Ryan_Chialien's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Ryan Beneficiary's Name: ChiaLien VJ Member: Ryan_Chialien Country: Taiwan Last Updated: 2020-03-05 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Ryan & ChiaLien:

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 : Texas Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Taipei, Taiwan I-129F Sent : 2016-05-13 I-129F NOA1 : 2016-05-19 I-129F RFE(s) : RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2016-07-21 NVC Received : Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : NVC Left : Consulate Received : 2016-08-11 Packet 3 Received : 2016-08-11 Packet 3 Sent : 2016-08-15 Packet 4 Received : 2016-08-15 Interview Date : 2016-09-14 Submit Review Interview Result : Denied Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2016-09-26 US Entry : 2016-09-28 Marriage : Comments : Interview result denied due to missing police certificate from England for stay in England 15 years ago during grad school. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 63 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 118 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : Detroit MI Date Filed : 2016-10-08 NOA Date : 2016-10-26 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2016-11-15 AOS Transfer** : Interview Date : 2017-03-16 Submit Review Approval / Denial Date : 2017-03-24 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Greencard Received: 2017-03-30 Comments : We were told we would be approved but could not be approved on our interview date because my wife's medical exam conducted in Taiwan was missing one component. We had to get a test done at a civil surgeon here and mail back the results before getting approval.

Employment Authorization Document Event Date CIS Office : Chicago National Office Filing Method : Mail Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2016-10-08 NOA Date : 2016-10-26 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2016-11-15 Approved Date : 2017-01-09 Date Card Received : 2017-01-14 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your EAD was approved in 93 days.

Advance Parole Event Date CIS Office : Chicago National Office Filing Method :   Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2016-10-08 NOA Date : 2016-10-26 RFE(s) : Date Received : 2017-01-14 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your AP was approved in 93 days.

Lifting Conditions Event Date CIS Office : Date Filed : 2018-12-26 NOA Date : 2019-01-23 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2019-07-30 Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : 2019-10-15 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Green Card Received : 2019-10-19 Comments : Sent to Texas service center. Mailed on 12-26-2018. Received on 12/31/2018 Checked cashed on 1/3/2019 NOA Letter received on 3/14/2019. Biometrics on 7/30/2019 Approval letter received on 10/15/2019 Greencard recieved in the mail on 10/19/2019

Citizenship Event Date Service Center : Online CIS Office : Detroit MI Date Filed : 2020-01-10 NOA Date : 2020-01-11 Bio. Appt. : 2020-01-31 Interview Date : 2020-04-02 Approved : Oath Ceremony : Comments : Interview noticed received on 3/3/2020

Member Reviews:

Local US CIS Office Review: Detroit MI Review Topic: cis_topic Event Description Review Date : March 28, 2017 Embassy Review : We had our AOS interview in mid March 2017. On our interview date we went in and registered with the receptionist and went into the waiting room. We arrived about 20 minutes before our scheduled appointment time. We finally got called in about an hour after our scheduled appointment time. Our actual interview went very quickly. Maybe 10 minutes tops. We were asked to provide any proof of relationship we might want to add to our case. We provided a lot of photos, joint bank account and beneficiary statements from my work benefits showing her on them. They only asked a few questions, mostly verifying that what we put on the I-485 form was correct. My wife's birthdate and her parents names. The officer told us she would approve us but we needed to provide one missing test result from her medical that was done in Taiwan. Apparently there was a change in requirements for the medical that took place August 1st last year which was a month or so before her medical in Taiwan and the civil surgeon failed to do the additional test. We had a copy of the medical exam with us at the interview but it was the same information the officer already had. We spent the afternoon after the interview rushing to a civil surgeon's office to get the one missing test done. Our interview was on a Thursday. We had the missing test done thursday afternoon. The doctor's office provided us with the results the following monday. We fedex'd them back to the immigration office that recieved them thursday. We got an update in the USCIS system that her greencard was approved friday the following week. It would be really nice if they would have sent us an RFE for the missing test before our interview so we could have gotten it and returned it in the 4 months since submitting our AOS application. Harassment Level : Good

Timeline Comments: 3



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