HobGoblin's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: HobGoblin Beneficiary's Name: MaryJane VJ Member: HobGoblin Country: Sri Lanka Last Updated: 2007-10-05 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for HobGoblin & MaryJane:

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 : Sri Lanka I-129F Sent : 2006-11-27 I-129F NOA1 : 2006-11-30 I-129F RFE(s) : RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2007-02-23 NVC Received : 2007-03-02 Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : NVC Left : 2007-03-06 Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : 2007-03-19 Interview Date : 2007-04-05 Interview Result : Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2007-04-30 US Entry : 2007-05-18 Marriage : Comments : Did not receive pkt3 instead received pkt4 straightaway. After interview had to wait for Sri Lankan police clearance. Then had to wait 1 week more because the "visa printer did not work". Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 85 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 126 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : Los Angeles POE Date : 2007-05-18 Got EAD Stamp : No Biometrics Taken : Yes Harassment Level : 0 Comments :

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Sri Lanka Review Topic: K1 Visa Event Description Review Date : April 30, 2007 Embassy Review : Interview was at 1 pm but we werent let in until after 1.15pm. Because of this we missed 2 announcements asking to had in the interview letter at the counter .So we sat there for 2 hrs before someone noticed us and asked for the interview letter. This happened to several other people as well. The security folks at the gate are not the nicest people around. Interview was nerve wracking because the Consular Officer(CO) thought our relationship was not genuine. However, my Fiancee brought a lot of photos of us together with her. Once the CO saw the photos she approved the visa immediately. Turns out that the USCIS do not send the photos to the Embassy and so the CO had no idea. So its important to take all the photos you sent to USCIS again to the Embassy. However, we still had to wait for the Sri Lankan police clearance which arrived in app. 5 weeks time. After that it was more nerve wracking when the visa printer did not work and they couldnt print visa. But eventually we did receive the visa! I was going to give the Embassy 5 stars because they scheduled the interview so quickly and processed everything quickly, but because of the security staff and the problems with visa printer I only give them 3 stars. Rating : Moderate

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