MandS2016's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: M Beneficiary's Name: S VJ Member: MandS2016 Country: South Korea Last Updated: 2021-01-25 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for M & S:

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 : Seoul I-129F Sent : 2016-09-11 I-129F NOA1 : 2016-09-12 I-129F RFE(s) : 2016-10-12 RFE Reply(s) : 2016-10-25 I-129F NOA2 : 2016-11-02 NVC Received : 2016-11-28 Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : 2016-11-29 NVC Left : Consulate Received : 2016-12-07 Packet 3 Received : 2016-12-08 Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2017-02-13 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2017-02-15 US Entry : 2017-04-02 Marriage : 2017-04-06 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 51 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 154 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : San Francisco POE Date : 2017-04-02 Got EAD Stamp : No Biometrics Taken : Yes Harassment Level : 0 Comments :

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : San Jose CA Date Filed : 2017-05-03 NOA Date : 2017-05-09 RFE(s) : 2017-05-23 Bio. Appt. : 2017-05-26 AOS Transfer** : Interview Date : 2017-12-22 Approval / Denial Date : 2017-12-29 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : No Greencard Received: 2018-01-06 Comments : Biometrics: was originally scheduled for 5/31...went in for expediting of I-131 and asked if they could do Bio too. No problem. Interview: We got sworn in in the officer's office. Officer asked mostly about how/where we met. He asked about how often my wife had traveled to the USA. Where we got married and if we are planning a big ceremony. We told him we had a small dinner after ceremony at county clerk's office. He went through all the yes/no questions. Then the interview was over... I then offered him some pictures which he seemed to appreciate (but hadn't asked for). I also pointed at my wife's pregnant belly and explained she is 5months pregnant. He then gave us the form with "case is held while pending review" box checked. We were told that everyone gets that form and that he didn't see any issues and that we should be seeing an update soon. He then went on to say that cards typically take about 10 days to arrive in the mail after approval.

Employment Authorization Document Event Date CIS Office : Chicago National Office Filing Method : Mail Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2017-05-03 NOA Date : 2017-05-09 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2017-05-26 Approved Date : 2017-08-18 Date Card Received : 2017-08-25 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your EAD was approved in 107 days.

Advance Parole Event Date CIS Office : Chicago National Office Filing Method :   Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2017-05-03 NOA Date : 2017-05-09 RFE(s) : Date Received : 2017-06-12 Comments : Biometrics: was originally scheduled for 5/31...went in for expediting of I-131 and asked if they could do Bio too. No problem. 6/7 - AP approved after requesting expedited processing for I-131. Took ~10 days after InfoPass appointment to make the request. Officer in local office submitted request, processing center sent e-mail with instructions and requested us to fax the docs. Was quite painless. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your AP was approved in 35 days.

Lifting Conditions Event Date CIS Office : California Service Center Date Filed : 2019-12-02 NOA Date : 2019-12-10 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2020-07-15 Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : 2021-01-20 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : No Green Card Received : Comments :

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Korea Review Topic: K1 Visa Event Description Review Date : February 14, 2017 Embassy Review : K1 Interview Arrived at 710am for 8am appointment. First in line. Line started getting long at 715am. They opened up the door at 730am. We proceeded upstairs to check in. After that we had to go up one more floor to wait for the real processing of our papers. There we learned that being first in the building doesn't determine your place in the queue for processing as other people were called first. On the information display it says though: "Your interview will be conducted within 2hours of your appointment time". First our paperwork was reviewed by a korean clerk. When everything checked out she told us to have a seat and wait for the consul to call us. After my fiancee was sworn in by the consul he asked her a few simple questions: when/where did you meet your fiancee? How did he propose? When will you get married? (We answered that that depends on his decision with a smile on our face). He then concluded with: "your visa is approved. congratulations!". A very happy moment for us... The consular officer was very friendly and the process was very smooth. We are out of the building by 930am. Note: preparation of paperwork is key...we saw plenty of people get sent back to gather more papers. We didn't prepare much more than what was requested in the K1 pkt3 instructions. I did include tax returns of past 3 years (they only ask for "latest") and did include proof of income through a recent W-2. I decided to do that based on info from this forum. I didn't include any letter from the bank since my income was sufficient. Rating : Very Good

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