jamyestrella's US Immigration Timeline
Immigration Checklist for Jameliz & Alexander:
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USCIS I-130 Petition:
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Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:
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USCIS I-751 Petition:
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USCIS N-400 Petition:
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IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
Texas Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Dominican Republic |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2011-07-18 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2014-06-04 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2014-06-10 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2015-01-22 |
| NVC Received : |
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| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2015-03-02 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2015-03-02 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
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| Send AOS Package : |
2015-04-02 |
| Submit DS-261 : |
2015-03-02 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2015-06-04 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2015-06-06 |
| Send IV Package : |
2015-04-02 |
| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
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| Case Completed at NVC : |
2015-07-16 |
| NVC Left : |
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| Consulate Received : |
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| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
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| Interview Date : |
2015-09-29 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2015-10-06 |
| US Entry : |
2015-10-20 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 226 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 476 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Dominican Republic
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
September 30, 2015 |
| Embassy Review : |
Our appointment was for 9am and we arrived at 8:20. It was super packed! I wished we'd have arrived earlier. The traffic on the street which the embassy is located on was full of traffic. As advised by others don't bring anything electronic. My husband left his phone and a few of our belongings in a business around the corner. They charged him 500 pesos. All the staff was very pleasant, everyone from the friendly security guards in the entrance to the CO who interviewed us. My biggest issue was the wait time. We didn't get interviewed till about 12:30. The positive part is if you are hungry there is a lady with a cart full of munchies to buy.
Before our actual interview, about 2 hours after arriving a nice Dominican lady collected our civil documents and asked us several simple questions (Things like if we had ever been married before, if we had kids together and our phone numbers/my husbands address). We had a bit of a scare when she said our marriage certificate hadn't been legalized. MAKE SURE IT HAS THE STICKER WITH THE SIGNATURE ON THE BACK.Thankfully it was an easy fix. She explained we'd still be interviewed but we would need to stay with our passport if approved and send it in with the legalized marriage certificate. But this ended up actually not mattering in the end and I'll explain why in a bit.
About 1 hour and a half later they called our number for the interview. The CO was a pretty pleasant guy. He asked me if I preferred English or Spanish to which I responded, "for my husbands sake lets go with Spanish". Our questions were as follows:
-(To hubby) You guys have been married for a long time!My husband responded, "Yes, four years and two months". The CO chuckled, then asked him why we took so long to do this. My husband explained we were putting certain things in order.
-(to me)Have you lived together before? I responded that I stayed for extended times in DR several occasions.
-Do you have any kids together? No
-Do any of you have kids of your own? I responded that I did.
-(To hubby)What is the age of her daughter?
-(To hubby) Who is Emily Rodriguez? He responded "mi suegra" (My mother filled a I-864a for us).
-(To me) So you live with your mother and your daughter? We responded yes at the same time.
Then he said, " Well,everything is in order. Congratulations, your visa is approved!". He then surprised us with saying that our passport would be ready in 2-3 weeks. We asked him about the whole marriage certificate thing and he told us that looking at our case he didn't see it as necessary, that we were good. Goodness, what a relief that was! He asked for no pics or additional evidence.
I am grateful and excited to start our life in the states together.
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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
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