yasffc's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Beneficiary's Name: VJ Member: yasffc Country: Brazil Last Updated: 2024-02-07 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

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IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Date Service Center : National Benefits Center Transferred? No Consulate : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Marriage (if applicable): 2020-09-11 I-130 Sent : 2021-04-15 I-130 NOA1 : I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : NVC Received : 2024-01-11 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2024-01-11 Pay AOS Bill : 2024-01-11 Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : 2024-01-11 Submit DS-261 : 2024-01-18 Receive IV Bill : Pay IV Bill : 2024-01-18 Send IV Package : 2024-01-18 Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2024-01-18 Case Completed at NVC : 2024-01-18 NVC Left : Consulate Received : 2024-01-18 Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : 2024-01-19 Interview Date : 2024-02-07 Submit Review Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : US Entry : Comments : INTERVIEW: My interview was scheduled for 7:30. I got there at 6:15 and was the second person in line. There are two lines, one is huge and is for the tourist visa. Across that one, there's the immigrant visa line which is much shorter. We were let in at 7AM and taken up some stairs. In that room, a lady gave us a paper instructing us to organize the documents in a certain way and also a contact sheet that we had to fill out with our case number, Brazilian address, US address, and applicant and petitioner email. Some people already had that paper filled out, but I hadn't seen it anywhere prior to my interview so if you don't have it it's not a problem at all. One thing that was interesting is that the lady told me the picture was optional, even though it did not say that on the website. After organizing my documents in the specific order they wanted, I went back to the same lady and she made sure everything was in order. Then, she told me to sit in the front row chair and wait to be called. Maybe 10 minutes later I was called by an agent behind those windows, she checked my documents again and asked a few very basic questions (My full name, if I ever lived somewhere before, etc.). She returned some documents to me and places the ones inside a folder and gave it back to me and told me to sit back down and wait to be called for the interview. Maybe 15 minutes later, an American agent called me up to another window for the interview. The interview itself was pretty straightforward, you take an oath and they ask a few questions. For me, they asked how I met my husband, how long I was there for (I was living there for 4 years before I returned to finish the process), and some questions regarding a problem I had with my advance parole. The whole interview was maybe 10 minutes long and, even though the interviewer was clearly American with a thick accent, the whole thing was in Portuguese (cause he wanted to). He told me I was approved and that my passport would be delivered to me in the way I selected online. That was it! I was out of there by 8:00AM so the process was super fast and efficient. Everyone was super nice and entire process was done in Portuguese. A couple of comments: 1. I think it's definitely worth it to get there ahead of time. They did not call people based on their interview time, it was first come first serve. 2. TRIPLE CHECK your documents. People were being turned out for not having the original documents and also the police certificate. Processing Estimates/Stats : Enter your I-130 NOA1 time in your timeline to get an estimated approval (NOA2) date!

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