AneB's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Tarry Beneficiary's Name: Anne VJ Member: AneB Country: Brazil Last Updated: 2023-05-13 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Tarry & Anne:

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 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil I-129F Sent : 2021-08-17 I-129F NOA1 : 2021-08-20 I-129F RFE(s) : RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2022-11-08 NVC Received : 2022-12-13 Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : 2023-01-19 NVC Left : 2023-01-31 Consulate Received : 2023-02-02 Packet 3 Received : 2023-02-23 Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2023-04-10 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2023-04-12 US Entry : 2023-05-01 Marriage : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 445 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 598 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : Tampa POE Date : 2023-05-01 Got EAD Stamp : No Biometrics Taken : Yes Harassment Level : 0 Comments :

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Review Topic: K1 Visa Event Description Review Date : April 13, 2023 Embassy Review : My interview happened on April 10th, 2023. I have some good points and some bad points to mention here. BAD points first: 1- My fiance and I e-mailed them twice (first in november and then last week) to ask if he could accompany me during the interview. Both times they said yes. I printed the e-mails and brought with us. Getting there, the responsible person said he would have to wait outside. I questioned saying we had e-mails saying he could go in with me, then she said that not in a first moment, but they would call him in later. I found that reasonable, since there are some steps before the interview itself happen, so I asked her to guide him to where he was supposed to stay and she did. THEY NEVER CALLED HIM IN OR EXPLAINED ANYTHING TO HIM, and he told me there was a lot of other people in the same situations close to him. 2: That being said, I noticed that the Consulate seems to be understaffed, so everyone gets overwhelmed and their internal comminication tends to break. The person I mentioned above, for instance, was a tiny short girl running all crazy everywhere because she was handling everybody outside by herself. There was a loooot of people and no signs, nothing... Everything on her. 3: Informations in the official website is not very accurate. When I went to do the biometrics, I brought the appointment confirmation page printed, as the website days, but, getting there, what I needed was the DS-160 confirmation page. Had to pay R$30 to print one damn page in order to not lose my appointment. Besides that, the website says that the declaration that days you're free to marry is suposed to be signed in front of the officer, but when I handed my documents, the person was like "why you didn't sign it yet?"............. 4: This might be a personal thing, but I think it's worthy to be mentioned. The ac is suuuuuper cold inside. I was wearing warm clothes and still felt cold a lot. So if you get cold easily, bring an extra jacket hahahah Now the GOOD parts: 1: The whole process on this fase (except for the problems above), since biometrics, was very smooth and felt a lot different from when I tried a tourist visa in 2020, before pandemics. At that time, everything was extremely intimidating, but this time I felt like I was treated with dignity and respect most of the time. Everyone was very nice and the security guy in the interview waiting area was even joking a lot hahahah That helped me to relax. 2: Although I waited a long time before the interview itself happen, when it did it was very quick and easy. The Consul barely looked at me and didn't ask for any additional evidences of anything (I had a giant folder with me though). She asked me to swear I was saying the truth and then did these questions: - Have you ever been in the USA? - Have you ever been out of Brasil? - Any problems with the law? - When did you meet your fiance and how? - When did he come to Brasil? (on this question I asked which time she wanted to know and she said the first) - When is the wedding? - Did you receive the paper with your rights in case of domestic violence? Then visa approved!! 😍 3: They took only two days to issue my visa. Rating : Moderate

POE Review: Tampa Event Description Entry Date : 2023-05-01 Embassy Review : Everything was very smooth for me at the Tampa airport. My fiance was with me and I brought my cat. We had a connection flight at Panama and there was an extra security check there. I believe that's why the security at Tampa was very fast, with no lines. I don't know if it's the same when you come from other places. We got to the airport and a lady speaking in english and spanish directed us for the non-citizen passport control line, which was really short. It was arround 5 minutes waiting only. The first officer checked my passport, took a picture of me, asked for the address where I'm going to leave in the US and got my visa packet. She was very nice and laughed saying my packet was huge hahahah Then she gave my fiance's passport back to him and told me to follow her to a separated room. She told my fiance that he could go get out baggage and then come back to meet me in that room. I asked if my cat could go in with me, she said yes, told me to take a seat and handed my documents to another officer. There were two officers in that room, both very nice too, and a few other people (something arround 5). Apparently only I was there with a k1 visa, but I think it's their standard procedure for that type, because nothing seemed wrong to me at anytime. My fiance couldn't get the baggage at that moment for some reason and came back to wait with me. We waited arround 20 minutes and the officer called me by my name. He asked if I could speak english, where I was comming from, If I had an address in the US to provide and If I was aware that if I didn't get married to my fiance in 90 my visa would be revoked. I responde everything and then he asked if he could speak to my fiance. I called him and, since he's asian, the officer asked me if he could speak english. So the officer asked him if he had a drivers licence and checked it, typed something on his computer and stamped my passport. In the meanwhile, some ladies that work in the airport arrived with some suitcases for us to see if ours were there, and they were. Then the officer told us to pick it up and follow him to a separated area in the same room for security. He kept my packet and gave my passport to the security officer. This last officer said our luggage have been through x-ray before and he didn't need to check our carry-ons. He asked about my cat's documents, gave me my passport and said we could go home 😊 That's it! The whole process took less than 40 minutes and I was treated very well all the time. Harassment Level : Low

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