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Walking through JFK Customs with your Fiancee...

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Matt & Zhenya   1

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We are thinking about the return through JFK...When they split you into US Citizen lines and Immigrant lines...

Can I go through her line with her to be together? Or, Can she come through mine?

Your experience here, please...?

Our timeline...

- Met in Moscow August 26th, 2011

- Met in Kiev November 22nd, 2011

- Met in Nizhny Novgorod February 9th, 2012

- Sent I-129F overnight UPS on 3/29/2012

- Received NOA1 on 04/04/2012 via text and email

- Spent one month together in Dominican Republic with My Children...July 2012 - It was Wonderful!!

- NOA2 10/13/12

- Interview in Moscow 11/7/12 (We went to Interview together) APPROVED in 3 Minutes!

- Received Visa 11/12/12

- We flew to America together on 11/14/12!!! ))))))))))

- Married on 12/17/12 ))))))))

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baron555   934

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We are thinking about the return through JFK...When they split you into US Citizen lines and Immigrant lines...

Can I go through her line with her to be together? Or, Can she come through mine?

Your experience here, please...?

You can go with her for sure.

Phil (Lockport, near Chicago) and Alla (Lobnya, near Moscow)

As of Dec 7, 2009, now Zero miles apart (literally)!

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unlockingsky   94

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We are thinking about the return through JFK...When they split you into US Citizen lines and Immigrant lines...

Can I go through her line with her to be together? Or, Can she come through mine?

Your experience here, please...?

you can go either. i took my wife in the citizen line because it was quicker. lol.

"Family time is very precious and you should cherish every moment of it."

01/20/12 - I-130 sent to Chicago Lockbox.

01/26/12 - NOA1 received and processing at Vermont.

06/28/12 - NOA2 announced on status check.

06/29/12 - NVC received case learned on 07/2/12.

06/30/12 - Hard copy NOA2 received.

07/09/12 - NVC Casefile Number and IIN Issued.

07/16/12 - Receive and Sent DS-3032 via email.

07/17/12 - Mailed DS-3032 via mail, AOS bill received via email, paid online, Optin email sent.

07/18/12 - Optin accepted and new case number, AOS marked paid, emailed AOS packet.

07/24/12 - Assigned as Agent, IV Fee bill received via email, paid online.

07/25/12 - IV Fee marked paid, emailed IV packet.

07/31/12 - Emailed GZO Supplemental Packet 3.

08/02/12 - Case completed and commenced final review.

08/03/12 - Shipped all copies of forms/letters/documents to my wife - arriving on 8/9/12.

08/06/12 - Case completed final review.

08/09/12 - Appointment letter received via email interview date set 9/6/12.

08/14/12 - Medical exam done.

08/15/12 - Medical exam results all normal.

09/06/12 - Submitted required documents at the embassy and interview set next day at 0730.

09/07/12 - Visa approved, click here for review http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/view-dos-cis-reviews.php?entry=10401 .

09/14/12 - Visa received on hand!

10/07/12 - Arrived at NYC! click here for review http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/view-poe-reviews.php?entry=15293

10/20/12 - Received welcome letter from USCIS.

10/25/12 - Green Card received!

"Nothing is more difficult than the art of maneuvering for advantageous positions." - Sun-Tzu

04/27/13 - Submitted DS-160 online for parent-in-laws and sister-in-law.

05/01/13 - Paid DS-160 or MRV Fee Payments on CGI Stanley.

05/03/13 - Made appointment for 05/16/13 on CGI Stanley.

05/16/13 - Arrived at GUZ and impromptu notice on the front it was closed.

05/30/13 - B2 visa interview passed! Read review here http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/433263-b2-visa-was-approved-for-parentinlaw/ <p>

"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience." - ADM Hyman G. Rickover

08/08/14 - Mailed I-175 application.

08/11/14 - I-175 arrived at VSC.

08/18/14 - Received NOA1 with date 08/12/14.

08/27/14 - Received biometrics appointment for 09/09/14.

02/27/15 - GC in production from email notification.

03/02/15 - Received NOA2 with approval dated 02/25/15.

