Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Dear all, I'm also new to this thread. I have my CR1 interview scheduled at the Montreal consulate in early July. I'm wondering if someone with experience at this consulate can tell me whether or not my Wife (who is a US citizen) is to accompany me to the interview? The interview letter did not mention anything about bringing her to the interview, but I want to know if it will help or make a difference if she does? Thanks for your help! For the consulate in Montreal, the petitioner is not needed at all. Of course she's allowed, but Montreal is really easy and having the petitioner there doesn't really make a difference.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-06-16 17:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	OMG....i got up this morning and have two emails from NVC ......THE INTERVIEWS ARE SCHEDULED......July 26TH....gonna have the wife contact them and see if it can be moved up.....fingers crossed....OMG im in tears... Grats!	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-06-11 11:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	thank you....case has been closed since the 6th but still no cc email or anything about packages being shipped to sydney, but in dhl tracking I saw two packages being sent yesterday to sydney...so i'm hopeful that they are my packages...at least I want to beleve that. You won't be getting a CC email. Only those doing EP will get this as it comes from NVCElectronic@state.gov which is the email address for those doing EP to send packages. And your case won't be shipped to the consulate/embassy until an interview date has been scheduled. Just keep calling NVC and DOS to see if an interview date has been scheduled for the case yet.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-06-10 11:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	You aren't kidding, I've been holding my breath for over a year now....technically, I should be dead!!! lol Our lawyer even said all looks positive and he is the most no committal person on the planet, but I guess lawyers have to be! I'm glad you haven't died from holding your breath for a year now And if you have a lawyer who's actually saying it looks positive, I'd believe him	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-06-10 11:16:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	......THANKS for the response Saylin.........OMG I AM SO HAPPY AND RELIEVED at this moment....Gary said he's keeping his feet on the ground because we've been crushed so many times....but...I DO think this mess might now be over for us. Don't want to jinx it by saying that though so knock on wood. PEACE AND LOVE to ya...I hope all is going great on your end!!!! I think the mess is over for you two as well. Although I'm sure you'll both still be holding your breathe and won't let it out until you're both together in the US, which hopefully will be very, very soon	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-06-10 11:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	i think gary can start packing his bags.... and looking at ticket prices..... Agreed	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-06-10 11:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Hey guys OK.....I have a question that maybe no one really knows but I'll throw it out there.....Gary just called Knights bridge and they said that he PASSED his medical and they are forwarding it to consulate. Gary then called consulate and they told him once they receive the medical he will , " be taken out ofadministrative processing and contacted again". At his interview his officer said he realized the urgency of his case and would reunite him with his family as soon as possible. Am I grasping at straws here or do you think he is done? Why will they be contacting him again? What does it mean when they say they are going to take you out of administrative processing? From what I've read that is a good thing? UGGH..... I"m certain I have irritable bowel syndrome from all this..... Alright, first thing's first, take a nice, slow, deep breath. Good Now. You were placed in AP (administrative processing) because of the medical. As soon as the consulate receives the new medical results, you'll be taken out of AP, like they said on the phone. This is very good news. AP = bad. Being taken out of AP = good. As soon as they get the medical results, they'll probably finalise a few things, get the visa printed and put it into the passport. Then they'll ship it out, or whatever they do at the consulate in London. I don't know how long it usually takes to get your passport/visa back from the consulate, but you might have it as early as next week sometime I'd say, call up the consulate again on Monday to see if they've received the medical and if so, if they've finished processing your case. Perhaps you can also ask if it's possible to pick up the passport and visa at the consulate due to the urgency of your case.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-06-10 10:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Hey Guys.....thank you for the very kind posts. Gary had his medical today and is now on the bus back to his moms. He had to have another shot and x-ray and the nurses at Knightsbridge said from THEIR point of view...all LOOKS FINE!!! X-ray looked just fine according to the Tech. Gary called consulate and they said if he does NOT hear anything by Friday, that means the medical was fine and we should be on our way....VERY scared to get hopes up but...I AM GETTING EXCITED. I am going to throw the biggest party when this is over and invite every single one of our Visa Journey friends....I swear it feels like we are all war buddies. PEACE AND LOVE EVERYONE!!! That's great news! I hope Gary gets his passport with visa in it soon! The journey is almost over!	