chuqiao's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Ang
Beneficiary's Name: Yi
VJ Member: chuqiao
Country: China
Last Updated: 2012-09-13
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Immigration Checklist for Ang & Yi:
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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 : |
Guangzhou, China |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2011-11-28 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2012-02-08 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2012-02-13 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2012-05-31 |
| NVC Received : |
2012-06-27 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2012-07-10 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2012-07-10 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
2012-07-11 |
| Send AOS Package : |
2012-07-15 |
| Submit DS-261 : |
2012-07-11 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2012-07-19 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2012-07-19 |
| Send IV Package : |
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| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
2012-07-20 |
| Case Completed at NVC : |
2012-07-26 |
| NVC Left : |
2012-07-26 |
| Consulate Received : |
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| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
2012-07-26 |
| Interview Date : |
2012-08-29 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2012-09-06 |
| US Entry : |
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| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 108 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 198 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Guangzhou, China
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
September 13, 2012 |
| Embassy Review : |
8/29 – the document intake day at 12:30 PM. My wife arrived at 10:40 AM. She went directly to the area for immigration to line up – on the left side as described in the review cases on VJ. Some people were already there. Around 11:40, a staff member came. He asked people to form 3 lines. He then checked everyone’s passport and interview letter, and gave each one a green tag. After receiving the tag, she could go inside, through the stairs on the left to the 3rd floor. On the 3rd floor, there was a security guard, who checked the passport and interview letter again and took away the tag. She was then directed to go through a security check point. She needed to surrender her cell phone. The cigarette lighter, water and food should be surrendered as well. And then, she climbed to the 5th floor. Upon entering, a guy gave her a number card. She then sat there waiting to be called. It was 1PM by that time. She was first called to hand in the documents. After returned to the seat, she was then called to do the finger prints. She left the building around 3:30 PM. She said, the numbers were called randomly. She was not quite sure if it was necessary to be there early. She felt one could just show up before 12:30 PM.
8/30 – the interview day at 7:30 AM. My wife did not go there very early. She arrived around 7:00. Quite a few people were there. At 7:20, they started to check the passport and interview letter, and move the people inside. The people with a green dot pasted on their interview letters were allowed to go in first. They were probably investment-related immigration. My wife was interviewed around 9:20. Below were the questions that she was asked:
(1) How did you meet? (In a party. He went with his friend and I went with mine. We got to talk to each other and had many common topics together.)
(2) How did your friend and his friend know each other? (They were from the same city in Guangdong.)
(3) Could your husband speak Guangdonese or Fujianese? (No.)
(4) Could he speak Mandarin and English? (Yes.)
(5) Which college did your husband graduate from? (Tsinghua.)
(6) Is it the Tsinghua in Taiwan? (Yes.)
(7) Is his father still alive? (No. He died in 2007. – It should be 2006!)
(8) Did you visit Taiwan? (No.)
(9) Have you ever been abroad? (No.)
(10) Are a CCP member? (No.)
(11) What do you do for living? (I am a teacher.)
(12) What do you teach? (English.)
While the VO was typing something on the computer, my wife took out some prepared evidences, like our pictures, Emails and Skype records, and asked if he would like to see them. The VO said, “No. I trust you. You are approved!” My wife was so happy, thanked the VO, and left.
Upon leaving the interview hall, my wife suddenly remembered she was not directed to fill out the EMS slip, as described in VJ. So, she stopped and asked one VO if she needed to do that. She was told that it was OK and there was no need to do that. So, she left the building. After ~20 min, the Visa Center called her and asked to go back to fill out the EMS slip. It turned out they gave the EMS form to each one during the document intake time, however, without any instruction. I guess they expect the interviewee would fill it out and give to the VO during the interview. She should have filled it out and give it to the VO who interviewed her.
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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