thekatocat's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: JP
Beneficiary's Name: Jane
VJ Member: thekatocat
Country: Cuba
Last Updated: 2010-06-07
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Immigration Checklist for JP & Jane:
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USCIS I-129F Petition:
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Dept of State K1 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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K1 Visa
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Date |
| Service Center : |
California Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Switzerland |
| I-129F Sent : |
2009-10-01 |
| I-129F NOA1 : |
2009-10-05 |
| I-129F RFE(s) : |
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| RFE Reply(s) : |
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| I-129F NOA2 : |
2010-01-11 |
| NVC Received : |
2010-01-22 |
| Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : |
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| NVC Left : |
2010-01-29 |
| 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 : |
2010-05-12 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2010-05-18 |
| US Entry : |
2010-06-17 |
| Marriage : |
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| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-129f was approved in 98 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 219 days from your I-129F NOA1 date. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Switzerland
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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Description |
| Review Date : |
May 20, 2010 |
| Embassy Review : |
This is relayed by my fiancee who had her interview May 17,2010. She was also accompanied by her 7 yr old daugher (K-2). Everything previously described is accurate, including the long waits. They do however allow persons with children to go earlier as I was worried about the extended wait. As for the envelope issue, its likely that they don't want any appearance of graft or bribery, as money would being exchanged would be clearly evident without envelopes.
My fiancee did get asked numerous questions about how we met, my subsequent visits to Cuba, and any date set for the wedding. As her daughter was there, she was asked several questions. Like most seven year olds she was initially tentative but once my fiance urged her to speak freely, she spontaneously divulged information, like whether or not she had seen us kiss, where we had vacationed while in Cuba, and what kind of gifts I had brought this past christmas (electric keyboard, markers, books, candies). That spontaneous response helped bring take the edge off the "grilling" the my fiance was getting.
I had visited the embassy on an earlier trip to prospect how the interview might go. The official had indicated that people have often more than sufficient evidence of a relationship if it is valid, its often the financial paperwork that gets folks denied.
Also, don't know for sure, but the other references to "unhappy salidas" by other posters may not be pertinent to the K-1 visa process. As far as I understand only one K-1 Visa interview is granted per day. Other interviews are for other types of visa request (K-3, non-immigration Visa, and such) which may have different criteria for being adjudicated.
Bottom line: if your fiance sitting is there patiently waiting their turn and seeing others rejected, don't freak out just yet because those persons may be undergoing very different processes.
Also, initiate the Carta Blanca process before the interview, it cuts down on the wait time after you get your visa until you are reunited. |
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Timeline Comments: None yet, be the first!
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