gundas's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: V Beneficiary's Name: A VJ Member: gundas Country: India Last Updated: 2013-02-26 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for V & A:

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 : Mumbai, India Marriage (if applicable): 2009-03-27 I-130 Sent : 2009-04-06 I-130 NOA1 : 2009-04-14 I-130 RFE : I-130 RFE Sent : I-130 Approved : 2009-08-11 NVC Received : 2009-08-18 Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2009-08-26 Pay AOS Bill : 2009-08-26 Receive I-864 Package : 2009-08-28 Send AOS Package : 2009-09-01 Submit DS-261 : 2009-08-26 Receive IV Bill : 2009-09-01 Pay IV Bill : 2009-09-01 Send IV Package : Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2009-09-02 Case Completed at NVC : 2009-09-18 NVC Left : 2009-09-29 Consulate Received : 2009-10-02 Packet 3 Received : Packet 3 Sent : Packet 4 Received : 2009-09-25 Interview Date : 2009-11-05 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2009-11-05 US Entry : 2009-12-07 Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-130 was approved in 119 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 205 days from your I-130 NOA1 date.

Lifting Conditions Event Date CIS Office : California Service Center Date Filed : 2011-09-09 NOA Date : 2011-09-12 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : 2011-09-19 Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : 2012-02-07 Approved : Yes Got I551 Stamp : Yes Green Card Received : 2012-02-11 Comments :

Citizenship Event Date Service Center : Phoenix AZ Lockbox CIS Office : Santa Ana CA Date Filed : 2012-09-07 NOA Date : 2012-09-10 Bio. Appt. : 2012-09-17 Interview Date : 2013-02-25 Approved : Yes Oath Ceremony : Comments :

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Mumbai, India Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Event Description Review Date : November 5, 2009 Embassy Review : 630 arrived at consulate 700 let her inside 715 fingerprints, took interview letter window 3 Told her to go and sit down 730 called her again and returned originals, asked following questions: (Indian women officer) - Have you been to America? - Where does husband live - What happened in first marriage? - Where does his ex wife live? - Reason for divorce - Does he still have contact with ex wife? - Does she live in same area - Questions regarding her previous marriage: - Reason for divorce Go and sit 1115 window 16 American interviewer Following questions were in English and Gujarati (the ones she didn't understand the interpreter helped out) What did you study? What do you do now? Why don't you work? What does husband do? Where does he work? How long has he worked there? What did he study? Why did he divorce? Why did you divorce? Have you been to America? How many relatives in America? How many people attended marriage? Arrange or love marriage? Who did the marriage? Showed wedding pictures? Who came from outside of India to attend wedding from her side? Husband side who attended wedding? Why did he divorce? - asked question again Who lives in America on your side? How many other petitions do you have open - Her sister and mother both filed for her as well (3-4 years ago) Checked computer - Called over manager type person and he asked my wife about other open petitions and explained it to the American officer Does your Husband send you letters/greeting cards? NOT EMAILS, actual snail mail letters and cards. They just checked envelope but didn't read letters. I had sent her 8 cards after I found out about a similar case to ours and she got denied because her husband hadn't sent her snail mail letters. (She had emails but they didn't want that and told her to come back after 2 months) Officer said Good luck Wife asked when she can get passport back and what to do with x-ray Passport will be mailed and sent to you in 3 days X-ray take to US with you 1125 exited embassy She went to VFS office at 445pm and picked up passport and brown envelope with visa expiring May 2010 Mumbai VFS only lets you pick up passport from 430pm to 500pm. Overall a very good experience and they were very nice. The asked her about my divorce 3 times and all three times in different ways to make sure answers were consistent. Rating : Very Good

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