billygoat's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Mark Beneficiary's Name: Neng VJ Member: billygoat Country: Philippines Last Updated: 2013-10-31 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Mark & Neng:

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 : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Manila, Philippines Marriage (if applicable): 2012-07-07 I-130 Sent : I-130 NOA1 : 2012-07-31 I-130 RFE : 2013-02-20 I-130 RFE Sent : 2013-05-20 I-130 Approved : 2013-05-29 NVC Received : 2013-06-30 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 : 2013-09-25 Consulate Received : 2013-10-03 Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2013-10-30 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : US Entry : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 302 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 456 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Manila, Philippines Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : October 31, 2013 Embassy Review : We arrived at embassy 5 am for 6.30 appt. there were already hundreds of people in various lines outside. we waited an hour outside then filed in, got a number, and proceeded to waiting area. i didn't realize there are four stations you have to go through, each one involving a wait of one or two hours...lots of people!! all the people were pleasant enough, the us consulate was nice and friendly. not too many questions. he asked me several questions (which i had already answered in the rfe etc) nothing challenging or difficult. he then had me sit and he asked my wife several questions about me, my business, her plans in the US...i got the feeling the questions were pro-forma....i had made certain we had all the documents before the interview, so our file was complete...(our file was ridiculously large as i had sent them a lot of info for the rfe, probably seven or eight inches high. they had asked lots of questions and required lots of additional documents in the rfe) we finished the fourth stage of the interview process and learned we were approved at 2 pm....a total of 9 hours..quite a day; more so since neither of us slept the night before..the status on the embassy website says issued..we are waiting for the courier to deliver the visa, then hopping on a plane to Hawaii...i spent almost a year in the Philippines spread over 5 trips here, time to go home. Rating : Moderate

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