metavisa's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Meta
Beneficiary's Name: Ricardo
VJ Member: metavisa
Country: Colombia
Last Updated: 2011-08-11
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Immigration Checklist for Meta & Ricardo:
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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 : |
California Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Bogota, Colombia |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2007-06-16 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2007-07-28 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2007-08-01 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2007-12-13 |
| NVC Received : |
2007-12-28 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2008-01-19 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2008-01-25 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
2008-02-14 |
| Send AOS Package : |
2008-02-15 |
| Submit DS-261 : |
2008-01-29 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2008-02-19 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2008-02-20 |
| Send IV Package : |
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| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
2008-03-14 |
| Case Completed at NVC : |
2008-03-31 |
| NVC Left : |
2008-04-28 |
| 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 : |
2008-06-16 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2008-06-19 |
| US Entry : |
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| Comments : |
I864 Delivered at NH Feb 19, 2008
IV Bill generated Feb 11,2008
RFE generated Feb 27, 2008 -Don't know what is it about yet-It was about NVC not receiving their payment- Had to ignore RFE since I had already paid the IV bill.
Received instruction Package for DS230 on 14Mar08, NVC received it 20Mar08 - NVC put it in the system 24Mar08
Waiting for next step...
Case completed 31 March, 2008...waiting for the interview date...
More waiting...
FINALLY!!!!! Learned on April 30th my Interview Date for 16 June,2008...Our 1st wedding Aniversary!!!!!
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 134 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 320 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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Date |
| Port of Entry : |
Houston |
| POE Date : |
2008-07-21 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
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| Biometrics Taken : |
Yes |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
Social Security Card requested at the SS office on Tuesday 22 July, 2008...
Received SS Card on 31 July, 2008
Not able to obtain a TX driver's license yet until receive Residence Card in the mail...
Received "welcome" letter 5 August, 2008
Received GREEN CARD 12 August, 2008!!!!
Passed Driver's License test on 13 August, 2008 - it will be sent in the mail!!!! yupiiii!!!
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Lifting Conditions
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
Vermont Service Center |
| Date Filed : |
2010-04-22 |
| NOA Date : |
2010-04-27 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2010-05-28 |
| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
2010-07-07 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
No |
| Green Card Received : |
2010-07-19 |
| Comments : |
Sent the envelope to lift conditions 4/22/10- VCS cashed the money order 4/26/10, NO1 4/27/2010-
5/10/10- Biometrics letter sent out
5/28/10- Biometrics appointment
07/07/10- Card production Ordered
07/19/10- Received 10yr card in the mail |
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Citizenship
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Date |
| Service Center : |
Dallas/Lewisville TX Lockbox |
| CIS Office : |
Houston TX |
| Date Filed : |
2011-04-25 |
| NOA Date : |
2011-04-27 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2011-06-01 |
| Interview Date : |
2011-08-11 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Oath Ceremony : |
2011-08-17 |
| Comments : |
1. N-400 sent in the mail 25 April 2011-
2. TX Lockbox received application 26 April11
3. 27 April 2011- Received email-checked status on website with number provided on the email "Initial Review"-
4. Money Order cashed 29 April 2011-
5. Received email 24 May 2011 saying I'll receive biometrics date in the mail
6. Biometrics letter in the mail> Date 17 June, 2011 @ 0900
7. Walk in to Biometrics office!!! yupiii/ Did biometrics 1 June 2011
8.Received text saying "On June 3, 2011, your N400, APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION was placed in line for interview scheduling"
9.July 5, 2011 - Received text saying our N400, APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION is now scheduled for interview. You will receive a written notice with a time and place for your interview. You should receive this notice within 14 days. If you do not receive this notice within 14 days from July 5, 2011,
10. Received letter july 8, 2011 with interview date of 11 aug 2011
-12. Interview approved- 13. Oath ceremony 17 Aug 2011 |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Bogota, Colombia
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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Description |
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June 27, 2008 |
| Embassy Review : |
I'd like to share my experience with you and give you some advice....
Don't get there any earlier than 645am..- it does not make any difference… once you are inside, they will call you in random order – (one of the ladies there told me they call the elderly and families with children first)…. you are going to be there all morning (in our case…the consul finally interviewed us at 2pm)!!!
You don't have to bring the x-ray results to the embassy… you are going to be stuck with it all day!!! They already have the results from the exam when you turn in the envelope they provide you with.
Please, please!!! Wear warm clothes!!! Even though Bogotá is not that cold, after about 4-5 hours it'll get to you!
Anyway, we were asked to go to "punto 40" which is a little stand (not a window number) where they give you a green folder with a list of docs you need to put in the correct order, don't rush, they called us at 1130am to turn it in!!!!
Then, you wait some more at windows 1-5, they do the fingerprints and wait again… after watching couples after couples getting denied (don't know why) we were really nervous!!! we were called at 2pm at window 5 , the consul was a guy in his 30's…. said hello to my husband, asked him to sign the IV Application and ask him to talk to me… I grabbed the phone and said to him: "finally!!!!" He said: Did you wait a long time in the cold? I replied, I'm not talking about this morning… I'm talking about I'm finally going to have my husband living with me!! He chuckled and thanked me for being there… then he asked me to have a seat… He did no want to see a single piece of evidence and only asked my husband how we had met and what he did for a living…. It turns out the guy was originally from Houston, so when my husband told him about the restaurant we went to in our first date he got all excited and started talking about it and about how much he missed Galveston and Keemah (Houston places), then he said, your visa has been approved, you can pay at "Domesa"!!!! And that was it!!! We left the embassy at 215pm after paying 52 thousand pesos at the Domesa counter and received the "package" with the passport with the inmigrant visa and envelope thursday 19th June in Cali at around 10am. - no problems-
For some reason these people have the power to make you nervous, thank God we were able to make it thru and I really hope you do the same! Good luck, I'm sorry I went "overboard" with this email...
Take Care, 
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