catm2oo5's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Catherine
Beneficiary's Name: Martanda
VJ Member: catm2oo5
Country: France
Last Updated: 2013-05-13
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Immigration Checklist for Catherine & Martanda:
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USCIS I-129F Petition:
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Dept of State K1 Visa:
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USCIS I-485 Petition:
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USCIS I-765 Petition:
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USCIS I-131 Petition:
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USCIS I-751 Petition:
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USCIS N-400 Petition:
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K1 Visa
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
Vermont Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Chennai, India |
| I-129F Sent : |
2011-08-23 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2011-08-31 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2011-12-27 |
| NVC Received : |
2011-12-29 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
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| NVC Left : |
2012-01-11 |
| Consulate Received : |
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| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
2012-02-13 |
| Packet 4 Received : |
2012-03-21 |
| Interview Date : |
2012-04-18 |
| Interview Result : |
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
2012-04-19 |
| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2012-05-23 |
| US Entry : |
2012-05-25 |
| Marriage : |
2012-05-27 |
| Comments : |
The first K1 visa, received on May 11, listed the wrong nationality.
VFS made this process much harder than it had to be. They gave false and contradictory information, and their misinformation cost us over 8 weeks of processing time and the first interview. HOW DO WE TELL THE US GOVERNMENT VFS IS INCOMPETENT? My State Senator wrote, I contacted the Consulate, but no one seems to know how to file official complaints against VFS. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 118 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 231 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Adjustment of Status
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
Boston MA |
| Date Filed : |
2012-06-04 |
| NOA Date : |
2012-06-06 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2012-07-06 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
2012-06-05 |
| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
2013-05-06 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
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| Greencard Received: |
2013-05-13 |
| Comments : |
No interview |
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Employment Authorization
Document
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
| Filing Method : |
Mail |
| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2012-06-04 |
| NOA Date : |
2012-06-06 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
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| Approved Date : |
2012-08-06 |
| Date Card Received : |
2012-08-18 |
| Comments : |
Original was lost in the mail! We finally got it in September, but the tracking said it came to Boston on 8/18. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your EAD was approved in 63 days. |
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Advance Parole
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
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| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2012-06-04 |
| NOA Date : |
2012-06-06 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Date Received : |
2012-08-18 |
| Comments : |
Original advanced parole was lost in the mail! We finally got it in September, but the tracking said it came to Boston on 8/18. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your AP was approved in 63 days. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Chennai, India
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
April 19, 2012 |
| Embassy Review : |
VFS has made our lives extremely difficult, right up to preparing for the interview. My French fiance, who lives in India, had all the documents prepare a month before the interview. We went together to VFS in Chennai, the closest office to where he lives, and went through our forms with the VFS people. We arrived with the HDFC demand draft, but the VFS people told us not to because I had already paid the $340 fee to USCIS when I filed the application. I was skeptical, so we didn't submit the Packet 3 then and I called VFS. They confirmed with confidence that he didn't have to pay another fee if I already paid the $340 in America. Then we went again to VFS (with the DD, just in case), and for the THIRD time VFS told us we shouldn't submit the money. Three weeks later, my fiance traveled to Mumbai for his interview, and the Consular Officer refused him entry because he didn't have the DD! He told the whole story and luckily secured an interview for the next day, then had to scramble to issue a new DD in the correct amount. When we called VFS, they insisted we "kindly send an email" -- to which we never received a response beyond the auto-generated reply! |
| Rating : |
Very Poor |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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