koriyal's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Jeff
Beneficiary's Name: Maddy
VJ Member: koriyal
Country: United Kingdom
Last Updated: 2025-05-26
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Immigration Checklist for Jeff & Maddy:
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USCIS I-129F Petition:
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Dept of State K1 Visa:
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USCIS I-485 Petition:
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USCIS I-765 Petition:
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USCIS I-131 Petition:
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USCIS I-751 Petition:
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USCIS N-400 Petition:
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K1 Visa
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
California Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
London, United Kingdom |
| I-129F Sent : |
2024-08-23 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2024-08-28 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2025-01-30 |
| NVC Received : |
2025-03-05 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
2025-03-06 |
| NVC Left : |
2025-03-11 |
| Consulate Received : |
2025-03-14 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
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| Interview Date : |
2025-05-15 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
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| US Entry : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 155 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 260 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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| Port of Entry : |
Chicago |
| POE Date : |
2025-06-30 |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: London, United Kingdom
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
May 15, 2025 |
| Embassy Review : |
Thought I would give a quick run-down of my interview experience at the embassy in London today.
My interview was for 8.30am and I arrived just before 8am. There was a huge queue of people waiting to get into security and a smaller queue of people who were seemingly waiting for their documents to be checked. I went to that desk and asked where to go if I have a K-1 appointment and he told me to just join that queue, which I did. A man was walking down the queue making sure people had the two documents needed (DS-160 and something called a GDIT which doesn't apply to the K-1). I told him I was here for a K-1 appointment and didn't have the GDIT, but he didn't seem to understand and kept telling me to check my email. After a small back and forth of me insisting I didn't have it, he carried on down the line. About 5 minutes later another man came over and told me to go and speak to a lady behind one of the windows instead. She took my DS-160 and then also asked for this GDIT form. Once again I said I didn't have it and went through the same conversation about checking my email. She even asked to have my phone and check my email herself as if I wasn't understanding her!
After I explained again that I had an interview appointment for a K-1 she finally seemed to hear me and confirmed I didn't need the other form. She checked my name off a list and wrote my interview time on a post-it, sticking it to my passport. She told me to cut the security line and go straight to the door and show them my passport, which I did. It feels awful skipping past all the people who have clearly been waiting a while and I apologised a lot as I was walking past them all!
Security was super quick, just put all my belongings in a tray and walked through the metal detector. No checking my phone or water bottle. After this I walked up to the main building and got to the reception desk. They gave me a sticker with my number and off I went back up to the first floor.
There were only a couple of people there and only two booths were in use. One for document intake and the other for interviews. I got called up for my documents in about 10 minutes and handed over my passport and the sealed wallet they had given me on my last visit. He quickly checked everything, handed me a leaflet about my rights in the USA and information about domestic violence etc and told me to take a seat and wait to be called again.
After another 20ish minutes I got called up and saw a lovely man. I held up my right hand and took the oath, plus he verified my fingerprints. Then he opened my file only to notice someone else's medical report was there. He flicked through a couple of bits of paper and all the documents in the file were for someone else with the same surname as me! He went and spoke to someone and told me it'd be a few minutes for them to get my stuff and said he'd call me up again after the next interview.
I took a seat once more and waited approx 30 minutes to get called back up, this time they had the right documents! He didn't ask many questions, just when/how I met my fiance, how many times we've met in person/who visited who, what my fiance does for a living and where he lives and if I've ever lived outside the UK. That was it! He then said it was his intention to approve my visa and that I should get it along with my passport in 1-2 weeks by courier.
Overall it was fairly painless! By far the worst part is getting into the embassy to start with. Just know that if they ask for a GDIT form, tell them you are there for a K-1 interview and it doesn't apply to you! |
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