ChrisOnyii's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Onyinye
Beneficiary's Name: Christian
VJ Member: ChrisOnyii
Country: Nigeria
Last Updated: 2021-01-15
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Immigration Checklist for Onyinye & Christian:
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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 : |
Nigeria |
| I-129F Sent : |
2016-03-13 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2016-03-22 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
2016-06-23 |
| RFE Reply(s) : |
2016-06-27 |
| I-129F NOA2 : |
2016-07-05 |
| NVC Received : |
2016-07-28 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
2016-07-28 |
| NVC Left : |
2016-08-02 |
| Consulate Received : |
2016-08-04 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2016-08-16 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
2016-08-17 |
| Packet 4 Received : |
2016-08-17 |
| Interview Date : |
2016-08-25 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2016-08-30 |
| US Entry : |
2016-09-07 |
| Marriage : |
2016-09-29 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 105 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 156 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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| Event |
Date |
| Port of Entry : |
Washington DC |
| POE Date : |
2016-09-07 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
No |
| Biometrics Taken : |
Yes |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
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Adjustment of Status
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Baltimore MD |
| Date Filed : |
2016-11-07 |
| NOA Date : |
2016-11-21 |
| RFE(s) : |
2016-12-07 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2016-12-08 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
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| Interview Date : |
2017-06-29 |
| Approval / Denial Date : |
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| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
No |
| Greencard Received: |
2017-07-07 |
| 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 : |
2016-11-07 |
| NOA Date : |
2016-11-21 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2016-12-08 |
| Approved Date : |
2017-03-14 |
| Date Card Received : |
2017-03-22 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your EAD was approved in 127 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 : |
2016-11-07 |
| NOA Date : |
2016-11-21 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Date Received : |
2017-03-22 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your AP was approved in 127 days. |
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Lifting Conditions
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Vermont Service Center |
| Date Filed : |
2019-04-01 |
| NOA Date : |
2019-04-13 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2019-07-02 |
| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
2020-06-25 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
No |
| Green Card Received : |
2020-07-17 |
| Comments : |
There was no Interview.
New Card Is Being Produced
On June 25, 2020, we ordered your new card for Receipt Number EAC1990xxxxxx, and will mail it to the address you gave us. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address. |
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Citizenship
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Date |
| Service Center : |
Online |
| CIS Office : |
Baltimore MD |
| Date Filed : |
2020-05-15 |
| NOA Date : |
2020-05-22 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
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| Interview Date : |
2021-01-14 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Oath Ceremony : |
2021-01-14 |
| Comments : |
I received my citizenship certificate two hours after the interview at the Oath Ceremony. I was asked only 5 questions, and I got all five questions correctly. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Nigeria
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
August 25, 2016 |
| Embassy Review : |
My Interview was scheduled at 6:30AM but I was there before 6AM. I took a taxi from Ketu to the Embassy.
My Interview took about 3 minutes.
As the lady was greeting me she was handing over the documents that my fiancee submitted during the filing process.
Then she asked the following questions:
Have you gotten married before? I answered
Has your fiancee married before? I answered
When did you meet? I answered
How did you meet? As I was answering she brought out COLLECTING YOUR ISSUED VISA form and circled a DHL address in the FORM and I said should go there and pick up my visa in 10 days time.
I was supposed to be out off the Embassy in less than an hour 30 minutes but I ended up spending 2 hours 30 minutes. I was supposed to be the number 5 person to be interviewed but I ended up number 23 because I forgot to remove my BANK token that I kept in my bag and the security guys sent me out to go give it to someone outside. I went out and gave it to the police officers at the entrance and came back and I was asked to the end of the line. I really felt bad when that happened. I also felt bad because the lady did not give me the opportunity to present to her all the evidence (Whatsapp, Emails, Skype, videos, facebook communications and call history) I came with.
Our case is a special one, we were supposed to wed in Nigeria in May but the Hospital that my fiancee works with refused to grant her leave of absence to come to Nigeria for our wedding because she came to Nigeria in In December 2015 and spent 50 days before going back to the US in January. We actually met in Nigeria in a Church program when she came to Nigeria in December 2015, it was our first meeting. We fell in love after the program and decided to get married in Nigeria in May, but when she applied for leave of absence she was turned down. That was when heard about the K1 visa and filed. One of the things that I did that helped our case was that I asked her to get a letter from her job stating that they cannot grant her the requested leave of absence and she did. God was behind the whole thing from the beginning, because we took lots of pictures when she came to Nigeria. I am not the PHOTO type but she made sure we took hundreds of pictures before she left for America. She actually included 83 pictures in the form I129 when she was filing. I believe the pictures helped too.
I am 100% sure that they approved the visa before the interview even started.
One other thing I want to point out is that we did not receive any packet 3 or packet 4 by mail from the Embassy. My fiancee called NVC and they said that they have sent our case to Nigeria, then she wrote the Embassy by email requesting for the instructions by email and it was sent to her and she forwarded it to me. That was all. We didn't wait for them to mail them to us.
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| Rating : |
Good |
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Timeline Comments: 1Hi,
Did you have to go with your wife to the citizenship interview?
Your reply will be highly appreciated
Thank you
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ver 5.0
Awsome on 2021-02-21 said: