AaronLV's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Aaron
Beneficiary's Name: Nam
VJ Member: AaronLV
Country: Thailand
Last Updated: 2013-02-02
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Immigration Checklist for Aaron & Nam:
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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 : |
Bangkok, Thailand |
| I-129F Sent : |
2008-08-29 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2008-09-04 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2008-12-19 |
| NVC Received : |
2008-12-23 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
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| NVC Left : |
2008-12-31 |
| Consulate Received : |
2009-01-02 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2009-01-13 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
2009-01-14 |
| Packet 4 Received : |
2009-01-21 |
| Interview Date : |
2009-01-29 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2009-02-05 |
| US Entry : |
2009-02-19 |
| Marriage : |
2009-02-27 |
| Comments : |
Had to bring some paperwork back on the Monday following the interview 2/3, then was approved same day. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 106 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 147 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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| Event |
Date |
| Port of Entry : |
Los Angeles |
| POE Date : |
2009-02-19 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
No |
| Biometrics Taken : |
Yes |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
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Adjustment of Status
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Las Vegas NV |
| Date Filed : |
2009-03-08 |
| NOA Date : |
2009-03-13 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2009-05-14 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
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| Interview Date : |
2009-07-14 |
| Approval / Denial Date : |
2009-07-23 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
No |
| Greencard Received: |
2009-07-26 |
| Comments : |
7/14/2009 Our paperwork had not arrived from the embassy yet. They said it would be about 2 weeks.
7/23/2009 Received email card production ordered.
7/27/2009 Received 10 yr GC |
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Employment Authorization
Document
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
| Filing Method : |
Mail |
| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2009-03-08 |
| NOA Date : |
2009-03-13 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
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| Approved Date : |
2009-06-24 |
| Date Card Received : |
2009-06-28 |
| Comments : |
We never got a notice for Biometrics, I had to call and they used the one from the 485. About 2 weeks after I called we got the card. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your EAD was approved in 108 days. |
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Advance Parole
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
| Filing Method : |
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| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2009-03-08 |
| NOA Date : |
2009-03-13 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Date Received : |
2009-05-04 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your AP was approved in 51 days. |
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Lifting Conditions
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
California Service Center |
| Date Filed : |
2012-10-23 |
| NOA Date : |
2012-10-30 |
| RFE(s) : |
2012-10-27 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2012-10-29 |
| Interview Date : |
2013-01-18 |
| Approval / Denial Date : |
2013-01-18 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
Yes |
| Green Card Received : |
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| Comments : |
RFE had to send GC since the GC had an invalid code. No GC Received due to pending N-400. |
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Citizenship
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Date |
| Service Center : |
Phoenix AZ Lockbox |
| CIS Office : |
Las Vegas NV |
| Date Filed : |
2012-06-29 |
| NOA Date : |
2012-07-02 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2012-07-24 |
| Interview Date : |
2013-01-18 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Oath Ceremony : |
2013-02-22 |
| Comments : |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Bangkok, Thailand
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
February 11, 2009 |
| Embassy Review : |
We had our interview on Jan 29, 2009. She was asked a few questions:
How did you meet?
What restaurant? (The consular then proceeded to tell her there was no such restaurant)
Then he went through her passport and asked asked about all the trips she had gone on and with who.
The thai girl behind him was not very helpful, she kept telling him not here, when he would ask for evidence. We had over 400 pages of phone calls, chat logs, sms messages, and emails. So we ended up getting a slip telling us we had to provide more evidence of her talking to me, and there was a problem on her birth certificate with her moms name, the translation service did not translate the name correction.
I went into the embassy to talk to the consular, to get clarification on the relationship evidence. I was very calm, just wanted to know what we needed to bring. He talked to me, and said I need to see that she is contacting you, I showed him the emails, which he had not seen because the thai girl did not give them to him, the problem with those, was that I had printed them all at once, so they were on consecutive pages. Guess he wanted me to kill a few more trees. I asked about the chat logs, he looked at them, and said I can't see what you are talking about. I have to see the conversation. Then he told me my file looked great, just need to bring back what he needed. I asked about the phone logs, and he explained it is always me calling her, so I explained to him that she would call me, and then hang up before we got charged and then I would call her back.
I spent the weekend extracting our 2500 text messages from my phone and brought those in, along with my 700 missed calls from my phone, of when she would call and hang up, a new print out of individual emails each on their own page, and msn chats with nothing blocked out. We got an affidavit from her mom stating that her name was never changed, and had the birth certificate translated properly.
On Monday Feb 2nd, she went in and have the documents to the thai staff, and then waited for 3 hours, they came back out gave her a 3x5 card that said come back Feb 5th and pick up your passport with VISA in it.
It was not a bad experience, I just kind of thought the hoops we had to jump through were unnecessary, the Consular was nice, although my Fiancee said he was intimidating.
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| Rating : |
Good |
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POE Review: Los Angeles
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| Event |
Description |
| Entry Date : |
2009-02-19 |
| Embassy Review : |
The lines weren't to long when we arrived at LAX about 10 people in front of us. We went through the Visitors line together. There were 3 officers working the line we were in, I was watching all of them and was hoping we would be called by a particular one, because the other two seemed really grumpy. It was down to a race and the good guy finished slightly quicker and called us over. I handed him both our passports with mine on top, the I94 card, our customs forms, and the brown envelope, and said she is here on a K1. He smiled said no problem. I will process your passport first, found me in the computer, looked at me, handed back the passport. Then took her passport, scanned it, said all we need is your right hand finger printed, so she put it on the scanner. He then ripped open the packet, and got her A# for the I94, looked to make sure certain items was there, the embassy did forget to fill a part out, but he said no big deal he would fill it in, stamped her passport and said you guys can go, just remember to marry in 90 days.
Very nice officer, and an easy entry. |
| Harassment Level : |
High |
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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
is past due.
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