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Petitioner's Name: Mike Beneficiary's Name: Pilar VJ Member: Zee21 Country: Ecuador Last Updated: 2013-02-16 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Mike & Pilar:

USCIS I-129F Petition:       Dept of State K1 Visa:     USCIS I-485 Petition:   USCIS I-765 Petition:       USCIS I-131 Petition:       USCIS I-751 Petition:   USCIS N-400 Petition:

K1 Visa Event Date Service Center : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Quito, Ecuador I-129F Sent : 2009-04-13 I-129F NOA1 : 2009-04-20 I-129F RFE(s) : RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2009-07-28 NVC Received : 2009-08-11 Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : NVC Left : 2009-08-25 Consulate Received : 2009-08-31 Packet 3 Received : 2009-10-08 Packet 3 Sent : 2009-10-1 Packet 4 Received : 2009-10-22 Interview Date : 2009-10-26 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2009-10-30 US Entry : 2009-12-12 Marriage : 2009-12-18 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 99 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 189 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : Portland OR Date Filed : 2010-03-12 NOA Date : 2010-03-23 RFE(s) : 2010-03-29 Bio. Appt. : 2010-03-25 AOS Transfer** : Interview Date : 2010-06-22 Approval / Denial Date : 2010-06-22 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Greencard Received: 2010-07-07 Comments : The Interview was very easy. He called us to his office and chatted with us about how we met and asked for any current info like joint accounts and we told him we need the card to get joint accounts. very short interview and at the end he said we are missing the I-693 from our packet. he told us we were approved but we had to go to a civil surgeon and have him complete the vaccine section only and he said it would take 30 days after we mailed in the I693. We left kinda bummed cause we thought we had everything. The town we interview in is 80 miles from our house so my wife said lets see if we can get completed while we are here. I called the first person on the list and she said they dont do partial only all but she gave me a phone number of someone that does. I called the new number and it rang 9 times I was about ready to hang up and an old man answered. He knew exactly what I needed and said he was not working today but he was in the office and if we hurried he would take care of us. WOW!!! We were at his office in 5 minutes thank god for a tom-tom. He took the paperwork that they gave us at the USCIS and filled it out in 20 minutes. He was a 70 year old doctor and was very pleasant and friendly. He said good luck and asked for $ 20.00 WOW that is all!! and said have a happy life. We raced back to the USCIS office and walked into the hallway and ran into our interviewing officer and hand delivered our I-693 to him. He smiled and said wow you have it done already, I said yep. Very nice guy to deal with. At 10:00am the next day we got a email that said the Green card is in the mail YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! We were blessed

Employment Authorization Document Event Date CIS Office : Chicago IL Filing Method : Mail Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2010-03-12 NOA Date : 2010-03-23 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2010-04-07 Approved Date : 2010-05-20 Date Card Received : 2010-06-09 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your EAD was approved in 69 days.

Advance Parole Event Date CIS Office : Chicago National Office Filing Method :   Filing Instance : First Date Filed : 2010-04-13 NOA Date : 2010-04-22 RFE(s) : Date Received : 2010-06-03 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your AP was approved in 30 days.

Lifting Conditions Event Date CIS Office : California Service Center Date Filed : 2012-05-23 NOA Date : 2012-05-30 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2012-07-16 Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : 2013-02-09 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Green Card Received : 2013-02-17 Comments : Our approval was past the 6 month expected date so I called customer service at the USCIS. We received 4 emails in successive days of our approval 4 days after the phone call. The first email was that we were approved and then that our card was sent for processing and the next email was that our card was made and the next day that our card was in the mail and they gave us the tracking number. We got the card today in the mail:). We are leaving for vacation to Cancun in a week so it will be nice to have the actual card. Good Luck everyone!

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Guayaquil, Ecuador Review Topic: K1 Visa Event Description Review Date : October 29, 2009 Embassy Review : Hello all, We had our interview on 10-26-09 in the consulate in Guayaquil. We arrived the day before and stayed in a hotel across the street. The night before we decided to go out for dinner so we grabbed a taxi and started looking. The city of Guayaquil is dirty and a scary. Crime is so bad right now that the military has started helping the local police with road blocks.We were stopped twice and I was taken out of the taxi and searched with my hand against the car. The next morning our interview was at 8:30am so we showed up at 8:00am. There was a line of about 50 people. I guess everyone had the same interview time. We were searched and told to go upstairs and wait. We had a guy from the consulate come and explain to all of us about the process. There was about 35 people in the upstairs room. Then about a hour later the guy that does the interview came upstairs and explained the process to us again. He also told us that he does the interview and his partner does them also but she is a american and her spanish is not very good so speak slow and ask questions. After sitting in the room for about 2 hours my finacees name was called to go downstairs. We went downstairs and was told to sit in this new room until our name was called and we would give them all of our paperwork. We waited another hour and was finally called. We went to the window and she started asking for papers. She never asked for the evidence or the police report. We were told to wait until we were called for our interview. The room we were in was about 15ft-25ft and there were curtins to the left and that is were the interviews were taken place so we could hear all interviews. After waiting about another hour with no water or food we were called for our interview. We were lucky because the american women was our interviewer. She asked a few questions and I told her how we met and then she asked my finacee how many times she had visited me in the states and she asked me if this was my first trip to Ecuador and yes it was. She asked my fincee if she had a ring yet and she held up her hand and showed her. She also asked her if she had bought a dress yet and if she knew the name of the church. She did not know but Rating : Moderate

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