Davis2015's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Trenecia
Beneficiary's Name: Kevin
VJ Member: Davis2015
Country: Jamaica
Last Updated: 2016-02-10
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Immigration Checklist for Trenecia & Kevin:
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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 : |
Jamaica |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2015-02-14 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2015-03-10 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2015-03-17 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2015-05-19 |
| NVC Received : |
2015-06-01 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2015-06-17 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2015-06-30 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
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| Send AOS Package : |
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| Submit DS-261 : |
2015-06-22 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2015-06-23 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2015-06-30 |
| Send IV Package : |
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| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
2015-07-30 |
| Case Completed at NVC : |
2015-07-21 |
| NVC Left : |
2015-07-22 |
| Consulate Received : |
2015-07-30 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2015-07-30 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
2015-10-02 |
| Packet 4 Received : |
2015-07-30 |
| Interview Date : |
2015-08-21  Submit Review |
| Interview Result : |
Administrative Review
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
2015-09-07 |
| Second Interview Result: |
Approved |
| Visa Received : |
2015-10-08 |
| US Entry : |
2016-02-01 |
| Comments : |
I requested an expedite due to my short notice military deployment. Although it did get approved, it was SO short notice, I left before they processed the expedite, so that is why I never sent the AOS and IV packages to the NVC because he will submit them directly to the embassy. Can't wait to get back home now!
After his interview, which was very quick and went very well, they placed us in AP because he didn't have the original signature of the AOS form (grrr). I had to sign and send it from my deployed location which took a month to get to him, but he received it on 4 September and sent it through their DHL courier service (free of charge) on the 7th. It arrived there the same day that afternoon and someone at the embassy signed for it. Two weeks went by and we heard nothing so I sent an e-mail asking for an update to the Embassy. They wrote me back and said they never received it (WTF?!) I e-mailed them back and asked them to check again because I tracked the document to the embassy and gave them the name of the individual who signed for it and time that it was signed for. They wrote back and again said they had nothing! I wrote back a final time and demanded to talk to a supervisor, or that someone call me or my husband because they were giving us bullcrap and I was done dealing with them at that level. It cost me $25 to send that ONE piece of paper and I was NOT sending another for it to take another month and them to tell me they never received it. Needless to say 2 days later they called my husband and confirmed receipt of the AOS form (OF COURSE!), but then made up some crap about needing my transcripts from 2014, which they already had. So I forwarded the same e-mail that I originally sent to them with the transcripts in them, and a week later, we were approved! Go figure! The process was hell and we were able to skip dealing with the NVC so I can't even imagine what everyone else goes through, but may God be with you all! There is an end! |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 63 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 157 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Member Reviews:
POE Review: Charlotte
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Description |
| Entry Date : |
20160201 |
| Embassy Review : |
Difficulty Rating: 0
Our experience with the Customs/Immigration officers was swift and pleasant. It was asimply quick as any transaction I've had coming back to the states from a foreign country. They opened his packet, made a comment on how lucky we must be to have made it through the process so quickly, and sent us to the last immigration stop before we could re-check our bags. The fact that I was in uniform (coming straight from my deployment to travel with him) may have given us the edge with the officers...maybe.
We sat in this room for about 30 mins or so while other passengers were being interviewed on their stay. (Just a note, we could overhear one officer questioning a gentleman who had apparently entered on a work visa. The officer was seriously grilling him, basically asking him what his entire life plan was while in the US and the guy didn't seem to have the answers the officer was looking for. He was with two other gentleman all their for the same reason I suppose and I didn't see any of them get through, and I saw one get taken into another back room, which he never came out during our time there. Make sure you know your stuff, what you're doing and what your plan is especially on a work visa.)
After witnessing that, we were prepared for a similar grilling by the time they called us up. However, they didn't ask us anything at all besides small talk about my deployment, our plans now that we're finally together, and the attending officer even asked how our process was overall. He did some stamping, typing, stamped his visa for the 1 year approval and told us his residency card would come in the mail anytime between 1-6 months, and to call if it hadn't gotten there in 6. (We vacationed until 9 Feb and the card was in the mail around the 12th).
And that was it. He bid us farewell, we returned it, and we re-checked our bags for our next flight. It was amazing and the only part of the entire process that I can say didn't make me want to pull my hair out!
Good luck! Just be honest, relaxed and truthful. You'll be fine! |
| Harassment Level : |
Low |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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