Ailema's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: David
Beneficiary's Name: Amelia
VJ Member: Ailema
Country: New Zealand
Last Updated: 2009-04-24
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Immigration Checklist for David & Amelia:
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USCIS DCF I-130 Petition:
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Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:
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USCIS I-751 Petition:
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USCIS N-400 Petition:
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IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
California Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Auckland, New Zealand |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2006-04-27 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2006-05-20 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2006-07-13 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2006-10-10 |
| NVC Received : |
2006-11-23 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2007-01-10 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2007-01-17 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
2007-01-22 |
| Send AOS Package : |
2007-02-02 |
| Submit DS-261 : |
2007-02-14 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2007-02-16 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2007-02-23 |
| Send IV Package : |
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| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
2007-02-26 |
| Case Completed at NVC : |
2007-02-28 |
| NVC Left : |
2007-03-01 |
| Consulate Received : |
2007-03-07 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2007-03-09 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
2007-03-30 |
| Packet 4 Received : |
2007-04-03 |
| Interview Date : |
2007-05-17 |
| Interview Result : |
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Second Interview
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2007-05-19 |
| US Entry : |
2007-05-30 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 89 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 308 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Lifting Conditions
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
California Service Center |
| Date Filed : |
2009-03-15 |
| NOA Date : |
2009-04-24 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
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| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
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| Approved : |
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| Got I551 Stamp : |
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| Green Card Received : |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Auckland, New Zealand
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
June 4, 2007 |
| Embassy Review : |
Originally my interview was scheduled to be 1 month from the time I got my pink letter in the mail. Given the fact that I'm sure not many people from New Zealand would be wanting to immigrate to the U.S, I emailed my consulate asking if it were possible for an earlier interview date as I already had all of my forms/medical results ready and compiled in order. I got a reply the next day which brought my interview forward 2 weeks! AND it was at 8:30am, which might be a problem for some people but not me. Honestly it just meant I wouldn't have to mess around for half the day sick to my stomach with nerves.
Interview was ridiculously easy! I arrived really early with a backpack stuffed full of relationship evidence and duplicates of every single form required for the entire process + the tax records of my spouse and co-sponsor and turns out I didn't need ANY of it! (I would still have taken it though  ) 8:30 was the time for first block of interviews. Perfect! besides queuing up for security before entering the consulate, I didn't have to wait at all.
The first woman I spoke to at the immigration counter just looked over my forms (the ones we had submitted to the consulate/embassies) to make sure everything was in order and then said I would need to wait a while for the actual consulate officer to interview me.
The actual interview consisted of only one question. He asked how long we had been married, that was it! I don't know if the things we had submitted looked very genuine or something but I thought overall that was wayyy too easy. He too looked over my forms, handed me some welcome forms/faq forms and said "Welcome to the United States!"
The only mistake I made was having taken in a courier bag with no tracking, luckily all I had to do was run down to the first level of the building where there was a postshop and run back up again :D |
| 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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