CocoRico's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Eric
Beneficiary's Name: Constance
VJ Member: CocoRico
Country: Canada
Last Updated: 2017-01-25
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Immigration Checklist for Eric & Constance:
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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 : |
Montreal, Canada |
| I-129F Sent : |
2016-09-16 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2016-09-23 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2016-10-21 |
| NVC Received : |
2016-11-14 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
2016-11-15 |
| NVC Left : |
2016-11-16 |
| Consulate Received : |
2016-11-21 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2016-11-28 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
2016-12-12 |
| Packet 4 Received : |
2016-12-14 |
| Interview Date : |
2017-01-25 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
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| US Entry : |
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| Marriage : |
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| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 28 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 124 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Montreal, Canada
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
January 25, 2017 |
| Embassy Review : |
Hi guys! I had the interview at the Montreal Consulate today, and it pretty much looks like anything else you can read about interviews positive experiences, but I'm going to tell you anyways ( I know how good it can feel to read about how it's actually pretty smooth when you overthink in the anticipation of it!)
My fiancé and I arrived at 6:55 am for our appointment which was scheduled at 7:45, there was already someone waiting for the k1 at the door. Once they open the doors, you are allowed to enter one by one. My fiancé came in Montreal to accompany me to the interview, but for some reason the agent at the door told me that he couldn't enter, and even after I told him my lawyers told me he was allowed to, he said that it's not the lawyers that can decide that and that I couldn't let him in. A lady that came in after me came with her fiancé and had no problems, I think there might have been a misunderstanding with the officer and I, but anyways, my love had to go wait for me at a nearby Starbucks.
Once you enter, you are asked to hand out your passeport (on which they stamp a little sticker) and your paiement confirmation (some people were asked to show their DS-160 confirmation page, but it wasn't the case for me). The person then hands out a little plastic sheet with the order that you have to put your things in.
If I remember right, it's:
-Confirmation letter
-Passeport and photocopies of passeport
-Passeport size pictures
-Birth certificate
-Letter of intent
-Police certificate
-I134
-Tax return
Afterwards, you are directed to a metal detector, pretty much just like at the airport, and then they send you to a little waiting room where you all gather and then there's an officer who directs people in batch in the elevator that leads you to the 19th floor, where the interview takes place. On the sheet that says the order that your paperwork must be, there is a number. I was number 2, and really I got out of the consulate at 8:45 am. Arrive early, it pays 
You are first called to a glassed desk, where an agent asks you to hand him one by one the documents that were written on the sheet with the number. He also takes your fingerprints. It takes about 10 minutes, then he sends you back to the waiting area. You are then called with the same number, and here goes the interview!! It was pretty short and sweet for me, I had an awesome agent at the 7th desk, the guy asked me basic questions about the relationship and my previous stays in the US, took my fingerprints and basically told me I'd receive the visa within a week or a week and a half.
We had made mistakes in filing our I-129f and he didn't say anything about it, but I had a paper from my lawyers to correct it all and after the interview I told it to the agent, who seemed to think that it was no big deal but he was like: Okay well yeah I guess i'll take it and put it in your file (So much worries for my fiancé and I (mostly I) that were in the end not a big deal at all!)
So that was it for us, the really stressful part is over! Which you all the best of luck |
| Rating : |
Very Good |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
*Notice about estimates: The estimates are based off averages of other members recent experiences
(documented in their timelines) for the same benefit/petition/application at the same filing location.
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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