Josie07m11's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Tristan Beneficiary's Name: Josephine VJ Member: Josie07m11 Country: Australia Last Updated: 2019-11-21 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Tristan & Josephine:

USCIS I-129F Petition:       Dept of State K1 Visa:     USCIS I-485 Petition:   USCIS I-765 Petition:       USCIS I-131 Petition:       USCIS I-751 Petition:   USCIS N-400 Petition:

K1 Visa Event Date Service Center : Vermont Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Sydney, Australia I-129F Sent : 2012-03-14 I-129F NOA1 : 2012-03-16 I-129F RFE(s) : RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2012-09-24 NVC Received : Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : NVC Left : Consulate Received : 2012-09-24 Packet 3 Received : 2012-10-09 Packet 3 Sent : 2012-12-28 Packet 4 Received : 2013-01-16 Interview Date : 2013-01-22 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : US Entry : Marriage : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 192 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 312 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : Fort Smith AR Date Filed : 2013-04-23 NOA Date : 2013-04-26 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2013-05-29 AOS Transfer** : Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : 2014-02-03 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Greencard Received: 2014-02-03 Comments :

Employment Authorization Document Event Date CIS Office : Fort Smith AR Filing Method : Mail Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2013-04-23 NOA Date : 2013-04-26 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : Approved Date : Date Card Received : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Based on timeline data, your EAD may be adjudicated between June 17, 2013 and June 28, 2013*. If this date range has passed or your application is past due per USCIS processing times then you should consider calling the USCIS to inquire on your petition. If you have been approved please update your timeline.

Advance Parole Event Date CIS Office : Fort Smith AR Filing Method :   Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2013-04-23 NOA Date : 2013-04-26 RFE(s) : Date Received : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : There are not enough recent approvals in the timeline system to accurately approximate when your AP will be approved.

Lifting Conditions Event Date CIS Office : Vermont Service Center Date Filed : 2015-12-01 NOA Date : 2015-12-08 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : 2016-11-04 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Green Card Received : Comments :

Citizenship Event Date Service Center : Online CIS Office : Fort Smith AR Date Filed : 2019-06-02 NOA Date : 2019-06-02 Bio. Appt. : 2019-06-26 Interview Date : 2019-11-14 Approved : Yes Oath Ceremony : 2019-12-13 Comments :

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Sydney, Australia Review Topic: K1 Visa Event Description Review Date : January 22, 2013 Embassy Review : For my interview I flew into Sydney the night before and stayed at the City Lodge Hotel. (Only $89 for the night and they give you free cookies, tea & coffee in your room!) The next day I arrived at the MLC Centre at 8.30am for my 9am appointment. I took the elevator up to the 10th floor, walked around to the U.S. Consulate security room and in my nervous state managed to drag the door stop along with my small luggage bag half way across the room. Embarrassed I just pretended not to notice, and I guess nobody else had, so the door stopper remained in the middle of the room while I pulled my bags up through the scanner. They checked my bags and kept my suitcase there while I carried my papers up to the next elevator. When you get out of the elevator there's a woman sitting behind a glass walled room where you need to give her your passport. She'll check your name off the list and you'll proceed through double doors to the room where all the fun happens! You need to take a ticket for immigrants and then take a seat until they call your number. I literally waited about 2 minutes before I was called to submit my documents and get all of my paperwork in order. The lady got me to fill in a few things I'd missed on previous forms I'd sent in and then she asked for my receipt for the visa payment. REMEMBER! This is the $240 fee not the original $360 fee you pay when you first applied. It's different and you need to pay it at the post office before you come to your interview. She stamped the receipt and then added it to my file. Next she asked for my 3kg envelope and my passport. I also told her I needed to give her an original I-134 form because we had only submitted a photocopy with Packet 4. (Apparently they hadn't noticed but I wanted to submit the original anyway.) She handed me my police certificate back and told me to take a seat again. This time I waited longer. I can't be sure exactly how long I waited because the clock on the wall was broken and no phone to check but I'd guess it was about a 30-40 min wait. Finally when it was my turn I went to the window and the interviewer asked me to put my thumbs on the scanner, then sign a form pledging that everything I say is true. (A written oath). He asked me some basic questions first: - How many times have you been to the United States? - How long was your longest trip? - Have you ever been arrested? - Have you ever had any problems with U.S. immigration? - Have you ever lived outside Australia? (He actually asked me if I'd ever lived outside the U.S. and I asked did you mean Australia? He said yes. See they are actually human!) Then he asked me questions more specific to our relationship: - When did you meet? (I answered with dates of internet meeting, thus answering that we met online and then the date of us meeting in person) - When did your relationship start? (This one was confusing, because he was just trying to verify that our relationship started when we met in person, so I guess that's how they count the length of your relationship.) - Have you ever been married? - Do you have any children? - When do you intend to get married? - Has your fiance visited Australia? And that was it! I was worried about more intense questions but he was satisfied with my answers and my paperwork and approved my visa! I got a little piece of paper as a sort of momento. It says something along the lines of: 'Josephine Congratulations Your visa application has been approved.' Then goes on to say how long you have to wait for your visa and paperwork in the mail. Good luck to everybody. I worked myself up into a nervous wreck and I know most of you will as well, but afterward you'll look back and realise you had nothing to worry about and the relief will be sweet! Rating : Very Good