DoneWaiting Community Regular

DoneWaiting   15

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You will be able to go with her to the immigration room. She can also be with you in the citizenship line while you pass through customs.

Best of luck,

We are thinking about the return through JFK...When they split you into US Citizen lines and Immigrant lines...

Can I go through her line with her to be together? Or, Can she come through mine?

Your experience here, please...?

Edited by DoneWaiting

"Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty." -- NAPF page on Oscar Romero

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Jason and Shifa Collaborator

Jason and Shifa   4

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my POE will be in JFK :star:

i'm glad i can go through the same line with my hubby :dance: :dance:

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USCIS

* March 2nd 2012 --> I-130 sent

* March 5th 2012 --> I-130 Delivered at Chicago Lockbox

* March 7th 2012 --> Got NOA1 by SMS (Vermont Service Center)

* March 14th 2012 --> Got Hardcopy of I-797C in the airmail

* June 29th 2012 --> NOA2 (114days)

* July 5th 2012 --> Got Hardcopy of NOA2

NVC

* July 2nd 2012 --> NVC Received

* July 24th 2012 --> NVC Case Number and IIN received by e-mail

* July 24th 2012 --> E-mailed the DS 3032

* July 24th 2012 --> AOS Bill Paid

* July 26th 2012 --> AOS Bill Shows PAID

* July 28th 2012 --> AOS Package Sent

* August 2nd 2012 --> DS-3032 accepted

* August 3rd 2012 --> IV bill invoiced & PAID

* August 7th 2012 --> IV Bill Shows PAID

* August 17th 2012 --> IV Package Sent

* August 24th 2012 --> NVC Case Complete

* September 15th 2012 --> Interview Date Assigned

US EMBASSY JAKARTA

* October 16th 2012 --> INTERVIEW (Approved)

* October 19th 2012 --> Visa in Hand

Gary and Alla Grand Master

Gary and Alla   3,694

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We are thinking about the return through JFK...When they split you into US Citizen lines and Immigrant lines...

Can I go through her line with her to be together? Or, Can she come through mine?

Your experience here, please...?

Either of you can go to either line. I suggest the short line. Yes, you can go with her but she will go to the CBP person herself, just like anyone else

You will be able to go with her to the immigration room. She can also be with you in the citizenship line while you pass through customs.

Best of luck,

There may be no immigration room. Not everyone does that. Alla, Pasha and Sergey did not upon their initial entry

VERMONT! I Reject Your Reality...and Substitute My Own!

Gary And Alla

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titantom   2

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I just did this 2 weeks ago @ JFK with my fiancee (now wife)... First, they said we had to go through the immigrant line because she was on a VISA... Then after waiting in line for an hour, they (Homeland Security Employees) saw my blue passport again; wondering why I was in the VISA line as a US citizen. I explained that I wanted to go through this with her, so they asked if she had her package of documents. When we showed the package to them, they took us to the front of the line and let us speak to the officer together where they checked her documents, biometrics, and took a photo of my fiancee. She (the officer) was very kind during the process. We had to wait together while another officer did some additional processing on another computer. They have a small waiting area where they will call her name. After that, we proceeded to baggage claim and customs declaration... where the guy was a complete jerk (mostly to me...)

Once it's all complete... They stapled the I-94 inside her passport, referencing the K1 VISA, and they also returned some photos to us from the Moscow Interview... FYI: I was able to see what was in the package as she took it apart. It was many of the documents (Govt. Forms, My Financial Documents, etc...) from the interview, but they had been stamped and signed as Original Submissions and validated by the Embassy...

Anyway... It was all rather simple once we were with an officer... I must say, she treated my fiancee and I with dignity and respect, and it was very nice... Wish there were more like her working in these positions...

Good Luck to you with everything!!!

K1 VISA / I129F

Vermont Service Center

Received: 1/19/2012

NOA1: 1/23/2012

Touched: 2/9/2012

NOA2: 7/30/2012

NVC Received: 08/08/2012

NVC Fwd To Consulate: 08/10/2012

Notification From Embassy: 08/27/2012

Interview: 09/25/2012 (Approved)

POE: 10/22/2012

Wedding: 10/26/2012

 
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