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ajacks's US Immigration Timeline

  Petitioner's Name: ajacks
Beneficiary's Name: gjacks
VJ Member: ajacks
Country: India

Last Updated: 2017-05-17
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Immigration Checklist for ajacks & gjacks:

USCIS I-129F Petition:      
Dept of State K1 Visa:    
USCIS I-485 Petition:  
USCIS I-765 Petition:      
USCIS I-131 Petition:      
USCIS I-751 Petition:  
USCIS N-400 Petition:  


K1 Visa
Event Date
Service Center : California Service Center
Transferred? No
Consulate : New Delhi, India
I-129F Sent : 2011-10-03
I-129F NOA1 : 2011-10-12
I-129F RFE(s) :
RFE Reply(s) :
I-129F NOA2 : 2012-03-08
NVC Received : 2012-03-15
Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned :
NVC Left : 2012-03-19
Consulate Received : 2012-03-24
Packet 3 Received : 2012-03-29
Packet 3 Sent : 2012-04-03
Packet 4 Received : 2012-04-17
Interview Date : 2012-06-05
Interview Result : Approved
Second Interview
(If Required):
Second Interview Result:
Visa Received : 2012-08-21
US Entry : 2012-09-18
Marriage : 2012-09-22
Comments : 221g white for pending medical. CO promised to revalidate the petition. Medical received from Max on Aug 7, now submitted to VFS. Called DOS on August 17, Visa was issued on August 16... now wait to collect it at VFS. Visa Received with validity until Nov 5
Processing
Estimates/Stats :
Your I-129f was approved in 148 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 237 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.


Port of Entry Review
Event Date
Port of Entry : Chicago
POE Date : 2012-09-18
Got EAD Stamp : No
Biometrics Taken : Yes
Harassment Level : 0
Comments : Class B1 for Pulmonary TB held her up for 45 minutes. Once CDC was called, its all set. Fiance was waiting outside exit A. Need to see county health department in 10 days. Overall ok.


Adjustment of Status
Event Date
CIS Office : Chicago IL
Date Filed : 2012-10-29
NOA Date : 2012-11-14
RFE(s) :
Bio. Appt. : 2012-12-03
AOS Transfer** :
Interview Date :
Approval / Denial Date : 2013-07-22
Approved : Yes
Got I551 Stamp :
Greencard Received: 2013-07-29
Comments : ASC Bio appt notice I-797C dated Nov 19, postmarked Nov 21 received Nov 24.Filed Service Request on June 27. 2013.Folow up on service request from USCIS was to wait 30 days. Contacted Senator Kirk's office on July 12 2013. Received email (1) and SMS (2) from USCIS on July 22 2013.


Employment Authorization Document
Event Date
CIS Office : Chicago National Office
Filing Method : Mail
Filing Instance : First
Date Filed : 2012-10-29
NOA Date : 2012-11-14
RFE(s) :
Bio. Appt. : 2012-12-03
Approved Date : 2013-01-05
Date Card Received : 2013-01-14
Comments : Priority Certified Mail Sent to Chicago Lockbox on Oct 29 2012. USPS confirmed receipt on Oct 30, 2012. Received NOA on Nov 17 in mail.ASC Bio appt notice I-797C dated Nov 19, postmarked Nov 21 received Nov 24.SMS/Email Approval Jan 5 2013. Card production Jan 09 and Mailed Jan 10 2013. Received EAD on Jan 14 via USPS Priority Mail
Processing
Estimates/Stats :
Your EAD was approved in 68 days.


Advance Parole
Event Date
CIS Office : Chicago National Office
Filing Method :  
Filing Instance : First
Date Filed : 2012-11-19
NOA Date : 2012-11-24
RFE(s) :
Date Received : 2012-12-20
Comments : Priority Certified Mail Sent to Chicago Lockbox on Oct 29 2012. USPS confirmed receipt on Oct 30, 2012. Rejected need to refile - with correct fees and signature. Sent refiled application on Nov 19 2012. Received Nov 20 2012. NOA SMS received Nov 26 2012, Paper NOA received Nov 28 2012. Online case status showed approved decision on December 12 2012 and Document production on December 18 2012. Mail copies of I512L in duplicate received on Dec 20 2012
Processing
Estimates/Stats :
Your AP was approved in 23 days.


Lifting Conditions
Event Date
CIS Office : California Service Center
Date Filed : 2015-04-27
NOA Date : 2015-04-29
RFE(s) :
Bio. Appt. : 2015-06-01
Interview Date :
Approval / Denial Date : 2015-08-20
Approved : Yes
Got I551 Stamp : No
Green Card Received :
Comments : Window opened 04/23
I751 package sent 04/27
I751 package received 04/29
I751 NOA 04/29 (pm 05/07) received 05/11
I751/CRI89 I797C dated (05/16) recvd 05/21
I751 Biometrics Appt (06/01)
I751 Card production ordered (08/20)


