Maitremathieu's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Dominic Beneficiary's Name: Cindy VJ Member: Maitremathieu Country: Colombia Last Updated: 2025-09-14 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Dominic & Cindy:

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 : Bogota, Colombia Marriage (if applicable): 2024-11-21 I-130 Sent : 2024-11-29 I-130 NOA1 : 2024-11-29 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2025-03-24 NVC Received : 2025-03-27 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : Pay AOS Bill : Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : Submit DS-261 : 2025-04-26 Receive IV Bill : Pay IV Bill : Send IV Package : Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : Case Completed at NVC : NVC Left : Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : 2025-07-14 Interview Date : 2025-09-03 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2025-09-08 US Entry : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 115 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 278 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Bogota, Colombia Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : September 14, 2025 Embassy Review : My wife had her CR-1 interview last week along with her 5 year old daughter, and I was allowed to enter the embassy and attend with them. For context, my wife had previously entered on a K1 visa last year but sadly had to return to Colombia due to the death of her grandmother. We decided to postpone our wedding, marry abroad and start the process again for the CR1 visa. The process was very well organized. Entering the embassy I just explained I was their petitioner but nobody asked to verify this or checked my passport. We first lined up at a desk where their documents were checked and placed in the correct order, then lined up at the windows to hand them over to an officer. Previously we had received an email saying our file was incomplete because it was missing our divorce records, however neither of us had been married previously. The officer checked the documents and asked if either of us had been married previously, we said no and it was no problem. Since our marriage certificate was from Aruba, the officer asked my wife is she had previously lived in Aruba and she explained no, we just visited for our wedding. My wife was given the domestic violence pamphlet and we took a seat. After that we waited for at least 3 hours before being called up for the interview. The officer was very polite. He spoke to me in English and to my wife in Spanish, and seemed to be a native Spanish speaker which made my wife comfortable. He asked my wife if she had read the domestic violence pamphlet and if she understood it. He then asked her a few basic questions which I can't remember. He then spoke to me, asked to see my passport and where I live in the US. He asked my wife if she currently had a valid visa to the US, which is when we explained no but what had happened with the previous K1. The officer was interested in this but understood and said he would put it in his notes. All of this was explained in the I-130 process and also on the DS-260 form about previous visas and US stays, but it appeared that the officer did not have any of this information available to him. After clearing up the previous visa question, he asked about the number of times we had seen each other and then asked for photos of our time together. My wife handed him a stack of photos. He just looked at the first one and said in English "honestly I'm good with just this, this says a lot, and you guys previously had a K1 so you're fine." He approved the visas, and they were delivered to the FedEx store in Medellín 4 days later. My stepdaughter was with us the whole time at the window but he never acknowledged her or asked her any questions. Very nice and professional experience! Rating : Very Good

POE Review: Orlando Event Description Entry Date : 2024-06-24 Embassy Review : I accompanied my fiancée and her 3 year old daughter entering yesterday on K1/K2 visas. We arrived at Orlando's new Terminal C, which was very nice and modern. At this terminal you collect your baggage first before going through immigration, unlike most US airports where you go through immigration first. I waited in the Visitors line with them and it was no problem. The officer at the passport control booth didn't speak Spanish, but was ok speaking only to me in English and didn't have any questions for my fiancée. He was very friendly and said how nice it was to come with them. He then handed my fiancée's envelopes and passports to another officer who escorted us to secondary, allowing me to go with them. This officer interacted with my fiancée's daughter and made her feel at ease. We took a seat in secondary and waited probably about ten minutes before an officer called us up to the counter. We asked if the officer spoke Spanish and he did not, so I said no problem, that I can translate for my fiancée. To my surprise, he was fine with this and pretty much directed everything to me rather than to my fiancée. He asked if we were aware that we needed to marry within 90 days, how long we have known each other, how we met, if I had other friends or family in Colombia, what we were bringing in our luggage and how much cash we had with us. He then told us to take a seat again and he would call us up once everything was processed. A few minutes later he called us back and handed their passports back stamped and told us we needed to marry before September 21. All in all, it was actually a very nice experience! My fiancée felt very welcome, and I was happy that this was her first impression of the United States. Harassment Level : Low

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