mich08's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: michelle Beneficiary's Name: jp VJ Member: mich08 Country: Argentina Last Updated: 2009-05-05 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for michelle & jp:

USCIS I-129F Petition:       Dept of State K1 Visa:     USCIS I-485 Petition:   USCIS I-765 Petition:       USCIS I-131 Petition:       USCIS I-751 Petition:   USCIS N-400 Petition:

K1 Visa Event Date Service Center : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Argentina I-129F Sent : 2008-06-09 I-129F NOA1 : 2008-06-12 I-129F RFE(s) : RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2008-10-15 NVC Received : 2008-10-22 Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : NVC Left : Consulate Received : 2008-10-29 Packet 3 Received : 2008-10-29 Packet 3 Sent : 2008-10-31 Packet 4 Received : 2008-12-15 Interview Date : 2009-01-15 Interview Result : Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2009-01-23 US Entry : 2009-01-30 Marriage : 2009-02-04 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 125 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 217 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : Salt Lake City UT Date Filed : 2009-02-23 NOA Date : 2009-03-03 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2009-03-27 AOS Transfer** : 2009-03-03 Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : 2009-04-24 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Greencard Received: 2009-05-04 Comments :

Employment Authorization Document Event Date CIS Office : Chicago IL Filing Method : Mail Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2009-02-23 NOA Date : RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : Approved Date : 2009-04-15 Date Card Received : 2009-04-24 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your EAD was approved in 51 days.

Advance Parole Event Date CIS Office : Chicago IL Filing Method :   Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2009-02-23 NOA Date : RFE(s) : Date Received : 2009-04-24 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your AP was approved in 56 days.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Argentina Review Topic: K1 Visa Event Description Review Date : January 23, 2009 Embassy Review : My fiance went for his interview and said the place was practically empty when he got there. He was taken to one woman who asked him for each of his documents one by one. When they got to asking him for his birth certificate, he realized he had somehow forgotten it at home, though he did have the Xerox copy of it. The strange part was that they said this was the wrong birth certificate anyway! Though this was the copy we sent with the copies of all the documents in package three. They did give us RFE's for incorrect police certificate copies in package 3 but there was no mention of this being the wrong birth document (when looking for his birth cert. we found two that his mom had...so we copied and planned on bringing the one that looked most official....apparently we thought wrong) ANYWAY. The point is, even if he HAD brought the birth certificate it would've been the wrong one and he would have been rejected on that premise. So they gave him a letter saying mail your passport and birth certificate via DHL, and the pre-paid DHL fee to mail it all back to you within 10 days to 2 weeks. Then he waited for about an hour and they summoned him for the actual interview. They asked how he met me and when he said we met while he was in the States working on a J-1 visa, and I was the boss at his second job, they rudely interrupted and 'told' him that you aren't allowed two jobs on a J-1 visa. But he insisted he could, or he wouldn't have done it, and his second job would never have hired an 'illegal' worker....(the circumstances are different for J-1's depending on who sponsors them) So the interviewer pressed that issue a little bit, commented on it to the other woman listening in at the interview, and then the interview was done. I don't even think he got to finish the story. All in all, he was at the embassy for about two hours, the interview itself being only about 10 minutes. I have to say this embassy is a real pain...Not as bad as some I know, but the instructions on packages three and four are unclear and repetitive, and the letter my fiance recieved asking for the missing documents also said it required another form mailed back with everything....something the consulate didn't even mention and wasn't give to him. He emailed asking what it was, and they answered saying "Oh, don't worry about that...just send what we told you"...Lots of unnecessary fretting came from these unclear instructions. On a positive note, after we sent in package three, emails were answered quite rapidly, within one to two days, though often those answers weren't clear or helpful either....The visa and birth certificate were sent on a Friday, recieved on Tuesday at the embassy (thanks for being closed on MLK day) and the passport containing the visa and birt cert. were returned by the following Friday!! All in all it's pretty do-able and we've got a visa!!! Rating : Good

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