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Petitioner's Name: John Beneficiary's Name: Rosa VJ Member: Enlasnubess Country: Spain Last Updated: 2022-10-24 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for John & Rosa:

USCIS DCF 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 : Texas Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Armenia Marriage (if applicable): 2017-09-02 I-130 Sent : 2017-11-12 I-130 NOA1 : 2017-11-22 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2018-05-14 NVC Received : 2018-06-29 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : Pay AOS Bill : 2018-07-10 Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : Submit DS-261 : Receive IV Bill : Pay IV Bill : Send IV Package : Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : Case Completed at NVC : 2018-07-28 NVC Left : Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : 2019-02-14 Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2019-03-07 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2019-03-14 US Entry : 2019-03-19 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 173 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 470 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Lifting Conditions Event Date CIS Office : Date Filed : 2021-01-19 NOA Date : 2021-01-29 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2021-08-27 Interview Date : 2022-03-22 Approval / Denial Date : 2022-03-22 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Green Card Received : Comments : We were required to provide documents for my new mortgage and for the latest tax year. The only personal question asked was whether we had any kids, which we didn't, but that didn't seem like it was a problem

Citizenship Event Date Service Center : Online CIS Office : Providence RI Date Filed : 2022-04-12 NOA Date : 2022-04-13 Bio. Appt. : Interview Date : 2022-08-31 Approved : Yes Oath Ceremony : 2022-10-14 Comments : **Was told I will receive an Oath Ceremony app in 30 days and i asked it to be moved later, to October, since I had a trip planned end of September and I wouldnt have enough time to get a USA passport before the trip. *Interviewer was professional and kind

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Madrid, Spain Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : March 9, 2019 Embassy Review : I went half an hour earlier and was let in. Then I went through a metal scanner, and they kept my phone. Then another person asked for my Passport and a photo. I gave them to her, she got me a waiting number and guided me to a waiting room. It looked almost like a bank in the inside. Everyone was super nice to me. I waited about 10or 15min. My number was called and I was asked to give her my marriage certificate, birth certificate, my I864, my police certificates. They said they will check if they are the same as the ones I uploaded to NvC. I let her know that I updated my police certificates because they were a year old (and in their guidelines it mentioned you should get another one if a year had passed). They said it was fine. Then I let her know that when I filed my petition, my husband didn't have a job and we filled a I864a (my father in law cosponsored me) but that my husband had a job now and we had updated the I864 to show it. She looked through it and said it was good. She said she needed the 2018 W2 (didn’t ask for other years) then she asked if I had any letter from his company saying that he was working for them and his salary. I had an original letter that said he was working for them but didn't say the salary and the copy of another letter which did say the salary. I apologized because the original letter with the salary hadn't arrived in time and she said the copy was fine. They also asked for my medical sealed envelope. Uhh I think that's it for documents. I asked if they needed the I864a or my cosponsors taxes and she said it wasn’t necessary. Then I waited again for another ten min, and was called for the actual interview. She asked me to tell her about by husband. So i told her how we met, where we met (it was in ireland) she asked :"oh, so he's irish? " and i was like "no... He's from the states..." and she laughed and said it was a trick question lol Then i started on telling her our story, year by year and she cut me off and asked when we got married. I told her the date, she asked where we got married. i told her, then i told her we also had a blessing in the states the following month. She asked for my husband's job. I told her. She asked for my husband's father (the cosponsor) job. I stuttered a bit cause i couldn’t remember the actual title word by word. I told her hwat I remembered and that i had a letter from his job stating his exact title and She said it wasnt necessary and that i was close enough. Btw all this was in Spanish , which i was surprised about Then she asked if I had brought pics, I said of course! And handed her some. Then she said she wanted to see some wedding pics. She seemed nice and smiled as she was looking through them. She said we looked very happy, and that he almost looked Spanish. I told her he actually was Portuguese descendant. She asked if he knew Portuguese, i said he had studied some in high school but had forgotten most of it. She talked about how beautiful i looked in the wedding pics and how pretty everything was. Then she said congratulations, you will get your visa in a few days! And I was super happyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy javascript:emoticon('') Rating : Good

Local US CIS Office Review: Boston MA Review Topic: cis_topic Event Description Review Date : March 24, 2022 Embassy Review : I had my Lifting of Conditions interview in March, and I attended with my husband as required. We had hired a lawyer to help us through the process even though we didn't have a complicated case -we wanted the peace of mind. We arrived 30 minutes early, but were told need to Check-in 20 minutes before the appointment time. (We drove all the way from RI, and parking was a pain, so I recommend you arrive with time if you don't know the area) They took my fingerprints (I'm the beneficiary). We brought lots of updated bona fide: photos/credit card statements/banking statements/tax returns/letters addressed to both of us. However, the only paperwork we were asked for was the new mortgage deed and the latest year's tax returns. (I was a little sad because we made a real nice photoalbum with handwritten comments lol) Only one question was asked and it was directed to both of us, they asked if we had any kids -which we don't, but that didn't seem like an issue, I think he needed to ask because if we said yes then we would need to give him more ppwk about the kids. Masks were not compulsory, and the interviewer didn't have one on. Interviewer also photocopied our passports/IDs. He never said "you are approved", only that it all looked good and in order. With the excitement we forgot to ask what the next steps were or whether we were approved... but the next day we checked our receipt number online and it said "Sending new card to your address"!!! Harassment Level : Very Good

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