Rondo57's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Ronald Beneficiary's Name: Lyubov VJ Member: Rondo57 Country: Kazakhstan Last Updated: 2020-03-20 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Ronald & Lyubov:

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 : Kazakhstan Marriage (if applicable): 2018-08-20 I-130 Sent : 2018-12-17 I-130 NOA1 : 2018-12-20 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2019-08-08 NVC Received : 2019-10-01 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : Pay AOS Bill : Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : Submit DS-261 : 2019-11-26 Receive IV Bill : Pay IV Bill : Send IV Package : Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2020-02-06 Case Completed at NVC : 2020-01-28 NVC Left : Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : 2020-02-07 Interview Date : 2020-03-10 Submit Review Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2020-03-12 US Entry : 2020-03-13 Comments : We received our March 31 appointment letter on February 6. I was concerned about the accelerating spread of the Corona virus and possible travel restrictions and maybe even immigration restrictions, so at the end of February I wrote to the consulate and ask them if they could reschedule our interview sooner. Incredibly, they acquiesced, and rescheduled our interview for March 10th, barely a week away. The interview went well, and they told us we could receive our visas on March 12th, two days later. But one day later, Donald Trump imposed his travel restrictions for Europe, effective on Friday night. We were planning to immigrate through Moscow. so we accelerated our timetable. We received our visas on Thursday, March 12th. On Friday morning, my family got on a plane. I was in America, so I flew from Washington to JFK, and from JFK to Moscow to meet them. We missed our flight back to America, so we caught the next flight. We arrived in America on Friday evening, and two hours later my family cleared customs. Although they left Kazakhstan Friday morning and travelled for more than 24 hours, they still arrived in America before midnight Friday because of the time zones. We beat Donald's deadline with a couple of hours to spare. And two days after my family arrived, Kazakhstan closed its borders indefinitely. Nobody in, nobody out. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 231 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 446 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

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