chris-pung's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Chris Beneficiary's Name: Pung VJ Member: chris-pung Country: Thailand Last Updated: 2007-01-19 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Chris & Pung:

USCIS I-130 Petition:       Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:     USCIS I-751 Petition:   USCIS N-400 Petition:

IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Date Service Center : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Bangkok, Thailand Marriage (if applicable): 2004-11-23 I-130 Sent : 2006-02-24 I-130 NOA1 : 2006-03-07 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2006-05-18 NVC Received : 2006-06-19 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2006-06-26 Pay AOS Bill : 2006-06-27 Receive I-864 Package : 2006-07-18 Send AOS Package : 2006-08-01 Submit DS-261 : 2006-07-03 Receive IV Bill : 2006-07-28 Pay IV Bill : 2006-08-05 Send IV Package : Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2006-08-29 Case Completed at NVC : 2006-09-26 NVC Left : 2006-10-03 Consulate Received : 2006-10-19 Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2007-01-05 Interview Result : Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2007-01-08 US Entry : 2007-01-13 Comments : All went well until package got to Embassy in Bangkok. They were very slow inputting data, and setting interview date. Embassy hires local staff, and they are slow. Otherwise smooth process. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 72 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 304 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : San Francisco POE Date : 2007-01-13 Got EAD Stamp : Biometrics Taken : Harassment Level : 0 Comments :

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Bangkok, Thailand Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : January 19, 2007 Embassy Review : This Embassy is godawful slow processing packages. We cleared Homeland Security and NVC in six months, but it took Bangkok Embassy 4 months from time they received package to interview date. Suspect that it is combination of fact that local Thai staff office procedures are inept (I used to work for a Thai engineering firm, so I know just how bad it is), and that Embassy interviews quite a few Filipinos (about 50% of interviews held there are for Filipino cases). On interview date, went to window and checked-in. They called us back after 30 minutes, and told us "O.K., your paperwork is in order. Congratulations, pick up your visa tomorrow." Simple for us because we made sure all our paperwork was bulletproof before each step in visa process. Probably helped that we had 15 month old daughter, the staff oohed-and-aahed a low over her We were about 30 minutes late on day to pick up visa, and they had scheduled our appointment toward end of day (1500 hrs). IV Unit was open, but only one person still there, at window. We had to wait another 2 hours, because person who has to issue and sign papers had taken a break. Felt like punishment, and we are quite annoyed. Rating : Poor

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