vaneskygh's US Immigration Timeline

Petitioner's Name: Caleb Beneficiary's Name: Vanessa VJ Member: vaneskygh Country: Peru Last Updated: 2013-03-20 Add Comment to Timeline Register or log in to follow this timeline

Immigration Checklist for Caleb & Vanessa:

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 : Tokyo, Japan I-129F Sent : 2010-06-17 I-129F NOA1 : 2010-06-24 I-129F RFE(s) : 2010-11-17 RFE Reply(s) : 2011-01-04 I-129F NOA2 : 2011-01-13 NVC Received : Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : NVC Left : 2011-01-27 Consulate Received : 2011-02-01 Packet 3 Received : 2011-02-03 Packet 3 Sent : 2011-02-04 Packet 4 Received : 2011-02-17 Interview Date : 2011-02-22 Interview Result : Approved Second Interview (If Required): Second Interview Result: Visa Received : US Entry : Marriage : Comments : Processing Estimates/Stats : Your I-129f was approved in 203 days from your NOA1 date. Your interview took 243 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.

Adjustment of Status Event Date CIS Office : Date Filed : 2011-05-09 NOA Date : 2011-06-04 RFE(s) : Bio. Appt. : AOS Transfer** : Interview Date : Approval / Denial Date : Approved : Got I551 Stamp : Greencard Received: 2011-08-17 Comments :

Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Tokyo, Japan Review Topic: K1 Visa Event Description Review Date : February 28, 2011 Embassy Review : My visa interview experience Since other members already mentioned about the whole visa procedure when you get to the embassy I want to say what were the interview questions and any other tip which i hope helps people to get more prepared to this day. Questions were pretty straightforward but I guess it depends on the consul mine was very professional, no tricky questions, very nice but I can tell he asked me a lot of questions. Of course I was prepared and thanks to other VJ members I successfully passed without problems. Questions were as follow: Who is the petitioner? How did you meet him? When was that? When was the first encounter? So did you meet him here or in the States? What does he do? Where does he work? When are you planning to get married? When are you planning to enter the US? Do you have any wedding arrangements? Have you ever been to the US? what you were doing there? Since I'm not japanese. What I'm doing in Japan How many languages do you speak? Have you met your fiance's parents? Has your fiance met your parents? Do you know the name of your fiance's parents and where do they live? When did my fiance leave Japan? How long he was stationed here? Then he proceed to check my paperwork. Focus on the affidavit of support and my medical certificate then he said you have until august to enter the US so you pretty much have plenty of time... at that point I was wonder if he was approving or not my visa. Then he said I can't approved you now because the system is down but as soon as it gets back I push the approved button also mentioned about when my visa would be delivered. I almost cried!!! javascript:emoticon('') The American embassy in Japan is probably one of the best. Well organized, very professional consuls and I think once you get there you feel more comfortable than the nightmare I was expecting. I recommend to be prepared you and your fiance must know what are the possible question. I noticed that consuls were even nicer when they realized the beneficiary knows pretty much everything about their fiances. The time I was at the embassy I didn't see no one having a hard time but I can tell questions were more than I expected. Good luck to everybody and as long as you know your fiance there's nothing to worry about it. Rating : Very Good

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