Jarrod&Vicky's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Jarrod Beneficiary's Name: Vicky VJ Member: Jarrod&Vicky Country: Argentina Last Updated: 2017-09-06 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Jarrod & Vicky:

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 : Vermont Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Argentina I-129F Sent : 2012-04-13 I-129F NOA1 : 2012-04-18 I-129F RFE(s) : RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2012-10-25 NVC Received : 2012-11-01 Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : NVC Left : 2012-11-01 Consulate Received : 2012-11-02 Packet 3 Received : 2012-11-02 Packet 3 Sent : 2012-11-05 Packet 4 Received : 2012-11-14 Interview Date : 2012-11-29 Submit Review Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2012-12-05 US Entry : 2012-12-14 Marriage : 2012-12-21 Comments : I wrote a review both on the Embassy Section (Argentina), and on the POE Section for MIA. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 190 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 225 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : Miami POE Date : 2012-12-14 Submit Review Got EAD Stamp : No Biometrics Taken : Yes Harassment Level : 5 Comments : Really lazy officers at MIA.

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : West Palm Beach FL Date Filed : 2012-12-26 NOA Date : 2012-12-31 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2013-01-31 AOS Transfer** : Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : 2013-09-17 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Greencard Received: Comments :

Employment Authorization Document Event Date CIS Office : Chicago National Office Filing Method : Mail Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2012-12-26 NOA Date : 2012-12-28 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2013-01-31 Approved Date : 2013-02-20 Date Card Received : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your EAD was approved in 56 days.

Advance Parole Event Date CIS Office : Chicago National Office Filing Method :   Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2012-12-26 NOA Date : 2012-12-28 RFE(s) : Date Received : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your AP was approved in 56 days.

Citizenship Event Date Service Center : Lewisville TX Lockbox CIS Office : Philadelphia PA Date Filed : 2016-12-07 NOA Date : 2016-12-17 Bio. Appt. : 2017-01-03 Interview Date : 2017-08-15 Approved : Yes Oath Ceremony : 2017-08-31 Comments :

Member Reviews:

POE Review: Miami Event Description Entry Date : 2012-12-14 Embassy Review : Got to inmigration, asked an officer where to stand since I was a K1 Visa holder, and he told me to go to the Citizens line. Went through there really fast, was asked basic questions like when we planned to get married; and the officer requested my sealed envelope. (Never asked for the x ray, I still have it with me) He told me then "stand over there and just wait". I did for about 5 minutes, and then another officer came saying "what are you doing here, you can't stand here, it's a transit area" (not in a very nice way) to which I explained the other officer had told me to stand there. So this officer takes me to a second room and tells me to sit down and wait, "the process will be fast" he said, yeah... Sit there for about half and hour and nothing, you had 8 officers and only 3 were working, even saw one reading the newspaper online... I was worried about my suitcases, wondering who was going to pick them at the carrousel, didn't want to have problems cause they were unattended. Eventually, a lady from the airline comes to the room and tells me that my bags will be put next to the carrousel and that when I'm done I'll be able to pick them up. So far so good. Another half and hour goes by, and nothing. At this point I see people that came into this room way after me, leaving the room with their visas processed. I check and I see my envelope is still there waiting (mine was the only brown envelope there, so I knew it was mine). One officer goes to get it and hands it to another officer and he says "no dude... it's a K1, too much work, leave it to somebody else". So what do they do? They skip my file and keep processing other people... eventually, after almost two hours, I was fed up. Got up, told them that I've been waiting way to long and that at least I needed to go to the restroom if they wanted me to keep waiting. So, they let me go to the restroom and by the time I came back a lady was processing my file. It took them literally 10 minutes to do it. She asked me basic questions about my fiance and our relationship and reminded me the 90 days rule. I asked to check my I-94, to which she responded" oh, you've done your homework, you know about the process". Left the room, my bags were waiting and finally left the airport. My advice: go thinking it will take a while (2 hours in my case), because they are lazy, no doubt about it. Harassment Level : Moderate

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