stangguy's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Joshua Beneficiary's Name: Hitomi VJ Member: stangguy Country: Japan Last Updated: 2009-08-20 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Joshua & Hitomi:

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 : Tokyo, Japan Marriage (if applicable): I-130 Sent : 2008-12-30 I-130 NOA1 : 2009-01-07 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2009-04-09 NVC Received : 2009-04-24 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2009-05-02 Pay AOS Bill : 2009-05-05 Receive I-864 Package : Send AOS Package : 2009-05-13 Submit DS-261 : 2009-04-30 Receive IV Bill : Pay IV Bill : 2009-05-29 Send IV Package : Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : Case Completed at NVC : 2009-06-15 NVC Left : 2009-06-23 Consulate Received : 2009-06-26 Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : 2009-06-19 Interview Date : 2009-07-13 Submit Review Interview Result : Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2009-07-13 US Entry : 2009-07-21 Comments : RFE dated March 6, 2009 and recieved on March 13, for Marriage certificate/Translation of Marriage Certificate, Both were sent with the petition I expect they didn't like my translation of the document. New translation of Marriage Certificate as well as koseki was recieved at USCIS on March 23, 2009. Original DS-3032 was recieved at NVC on April 30, 2009. On May 14, 2009 called to inquire about status of DS-3032 becasue no IV bill had been generated. Operator said it had been recieved but not entered into the system and to resend. Second copy recieved at NVC on May 22, 2009. Recieved the original appointment date from the NVC on June 19th. The interview was scheduled for August 17th. On June 22nd I requested an earlier interview date through the Tokyo embassy web site. On June 24th I recieved an updated interview date via email from the embassy for July 13th. At the interview they decided to issue the visa that day instead of mailing it. This was due to some special circumstances for our case. Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 92 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 187 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : Seattle POE Date : 2009-07-21 Submit Review Got EAD Stamp : Biometrics Taken : Yes Harassment Level : 0 Comments : The C&BPO was mostly friendly. His questions while a little probing seemed to be mostly to break the monotony and follow protocol as no follow on questions were asked.

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