Lucre's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Jacob Beneficiary's Name: Lucrecia VJ Member: Lucre Country: Argentina Last Updated: 2024-04-12 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Jacob & Lucrecia:

USCIS 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 : Potomac Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Argentina Marriage (if applicable): 2019-08-16 I-130 Sent : 2019-09-23 I-130 NOA1 : 2019-09-26 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2020-05-29 NVC Received : 2020-05-29 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : Pay AOS Bill : Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : Submit DS-261 : Receive IV Bill : Pay IV Bill : Send IV Package : Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2020-08-06 Case Completed at NVC : 2020-07-08 NVC Left : 2020-08-06 Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2020-09-17 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2020-09-25 US Entry : 2020-10-04 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 246 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 357 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : Miami POE Date : 2020-10-04 Got EAD Stamp : Yes,Passport Stamp Biometrics Taken : Yes Harassment Level : 0 Comments :

Lifting Conditions Event Date CIS Office : Date Filed : 2022-08-06 NOA Date : 2022-08-11 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2022-09-09 Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : 2023-05-03 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Green Card Received : 2023-05-10 Comments :

Citizenship Event Date Service Center : Online CIS Office : Indianapolis IN Date Filed : 2024-02-29 NOA Date : 2024-02-29 Bio. Appt. : Interview Date : 2024-04-11 Approved : Yes Oath Ceremony : Comments :

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Argentina Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : September 17, 2020 Embassy Review : It went faster than I was expecting. We were only two people witing at 8am. They call you by your name to the outside window where they give you a post it with a stamp, they dont ask for anything there and they ask you to go through the door on the left. There is a security guard there that brakes the post it and lets you in the building where you go through security A security guard leads you to the main building where you can sit. I waited there for 45'. PART 1: They call your name and tell you to go to box 5 where a lady asks for your papers. You can listen everything from the main room so it's a little bit uncomfortable. She asks for your papers one by one and checks them before going to the next one. She treats you kinda bad, but it's not a huge deal. She told me and everyone else that was with me that day that "the instructions" are clear about what papers you need but I don't think I ever read clear rules anywhere about what papers they need. Some things like "we need the original birth certificate and we dont accept anything else" and at least in Cordoba we dont have access to the actual originals. She asked for: * New and old passports * Courier confirmation * Original birth certificate. Something important here: they want it to have a real stamp, we dont have access to the actual originals, they're in books in the civil registry. You can get copias fieles but what they want is that copia fiel with stamps, it means, not the digital version. So I would recommend to get your birth certificate in the civil registry where they are going to give you a copia fiel and put a real (usually purple) stamp on it * Picture 5x5 with white background. Take two different pictures because they were very strict to the guy before me about it * Marriage certificate. Same thing as with the birth certificate * Police records with "excepcion del articulo 51" * Medical exams. Since I had them all digital she just asked for the vaccine paper the doctor gives you. She said it wasn't mandatory tho but I had them with me * Evidence * Tax return transcript but I had them on the CEAC so I didn't need them. PART 2: I waited around 30' for this part The consul calls you to box 5 They get your finger prints on both hands. You take an oath. While they constantly check everything on the system they ask you questions. All my questions were simple and I tried to reply just what was asked. My questions were: * Who's the petitionary? * What's his name? * When did you get married? * Is this your first marriage? * Is this his first marriage? * How old are you? * How old is your husband? * Does he live in the USA? * Was he born there o was he naturalized? * Do you have his birth certificate or passport copy? (have a copy ready, I had both) * Have you ever lived in another country for more than 6 months? * Have you ever had trouble with the police? * Have you ever been arrested? * Have you ever had problems with the police in another country? * Do you have any other nationality? * Have you traveled to the US with a different visa? * Have you ever overstayed in the US? * Have you ever worked in the US? * Is this your first marriage? (repeated question) * Is this your husband's first marriage? (repeated question) * When did you met your husband? * When did you two got married? (repeated question) In that moment he explained that because we've been married less than 2 years I will have a conditional visa so I have to remove the condition at the 2 year anniversary and I shouldn't forget to do it because it would mean that I have to start all over. He gave me a paper with my Alien Registration Number and instructions to pay for the next fee. In my case my marriage certificate was not considered original so he told me I needed to forward them the email that the civil registry sent me with the link to my digital marriage certificate and the marriage certificate pdf attached. He told me to do it asap. My visa was going to be approved after he was able to check the email but he wasn't able to approve it now. He kept my passport and gave me a paper with the embassy email. He gave me all my papers back. I left at 10am. I sent the email as soon as I got home, at 5pm my lawyer texted me saying the visa status changed from Ready to Issued. The lady asking for the papers was kinda mean, the consul was polite and nice, not friendly, it felt like answering questions to a software with a face. Everything was solved pretty fast Rating : Good

POE Review: Miami Event Description Entry Date : 2020-10-04 Embassy Review : I went through migration with everybody else and let the officer know I was migrating. He led me to a separated room. The room was kinda depressing but nothing too bad, just ugly colors, one tv and a vending machine. He told me to wait until they call my name and gave my passport to another officer that was behind the glass. After 10' they called my name, asked who was petitioning, how long have we been married, where was I going to live (address), told me to take seat and wait for my name to be called again. They called my name after another 10' and gave me my passport with the CR1 stamp and explained that that stamp woks to get a job or my driver's license, they gave me a paper with the same instructions and that was it. Since I entered migrations until I left to get my bag: 40' tops Harassment Level : Low

Local US CIS Office Review: Indianapolis IN Review Topic: cis_topic Event Description Review Date : April 12, 2024 Embassy Review : I was scheduled at 1:20pm but they started interviewing me after 2pm. The first thing the officer said is that I can't take the oath that day because the cut is at 2pm so if I pass I need to be scheduled for a different day, which was annoying but no biggie, I wanted to be over with the exam. She asked for my green card (I had two) and the NOA. The system was not working so she complaint a little bit but (thanks to a review I read about officers complaining here) I didn't say much about it just smiled and said 'it's testing your patience' in an amicable tone. After at least 5 minutes of me sitting waiting in front of her and she complaining, she decided to give me a print exam instead. She read the questions, she wrote my answers and marked correct. For the reading part she held the paper and pointed to the first question and told me to read out loud, I did and she marked correct on the paper. For the writing section she handed me the sheet and made me write a sentence she said out loud, I did and she marked correct. She made me sign each piece of paper. Then she did something in the system that seemed to be working again and started asking questions about my N-400 form like: - are you married? (yes) - are you going to change your name? (no) - even tho you are married you don't use your husband's last name? (no) - have you ever owed taxes? (no) - have you ever been arrested? (no) - do you understand the oath of allegiance? (yes) - what does it say? (it says that I renounce loyalty to any other countries and that I am going to follow the US laws) She did something else in the system that was still working funky and printed some papers. She kept the paper that I got with the interview date and gave me my green cards. Asked if I had any questions and told me I'm going to be receiving a letter with my appointment for the oath ceremony. When I left there were people still waiting to take the oath but I think I was the last one to be interviewed (I was very annoyed at that because I really wanted to be over with the whole thing and they obviously could have fit me in, but oh well). The same day they updated my USCIS account. She was mostly nice and everyone else in the office was friendly. Harassment Level : Good

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