MarJhi's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: M Beneficiary's Name: J VJ Member: MarJhi Country: Philippines Last Updated: 2024-04-08 |
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Timeline Comments: 15
MarJhi on 2021-08-07 said:We are using an immigration lawyer for the process. Original application sent on July 10, 2021 but credit card payment was rejected for unknown reason. Used the same card (worked for them) to pay the lawyer the $535 fee and they wrote a paper check to USCIS. So the receipt for the NOA1 was on 7/27/21
MarJhi on 2022-11-02 said:Petition approved on 10/27/22 after 458 days, about 15 months. Estimate when petition was filed was 8 months, no nearly double the time from the original estimate.
MarJhi on 2022-11-02 said: MarJhi on 2023-02-18 said:Complete silence after NOA2 until 96 days letter received the following message from NVC,
"The National Visa Center (NVC) received your fiancé (e)’s/spouse’s approved I-129F petition from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). NVC will now forward the petition to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in Manila, Philippines. Please note that the transfer process can take several weeks. The U.S. Embassy or Consulate will contact your fiancé (e)/spouse when they are ready to process his or her petition."
MarJhi on 2023-03-06 said:10 days ago our attorney was able to get our interview scheduled for March 9th, however we had to reschedule because that is actually too quick, the date my fiancé receives her NBI clearance and her medical appointment at St. Lukes is on March 9th and 10th.
Our attorney canceled the original interview and today he emailed us with a new interview appointment for March 16th, one week after the medical. I know a lot of people on here don't believe in using an attorney, but ours seems to be on the ball!
March 9th: Receive NBI clearance
March 9th and 10th: Medical appointment at St Lukes
March 16th: Interview at the Embassy
MarJhi on 2023-03-09 said:My fiance arrived for Day 1 of her medical at St. Lukes about 2.5 hours early, which she said should have been maybe just an hour early. Overall day one was about 90% waiting and 10% actual testing, answering medical history questions and the drawing of blood. She said everyone was kind and friendly and helpful. Day 2 she will not show up so early now that she knows the traffic situation getting there for a 1PM appointment. Day one took about 3.5 hours. There are chairs outside but those belong to entrepreneurs who charge you to sit in them while you wait to go inside. Bring water!
MarJhi on 2023-03-10 said:Day 2 of medical at St. Lukes was about an hour and a half total, mostly waiting. All they did was check vitals and give her shots that she didn't have records for and had her wait to be released. They gave her a cd and a sealed brown envelope, told her not to open either and take them with her to her interview and sent her home. Very easy 2nd day.
MarJhi on 2023-03-16 said:Interview @ 6:30AM, approved!
MarJhi on 2023-03-23 said:Visa received, 7 days after interview.
MarJhi on 2023-03-25 said:Airline tickets are skyrocketing right now so went ahead and booked a flight for May 5th without the CFO appointment in place yet. Best/easiest flight available is from Manila to Honolulu with a 4 hour layover and then a 6 hour flight to here in Phoenix. Before May 5th that flight is nearly $2400, after May 5th its just under $1100. Should have the CFO done well before then and it gives her time to get things in order before she leaves the Philippines. There were cheaper options but it involved more layovers and layovers that were far too short or far too long. 4 hours and 5 minutes in Honolulu should be a reasonable amount of time to get through immigration and make her connection to Phoenix.
MarJhi on 2023-03-27 said:CFO shenanigans causing a huge delay. If it wasn't for the CFO she would be here on 3/30 not 5/27. This is the worst part of the whole experience. She has her visa in hand but the CFO stupidity is adding more time to what an excruciating wait has already been.
MarJhi on 2023-05-22 said:CFO finally done. My fiance went on the CFO website 2 months ago to book an appointment. The earliest date available was 5/22 so she went ahead and booked it. The next day she went to the CFO office to see if she could get an earlier appointment and the told her she already booked the 5/22 appointment and they couldnt change it (or most likely didnt know how to change it in the computer), so we had a 2 month delay between the embassy interview and CFO appointment. The best part is, on the day of her appointment they were taking walk-in's. It was very frustrating but finally done. Her flight to the US with a layover in Honolulu is on 5/27, 22 months after starting the process and 3 years, 3 months and 3 days since we last saw each other in person.
MarJhi on 2023-05-27 said:Time to fly! Typhoon heading towards the Philippines, airline already delaying the flight by 1.5 hours, hope she can make her connecting flight in Honolulu. Her 4 hour connection is down to 2.5 hours.
MarJhi on 2023-05-27 said:Flight leaving Manila was 3.5 hours late, she had a 4 hour layover scheduled in Hawaii so her layover time was practically erased. Luckily, just got a message that her connecting flight will be delayed 2 hours and 40 minutes, that will give her some time to hopefully make the connection.
MarJhi on 2023-05-30 said:She got to Hawaii a few hours late, but connecting flight to Phoenix was also late and she got through immigration very quickly. So perfect, she will get to Arizona by 1AM instead of 10:50PM right? Wrong. After immigration she asked where to go, she was told to go to American Airlines because Philippine airlines re-booked her on an 11:30 PM flight to Phoenix because PAL assumed she would miss her flight on Hawaiian. She texted me to let me know what was going on. I called Hawaiian airlines and said she had plenty of time to make her scheduled Hawaiian airlines flight and besides, she has a boarding pass. They told me she had already been rebooted and there is nothing they could do. So she had to wait an extra 8 hours in Honolulu airport and I had to have another delay in the stressful process getting here.
Well she finally landed in Phx just after 8AM on Sunday, finally we can spend some time together after 3 years and 3 months worth of waiting.
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