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how was your POE experience?

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cheetah123   1

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Hello everyone,

I didn't see any post on POE(Port Of Entry). If any of you guys whose POE was Washington DC can share their experience I will really appreciate that. I will be travelling with my fiancee just trying to understand the process before we travel together. Feel free to share your experience even if your POE was different. Thanks in advance.

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afortunada Community Regular

afortunada   182

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Mexico
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http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/poereviews.php :)


Married: 5-July-2015
I-130 Petition Sent: 11-May-2016
NSC Received (Our Priority Date): 12-May-2016
NOA2 Received: 30-September-2016 141 days for I-130 approval
NOA2 Hard Copy Received: 06-October-2016
Petition Sent to NVC: 17-October-2016 17 days for petition to be sent to NVC
NVC Received: 21-October-2016 4 days to be received at NVC
NVC Case Number Assigned: 31-October-2016 10 days for case number to be assigned
NVC Welcome Letter Received: 3-November-2016 @ 12:10 AM 3 days from case number assigned until Welcome Letter received and invoices unlocked
IV and AOS Fees Unlocked: 3-November-2016 @ 7:00 AM
IV and AOS Fees Paid: 3-November-2016
DS-260 Unlocked: 7-November-2016 2.5 business days for DS-260 to be unlocked
DS-260 Submitted: 8-November-2016
AOS and IV Documents Sent: 9-November-2016
Scan Date: 14-November-2016 5 days to receive scan date due to a holiday/weekend
Medical expedite requested: 14-December-2016
Medical expedite approved at consulate: 19-December-2016 Expedite approved with consulate but denied at NVC; still need to wait for case complete
Case on Supervisor Review: 22-December-2016
Case sent to the Review Department: 13-January-2017
Case Complete: 24-January-2017     10 weeks and 2 days at NVC before case completed
Case arrived at consulate/CEAC status "Ready": 1-February-2017
Interview: 21-February-2017   We scheduled our own interview because we had an approved medical expedite with the consulate. By sheer luck we got such a quick interview date because someone cancelled their appointment less than 20 minutes prior
Interview Result: Approved!!
Visa Issued: 21-February-2017     Visa issued same day as interview
DHL tracking information received: 22-February-2017     DHL tracking number appeared 28 hours after interview, scheduled for delivery the next day
Visa in hand: 23-Feb-2017
US POE (Minneapolis): 26-Feb-2017

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cheetah123   1

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I was just looking at that link :) . Thank you so much for the share. Most of the experiences are kind of old except maybe first few. I was wondering if some of you guys who just came to USA using K1 visa can share their experience that will be definitely helpful.

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LionessDeon Experienced

LionessDeon   2,060

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We had POE through FLL (Fort Lauderdale, FL) It was easy. THe lines were long and it took quite a bit of time to get through but the majority of that was just waiting in line. Everyone was very nice. Took his pic and fingerprints. He went into an office they scanned his passport and that was it.

Very simple

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cheetah123   1

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thank you so much for sharing your experience. Really hope Majority of the people have a good experience at Port of Entry. Cant imagine people travelling 30 hours or more to come to USA and then getting grilled that will suck so much.

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KierenHby Experienced

KierenHby   899

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thank you so much for sharing your experience. Really hope Majority of the people have a good experience at Port of Entry. Cant imagine people travelling 30 hours or more to come to USA and then getting grilled that will suck so much.

Being questioned to enter the country is part of what every immigrant\visitor signs up for, whether a 3-hr or 30-hr journey. I imagine it's similar for Americans travelling to pakistan.

This link has my first-hand POE experience. Hope it's useful.

USCIS

January 16, 2015 I-130 Mailed, Chi lockbox January 20, 2015 Priority Date, January 21, 2015 NOA1 notice date, Assigned VSC, January 23, 2015 Check Cashed, electronically March 5, 2015 NOA2

NVC

March 27, 2015 NVC received April 6, 2015 Case#, IIN# assigned April 8, 2015 Paid AOS + IV fee Invoices May 5, 2015 AOS + IV package submitted May 11, 2015 Scan Date

June 11, 2015 DS-260 submitted June 25, 2015 False checklist (for ds260).. hello? June 30, 2015 Answered checklist Aug 5, 2015 Escalated to Supervisor review Aug 13, 2015 Case Complete

Consular

Sept 10, 2015 Interview Scheduled Sept 11, 2015 P4 Letter received Sept 21, 2015 file In transit from NVC Sept 23, 2015 file at Embassy

Sept 28, 2015 Medical Oct 14, 2015 Biometrics Oct 15, 2015 Interview (Approved) Oct 19, 2015 IV visa Issued Oct 23, 2015 Passport Pickup

POE

Nov 2, 2015 Entered the US Nov 16, 2015 Applied for SSN, walk-in Nov 20, 2015 Social Security Card recd Jan 15, 2016 GC received

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