Case Processing

approved ! Santo Domingo IR1
Hello everyone ! Wanted to thank everyone that has helped me through this process. My husband and I had our interview yesterday and we were approved. We are waiting for his passport and god willing he will come back with me this coming weekend. Here is our story for I-130 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic : IR1 category PD 11/18/2022 Ar1 11/22/2022 Ar2 09/30/2023 APPROVED 09/30/2023 NVC letter 10/6/23 Paid fees 10/10/23 Submitted documents : 10/13/23 DQ 10/23/23 Sent letter to sent senator 12/29/23 (nothing happened) Sent medical letter for expedite: 08/01/024 ( nothing happened) IL: 09/19/2024 Submitted more evidence to NVC page : 09/22/2024 (2023 taxes, employment letter, pictures and money transfer summary ). Re-submitted police certificate: 10/14/2024 Medical exam: 10/24/24 Biometrics: 11/07/24 Interview: 11/14/24 Arrived one hour early Questions asked by pre- counsel: Do you have the DS-260, birth certificate of the beneficiary and marriage certificate? Has the beneficiary traveled outside of the county ( yes, went to Colombia together 2023) Asked me if I am the petitioner and where I live ? I said yes and answered where I live Said everything looks great please wait to be called and interviewed. We were number 70. They called us pretty quickly skipped from 50 to 70, we were window number 28. A guy interviewed us and asked the following: Are you the petitioner and if I live in the state listed on the petition? I said yes Asked my husband when did we meet - he said at his current job. Asked my husband when did we get married ? He answered Asked me if I travel frequently ? I said yes due to having family in the DR . Asked if my husband and I have kids in common, we said no. Asked to see our pictures we handed the album of photos, he saw 2 pages and said ‘’ how cute’’ approved congratulations 🎊
9
FINAL UPDATE!
THIS WILL BE MY FINAL UPDATE**DISCLOSURE- PLEASE UNDERSTAND EVERYONE CASES ARE NOT THE SAME **** Our process took a total of 1 year & 7 months. I want to say thank you to everyone in this group who helped us through this process with helpful information and kind words 🥰 UPDATE!!!!🥳 VISA APPROVED!! 11 months Interview letter finally received 🎉 We received our interview letter this morning on our 3 year anniversary 🥺 IR1 I130 PD: 03/12/2023 K3 PD: 04/14/2023 AR1: 03/12/2023 AR2: 09/13/2023 Approval: 09/21/2023 Sent to NVC: 09/26/2023 Welcome Letter: 09/27/2023 Paid fees: 09/29/2023 payment processed: 10/02/2023 Submit Documents: 10/05/2023 & 10/11/2023 DQ: 10/19/2023 09/19/2024-interview letter received from Santo Domingo == 💕interview scheduled for 11/07/2024🙏🏽 VISA INTERVIEW- VISA APPROVED ON THE SPOT 🤩 11/12/2024- Email received passport READY for pick up 11/14/2024- Picked up passport and headed to America(my husbands point of entry was Fort Lauderdale, Florida… I was able to go with my husband to secondary inspection and he was not asked any questions the officer looked at her computer screen and handed my husband back his passport and informed him he can go anywhere in the world with the stamp inside his passport and she said welcome to America and we continued on to our final destination which was Texas).🙏🏽 This has been a very challenging and testing process. Stay strong everyone because this is definitely a roller coaster ride full of different emotions. Love conquers all 😊🥰God remained Faithful throughout our process.
7