Baltar's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: -
Beneficiary's Name: -
VJ Member: Baltar
Country: India
Last Updated: 2010-06-09
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Immigration Checklist for - & -:
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USCIS I-130/I-129F Petitions:
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Dept of State K3 Visa:
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USCIS I-485 Petition:
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USCIS I-765 Petition:
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USCIS I-131 Petition:
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USCIS I-751 Petition:
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USCIS N-400 Petition:
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K3 Visa
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
California Service Center |
| Consulate : |
Mumbai, India |
| Marriage : |
2009-06-05 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2009-05-14 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2009-05-26 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-129F Sent : |
2009-06-15 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2009-06-19 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2009-09-25 |
| NVC Received : |
2009-10-03 |
| NVC Left : |
2009-10-14 |
| Consulate Received : |
2009-10-20 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2009-10-29 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
2009-11-03 |
| Packet 4 Received : |
2009-11-12 |
| Interview Date : |
2009-12-16 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2009-12-19 |
| US Entry : |
2009-12-21 |
| I-130 Approval : |
2009-09-25 |
| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 98 days from your NOA1 date.
Your I-130 was approved in 122 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 204 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Port of Entry Review
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| Event |
Date |
| Port of Entry : |
Newark |
| POE Date : |
2009-12-20 |
| Got EAD Stamp : |
No |
| Biometrics Taken : |
Yes |
| Harassment Level : |
10 |
| Comments : |
Immigration was smooth and easy. We both walked up to the immigration desk, handed her the packet, she took us downstairs and we waited at the waiting area downstairs. A officer came up to my wife, asked her the same exact questions she was asked in the interview, stamped her departure record and let us go. The harrasment level comes from the TSA fools for our connecting flight, but this is something that can be googled. |
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Adjustment of Status
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
West Palm Beach FL |
| Date Filed : |
2010-01-22 |
| NOA Date : |
2010-02-02 |
| RFE(s) : |
2010-02-10 |
| Bio. Appt. : |
2010-02-26 |
| AOS Transfer** : |
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| Interview Date : |
2010-04-28 |
| Approval / Denial Date : |
2010-04-28 |
| Approved : |
Yes |
| Got I551 Stamp : |
Yes |
| Greencard Received: |
2010-05-29 |
| Comments : |
RFE for medical. Had consulate email medical to me and submitted to uscis. |
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Employment Authorization
Document
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Date |
| CIS Office : |
Chicago National Office |
| Filing Method : |
Mail |
| Filing Instance : |
First |
| Date Filed : |
2010-01-22 |
| NOA Date : |
2010-02-02 |
| RFE(s) : |
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| Bio. Appt. : |
2010-02-26 |
| Approved Date : |
2010-03-30 |
| Date Card Received : |
2010-04-01 |
| Comments : |
confiscated EAD after approving greencard at interview. |
Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your EAD was approved in 67 days. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Mumbai, India
Review Topic: K3 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
December 24, 2009 |
| Embassy Review : |
The interview process itself was smooth. I waited outside while she was in the consulate itself.
She waited in there for about 3 hours for a 5 minute interview. They wanted to see pics of the wedding (Since it was a Hindu wedding, they wanted to see pics of the part where we walked around the fire)
They asked for my name
where in USA will she be living
asked where I worked
asked for pics of my parents attending the wedding
asked if it was arranged or a love marriage.
Asked who introduced us together.
She asked how many times I have visited India. When my wife said 6 times, the consulate officer was shocked as to how many times i visited.
my wife then stated that me and my dad was waiting outside the consulate and showed them our passports.
At that point the consulate officer was satisfied. She approved it and sent my wife out the door.
The consulate was easy, but the hard part was dealing with the idiots at VFS.
VFS was such an issue to deal with - They are only out to make money. when she submitted papers, they claimed her passport pic was a scanned pic. This is the same pic that USCIS and NVC accepted for her and it wasn't scanned. VFS wouldn't accept it, they had her take a picture right there in vfs office and charge 500 rupee for it.. She paid it and got things on the way.
She paid 250 rupee for the bus ride to consulate. We get there like 6am, they didn't open the doors until 7am for a 7:30 interview. Me, my dad and my wife were in line, they gave her the ticket but said that me and my dad needed to buy tickets, so we paid for tickets 500 rupees again after I kept insisting i wanted to wait outside the consulate instead of waiting in their stupid lounge. We had a lot of documents inside a bag and backpack, and my wife brought her xrays with her form the medical. VFS complained and claimed that it all needed to be inside a plastic bag. I really wish they told us this before, or had it posted somewhere. We had to shove all these papers and three albums inside the xray bag. I was so scared that bag was going to rip, but it kept good.
We were bussed over to the consulate. She went right in, third person in the consulate. VFS people kept shuffling everyone around and pushing people all over the place. They couldn't decide where to put us - whether 10 feet, or 30 feet away from the consulate doors. After 4 hours of waiting, she got the approval and we left there. VFS kept saying, and had signs put up in vfs office, to pickup the visa later that day around 4pm.
So we went to VFS and got there 3:30pm, got in their lame que and waited around for awhile, 4 came and they said to wait some time it didn't arrive yet. We sat and watched tourist, student and work visas get picked up while we waited. 4:30 came and went. 5 came and went, 5:30 they claimed they didn't get anyone's immigrant visas yet and to come tomorrow at 4.
We came next day at 3:30pm again, waited around. 4 came and they said they aren't going to get the immigrant visas. I gave a call to the consulate to asked what's going on, and after getting transferred all around, they claimed that they had computer problems and we will have it tomorrow.
We then came friday 3:30pm again and waited in line. 4 came and went. around 4:30 we saw consulate officers carrying a couple suitcases into the vfs office, so that looks good. we waited. Around 5 pm, they claimed server problems on VFS side and to wait. I asked for the guy's name that claimed computer problems, and called the consulate and asked if they know whats going on with VFS. I told them this guy's name claimed that VFS is having computer problems and arent issuing the visa. As soon as I said that, that guy went back inside the VFS office and the rest of the VFS guards started staring at me with fear in their eyes. At that point I knew that server problems was an excuse. About 5:15, they called my wife in and gave her the packet. |
| Rating : |
Very Poor |
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Local US CIS Office Review: West Palm Beach FL
Review Topic: cis_topic
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
April 29, 2010 |
| Embassy Review : |
Had interview scheduled at 9, got there 8:30. We had a seat and was called in at 9:30 by an officer. She was polite, but strict.
She had a file on us as thick as a dictionary, and it was about to get thicker.
She asked a few questions:
Petitioner:
If I was US Citizen
Have I ever filed a petition before
Any children
Beneficiary:
Ever been to the US before?
ever been married before?
asked if she was being treated good.
She looked at our birth papers, I have a birth certificate from Trinidad, wife had school papers from India since she did not have a birth cert. She questioned my citizenship since I did not have a naturalization cert - but I mentioned my parents were both naturalized and I was issued a US passport. She looked up information on my parents, scrutinized it and she said she'll let it go but told me that I really should get a certificate issued.
She looked over all the papers we brought - I had bank records, CC photocopied, took a lot of it and kept it in her file. She went out of the room a few times and came back in, then she approved us and stamped my wife's passport with the temp card. |
| Harassment Level : |
Very Good |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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