Dee&Bryan's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Bryan Beneficiary's Name: Frendie VJ Member: Dee&Bryan Country: Philippines Last Updated: 2012-10-19 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Bryan & Frendie:

USCIS DCF I-130 Petition:       Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:     USCIS I-751 Petition:   USCIS N-400 Petition:

IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Date Service Center : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Manila, Philippines Marriage (if applicable): 2010-11-25 I-130 Sent : 2012-02-11 I-130 NOA1 : 2012-02-16 I-130 RFE : Last Update 04/13/12 I-130 RFE Sent : No RFE I-130 Approved : 2012-06-01 NVC Received : 2012-06-29 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2012-07-11 Pay AOS Bill : 2012-07-11 Receive I-864 Package : 2012-07-12 Send AOS Package : 2012-07-14 Submit DS-261 : 2012-07-13 Receive IV Bill : 2012-07-16 Pay IV Bill : 2012-07-16 Send IV Package : Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2011-07-19 Case Completed at NVC : 2012-08-09 NVC Left : 2012-09-27 Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : 2012-09-14 Interview Date : 2012-10-15 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2012-10-19 US Entry : 2012-11-04 Comments : Thank you Visa Journey for everything and good luck to all!! =) Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 106 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 242 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Manila, Philippines Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : October 19, 2012 Embassy Review : 02:30AM - Woke Up 04:30AM - Off to the USEM 05:00AM - Arrived at USEM 06:00AM - At "Immigrant Visa and K1 Applicant" line, present your passport with the appointment letter. They will give you a zip-lock bag and put bar codes on your appointment letter and passport. Then went direct to door number 2 intended for Visa Applicants here they will check your stuff and pass thru a scanner. My husband entered door number 1 as that door was intended for American citizens. You will then be leaded by a railings and on one of those windows they will ask for your bar-coded appointment letter and give you a number, mine was "6087". They will tell you what to do next. You will pass by a Snack Bar area, you can also sit there while waiting for your number to flash and eat at the same time. Entered another door and passed thru a scanner again and gave my appointment letter to the USEM staff just facing towards me after the scan. 06:30AM - "BE ALERT NUMBERS WILL BE FLASHED RANDOMLY". We sat on a chair and watched the queuing board for my number. My number flashed and went to window 41 for biometrics. USEM staff asked for my queuing number, name and birthday and have my fingerprints scanned. Went back to our seats after this. 07:30AM - Number flashed and proceeded to window 51, A Filipino screen-er looked at our docs and ask us "Who is your petitioner and full name?", "How did we meet?", "Do you have chat logs, emails and remittances record, wedding photos? If you do please present them later at the consul", "Have you traveled outside the Philippines?" then she ask for my new and old passport and she put it in another zip lock bag. Went back to our seats again and waited. 09:00AM - Number flashed at window 62, A very nice American lady consul interviewed us. She looked at us and ask us "How did we meet?", "What do you like about each other", "How long have you been married?", "What did you do on your anniversary?", "Bryan, how long have you been living here?", She asked for our wedding pics and said "Who's dog is this?" . We answered everything truthfully and bubbly, it's just like talking to an old friend. She was very nice and told us that my visa was approved, congratulate us and wished us good luck!!!!. 1 second after we are done we then went to window 69 where the 2Go window is, gave them my Visa delivery information sheet. Tips and Comments: -Bring a black pen -Wear something comfortable -Bring a sweat shirt if you want, it tends to get cold inside the USEM -You should stay away from those fixers outside the USEM but they will tell you important reminders anyway so it was not really that bad, I listened though =) -If you are lost ask one of the security guards and not the fixers -Make sure you line up at the correct line, Immigrant Visa Applicant and K1 Visas has the same line. There are line for seafarers and Non-Immigrant Visa Applicant, don't get confused =) -Answer questions cohesively and truthfully -You can wait outside at the snack area and wait, there also queuing boards there so make sure to focus and be attentive for the numbers to come out -No picture taking outside the USEM property. We did it twice and got reprimanded twice, LOL -Ang haba ng pila mga sisters as in pagdating namin dun ang dami ng tao, diko ma-imagine na ganun na pala kahaba ang pila when we got there -USEM staff para sa akin ay mababait naman madami kasi nagsasabi na masungit yung iba pero in general I think okay naman sila -Dami kong dinalang docs pero di naman hinanap sa akin yun, ang hinanap lang eh old passport ko and wedding pics namin -We thank God and hugged each other right when the consul said we are approved. yey!!!! Rating : Very Good

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