M_and_K's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: M Beneficiary's Name: K VJ Member: M_and_K Country: India Last Updated: 2011-04-27 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for M & K:

USCIS I-130 Petition:       Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:     USCIS I-751 Petition:   USCIS N-400 Petition:

IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Date Service Center : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : New Delhi, India Marriage (if applicable): 2010-06-13 I-130 Sent : I-130 NOA1 : 2010-08-24 I-130 RFE : 2011-02-17, recieved on 2011-03-02 I-130 RFE Sent : 2011-03-03 I-130 Approved : 2011-03-10 NVC Received : 2011-03-16 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2011-03-28 Pay AOS Bill : 2011-03-28 Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : Submit DS-261 : Receive IV Bill : Pay IV Bill : Send IV Package : Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : Case Completed at NVC : 2011-03-31 NVC Left : 2011-03-31 Consulate Received : 2011-04-04 Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : 2011-04-14 Interview Date : 2011-04-25 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : US Entry : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 198 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 244 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: New Delhi, India Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : April 27, 2011 Embassy Review : Bad things: 1. phone staff are rude and not at all helpfully. We gave up after calling about 20 times. 2. Corruption - my husband was asked to take new phones when nothing was wrong with his photos. They have a photographer there in the embassy for just such a reason. R100. 3. My husband still had to pay the $404 visa fee and he only had $500 in 100s. so he gave that to the cashier who then expected my husband to leave a $96 tip saying he doesn't have change (even though he made change for everyone else). He also would not accept $400 and then the $4 in rupees. So my husband had to go find $4 change. But my husband is used to the corruption in India so he still wanted to give the embassy a 5/5 because he said it was a good experience (except for the phone staff) I'd give the embassy a 4/5 and the phone staff 1/5. My husband got there at 7:50 got in line and was told he could go right in. He turned in all the paper work ( I didn't turn in any documents to NVC because the case was expedited so I didn't pay the visa fee at NVC either) After waiting he was called to a window. He was asked: how did you meet your wife? - it was an arranged marriage who arranged it? - my dads cousin where does this cousin live - here in India how does he know your wife? -that uncle is married to my wife's cousin Who do you have in the USA - my wife No, who of your family is there - no one You must have some family there -just my wife and her parents why is there such a age difference? why did she wait so long to get married? -yes there is a 6 year age difference but she was going to school and then wanted to finish that and get a job before getting married. Ok your visa is approved you will receive it within 2 weeks. They didn't ask for any other supporting document because I had already submitted a lot of evidence to USCIS when I filled. (photos, phone logs, emails, etc) he had it with him again in case it didn't come with the file. He also had our wedding albums and movie, but they didn't ask for anything. Hope this helps others, good luck!! Rating : Very Good

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