MEAJCC1's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: M Beneficiary's Name: J VJ Member: MEAJCC1 Country: New Zealand Last Updated: 2022-06-07 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for M & J:

USCIS DCF I-130 Petition:       Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:     USCIS I-751 Petition:   USCIS N-400 Petition:

IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Date Service Center : Nebraska Service Center Transferred? Potomac Service Center Consulate : Auckland, New Zealand Marriage (if applicable): 2021-05-23 I-130 Sent : 2021-06-07 I-130 NOA1 : 2021-06-08 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2022-01-05 NVC Received : 2022-01-10 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : Pay AOS Bill : Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : Submit DS-261 : Receive IV Bill : 2022-01-12 Pay IV Bill : 2022-01-12 Send IV Package : 2022-01-14 Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2022-04-15 Case Completed at NVC : 2022-04-08 NVC Left : Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : 2022-04-15 Interview Date : 2022-05-05 Interview Result : Administrative Review Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Approved Visa Received : 2022-05-13 US Entry : 2022-06-29 Comments : 221g at interview because they claimed they were missing the marriage certificate and previous marriage divorce decree. Seems like this is common at London but it was also clear NVC had re-named some documents erroneously - it was not surprising they couldn't find it. Refused 5/5, went into Administrative Processing on the 11th and Issued on the 13th of May. It took about 3 days for the passport to arrive. There was no "packet" as all the docs were electronically submitted. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 211 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 331 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: London, United Kingdom Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : May 16, 2022 Embassy Review : This was a crazy experience. Got there an hour prior to appointment and there was a line waiting. Once someone checking people in realized he was there for an immigrant interview they jumped him to the front of the line, saying "when you get in there, don't stand in the line" -- but that was pretty impossible as it was just one great big line and no one giving direction. NVC seemed to have made some sort of screw up with renaming our documents so that several were custom labeled as "first marriage final divorce decree" but on documents that had nothing to do with divorce -- like the picture page of his passport and our marriage certificate. No surprise the agents couldn't find the right documents. The originals were in hand but I don't know why they want you to bring them as they don't want them. The interview went forward but was literally standing at a counter as if he was renewing a drivers license. The IO asked a couple of basic questions and then claimed again she didn't have these documents -- providing him a 221g refusal with instructions to upload the documents, which we did less than an hour later. NZ police cert also was never transferred from NVC to London but they seemed much less concerned about that. Refused on May 5 Admin Processing on May 11 Issued May 13 Overall it worked out but it caused days of angst on the NVC screw up and anger over the lack of accountability for the errors. My one piece of advice then would be to review all your NVC submitted documents on CEAC the day before the interview and make sure they haven't renamed anything. The file names will still be correct, just the descriptions wrong. That way you can point out the right ones to them if it comes up. Rating : Very Poor

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