sdhiman's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Manish
Beneficiary's Name: Shelly
VJ Member: sdhiman
Country: Canada
Last Updated: 2015-10-19
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Immigration Checklist for Manish & Shelly:
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USCIS I-130 Petition:
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Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:
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USCIS I-751 Petition:
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USCIS N-400 Petition:
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IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
California Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Montreal, Canada |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
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| I-130 Sent : |
2009-06-09 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2009-06-12 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2009-08-26 |
| NVC Received : |
2009-09-08 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2009-09-14 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2009-09-14 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
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| Send AOS Package : |
2009-09-21 |
| Submit DS-261 : |
2009-09-15 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2009-09-23 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2009-09-25 |
| Send IV Package : |
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| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
2009-09-29 |
| Case Completed at NVC : |
2009-11-02 |
| NVC Left : |
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| Consulate Received : |
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| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
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| Interview Date : |
2010-02-24 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
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| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 75 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 257 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Montreal, Canada
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
February 26, 2010 |
| Embassy Review : |
I hope people find this review useful, especially the ones doing Electronic Processing since its still new thing in Montreal!
Wait outside the Consulate: We got to the Consulate around 7 AM and didnt expect to be the first in line! There were 3 people already in line and soon after the line started to grow long pretty quickly. The light inside the consulate turned ON around 7:20 am which gave us some hope that soon the doors will open! It wasnt good weather to be waiting outside but anyways around 7:30 am the guard opened the door and asked everyone to move to the left side to line up. We already knew which side the line forms so we were on the right side (left) to begin with!! The guard looked at the interview letter and let us in.
Security: When inside, you have to go through security and again they confirm to make sure your name is on the list of people to be interviewed that day. The security guy had me scared for a bit because he couldnt find my name at first!
Waiting Room: After you go through security, you go downstairs and wait for the guard to come take you to the 19th floor. We got letter "C" because the woman ahead of us did not bring her dependants to the interview. I felt bad for her since she seemed surprised when the guard outside asked her about dependants. Back to waiting area, there is a picture booth for people who forgot to bring pictures. After waiting for a few minutes, the guard asked people with letters A, B, C, D and E to follow him to the elevator and took us to the 19th floor. We were asked to sit down in the far right hand corner of the room.
Document Collection: After waiting for a little bit, we were called to window #10. The woman there was VERY pleasant and had me give her the following in order:
1 - Medical Report (without the X-Ray)
2 - Express Post Envelope (she was so nice that she reminded me to note down the tracking number which I had already done!)
3 - Original DS-230
4 - Original and photocopy of Marriage Certificate
5 - Original PCC
6 - Original and photocopy of my Birth Certificate
7 - Photocopy of my passport biographic page (I couldnt find it at first so she told me not to worry and that she will make a copy herself)
8 - Financial documents (I-864 + Tax Return + Employment letter + Paystubs) ** She didnt specifically asked for anything, just asked me for financial documents
9- Pictures
She had a copy of all documents I sent in during NVC stage and entered the information on her computer. Then she asked me to do fingerprints and confirmed everything was allright. We were asked to go back in the waiting room and wait to be called for interview. I noticed that since we did EP, this first document collection/entering information on computer took longer than other people but then we did everything including fingerprinting in 1 time and didnt have to go twice.
Back to waiting room: It was 8:45 am and they just called letter "A" yet so I was expecting my call to be around 9:15 but before letter "B", they called us to the interview room #7. I still dont understand why they called "C" before "B"
Interview Room: It was a small room, we were asked to place our documents folder, purse etc on the chair sitting in the room on the left hand side. The interviwer was a really nice woman with a very warm smile. She asked me if I wanted my husband to be in waiting area or to be here with me in interview room. Ofcourse I wanted him to be there so then she asked us to raise the right hand and take the oath. After that she asked us the following questions:
- What do you do? (My husband)
- When did you propose (My husband and then asked me to confirm if that was "about" right?)
- How did you guys meet? (Me)
- Do you have health insurance (My husband)
Then she said, "Welcome to USA" and I said outloud, "that's it"??!! She laughed & said yes you are done and yes she knows its a long wait but its all done now! My husband told her that I was worried and nervous but even he didnt expect it to be such a short interview!
I asked her if I can pick up the visa in person but I was told it will be mailed and the max time for me to get it is 2 weeks. She said she knows I will get it before but she always says 2 weeks. We collected our documents and left the room. I could not believe that we were done so quickly!! We left the consulate and were back in the hotel by 9:20 AM.
This was a wonderful experience and everyone at the consulate did their best to make us feel comfortable! Now the wait for visa begins!!!
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Very Good |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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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
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
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