Citizenship
Event Date
Service Center : Phoenix AZ Lockbox
CIS Office : Chicago IL
Date Filed : 2016-05-16
NOA Date : 2016-05-17
Bio. Appt. : 2016-06-14
Interview Date : 2017-05-15
Approved : Yes
Oath Ceremony : 2017-05-31
Comments : Escalated to US Senator on Feb 15 after the Chicago office showed cases processed beyond our submit date. Was told "security checks" delayed. Suddenly in the first week of April got emails/sms that the interview was scheduled.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: New Delhi, India
Review Topic: K1 Visa
Event Description
Review Date : June 6, 2012
Embassy Review : New Delhi Interview Experience
Note : Ajacks and Gjacks are greatful to the Visa Journey Community thanks for getting us 95% there to the end of the 1st step.
Timeline
07:15 – I am in my cousins car from Netaji Nagar past the Leela Palace to the US Embassy.
07:23 – Reach my fiancé Gjacks
07:30 – Line up in the scorching delhi heat for the 7:45 and 8:00 appointments
07:45 – Line starts moving, we check in one mobile phone into the security tent (collect 1st token)
08:15 – 2nd security check airport style, then to walk to an outside counter where you are told who to pick up and get the computerized embassy token number (ours was J number since it was a immigrant visa)
08:20 – sit down with fiance and watch the hilarious consular assistance staff. There is one member who tries to look like a hero from a Bollywood film by ordering applicants around and telling them where to sit. When you initially sit down and there are few applicants in the room, the air conditioning is sufficient. But at peak capacity the a/c is useless but oh well its American soil. Go Red White and Blue !
09:15 – Fingerprints call. Be sure to smile and follow instructions
10:45 – Document submission call from ticket number. My fiancé did not submit at VFS so this took a little longer. The job letter and the paystubs for my case were returned when we tried to submit I134. Also the Indian original birth certificate was returned. The indian staff member collecting documents slightly scared us when he told us that we did not submit the medical from Max. But we knew that we had a last medical test which takes 2 months to complete and brought our receipts. The process went on and he then asked us to pay the $240 fee at the cashier and return to his counter. This document clerk also asked some pre interview questions – where do you work , who are we (petitioner and fiancé both), job titles, where do you live – what address for both. Collected the cashier slip after making the payment and returned to the counter to submit the receipt.
11:15 – Sit and Wait
11:30 – Sit and Wait
11:35 – Someone comes out and states in hindi that when you go to the next counter please raise your hand and promise to the tell the truth under oath. Not sure why they needed to do this but oh well. Gotta keep on keepin on
11:55 – Number is called, we did not expect to conduct the interview, just give the oath but right after both of us gave the oath, the CO conducting the interview (Indian-American with full sleeve shirt and cufflinks) told me the US petitioner to “kindly have a seat.” I was a bit startled but then realized the interview had begun.
11:57 – Gjacks conducts the interview – here is her account:
CO – Gjacks, is that your name ? , When did you meet for the first time ?, Where did you meet for the first time ? Is that a mall ? Why did you meet at a mall ? How did you two get introduced ? Is it arranged ? Did the families meet first ? Who from each family met ? Was Ajacks there at that first introduction ? Did the parents come for the engagement ? Why did Ajacks mother not attend ? Where does Ajacks mother work ? When did Ajacks go to the USA (Answer to this was slightly tricky since Ajacks is born and raised in the good old US of A) ? Why do you plan to get married in the USA ? Even though ajacks’ family friends etc are in the US, your family and friends are in India – why USA ? My fiancé gjacks then asked “Do you want to see the evidence” – response from the CO – “your interview is the evidence.”
CO – Smiled and gave gjacks 221g for the pending medical report which we both were already prepared for and also told us that we would kindly revalidate the expiring petition. We just have to submit the medical at VFS along with the passport and will be through. Both of us were kind of in shock and had a celebratory samosa outside in the waiting area.

Hope this helps someone. The actual interview lasted 6 minutes.
Rating : Very Good


POE Review: Chicago
Event Description
Entry Date : 2012-09-18
Embassy Review : Class B1 for Pulmonary TB held her up for 45 minutes. Once CDC was called, its all set. Fiance was waiting outside exit A. Need to see county health department in 10 days. Overall ok.
Harassment Level : Low


Local US CIS Office Review: Chicago IL
Review Topic: cis_topic
Event Description
Review Date : May 15, 2017
Embassy Review : Adjustedfrom a K1 via AOS and then did ROC almost 2 years ago. Went through security (lines are hit and miss). Recommend getting there 30 min prior to your interview time. Check In on the 3rd floor and then waited near door 2. Appointment was for 8:00 AM - got called at 8:14 AM. Walked through and sat down after taking a oath to tell the truth. Officer had a very big file in front and said he would ask questions from the computer as it was a ELIS application for N400. Confirmed I was married asked about additions to the family. Then went on to the civics test. last question was who is the speaker of the house. Then writing and reading test.

15 min later it was all over ! WOO HOO ! He said 6-8 weeks should get a Oath ceremony letter. That was it. Pretty harmless
Harassment Level : Very Good


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*Notice about estimates: The estimates are based off averages of other members recent experiences
(documented in their timelines) for the same benefit/petition/application at the same filing location.
Individual results may vary as every case is not always 'average'. Past performance does not necessarily
predict future results. The 'as early as date' may change over time based on current reported processing
times from members. There have historically been cases where a benefit/petition/application processing
briefly slows down or stops and this can not be predicted. Use these dates as reference only and do not
rely on them for planning. As always you should check the USCIS processing times to see if your application
is past due.

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