JWhitten's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Jonathan
Beneficiary's Name: Rebecca
VJ Member: JWhitten
Country: Canada
Last Updated: 2018-02-25
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Immigration Checklist for Jonathan & Rebecca:
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USCIS I-130 Petition:
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Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:
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USCIS I-751 Petition:
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USCIS N-400 Petition:
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IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
Nebraska Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Ottowa, Canada |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2016-03-01 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2016-07-07 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2016-07-11 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2017-01-26 |
| NVC Received : |
2017-02-07 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2017-04-03 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2017-04-07 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
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| Send AOS Package : |
2017-06-26 |
| Submit DS-261 : |
2017-04-03 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2017-04-07 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2017-04-07 |
| Send IV Package : |
2017-06-26 |
| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
2017-07-08 |
| Case Completed at NVC : |
2017-06-29 |
| NVC Left : |
2018-01-10 |
| Consulate Received : |
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| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
2018-01-19 |
| Interview Date : |
2018-02-23 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
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| US Entry : |
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| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 199 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 592 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Montreal, Canada
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
February 25, 2018 |
| Embassy Review : |
Everything was smooth and fine, especially with the massive help of visajourney. All the various time estimations were accurate, too (with one exception).
Also, a certain spouse immigration guide on here is helpful to a point, but is clearly outdated (wrong forms/etc).
Only real complaint is that we waited almost a year for the NVC to move our case forward and give us an interview date. Eventually, I decided to request our case be expedited (I only did not before this point because it says to provide a reason for the expedite request - and we did not have a "good" reason beyond being eager/impatient). At this point, we had an interview date in slightly over 2 weeks later.
I do not know what happened, but I *highly* recommend that anyone waiting for an interview date do these two things:
1) contact the NVC and ask if your case is complete
if yes, then
2) request that your case be expedited.
I would give this process a better rating, but the wait time (for an interview date) is an extreme outlier to the time it took everyone else (for Canada) in the past several years. Average is about 3 months. We waited 210 days - which would have been longer without a request to be expedited.
As for the interview at the embassy itself, that was a far better experience than either of us imagined or prepared for. We consider ourselves lucky. Top rating for that. |
| Rating : |
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
ver 5.0
