matteo&John's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Matteo
Beneficiary's Name: John
VJ Member: matteo&John
Country: Colombia
Last Updated: 2021-01-14
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Immigration Checklist for Matteo & John:
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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 : |
Bogota, Colombia |
| I-129F Sent : |
2016-07-06 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2016-07-11 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2016-09-13 |
| NVC Received : |
2016-09-26 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
2016-09-26 |
| NVC Left : |
2016-09-28 |
| Consulate Received : |
2016-10-04 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2016-10-04 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
2016-10-04 |
| Packet 4 Received : |
2016-10-04 |
| Interview Date : |
2016-10-21 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2016-10-27 |
| US Entry : |
2016-11-05 |
| Marriage : |
2016-11-07 |
| Comments : |
No issues for POE. My fiancé did not speak English and was received by an African American & Asian Immigration officers. Took his fingerprints and Photo and was on his way to the next flight |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 64 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 102 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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| Event |
Date |
| Port of Entry : |
Atlanta |
| POE Date : |
2016-11-05 |
| 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 : |
San Antonio TX |
| Date Filed : |
2017-02-21 |
| NOA Date : |
2017-03-08 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2017-03-31 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
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| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
2017-07-15 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
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| Greencard Received: |
2017-07-21 |
| Comments : |
No Interview for AOS!!! We are blessed!! |
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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 : |
2017-02-21 |
| NOA Date : |
2017-03-08 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2017-03-31 |
| Approved Date : |
2017-05-31 |
| Date Card Received : |
2017-06-07 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your EAD was approved in 99 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 : |
2017-02-21 |
| NOA Date : |
2017-03-08 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Date Received : |
2017-06-07 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your AP was approved in 99 days. |
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Lifting Conditions
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
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| Date Filed : |
2019-06-28 |
| NOA Date : |
2019-07-03 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2019-11-12 |
| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
2020-05-07 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
No |
| Green Card Received : |
2020-05-15 |
| Comments : |
No interview throughout the whole process. We are very happy with how things played out and very happy after almost 4 years or marriage |
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Citizenship
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Date |
| Service Center : |
Online |
| CIS Office : |
San Antonio TX |
| Date Filed : |
2020-09-22 |
| NOA Date : |
2020-09-22 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2020-11-02 |
| Interview Date : |
2021-01-12 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Oath Ceremony : |
2021-01-12 |
| Comments : |
Biometrics were not taken. They will use prior biometrics taken.
Interview 30 min. Officer asked to raise my hand and swear to tell the truth. Asked for documents and green card, asked about 5 civic questions, asked to read a frase “who lives in the White Houseâ€. He asked to write: “the president lives in the White Houseâ€. Then moved to the yes/no answers and tax questions, last time outside the country. Then got approved. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Bogota, Colombia
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
October 22, 2016 |
| Embassy Review : |
My fiancé's visa approval was very straight forward. Anyone that goes thru this consulate need to plan at least 1 week prior to your interview. Lab Testing takes 2 days then medical exam after 2 days, the following day you pick up your results and then interview the next day. Plan to be there Monday to Friday and works perfectly. (That's if you live outside of Bogota).
My fiancé arrived at 7:30, his appointment was at 8:00. and by 9:30 he was already out of the embassy.
He had to go thru those filters that everyone seem to talk about: first you go thru security then someone give you a list to organize your paperwork, the next person open the medical exams and ask you questions and give your a number to go sit ins from of window 3-5.
My fiancé stated that there was 3 male American (white) consuls conducting the interviews.
As some one has mention here: they take a moment to review your application and scan thru the documents very briefly. Then the questioning starts:
The questions are composed of nothing else than logical basic information about you and your fiancé. here and there he would through a trick question: here are the examples:
1. Who is petitioning you?
2. Country where your fiancé was born?
3. How did you meet?
4. Where did you meet?
5. Where does your fiancé lives?
6. What does your fiancé do? (what is his job)
7. Then he asked trick questions like: is your fiancé an engineer? (I am not)
8. Has he come to Colombia to visit you? No I have not been to Colombia due to work scheduling.
9.How long have you known each other?
10. When was the last time you saw each other? What date? I guess he wanted to verify with the application information.
11. The last thing he ask was if I (the petitioner) was divorced. I have never married to anyone before, so that was a trick question I guess.
12. Have you (the beneficiary) been divorced? Never
Then he stated that visa was approved and presented him with the Domestic Violence Information. He also said that DHL will be contacting him to go pick up the visa when it arrives in Medellin.
Overall, very easy if your relationship has a good bona fides! |
| Rating : |
Very Good |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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