Cyndy&Onyi's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Cyndy Beneficiary's Name: Onyi VJ Member: Cyndy&Onyi Country: Nigeria Last Updated: 2021-03-21 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Cyndy & Onyi:

USCIS I-129F Petition:       Dept of State K1 Visa:     USCIS I-485 Petition:   USCIS I-765 Petition:       USCIS I-131 Petition:       USCIS I-751 Petition:   USCIS N-400 Petition:

K1 Visa Event Date Service Center : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Nigeria I-129F Sent : 2019-03-11 I-129F NOA1 : 2019-03-18 I-129F RFE(s) : 2019-07-16 RFE Reply(s) : 2019-07-25 I-129F NOA2 : 2019-08-13 NVC Received : 2019-08-21 Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : 2019-09-11 NVC Left : 2019-10-01 Consulate Received : 2019-10-28 Packet 3 Received : 2019-10-28 Packet 3 Sent : 2019-10-28 Packet 4 Received : 2019-09-30 Interview Date : 2019-12-02 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2019-12-11 US Entry : 2020-01-07 Marriage : 2020-01-17 Comments : December 2nd, 2019 K1 VISA INTERVIEW: 🙏🏿TESTIMONY: I am a Christian so I have to give glory to God for making everything possible!!! Wow!! My fiance and I have come so far and had to go through a lot for this process, just like all of you. So happy to be approved thank God! We were sweating bullets because we had some minor discrepancies but everything worked out. INTERVIEW DETAILS: My fiance arrived around 5:30-6am ish. He was unsure of if the location was the actual U.S. embassy or not, since he had never been there before. He described it as "an open field" he found a man that was walking around and followed the man until he reached a security guard and the formation of a line. His appointment time was a 7:30am. By 6:30am the security guard divided the line into "Non-immigrant Visas here!" and "Immigrant Visas here". From there each "type" of visa went to a different place where they further divided people by "visa class". My fiance went to where they called out for K-1 visas. Then the guard checked for people to show their appointment confirmation page. If they did not have this page handy their was a list that had all the appointments by name and people would still be permitted to enter inside the building if their name was on this list. My fiance and others also had to show their medical Checkup before even going inside the building. Once past security checkpoint and inside the building people were being called in order of appointment time. I don't know what time they called my fiance. He was called by a Caucasian consulate officer (CO) whom he describes as being very genuine and kind. The CO first brought him the original pictures of our conversation that I sent with the 129F form when we first filed on 3/18/19, and then proceeded with the following questions: ✔1) How did you meet your Fiance? ✔2) Where was the first place you met her? ✔3) What does she do for a living? ✔4) Where does she work? ✔5) Is she a U.S. Citizen? ✔6) I need to see the copy of her tax returns. ✔7) I need to see evidence of the relationship. (My fiance showed him our pictures) Then he asked "who is that?" When he saw a picture of my grandmother in one of the photos of us. The CO was curious about that photo but my fiance said he looked "intrigued" by it. The man left the room and then came back and proceeded to ask more questions... ✔8) Are you aware that with a K1 visa you will need to get married within 90 days? ✔9) Why did you choose to marry someone in the United States? ✔10) Who initiated contact at the very beginning of the relationship? I need to see evidence of that. The man then handed my fiance a paper with an address for pickup location of his passport, and told him to come back in "two weeks". I hope this helps! P.s. there was another interviewer for K1 who isn't Caucasian (not sure what nationality he is... I never bothered to ask my fiance) but my fiance said the other interviewer didnt seem nice while this one was very kind to him. He said that the interview felt more like a regular conversation rather than like being drilled with questions. His advice was to "be yourself" and he told me that he "felt so free" during the interview. Goodluck y'all. As for me I'm celebrating!!! 🍾🍾🍾🎉🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊 Glory be to God in the highest! I will be going to Nigeria in 26 days to visit him and by God's grace we pray we can leave back to USA together ❤🙌🏿 Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 148 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 259 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : Atlanta POE Date : 2020-01-07 Got EAD Stamp : No Biometrics Taken : Yes Harassment Level : 0 Comments : UPDATE: TODAY is Jan 10th 2020. My fiance and I travelled from Lagos🛫Atlanta🛫Los Angeles. The Port of Entry was Atlanta. He and I went together and I got in the immigrant/visa line with him although I'm a citizen. The officer thanked me "for doing it the right way" and not going into a seperate "citizen's" line. They took our passports, took our pictures, and then they fingerprinted my fiance. After they asked him for a sealed packet and took it to a different officer for processing. We sat and waited in a seperate area for 10-15mins. Then my fiance's name was called and they asked the following questions: ✈1. What is your U.S. address? ✈2. When are you getting married? ✈3. Who are you (me, the petitioner) to him (the beneficiary)? After they gave him a paper documenting what an 'Adjustment of Status' is and how to file for a working permit and handed us our passports back. We got in at 5:15am right when they opened. The officers were kind and so was TSA. I HIGHLY recommend coming through ATL if possible. I went through New York by myself in June 2019 and had a terrible experience. They seemed more rough and rude and all had bad attitudes, even being that I'm a citizen.

