juliagus's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Julia Beneficiary's Name: Gus VJ Member: juliagus Country: Brazil Last Updated: 2024-03-12 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Julia & Gus:

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 : Vermont Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Marriage (if applicable): 2021-11-05 I-130 Sent : 2022-08-01 I-130 NOA1 : 2022-08-01 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2023-07-03 NVC Received : 2023-07-08 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2023-07-09 Pay AOS Bill : 2023-07-09 Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : 2023-07-15 Submit DS-261 : 2023-07-15 Receive IV Bill : 2023-07-09 Pay IV Bill : 2023-07-09 Send IV Package : 2023-07-15 Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2023-08-28 Case Completed at NVC : 2023-08-11 NVC Left : 2023-08-11 Consulate Received : 2023-08-28 Packet 3 Received : 2023-08-28 Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : 2023-08-28 Interview Date : 2023-10-16 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2023-10-19 US Entry : 2023-11-13 Comments : Had the interview on Oct 16th, 2023 at 7:40am. We were approved and now we are waiting for the visa to be sent to the consulate near us. Update: it took only 3 business days for the passport to arrive at the consulate near us for pickup. We then entered the US on the 13th of November after our two year anniversary so that we could be issued an IR1 visa instead of a CR1 visa with conditions and having to go through this whole process with the USCIS again in 2 years. Now we are just waiting on the physical green card to arrive in the mail. We received the social security number 1 week after arrival in the US. But with the passport with visa you are able to work and get state IDs and all that jazz. Update 1/26/24: His green card arrived on Saturday but it has the wrong category. It says CR1 instead of IR1. We entered the United States AFTER our two-year marriage anniversary so he should have been issued an IR1 visa, 10 year green card and he wasn't. I filed an I-90 to get this corrected but I'm not sure how long this will take. USCIS website says the average processing time for an I-90 is 23 months??? His green card will expire before then if it truly does take the 23 months to process. So we're kind of in a limbo right now trying to figure out what to do next, but also twiddling our thumbs waiting for something to happen. Update 2/23/24: A week after we filed the I-90 we got a letter in the mail letting us know that we had an appointment on the 6th of February at our local USCIS office. We went there on the 6th and they took his fingerprints and a photo and told us that we should be receiving an updated green card in the mail soon and that once we got the new green card, they would ask for the old one back. On the 21st we got an update on USCIS that his card was being produced so now it's just a waiting game to see when it'll come in the mail and if they actually corrected the visa category on there! Update 03/12/24: His corrected green card arrived in the mail yesterday and this time it was actually correct. Showing his IR1 visa category. So now everything is correct! Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 336 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 441 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : Houston POE Date : 2023-11-13 Got EAD Stamp : Yes,Passport Stamp Biometrics Taken : Yes Harassment Level : 0 Comments : Took my husband to a back room and made him sit down. Then everyone left and about 5 minutes later an officer came back in and told him he was approved. Didn't ask him any questions or anything, just made him sit down and wait. The only thing that took long was the actual customs line to see an officer, was super packed at 5am!

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : October 16, 2023 Embassy Review : Our interview time was at 7:40am however like most things in Brazil, no one cares about your appointment time and it's first come first serve. We arrived about an hour early, 6:50am and there was already a massive line for tourist visa people and on the other side of the street, about a 8-person line for immigration. We sort of stood around there for a few minutes because our slot was only at 7:40, however based on our experience at the ACS fingerprinting place where it was a zoo, we figured it wouldn't hurt to pop in line with the rest of the immigration people. Fast forward to 7:10am and now they're letting people in and no one looked twice at my husband and he was the 10th person inside the embassy. The Staff: The attendants are rude, it's simply who they are. They're rude at the fingerprinting place, they're rude at the embassy. You just have to be nice to them regardless. The People: The people who are in there with you are also rude? It's like they're all chickens with their heads cut off and running around. They skip you in line because they think they're more important, they throw their papers at the staff and ask them if they have everything. Even though they give you a piece of paper with all the documents you will need and the specific order to sort the papers in order to advance to the interview. People have no sense of personal space and some lady even kicked my husband while waiting. The Interview: The actual interview took less than 2 minutes, they asked my husband 5 questions and he was on his way. The Questions: É o primeiro casamento seu e de sua esposa? (Is this your first marriage) Você já esteve nos Estados Unidos ou já viveu em outro país? (Have you ever been to the U.S. or lived in another country) O que sua esposa faz? (What does your wife do for a living) Quem é "Bob"? (Who is "Bob") *"Bob" is my dad who is our co-sponsor Sua esposa já te visitou após vocês casarem? (Has your wife ever visited you here after you married) *The interviewer didn't realize that we have lived together in Brazil since we got married. My husband clarified that to him That was it, he handed my husband a paper with some info saying "You're approved" and a link to track the passport. Overall it was a decent experience, we arrived at 6:50am and he got out at around 9:00am. It would have taken him less time but he had many people cut in front of him during the separating the papers stage. Your appointment time doesn't matter and if you just get in line no one will care. So now we're waiting to pick up his passport at the consulate near us! Rating : Moderate

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