JLP9576's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Jenay
Beneficiary's Name: Love
VJ Member: JLP9576
Country: Nigeria
Last Updated: 2012-11-26
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Immigration Checklist for Jenay & Love:
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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 : |
Vermont Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Nigeria |
| I-129F Sent : |
2008-12-30 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2009-01-07 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2009-04-16 |
| NVC Received : |
2009-04-20 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
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| NVC Left : |
2009-04-21 |
| Consulate Received : |
2009-04-24 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2009-05-06 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
2009-05-06 |
| Interview Date : |
2009-06-23 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2009-06-30 |
| US Entry : |
2009-09-14 |
| Marriage : |
2009-10-24 |
| Comments : |
He's finally here and it's so wonderful!!! |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 99 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 167 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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Date |
| Port of Entry : |
JFK |
| POE Date : |
2009-09-14 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
No |
| Biometrics Taken : |
Yes |
| Harassment Level : |
0 |
| Comments : |
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Adjustment of Status
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
New Orleans LA |
| Date Filed : |
2009-12-21 |
| NOA Date : |
2010-01-04 |
| RFE(s) : |
2010-01-19 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2010-01-28 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
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| Interview Date : |
2010-04-20 |
| Approval / Denial Date : |
2010-04-20 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
No |
| Greencard Received: |
2010-04-30 |
| Comments : |
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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 : |
2009-12-21 |
| NOA Date : |
2010-01-04 |
| RFE(s) : |
2010-01-19 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2010-01-28 |
| Approved Date : |
2010-03-04 |
| Date Card Received : |
2010-03-12 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your EAD was approved in 73 days. |
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Lifting Conditions
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| Event |
Date |
| CIS Office : |
Vermont Service Center |
| Date Filed : |
2012-03-24 |
| NOA Date : |
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| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2012-04-30 |
| Interview Date : |
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| Approval / Denial Date : |
2012-11-26 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
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| Green Card Received : |
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| Comments : |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Nigeria
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
June 24, 2009 |
| Embassy Review : |
We were approved so of course I think his experience was great!
He got there early enough and was in line. Someone told him about paying the visa fee at the bank so he got out of line and went see about it. This wasn't the case for the type of visa he was there for. When he got back, he was last in line. At some point they gave him the visa amount to pay and a number. After that, he was sent to a cashier to pay. Then he had to go and submit all the required forms including his birth certficate, medical info, etc. At that point, the person collecting the info said he wanted to see a photo of me and he looked at the photos of what I submitted w/ my petition and my SO bragged on me saying that I was beautiful...he's so sweet. After that he waited a while and then onto they went into another area where the interviews were taking place. He was the last to be interviewed. He watched others very closely while they were interviewing. He said there were 3 men and one female interviewing and he was hoping not to go to one certain male cuz it seemed that this guy asked too many questions and gave people a hard time. Well, he had go to to the man he didn't want. But he thought to himself to be confident and strong in his answers. He said he wasn't there very long and the interview was easy. Questions asked: 1. How did you meet your fiance? At this question, he explained that we met online at a certain date and then met in person at a certain date. 2. Where does she work? He told him where I worked, what my title was and the type of work I did 3. What did you do while she visted you? 4. When was she here? 5. When did you get engaged? 6. Do you know she has a son? At this point he answered yes and gave him my son's age and that in a few days will be his birthday. This was basically it for questions. As my SO was answering the questions, the interviewer was writing everything down. He asked to see e-mails and my SO brought up the whole file to show him how much we had in there and pulled out the e-mails. The SO looked thru these e-mails while typing on the computer. He asked about the phone logs and that was the biggest stack as that is how we mostly communicate. Once my SO brought those out, the interviewer said never mind I don't need to see all of that. After a little more typing on the computer and going away he came back and he sent my SO a blue slip thru the slot without saying anything. MY SO didn't know what it was and the guy told him to go ahead and take it and that he was free to go and then my SO looked at it and it said something about being approved. He was so happy. I got the call a little after 12:00 pm his time. He was the