willygoeswrong's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Dean Shaun Donovan Beneficiary's Name: Olga Donovan VJ Member: willygoeswrong Country: Russia Last Updated: 2022-06-07 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Dean Shaun Donovan & Olga Donovan:

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 : Moscow, Russia I-129F Sent : 2020-01-25 I-129F NOA1 : 2020-01-28 I-129F RFE(s) : RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2020-04-15 NVC Received : 2020-04-20 Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : 2020-05-05 NVC Left : 2020-12-03 Consulate Received : 2020-12-06 Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : 2021-01-18 Interview Date : 2021-02-10 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2021-03-02 US Entry : 2021-03-06 Marriage : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 78 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 379 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : Portland ME Date Filed : 2021-04-24 NOA Date : 2021-05-03 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2022-02-14 AOS Transfer** : Interview Date : 2022-05-31 Approval / Denial Date : 2022-05-31 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Greencard Received: 2022-06-08 Comments :

Employment Authorization Document Event Date CIS Office : Portland ME Filing Method : Mail Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2021-04-24 NOA Date : 2021-05-03 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2022-02-14 Approved Date : 2022-02-26 Date Card Received : 2022-04-04 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your EAD was approved in 308 days.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Moscow, Russia Review Topic: K1 Visa Event Description Review Date : March 15, 2021 Embassy Review : overall, the whole experience was terrible. Before the interview it was almost impossible to get any answers from them, they were really slow and not helpful at all. But the thing that literally drove me crazy for several days happened during the interview. As you know, they don’t do K1 right now, and the only way you can get the interview is to joint the lawsuit (which I did). Everything seemed fine, the CO was nice, there weren’t that many questions, we basically talked a little bit and then they asked me to show them some of our pics. I did, the CO even complimented me, but then they said something like this: “Your documents are great, everything is fine, but since your finance’s 2019 income was low, you will need a co-sponsor”. I’m sorry, what? So, I obviously couldn’t really argue with the CO, I simply told them that I’ve been told that this is not how they should be determining CURRENT income, then I left with the 221(g) paper. After telling my fiancé about this, he wrote them an email explaining, once again, why he couldn’t earn more than 17,000 that year. He mentioned that this is clearly a mistake and he is really displeased with the way the Embassy treat people. They were silent for 3 days, and then we received a response stating that they reviewed the case again and decided to approve the visa without a co-sponsor. The attached pay stub and the employment letter, after additional review, were enough to proof sufficient income. So, yeah, the visa is approved, I’m already in the US with my fiancé, I’m really happy rn, but I can’t even describe how damaged I was after this whole embassy experience. Maybe it is the pandemic, maybe the new stuff, but I am really glad that I don’t have to deal with them anymore. Rating : Very Poor

Timeline Comments: 3



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