dwarrell's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Marisa
Beneficiary's Name: David
VJ Member: dwarrell
Country: Australia
Last Updated: 2018-07-03
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Immigration Checklist for Marisa & David:
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USCIS DCF 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 : |
California Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Sydney, Australia |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2010-10-06 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2014-08-20 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2014-08-26 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2014-09-15 |
| NVC Received : |
2014-09-30 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2014-10-17 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2014-10-17 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
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| Send AOS Package : |
2014-11-18 |
| Submit DS-261 : |
2014-10-14 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2014-11-07 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2014-11-07 |
| Send IV Package : |
2014-11-18 |
| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
2015-02-05 |
| Case Completed at NVC : |
2015-01-17 |
| NVC Left : |
2015-02-13 |
| Consulate Received : |
2015-02-17 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
2015-02-05 |
| Interview Date : |
2015-03-24 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2015-03-26 |
| US Entry : |
2015-04-16 |
| Comments : |
Interview originally scheduled for 2015-03-03 |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 20 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 210 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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Date |
| Port of Entry : |
Los Angeles |
| POE Date : |
2015-04-16 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
Yes,Passport Stamp |
| Biometrics Taken : |
Yes |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
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Citizenship
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
Online |
| CIS Office : |
Portland OR |
| Date Filed : |
2018-01-16 |
| NOA Date : |
2018-01-16 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2018-02-07 |
| Interview Date : |
2018-05-01 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Oath Ceremony : |
2018-07-21 |
| Comments : |
Was offered same-day oath ceremony. Oath ceremony originally scheduled for 2018-06-07. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Sydney, Australia
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
March 23, 2015 |
| Embassy Review : |
Straightforward interview with friendly staff today. A few points to add to previous reviews:
- The security screening/x-ray area on level 10 is small, and they only process one person through the x-ray at a time. Myself and half a dozen other people waited in line for what felt like forever behind a guy struggling with a massive tangle of cables, and then going through all of his documents multiple times trying to find the chest x-ray CD (because you can't take that up to the consulate with you). So please, for everyone's sake, don't take a lot of electronics with you if you can avoid it, and BE ORGANISED
- The security staff on level 10 really appreciate it if you don't have a lot of stuff with you. I just had my documents, wallet, and keys, and they actually thanked me for making it easy by not having a phone or bag.
- After security but still on level 10 I had my interview letter and document checklist reviewed by one of two girls. I had submitted photocopies of my civil docs to NVC, and had the originals with me as requested. The girl told me to go and get a photocopy of each of these documents, despite me telling her that they would have copies upstairs. There is a place on level 10 that does photocopies, passport photos, and sells the Express Post envelopes, in case you forgot any of that stuff. But you then have to go back through the x-ray again when you come back from that. And of course when I submitted my documents upstairs they immediately handed me back the brand new photocopies, as they had copies in my file!
- Everything else is as per other reviews: wait for the lift to level 59; hand passport to guy at security (and admire view through window behind him); get buzzed through heavy door into the consulate proper; take ticket; get called to window to hand over documents, have fingerprints taken and stand in silence watching them review file; get called to different window for interview
- The lady interviewing me was very friendly and just asked some pretty basic questions - why my wife wasn't with me, how long we had been living in Australia, how long my wife had been back in the US, how we met, where we were planning to live, what we were planning to do for work. |
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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.
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