GoingTheDistance's US Immigration Timeline
Immigration Checklist for KDW & ECO:
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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 : |
Nigeria |
| I-129F Sent : |
2011-05-03 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2011-05-09 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2011-09-12 |
| NVC Received : |
2011-09-26 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
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| NVC Left : |
2011-09-29 |
| Consulate Received : |
2011-10-07 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2011-10-20 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
2011-10-20 |
| Packet 4 Received : |
2011-10-20 |
| Interview Date : |
2011-12-16 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2011-12-23 |
| US Entry : |
2011-12-24 |
| Marriage : |
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| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 126 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 221 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Nigeria
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
December 16, 2011 |
| Embassy Review : |
Hi all, By the grace of God, my fiance was approved for a visa today. I wanted to share my experience in the event that it can be of help to anyone else. This site was our absolute SAVIOR when it came to everything regarding this process and I want to pay it forward.
My fiance arrived at the embassy at 6 a.m. for a 7 a.m. interview. He said there were people lined up already and promptly at 7 they started allowing people through the gate. He was dinged on having "Nonimmigrant visa" forms while being an immigrant visa applicant (those are the ones the embassy sent to us to complete, when you receive your NOA2, please confirm that those are the correct forms). The next thing he got dinged on was that his passport photos were too small, so make sure that the passport photos are 2" x 2" standard passport size. You might consider printing your fiancee's photos in your country and including them in the package you'll send them of the paperwork prior to the interview.
While he was one of the first to arrive, he told me that he was assigned a number and heard other numbers called before his...don't panic. Initially he was thinking "Did they call it and I didn't hear or forget about me?" But obviously there's method to the madness so be patient. He wasn't called until around 10 a.m.
Since he sat there for awhile, he was able to hear a range of interviews. He heard a few people get rejected -- his advice: Make sure that you are talking to each other, sharing even the "smallest" minute details. One person was denied because they didn't know small things like when their spouse went to work or if he lived in a big house or apartment. That couple had tons of pictures together but not enough evidence that they actually KNEW each other. So feel free to share everything and be calm. One guy was "jumpy from the onset" my fiance said and was denied. Most interviews he listened to were 10 or 15 minutes long.
Here are the questions my fiance was asked (he interviewed with a black male officer and said his interview was like 5 minutes flat):
- Who’s petitioning for you?
- Where does she live?
- How did you meet?
- Why didn’t she come to the village to meet your family?
- How did she like being born in Texas (this was a trick question becaise while I grew up in Texas, I was born somewhere else...lesson here is to make sure you're fiancee listens to the question and asks it to be repeated -- small things like this will get people denied)?
- How do you communicate?
- How many hours a day do you talk?
- Do you have records?
- Do you talk to her parents?
- Does she have siblings?
- What does her sister do for a living? (I know you didn't see that question coming did you? Well neither did he...he answered it great, didn't know what my sister did exactly, but never said that, just told the officer what he knew of my sister's life -- lesson here is to make sure that you are having real, casual conversations with fiancee about your life, your family because these little things HELP).
As soon as he answered the question about my sister, the officer looked impressed, didn't need to hear anymore and granted him the visa. And of course throughout, my fiancee showed evidence as asked and even offered proactively at certain points.
He was told to pick up the visa a week later (December 23) in Lekki and of course not to make travel plans until he had the visa in his hand.
Throughout the interview, the man was typing everything into the computer, but at some point he just stopped typing and starting looking at my fiance's demeanor as he was answering the questions. So confidence is key.
I hope this helps and good luck to everyone...excellent. |
| Rating : |
Very Good |
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times from members. There have historically been cases where a benefit/petition/application processing
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