FabtheFab's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Eric
Beneficiary's Name: Fabiana
VJ Member: FabtheFab
Country: Brazil
Last Updated: 2016-01-01
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Immigration Checklist for Eric & Fabiana:
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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 : |
Nebraska Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2015-01-17 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2015-02-24 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2015-02-27 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2015-07-17 |
| NVC Received : |
2015-08-03 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2015-08-14 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2015-08-15 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
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| Send AOS Package : |
2015-08-25 |
| Submit DS-261 : |
2015-08-14 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2015-08-21 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2015-08-21 |
| Send IV Package : |
2015-08-25 |
| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
2015-10-05 |
| Case Completed at NVC : |
2015-09-29 |
| NVC Left : |
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| Consulate Received : |
2015-10-12 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
2015-10-06 |
| Interview Date : |
2015-11-06 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2015-11-11 |
| US Entry : |
2015-12-31 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 140 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 252 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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Date |
| Port of Entry : |
Dallas |
| POE Date : |
2015-12-31 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
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| Biometrics Taken : |
Yes |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
November 8, 2015 |
| Embassy Review : |
PROS: We were approved!
CONS: We waited, and waited, and waited a lot... and watched people getting grilled in their interviews because the interview booth is exposed. It made me very nervous. They were not exactly organized.
But in the end, the whole process at the embassy was very simple and straightforward. If you have followed the guides and instructions from this forum, chances are that the interview process will be a mere formality.
The CO has asked me four questions:
1) When and how did you meet your husband?
2) What do you do for a living?
3) What does he do for a living?
4) Have you met his family?
And that's it. I was approved. My impression is that he just asked these questions for the sake of it, but that I was already approved from the documents review.
I will write a more thorough review in Portuguese with some tips. Feel free to send me a private message if you have questions.
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Aeroporto: Santos Dumont (SDU) - tente ficar no bairro do aeroporto porque é super pertinho do consulado
Hotel: Ibis Santos Dumont - Paguei R$ 169 para um quarto para três pessoas no booking.com. Foram sete minutos a pé ao consulado, muito prático. Nós saimos para jantar a pé a noite e não houve nenhum problema porque havia muita movimentação de pessoas que trabalhavam por lá.
Exame médico: Apesar da minha família ser de São Paulo, eu fiz o meu exame em BH com a Dra. Juliana. Fiz isso porque apliquei com a minha filha (8 anos) e todos os outros médicos precisavam de no mínimo 10 dias para receberem o resultado do exame de tuberculose dela. (Eu atualmente trabalho no exterior e tenho um período limitado de férias). Fiz a consulta e exames e no dia seguinte já tinha o laudo comigo. Recomendo muito.
Consulado: Ignore a fila fora e fale direto com um dos funcionários com a camisa do consulado. Eles vão pedir a sua carta de entrevista para que você possa entrar. Leve caneta. Não leve celular. Traga todos os seus passaportes antigos, principalmente se você tem outros vistos para os EUA.
Muito importante, para organizar seus documentos:
Pegue a carta de entrevista que o NVC te mandou (P4). Na lista de documentos, separe aqueles com as letras A, I, J, O, S - coloque a cópia original na frente e uma cópia simples acompanhando com um clipe. Basicamente é só isso que eles querem.
O layout do consulado é meio estranho. Quando você chega o Alex te recebe, faz uma pré análise dos seus documentos e te dá um formulário para você preencher. Aí há quatro cabines: duas de entrevista e duas de recebimento de documentos. Uma das cabines de entrevista é bem exposta - há uma meia parede cobrindo, mas dá para ver tudo se você se senta ao lado esquerdo da área de espera.
Depois de entregar meus documentos eu vi o Cônsul os revisando por uns 25 minutos. E ele lia, lia e não me chamava. Eu cheguei calma, mas comecei a pirar de tanto nervoso. Aí aparece um casal correndo e foi na cabine dele pedindo desculpas - eu finalmente entendi que o Cônsul estava os esperando. E aí eles ficaram lá mais uma meia hora - eles não foram aprovados. Eles chegaram depois de mim, então não houve muito ordem de chegada, eles não são exatamente organizados.
Quando chegou a minha vez, eu fui para lá sentindo que ia entrar num ringue... Mas o Cônsul me fez as quatro perguntas e me aprovou. Não durou nem três minutos. Meu marido veio para a entrevista comigo e o Cônsul nem olhou na cara dele. Parecia que a entrevista foi só para inglês ver, mas que eu já tinha sido previamente aprovada por causa da análise de documentos.
Minha entrevista era as 9:20, chegamos as 8:40 e saímos de lá meio-dia. Eles dizem para todos que precisam de 10 dias para devolverem o passaporte via Correios.
Fique à vontade para me escrever uma mensagem caso tenha alguma dúvida. Um grande abraço!
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| Rating : |
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POE Review: Dallas
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Description |
| Entry Date : |
2015-12-31 |
| Embassy Review : |
I did my POE at Dallas (DFW) with my daughter. It was incredibly smooth - it took me 30 minutes from the moment I left the plane to doing all immigration part and getting my bags and meeting my husband outside. We were worried about eventually missing a connection because of waiting for the visas to be processed, so he decided to pick us up at Dallas and driving to Oklahoma from there.
But it was a matter of luck, I think - my flight landed 30 minutes before expected, and I think we were the first flight to arrive on that day. It was 4:30 am. From there, I rushed with my daughter to avoid huge lines - we went through the usual "Non-US citizens with a visa" line that we would use before for visiting. It took us some 10 minutes of waiting there.
The first CBP officer was very nice and friendly. When I told him we were immigrating and showed him the envelopes he said "Oh, this is different. I like this!" - I did fingerprints then and he asked us to follow him to the secondary office. We got there at around 5:00 am. We sat down. There were two people already waiting there - they looked pretty stressed out - I am assuming they were trying to come with visitor visas and were sent to secondary. The CBP officer put my envelopes in a queue. The person who was processing it called the two people before me in order, and then called me and my daughter. We probably waited 10 minutes there.
He showed our newly stamped visas in our passports and said "This will be your temporary resident proof before the card arrives to your address". And that was all. He looked grumpy (maybe because it was 5 am) so I decided not to make any more questions and left.
We got our luggage, and when we went through customs I told the customs officer in advance we were immigrating (we had 5 huge bags). The custom officer asked if we had food or alcohol and I said no.
Then he said "Welcome to America"! And that was it. I'm very glad. |
| Harassment Level : |
Low |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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