P3ACHY's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Lily
Beneficiary's Name: Boris
VJ Member: P3ACHY
Country: Russia
Last Updated: 2025-07-19
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Immigration Checklist for Lily & Boris:
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USCIS DCF I-130 Petition:
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Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:
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USCIS I-751 Petition:
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USCIS N-400 Petition:
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IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
Texas Service Center |
| Transferred? |
Vermont Service Center |
| Consulate : |
Armenia |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2023-10-02 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2023-10-29 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2023-10-29 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2025-02-26 |
| NVC Received : |
2025-03-03 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2025-03-03 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2025-03-06 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
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| Send AOS Package : |
2025-03-10 |
| Submit DS-261 : |
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| Receive IV Bill : |
2025-03-03 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2025-03-06 |
| Send IV Package : |
2025-03-10 |
| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
2025-04-15 |
| Case Completed at NVC : |
2025-04-15 |
| NVC Left : |
2025-04-16 |
| Consulate Received : |
2025-04-16 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
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| Interview Date : |
2025-06-27 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2025-07-15 |
| US Entry : |
2025-07-18 |
| Comments : |
03-18-2025 - Documentarily Qualified |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 486 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 607 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Armenia
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
July 15, 2025 |
| Embassy Review : |
We showed up to the embassy early and they let everyone in 15 minutes before our interview time. They let me in with my husband without even checking my passport.
We both went up to the first window, the woman spoke Russian and took our documents: husband’s passport, birth certificate, military book, our marriage certificate, husband’s Russian police certificate and our proof of relationship printout (about 15 pages long). That’s it. She also checked my passport and gave it back. She asked my husband a few questions about his military book and previous countries of residence over 6 months. We were actually in the Philippines a bit longer than 6 months but she let it go. They weren’t that strict about it.
Everything seemed fine, and my husband had his finger prints taken and then we sat down and waited. The embassy lost power twice during this time, but it didn’t seem to affect anyone’s work flow.
About 30 minutes later, after everyone was checked in, they started calling names for interviews.
The officer was American, and offered my husband a Russian translator but he opted to power through in English.
I could hear the whole interview, I sat a few feet away.
The officer was confused about our visa type and only referred to me as “fiancé.” It was surprising to me that the officer was that careless about such a detail. My husband didn’t correct him, but he referred to me as his wife in his answers. I guess they are just more used to interviewing for k1 visas than ir1/cr1.
The interview was pretty impersonal, just questions.
Questions asked:
How did you meet?
When did you first meet in person?
Have you seen each other since then?
What countries have you lived in and how long?
Are you planning on moving to the US?
Where will you live in the US?
What is your fiancé’s job?
What is your job?
What is your plan for work in the US?
I think it only lasted 5 minutes.
At the end the officer said, “congratulations your visa is approved,” and gave my husband a pink slip with information about how to get his passport back when the visa was ready. He also returned all of our documents.
CEAC Status for reference, it seems very uncommon for people to get the Approved status in Yerevan, so expect for it to say Refused.
June 27 - Refused
July 2 - Administrative Processing
July 10 - Updated back to Refused and then back to Administrative Processing
July 14 - Issued
July 15 - Passport Picked Up! |
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Very Good |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
*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
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