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Bret L Smith's US Immigration Timeline

  Petitioner's Name: Bret
Beneficiary's Name: Lorna
VJ Member: Bret L Smith
Country: Philippines

Last Updated: 2024-11-20
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Immigration Checklist for Bret & Lorna:

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 : Manila, Philippines
Marriage (if applicable): 2019-08-27
I-130 Sent : 2020-01-08
I-130 NOA1 : 2020-01-08
I-130 RFE :
I-130 RFE Sent :
I-130 Approved : 2020-05-15
NVC Received : 2020-05-19
Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2020-05-19
Pay AOS Bill : 2020-05-19
Receive I-864 Package :
Send AOS Package : 2020-08-24
Submit DS-261 : 2020-08-24
Receive IV Bill : 2020-05-19
Pay IV Bill : 2020-05-19
Send IV Package : 2020-08-24
Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2022-08-31
Case Completed at NVC : 2022-08-25
NVC Left : 2022-08-26
Consulate Received : 2022-08-31
Packet 3 Received : 2022-08-31
Packet 3 Sent : 2022-09-01
Packet 4 Received : 2022-09-01
Interview Date : 2022-09-28 Submit Review
Interview Result : Approved
Second Interview
(If Required):
Second Interview Result:
Visa Received : 2022-10-01
US Entry : 2022-11-17
Comments : •NVC RFE: Expired I-864 (AOS)
2020-09-01
•Resubmitted: 2022-06-18
•Requested Expedite: 2022-07-12
•Expedite on Condition of NVC Docs being DQ’d 2022-07-15
•NVC: DQ’ed 2022-08-25
•Physical: 2022-09-20
Processing
Estimates/Stats :
Your I-130 was approved in 128 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 994 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.


Port of Entry Review
Event Date
Port of Entry : San Francisco
POE Date : 2022-11-17 Submit Review
Got EAD Stamp : No
Biometrics Taken :
Harassment Level : 0
Comments : Took my wife into a side room where we waited about 15 minutes or so, then somebody asked my wife a few questions and we were allowed to go.


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Timeline Comments: 4

Bret L Smith on 2020-05-31 said:
Our I-130 Spousal VISA Application was approved in 128 Days. We were very thorough about gathering all evidence and proof reading the application several times over before we submitted our Application Package. Our attention to detail paid off.
Bret L Smith on 2021-08-20 said:
*We we’re asked to resubmit some documents because I had unwittingly used an expired form for the AOS, and they also requested a copy of my divorce papers. I find it hard to believe that when the USCIS passes the case on to the NVC that it is too difficult for them to include “ALL” digital evidence. **I came back to the U.S. on September 2, 2020 intending to go back in a couple of months. They have been making it so hard to travel back to the Philippines, that my wife asked me to hold off submitting the last papers because she is afraid they will schedule her interview and I won’t be able to get back in time to go with her. I am maintaining contact with the NVC so our case stays active as we stand-by hoping conditions changed to make traveling to the Philippines easier.
Bret L Smith on 2021-08-20 said:
I’d like to find an advocate who can help my Wife coordinate her physical, preparing for her interview, and traveling to Manila for her interview.
Bret L Smith on 2022-06-20 said:
• On 2020-09-01 NVC notified us that I had submitted and expired I-864 Form (AOS). • My wife had asked me not to submit a new one yet because she was afraid I couldn’t get back there to the Philippines in time to accompany her to the embassy in Manila and she did not want to go by herself. • I kept the case alive by periodically logging into the account and/or making a phone call to the NVC. • Due to the delays called caused by Covid, and being away from my wife for 22 months I began to have anxiety and so I hired an immigration firm to help walk us through this last stage. • After sending them updated documents they were able to finally resubmit everything to the NVC today, on 2022-06-19. Now to wait for the interview letter. I will be arriving in Cebu City on Sunday June 26th and I plan on staying until this is done hopefully.
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