Klugscheißer's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: % Beneficiary's Name: % VJ Member: Klugscheißer Country: Germany Last Updated: 2022-08-13 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

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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 : Frankfurt, Germany I-129F Sent : 2019-06-20 I-129F NOA1 : 2019-06-24 I-129F RFE(s) : N/A RFE Reply(s) : N/A I-129F NOA2 : 2019-10-03 NVC Received : Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : 2019-10-30 NVC Left : 2019-11-12 Consulate Received : 2019-11-15 Packet 3 Received : 2019-12-06 Packet 3 Sent : 2019-12-27 Packet 4 Received : 2020-01-23 Interview Date : 2020-02-04 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): N/A Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2020-02-10 US Entry : 2020-03-11 Marriage : 2020-03-20 Comments : N/A Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 101 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 225 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : Dublin POE Date : 2020-03-11 Got EAD Stamp : No Biometrics Taken : No Harassment Level : 0 Comments : N/A

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : Buffalo NY Date Filed : 2020-04-10 NOA Date : 2020-04-20 RFE(s) : N/A Bio. Appt. : 2020-08-11 AOS Transfer** : Interview Date : 2020-10-07 Approval / Denial Date : 2020-10-07 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Yes Greencard Received: 2020-10-16 Comments : N/A

Employment Authorization Document Event Date CIS Office : Chicago National Office Filing Method : Mail Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2020-04-10 NOA Date : 2020-04-20 RFE(s) : N/A Bio. Appt. : 2020-08-11 Approved Date : 2020-09-16 Date Card Received : 2020-09-19 Comments : N/A Processing Estimates/Stats : Your EAD was approved in 159 days.

Advance Parole Event Date CIS Office : Chicago National Office Filing Method :   Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2020-04-10 NOA Date : 2020-04-20 RFE(s) : N/A Date Received : 2020-09-19 Comments : N/A Processing Estimates/Stats : Your AP was approved in 159 days.

Lifting Conditions Event Date CIS Office : Potomac Service Center Date Filed : 2022-07-14 NOA Date : 2022-07-18 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2022-08-23 Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : Approved : Got I551 Stamp : Green Card Received : Comments :

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Frankfurt, Germany Review Topic: K1 Visa Event Description Review Date : February 5, 2020 Embassy Review : First of all, as most others have said before: They are super friendly there and the interview is way easier than expected! I had my interview appointment scheduled for 8:30 on February 4th, 2020. I arrived at the consulate at around 7:50 and maybe waited like 15 min outside to get to the first window. The lady there just wanted my passport and DS-160 confirmation page. She then checked my name on a list, put a sticker on my passport, gave me a number and send me to another entry where I had to go through the security check. Which maybe took like 5 min. Once I was through the security check, I followed the path outside to the next building, where a man at an information desk checks your passport and then tells you to which window you have to go to check in. For me it was window 22. I maybe waited like two minutes before it was my turn there. The man at this window checked my name on a list, opened my file with all the documents submitted in the past and then he took my passport and kept it. He told me to sit down and wait until my number was called, so I can go to the next window, where they will confirm my information and collect the missing documents. I waited like ten minutes and then my number was called. I went to window 21 where a woman asked for my missing original divorce decree, which I gave to her. I told her that I also had my medical results in a sealed envelope with me because the doctor's office didn't send it directly since we had a misunderstanding about it. But it was no issue at all and I just gave her the results as well. She told me, my documents all look well and are complete. She confirmed my personal information from the DS-160 and explained to me that I am going to receive my visa within the next 10 days and how the package will look like. She then told me to sit down again and wait until my number was called for the actual interview. I waited longer this time. I can't tell how long, maybe 30-45 min. Then my number was called and I went to the next window. I was extremely nervous because our case was a little bit difficult. My fiancé and I made a major correction on our petition. We also have a bigger age gap than usual (17 years), which was noted on our petition... and we were scared they would hold these things against us. The lady there intruduced herself and asked me if talking in English will be okay for me and I agreed. She was super friendly and smiled and laughed a lot during the interview, which actually calmed me. The questions were: How did you meet? Where did you meet for the first time? How long where you talking (online) before you actually met in person? Have you met since? Did you have a proposal or did you just started to discuss to marry? Well, she then started asking questions about my prior marriage (which was a foreign marriage as well): Where did you meet? When did you divorce? What did your parents say about it at that time? How long were you married? Why did you divorce? She then continued with questions about my current relationship with my fiancé: Tell me about his family. Does he have any siblings? What about his parents? Does the age gap bother you? Does the age gap bother him? What do your parents think about his age? Do you have wedding plans? When do you intend to marry after your arrival? When do you intend to move to the U.S.? Are you pregnant? She then told me, she will approve my visa and that I will receive it within the next ten days. The interview maybe took like 10 minutes in total. Sometimes I didn't understand her because the microphone was too quiet when she wasn't close enough to it and then I hesitated a little bit longer before I answered to think if I understand her correctly. And everytime I did that, she immediately said "I don't judge you, I am just aksing". Which I found very funny and which also made me feel more comfortable. I explained that it was because of the microphone and she apologized and then got closer to it and spoke louder for me. But we had the situation like 2-3 times and we laughed everytime about it. I was back at the hotel (Hotel Arena Villa am Wasserpark) at 9:50. So all in all, the interview was like talking to a friend and it was really less worse than I expected. Rating : Very Good

