kiwiana's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: SO Beneficiary's Name: me VJ Member: kiwiana Country: New Zealand Last Updated: 2013-05-05 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for SO & me:

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 : Auckland, New Zealand I-129F Sent : 2008-07-11 I-129F NOA1 : 2008-07-24 I-129F RFE(s) : RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2008-11-17 NVC Received : Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : NVC Left : 2008-11-24 Consulate Received : 2008-11-28 Packet 3 Received : 2008-12-02 Packet 3 Sent : 2008-12-20 Packet 4 Received : 2008-12-24 Interview Date : 2009-01-16 Submit Review Interview Result : Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2009-01-23 US Entry : 2009-03-06 Marriage : 2009-3-17 Comments : K-1 Timeline 07-11-2008 - sent 1-129f 07-14-2008 - received at California Service Centre 07-24-2008 - NOA1 07-28-2008 - Touched 11-17-2008 - NOA2 11-24-2008 - NVC receipt 11-28-2008 - Received at Consulate 12-02-2008 - Packet 3 arrived 12-04-2008 - Medical 12-20-2008 - Mailed packet 3 to Consulate 12-24-2008 - Received packet 4 01-16-2009 - Interview date 01-16-2009 - Visa Approved! 01-23-2009 - Visa Received!!!!!! 03-06-2009 - POE Los Angeles!!!!!! 03-17-2009 - Wedding - vegas!!!! st patricks day!! 04-03-2009 - Applied for SSN - Wouldn't give me one in married name.Very frustrating! 04-18-2009 - SSN arrives in mail 04-22-2009 - Went to different SSA office to get SSN in married name. 05-29-2009 - SSN in married name arrived in mail. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 116 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 176 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : Los Angeles POE Date : 2009-03-06 Submit Review Got EAD Stamp : No Biometrics Taken : Yes Harassment Level : 0 Comments : The lady at POE was really nice. As she handed me back my passport she said 'Welcome to the United States Of America' :-)

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : Santa Ana CA Date Filed : 2009-04-27 NOA Date : 2009-05-01 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2009-05-27 AOS Transfer** : Interview Date : 2009-08-28 Submit Review Approval / Denial Date : 2009-08-28 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : No Greencard Received: 2009-09-08 Comments : AOS Timeline 04-27-2009 - Mailed AOS package 04-28-2009 - AOS package arrived. signed for by v.bustamante. 05-01-2009 - NOA's for AOS, EAD, AP 05-05-2009 - NOA'S arrived in the mail. 05-14-2009 - Letter arrived in the mail for biometrics appointment 05-27-2009 - Biometrics appointment 06-17-2009 - EAD approved.card production ordered 06-19-2009 - AP arrived in the mail 06-22-2009 - EAD arrived in the mail 07-11-2009 - letter for AOS interview arrived in the mail 08-28-2009 - interview AOS 08-28-2009 - AOS approved!! 09-08-2009 - Green Card arrived!

Employment Authorization Document Event Date CIS Office : Chicago National Office Filing Method : Mail Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2009-04-27 NOA Date : 2009-05-01 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2009-05-27 Approved Date : 2009-06-17 Date Card Received : 2009-06-22 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your EAD was approved in 51 days.

Advance Parole Event Date CIS Office : Chicago National Office Filing Method :   Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2009-04-27 NOA Date : 2009-05-01 RFE(s) : Date Received : 2009-06-19 Comments : I couldn't view AP case status online at uscis website, so had no idea what was happening with the AP. It was a total surprise when it arrived in the mail on 19th June Processing Estimates/Stats : Your AP was approved in 47 days.

Lifting Conditions Event Date CIS Office : California Service Center Date Filed : 2011-06-01 NOA Date : 2011-06-02 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2011-07-11 Interview Date : 2012-04-24 Approval / Denial Date : 2012-04-24 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : No Green Card Received : 2012-05-11 Comments : 06/01/2011 - mailed package to CSC 06/02/2011 - arrived at CSC 06/02/2011 - NOA receipt date 06/06/2011 - check cashed 06/07/2011 - NOA arrived in mail 06/15/2011 - Bio letter arrived in mail 07/11/2011 - Biometric appointment 02/02/2012 - Put in a service request 03/14/2012 - Phoned USCIS again 03/15/2012 - Letter arrived with interview details 04/24/2012 - Interview date 04/24/2012 - Interview ROC approved 05/11/2012 - Received Green card

Citizenship Event Date Service Center : Phoenix AZ Lockbox CIS Office : Santa Ana CA Date Filed : 2012-06-22 NOA Date : 2012-06-26 Bio. Appt. : 2012-07-19 Interview Date : 2012-09-19 Approved : Yes Oath Ceremony : 2012-10-24 Comments : N-400 06/22/2012 - Mailed N-400 package to Phoenix/AZ Lockbox 06/26/2012 - NOA date 06/28/2012 - Check cashed 06/29/2012 - NOA arrived in the mail 07/02/2012 - Biometrics appointment letter arrived in mail 07/19/2012 - Biometrics appointment 07/30/2012 - Received text +email. Application placed in line for interview 07/30/2012 - Received text + email in evening - interview letter sent 08/03/2012 - Received interview letter 09/19/2012 - Interview - passed interview/test! 10/24/12 - Oath ceremony

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*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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