green_rabbit's US Immigration Timeline
|
Petitioner's Name: G
Beneficiary's Name: D
VJ Member: green_rabbit
Country: Senegal
Last Updated: 2024-01-26
|
|
|
Immigration Checklist for G & D:
|
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 : |
Senegal |
| I-129F Sent : |
2019-08-06 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2019-08-13 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
2019-11-14 |
| RFE Reply(s) : |
2019-12-09 |
| I-129F NOA2 : |
2019-12-17 |
| NVC Received : |
2020-01-08 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
2020-01-09 |
| NVC Left : |
2020-01-21 |
| Consulate Received : |
2020-01-27 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
|
| Packet 3 Sent : |
|
| Packet 4 Received : |
|
| Interview Date : |
2020-11-19 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
|
Second Interview
(If Required): |
|
| Second Interview Result: |
|
| Visa Received : |
2020-12-01 |
| US Entry : |
2020-12-19 |
| Marriage : |
2021-02-19 |
| Comments : |
Original interview for March 26, 2020 cancelled on March 18 due to coronavirus. The embassy emailed on Nov 3 to say they would reopen on the 16th and they would reschedule an appointment once my fiance redid his medical. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 126 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 464 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
|
Adjustment of Status
|
| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Portland OR |
| Date Filed : |
2021-03-16 |
| NOA Date : |
2021-03-23 |
| RFE(s) : |
|
| Bio. Appt. : |
2021-07-20 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
|
| Interview Date : |
2022-04-06 |
| Approval / Denial Date : |
2022-04-06 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
No |
| Greencard Received: |
2022-04-14 |
| Comments : |
|
|
Employment Authorization
Document
|
| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
| Filing Method : |
Mail |
| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2021-03-16 |
| NOA Date : |
2021-03-23 |
| RFE(s) : |
|
| Bio. Appt. : |
2021-07-20 |
| Approved Date : |
2021-10-30 |
| Date Card Received : |
2021-11-05 |
| Comments : |
We requested an SSN on the form, but it hadn't arrived within the promised 7 business days, so we went to the SSA office again on Nov 24 and a card arrived in the mail on Nov 30. A second card/number arrived on Dec. 6. We called the SSA and they said they would remove the second number and we should destroy the card. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your EAD was approved in 228 days. |
|
Advance Parole
|
| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
| Filing Method : |
|
| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2021-03-16 |
| NOA Date : |
2021-03-23 |
| RFE(s) : |
|
| Date Received : |
2021-11-05 |
| Comments : |
|
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your AP was approved in 228 days. |
|
Lifting Conditions
|
| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
California Service Center |
| Date Filed : |
2024-01-10 |
| NOA Date : |
2024-01-19 |
| RFE(s) : |
|
| Bio. Appt. : |
|
| Interview Date : |
|
| Approval / Denial Date : |
|
| Approved : |
|
| Got I551 Stamp : |
|
| Green Card Received : |
|
| Comments : |
|
|
Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Senegal
Review Topic: K1 Visa
|
| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
November 19, 2020 |
| Embassy Review : |
My fiance said the interview was very pleasant. They asked how we met, whether our families had met, and what I (the petitioner) do for work. They gave him the photos I had included in our 129f application, and gave him a green slip to pick up the visa next Tuesday (after a Thursday interview). |
| Rating : |
Very Good |
|
POE Review: JFK
|
| Event |
Description |
| Entry Date : |
2020-12-19 |
| Embassy Review : |
My fiance said it was easy to come in with his K1 visa. He doesn't speak English, but the officer managed to communicate with gestures and didn't call a translator over. |
| Harassment Level : |
Low |
|
Local US CIS Office Review: Portland OR
Review Topic: cis_topic
|
| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
April 7, 2022 |
| Embassy Review : |
My husband had his AOS interview today (adjusting from a K1) at Portland. After going through security, interviews are on the second floor. We waited a while to be called, but not too long. (15 minutes?) We were called back together in the officer's office. We had arranged to have an interpreter for French available from upwork.com, but the officer wanted to use the USCIS phone interpretation service. The interpreter turned out to be from my husband's country (Senegal). The officer went through the entire AOS application with my husband, asking about all of the eligibility questions (have you ever committed a crime, etc). We also updated our address, since apparently it hadn't updated in the system when we changed it, despite getting a confirmation email. Then the officer opened it up to both of us to ask about our relationship. He wanted to know a lot of details about when we met and decided to marry, and what the ceremony was like. My husband still hasn't met my family, but it wasn't an issue, fortunately. He then went over the documents we had provided and said to keep collecting things like this for the ROC process, and explained a bit about how that would go. He told us we would be approved by the end of the day, but he had to go through our paperwork and update a few things. The entire interview took longer than I expected. Maybe half an hour or a bit more? |
| Harassment Level : |
Very Good |
|
Timeline Comments: 18Hello what was your RFE about?
For meeting in person. I had visa stamps, my hotel receipts, emails organizing that I would take classes at the school where my fiancé works, and an affidavit from a teacher at the school which said he had met us and we were a lovely couple, but he never directly said he had seen us in person together on a specific date, so they wanted proof of that. And apparently you have to send in a copy of the affidavit-writer's ID in order for it to count, and we hadn't done that. So we got 2 new affidavits with ID, a letter from me and one from my fiancé describing how we met, and my fiancé found a selfie he took that I'm in the background of.
I hope your NOA2 will come soon!
@Green_ranbit oh ok, yeah am hoping to for my NOA2 to come quickly. The wait is horrible
Hi, Did you receive your interview date this month?
It's a K1 so we made the appointment ourselves, but I think it was on Jan 29 that the payment was approved on the website and the calendar opened for us.
Congratulations! Since you didn’t wait for the letter to schedule your interview did they ask for any letter or documentation at the interview?
No, we just followed the instructions here and he brought what they said to bring.
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/DKR-Dakar.html
I’m sorry to ask this but did you receive biometric appointment or still waiting? I’m tired of waiting and just want some hope
Yes, we had the appointment on July 20. But if your office is Portland, it's slower. They sent us through Yakima for biometrics and they seem faster there.
How did you make them send you to yakima? Portland is taking forever and I’m sick of it i want to go and see my family
It's just based on where you live. We're waiting on Portland for the interview. It's so slow ...
Can i call the USCIS and ask them to send me through Yakima?
Only if you move, I think. And you have to deal with the time to transfer everything. It's better to just wait it out. You can check where you'll do biometrics here : https://egov.uscis.gov/office-locator/#/asc
Can i call the USCIS and ask them to send me through Yakima?
In the latest problem with getting an SSN, my husband just got a 2nd card in the mail with a different number on it. The SSA keeps cutting off my calls saying all their representatives are busy.
*Notice about estimates: The estimates are based off averages of other members recent experiences
(documented in their timelines) for the same benefit/petition/application at the same filing location.
Individual results may vary as every case is not always 'average'. Past performance does not necessarily
predict future results. The 'as early as date' may change over time based on current reported processing
times from members. There have historically been cases where a benefit/petition/application processing
briefly slows down or stops and this can not be predicted. Use these dates as reference only and do not
rely on them for planning. As always you should check the
USCIS processing times to see if your application
is past due.
** Not all cases are transfered
ver 5.0
Missy91 on 2019-12-18 said:
Reashamoriba on 2020-02-14 said:
PatLuvO on 2020-11-19 said: