Giordan+Hailey's US Immigration Timeline
Immigration Checklist for Giordan & Hailey:
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USCIS I-129F Petition:
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Dept of State K1 Visa:
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USCIS I-485 Petition:
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USCIS I-765 Petition:
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USCIS I-131 Petition:
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USCIS I-751 Petition:
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USCIS N-400 Petition:
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K1 Visa
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
California Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Seoul |
| I-129F Sent : |
2018-03-14 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2018-03-19 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2018-09-21 |
| NVC Received : |
2018-10-25 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
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| NVC Left : |
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| Consulate Received : |
2018-11-02 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2018-11-15 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
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| Interview Date : |
2018-12-21 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2018-12-26 |
| US Entry : |
2019-02-20 |
| Marriage : |
2019-02-21 |
| Comments : |
Dallas |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 186 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 277 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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Date |
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Dallas |
| POE Date : |
2019-02-20 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
No |
| Biometrics Taken : |
No |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
When I arrived at Dallas airport customs, luckily there was only couple of people in the line.
I prepared my packet with the passport and handed it over to CBP officer.
He looked through my packet and sent me to the secondary room.
I was waiting for little over an hour. I was nervous if I miss my connecting flight because I only had two and half hours for it.
Fortunately the officer called my name and went up to the window and got my passport back.
There was no harassment, nor the questions.
And got on my connecting flight successfully.
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Adjustment of Status
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Tucson AZ |
| Date Filed : |
2019-06-05 |
| NOA Date : |
2019-06-10 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2019-07-03 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
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| Interview Date : |
2019-12-10 |
| Approval / Denial Date : |
2020-07-24 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
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| Greencard Received: |
2020-08-17 |
| Comments : |
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Employment Authorization
Document
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
| Filing Method : |
Mail |
| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2019-06-05 |
| NOA Date : |
2019-06-10 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2019-07-03 |
| Approved Date : |
2019-09-26 |
| Date Card Received : |
2019-10-04 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your EAD was approved in 113 days. |
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Advance Parole
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
| Filing Method : |
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| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2019-06-05 |
| NOA Date : |
2019-06-10 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Date Received : |
2019-10-04 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your AP was approved in 113 days. |
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Lifting Conditions
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
Potomac Service Center |
| Date Filed : |
2022-07-14 |
| NOA Date : |
2022-07-18 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2022-08-02 |
| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
2023-01-03 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
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| Green Card Received : |
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| Comments : |
Sent package : July 12 2022
Received : July 14 2022
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Citizenship
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| Service Center : |
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| CIS Office : |
Charleston SC |
| Date Filed : |
2021-04-01 |
| NOA Date : |
2021-04-24 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
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| Interview Date : |
2023-01-03 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Oath Ceremony : |
2023-06-27 |
| Comments : |
It took a while to have the oath ceremony scheduled due to name change. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Korea
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
June 26, 2019 |
| Embassy Review : |
I had my interview back in December 21, 2018.
My appointment was 8:30 am and got there around 7 in the morning just in case. There were two lines in front of the gate, for nonimmigrant visa interview and immigrant visa interview. It’s little bit confusing K1 is no immigrant visa for USCIS but it’s treated as an immigrant visa by consulate.
My fiancé (now my husband) and I entered around 8 but the officers told us the appointment time is not that important and to wait till they call my name.
I guess we waited for couple of hours to submit all documents we prepared and waited another couple of hours to get actually interview.
In March, 2018, I was rejected to enter the US cause we tried to get married on ESTA as we got advice from immigrant office on the military base. But CBP at SanFrancisco airport sent me back Korea to get a proper visa.
So that was my biggest concern before I went to interview.
So when my name was called, I went up to the interview window and korean consul started ask questions in Korean.
1. How did we met
2. Where is my fiancé stationing
3. What happened exactly in SanFrancisco airport.
I answered honestly all the questions and the consul asked same questions to my finacé separately while I was sitting back in waiting area.
And we both were standing at the window and the consul told us they need to ask SanFrancisco airport to check our story and the decision will make in two weeks because of the holidays.
We asked him if there is any chance to reject our K1 Visa because of the rejection record but he said it won’t be affected by anything unless I was banned to enter the US. As he sees our documents, he couldn’t find any reasons to deny our visa petition.
After he took my documents and passport, we got out of the consulate around 2 pm.
Since the consul told me it’ll take 2 weeks so I didn’t even try to check the status in NVC website. But I got a text message they sent my passport on December 26th and got my passport with visa on it and the packages on the same day.
Sitting and waiting with all worries was the worst part of it but the consul was very nice and gentle guy. And all process was unexpectedly fast.
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| Rating : |
Very Good |
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Timeline Comments: 3Hi, I was looking to file from Tuscon AZ for AOS process from K1... I noticed approvals after interviews are usually quick, but see yours took some time? Do you know if this is normal?
Yeah. My case has some issues with previous visa process so we went through waiver process. That’s why it took longer than other cases :)
Was your biometrics waived/re-used for I-751?
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Individual results may vary as every case is not always 'average'. Past performance does not necessarily
predict future results. The 'as early as date' may change over time based on current reported processing
times from members. There have historically been cases where a benefit/petition/application processing
briefly slows down or stops and this can not be predicted. Use these dates as reference only and do not
rely on them for planning. As always you should check the
USCIS processing times to see if your application
is past due.
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ver 5.0
NB5347 on 2021-05-28 said: