Mimicherie's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Gelda
Beneficiary's Name: Doocass
VJ Member: Mimicherie
Country: Haiti
Last Updated: 2021-04-07
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Immigration Checklist for Gelda & Doocass:
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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 : |
Haiti |
| I-129F Sent : |
2017-12-29 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2018-01-10 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2018-07-17 |
| NVC Received : |
2018-07-31 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
2018-08-01 |
| NVC Left : |
2018-08-06 |
| Consulate Received : |
2018-08-09 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
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| Interview Date : |
2018-09-19 |
| Interview Result : |
Administrative Review
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
Approved |
| Visa Received : |
2019-04-22 |
| US Entry : |
2019-05-03 |
| Marriage : |
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| Comments : |
Easy and smooth POE. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 188 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 252 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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| Event |
Date |
| Port of Entry : |
JFK |
| POE Date : |
2019-05-03 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
No |
| Biometrics Taken : |
No |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
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Adjustment of Status
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Hartford CT |
| Date Filed : |
2020-01-14 |
| NOA Date : |
2020-01-29 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2020-02-13 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
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| Interview Date : |
2021-03-11 |
| Approval / Denial Date : |
2021-04-07 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
No |
| Greencard Received: |
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| Comments : |
Interview was set for 10:45 am. We got there around 10:25 and got called up for our interview around 11:15am.
My husband doesn’t speak that much English so we had a translator readily available per the interview notice which clearly stated we need to be prepared with one since they will not provide one to us. When we get called
The CO asks if he needs a translator, I inform him we have one ready by phone that we prepaid for through a translator service. He hesitates and tells us to wait by the door, when he comes back about 15 min later he shares they have a translator for us by phone. I was grateful, but annoyed by this since we already paid for someone and was stressed out about this whole translator thing and if they would call us at the time we provided to the interpreter.
We sit in the CO’s office for our interview and they tell me to not
Speak unless a question is directed towards me and the CO literally goes through my husbands whole I-485 application line by line verifying and confirming what was written on it. We had provided all evidence previously but gave him some updated information such as bank, insurance and tax info. Also an updated Affidavit of support. The CO was cool and calm for the most part. My husband did well answering the questions, but stumbled on his answer about how many times I visited over the 5 years we’ve been apart. He remembered most of them but one date. No biggie though. He goes on to ask about our 2 year old son and then literally asked us when was he conceived since my husband was in Haiti at the time of his birth, so we reiterated the visit date of that year he was born. He checked my passport to verify the visit.
Last thing he asked was “do you have any photos you want to show me?†I respond, yes and provide him a stack of photos he goes through them about half way and gives them back and asked us if we have any questions. We say no and he shared the policy around green card approval/denial and tells us if anything else is need we’ll let you know. We leave and our case updates from “interview to interview complete case must be reviewed†. This made me nervous at first, but a few days later we get a letter in the mail. I have a case tracker app so I check that thing faithfully to see if any RFE’s were sent , but my status still said the same thing , so before opening the letter I assumed it was a denial.
Come to find out the letter was asking for us to compete a new medical since ours was passed their expiration date. I’m guessing cause of Covid and due to my K1 process taking longer than others experience. (Go through my timeline and posts to see why) we spend another $700 on a medical and send it in a week
From the date we got the RFE. When USCIS received the documents by mail our case status changes to “RFE received, USCIS is now working on your case again. 2 days later it updates to “your new card is being produced†then a day later it updates to “case approvedâ€. We were happy as all Heaven! ;) |
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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 : |
2020-01-14 |
| NOA Date : |
2020-01-29 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2020-02-13 |
| Approved Date : |
2020-06-12 |
| Date Card Received : |
2020-06-24 |
| Comments : |
EAD/AP combo card was received. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your EAD was approved in 150 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 : |
2020-01-14 |
| NOA Date : |
2020-01-29 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Date Received : |
2020-06-24 |
| Comments : |
EAD/AP Combo card was received. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your AP was approved in 150 days. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Haiti
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
June 29, 2020 |
| Embassy Review : |
My review is long over due. My husband (then fiancé) interview was held September of 2018. We had everything ready and he didn’t have any trouble getting into the embassy. It was packed per usual with interviewees and vendors trying to sell all kinds of items. My husband just showed his paper stating his interview appointment. He went in around 9am and didn’t go up until about 12/1pm. He provided the first window with all of the necessary documents including updated photos of us. They had him sit back down and then he was called to another window. He was asked general questions:
How we met..
Who does he know in my family...
How many times I visited...
How far along I was (pregnant at the time and had maternity shoot photos)
Everything was going fine until they got to the divorce document. They inquired about his divorce date and asked when did it take place. He shared the date that was printed on his Extrait archives. Unfortunately the translator service we used input the wrong finalized divorce date on our translated document by one day, because of this there was speculation. They provided him that immigration book along with his passport & 221g & placed him on AP. They gave him a 221g with no extra evidence being requested. It just said that further review was needed and they’ll get back to us. A long 7-8 months went by before they actually started doing anything with our case. During this time I was contacting my congressperson and emailing the embassy consistently. There’s detailed posts of what I did and how that went on my profile. Ultimately after such a long wait and uncertainty, we were granted our visa after having to do a new medical exam since the wait was over the Validity date of his previous medical exam. Once they started making moves on our case everything went by super fast after. I am beyond grateful that we are passed Haiti embassy stage. So much needs to be revamped as far as infrastructure and processing times, but I know the countries constant manifestations play a huge part in that.
(updated on June 29, 2020)
(updated on June 29, 2020) |
| Rating : |
Moderate |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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