ibee4qb's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: QB
Beneficiary's Name: IBEE
VJ Member: ibee4qb
Country: Ghana
Last Updated: 2011-10-27
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Immigration Checklist for QB & IBEE:
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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 : |
California Service Center |
| Transferred? |
No |
| Consulate : |
Ghana |
| Marriage (if applicable): |
2009-02-16 |
| I-130 Sent : |
2009-10-02 |
| I-130 NOA1 : |
2009-10-14 |
| I-130 RFE : |
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| I-130 RFE Sent : |
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| I-130 Approved : |
2010-04-07 |
| NVC Received : |
2010-04-13 |
| Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : |
2010-04-13 |
| Pay AOS Bill : |
2010-04-20 |
| Receive I-864 Package : |
2010-04-20 |
| Send AOS Package : |
2010-04-22 |
| Submit DS-261 : |
2010-04-14 |
| Receive IV Bill : |
2010-04-19 |
| Pay IV Bill : |
2010-07-23 |
| Send IV Package : |
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| Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : |
2010-07-23 |
| Case Completed at NVC : |
2010-08-23 |
| NVC Left : |
2011-06-24 |
| Consulate Received : |
2011-06-27 |
| Packet 3 Received : |
2011-07-20 |
| Packet 3 Sent : |
2011-07-20 |
| Packet 4 Received : |
2011-07-20 |
| Interview Date : |
2011-08-01 |
| Interview Result : |
Administrative Review
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Second Interview
(If Required): |
2011-10-06 |
| Second Interview Result: |
Approved |
| Visa Received : |
2011-10-21 |
| US Entry : |
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| Comments : |
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Processing
Estimates/Stats : |
Your I-130 was approved in 175 days from your NOA1 date.
Your interview took 656 days from your I-130 NOA1 date. |
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Member Reviews:
Consulate Review: Ghana
Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
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| Event |
Description |
| Review Date : |
October 11, 2011 |
| Embassy Review : |
August 01, 2011 (First Interview)
My first interview was on August 01, 2011 at 7:30am. I woke up at 1:00am for my midnight prayers and couldn't go back to sleep cos I was kind of nervous though its not my first time of going to the US Embassy for visa interview. Previously I have been there about 6-times for a visit visa without any success but this was my first for immigrant visa interview. By 6:00am I hit the road to the embassy and there was a long traffic so I got to the embassy around 6:45am. I then join the cube and by 7:15am I got inside. The security guy took my appointment letter and send it to window no. 3. After couple of mins I was called to window no. 3 and upon getting there, there was a friendly Ghanaian lady, we greeted with smile then she asked me if I was ready for the interview cos my case expedited due to my wife sickness and I said YES. Then she ask me bring all evidence I have with me. Frankly speaking with the help of God I have a wonderful documentation. I had over 200pages of yahoo chat since 2007, over 60pages of my wife's emails, over 50pages of my wife's phone records, our hotel reservation & receipt in South Africa, about 150 pictures (both Ghana & South Africa), snail mails from my wife, my medical records, new police report and birth certificate, passport pictures, weeding invitation and calender. After submitting those documents she ask me to go and sit down and I will be call again. In about couple mins I was at window no. 2 to took my fingerprint. In about close to one hour I was called to window no. 5. That was the consular, she was white American who in about early or mid thirty's. We greeted nice and then she started asking the following questions.
1. What is the relationship between you and the petitioner?
2. How old are you and she?
3. Who introduce you to her?
4. When was the first time you met?
5. How did you you meet, after talking to each other ?
6. For how long before meeting?
7. What work does she do?
8. How many times has she come to Ghana?
9. When and when?
10. Your wife has a low income and how did she manage to come here many times?
11. Does she send you money?
12. Has she married before?
13. When did she first got married?
14. When did she got divorce?
15. Does she have children?
16. How many?
17. Do they live with her?
18. Where does she live?
19 Which State?
20. Does she live on her own?
Then the CO did some typing on the computer said she has gone through all the documents and everything is fine but all email and phone records are from her and none from you. I want you bring your phone records, sent emails and cards sent to your wife. I was trying to tell her that I once try to get my phone its kind of hard then she ask me what network do I use and I said MTN, she said yes she sees that most of the calls were from MTN, I then added that I have been using majicjack to call her but not sure if I can its call records then she said you should get it. She then gave me all the documents emails, chats, Tax docs back me and a white sheet requesting me to come for a second interview on Oct 6 at 1pm. They request more evidence of relationship from the beneficiary side only. Also mark Awaiting for Administrative Process.
October 6, 2011 (Second Interview)
I arrived at the embassy around 11:30am and we were called to the embassy 1:00pm. My interview started after 4:00pm. It was the same CO who first interview me. She ask me to bring what I have to show her. This time I brought my MTN phone records and sent emails to my wife together with the previous evidences. She started asking the following questions;
1. Who is Robert Scott? My brother in law
2. Does he live with your wife? No
3. Do they live in the same area? Yes
4. Does your wife has sisters? Yes
5. Does any of them live with her? No, she moved to the sister when her sickness started. Currently she is at the hospital and whenever I called she can hear me but she cannot talk
6. What is she suffering from? I gave her the name of her sickness
Then she start typing on the computer about abt 2mins. After she crossing checking my name on the passport with my birth certificate and police report. Then said I don't remember if I as ask you this before; who is your join sponsor? Ibrahim Salifu. I have the same with my join sponsor. Then she ask who is he and I said he is my friend.
Then I got approved and was given a green sheet to pick a visa. |
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Very Good |
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