yeva's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: A Beneficiary's Name: Y VJ Member: yeva Country: United Kingdom Last Updated: 2022-06-12 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for A & Y:

USCIS 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? Vermont Service Center Consulate : London, United Kingdom Marriage (if applicable): I-130 Sent : 2021-05-03 I-130 NOA1 : 2021-05-22 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2022-01-12 NVC Received : 2022-01-17 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2022-01-18 Pay AOS Bill : 2022-01-18 Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : 2022-01-23 Submit DS-261 : Receive IV Bill : 2022-01-18 Pay IV Bill : 2022-01-18 Send IV Package : 2022-01-25 Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2022-04-22 Case Completed at NVC : 2022-04-13 NVC Left : Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2022-05-09 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2022-06-09 US Entry : Comments : I needed to retain my passport after the interview due to other prior travel commitments hence the delay from interview date and visa issued. I couriered my passport back to the US embassy on 1 June, embassy received the passport on 6 June, visa status changed to Issued on 7 June and then passport received 9 June. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 235 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 352 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 18, 2022 Embassy Review : I’m writing this review because I found reading through all previous UK consulate reviews so helpful. It helped me feel much more comfortable knowing what to expect prior to my interview. Interview: Monday 9 May 2022 at 9.30am Medical: Friday 6 May 2022 I arrived at 8.30am to scout out the area. There were 2 long queues outside the South Pavilion entrance: 1) check in desk, 2) security queue. I heard the lady at the check in desk turn someone away as they were too early for their appointment so I went to grab a coffee. When I returned 30mins later, the security line had gotten even longer. I checked in at the kiosk at 9am (providing my DS-260 confirmation and passport). I was told that as I was immigration, I should skip the security queue and tell the security man that I’m Immigration. As many people have already mentioned, they ask you to unlock your phone and open an app. You then go through airport style security where they also ask you to take a sip of your water. I then walked straight through a courtyard towards another building where there was another queue. At this point, several other reviews had mentioned they could skip the queue (/use the US citizen queue). I wasn’t told to skip this queue so I waited but it was relatively short compared to the front entrance (took me about 10mins). Once at the desk, I was given a number and told to go to the first floor, turn left and left again and wait by counters 20 and 21. Again, the previous reviews prepared me to skip passed the first busy waiting area towards the Immigration counters. I ended up sitting down in the waiting area at 9.15am for my 9.30am interview. I was called to the first desk at exactly 9.30am. The first thing he did was ask me if I had been married almost 2 years. I said no, it had been just over 1 year (not sure if this was a trick question) Next he asked for the following: -DS-260 confirmation -Passport -Courier confirmation -1 passport photo -Birth certificate -Marriage certificate -Police records (for the 2 countries I’ve lived in) He then took my fingerprints and then asked me -Is this my only marriage -Have I ever changed my name -Have I ever served in the military -When will I be flying to the US (to move) He asked me if I had done my medical. I told him I only had it the Friday before (1 business day) and he said it could take them some days to send it over the embassy. He checked my sponsors financial docs on his screen and said that he had everything he needed. He gave me a leaflet to read on domestic violence and asked me to sit down and wait to be called again. This took in total about 5mins. About 15mins later, I was called to a different window and was asked to scan my fingerprints again and take an oath. I was then asked: -How did you and your husband meet? -Who proposed to who? When? -When did you get married? -When do you plan to move? -Where will you move to? Have you been to that city before? He gave me a 211g and said I was all good pending my medical results (which could take 5 days). I actually ended up keeping my passport as I need to travel (not to the US) in 2 weeks so he let me keep it just in case but added the passport was outstanding to my 211g. He said that once I’m back from my travels, I can courier my passport to the embassy (I received instructions via email later that day) and by then they should have received the medical. Once they have both items, it should take 5-10 business days to get my passport (with visa) back. I was done by 10am. Rating : Very Good

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(documented in their timelines) for the same benefit/petition/application at the same filing location.
Individual results may vary as every case is not always 'average'. Past performance does not necessarily
predict future results. The 'as early as date' may change over time based on current reported processing
times from members. There have historically been cases where a benefit/petition/application processing
briefly slows down or stops and this can not be predicted. Use these dates as reference only and do not
rely on them for planning. As always you should check the USCIS processing times to see if your application
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