Angela & Paul's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Paul
Beneficiary's Name: Angela
VJ Member: Angela & Paul
Country: Brazil
Last Updated: 2021-01-12
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Immigration Checklist for Paul & Angela:
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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 : |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| I-129F Sent : |
2008-03-08 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2008-03-11 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2008-08-07 |
| NVC Received : |
2008-08-14 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
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| NVC Left : |
2008-08-18 |
| Consulate Received : |
2008-08-20 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
2008-08-27 |
| Interview Date : |
2008-10-21 |
| Interview Result : |
Administrative Review
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2008-10-27 |
| US Entry : |
2009-01-17 |
| Marriage : |
2009-02-06 |
| Comments : |
Visa was not formally approved at the end of the interview. Officer said that an additional review was necessary. Visa was mailed a few days later without the need for a second interview.
Note: Denied entry to the USA Oct. 2007 due to visa overstay in 2006 (less than 180 days). |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 149 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 224 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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| Event |
Date |
| Port of Entry : |
JFK |
| POE Date : |
2009-01-17 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
Yes,Passport Stamp |
| Biometrics Taken : |
Yes |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
Took 30mn from time of first contact with an immigration officer (US Citizens/Residents line) to getting the stamped I-94 with EAD |
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Adjustment of Status
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
San Jose CA |
| Date Filed : |
2009-03-24 |
| NOA Date : |
2009-04-01 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2009-04-23 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
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| Interview Date : |
2009-06-30 |
| Approval / Denial Date : |
2009-08-07 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
No |
| Greencard Received: |
2009-08-14 |
| Comments : |
Officer requested a "Record of sworn statement" and additional documentation, so we were neither approved nor denied on the interview date. The approval date is estimated. |
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Employment Authorization
Document
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
| Filing Method : |
Mail |
| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2009-03-24 |
| NOA Date : |
2009-04-01 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2009-04-23 |
| Approved Date : |
2009-06-01 |
| Date Card Received : |
2009-06-05 |
| Comments : |
The process was much slower than usual for us |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your EAD was approved in 69 days. |
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Advance Parole
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
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| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2009-03-24 |
| NOA Date : |
2009-04-01 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Date Received : |
2009-06-05 |
| Comments : |
The process was much slower than usual for us |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your AP was approved in 66 days. |
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Lifting Conditions
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
California Service Center |
| Date Filed : |
2011-05-31 |
| NOA Date : |
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| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
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| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
2012-01-19 |
| Approved : |
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| Got I551 Stamp : |
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| Green Card Received : |
2012-01-25 |
| Comments : |
Had to call the USCIS past the 6-month deadline - we were next to last for the May 2011 filers at CSC - and was approved a few days later. |
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Citizenship
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Date |
| Service Center : |
Phoenix AZ Lockbox |
| CIS Office : |
San Francisco CA |
| Date Filed : |
2019-10-17 |
| NOA Date : |
2019-10-19 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2019-11-05 |
| Interview Date : |
2021-01-11 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Oath Ceremony : |
2021-01-11 |
| Comments : |
Estimated Completion Date: Sept. 2020 (per USCIS)
NOW OCTOBER 2020 (as of May)
Now November 2020 (as of August)
JANUARY 11, 2021
It has been a loooong journey but today finally was THE day, 15 months after we submitted the N-400 application. No real issues during the interview at 10:20am in San Francisco except a request for all past passports which ended up being not necessary (of course!), and the list of all previous trips abroad (which was in the documents filed anyway).
The option was given to take the oath same day at 2:00pm or another week. The oath was in a room with 30 other new citizens from 22 different countries, with masks and physical distance, and it took less then the recommended 15mn limit for people to stay in a closed room. Anticlimactic but efficient!
Got the naturalization certificate on the spot and instructions to apply for US passport.
PS: plenty of street parking on a Monday with stay-at-home orders in effect |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Review Topic: Other Experience
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Description |
| Review Date : |
July 20, 2009 |
| Embassy Review : |
July 20, 2009: Just got a call from a "Matthew" from the Consulate in Rio doing a survey on our experience for K-1 visa (October 2008). Did you get a call too?
I told him everything was fine there, except for the rudeness of the interviewer  |
| Rating : |
Not Rated |
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POE Review: JFK
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Description |
| Entry Date : |
2009-01-17 |
| Embassy Review : |
Future JFK reviewers: please indicate Airline, Terminal and Time of arrival in your review because I do think it matters in how you will be treated.
