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Immigration Checklist for Eli & Leandro:
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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 : |
National Benefits Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Dominican Republic |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2011-12-16 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2012-09-28 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2012-10-02 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2013-03-05 |
| NVC Received : |
2013-04-01 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2013-04-05 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2013-04-10 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
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| Send AOS Package : |
2013-04-17 |
| Submit DS-261 : |
2013-04-18 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2013-04-21 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2013-05-23 |
| Send IV Package : |
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| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
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| Case Completed at NVC : |
2013-05-28 |
| NVC Left : |
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| Consulate Received : |
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| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
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| Interview Date : |
2013-08-29 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2013-09-02 |
| US Entry : |
2013-09-06 |
| Comments : |
POE Miami |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 154 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 331 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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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 : |
September 14, 2013 |
| Embassy Review : |
This is a quick review of how our interview went, straight to the point:
Our interview was for 8:45 on am and we got there at 7:15 am we immediately went up to the main officers right by the entrance and showed them our letter for the cita, they gave us a number and we got on line two I think, we waited for about 10 minutes (at the most) and then we were allowed to go in and through security. I must mention that we brought our 5 month old daughter along and I think that helped us not to wait so long at the lines.
Once inside we went to sit over at the area for immigrant visas (the area that in front of the cafeteria, DOMEX, and by the restrooms) all of that area was for immigrant processing. We got called the first time right after waiting for about 30 minutes the clerk at the window we went to asked for a few different things from what it had on the list on the interview appointment letter. Police report for my husband, marriage certificate of our marriage and a divorce decree from my previous marriage, and his passport (that was it). I gave them to her along with the pertinent translations to the Spanish docs, we brought everything and I mean everything just in case we made copies of all documents submitted to USCIS and NVC and if possible we also had original documents just in case they asked for them. SO my advice here is be PREPARED is better to spend a little more money and bring copies and original documents of everything you have submitted up until then and also try to think what other documents might be requested. In my case since we have a daughter together I brought her official birth certificate and passport as well as mine and all my IDs. Once we gave the clerk the documents she gave us another number and told us to wait and that we would get call out of order (the clerk was Dominican and she was OK). We went back to get a seat, we fed our daughter and changed her while waiting and then 45 min later we got called this time by the actual consul for the interview. We went together we got to the window, I pulled out our folder with all of our documents organized in the order according to what the appointment letter said and then also all the extra stuff we brought. The consul said hi made us do the oath, he asked if my husband speak English we said no and then he said that first he was going to talk to me in English and then in Spanish to him. Right away he asked how long we have been married, how long we dated, when we got married, how many times (me the US citizen) had been in DR, and what I did for a living. He asked about our daughter since she was there he saw her and told us how cute she is we said thank you of course. He asked me for her birth certificate and passport (see good thing I brought them), then he started talking to my husband in Spanish. He asked him if he had ever been in trouble with the law he replied no of course, asked him about how many times he had left the country and to go where, he answered with the dates and places where he had gone (3 different countries none of them US though) he asked to check my daughter’s and my passport again, and that was it he said visa aprovada he gave us the number to go pay at DOMEX, we said thank you and left. When we paid in DOMEX we asked to pick up the package ourselves in Santiago where we were living. We got the visa package 4 days later. One cultural shock took place here, when we went to pick up the package at DOMEX we were told to wait and then they made us come into an office. Once in the office they brought the package and OPENED IT!! I was furious at first I was like how dare this stupid (female dog) open private packages and right in our face! Then my husband explained to me that they do that to help people understand what their package contains and what envelopes cannot be open. So this was our visa experience, it was a lot smoother that I was expecting it to be. I am glad this part is over and I have to thank people in this website for being very helpful like MARISOLYPAPITO…Girl you rock thank you for always being willing to share the knowledge! And I hope this review can be of assistance to other people…remember be PREPARED don’t leave things for the last minute.
This is a list of some of the extra stuff we brought:
*Album
*Birth certificates everyone all original and translated
*all Spanish docs translated
*print outs of Skype, viber, and tango conversations
*Facebook profiles print outs showing our married status
*Emails (screen shot of all emails ever sent do a search on inbox and take a pic at results)
*Bank info and anything financial linking us
*cellphone statements showing all calls
*Bona fide letters (ask people again to give you some)
*anything linking us house lease in DR etc.
Hope it helps!
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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
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