Andy H's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Alicia
Beneficiary's Name: Andrew
VJ Member: Andy H
Country: United Kingdom
Last Updated: 2011-06-29
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Immigration Checklist for Alicia & Andrew:
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USCIS I-130 Petition:
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Dept of State IR-1/CR-1 Visa:
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USCIS I-751 Petition:
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USCIS N-400 Petition:
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IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Date |
| Service Center : |
Vermont Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
London, United Kingdom |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2010-05-17 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2010-08-04 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2010-08-16 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2010-10-21 |
| NVC Received : |
2010-10-25 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2010-11-15 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2010-12-10 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
2010-12-10 |
| Send AOS Package : |
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| Submit DS-261 : |
2010-11-18 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2010-12-10 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2010-12-10 |
| Send IV Package : |
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| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
2010-12-10 |
| Case Completed at NVC : |
2011-04-14 |
| NVC Left : |
2011-04-26 |
| Consulate Received : |
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| Packet 3 Received : |
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| Packet 3 Sent : |
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| Packet 4 Received : |
2011-04-27 |
| Interview Date : |
2011-06-06 |
| Interview Result : |
Approved
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Second Interview
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| Second Interview Result: |
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| Visa Received : |
2011-06-29 |
| US Entry : |
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| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 66 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 294 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: London, United Kingdom
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
June 13, 2011 |
| Embassy Review : |
My appointment was at 8:30am on June 6th, 2011
First I must reiterate what many have already said. Make sure they have all the information they need before the interview and you don't get asked many questions. The interview was incredibly easy and my interview consisted of two questions.
I walked down to the embassy from Bond Street station and past Gould's Pharmacy, there was a steady stream of customers going in and out and all seemed to be heading to or from Grovsenor Square. After reading the previous reviews on here I took as little as possible, just my wallet, some money and all my paperwork, take nothing electrical and if you can help it don't even wear a belt as you will have to take it off and put it on again.
I arrived at the embassy at around 7:50am, there was already quite a queue gathering so I joined and waited my turn. It felt like I was waiting a long time outside but I think that was because it was raining. After showing my appointment letter to the first desk outside I had to show it to a second person between the desk and the security scanning room, they were only allowing 4 people into the scanning room at a time so there was a bit of a hold up.
After going through the scanners you turn right out of security and left around the building and up some stairs (everything is very clearly signposted). Through the doors there is a desk where they check your appointment letter again and issue you with your number in line. I was I-908.
As you enter the room you see the DX Courier desk to your left and everything else to your right. The room is huge with lots of rows of seats facing to the middle of the room with TV's in the middle displaying which number is currently being served at which desk. It is quite noisy as numbers are constantly being called out, the majority are N numbers for non-immigrant and they seemed to fly along really quickly, then I heard the first I number I-903, wow only five away I though, I won't have long to wait. HAHAHAHA! The I numbers seem to take forever.
I sat down and read my copy of The Economist (I was in a posh part of town, it would have felt wrong pulling a copy of Nuts or Loaded out of my folder). After what seemed forever my number was called to window number 1. I guess all the number calling system is automated because when I got to the window there was nobody there, I waited a few minutes and a lady came and sat down to go through my paperwork. She was really nice and quite chatty which put me at ease.
The she asked if I had my father in law's birth certificate. I didn't have it but only because I had no idea I needed it. He is acting as a co-sponsor and when we phoned the NVC they said we just needed to send a copy of my wide's birth certificate to prove their father/daughter relationship, which we did, we phoned a week later and they said everything was fine and gave me my appointment there and then over the phone. At no point were we asked to provide my father in law's birth certificate. I began to worry. She asked me to provide my fingerprints and then sit down and wait for my interview.
After what had just happened this was the worst part of the whole experience, the waiting and not knowing was terrible. Eventually my number came up for the interview. I went to the window and there was a tallish american man, he was really nice, looked through my paperwork, and asked me to raise my right hand and asked if I swear to tell the truth etc. YES!
He looked through my papers some more then said:
"Where did you meet?"
"Online in March 2009"
"Which site?"
"myyearbook.com"
"Okay thats fine, everything looks good, we just need your father in law's birth certificate before we can process everything"
He gave me details for the courier service to collect my documents from home and that was it.
Huh, that's it, months of waiting and mountains of paperwork and that's it, I couldn't believe it. If it wasn't for the fact I was so happy I would have felt cheated at all the expense of travelling to London and hotels etc for two questions. Lol
I asked before I left how long it would take once they had received the necessary documents and he said about two weeks.
My wife was at the hotel waiting for me, I told her the news she was delighted also but a little upset that I would not be able to travel with her back to the U.S on June 16th. I said that I probably still could travel with her as I still had my passport, I just had to make sure I had a return ticket etc. Hope this will be okay. I didn't want her to travel alone as she is a nervous flyer and will be 32 weeks pregnant when she flies.
So all in all a pretty painless experience, hope everything goes through quickly as we are due to have a baby boy on August 7th.
Andy and Alicia (and soon to be Charlie) |
| Rating : |
Good |
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