Arrived via TAM Brazilian Airlines in Terminal 4 at 5:30am on January 17, 2009.
Immigration room is large and modern. We asked an officer directing passengers at the beginning of both lines if we could go together in the "US Citizens" line, he said yes. The "US & Residents" line was much shorter and faster than the "non-US" line, so we were very happy to shave at least 30mn off our wait.
When we got to the first immigration officer, we explained the situation and gave him the sealed yellow envelope. He pulled a "cheat sheet" from his desk and started reading instructions. He seemed new at this. Then he looked in the computer and found Angela's "red flag" 
He asked a few questions about her history and then took her picture and fingerprints. He explained he usually does most of the work at his desk, but because of her "special" case, he needed to take us to the back room. He was nice and friendly through the whole thing (about 7 minutes, I felt bad for the passengers waiting behind us).
In the back room, he put the file on a desk next to three officers standing on what looks like a stage above the rows of seats. There were about 50 to 70 chairs, and about 15 people in there. We waited 10mn, expecting a torrent of questions and a hard time from them. An officer finally came to us, took us to the back of the room, noticed our address and told us he was from CA too. He was very nice and told Angela could never come back to the US with her other passport (the one with the "red flag"). He guided us to another station next to the luggage pickup where two officers process the final documents. We felt better at that point even if we still did not have a final answer as to the I-94 status.
After waiting another 10mn, the officer at the desk called Angela and then called me, and asked if I was the petitioner. She told us to wait a few more minutes, and 5 minutes later called Angela to get her passport. Angela then asked if she could get the Employement EAD stamp, to which the officer said "it's already there on the back of the I-94"
We proceeded to get our luggage, which we could see turning on the carousel the past 10mn while waiting at the last immigration station, and proceeded to the United terminal. The 30+ minutes to get through Immigration and the -13 degrees C (9 degrees Fahrenheit) outside did not damper the celebration as we walked to our gate 
Overall, the process was not too difficult, yet a bit lengthy. From the point we first stood in line to getting our luggage, it took us about 1 hour. Had we had to go through the non-US resident line, I am guessing it would have been 1hr 30mn. With the Terminal change, I would highly recommend anyone going through JFK to allocate a minimum 2 hours for any connection with a K-1 visa.
All officers were extremely friendly and answered our questions clearly.
We got the I-94 stamp, the EAD stamp and our luggage. When I look at other reviews on the forum, maybe we were lucky.
Feel free to send us messages if you have any further questions. Thank you.
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| Harassment Level : |
Low |
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Local US CIS Office Review: San Jose CA
Review Topic: cis_topic
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
July 4, 2009 |
| Embassy Review : |
We had our interview for AOS (GC) on June 30, 2009. We arrived 10mn early and were immediately moved from the 2nd fl. #200 empty room to the larger room next door.
We were interviewed separately, me (husband and US Citizen) first for 30mn and then Angela second for another 30mn. The interview was done by officer Perry, who stayed professional, yet very harsh. We were not approved, actually the first thing he told me was that our case was under review and being audited, to which I asked what that meant and he said we would not get the approval for the Green Card today and that Angela would have to submit additional documentation.
He asked me bluntly if I didn't think Angela was "in it" for the Green Card, and then for proofs of relationship. He kept about 15 photos from our album, after I explained who all these people on the photos were.
He was not interested in my work or assets.
He of course mentioned Angela's US entry denial in 2007 for visa overstay (45 days!) and appearing to be a public charge (according to the officer).
Angela's interview was about that entry denial and he 'grilled' her on the circumstances and her emergency surgery at the hospital, wanting to make sure we did not owe anything. He told her to get legal help to write the "Record of sworn statement" that he asked her to provide later.
The documents requested are: Record of sworn statement, proof from hospital that she does not owe anything, copies of ALL pages of all her passports (she's a dual citizen Brazil-Portugal)
All in all, not a pleasant experience, like the interview in Rio, and I was not surprised we were not approved.  |
| Harassment Level : |
Not Rated |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
*Notice about estimates: The estimates are based off averages of other members recent experiences
(documented in their timelines) for the same benefit/petition/application at the same filing location.
Individual results may vary as every case is not always 'average'. Past performance does not necessarily
predict future results. The 'as early as date' may change over time based on current reported processing
times from members. There have historically been cases where a benefit/petition/application processing
briefly slows down or stops and this can not be predicted. Use these dates as reference only and do not
rely on them for planning. As always you should check the
USCIS processing times to see if your application
is past due.
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