JamieEmm's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: J Beneficiary's Name: J VJ Member: JamieEmm Country: Australia Last Updated: 2016-03-25 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for J & J:

USCIS DCF I-130 Petition:       Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:     USCIS I-751 Petition:   USCIS N-400 Petition:

IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Date Service Center : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Canberra, Australia Marriage (if applicable): I-130 Sent : 2015-10-02 I-130 NOA1 : 2015-10-23 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2015-11-13 NVC Received : 2015-11-23 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : Pay AOS Bill : 2015-12-15 Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : 2016-01-19 Submit DS-261 : 2016-01-15 Receive IV Bill : Pay IV Bill : 2016-01-06 Send IV Package : 2016-01-19 Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : Case Completed at NVC : 2016-02-04 NVC Left : Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : 2016-02-11 Interview Date : 2016-03-15 Interview Result : Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2016-03-23 US Entry : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 21 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 144 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Sydney, Australia Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : March 25, 2016 Embassy Review : My time at the consular office took a little longer than expected, mainly because I was also filing for a report of a birth abroad and passports for my two kids. So all up we were there for 3 hours which was a bit hard on the kids. There is a child play area, but it's really only for toddlers. I didn't think you could bring in very much so all I had for the kids was the back of some papers and they were able to grab a pen from the desk. Speaking of what you can/can't bring with you... I wasn't sure if we were going to be allowed to bring our phones into the building, but you can bring them in and leave them with the guards. They give you a number and put your things into a cubby and you get it back when you are ready to go. I could not see anywhere to get a drink in the office where you wait for interview but someone had a bottle so maybe they were allowed to bring it in. What happens when you get there is that you go to a clerk with your paperwork and they determine what you need to submit to the interviewer. Then you go through security and then you go up an elevator. When you get to the floor where they hold the interviews, you see another clerk who tells you what kind of ticket to take. Hubby got called up pretty quickly for the first part. Then he was given the domestic violence brochure to read and then had to wait for the interview. I don't know how long this took as we had no watch or phone to check the time. But I think that all up we were there 90 minutes for the girls and 90 minutes for hubby's visa. As far as the 'interview' there weren't many questions. We have been married 12 years and have 2 kids, so really the only question was around her noticing that he had previously received this visa (he lived in the USA for 3 years with me before), and questions about the paperwork such as who the joint sponsor was, a question about the joint sponsor's dependents, and when was the medical done (as it had only been done the day before they didn't have the records). There were no questions about our relationship. Then the woman told us that everything looks okay to her and the visa would be approved pending the outcome of the medical. One week later, we got an email saying the visa was approved. Then the next day the passport with the visa arrived. Side note - if you are going for a report of birth abroad this was a tricky one. In the instructions it says you need to show proof that the US Citizen parent lived in the USA prior to the child's birth. The instructions give you some examples of what you can use, but they don't tell you how much proof to bring, or from how many years. I could hear someone ahead of me going through this and they said they had to show that they lived in the USA for 5 different years and I think it was that 2 of them had to be after the age of 14. The woman was crying, as she didn't have enough proof and didn't seem to know how she could get it. I was starting to stress because I didn't know if I would have enough proof and I didn't want to have the expense of another trip to Sydney as well as bringing my 3yo back there. When I went up, the proof I brought for that was actually not enough as I brought most of it from the last year I lived in the USA. I was lucky that in my paperwork for hubby's visa I had brought my marriage licence and divorce papers from a previous marriage, just in case. They didn't need it for hubby but it gave me two more years of proof for my daughter's application for her citizenship! I do think that it's pretty crappy that they don't stipulate these requirements on the forms and instructions. If they had I definitely would have been well prepared! Rating : Moderate

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