Mrs Freeman's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Josiah
Beneficiary's Name: Luciana
VJ Member: Mrs Freeman
Country: Brazil
Last Updated: 2012-11-06
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Immigration Checklist for Josiah & Luciana:
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USCIS DCF 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 : |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2011-03-18 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2012-03-07 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2012-03-09 |
| I-130 RFE : |
None--PTL! |
| I-130 RFE Sent : |
None--PTL! |
| I-130 Approved : |
2012-07-06 |
| NVC Received : |
2012-07-13 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2012-08-07 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2012-08-08 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
2012-08-13 |
| Send AOS Package : |
2012-08-20 |
| Submit DS-261 : |
2012-08-08 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2012-08-13 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2012-08-13 |
| Send IV Package : |
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| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
2012-08-14 |
| Case Completed at NVC : |
2012-10-23 |
| 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 : |
2012-11-05 |
| Interview Date : |
2012-12-10  Submit Review |
| Interview Result : |
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
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| US Entry : |
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| Comments : |
We married by proxy *before* being together in person. A requirement for either the K-1 Fiancee Visa or the CR-1 Spouse Visa is to have been together in person. We were not eligible to apply for either visa until 2011-05-27, after being together in person for the first time. I would have gone to be with Lu 5 weeks sooner, as soon as I could (end of school term), which also would have started our visa process 5 weeks sooner, but she insisted I wait for until after an elective surgery for her instead. It then took six weeks (after my return from Brazil, 2012-06-12) and $1,000 to accomplish Lu's change of name in Brazil. I asked Lu to allow us to delay and wait for her name change until after we received her visa, to spare time apart, but she insisted and just did not feel our marriage was valid without it. Thus, we did not fully start preparing our I-130 application until Sep. 2012.
The completion of that application took us 6 months of time from that point, under some stresses and delays of things like a new job working far out of town and the death of a parent. However, we know another couple, friends, who went through the CR-1/IR-1 process between the U.S. and Ireland, and it also took them 6 months of time to prepare and send in their I-130. Also, I actually had our application ready 1 month sooner than sent in, but decided at last minute that our application would be stronger (and a non-attorney visa consultant we hired agreed; our case had some out of average weaknesses such as a proxy marriage ceremony and only one trip in person because could not afford more), so we waited 1 extra month solely to get an affidavit from our pastor to strengthen the "bona fides" of our marriage.
Our 4-page I-130 application was accompanied by 146 more supporting pages (selected and trimmed down from about 200 total pages), to total a 150-page I-130 application.
DS-230, Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration, sent with I-864, Affidavit of Support, to NVC on 2012-08-20. No field to enter date DS-230 sent in--needs a field. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 119 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 276 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Member Reviews:
Local US CIS Office Review: Albuquerque NM
Review Topic: cis_topic
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Description |
| Review Date : |
November 2, 2012 |
| Embassy Review : |
Good, solidly operated office. Made two visits to them before traveling to be with my wife in person for the first time and asked them questions about things my wife and I should be sure to do while together to best prepare for upcoming visa application. Asked questions about making married name change and such. Their answers were helpful and reassured me what we should do. I asked them why they don't take questions online or by e-mail or on the phone and it is to assure the identity of the person asking, they told me. |
| Harassment Level : |
Good |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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Individual results may vary as every case is not always 'average'. Past performance does not necessarily
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