shoji's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Josh Beneficiary's Name: Shey VJ Member: shoji Country: Philippines Last Updated: 2024-01-08 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Josh & Shey:

USCIS I-129F Petition:       Dept of State K1 Visa:     USCIS I-485 Petition:   USCIS I-765 Petition:       USCIS I-131 Petition:       USCIS I-751 Petition:   USCIS N-400 Petition:

K1 Visa Event Date Service Center : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Manila, Philippines I-129F Sent : 2019-06-18 I-129F NOA1 : 2019-06-20 I-129F RFE(s) : RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2019-09-17 NVC Received : 2019-10-11 Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : 2019-10-17 NVC Left : 2019-10-29 Consulate Received : 2019-10-31 Packet 3 Received : 2019-10-31 Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2020-01-16 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2020-02-06 US Entry : 2020-02-08 Marriage : 2020-02-14 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 89 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 210 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : Agana GU Date Filed : 2020-02-18 NOA Date : 2020-03-02 RFE(s) : 2020-11-17 Bio. Appt. : 2020-07-31 AOS Transfer** : Interview Date : 2020-11-16 Approval / Denial Date : 2020-12-17 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Greencard Received: 2020-12-27 Comments : Got an RFE for I-944 even our application was postmarked before Feb 24. Still waiting for the decision, but they already received my files and I also included a receipt showing I-944 shouldn't apply in our case. AOS Interview Experience (Guam) Our schedule was at 8:00 am in the morning. We arrived at USCIS around 7:30am. We went inside at around 7:55 am. The officer was late, and the interview started around 8:20 am. I was called in first. I was asked to do an oath. Questions asked: · Basic info · How did we meet? · If I met his parents? · If he met my parents? Then she noticed that we were together for 5 years and I already visited him a lot before we applied for K1. I travelled to see him 1-2 times a year. Then she said “Oh, you’ve been together long”. After that she started organizing our papers. She said everything needs to be reviewed, and I do not need to redo my medical. Although our papers look okay to her, she said I needed to include I-944. Our application was postmarked before Feb 24, I didn’t answer back, even though I know that it shouldn’t apply to our case, as I haven’t checked USCIS website before our interview and the policy might have changed without me knowing. She called in my 2 k2s and my husband. She just asked us to answer the YES/NO questions in the form and let me sign it afterwards. Everything went well aside from the possible RFE. Interview lasted for around 30 minutes since the YES/NO questions took a lot of time for us 3. My husband was not asked about anything. The next day, status changed to RFE notice was sent. I start the preparing the papers for submission, I have them ready when I am preparing to submit our AOS. We received the RFE notice by November 25. I sent the response November 27. With the response, I included a cover letter noting that our applications are postmarked before Feb 24 and quoted USCIS official website. I also included a copy of our FedEx receipt and tracking history I printed from online. RFE was delivered to our local USCIS office on November 30. We got approved around 2 weeks after. Things I submitted for I-944: - Photocopy of College Diploma & Transcript (Non-Evaluated) - My Certifications for my job - Bank Statements of household - Land Titles - Car Ownership Certification

Employment Authorization Document Event Date CIS Office : Filing Method : Mail Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2020-02-18 NOA Date : 2020-03-02 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2020-07-31 Approved Date : 2020-09-02 Date Card Received : 2020-10-04 Comments : The card arrived in the post office on September 15 was delayed for delivery. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your EAD was approved in 197 days.

Advance Parole Event Date CIS Office : Chicago National Office Filing Method :   Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2020-02-18 NOA Date : 2020-03-02 RFE(s) : Date Received : 2020-10-04 Comments : The card arrived in the post office on September 15 was delayed for delivery. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your AP was approved in 197 days.

Lifting Conditions Event Date CIS Office : California Service Center Date Filed : 2022-09-19 NOA Date : 2022-10-04 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2023-01-06 Interview Date : 2023-12-27 Approval / Denial Date : 2023-12-27 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : No Green Card Received : Comments : I didn't receive my 10yr green card. After the N400 Interview, they already told me that I don't need it.

Citizenship Event Date Service Center : Online CIS Office : Agana GU Date Filed : 2023-09-28 NOA Date : 2023-09-28 Bio. Appt. : Interview Date : 2023-12-27 Approved : Yes Oath Ceremony : 2024-01-16 Comments :

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Manila, Philippines Review Topic: K1 Visa Event Description Review Date : January 17, 2020 Embassy Review : My interview went pretty fast. Took us around 2.5 hours to get in and get out. Waiting in line takes longer than the interview itself but everything inside is organized and people were very helpful. Below is my interview experience with my 2 K2s. We got our visa approved today. I want to share my experience for those who will have their interviews soon and as a way of me giving back to this wonderful community. I have a tourist visa before so I’m a bit familiar on how things go inside the USEM Manila. Here's my tourist visa experience last 2016: We arrived around 5:30 am. There are people who will offer you chairs for P30 each. There are also people who will offer services to print your photo or DS160 if you still don’t have one. There are people selling pens. Don’t buy pens, you don’t have anything to sign inside the building. Lines were divided per schedule, if people who are renting chairs told you stand up early, DON’T. You will still need to stand up longer. They just want you to stand up so they can rent the chairs to other people. I have my 2 K2s with me and my mom to hold my phone while we’re inside. No phones, electronics or anything with batteries allowed inside. People there ask for P300 if you want them to keep your phone. They will also ask for your valid ID if you want to leave your phone with them. Around 5:45 am, people started lining up to enter the building per schedule. There’s a lot of people today since some that were scheduled last January 14 were rescheduled to come today. Lines for immigrant visas is for Line 3 while lines for non-immigrant visas were in Line 1. They asked for our passports and DS160 and put a barcode on mine, the main beneficiary. We entered the building around 6:15am. Always have your DS160 handy whenever. You need this in every step. From there, groups were divided based on the barcode sticker that they put on your DS160 for pre-screening (A, B, C, D). The pre-screening area were almost full before 7:00am I can hear the ushers telling the guard to stop entry until further notice. Requirements asked for PRE-SCREENING: • PSA Birth Certificates • CENOMAR • NBI • I-134 from Petitioner • I-864 from Sponsor • 2018 W2 and IRS After pre-screening will be the fingerprint scanning (Window 51 and 52). After scanning, you will be ushered to the final interview area. Barcodes that end in 1,3,5,7 and 9 will be on the left side and the rest will be on the right side. A lot of people were given 221g before me. I can hear the consuls asked for the following: LCR and other papers for late registered birth certificates, divorce decree, CENOMAR and NBI with AKA, updated PSA copies and CENOMAR. For final interview, I was at Window 56. My consul was an American girl that’s a bit chubby but cute. They just asked my K2s their names and birthdays. For me, she asked me to do an oath before we start the actual interview. Questions asked. • What’s your fiancé’s name? • What’s his work? • How did we meet? • How many times did we meet? • How many times did he visit me? • What’s my work? • What are the countries I visited in the last 5 years? • How many times did I travel to the US and how long per visit? • Did my K2s travel before? • Wedding Plans She said that I’m well prepared given that I have both NBI and 2 CENOMAR’s containing AKA for change name. Then she said, “I’m recommending the approval of your visa. “She also asked for my old passport with my valid tourist visa and was automatically canceled on the spot. Thank you for everyone here in this group. If not for this group, I might have missed a lot of papers that can lead me to 221g. I’m a silent reader here, reading and researching help us a lot, although we hired a lawyer. For now, thank you again for everyone that answers the questions here. Hugss! And as they say, you’re next! Rating : Very Good

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