TiogaTiago's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: C Beneficiary's Name: Lu VJ Member: TiogaTiago Country: Brazil Last Updated: 2018-04-07 ** This timeline is also linked with a second member. ** Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for C & Lu:

USCIS I-129F Petition:       Dept of State K1 Visa:     USCIS I-485 Petition:   USCIS I-765 Petition:       USCIS I-131 Petition:       USCIS I-751 Petition:   USCIS N-400 Petition:

K1 Visa Event Date Service Center : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil I-129F Sent : 2017-01-24 I-129F NOA1 : 2017-02-01 I-129F RFE(s) : RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2017-05-05 NVC Received : 2017-05-24 Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : 2017-06-13 NVC Left : 2017-06-13 Consulate Received : 2017-06-20 Packet 3 Received : 2017-06-20 Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2017-07-18 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2017-07-27 US Entry : 2017-08-04 Marriage : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 93 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 167 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : Milwaukee WI Date Filed : 2017-08-14 NOA Date : 2017-08-23 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2017-09-11 AOS Transfer** : Interview Date : 2018-02-21 Approval / Denial Date : Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Greencard Received: 2018-02-28 Comments : AOS Interview Suggestions • Dress nice • Get there at least 30 minutes early and research parking and have change if necessary beforehand (I forgot to have coins available for the street parking meters and had to literally run about 2 blocks away to get coins from a business) • Cell phones allowed • We had two open tote bags of evidence which had no issues in security • If possible try to not wear/bring metal • Ok to be nervous • Ok to ask for clarification if needed Our experience We stood to give the vow. Questions asked: To the sponsor: Name? Where do you live? Where were you born and when? To the spouse: Spouse: Full name? Where do you live? Where were you born and when? Parents names? Asked about last entry into the US, and then where did we go and for how long. Asked if he had ever been denied a visa in Brazil, and why. Asked when were we married. Then asked spouse all the questions about doing drugs, having been in jail. etc. To both of us: Have you been married before? Do you have any kids? Then asked if we had any bills or anything for evidence. We gave him documents for our joint health insurance, joint home and car insurance, cell phone bills, and job offer letter for spouse. Also gave them our wedding album and another album of our recent trips, and some photos of us with friends and family. He looked at and made some friendly comments/questions on both albums (Was the weather nice on your wedding day? Did you like this place that you went on vacation? Etc.). He also looked through the pictures but didn’t take any. After confirming that he could take the documents we gave him, he said something like, “Everything looks good for you guys, you should get the green card in about a month, and you know that is only good for two years”. As we left I asked point blank, “We were approved then?” just to make sure I wasn’t dreaming, and he said yes. We brought a lot of evidence, and didn’t need most of it. I think he could tell we were prepared because after I gave him a bunch of documents and asked if he wanted more he said, “No this is good”. Also, we had two people in our room, it seemed like the second lady was a trainee probably. They both looked at all our information.   Appointment was for 8:45am, we were called in at 9:00am. The interview was pretty fast, probably got out around 9:10am. Documents we brought: • Our copy of K1 application • Our copy AOS application • Our copy EAD and AP application • Original of both birth certificates and marriage license Documents for supporting evidence: • Copies of joint medical and dental insurance (interviewer took) • Joint Home and car insurance (interviewer took) • Cell phone bill with both our names (interviewer took) • Current I-94 (interviewer took) • Spouse job offer letter (interviewer took) • Photo album of wedding and album showing from when we met to before we got married (interviewer reviewed) • Recent pictures of us together (interviewer reviewed) • Copies of plane tickets, • Passports for both of us • Cards we sent to each other • Cards received at our wedding

Employment Authorization Document Event Date CIS Office : Chicago IL Filing Method : Mail Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2017-08-14 NOA Date : 2017-08-23 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2017-09-11 Approved Date : 2017-11-30 Date Card Received : 2017-12-07 Comments : Received combo card for EAD and AP Processing Estimates/Stats : Your EAD was approved in 108 days.

Advance Parole Event Date CIS Office : Chicago IL Filing Method :   Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2017-08-14 NOA Date : 2017-08-23 RFE(s) : Date Received : 2017-12-07 Comments : Received combo card for EAD and AP Processing Estimates/Stats : Your AP was approved in 108 days.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Review Topic: K1 Visa Event Description Review Date : February 22, 2018 Embassy Review : Arrived 30 minutes before interview. Did not need to wait in line, went right up second floor. Do remember that no phone or other electronic devices are allowed. On the second floor there was an agent organizing all the K1 applicants into the same room by the order people arrived. This agent did an overview of the paperwork to make sure everything was there and then asked you to fill out a form with personal information. Gave the form back to the agent and waited to be called by the first agent who would call you up and then review the information in the documents (addresses, financial support, criminal report, etc.). This agent checked everything and kept they documents and asked me to wait for the interview. A few minutes later was called to the interview with a different agent, and he did the swear-in. He then asked a few questions (how we met, where my fiancé lived, etc.) He then said that I was approved and would get my visa in two weeks. And then I did my happy dance on the way out. The whole process took less 1.5 hours. Rating : Good

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