Yito's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Yito
Beneficiary's Name: Gookie
VJ Member: Yito
Country: Dominican Republic
Last Updated: 2017-10-07
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Immigration Checklist for Yito & Gookie:
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USCIS 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 : |
California Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Dominican Republic |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2011-12-11 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2012-02-16 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2012-02-24 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2012-06-11 |
| NVC Received : |
2012-07-02 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2012-07-20 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2012-07-20 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
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| Send AOS Package : |
2012-07-25 |
| Submit DS-261 : |
2012-07-20 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2012-07-31 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2012-07-31 |
| Send IV Package : |
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| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
2012-07-31 |
| Case Completed at NVC : |
2012-08-17 |
| NVC Left : |
2012-09-14 |
| Consulate Received : |
2012-09-17 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
2012-09-13 |
| Interview Date : |
2012-10-10 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2012-10-12 |
| US Entry : |
2012-10-17 |
| Comments : |
Highly recommend using FLL as POE for Miami/Broward not the Miami airport. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 108 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 229 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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| Event |
Date |
| Port of Entry : |
Fort Lauderdale |
| POE Date : |
2012-10-17 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
Yes,Passport Stamp |
| Biometrics Taken : |
Yes |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
POE at Ft. Lauderdale airport, moderate visitors line. Both used the visitors line as expected by them. There were about 3 other people with first entry yellow packets. Officer was polite, took biometrics, told us we did not need to fill out I-94 and that we needed only one customs form, she kept the one for the first time entry resident and threw the other one away.
Officer walked us to a room for processing, there was only one other person there, two officers processing, they took finger prints the old fashion way, made her sign some forms, stamped her passport and told her she could use that as a resident card until new one arrives. Marked the expiration date Oct 16 2014 for her CR1. We were in there for about 10 minutes.
No harassment or search from customs.
Highly recommend using FLL as POE for Miami/Broward not the Miami airport.
Home, happy. |
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Lifting Conditions
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Vermont Service Center |
| Date Filed : |
2014-07-25 |
| NOA Date : |
2014-07-29 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2014-08-26 |
| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
2015-01-29 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
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| Green Card Received : |
2015-02-05 |
| Comments : |
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Citizenship
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
Lewisville TX Lockbox |
| CIS Office : |
Hialeah FL |
| Date Filed : |
2017-03-07 |
| NOA Date : |
2017-03-14 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2017-04-10 |
| Interview Date : |
2017-10-03 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Oath Ceremony : |
2017-10-21 |
| Comments : |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Dominican Republic
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
October 10, 2012 |
| Embassy Review : |
Once upon a time we fell in love... Our journey began... And on these tropical days...
Our interview was for 10/10/2012 8:30 AM.
We were worried about parking so we drove around the day before to checkout the parking situation. We spoke to the parking attendant of the one behind the gas station next to the consulate and he told us to be able to get a spot to come early. So we did, we were there at 6am sharp. Parking cost $150.00 DOP pesos.
There was only one line so we went straight to it, across the street the buscones kept shouting for the people that had 8am interviews to wait across the street. We decided to stay on the line and that if the "info guys" from the consulate took us out that we would go to straight to the line in the back end. No waiting anywhere but the line for us. To our relief the let us through. We got number 263. We were inside at around 7am.
We sat and waited, at around 7:45 they called us for the passport, cedula, police certificate and Popular $15.00 USD receipt. They gave us back the cedula and the BC and MC we sent to NVC not legalized. We had gotten another Birth Certificate since we read on other interviews they asked for it again but they did not asked us for it. From there they gave us a paper and sent us to another window to get her biometrics done.
We hit the cafeteria for some snaks and we sat down to wait.
At around 8:35 they called us to lucky window 24, there was a very nice and polite blonde American woman, she sworn us in, asked english or spanish to which we replied english and only asked a few questions:
Asked my wife if she committed any crimes recently.
If she had traveled to the US.
Asked about a tourist visa she tried to renew when she was 18 and was denied.
Asked us how we met.
How many times I had traveled to DR, I answered 13 and she replied, you are quite a traveler!
Asked for some pictures and I pulled my wedding album opening to the page were my mother and family was and told her my family attended.
My wife gave her a bunch of loose pictures that we had arranged as to the ones with other people on the pictures with us on the top including pictures of the wedding and reception showing a lot of people. She only asked where was the wedding and reception held at. She did look at all the pictures quickly.
At that point she gave us back the pictures, raised the green ticket and told us the visa was approved to go to Domex.
That was it, we were at that window for about 5 minutes.
We where home at around 9:15 am.
We were stunned it was so simple and easy. We had taken about 10 pounds of documents, call logs, joint bank account letters, all the copies of everything sent, extra originals, tax records, pay stubs, etc. We also spent quite some time practicing questions and organizing everything. Thankfully we were not asked for any of it.
Very happy, God is good!
Blessings and good luck to all! |
| Rating : |
Very Good |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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