GK&OW's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: GK
Beneficiary's Name: OW
VJ Member: GK&OW
Country: Denmark
Last Updated: 2017-03-24
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Immigration Checklist for GK & OW:
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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 : |
California Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Denmark |
| I-129F Sent : |
2013-11-29 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2013-12-04 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2014-01-21 |
| NVC Received : |
2014-01-30 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
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| NVC Left : |
2014-02-03 |
| Consulate Received : |
2014-02-05 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2014-02-07 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
2014-03-03 |
| Packet 4 Received : |
2014-03-05 |
| Interview Date : |
2014-03-12 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2014-03-27 |
| US Entry : |
2014-05-15 |
| Marriage : |
2014-06-21 |
| Comments : |
If anyone sees the time it took us to get the visa, please note: We spent about a month preparing for the interview AFTER receiving the NOA2, meaning we could have done it about a month faster - but we were not in a rush and figured we'd just take it slow and prepare ourselves. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 48 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 98 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Adjustment of Status
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Los Angeles CA |
| Date Filed : |
2014-10-10 |
| NOA Date : |
2014-10-14 |
| RFE(s) : |
2014-11-20 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2015-02-12 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
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| Interview Date : |
2015-04-06 |
| Approval / Denial Date : |
2015-04-06 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
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| Greencard Received: |
2015-04-20 |
| Comments : |
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Employment Authorization
Document
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Los Angeles CA |
| Filing Method : |
Mail |
| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2014-10-10 |
| NOA Date : |
2014-10-14 |
| RFE(s) : |
2014-11-20 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2015-02-12 |
| Approved Date : |
2015-02-13 |
| Date Card Received : |
2015-02-25 |
| Comments : |
According to the online tool "My case status", I was supposed to receive a notice on Nov 22, but the post office could not deliver it. I requested a new notice, after 30 days I requested another new notice, after 30 days, I requested another new notice, after 30 days AGAIN, I requested another new notice. Never received anything.
However, immediately after my biometrics appointment, my EAD was listed as approved on the "My case status" tool.
My physical EAD card was received as an EAD+AP combo card on February 25, 2015! |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your EAD was approved in 126 days. |
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Advance Parole
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Los Angeles CA |
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| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2014-10-10 |
| NOA Date : |
2014-10-14 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Date Received : |
2015-02-25 |
| Comments : |
My AP was approved on Dec 30. I have yet to receive it on Feb 18.
Update: I received my EAD + AP as a combo card on February 25th, 2015. Apparently they were waiting to approve my EAD before sending the AP, as a combo-card. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your AP was approved in 81 days. |
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Lifting Conditions
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
California Service Center |
| Date Filed : |
2017-02-23 |
| NOA Date : |
2017-03-01 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2017-03-21 |
| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
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| Approved : |
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| Got I551 Stamp : |
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| Green Card Received : |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Sweden
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
March 20, 2014 |
| Embassy Review : |
Coming from Denmark, I had to go to Stockholm for my embassy, and that meant I had to first take the train to Copenhagen, where I would then take a flight (about 1 hour duration) to Stockholm - I flew with Norwegian for about 300 DKK(pretty cheap if you ask me), and took the Stockholm-Arlanda Express from the airport to the central station (about 20 minutes), from there, Bus 69 (outside of Central station) goes directly to the Embassies (Stop called: Ambassaderne), which also took about 20 minutes. But because the appointment was at 8:30 am in the morning, I decided to arrive the day before, and stay at a hotel overnight - which I will recommend to anyone not living in Stockholm.
When I first arrived at the embassy, at 8:15 am (15 minutes before appointment), I stood in the Immigrant-Visa line (as directed by the Checklist email sent by the Embassy), the security guards told me that K1s are supposed to go in the Non-Immigrant line nonetheless, despite what the email told me (which I found very annoying, and even asking inside they told me the same thing the checklist did <.<). I waited for about 30 minutes, watching security take one person at a time to get checked, until it was my turn. They asked me to take off my jacket outside the security-booth, and to show the bottom of my shoes, once inside they scanned what I had brought with me, and allowed me to go inside.
Inside the embassy I was guided to window G (which handle immigrant visas), where I was in line for a while until they wrapped up the people in front of me - the woman asked for my passport, and told me to sit down - about an hour later she called me back up, and I handed her all the items from the checklist, including my cosponsor documents - AND THIS IS IMPORTANT: If you have a cosponsor, GET THEM TO MAKE A COPY OF THEIR PASSPORT/CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIP to prove that they are a US citizen! This was not mentioned anywhere in the checklist or here on visajourney, and it caused a couple days delay (explained later). After handing her all the information she handed me a giant letter, on which I had to place 52(FIFTY-TWO!) stamps that I had bought at the central station, it took a bit of effort, and once I had done that, I handed it back and she asked me to sit down again. (Quick note: For proof of relationship I handed her; same photos that we sent with I-129F, travel tickets we had together and a newly dated letter of intent from my fiancée). The woman who was in charge of preparing and gathering all these documents was very helpful and pleasant to speak with.
After an hour of waiting again, I was called up to the interview at window F (the one next to G at any rate) - she asked me some quick standard questions;
How did we meet and where?
Who proposed and how?
Will you be having a ceremony?
and the questions went on in that regard, basically just asking how we plan on going through it all. She was overall very nice about it, and was understanding of everything I said.
She then asked me about my cosponsor, as mentioned previously, and told me that I needed proof of her citizenship in the form of a passport or a certificate of citizenship/naturalization/etc - which she said could be sent via email. She said once she received that email, the visa would be issued and received about 2 weeks after issuance.
After that, I was told that everything else looked great and that it I was done at the Embassy - so I left. A day or two later we sent the email with the scanned proof from our cosponsor, and approximately 2 days later the visa was officially issued on https://ceac.state.gov. Now to wait 2 weeks and get ready to marry my fiancée!
So to clarify my rating of the embassy, I gave it a 4 because everything went by relatively smoothly - I gave it a 4/5 simply due to the issues with security and which line to stand in, and because of the fact that they didn't state to bring proof of our cosponsor's citizenship. |
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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
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