Apalis's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: N Beneficiary's Name: T VJ Member: Apalis Country: Vietnam Last Updated: 2013-07-28 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for N & T:

USCIS DCF 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 : Singapore Marriage (if applicable): 2011-09-23 I-130 Sent : 2013-01-20 I-130 NOA1 : 2013-01-30 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2013-03-04 NVC Received : 2013-03-22 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2013-03-27 Pay AOS Bill : 2013-03-27 Receive I-864 Package : 2013-03-27 Send AOS Package : 2013-03-31 Submit DS-261 : 2013-03-27 Receive IV Bill : 2013-04-10 Pay IV Bill : 2013-04-10 Send IV Package : Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : Case Completed at NVC : 2013-05-24 NVC Left : Consulate Received : 2013-06-07 Packet 3 Received : 2013-06-04 Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : 2013-06-04 Interview Date : 2013-07-19 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2013-07-25 US Entry : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 33 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 170 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Singapore Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : July 20, 2013 Embassy Review : After hearing from previous VJ member about the Consulate starting to ask for more documents during the interview, we tried to prepare as much as we can for the interview. Here is a brief list of thing we brought to the interview: _ Copies of whatever you submitted to the USCIS and NVC (I-130 package, DS-230 package, I-864 package). _ Updated financial documents for the main sponsor and the joint sponsor (bank statements, payslip, latest tax return). _ Proof of relationship (a lot of photo, ticket stub, joint lease contract, etc…) _ Interview documents (interview letter, NVC emails, etc…) We came to the interview at around 12:15PM and we had to wait outside until around 1:00PM. After that, we were called to form a line in front of the security guard and started to enter the Consulate one by one. After passing through all the security check, you enter the first door in the left, which is the visa section. Take your queue number for immigrant visa and take a sit, they will start calling you to the windows for the interview. Depending on the time of your interview, the first interviewer will be either a lady or a guy. He will be checking all the things you had sent to the NVC and ask you all sort of documents. He asked my wife for my bank account statement and photo, as well as her original birth certificate and our marriage certificate (we submitted certified copies to the NVC). He is a strict but nice guy, as long as you understand and answer his questions correctly, you shouldn’t have any problem. Please note that if you want to join in the interview, you can but you cannot participate. The officers will ask you to sit down while they interview your wife/fiancée. Here are the questions they asked my wife: 1. What are you doing here in Singapore (he will ask to see your IC (EP, DP or S-Pass or your Singaporean citizenship card, don’t forget to bring them ? 2. How did you first meet each other ? 3. Petitioner’s job, basic info such as age, position, etc… 4. Information about the joint sponsor (we had one): relationship to the petitioner, current job, location, etc… 5. Photo documenting the relationship (wedding, first meeting, etc…). They are particularly interested in financial information of the sponsor for the petition so please prepare to bring all the bank statements and latest pay slips. They WILL DEFINITELY ask for it. After the 1st interview, we waited like an hour for the second interviewer. He’s an American but he looks pretty chilled so you can rest assured. He basically confirmed all the information you provided to the first interviewer as well as confirm things that he’s interested in knowing. Here are the questions he asked my wife: 1. What were both of you doing when you first met ? 2. Where are you going to live after getting back to the States ? 3. What is your plan after getting back to the States ? 4. How did you first meet each other? 5. What are you and your husband doing in Singapore ? 6. When do you plan to get back to the States ? After that, he will tell you whether your interview is a success or not and take your fingerprints. Sometimes, he might forget to take your fingerprints after the interview. DON’T FORGET TO REMIND HIM. Otherwise, he will call you up and ask you to return to the Embassy for the fingerprint. So yeah, if you don’t get any 221(g) or any form aside from the Domestic Violence info sheet and the instruction to register with Aramex for the delivery of your VISA and passport, your interview is a success. Congratulations !! Don’t forget to thank both of them for the interview before you leave, it’s not mandatory but it’s a nice thing to do. Good luck with your upcoming interview. Hope this guide helps  ! Rating : Good

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*Notice about estimates: The estimates are based off averages of other members recent experiences
(documented in their timelines) for the same benefit/petition/application at the same filing location.
Individual results may vary as every case is not always 'average'. Past performance does not necessarily
predict future results. The 'as early as date' may change over time based on current reported processing
times from members. There have historically been cases where a benefit/petition/application processing
briefly slows down or stops and this can not be predicted. Use these dates as reference only and do not
rely on them for planning. As always you should check the USCIS processing times to see if your application
is past due.

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