Monalisa22's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Lisa Beneficiary's Name: James VJ Member: Monalisa22 Country: Ghana Last Updated: 2019-05-23 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Lisa & James:

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 : National Benefits Center Transferred? California Service Center on 2014-03-04 Consulate : Ghana Marriage (if applicable): 2013-06-01 I-130 Sent : 2013-09-11 I-130 NOA1 : 2013-09-17 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2014-04-04 NVC Received : 2014-04-16 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2014-05-20 Pay AOS Bill : 2014-05-23 Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : 2014-05-27 Submit DS-261 : 2014-05-28 Receive IV Bill : 2014-06-13 Pay IV Bill : 2014-06-13 Send IV Package : 2014-07-03 Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2014-09-09 Case Completed at NVC : 2014-08-29 NVC Left : Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : 2014-09-09 Interview Date : 2014-10-07 Interview Result : Denied Second Interview (If Required): 2019-05-23 Second Interview Result: Approved Visa Received : US Entry : Comments : The petition was returned to USCIS 12/24/2014 due to 221g. USCIS received petition 2/10/2015..Still waiting for a decision. Received NOIR 3/11/2016. Attorney sent a response, USCIS received response 4/7/2016, Still waiting. Case reaffirmed. My husband had a second interview 1/18/2017. He was denied due to 221g. He was told DNA needed, wait for administrative processing and a co-sponsor. 5/25/2017 DNA test came back a match. Waiting for the US embassy to call. My husband was called to the embassy 1/2018. His visa was denied due to my divorce was not legal. Consular stated I had to divorce and remarry. Update: I moved to Ghana 3/28/2018 with our son to be with my husband. I refiled the I-130 petition at the USCIS office in Accra, Ghana. 11/9/2018. The petition was approved 11/23/2018. We received notice from the DOS my husband need to go online to schedule an interview. Since today, no appointment date available. My husband's interview was today 5/23/2019. His visa was approved. This process has lasted almost 6 years. I'm so thankful it finally coming to a successful conclusion. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 199 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 385 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Ghana Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : August 13, 2015 Embassy Review : Never in my life did I ever imagine me and my husband would still be apart for nearly two years. The same experience my husband had at the embassy in Accra is almost the same others have experienced with trifling consular officer KM. I'm starting to believe what we are going through is some kind of plan by the government. The American government is acting like gangstas. Taking people's money and have them waiting forever knowing damn well they are not going to approve them. If they don't want Ghanaians coming to America they should say so. Stop wasting people's time. How are you going to tell people they dont have a real marriage because they just met. You should have more evidence than that. Me and my husband have a 18 year old son and they still don't believe our marriage is real. Couples need to have a back up plan. If you don't want to live in Ghana find some other place. America is not all that. Rating : Very Poor

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