Mha's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: M Beneficiary's Name: H VJ Member: Mha Country: Canada Last Updated: 2020-02-13 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for M & H:

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 : Texas Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Montreal, Canada Marriage (if applicable): I-130 Sent : 2018-09-03 I-130 NOA1 : 2018-09-14 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2019-04-29 NVC Received : 2019-05-31 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2019-05-31 Pay AOS Bill : 2019-05-31 Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : 2019-07-26 Submit DS-261 : 2019-06-26 Receive IV Bill : 2019-05-31 Pay IV Bill : 2019-05-31 Send IV Package : 2019-06-26 Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2020-01-14 Case Completed at NVC : 2019-08-28 NVC Left : Consulate Received : 2020-01-14 Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : 2020-01-14 Interview Date : 2020-02-10 Submit Review Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2020-02-13 US Entry : Comments : -- Interview Letter -- Email notifying of the appointment was sent to both the applicant & the petitioner on January 14th, 2020. No physical (mailed) packet has been received. -- Medical Screening -- The medical screen was done at Medisys in Montreal. Cost was approx $475 CAD + extra for missing vaccines. The appointment was at 12:50, which seemed like a peak time in the clinic. I showed up 30mins earlier and waited in line to check in. That alone took the whole 30mins I had on the booked time! I was given a handful of forms to fill in. The usual: medical history, allergies, consent forms, etc. After waiting more (well past the appointment time), I first went for a chest x-ray for tuberculosis. Pregnant women take note: this is radiation for the baby and they let you turn down the scan, but your application will typically be delayed until you can go back (presumably after giving birth) to complete the process and get the scan. I waited some more until I was called for a quick checkup with a doctor. That involves getting mostly undressed. I waited again until a nurse called me, handing me a recipient for a urine sample. She then drew blood for more checks and looked at the vaccines with me. As I was missing some vaccines, I was offered to either get them right away or go on my own elsewhere. Note that if going elsewhere, you can. It's especially favourable if you have any kind of insurance covering them, but in Quebec, some like flu aren't free unless you're in high-risk groups. If you do them elsewhere, you'll need to have confirmation sent from the other clinic to them so they can add it to your file before preparing it for the consulate. Note that you need to go back in person to pick up the medical packet. They do not submit it to the consulate on your behalf, unlike some online instructions may lead you to believe. -- Interview --- Went smoothly. A few questions but not much. They only asked for a subset of the documents, one by one through a window. Most documents weren't even looked at. They looked at the passport-style photos but didn't keep them. I had the shipping notification for the passport 3 days after (interview was Monday, passport was shipped Wednesday) and received it a day later. It was mailed with Xpresspost within the province of Quebec, so it didn't take long! I'll add more details later. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 227 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 514 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

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