wofiii's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Billy Beneficiary's Name: Sandra VJ Member: wofiii Country: Colombia Last Updated: 2005-12-19 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Billy & Sandra:

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 : Texas Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Bogota, Colombia I-129F Sent : 2004-06-23 I-129F NOA1 : 2004-06-24 I-129F RFE(s) : RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2004-08-18 NVC Received : 2004-08-21 Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : NVC Left : 2004-08-26 Consulate Received : 2004-09-03 Packet 3 Received : 2004-09-07 Packet 3 Sent : 2004-09-08 Packet 4 Received : 2004-09-18 Interview Date : 2004-11-02 Submit Review Interview Result : Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2004-11-09 US Entry : 2004-12-11 Marriage : 2005-1-02 Comments : I went with my fiancée to the interview in Bogota. We had to wait about 3 hours until her final interview, but the acutal interview was about 3 to 5 minutes because I was with her and that was good enough for the embassy official. We had a ton of evidence and the lady might have looked at two or three pages of it. Thanks Visa Journey for this website. It really was a lot of help and I did it all without the help of a lawyer. Now for the next step! Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 55 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 131 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : Miami POE Date : 2004-12-11 Submit Review Got EAD Stamp : No Biometrics Taken : Yes Harassment Level : 0 Comments :

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : Chicago IL Date Filed : 2005-01-26 NOA Date : 2005-02-08 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2005-03-04 AOS Transfer** : Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Greencard Received: 2005-12-19 Comments : We are very blessed, my wife's card arrived today. We did not need an interview. My wife received her Permanent Resident Card 12/19/05 and we are happy as can be, however we did loose $180 trying to renew our EAD card that was not needed (The other EAD did not expire till March of 2006). The government asks us to renew it months in advance, and we did and I think they do this to get more non refundable applications processed that are not needed.

Employment Authorization Document Event Date CIS Office : Chicago IL Filing Method : Mail Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2005-01-26 NOA Date : 2005-02-08 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2005-03-04 Approved Date : 2005-03-07 Date Card Received : 2005-03-14 Comments : If any one knows how to get a refund back on an EAD that was never needed in the first place, please let me know. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your EAD was approved in 40 days.

Advance Parole Event Date CIS Office : Chicago IL Filing Method :   Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2005-01-26 NOA Date : 2005-02-08 RFE(s) : Date Received : 2005-03-11 Comments : Got it but never used it. Got Resident Card now and hope to never worry about anything again. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your AP was approved in 43 days.

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*Notice about estimates: The estimates are based off averages of other members recent experiences
(documented in their timelines) for the same benefit/petition/application at the same filing location.
Individual results may vary as every case is not always 'average'. Past performance does not necessarily
predict future results. The 'as early as date' may change over time based on current reported processing
times from members. There have historically been cases where a benefit/petition/application processing
briefly slows down or stops and this can not be predicted. Use these dates as reference only and do not
rely on them for planning. As always you should check the USCIS processing times to see if your application
is past due.

** Not all cases are transfered

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