stevai's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: August Beneficiary's Name: Ferly VJ Member: stevai Country: Indonesia Last Updated: 2009-05-08 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for August & Ferly:

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 : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Indonesia Marriage (if applicable): 2005-07-24 I-130 Sent : 2007-07-02 I-130 NOA1 : 2007-07-12 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2009-01-07 NVC Received : 2009-01-12 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2009-01-24 Pay AOS Bill : 2009-01-24 Receive I-864 Package : 2009-01-24 Send AOS Package : 2009-02-05 Submit DS-261 : 2009-01-24 Receive IV Bill : 2009-02-09 Pay IV Bill : 2009-01-30 Send IV Package : Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2009-02-09 Case Completed at NVC : 2009-02-19 NVC Left : 2009-02-25 Consulate Received : 2009-03-02 Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : 2009-03-06 Interview Date : 2009-04-23 Interview Result : Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2009-04-29 US Entry : 2009-05-07 Comments : NOA1 to NOA2 dates is long because I was LPR upgrading to citizen. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 545 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 651 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : Los Angeles POE Date : 2009-05-07 Got EAD Stamp : Yes,Passport Stamp Biometrics Taken : Yes Harassment Level : 0 Comments : The only problem is the first officer didn't know how to handle first time immigrants. There were no questions and got welcome to USA letter in about 1 hour.

Citizenship Event Date Service Center : California Service Center CIS Office : Denver CO Date Filed : 2008-05-05 NOA Date : Bio. Appt. : 2008-07-16 Interview Date : 2008-09-04 Approved : Yes Oath Ceremony : 2008-09-23 Comments :

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Indonesia Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : April 23, 2009 Embassy Review : I went with my wife first thing in the morning for fingerprinting. After waiting for about 1 hour they called my wife to Locket 1. The CO is nice young American guy that spoke pretty good Bahasa. I asked him whether I can join my wife in the interview, he smiled and say sure you can. I stand quietly behind my wife and listen to the questions. First he asked when and where you were met. Second question he asked how many times I visited my wife. Third he asked for our pictures. That's it, he then said you've got the visa please pick up in 3 days, he even wish us well living in America. Good guy! Thanks to God everything went well. Rating : Very Good

POE Review: Los Angeles Event Description Entry Date : 2009-05-07 Embassy Review : The first officer obviously have not processed first time immigrants since she direct us to secondary room. After sitting in secondary room the officer direct her outside without questioning. My wife then got fingerprinted, we were told to sit down and after about 30 minutes an officer approached and gave her passport with welcome letter and I-551 stamp. I then asked the officer whether we can go to Canada with her I-551 stamp. There were obviously a lot of officer in training that day since he went and ask his supervisor. We have little conversation about using green card to travel to Canada and Mexico and after making some jokes and laughing together they said welcome to US and say goodbye. So other then a slight delay, the POE experience has been OK. Harassment Level : Low

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(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
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