varDUppaluri's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: J
Beneficiary's Name: B
VJ Member: varDUppaluri
Country: India
Last Updated: 2012-05-17
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Immigration Checklist for J & B:
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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 : |
Vermont Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Chennai, India |
| I-129F Sent : |
2011-01-27 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2011-02-02 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2011-06-27 |
| NVC Received : |
2011-07-08 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
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| NVC Left : |
2011-07-11 |
| Consulate Received : |
2011-07-14 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
2011-07-25 |
| Interview Date : |
2011-08-29 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2011-09-26 |
| US Entry : |
2011-09-28 |
| Marriage : |
2011-10-06 |
| Comments : |
The interview was the easiest part. Simple questions like how did u meet your fiance?How often did you correspond with each other? When are you going to get married? Is your family going to be at the wedding? Your visa is approved. The wait was horrible though. It took four and a half hours all together and the worst part was that there were hardly 15 people that were being interviewed! Well all is well that ends well. So good luck! Will add more details a li'l later. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 145 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 208 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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| Event |
Date |
| Port of Entry : |
Washington DC |
| POE Date : |
2011-09-28 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
No |
| Biometrics Taken : |
Yes |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
The person interviewed me for 15-20 minutes, as against the actual interview at the embassy that only took 3 minutes. |
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Adjustment of Status
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Baltimore MD |
| Date Filed : |
2011-11-01 |
| NOA Date : |
2011-11-07 |
| RFE(s) : |
2011-11-28 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2011-12-01 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
2011-12-30 |
| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
2012-05-11 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
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| Greencard Received: |
2012-05-17 |
| Comments : |
Got a text and email saying that the application was received. Yet to receive the confirmation in mail.
**** Form I-864 must be filled by the US citizen fiance(e) as they are still the petitioner when you apply for AOS(I-485).
****Transferred to California Service Center.
****Got a text and email notification that the case status has changed and upon checking the status on the uscis web site, the status is now card/document production.
****Case status on uscis web site was updated to card being mailed today.
****Received Green Card today!!! |
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Employment Authorization
Document
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
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| Filing Method : |
Mail |
| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2011-11-01 |
| NOA Date : |
2011-11-07 |
| RFE(s) : |
2011-11-22 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
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| Approved Date : |
2011-12-30 |
| Date Card Received : |
2012-01-10 |
| Comments : |
It went well and super quick. No problems at all, except for the RFE received which was again my mistake. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your EAD was approved in 59 days. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Chennai, India
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
September 1, 2011 |
| Embassy Review : |
Hi folks, I'm quite happy it's finally ended and ended well! My interview was scheduled at 1pm on the 29th August. I reached 40 min before time as I was caught up right in the middle of a protest thereby halting the traffic in chennai. To my surprise there was no queue at all! They admitted my inside right away, I should say the security have to take their jobs seriously, they literally took 15 mins to let me through; the reason wasn't strenuous checks, they were happily chit chatting and laughing. After I went in, I was shown way to a room in the adjacent building where 14 other applicants were waiting. After waiting for an hour and half, I was called for the prescreening. An old tamil chap asked for my applications, I134's, medical reports, pcc's etc. I have a PCC from the local passport office but my PCC from the Uk hasn't arrived yet, so that triggered a form 221g right there and it was expected anyways. He was so obsessed in trying to force me to admit that my fiancee and I are already married! He asked questions like how do you know each other, where does she live now, what does she do, where does she work(right after i told him she is a student and she doesn't work!), who's co-sponsoring?I said he was obsessed because, he asked all these questions quite rapidly and he asked me when did you two get married in india, three times during the course of our conversation. when he asked me the third time i got pissed off and i said "you don't seem to understand, i don't think its my english, but we were never got married and only ENGAGED!", to which he nodded and didn't ask me again. Then he asked me to go back to the waiting area and wait to be called for the fingerprints. I was called to give fingerprints after 30 min apprxly. A white guy took 'em and then the waiting began. I was finally called after waiting an hour and 45 min. The american lady asked me how my fiancee and i knew each other and how often we corresponded. she then asked me when the wedding would be. she then asked is ur family going to be at the wedding in the us, to which i answered,no and then she asked then would you have another ceremony later here, to which i replied "no, there won't be another ceremony. that is the reason we had an engagement ceremony bigger than usual inviting all the family and friends in India as no one would make it to the wedding in the US" she then said the visa is approved and asked me to mail the passport and the PCC from the UK to VFS.
The actual interview part only took 2min at the most. I honestly don't understand why it typically takes 4 hrs. They were only 15 people. |
| Rating : |
Good |
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