TeamB's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: T
Beneficiary's Name: T
VJ Member: TeamB
Country: Barbados
Last Updated: 2024-05-30
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Immigration Checklist for T & T:
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USCIS DCF 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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Date |
| Service Center : |
Nebraska Service Center |
| Transferred? |
California Service Center on 2022-11-16 |
| Consulate : |
Barbados |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
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| I-130 Sent : |
2022-11-08 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2022-11-17 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2023-09-27 |
| NVC Received : |
2023-10-02 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2023-10-16 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2023-10-16 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
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| Send AOS Package : |
2023-10-30 |
| Submit DS-261 : |
2023-10-30 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2023-10-16 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2023-10-16 |
| Send IV Package : |
2023-10-30 |
| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
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| Case Completed at NVC : |
2023-11-07 |
| NVC Left : |
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| 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 : |
2024-05-13  Submit Review |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2024-05-29 |
| US Entry : |
2024-08-31 |
| Comments : |
I cancelled the initial interview which was scheduled for January 8th. At this embassy we can cancel and rebook. It is not backlogged and you can even get next day appointments.
Booked next interview on April 13th (here, the appointments for the following month open the 2nd week of the current month)
Medical: April 15th
Self scheduled Interview date: May 13th
Decision - Refused (system updated from Ready to Refused the same time, forgot the divorce decree)
Decree mailed from US: May 13th
Received: May 17th
Sent documents to embassy via DHL - May 17th
Service center received May 21st and May 22nd (2 passports sent the same day - the 20th was a holiday in the country)
Administrative processing: May 24th
Issued: May 28th (27th was a US holiday)
Returned to DHL: May 29th
Received: May 29th (picked up from DHL)
We leave in about 3 months.
THE INTERVIEW
We stood in a line outside for about 15 minutes. Then went through security and into the waiting room. They were only 2 people ahead of us for IV but if you get there earlier you’d be faster. It’s FIFO.
We went to a window to check in with a guy who verified the address and gave me a notice for removal of conditions and also the “domestic violence” awareness document. He checked my application, asked for a telephone number and verification of my father’s name because I didn’t have it on the application.
He explained that if I get to the U.S. before the 2 year anniversary I needed to follow the steps on the form he gave me. (At this stage I assumed we were approved already because the pre-check guy gave me everything).
Then we waited for about an hour for the “interview”. (The first interview was a couple - they spent 45 minutes getting drilled at the window, the second was a lady she was just there for 10 minutes - both didn’t have enough evidence so I didn’t know if I would be 45 mins or 10mins).
The Consular Officer called both our names, we went to the window and she asked my child the age and asked me where my spouse and I met and then said “I bet you were planning to move for a while right?” I said yes
She then asked what my spouse does for work.
She stamped our B1/B2 visas “cancelled without prejudice”, gave me the passports and a green paper 221g and told me to mail the original divorce decree back with the passports.
She said she couldn’t complete unless she had that original document.
Less than 5 minutes at the window.
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 314 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 543 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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US CIS Local Office ReviewsTimeline Comments: 12Wish you well with your process. My husband's interview is on 11/2 at Bridgetown.
TeamB on 2023-10-11 said: Thank you. Seems many people who got NVC notices at that time can’t access the CEAC site so waiting until they fix that error. I looked at your timeline - it took a week to be DQed and a week to receive the IL?
Yes to the Dq but I don't know what IL means.
TeamB on 2023-10-11 said: Interview letter.
Lol.. thank you..DQ 09/14/2023 and received email with the interview date on 10/04/2023.
TeamB on 2023-10-26 said: Hey! I’m seeing that in Barbados you are allowed to reschedule the interview on your own in the system - are you willing to login and let me know if that’s true? (Asking because I see other countries have to wait until they are assigned a new date if they can’t make it).
Also - did your husband get the interview letter in the mail or does it come via email?
TeamB on 2023-10-26 said: Sorry just realized you said he got an email with the date!
Congrats on your approval!!!
TeamB on 2024-05-30 said: Thank you! Did you get the waiver sorted?
We filed it, we just have to wait and it's 2 year wait for a decision usually.
TeamB on 2024-05-30 said: Ok. All the best!
Thank you. I really appericate it.
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