jojotica's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: jota Beneficiary's Name: jota VJ Member: jojotica Country: Costa Rica Last Updated: 2023-06-13 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for jota & jota:

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 : Costa Rica Marriage (if applicable): 2018-01-01 I-130 Sent : 2018-08-06 I-130 NOA1 : 2018-08-20 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2019-04-08 NVC Received : 2019-04-24 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2019-05-18 Pay AOS Bill : 2019-05-18 Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : 2019-07-27 Submit DS-261 : 2019-05-30 Receive IV Bill : 2019-05-18 Pay IV Bill : 2019-05-18 Send IV Package : 2019-07-29 Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2019-10-25 Case Completed at NVC : 2019-10-16 NVC Left : 2019-11-01 Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2019-11-21 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2019-11-27 US Entry : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 231 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 458 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Lifting Conditions Event Date CIS Office : California Service Center Date Filed : 2022-01-01 NOA Date : 2022-01-12 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : Interview Date : 2023-03-06 Approval / Denial Date : 2023-03-06 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : No Green Card Received : Comments : Done with N400

Citizenship Event Date Service Center : Online CIS Office : Buffalo NY Date Filed : 2022-11-01 NOA Date : 2022-11-01 Bio. Appt. : 2023-01-03 Interview Date : 2023-03-06 Approved : Yes Oath Ceremony : 2023-03-06 Comments : 30 minutes or so. Same day oath.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Costa Rica Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : November 27, 2019 Embassy Review : The experience was good. We got there early as we git emails with two different times and wanted to be sure. We had to leave our phones by the Old Age home (hogar de ancianos) that's on the same side of the road as the embassy. To get in was relatively smooth. There were only 3 people in front of us. Our documents were taken and put together. Only civil documents. We were offering the financial documents but we were told maybe the next person would ask for it. We were only asked for address and marriage date, which I got incorrect. The longest part was to wait for the actual interview, there were like 5 people after us but they were all called first and we were left for last. Scary. When we were finally called up again about 90 minutes had passed. We were asked how we met, and marriage date. Nothing else then were told we were approved. We were worried about the email from the embassy that had said civil documents had to be apostilled but there was no issue. Our originals form our home country were fixed with seals and special paper so would be pretty hard o forge anyway. Maybe this holds true for countries with just normal paper for civil documents. I am glad we did not spend the extra money to try to go get them notorized again. Overall took about 3 hours with only 8 people in the office that day. Rating : Good

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