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-06-08 12:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Super Saylin to the rescue!! Of course I was looking at the wrong site. Poor me. I clicked on the link you posted and sure enough "Sign in Failed"! That makes me feel a little giddy! I was just checking out your blog and you are the greatest! Your folder for your interview was awesome, I may have to copy that!! lol. We should have a reunion every few years on this sight...Visa Journey Class of 2011 (the to hell and back clan).. Haha, glad I was of help! Yeah, for those doing online forms, there's two sites to log onto and the one you were logging on to won't give a SIF. They probably let you still log onto that one in case you need to print off the DS-260. And I give you full permission to copy my folder I love my folder. It's definitely helped me in staying super organized! And I hope I can come to that reunion too even though I wasn't sent to TSC! Thanks Dear, I only hope they hadn't separate my file from my daughter's again and make it longer to havve her SIF too Oh, I really hope not! NVC has already messed up so many times with your case and your daughter's!	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-06-06 15:03:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Saylin, sorry I didn't reply to your msg, I called NVC but too much waiting time to have an operator, it costs a lot to call with my French cell, Hubby is busy today, he should be home soon, we will then call NVC I remember I used to call around 5pm EST and I got through almost instantly, or the most I had to wait was 5 minutes. Hope you hear good news when you call	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-06-06 14:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	I'm still here alive and kicking.... Val and Gary...I will say a prayer that all goes well, I'm sure things will go great and you guys will be together in no time! Saylin! You left me here in Canada!! lol. How are you??? How does it feel to be on the other side of this process? I got 2 RFEs within the past few months. I finally got this email a little while ago.. Thank God no more RFEs, I would of just had a breakdown. Does this email mean an SIF will follow soon? I just want this to be over with. October (the month I plan to move) is so far away, yet I know it will come fast with all the things I have to do take care of before leaving, including our son's American Consular Report of Birth Abroad papers, that we still have yet to do (long story as to why it hasn't been done yet). I wish everyone the best, it has definitely been a journey! Haha, sorry for leaving you in Canada I'm doing good! It's nice to finally be back in the USA! Got my green card last week, just waiting on my SSN now which I had to apply for in person on Friday. And the email you got means CC! Most people get the SIF first. Are you checking on the right site? https://ceac.state.g...ice/signon.aspx If you don't get SIF, it's not a big deal. The CC email is what counts Plus, the AVR should update to reflect a CC as well. Either in a few days or a few weeks, you'll find out your interview date. Good luck!	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-06-06 14:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Man I guess I have a SIF I hope is not a bug from the NVC system...so far is only for my file, my daughter's is still accessible...Boy I'm getting scared again Ohhh, please call up NVC and ask if your case is closed. It might not be a bug!	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-06-06 10:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Visa approved!!!! We are so glad it's finally over!!! Thank you all for all the support and information. I would have gone insane without this group and this forum!!! Will post a review when i get all the details. Thank you again and good luck. Grats!	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-06-02 11:12:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Thank you so much Californiaguy, Lidya. You are almost done with NVC nonesense and will get your interviews in no time. Thank you Saylin. you are soo lucky! You're already with your husband:) Congrats Jennie ann! Welcome back celldoc! And goodluck to all upcoming interviews!! Mine is in 25 hrs (8 hrs difference )!!!!! I know i won't be able to sleep till my husband calls me. his interview is at 8 but i heard he might not be done till noon or so. I will probably clean the house the whole night Good luck at the interview. If I were you, I wouldn't be able to sleep either. Hope you hear good news soon	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-06-01 11:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Congrats, Jennie, and all the rest who are over this journey! truly officially out of the blackhole! Saylin, as for us, our scheduled interview date is for July 1st, CC last May 4. Grats on getting the interview date! July 1 is Canada Day	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-05-31 14:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	We got an email today from NVC with a pdf file telling us they finished processing our case and scheduled an interview for me at 8 am on July 5th! The interview is actually earlier than I'd expected; I'd thought maybe August or September, so we're pretty excited that it's going to be so soon. Grats! Canada's interviews for IR-1/CR-1 are currently being scheduled at the beginning of July. They're not at August or September yet Time to get the medical done and plan for the interview	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-05-30 09:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Ok we can add another interview date to the spreadsheet! Just 2 days over my one year filing mark, hubby and I will have our interview date! July 11th! We might get that date pushed up a bit due to an expedite, but I think I'm ok with keeping that date, then hubby has lots of time to get al of his vaccinations. Can't wait for this huge fiasco to finally be over!!! Grats on getting an interview date!	