Captain Oates's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Carolyn Beneficiary's Name: Alan VJ Member: Captain Oates Country: United Kingdom Last Updated: 2010-12-03 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Carolyn & Alan:

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 : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : London, United Kingdom Marriage (if applicable): 2005-11-04 I-130 Sent : 2007-01-09 I-130 NOA1 : 2007-02-12 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2007-05-01 NVC Received : 2007-05-18 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2007-06-11 Pay AOS Bill : 2007-06-12 Receive I-864 Package : 2007-07-03 Send AOS Package : 2007-07-03 Submit DS-261 : 2007-06-12 Receive IV Bill : 2007-07-06 Pay IV Bill : 2007-07-06 Send IV Package : Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2007-07-24 Case Completed at NVC : 2007-08-17 NVC Left : 2007-08-23 Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2007-10-21 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2007-11-01 US Entry : 2007-11-05 Comments : this is harder than a very hard thing never again. NEVER Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 78 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 251 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : Chicago POE Date : 2007-11-05 Got EAD Stamp : Biometrics Taken : Harassment Level : 0 Comments : Pretty easy

Citizenship Event Date Service Center : Phoenix AZ Lockbox CIS Office : Yakima WA Date Filed : 2010-08-09 NOA Date : 2010-09-19 Bio. Appt. : 2010-09-02 Interview Date : 2010-10-25 Approved : Yes Oath Ceremony : 2010-12-02 Comments : Long and tiring and boring ceremony for 3.5 hours with no coffee - but mission achieved !

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: London, United Kingdom Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : June 22, 2010 Embassy Review : Got there and got in. Got called after a few hours. Officer said 'how did you get in here - you don't have an appointment - how did you get past security' Showed him the appointment letter. Apparently they had re dated it but I left home before receiving it. Anyway he went and spoke to a manager and then I got my interview and he allowed it. He actually gave me an unconditional GC visa as I was so close to the 2 years and would be over it by the time I landed. I was crumpled as we had booked flights/accommodation - everything I couldn't recover from all the on and off stuff and the despair for a year The whole Gc was incredibly stressful. Never again. Rating : Moderate

Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!



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