apanch's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: AA Beneficiary's Name: DD VJ Member: apanch Country: India Last Updated: 2023-09-08 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for AA & DD:

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 : Texas Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Mumbai, India Marriage (if applicable): I-130 Sent : 2018-05-17 I-130 NOA1 : 2018-05-22 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2018-12-21 NVC Received : 2019-01-15 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2019-03-01 Pay AOS Bill : 2019-03-01 Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : 2019-03-17 Submit DS-261 : 2019-03-17 Receive IV Bill : 2019-03-01 Pay IV Bill : 2019-03-01 Send IV Package : 2019-03-17 Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2019-05-09 Case Completed at NVC : 2019-03-27 NVC Left : Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2019-06-13 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2019-06-18 US Entry : 2019-06-28 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 213 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 387 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Lifting Conditions Event Date CIS Office : Nebraska Service Center Date Filed : 2021-04-07 NOA Date : 2021-04-28 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2021-08-18 Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Green Card Received : Comments :

Citizenship Event Date Service Center : Online CIS Office : Newark NJ Date Filed : 2022-11-15 NOA Date : 2022-11-19 Bio. Appt. : 2022-12-07 Interview Date : 2023-07-18 Approved : Yes Oath Ceremony : 2023-08-31 Comments :

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Mumbai, India Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : June 20, 2019 Embassy Review : I will start from the time I received my IL. After receiving the IL you need to do two things before your interview date 1. Medicals 2. Schedule your VAC/OFC appointment on USA travel docs website. This appointment is for your biometrics i.e fingerprinting and they take a photograph. Things to carry for VAC appointment are a. VAC appointment letter b. DS260 confirmation page c. Valid passport d. Two photographs (USA visa size) for the VAC appointment. even if they don't ask to carry in the instructions given on the appointment letter. Note: If you are not able to see any available date for VAC appointment before your interview, try logging in to the website after few hours and check again. Avoid logging in multiple times on the same day. If you do so your I'd will be blocked for next 72hrs. So be patient and login in after few hours. The earlier dates open open as some people cancel and re-schedule their appointments. Still if you are not able to book an appointment before the interview date call the usatravel docs helpline. They will help to schedule an appointment before your interview I had my medicals done in Mumbai. It just took 3hrs for the whole process. If you donot have your vaccination records there is no need to worry, they will give you age appropriate vaccination on the same day. I got my reports in a sealed envelope on the very next day. I had my interview on 13th June at Mumbai embassy. My visa was approved!! Questions asked were very simple but it was like a rapid fire round 😄 1. Who is calling you ? 2. How did you two meet? 3. Was this arranged or love marriage? 4. Who arranged it for you ? 5. When did you two meet ? Explain the timeline 6. What does your husband do for a living ? 7. What does he do in his free time? 8. What are your plans after reaching USA? 9. Have you been for your honeymoon? Where did you go? 10. What do you like about your husband? 11. What kind of food does your husband love to eat? 12. Have you been to USA before ? She asked for wedding album and pictures from our honeymoon. She asked me to identify one person she pointed out from the album. That's it and she said the golden words!! Congratulations your Visa is approved!!! She did not ask for any call logs, chat logs, financial documents from me. But it's advisable that you should take them along with you My interview was at 7.30am. I had reached by 6.30am. They started calling all the immigrant visa applicants at 6.50am itself and asked us to form a line. The security checked the passport and the interview appointment letter. After getting inside they asked us our language preference ( I choose English) and asked to arrange the following documents 1. DS 260 ( the one stamped at the VAC appointment ) 2. Marriage certificate and a copy 3. Police clearance original 4. Medical reports ( just take the white colored sealed envelope. You donot need to carry the CD given along with the reports) 5. Birth certificate and a copy 6. Two photographs USA VISA size .. First an Indian officer checked all the documents and asked some questions like who is calling you ? , Have you been to USA before? Have you visited any other county? A token number is give to you and asked to wait for the final interview. Luckily my number was called second and I was done with my interview by 8.30am. It was pretty fast for me. People are randomly called for final interview. There is no sequence followed. I have read some reviews on this website which say that they conduct interviews first for those you chose regional languages and not English. But even though my preference wad English my interview was done by. 8.30am. It might even take 3-4 hrs for the entire process. Rating : Very Good

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