anamaral's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Brian
Beneficiary's Name: Ana
VJ Member: anamaral
Country: Brazil
Last Updated: 2015-11-02
** This timeline is also linked with a second member. **
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Immigration Checklist for Brian & Ana:
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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 : |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2013-08-31 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2015-03-23 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2015-03-25 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2015-04-21 |
| NVC Received : |
2015-05-15 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2015-05-26 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2015-06-01 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
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| Send AOS Package : |
2015-06-05 |
| Submit DS-261 : |
2015-05-29 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2015-06-12 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2015-07-05 |
| Send IV Package : |
2015-06-05 |
| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
2015-09-15 |
| Case Completed at NVC : |
2015-08-18 |
| NVC Left : |
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| Consulate Received : |
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| Packet 3 Received : |
2015-09-23 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
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| Interview Date : |
2015-10-08 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2015-10-09 |
| US Entry : |
2015-10-30 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 27 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 197 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
October 11, 2015 |
| Embassy Review : |
I'll write two separate reviews for medical exam and interview itself:
Medical:
I had my appointment with Dr Garrido in Rio de Janeiro, exactly one week before the interview. I scheduled my appointment with him 2-3 weeks before, all made by email with his effective secretary, Mrs Tania. I live far from Rio, so I flew the same morning, collected blood samples in the recommended lab close to his office (no appointment needed) and made my X-ray in the recommended clinic (2-3 blocks from the doctor's office, you must scheduled before). I chose to stay in Rio between my medical and the interview. I had all vaccines taken care before. The doctor is very gentle and professional, all went well. Tania told me the exams would be in the office within 24 hours, I chose to pick up the sealed envelope in the doctor/s office and take it with me to the interview (yes, it is possible - don't open it!!!) because I wasn't sure the mail (correios) would deliver it on time.
Interview:
My interview was scheduled for 9h20min. I arrived at the consulate at about 8am. The gentle people working on red collar shirt checked my name on their list and told me to go straight to the 2nd floor where the immigrant visa interviews are handle. Alex checked my documents and gave me 2 sheets to fill with basic information (name, case number, address, phone, email). After that, I was called in a window by another person who checked all my documents and had my case file. They check the documents you sent to NVC, return the ones they don't need, and you give them the ones you were asked to bring to the interview. After all set, they tell you to wait and the Consular Officer will call you by your name. The Consular Officer was a polite and professional lady, and the interview went like:
Oath - raise your right hand….
CO - Bom dia! Tudo bem? Do you speak English?
me - Bom dia! Yes, I do
(from now on the interview was only in english)
-What does your husband do?
- (i told his profession)
- How did you meet your husband?
- (i told a short history)
- And then, what happened?
- (so I told the long history until we get married, and the first 2 years of marriage)
- Congratulations, your visa was approved!
So I went to the post office (correios, right next to the building), payed the fee and went celebrate! javascript:emoticon(' ')
That was it!
Everybody was nice, polite and very professional!
Tip 1: It is quite cold inside the consulate, take a coat!
Tip 2: You can't take any bags or eletronic devices inside the consulate. I stayed in a hotel 2 blocks from it and left there (they kept my thing after check out) |
| Rating : |
Very Good |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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