Yokota's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Matt
Beneficiary's Name: Chie
VJ Member: Yokota
Country: Japan
Last Updated: 2011-04-19
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Immigration Checklist for Matt & Chie:
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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 : |
Tokyo, Japan |
| I-129F Sent : |
2009-10-19 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2009-10-22 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2010-03-04 |
| NVC Received : |
2010-03-11 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
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| NVC Left : |
2010-03-15 |
| Consulate Received : |
2010-03-17 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2010-03-20 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
2010-03-29 |
| Packet 4 Received : |
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| Interview Date : |
2010-05-10 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2010-05-12 |
| US Entry : |
2010-10-08 |
| Marriage : |
2010-12-21 |
| Comments : |
After 4 months, I received my NOA2 !
Passed through NVC in about 3 days!
After getting P3 from Tokyo, spent a week compiling the facts - so much details they want!
K1 interview no more than 15 minutes..a breeze
Married Dec. 21, 2010 @ 12 noon |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 133 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 200 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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| Event |
Date |
| Port of Entry : |
San Francisco |
| POE Date : |
2010-10-08 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
No |
| Biometrics Taken : |
Yes |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
Asked her basic questions about my place of residence, where I work, and what she intends to do ( accomplish requirements in 90 days ) |
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Adjustment of Status
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
San Francisco CA |
| Date Filed : |
2011-01-04 |
| NOA Date : |
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| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2011-03-08 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
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| Interview Date : |
2011-04-19 |
| Approval / Denial Date : |
2011-04-19 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
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| Greencard Received: |
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| Comments : |
The USCIS, 2nd floor waiting room was not so busy, and had the clean atmosphere of an airport waiting area by the seat arrangement and CNN TV playing on a few screens. Security in the building was a little tight, and you have to declare if you have a camera.
Promptly called in for an AOS interview with Mr. Lee at USCIS in downtown SF. Interview was about 10-15 minutes. He was polite and genuinely friendly. He asked me about our basic facts, then delved deeper by asking my wife about her background for his form paperwork. He asked her a dozen different times if she committed any fraud or crime. Then onto the more "pleasant" questions. We handed him photos of ourselves and of us plus my family. I believe he was more interest in seeing a group photo, as it validated our relationship. Documents of joint bank accounts and bills.
He ask her if she was a diplomat of any country, which was strange. Unfortunately my wife did not know the exact definition of the word. I briefly waited and he was kind enough to write down the kanji characters for her, which she immediately understood. +1 point, for Mr. Lee being cool about helping my wife not stumble on technicalities.
He was curious about my ability to speak her Japanese language and also he wanted to know how she learned English. We both were confident to explain that we study and are bilingual in the home.
He could tell by our evidence that we were a legitimate couple and signed some paperwork on our file and smiled that we would be approving our case, unless he had further questions.
USCIS sent me a test message 2 hours later with the confirmation of approval. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Tokyo, Japan
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
May 12, 2010 |
| Embassy Review : |
I visited the US Embassy with my fiancee for her K1 interview. The actual interview was no more than 15 minutes. Most of the time - just waiting to be called. She did provide both hands for biometrics and we had to provide an ordered list of documents for our case.
The room had about 100 seats and was about 1/3 filled up Monday morning. There were 10 glass interview station booths with semi private walls between each. It felt more like a DMV, not so much a bank and difficult to imagine that one of the most important life interviews would be conducted in such a manner.
At about 9:30am, we had the interview after submitting documents ( her DS-156 and my I-134 bundle ). They kept most of my I-134 paperwork, but handed back some of my tax, bank, real estate papers. The room had seats for about 100 - some Russian family, an Indian family, some Japanese ladies with military husbands sat in the room..
I was fortunate to meet another woman whose fiance from California, is a VJ member. how cool is that! I said hello and heard her story.
Anyways the CO asked my fiancee how we met. He tried to find out any mistakes in her answer as to each of the visits she made to SF to visit me. He quizzed her on meeting the family and what she plans to do in America.
My fiancee said he made some small jokes and overall he was quite courteous and cheerful. His only concern was why she lost her F-1 visa paperwork from 10 years ago when she studied English in Los Angeles. But it was fine- she was honest - that she probably lost it.
During the interview, I had to sit in the back of the room. At the end, she was approved and he called me up to stand next of her. He asked if we had and questions and instructed her to bring a special packet to POE by hand to give to the officials in US. |
| Rating : |
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
is past due.
** Not all cases are transfered
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