last one interviewed and he was there about 6 hours since he got there early. But he's not complaining about that at all. He said that the time to ask/answer the questions was about 2 minutes and the time to look at e-mails was 2 mintues so it was very short. Oh, and at the end the man gave back our pictures we submitted with the petition. I had sent much more with our evidence but I guess they didn't need to see anymore. I had sent about 20 with the petition. The one thing my SO kept repeating to me was about the dates. He seemed to think it was very important to the interviewer. The interviewer wanted to make sure of the dates and the date we got engaged. So, be confident in the dates of the things that happened. Also, I know people recommend giving short answers but in our case my SO elaborated a bit on some answers and I think that helped the SO realize that he knew what he was talking about. I am so thankful to God and wish all of you who are still waiting the best!  |
| Rating : |
Very Good |
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Local US CIS Office Review: New Orleans LA
Review Topic: cis_topic
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Description |
| Review Date : |
April 20, 2010 |
| Embassy Review : |
Hi,
We had our interview in New Orleans earlier today. We got there 20 minutes early and waited for about 30 mintues. I was surprised when they called my name. I am the petitioner. I asked if my husband needed to come and she said only me for now. I was confused because I was thinking we would be interviewed together. I was wrong. She asked for my license and made me swear to tell the truth. Then she proceeded to ask me questions. How did we meet, what website, who proposed, when did he propose, how many days did you stay in Nigeria, did you meet his family and who did you meet, after I told her that I met his parents and brothers/sister she wanted names. She asked if I had siblings and wanted to know their names. Wanted to know his birthday, how did we celebrate my birthday, what was the name of the restaurant we went to in order to celebrate, wanted to know how we celebrated Christmas. She wanted to know where we got married and I told her the city, who attended, where was the reception and the name of the place. She wanted to know his birthday. When she asked how we celebrated my birthday I offered her pictures to see but she didn't look at the time. She wrote down every answer that I gave. After all the questions, she wanted to see the pictures and I had to go thru every one that was in the album. I thought at some point she would say that was enough but she didn't. I explained a little about a few of what was going on in the pics and she also asked who certain people were. I thought later that she was asking me by myself and I'm the petitioner. Maybe she should have asked who they were to my husband but anyway..after all of that she escorted me back and ask me to send my husband back and for me to have a seat in the waiting room. I was really nervous and my heart was beating so fast. All I could do was pray. I was just afraid he wouldn't remember the name of the place we got married and the name of the restaurant we went to for my birthday and that he would be denied. After what seemed like forever, he came back and got me. This was when she wanted to see documetation and I ask "like what?" and she said anything that ya'll have together and I started pulling out documents. Once again, I thought she would say she had enough but I just kept giving things until there wasn't anything else to give. I gave her cards and she went thru every one. She kept all the copies of documents. At the end, she said that she only had one problem and my heart fell. She said that on the I693 report that the civil surgeon didn't put a date in the box "date TST applied" but he dated it when the TST was read and that he checked negative. We were one of the ones who had a RFE for medical and ended up going see a civil surgeon to repeat medical. She took the time to show us and I explained to her that he didn't apply the TB tesing that another dr. did and I showed her the document that I brought with us that showed that he had it done but it didn't have when it was applied only read. I also said about the confusing part of the initial RFE we received and she said that the thing about that was that if he had the medical from overseas we were to send it. I said that he didn't have it because he turned it in at POE and she said she had the TB testing results from when he had it done overseas and he passed. She explained that she will have to show a supervisor and either we will receive an RFE in mail to get it corrected or green card. I have no idea why we were interviwed separately. We had a smoothe K1 process. I had read thru here many times before our interview to get ideas of how it would be and I don't recall seeing anyone being interviewed separately and some where they barely look at the "evidence." I'm hoping and praying they will look past that little box that wasn't dated especially since we shouldn't have had to have the 2nd medical done when clearly they had the 1st medical results right there in hand. I know this is kind of long but I don't see many reviews for the New Orleans site and I would like to advise everyone to go to interview very prepared even though others may not seem to need it. Oh and talking in the car after we realized we gave the same answers, of course . He got the name of the place we got married wrong but it was a close variation of it and he explained that he didn't remember the name of the restaurant we went to for my birthday because he was only here a couple of months and wasn't too familiar with it. Also the girl that interviewed us wasn't overly friendly or too firm. I just hope we don't get another RFE. Best wishes everyone! |
| Harassment Level : |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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