Local US CIS Office Review: Fort Smith AR Review Topic: cis_topic Event Description Review Date : November 21, 2019 Embassy Review : I had my naturalization interview at Fort Smith, AR on November 14, 2019! 💃🏻 It took all of 15 minutes and I was such a nervous wreck that I could barely show my happiness when the officer said that I was successful. We started with him making me swear an oath to tell the truth, then we sat down. An ipad was propped up to my left. A big, fat brown folder sat on his desk with my alien number written in large letters. I'm a huge genealogy buff so it excited me to see how many records my future descendants will get to access when my file becomes public. The interview started out a little rocky after we reviewed my personal details. For some reason a digit in my SSN was wrong but we moved on quickly. He reviewed my application first. I had overdue taxes from 2016 that I paid between applying for N-400 and my interview so he photocopied proof of my payment. I also traveled to China after submitting my application so he asked me for the dates and quizzed me a little on why I went there. I was prepared for this so no big deal. 💁🏻‍♀️ More application reviewing. This was the easy part although it did feel a little like an interrogation because he was rapidly firing questions and I (overthinking) thought he might think I was lying if I hesitated. Boy, my brain was fried. 🥴 At some point in the interview (I can't remember the exact moment) he asked, "What's wrong with Australia"? Lol that threw me off a bit. "Nothing", I replied with a smile, "My husband lives here." He nodded. Then he asked me to do the reading and writing test: (Sorry, I cant remember the exact phrasing) How many senators are there in Congress? There are 100 senators in Congress. (I wrote this on the ipad) Finally, we got to the civics test. 1) We elect a U.S. representative for how many years? 2) Where is the statue of liberty 3) What was the main concern for the United States in the Cold War? 4) We elect a President for how many years? 5) What does the judicial branch do? 6) What is the highest court in the United States? My interviewer enjoyed making me nervous because he said, “Unfortunately... I can’t give you anymore questions because you have correctly answered all 6 questions.” I burst into nervous laughter. Thanks, dude! 😄 I had to scroll and review some information on the ipad to verify that it was all accurate. It was really difficult to sign my name on the ipad, the lines would sometimes just stop and frustratingly wouldn't work when I'd apply my finger to the screen again. It is what it is I guess. USCIS system sent me an approval notice later that day. But I did not receive my oath ceremony notification until Nov 21, 2019. My oath ceremony is scheduled for Dec 13, 2019 at the same office in Fort Smith. I'm a little disappointed that it wasn't Harassment Level : Very Good

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