Ed and Elnie's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Edward
Beneficiary's Name: Elnie
VJ Member: Ed and Elnie
Country: Philippines
Last Updated: 2013-09-15
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Immigration Checklist for Edward & Elnie:
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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? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Manila, Philippines |
| I-129F Sent : |
2012-08-29 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2012-09-07 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2013-03-05 |
| NVC Received : |
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| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
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| NVC Left : |
2013-03-18 |
| Consulate Received : |
2013-04-01 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2013-04-05 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
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| Interview Date : |
2013-05-07 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2013-05-11 |
| US Entry : |
2013-06-06 |
| Marriage : |
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| Comments : |
Confusing transition from snail-mail notification at the Embassy to online notification, you have to check status at the Manila Embassy to know you are eligible to make your appointment either online or by phone (after paying the fee) |
Processing
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Your I-129f was approved in 179 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 242 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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| Port of Entry : |
Dallas |
| POE Date : |
2013-06-06 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
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| Biometrics Taken : |
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Adjustment of Status
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
San Antonio TX |
| Date Filed : |
2013-08-29 |
| NOA Date : |
2013-09-13 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
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| AOS Transfer** : |
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| Interview Date : |
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| Approved : |
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| Got I551 Stamp : |
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| Greencard Received: |
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Employment Authorization
Document
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
| Filing Method : |
Mail |
| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2013-08-29 |
| NOA Date : |
2013-09-13 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
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Processing
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Based on timeline data, your EAD may be adjudicated between October 20, 2013 and November 1, 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. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Manila, Philippines
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
May 12, 2013 |
| Embassy Review : |
Elnie and I had expected the very worst and prepared for it in every way we could. Our original petition was huge but well organized to help speed things along (multiple colored folders with clear tables of contents throughout) and Elnie carried updated evidence and explanations with her to the actual interview. We\'d prepared for her to be grilled about my income, my multiple previous marriages and our age difference, which is unusually vast. She carried letters from me concerning many possible questions and had memorized detailed information about my previous marriages, her living situation when she arrives in Texas.
None of it was needed, thankfully. Perhaps it was our many prayers, because the other reviews from that week also seem to indicate a streamlining and more lax attitude from the Consulate.
Elnie arrived on May 7 at the gate at 4am, which worried me in case she was the first to arrive and would have to stand alone on Roxas, totally defenseless and without a phone to call for help. As luck would have it, she said there already were many many people there and lines forming, but she was at the front of the K-1 queue. They allowed her to enter at about 6:30am and everything went slowly but smoothly. We had drilled on which papers to hand over and when, and she knew right where each was located in her personal packet. I won\'t go through the stages of the process since it has already been described in detail, only that when she got to the final interview the Consul was all business and asked her only the very basic questions, not requiring any of her evidence.
The only hitch in the whole experience was that at the 2GO window she seems to have been told her visa would be delivered in two to three weeks instead of the normal 3 to 5 days... but it could be that she was so elated that she\'d passed so easily that she wasn\'t listening closely.
Second hitch has nothing to do with the interview itself... she had flown from Cebu on a small cheapie airline which was delayed in both directions, but delayed 6 hours waiting to fly home. Then at Cebu she got her bag mixed up with another that looked exactly the same and that led to a few hours of panic since her bag contained many original documents that would be hard to replace, as well as her plunder from her post-interview shopping spree. javascript:emoticon(\' \')
UPDATE: BE WARNED THAT THERE IS A SEMINAR REQUIRED FOR EXIT FROM PHILIPPINES!
It is at the CFO office in Manila or Cebu. Elnie will attend Monday after she picks up her passport/visa at the Consular Agency in Cebu. Our dilemma now is whether or not she can go ahead and book her flight before the seminar, since I do have previous marriages and that seems to be a specific trigger for scrutiny. My feeling at the moment is to suggest she picks up her visa at 8am (She lives in Minglanilla, about an hour's drive away) and then book her flight at the airport, then go to the CFO and try to do the seminar that afternoon. If I decide there is a serious chance of delay due to the CFO, she'll have to make another trip to buy her ticket. I was extremely upset to learn about this hidden mine trap, because if we hadn't managed to learn about it, she would have been blindsided when she tried to catch her flight to USA.
(updated on May 18, 2013) |
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Very Good |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
*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.
** Not all cases are transfered
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