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nekotakacho's US Immigration Timeline

  Petitioner's Name: Richard
Beneficiary's Name: Kseniia
VJ Member: nekotakacho
Country: Russia

Last Updated: 2023-06-14
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Immigration Checklist for Richard & Kseniia:

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 : Moscow, Russia
I-129F Sent : 2018-03-16
I-129F NOA1 : 2018-03-20
I-129F RFE(s) : 2018-10-01
RFE Reply(s) : 2018-10-16
I-129F NOA2 : 2018-10-24
NVC Received : 2018-11-13
Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : 2018-11-21
NVC Left : 2018-12-12
Consulate Received : 2018-12-14
Packet 3 Received :
Packet 3 Sent :
Packet 4 Received :
Interview Date : 2019-01-24 Submit Review
Interview Result : Approved
Second Interview
(If Required):
Second Interview Result:
Visa Received : 2019-01-30
US Entry : 2019-02-26
Marriage : 2019-03-03
Comments : 2018-10-09 - RFE response was mailed by me to the USCIS
2018-10-16 - RFE response was received by USCIS
2018-11-13 - NVC received our case and are processing it
2018-11-26 - NVC assigned case number and invoice number
2018-12-12 - NVC emailed us notification that our case was sent to the Moscow US Embassy.
2019-01-24 - Interviewed @ US Embassy Moscow at 8 AM, with approval by 9 AM.
2019-01-30 - Passport arrived with K1 visa inside.
Processing
Estimates/Stats :
Your I-129f was approved in 218 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 310 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.


Adjustment of Status
Event Date
CIS Office : San Antonio TX
Date Filed : 2019-05-15
NOA Date : 2019-05-22
RFE(s) :
Bio. Appt. : 2019-08-20
AOS Transfer** :
Interview Date : 2019-11-04 Submit Review
Approval / Denial Date : 2019-11-09
Approved : Yes
Got I551 Stamp : No
Greencard Received: 2019-11-09
Comments : 2019-08-19 - Had to schedule an Info Pass appointment in the San Antonio office to inquire about our missing biometric appointment. Appointment was scheduled for following day with no real explanation as to why ours was never scheduled. USCIS officer said it's because of overload of interviews.
2019-10-07 - Received letter from USCIS for AOS interview schedule.
2019-11-04 - AOS Interview - 9:30 AM @ San Antonio USCIS office. Waited in waiting room for about 40 minutes, then interview was about 23 minutes long. Officer was very nice and friendly. No immediate approval but approval expected.
2019-11-09 - Received a text from USCIS, status update to "Card was mailed to me", stating Nov 7th 2019 the card was sent to us. Looked in my mailbox and greencard was there.
2019-11-13 - Applied for SSN at local SSA office, this time with success.


Employment Authorization Document
Event Date
CIS Office : Chicago IL
Filing Method : Mail
Filing Instance : First
Date Filed : 2019-05-15
NOA Date : 2019-05-22
RFE(s) :
Bio. Appt. :
Approved Date : 2019-11-09
Date Card Received :
Comments : Not sure when we were approved. Everything came with the greencard, we had to wait for everything.
Processing
Estimates/Stats :
Your EAD was approved in 178 days.


Advance Parole
Event Date
CIS Office : Chicago IL
Filing Method :  
Filing Instance : First
Date Filed : 2019-05-15
NOA Date : 2019-05-22
RFE(s) :
Date Received :
Comments : Not sure when we were approved. Everything came with the greencard, we had to wait for everything
Processing
Estimates/Stats :
Your AP was approved in 178 days.


Lifting Conditions
Event Date
CIS Office : Texas Service Center
Date Filed : 2021-10-22
NOA Date : 2021-10-29
RFE(s) :
Bio. Appt. : 2022-03-14
Interview Date : 2023-06-13
Approval / Denial Date : 2023-06-13
Approved : Yes
Got I551 Stamp : No
Green Card Received : 2023-06-13
Comments : 02-04-2023 - Case transferred to another office
06-13-2023 - Interview waived. Case officer told us she combined with N400.


Citizenship
Event Date
Service Center : Lewisville TX Lockbox
CIS Office : San Antonio TX
Date Filed : 2023-01-25
NOA Date : 2023-01-25
Bio. Appt. : 2023-02-16
Interview Date : 2023-06-13
Approved : Yes
Oath Ceremony : 2023-06-16
Comments : 06-13-2023 - Interview was pretty quick and very professional.

Member Reviews:

Local US CIS Office Review: San Antonio TX
Review Topic: cis_topic
Event Description
Review Date : November 7, 2019
Embassy Review : We had our AOS interview on 11/04, this past Monday @ USCIS San Antonio field office. We waited about 40 minutes past our scheduled time. Sign on the wall said if you wait longer than 45 minutes in the waiting room to contact a supervisor, but they grabbed us right before I was getting anxious.

Interview took about 23 minutes and was super easy. Basically he asked all the questions on the form, like "are you a terrorist" and "have you ever made bombs" and other things he warned us could be offensive or ridiculous. He said it's standard procedure and explained it very nicely.

He also said we were in a genuine relationship and he expects to approve us but needed to do a final background check and get his supervisor's final approval. He said it could take up to 4-5 weeks.

We were disappointed to hear it would take so much longer and that we weren't approved immediately. I was hoping to get a notification email or text, saying approved. But nothing yet.
Harassment Level : Good


Timeline Comments: 8

Nekotakacho on 2018-10-09 said:
10/01/2018 - Received RFE, which arrived in mail on 10/07/2018. They needed me to prove US citizenship because my birth certificate was a re-issued one. I sent the RFE response today, 10/09/2018 with a photocopy of my original birth certificate.
Nekotakacho on 2018-10-17 said:
10/16 @ 11:30 PM, I was notified via text message that USCIS received our RFE response. I expect NOA2 this week? or soon...
Nekotakacho on 2018-10-31 said:
10/30/2018 - I received our NOA2 in the mail. They did not notify us via email or text message, like they did for our RFE. I suspect our NOA2 has been sitting in my mailbox for 2-3 days now. It would be nice if USCIS was consistent in their communication channels, but whatever.
blank avatar Lordithica101 on 2018-12-12 said:
Hi, I also recieved a RFE and have been waiting for NOA2 since Dec. 3rd, when they recieved my RFE reply. I keep hearing it takes 92 days for processing after RFE. Did it really only take a week for you to have an approval after RFE reciept? Did you do premium processing or standard? I heard about premium but dont have that option.
blank avatar ViktorS on 2018-12-27 said:
Hi, did you do anything special to get the interview on 1/24/2019? We're checking the site few times a day and there was nothing open there today. The last time (11/27/2018) the date was open for a few days... Thanks!
Nekotakacho on 2019-03-11 said:
03/03/2019 - We were married in Austin Texas at Mt Bonnell, with judge Elena Diaz and our friends and family as witnesses.
Nekotakacho on 2019-03-11 said:
03/03/2019 - We were married in Austin Texas at Mt Bonnell, with judge Elena Diaz and our friends and family as witnesses.
blank avatar FRB on 2023-06-14 said:
Congrats Kseniia and Richard. We also got approved yesterday. We will also be at the 6/16 ceremony.
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