rutten's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: S Beneficiary's Name: L VJ Member: rutten Country: United Kingdom Last Updated: 2014-06-22 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for S & L:

USCIS I-130 Petition:       Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:     USCIS I-751 Petition:   USCIS N-400 Petition:

IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Date Service Center : National Benefits Center Transferred? No Consulate : London, United Kingdom Marriage (if applicable): 2012-11-13 I-130 Sent : I-130 NOA1 : 2012-12-03 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2013-12-23 NVC Received : Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : Pay AOS Bill : Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : Submit DS-261 : Receive IV Bill : Pay IV Bill : Send IV Package : Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : Case Completed at NVC : NVC Left : Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2014-06-06 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2014-06-13 US Entry : 2014-06-28 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 385 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 550 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: London, United Kingdom Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : June 22, 2014 Embassy Review : 06/06/14 - 08:30am Took National Express coach up from Portsmouth. Arrived at Embassy at approx. 7:45. GET THERE EARLY, as in about 45 minutes early. When I arrived, I thought my queue was large. However, by the time I entered the embassy (about 8:20) the queue had increased 10 fold behind me - no joke. It looked like it was at least an hour long and the stress in the people's faces when they first set eyes on the queue was palpable. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO TAKE PHONES INTO THE EMBASSY. The official website isn't too clear on this, but you can. I saw people with iPads too. Once in the embassy, I was called up before I could even put my belt back on. The 'pre-interview' was strange... The woman at the desk was a little muddled. My file had some other guy's medical in there (same last name)... frustrating, but it was resolved pretty quickly - she apologised profusely and simply fetched my medical from the other guy's file. Sat back in the main embassy section and it was quite pleasant. They have a snack bar in there and some televisions to stare at. One had BBC News 24, another had the US tourist board ads - quite interesting actually -, and the other had visa info. The 1hr 30m wait passed more quickly than I thought it would, and before I knew it, I was chatting to my interviewer. Middle-aged American male, seemed to just be ticking through the form while rapidly reeling off seemingly random, but clearly probing questions. Questions about how and where I met my wife (teaching English in South Korea), questions about her family, what my joint sponsor (my father-in-law) does, questions about the ceremony. Nothing really too specific though, it was quite general and he seemed satisfied I was legit. 'Congratulations - I have approved your visa. You should receive it within 7-10 workdays'. I responded by hurriedly thanking the guy, grabbing my stuff and darting out of there ASAP. The interview literally took less than 5 minutes. My visa arrived in 4 workdays :P Rating : Very Good

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