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Petitioner's Name: Tambal Shah Beneficiary's Name: Bibi Gol VJ Member: firefly777 Country: Pakistan Last Updated: 2010-05-28 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Tambal Shah & Bibi Gol:

USCIS I-129F Petition:       Dept of State K1 Visa:     USCIS I-485 Petition:   USCIS I-765 Petition:       USCIS I-131 Petition:       USCIS I-751 Petition:   USCIS N-400 Petition:

K1 Visa Event Date Service Center : California Service Center Transferred? No Consulate : Islamabad, Pakistan I-129F Sent : 2010-01-22 I-129F NOA1 : 2010-01-26 I-129F RFE(s) : RFE Reply(s) : I-129F NOA2 : 2010-03-04 NVC Received : 2010-03-12 Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : NVC Left : 2010-03-12 Consulate Received : 2010-03-15 Packet 3 Received : 2010-03-18 Packet 3 Sent : 2010-03-29 Packet 4 Received : 2010-04-03 Interview Date : 2010-05-03 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : 2010-05-06 US Entry : 2010-05-23 Marriage : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 37 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 97 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Port of Entry Review Event Date Port of Entry : Chicago POE Date : 2010-05-23 Got EAD Stamp : No Biometrics Taken : Yes Harassment Level : 0 Comments : no questions asked. packet opened and i-94 departure record stapled to passport.

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Islamabad, Pakistan Review Topic: K1 Visa Event Description Review Date : May 6, 2010 Embassy Review : interview process was easy and went smoothly. My fiancee left home around 5:30am and was able to get inside for her 8am interview. Only thing was waited a little inside but otherwise everything else went smooth.... I just want to state one thing that nobody mentioned here before but i think it's a big help... please remember to tell your fiancee to take the issue letter that comes with your passport. My fiancee has an Afghan passport but these come with a letter of acceptance from pakistani police. They will check for this before letting u board the bus and my fiancee didn't have this but thankfully she had a copy of her police cert for the case and she showed them that. As for interview itself .. she interviewed with a very friendly american guy. He was friendly and joking and asked a series of questions mainly dealing with how we met, how i proposed to her, what are her plans for life here in USA, how old I am and if the age difference bothers her or not. Her papers and original birth certs were returned to her and she was told she would get her visa within 2 weeks max. My fiancee even asked that is it really 2 weeks because we've already booked tickets to fly to USA end of May and the CO answered usually it's less than 2 weeks but they say 2 weeks just to be on the safe side. My fiancee also told me that the bulk of people waiting were for non-immigrant visas and there were a bunch of other girls waiting for K-1 visas a few for K-3 visas and all the girls were getting approved and without any headaches and so forth. All in all it was a good experience... went early and she was out by 11:30 Only complaint was that the ladies bahtrooms are pretty dirty and i know girls are pretty picky about restrooms in general so just a heads up to the other ladies going in for interviews in the future. Rating : Very Good

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