PDXbicycleboy's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Eric
Beneficiary's Name: Elva
VJ Member: PDXbicycleboy
Country: Ecuador
Last Updated: 2009-07-01
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Immigration Checklist for Eric & Elva:
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USCIS I-129F Petition:
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Dept of State K1 Visa:
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USCIS I-485 Petition:
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USCIS I-765 Petition:
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USCIS I-131 Petition:
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USCIS I-751 Petition:
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USCIS N-400 Petition:
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K1 Visa
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
California Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Quito, Ecuador |
| I-129F Sent : |
2008-04-13 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2008-04-28 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2008-09-13 |
| NVC Received : |
2008-09-23 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
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| NVC Left : |
2008-09-25 |
| Consulate Received : |
2008-10-03 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
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| Interview Date : |
2008-11-19 |
| Interview Result : |
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2009-06-30 |
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| Marriage : |
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| Comments : |
This case has been put into administrative processing. I will be returning to Ecuador on June 13, 2009 to notify the U.S. Consulate of the birth of our child in Ecuador (He was born April 6, 2009). I went down to Ecuador because the consulate's doctor required our son to have a cedula showing my last name. What a fiasco that was! It took 4 hours to get one as everyone in the office was not interested in efficiency and didn't want to help the gringo. However, I found out that playing the "crazy gringo" card (e.g., yelling and screaming my head off) works and they get stuff done. We were late to the consulate for our notification of birth abroad and the woman I spoke with tried turning me away and I told her I wanted to talk to her supervisor, who turned out to be extremely helpful. She straight lied to me saying that the consulate wouldn't take our documents unless we had a registered copy of the birth certificate. The guy said "no problem." Needless to say, trying to get all that we got in one day accomplished was crazy. However, I was hell-bent on getting EVERYTHING DONE. Now the DNA results are being analyzed in Portland, Oregon and they will be sent to the consulate. That B**** at the consulate had better approve the visa after getting those results. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 138 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 205 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
July 3, 2009 |
| Embassy Review : |
*I am following up on a previous review (interview was November 2008 and case was put into administrative processing) regarding this consulate now that the visa has been issued.*
Where to start? I am so FIRED UP right now that I don't even feel like I want to submit a review of this circus (yes, you can hear the circus tune playing in the background right now) of a U.S. Consulate because of the RIDICULOUS hoops and UNETHICAL practices these bunch of gutless clowns put us through. Mind you, this wasn't a couple interactions we had with these jokers; they demonstrated through these interactions that this behavior was standard operational procedure for this dive. Let's just put it this way, the Registro Civil of Ecaudor provides better customer service than the Guayaquil Consulate (yes, I had to GO to the Civil Registro to "experience" getting a Cedula for our son in order for the Guayaquil Consulate's doctor to even do the DNA test that had been sitting in his office (of course the U.S. Consulate didn't tell us we needed the father's last name on the Cedula [or even that we NEEDED a cedula to DO the DNA test] on the paperwork they sent saying they needed the DNA test to prove our relationship). As Adam Sandler said in the Wedding Singer, "Once again, things that could have been brought to my attention YESTERDAY!"
They were complete arses all the way to the end. I guess I don't understand the logic in granting my son a United States Passport and declaring him to be a U.S. citizen (in May 2009) without seeing or requesting DNA test results to prove he is ours. However, the Immigrant Visa Department, INSISTS we need more, expensive ($750) evidence to prove he is ours to show that we really do have a "real relationship". All I have to say is that they have their heads so far up their asses on this one.
Memo to the consular officer who ran our case (Yes, in CAPS because I would SCREAM these words to your FACE if you had the GUTS to sign your name in any of the obtuse emails you sent and to even take ONE of my calls: YOU ARE VERY, VERY UNHAPPY WOMAN. PLEASE GET HELP. I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER ABOUT YOURSELF FOR HAVING SUCH AN IMPORTANT JOB AND MAKING PEOPLE JUMP THROUGH AS MANY HOOPS AS YOU SEE FIT BECAUSE OF YOUR AWESOME POWERS. IT MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH THAT TAXPAYERS SUPPORT SACKS OF CRAP LIKE YOU AND EVEN SICKER TO KNOW THAT OUR GOVERNMENT ALLOWS YOU TO KEEP A JOB. YOU LOST. WE WON. I TOLD YOU WE WOULDN'T QUIT. YOU DON'T CARE AND YOU DO A GOOD JOB OF THAT.
Even though this consulate screwed us over in more ways then most anyone I've seen on VJ, and we went through so much crap, I know this case isn't special; there are lots of poor souls that *thought* their government ran things efficiently and then the trap doors flew open and they found themselves falling through a seemingly endless maze of requirements that are made up by a mentally sick consular officer abusing the power given to her by our own government.
Overall, this place is a shoddy operation at best and at worst a downright embarrassment to the people of the United States of America who, in my humble opinion would be OUTRAGED to see it how it operates if they had to deal with and stomach its policies.
My advice to anyone who tries to get a K-1 Visa out of this place, tread cautiously and never make assumptions. Wait, scratch that. Make the assumption that they will lie to you and you will get treated like a shoplifter who is trying to return something they stole to the store they stole from. Assume that if you don't go to the interview, you will be made to be the star attraction in their circus and jump through the hoops, dance to their tune, and they might even pull out the pistola and start shooting at your feet telling you "Dance! I tell ya, Dance!" Assume that if you get a woman consular officer, that you might be dealing with the nutjob we got and that you're in for a big fight. Assume in all this that you will be treated with no respect and a lot of the information you need will not be given to you. Assume the position. |
| Rating : |
Not Rated |
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