Chasunmee's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: B
Beneficiary's Name: Y
VJ Member: Chasunmee
Country: South Korea
Last Updated: 2021-10-15
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Immigration Checklist for B & Y:
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USCIS I-130 Petition:
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Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:
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USCIS I-751 Petition:
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USCIS N-400 Petition:
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IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
Nebraska Service Center |
| Transferred? |
Vermont Service Center on 2020-02-23 |
| Consulate : |
Seoul |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2019-09-02 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2019-09-23 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2019-09-25 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2020-05-18 |
| NVC Received : |
2020-05-20 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2020-05-20 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2020-07-01 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
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| Send AOS Package : |
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| Submit DS-261 : |
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| Receive IV Bill : |
2020-05-20 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2020-07-01 |
| Send IV Package : |
2021-02-22 |
| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
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| Case Completed at NVC : |
2021-02-25 |
| NVC Left : |
2021-05-13 |
| Consulate Received : |
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| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
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| Interview Date : |
2021-06-14 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2021-06-18 |
| US Entry : |
2021-09-03 |
| Comments : |
- AOS fee was processed as "paid" on 08/12/2020 (after calling NVC because of the fee being "in process" for over a month)
-2021/02/23 Received email from NVC that there had been a status update. All documents for the main sponsor, joint sponsor, and household member now say "accepted"
-2021/02/24 Civil documents checked. 3 Documents rejected and then corrected and resubmitted.
-2021/02/25 Received DQ email.
-2021/05/13 Received interview appointment.
-2021/09/03 entered POE 1 day after 2 years of marriage and let the officer know to adjust the CR1 to IR1
- 2022/10/09 Green card received |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 236 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 628 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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Date |
| Port of Entry : |
Detroit |
| POE Date : |
2021-09-03 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
Yes,Passport Stamp |
| Biometrics Taken : |
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| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
(During COVID) DH and I arrived in the US at the same time. It was not clear which line to join. One person directed us to the USC line, and the person there directed us back to the foreign visitor line. All the confusion put us directly at the end of the line. I volunteered DH to translate for one of the officers, and due to that, we got to move ahead of some others. We also needed to change the visa type, CR1 to IR1, at the POE. While
DH was in secondary he called me because the officer needed to ask me who told us we could change the type. I had to explain to the officer part of the law that states the automatic conversion after 2 years of marriage. Provided our marriage certificate as evidence and got the stamp. Officer escorted us to customs to write a declaration and to the area to recheck our luggage. We had waited so long (over 1hr) that the gate to leave customs was closed. DH didn’t receive and documents (although he said others had) and not sure if we were supposed to. DH felt the process was very rushed at the end because there were some serious issues in secondary being dealt with at the same time and it was very loud. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Korea
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
June 14, 2021 |
| Embassy Review : |
Overall, the experience was good. Our appointment was at 8:30 am, we arrived at 8 am and they let us through security early. We went to the 2nd floor to check in and given a paper explaining how they wanted the documents organized, and then we were sent to the 3rd floor. There were a lot of people already there waiting. We were first called up to submit our documents and then sat again to wait to be called up for the interview. The officer that did the interview gave my husband the option to do it in Korean or English (we chose English) and was understanding when my husband made a little mistake (because of nerves). The questions were mostly related to our relationship, plans for relocating to the US, and the petitioner's employment. The whole process took about 2.5 hours from the start of our appointment time. The interview itself took less than 10 minutes (we submitted a lot of supporting documents). |
| Rating : |
Very Good |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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