schopap's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Andrew Beneficiary's Name: Florencia VJ Member: schopap Country: Argentina Last Updated: 2010-08-10 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Andrew & Florencia:

USCIS I-130 Petition:       Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:     USCIS I-751 Petition:   USCIS N-400 Petition:

IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Date Service Center : Vermont Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Argentina Marriage (if applicable): 2008-03-21 I-130 Sent : 2008-06-19 I-130 NOA1 : 2008-06-30 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2009-04-21 NVC Received : 2009-05-01 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : Pay AOS Bill : 2009-10-16 Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : 2010-03-11 Submit DS-261 : Receive IV Bill : 2010-03-08 Pay IV Bill : 2010-03-11 Send IV Package : Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : Case Completed at NVC : 2010-06-08 NVC Left : Consulate Received : Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : Interview Date : 2010-07-08 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2010-07-28 US Entry : 2010-08-05 Comments : 2008-12-18 Transferred to CSC!!!! We did not push our NVC case from USCIS approval until early April 2010 POE Miami, Unusual level of difficulty, took almost 8 hrs (see review) Missed connection to DC with 3 flights cancelled due to storms. Finally arrived Friday Aug 6 Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 295 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 738 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : Miami POE Date : 2010-08-05 Got EAD Stamp : Biometrics Taken : Harassment Level : 10 Comments : See Review, Unusual level of difficulty, took almost 8 hrs (see review) Missed connection to DC with 3 flights cancelled due to storms. Finally arrived Friday Aug 6. But she did make it and received I-551 stamp for 10 yr GC

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Argentina Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : July 24, 2010 Embassy Review : One more comment. They do take their time in issuing visas. They didn't put ours into mail until 2 weeks after the interview. Allow plenty of time to allow for visa delivery. Rating : Moderate

POE Review: Miami Event Description Entry Date : 2010-08-05 Embassy Review : My wife went through POE in Miami. She was held in secondary questioning for almost 8 hours because there was an error with her A-number. The officers there while being pleasant and polite seemed to have no interest in trying to get her through, and she waited and waited. Finally there was a female officer who noticed she had been there a loooooooonng time and she took her case and corrected the error in about 20 mins. The other guys including the supervisor seemed very arrogant and appeared to enjoy having the authority to hold her. They didn't know their job at all saying first she would have to go back to the embassy and have them correct the number, then that she would have a "temporary parole" where she would be admitted as a non-immigrant with 30 days to fix this. Thankfully the other officer took her case, processed it and got her out with her full immigrant (IR1) status. Harassment Level : High

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