POE Review: Dublin Event Description Entry Date : 2020-03-11 Embassy Review : I flew from Hamburg to Washington DC and had a very short layover in Dublin. Up until one day before I flew, I didn't even know that Dublin was a Port of Entry to the U.S. and I was pretty shocked when a friend from visajourney told me about it. I asked at the airport when I checked in, if I will even be able to make it with only 70 min in between my flights. But they couldn't tell me. When I arrived in Dublin I was thinking that at least I won't have to go through security check again, but I had to. So I was even more stressed and in a hurry. After the security check I went up to the window of the immigration officer and luckily was the first in line. He took my passport and asked me why I want to go to the U.S. and I told him, I'm coming on a K-1 visa and get married soon. Then I gave him the sealed envelope and he guided me to an area behind a door for secondary screening. He asked me to wait until I get called, so I sat down. There were around seven people waiting and I talked to two of them. They told me, they were already waiting for 45 and 50 min and I was highly concerned to miss my flight. I was the fourth to get called and the officer looked very grumpy and told me in an angry voice that I arrived way too late and that I will probably miss my flight. He added that I literally gave him 5 min to process my case and documents. I apologized and told him I didn't know that Dublin is a POE until the day before. He typed things into his computer without talking to me or looking up once. I already feared he will deny me. After a while he just asked me for my address in the U.S. and kept typing into his computer. I got even more nervous... and then he just gave me my passport back and told me "You are good to go. Run to your gate." And that's it. No questions or anything 😲 I didn't expect it to go so smoothly after all! But I would highly recommend anyone who goes through Dublin and has a layover to have at least 2-3 hours in between their flights. I just had luck that the airport was so empty and the officer so lenient. Harassment Level : Low

Local US CIS Office Review: Buffalo NY Review Topic: cis_topic Event Description Review Date : October 18, 2020 Embassy Review : I had my AOS interview on 10/07/2020 at 12:30 pm in Buffalo. My husband and I went inside the building 15 min before the actual interview. We went through the security check and then to the desk where we had to check-in. The lady at the desk took my picture and fingerprints and then we had to sit down in the waiting area. There were 4-5 other people before us, so we had to wait a while. Probably around 45-60 min. Then an officer called us and we followed him to an office in the back. We had to take an oath to tell the truth and then we sat down and he went through our application. He focused on the I-485 and the I-944. He didn't have any of our evidence and supporting documents lying in front of him, only the forms. He asked EVERY question on both forms and checked them if it matched or added something when he wanted more details. When it came to the assets on form I-944, he asked my husband where around $23,000 in the category "other" came from. My husband couldn't remember and the officer became irritated, so I started looking through our documents (I brought EVERYTHING we ever handed in or collected throughout the whole process), but the officer told me in an angry tone that I should stop looking and better be focusing on the interview because if I answer anything wrong it will be in my file permanently. Well, the officer skipped the question and started asking my husband about his income. Since there is a huge difference for this and last year, it came up that my husband got laid off this year. The officer didn't seem amused and took notes, so I just interrupted him (maybe not a good idea, but I didn't care at that moment) and told him that I got a job offer and could start next week. I gave him written proof of that offer and he seemed pleased and started asking questions about the job and didn't care about my husband's stuff at all anymore. When he was done with the forms, he simply asked, if we brought anything to prove our bonafide marriage. Since I thought, he wants to see a lot, I started with the weakest proof. Just bank statements of the same credit card we use. Then he said, "ok, I'm gonna approve you today" and explained the procedure of the approval notice and when the greencard will get send. I let him finish and then told him, that I brought way more evidence and that I copied everything for him and if he wants to have that, too. That was the first time he smiled and talked in a more friendly tone. He wanted everything, but didn't even look at it. He just put it in my file. He explained that my EAD will be invalid now because my greencard got approved. I told him, I need something as proof that I'm allowed to work because I told my future employer they could copy my EAD the day next day. So he told me, he can put the I-551 stamp in my passport, which serves as a greencard until I receive the card. So we had to go in the waiting area again, while he put the stamp in my passport. Around 10 min later he brought my passport back and told me, we were good to go. Overall, the experience in Buffalo wasn't too bad. But still stressful. Harassment Level : Good

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