vbtwo's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Vladimir
Beneficiary's Name: Natalia
VJ Member: vbtwo
Country: Ukraine
Last Updated: 2022-01-19
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Immigration Checklist for Vladimir & Natalia:
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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? |
Texas Service Center on 2013-05-24 |
| Consulate : |
Ukraine |
| I-129F Sent : |
2013-01-04 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2013-01-10 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2013-07-02 |
| NVC Received : |
2013-07-26 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
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| NVC Left : |
2013-07-29 |
| Consulate Received : |
2013-07-31 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
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| Interview Date : |
2013-08-21 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2013-08-28 |
| US Entry : |
2013-10-17 |
| Marriage : |
2013-11-21 |
| Comments : |
Transfered to TSC 2013-05-24 |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 173 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 223 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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| Event |
Date |
| Port of Entry : |
JFK |
| POE Date : |
2013-10-17 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
No |
| Biometrics Taken : |
Yes |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
Was really easy. We came to Terminal 1 at JFK. Asked what line to get into (citizen or visitor), the person told us to go straight to secondary office without standing in any lines at all. When we came there, there were no other people. They took passports, customs form, and brown envelope, opened it, told us to sit. After 2 minutes asked to come up and took fingerprints and photo, asked when we're getting married, put stamps in passport and told us we can go through the door to get luggage. We came out one of the first people from the plane to pass through passport control. It took no more than 5 minutes total. |
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Adjustment of Status
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
New York City NY |
| Date Filed : |
2013-12-30 |
| NOA Date : |
2014-01-06 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2014-02-04 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
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| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
2014-06-16 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
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| Greencard Received: |
2014-06-21 |
| Comments : |
Interview waived |
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Employment Authorization
Document
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
| Filing Method : |
Mail |
| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2013-12-30 |
| NOA Date : |
2014-01-03 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2014-02-04 |
| Approved Date : |
2014-03-07 |
| Date Card Received : |
2014-03-14 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your EAD was approved in 67 days. |
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Advance Parole
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
| Filing Method : |
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| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2013-12-30 |
| NOA Date : |
2014-01-03 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Date Received : |
2014-03-14 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your AP was approved in 67 days. |
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Lifting Conditions
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Vermont Service Center |
| Date Filed : |
2016-05-02 |
| NOA Date : |
2016-05-06 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2016-06-14 |
| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
2017-04-19 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
No |
| Green Card Received : |
2017-05-04 |
| Comments : |
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Citizenship
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
Online |
| CIS Office : |
New York City NY |
| Date Filed : |
2021-10-11 |
| NOA Date : |
2021-10-11 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
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| Interview Date : |
2022-02-09 |
| Approved : |
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| Oath Ceremony : |
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| Comments : |
Biometrics appointment waived - will reuse previous data |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Ukraine
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
August 21, 2013 |
| Embassy Review : |
Had interview scheduled for 8:30 am. I came together with my fiancee. We arrived at the embassy at 8:05 am. A nice gentleman checked our passports and scanned the visa appointment confirmation, and told us to wait in line to go in.
The line moved pretty quickly, about 10 minutes later we went in to security. Pretty much standard stuff, take everything out of pockets, put in small boxes, go through metal detector. Then another person uses a hand-held metal detector that's more sensitive to scan your whole body (it detected my watch for example that the regular metal detector didn't). They will take away anything that they don't want to let in (like your cell phone, also took away my Pebble watch) and store it for you until you exit. I don't know if they'll store anything large, but for small things they do store it.
Then you go on in to the main building. The person right at the entrance gives you a number and tells you to go sit and wait for your number to be called. The waiting room for K1/immigration visas is right there, and tourist visas have to go on a bit further.
Our number was called pretty much right away and you go to a window to turn in all your documents. They took the forms and photos, checked to make sure that they are filled out correctly, and ask you to correct anything that they find. They took the medical results, the original birth certificate, the financial support info, and finally the proof of relationship. They also took fiancee's fingerprints and then told us to go sit down again and wait to be called for the interview. He also gave a brochure in Ukrainian about domestic abuse and told fiancee to read it before interview.
This is where the major problem is. They only had one consul doing interviews, so he was only able to process around 3 people per hour. The interviews themselves took 5 minutes and then there was a wait of about 10-15 minutes before the next person was called (so that the consul can finish up paperwork for previous person and then take a look at the documents for the next person). There were about 10 people or so ahead of us, so we had to sit and wait more than 3 hours. There is absolutely nothing to do there while waiting, so it seems to drag forever. They do have a machine selling snacks and soft drinks, and they also have a machine selling coffee. The consul calls up by name, not by number. The numbers that you were given before are not indicative of the order that you will be called up to the consul, as we were called before another pair who had a number one earlier than ours.
Finally we were called up, he asked me in English if I was the petitioner and told me take a seat while he talked to fiancee. I sat at the seat closest to the window, so I was still able to hear the conversation. He conducted interview with her in Russian as she doesn't know English that well. He swore my fiancee in, took another set of fingerprints (only 1 hand), had her sign the 156-K form. Then asked a few basic questions (how did you meet? how many times did we meet in person? did she meet my parents? how did I know Russian? where I work?). He then told me to come up, and in English asked me a few questions (when did I immigrate to the US? how often and in what way to we communicate currently?). Then told us congratulations, you are approved, and gave back all the originals (birth certificate and evidence). He did not even look at or ask questions about any of the evidence in front of us, maybe he looked at it before he called us up.
In total the conversation with him took no more than 5 minutes and went very easy. The only bad experience is the long wait. |
| Rating : |
Good |
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POE Review: JFK
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| Event |
Description |
| Entry Date : |
2013-10-17 |
| Embassy Review : |
Was really easy. We came to Terminal 1 at JFK. Asked what line to get into (citizen or visitor), the person told us to go straight to secondary office without standing in any lines at all. When we came there, there were no other people. They took passports, customs form, and brown envelope, opened it, told us to sit. After 2 minutes asked to come up and took fingerprints and photo, asked when we're getting married, put stamps in passport and told us we can go through the door to get luggage. We came out one of the first people from the plane to pass through passport control. It took no more than 5 minutes total. |
| Harassment Level : |
Low |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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