded, 20 people at most.
The staff was professional and nice towards us. The waiting room was big, tall, full of light and warm. The indications, screen and instructions were clear and helpful.
Good luck.
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| Rating : |
Very Good |
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POE Review: JFK
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| Event |
Description |
| Entry Date : |
2016-04-09 |
| Embassy Review : |
My experience at the JFK POE was good but long and I came out of it tired.
I landed at JFK at 1h15pm and went to the immigration waiting lines.
The airport staff directed me to visitors line when I indicated I was a K1 visa holder. After an hour and a half of waiting I was directed to the US citizens line where another staff member noticed my sealed envelope from the embassy. She redirected me in front of the line of the non-US citizens creating protests from people.
The CBP officer took my envelope and my passport. He scanned my bio page and my visa and then opened the sealed package.
He went though a massive pile of paperwork and asks question about my second passport, my fiancé’s friend and smiled at the photos we submitted in our petition.
He then took my fingerprints, a picture of me and stamped my pile of documents and my visa. He gave me a paper to retrieve my electronic I-94 and info’s about my immigrant number.
He then said we needed to go to secondary inspection office to finish the process.
While walking he asked me “ Are you sure you want to do this? There is no turning back after this”. He was playful, professional and a nice border officer.
He handed the paperwork to his colleague in secondary where I was asked to sit and wait to be called.
Another person was being grilled by an officer about his past travels movements, which created a more “border security” TV show mood.
Finally the lady officer gently called me and handed my passport and said “You have 90 days to get married, Welcome to the United States”. I came out of the secondary office at 3pm
With customs and agriculture inspection I was out at 3h15.
Good luck. |
| Harassment Level : |
Low |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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