wee carrington's US Immigration Timeline
Immigration Checklist for CH & GH:
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USCIS DCF I-130 Petition:
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Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:
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USCIS I-751 Petition:
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USCIS N-400 Petition:
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IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
Texas Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
London, United Kingdom |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2008-05-15 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2011-06-17 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2011-06-20 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2011-08-25 |
| NVC Received : |
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| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
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| Pay AOS Bill : |
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| Receive I-864 Package : |
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| Send AOS Package : |
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| Submit DS-261 : |
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| Receive IV Bill : |
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| Pay IV Bill : |
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| Send IV Package : |
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| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
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| Case Completed at NVC : |
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| NVC Left : |
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| Consulate Received : |
2011-06-20 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2011-09-07 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
2011-10-11 |
| Packet 4 Received : |
2011-10-29 |
| Interview Date : |
2011-11-23 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2011-11-30 |
| US Entry : |
2012-02-02 |
| Comments : |
DCF - IR-1 visa - we do NOT need to Remove Conditions. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 66 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 156 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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Date |
| Port of Entry : |
Boston |
| POE Date : |
2012-02-02 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
Yes,Passport Stamp |
| Biometrics Taken : |
Yes |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
Short and sweet-- took them about 15 minutes to get it all done and on our merry way we went! |
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Citizenship
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
Lewisville TX Lockbox |
| CIS Office : |
Buffalo NY |
| Date Filed : |
2015-06-08 |
| NOA Date : |
2015-06-15 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2015-09-23 |
| Interview Date : |
2016-01-20 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Oath Ceremony : |
2016-02-04 |
| Comments : |
Went smooth as silk... one big back yard here :) |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: London, United Kingdom
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
November 24, 2011 |
| Embassy Review : |
We flew Easy Jet from Glasgow to London Stanstead, took the Stanstead Express to Liverpool Street Station and got a Zone 1&2 day pass on the Underground. I have a new love of the London Underground-- it is so efficient and easy to get around with. We stayed at the Travelodge in Marylebone-- I would NOT suggest staying here. I wish I had read the poor hotel reviews before hastily booking a room there. We were just in the room long enough to get a 6 hour sleep and we were out for the remainder of the time.
The morning of the interview we got up and got ready-- I left all of our belongings in the hotel. I took only one canvas tote with a crossword puzzle book, a couple of magazines, a pen, our large document folder and our hotel key (which got demagnetized). We walked down Duke Street from Oxford Street and arrived at the first check point (aprox. 8:35am), which is where they check your letter, your passports and check your name off of the list. We were instructed to place any change, belts or watches into our canvas tote bag (if you did not take your own bag a clear plastic bag was provided to you for this purpose). We were then told to wait in line. The line was fairly short maybe 15 individuals in front of us. When you got to the front of the line you were ushed either to join the line on the right (Visa Appointment line) or the left which I believe was for non-appointments or something of that nature.
You could see (from the second line) people leaveing the little security hut to put their cellphones and car keys away. They call you into this hut 4 at a time and then secure the door, when those 4 people are away, they call in 4 more. Security was a breeze for us since I was prepared.
There was a yellow sign clearly posted that said \"Visas\" with an arrow pointing to the right. We walked a short distance around the side of the building and reached the front steps of the embassy. Immediately inside the doors sits the receptionist, you had her your appointment letter and she puts a barcoded sticker over it which has your \"I number\". We were then instructed to go up another set of stairs to the waiting area and take a seat until our number was called.
(8:53am)The waiting area is a large area with sets arranged on eitherside facing each other between 2 large screens (2 screens for each side of seating). The courier counter sits directly in back. Against the opposite wall they have sandwiches, crisps and cans of pop (90p a can) and bottles of water (£1). They had 2 American brands-- A&W Root Beer and Canada Dry Gingerale. My husband chose to seize the opportunity so we got a couple cans of Root Beer and waited.
There is an American passport booth right next to the waiting room. I neglected to check the cost of the pictures. They have assorted pictures lining the hall which takes you to the second bay of conselear windows, each picture has a write up, which is nice, describing the artist and the pictures relationship to America. The bathrooms are clean and there is a drinking fountain right outside of the bathrooms.
During our waiting period I kept close timings on I numbers. From my estimations I numbers are called every 10-15 minutes. N numbers are called continuously.
(10:43am) Our number was announced over the speaker and appeared on the screen. We walked down the corridor to the second bay of windows to window number 13 where a man greeted us, we handed him our letter (with the barcode sticker on it) and he then went away to get our file (DCF) when he returned he asked my husband to place his fingers on the fingerprint-taking device and took his fingerprints. He had a check list and read off every document he needed form us, I took them out of the folder (all documents were with copies in a plastic pocket) and handed them to him as he called out what he needed. He arranged the paper work and handed the plastic pockets back to me. He told us to go to the window next to his, which was the cashiers, and pay then return to him with the receipt. We paid the fee ($400) and the cashier told us whatever exchange rate our bank was using at the time was the rate that we would get for the cost in dollars. We went back to the man handed him our receipt and told us to take a seat and wait to be called again. **He asked us only one question: When did we plan on traveling to the US.
(11:00am)Sat back down in the waiting room for the second time. During this time a test drill came over the announcements. You could vaguely make out the woman that came over the speakers explaining that it was just a drill for conselear officers. Then all of a sudden a siren started and this loud voice came on that said \"STEP AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS, DUCK AND COVER\" this got people a little squirrly. Kind of exciting...
(11:50am) Our number is called again to go to window 15 where the American officer greeted us this time. He was a younger guy (early to mid 30\'s) and kind of had a bearded Ewan McGregor quality about him. He was very proffessional, he conducted the interview in the same way I might have. First off he had my husband raise his right hand and swear the oath and sign the D-230 Part II. Then the interview commenced. He hit on several points that I had thought of prior to my interview that might be of interest to them: 1) When we married. 2) What my husband does for a living/job offers in US. 3) What prompted the move back to the States. 4) Why was I born in Florida. 5) Small talk about Buffalo (he asked me if I was a Bills fan). He then asked us if we had been nervous and if it was as difficult as we thought it would be, gave us a big smile and said \"congratulations!\" we were approved!
(12:00pm) Left the embassy steps.
(updated on November 28, 2011) |
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