LaraAndEric's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Eric Beneficiary's Name: Lara VJ Member: LaraAndEric Country: Germany Last Updated: 2022-03-14 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Eric & Lara :

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 : Frankfurt, Germany I-129F Sent : 2019-08-04 I-129F NOA1 : 2019-08-07 I-129F RFE(s) : RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2019-11-14 NVC Received : 2019-12-09 Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : 2019-12-13 NVC Left : 2020-01-07 Consulate Received : 2020-01-09 Packet 3 Received : 2020-01-25 Packet 3 Sent : 2020-01-27 Packet 4 Received : 2020-02-25 Interview Date : 2020-03-03 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2020-03-11 US Entry : 2020-05-31 Marriage : 2020-06-03 Comments : Flight was originally booked for April 6th, had to rebook to April 17th. I don’t know if they are going to let me in, but I won’t have anywhere to live after April, so I can’t book a flight later than April. *Update: Because of the travel ban, I had to stay in Mexico for 2 weeks prior to entering the US. On May 31st, I took a flight from Mexico City to LA. Port of etnry was very easy and smooth, took only about 5 minutes. No questions asked. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 99 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 209 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : Los Angeles POE Date : 2020-05-31 Got EAD Stamp : Biometrics Taken : Yes Harassment Level : 0 Comments : Very friendly despite the travel ban on Europe. No questions asked.

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : San Francisco CA Date Filed : 2020-06-30 NOA Date : 2020-07-06 RFE(s) : 2020-08-18 Bio. Appt. : 2020-12-23 AOS Transfer** : Interview Date : 2022-04-13 Approval / Denial Date : Approved : Got I551 Stamp : Greencard Received: Comments : Update 1/21/22: Case has been "Ready to be scheduled for an interview" for over a year now. EAD is about to expire, so we had to file for renewal. Frustrating! Update 3/9/22: I finally got the notification that my interview was scheduled!! I found out that my date is April 13th 2022, my best friend's birthday :) Sill waiting for the letter.

Employment Authorization Document Event Date CIS Office : San Francisco CA Filing Method : Mail Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2020-06-30 NOA Date : 2020-07-22 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2020-12-23 Approved Date : 2021-03-01 Date Card Received : 2021-03-10 Comments : Filed for renewal Dec 14 2021 NOA1 for renewal: Dec 20 2021 Processing Estimates/Stats : Your EAD was approved in 244 days.

Advance Parole Event Date CIS Office : San Francisco CA Filing Method :   Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2020-06-30 NOA Date : 2020-07-22 RFE(s) : Date Received : 2021-03-10 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your AP was approved in 244 days.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Frankfurt, Germany Review Topic: General Review Event Description Review Date : March 6, 2020 Embassy Review : I had my interview on March 3rd 2020. In Frankfurt, you have to wait outside first before you can go through security. I waited for around 50 minutes, which was fine, because it was sunny and I had a warm jacket and a scarf with me. So you should bring warm clothing and an umbrella, just in case it starts raining. I had to go to the left line first and I needed to show them my passport and they gave me a waiting number. Then they told me to line up for security at the end of the right line. I went through security and they told me I couldn’t take my x-ray cd with me, which my doctor told me to bring to the interview. But it wasn’t a problem, since they just gave me a number and kept it for me in exchange. You can’t bring any sorts of electronics so leave you phone or laptop in the car/hotel/at home. After passing security, I went on a small path from the security building to the actual consulate building, where a woman at a reception welcomed me, took a look at my passport and waiting number, gave me a piece of paper with information about the interview on it and told me to go to window 22. At window 22, there was a friendly man asking me to give him my passport and waiting number. He checked it, gave me back my waiting number, told me that he’s gonna hand my passport and documents (the ones requested in packet 3 about a month prior to the interview) over to the next case worker. He told me to take a seat in the waiting area until my number was called. After around 15 minutes, my number was called and this time, I had to go to window 21. There, a friendly lady greeted me and asked me if I had completed my residence history (which they send you after you made your appointment). I gave her my completed residence history. She then told me that they reviewed all my documents from packet 3, but that my results from the medical examination hadn’t been received yet. In Germany, it’s the Doctor that sends the results to the consulate, so I was a little confused why they hadn’t been received yet, since my medical had been around a month ago. She then told me that they are going to contact the doctor. I was told to take a seat again until they called my number for the interview. It took them around 1,5 hours to do that. I had my interview at window 16 with a friendly consular. I had to make an oath that all Information was true. Then he took my fingerprints. The interview itself was very smooth. Questions were: when and where did you guys meet? When did you see each other the last time? When did you decide to get married? Do you already have any wedding plans? Do you work? Was any of you married or has children? After the interview he told me he is intending to approve the visa after my medical examination results have been received and reviewed. He gave me a 221(g) because he couldn’t approve my visa yet, since the medical was missing. He kept my passport. After coming back to my hotel, I immediately called the doctor who said that they had sent the medical examination documents already two weeks ago. He assured me he was gonna send the email with the documents again. I emailed the consulate telling them the should have already received my results. Soon after that I received a reply saying that they now received my medical exam results. After that my case went into administrative processing. The following days the status of our case on the ceac website went from administrative processing to refused (which was probably a glitch in the system) to application received and then back to administrative processing. Three days after the interview, on March 6th, the status finally changed to issued. All in all, everyone was very friendly. Even before the interview they helped me out a lot when I had questions. In most cases they won’t talk to you on the phone, so I recommend sending them an email. They usually reply very fast. Rating : Good

Timeline Comments: 6



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