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Petitioner's Name: Gary Beneficiary's Name: Oksana VJ Member: Grid Country: Ukraine Last Updated: 2008-05-02 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Gary & Oksana:

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 : Ukraine I-129F Sent : 2007-12-11 I-129F NOA1 : 2007-12-17 I-129F RFE(s) : RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2008-05-1 NVC Received : Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : NVC Left : Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : Interview Result : Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : US Entry : Marriage : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 136 days from your NOA1 date.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Ukraine Review Topic: K1 Visa Event Description Review Date : August 3, 2008 Embassy Review : I was able to attend the interview with my fiancee and her son and it was fortunate that I did! We had a terrible experience with the Ukrainian staff person that examined our documents. She was unbelievably hostile and rude. She snatched our documents and threw the ones that she did not need back at us. She lectured us about buying our tickets before receiving the visa (we had no choice given our schedule)and they then told us that my fiancee's 19 yo son would not be able to adjust status from a K2 visa and would have to return to Ukraine in 90 days (this is completely incorrect) and then lectured us again for thinking that it was "so simple" to take children to the US. Eventually the CO arrived, asked questions about our relationship and gave us the pink slip. The next day I realized that he did not take a sworn statement from my finacee nor did he complete the DS156(k) document (which would have been a big problem for us if I hadn't caught this mistake. We returned the next day and pointed out the mistake. She was sworn and we finished. We have now, fortunately, received our visas, but it was a very difficult experience. javascript:emoticon('') smilie Rating : Very Poor

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