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : Imperial CA Date Filed : 2020-02-10 NOA Date : 2020-02-14 RFE(s) : 2020-03-25 Bio. Appt. : 2020-03-02 AOS Transfer** : Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : Approved : Got I551 Stamp : Greencard Received: Comments : 🔴FEBRUARY 5, 2020: Sent AOS I-485 packet with EAD I-765 & Advanced Parole I-131 from Arizona, USA with FedEx and prayers. 🔴FEBRUARY 10, 2020: Tracking number from Fed Ex Confirmed that documents arrived to USCIS lockbox location in Chicago, Illinois, USA. 🔴FEBRUARY 13, 2020: Text message confirmation (via form G-1145) from USCIS of application received. 🔴FEBRUARY 14, 2020: Credit Card Charged by USCIS (via G-1450 form) and NOA1 Notice sent by USCIS. 🔴FEBRUARY 19, 2020: NOA 1 Notice Received in the mail. 🔴FEBRUARY 28, 2020: Notice received in the mail for Biometrics Appointment, regarding I-485 & I-765. 🔴MARCH 2, 2020: Biometric Appointment in Arizona, USA. 🔴MARCH 25, 2020: Online case status changed to "RFE" 🔴MARCH 29, 2020: RFE received in the mail regarding a re-submission of I-864 form. 🔴APRIL 6, 2020: RFE sent with FedEx to USCIS with "priority mailing". 🔴APRIL 8, 2020: FedEx Tracking number confirmed that RFE was received at USCIS in Lee's Summit, Missouri, USA. 🔴APRIL 9, 2020: Online cases status changed to "RFE has been received". 🔴APRIL 17, 2020: Case status online changed to "Case Ready to Be Scheduled for Interview" 🔴MARCH 19, 2021: Case status online changed to "Case Scheduled for Interview"

Employment Authorization Document Event Date CIS Office : Chicago National Office Filing Method : Mail Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2020-02-10 NOA Date : 2020-02-14 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : Approved Date : 2020-07-02 Date Card Received : 2020-08-15 Comments : 🔵FEBRUARY 5, 2020: Sent EAD I-765 with AOS I-485 packet & Advanced Parole I-131 from Arizona, USA with FedEx and prayers. 🔵FEBRUARY 10, 2020: Tracking number from Fed Ex Confirmed that documents arrived to USCIS Lockbox location in Chicago-Illinois, USA. 🔵FEBRUARY 13, 2020: Text message confirmation (via form G-1145) from USCIS of application received. 🔵FEBRUARY 14, 2020: Credit Card Charged by USCIS (via G-1450 form) and NOA1 Notice sent by USCIS. 🔵FEBRUARY 19, 2020: NOA 1 Notice Received in the mail. 🔵FEBRUARY 28, 2020: Notice received in the mail for Biometrics Appointment, regarding I-485 & I-765. 🔵MARCH 2, 2020: Biometric Appointment in Arizona, USA. 🔵JULY 2, 2020: Status on USCIS changed to, "New Card is being produced". 🔵JULY 7, 2020: Status on USCIS changed to " Case Approved". Letter of approval sent by USCIS. 🔵JULY 11, 2020 Letter of Approval for I-765 received in mail. 🔵AUGUST 10, 2020 Status on USCIS changed to "Card: Mailed to Me". 🔵 AUGUST 11, 2020 Tracking number for EAD card posted on USCIS website. Received Social Security Card in the mail. 🔵 AUGUST 15, 2020 Card Received. 🔵AUGUST 24, 2020 HIRED! 👍🏿🙏🏿 🔵JANUARY 22, 2021 EAD RENEWAL SUBMITTED & ARRIVED AT USCIS. 🔵MARCH 7, 2021 USCIS BEGINS EAD RENEWAL PROCESSING, VIA TEXT MESSAGE CONFIRMATION + CASE NUMBER ASSIGNED. 🔵MARCH 16, 2021 Three Letters received from USCIS stating: 1. that RENEWAL application is being processed, 2.Online account was created for my case and I need to login and verify online account within 90 days, 3. Old biometrics will be used to process the application. 🔵MARCH 19, 2021 USCIS.Gov website changed status update to "Card was mailed" with tracking number listed. 🔵MARCH 20, 2021 Renewal Card received but it was for EAD only and not the combo card. The renewal did NOT permit re-entry into the U.S. Also received official EAD Renewal approval notice. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your EAD was approved in 143 days.

Advance Parole Event Date CIS Office : Chicago National Office Filing Method :   Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2020-02-10 NOA Date : 2020-02-14 RFE(s) : Date Received : 2020-08-15 Comments : âš«FEBRUARY 5, 2020: Sent Advanced Parole I-131 with AOS I-485 & EAD I-765 packet from Arizona, USA with FedEx and prayers. âš«FEBRUARY 10, 2020: Tracking number from Fed Ex Confirmed that documents arrived to USCIS lockbox location in Chicago-Illinois, USA. âš«FEBRUARY 13, 2020: Text message confirmation (via form G-1145) from USCIS of application received. âš«FEBRUARY 14, 2020: Credit Card Charged by USCIS (viaG-1450 form) and NOA1 Notice sent by USCIS. âš«FEBRUARY 19, 2020: NOA 1 Notice Received in the mail. âš«MARCH 12, 2020 Notice Receieved from USCIS stating that: Fingerprints taken at "Port of Entry" will be compared to "Biometrics" fingerprints taken on March 2nd, 2020; and be used to process I-131 petition. âš«JULY 7, 2020: Status on USCIS changed to "Approved Case". Letter of approval sent by USCIS. âš«JULY 11, 2020 Letter of Approval for I-131 received in mail. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your AP was approved in 148 days.

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Consulate Review: Nigeria Review Topic: K1 Visa Event Description Review Date : December 3, 2019 Embassy Review : Very good! Rating : Very Good

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