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-05-29 17:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Hi everyone, i somehow feel at home on this thread: ) I don't post much, but been following all of your SIFs, CCs, interviews,POEs, stupid REFs.... been rejoicing with you all and praying! My husband's interview is this coming Thursday, june 2n!!!!!. We found out on 5/25. I am so excited, nervous, anxious...., you name it, am feeling it !! Grats on getting the interview date! Good luck this Thursday!	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-05-28 13:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	ok thank you Saylin. We emailed the AOS package on Saturday, do you know how long it will take them to review it? Usually about 2 weeks, but it can take longer, depending how busy NVC is.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-05-09 15:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Oh I see Good luck on that! Thank you. I'll be going through customs Thursday morning. Hoping it isn't that busy and that I can get through in under an hour.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-05-09 14:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Congratulations on the visa, Saylin! Was it a pretty straightforward process? What's POE? Thanks! It was very easy and straightforward at Montreal POE = Point of Entry. It's where you go through customs and have to give over the sealed envelope you get from the embassy/consulate. Most people go through POE at airports. I'll be driving though, so I'll be doing POE at a land border.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-05-09 14:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	No not yet. We are gonna do that this week. We have only paid and sent in the AOS. Will they review the AOS before they get the IV payment and documents? They'll review whatever they get first.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-05-09 14:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	We got checklists from NVC saying they don't have any of the stuff we sent. I'm not sure if that means they still haven't gotten to our actual emails or if we somehow did it wrong when we sent them (I wasn't able to figure out how to save all of my documents into one pdf file so I sent multiple pdfs, though my husband's AOS was all in one file). I guess we'll call tomorrow and try to figure it out, but I'm pretty frustrated. It's like, seriously? No part of this process is going to go smoothly? I've seen a lot of people getting RFEs for packages that they sent, but NVC is saying they haven't received them yet. You can always try to re-send the packages, but it's probably because NVC just hasn't gotten to them yet.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-05-09 11:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	What kind of police certificate do we need for the DS-0230? Do we need fingerprinting done or can we go to our local police station and get a police certificate? You only need fingerprinting done if you've committed a crime. If you never have, then just a regular, non-fingerprinted certificate will do. You can go to a local police station, the RCMP, or a private agency. Up to you.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-05-07 22:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	i scanned them all separately, so now how do I make them 1 big document? I don't know how you make them into 1 document unless you're using Adobe. Each program is different. I've only worked with Adobe and I know how to combine files on that program. If you don't want to get that program and decide to go with another one, then I can't help you.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-05-07 16:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Can anyone please tell me after I scan all my documents how do I make them into 1 file? I don't have adobe so I don't know how to do this? Or even though I opted for electronic processing can I express mail my packages instead? If you don't want to get Adobe, you might be able to try one of the other PDF programs like CutePDF or FoxIt. But I don't know how either of these work as I simply downloaded Adobe awhile ago as it's the best. And no, if you opted in, you cannot send your packages by snail mail. If you want to snail mail them, you'd have to opt out.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-05-07 15:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Thank for the prompt reply. Yes, I was one of the 36,000. My wife's file has been completed at NVC and interview has been scheduled on 06/28/2011 at Bombay office. My wife's file was completed on 04/07/2011 but the interview date is after more than two months. Does anyone know how to expedite at the local consulate? Thanks, It's probably too late to expedite now since you finished with NVC and have a date. You can try contacting the embassy and asking for an earlier date, but I'm not sure that's possible at this point since you've completed everything.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-05-03 16:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Congrats Saylin And Please don't abandon us, those left behind at NVC, we still need you Thanks! And don't worry, I'm not going anywhere. But I will be gone for 3 days when I move next week. Hopefully everyone can manage without me for 3 days Although I might check my email when I stop at a hotel I just can't stay away from VJ! Sandip, How were you able to expedite your case ??? can you please give me some details on how to contact and what needs to be provided to expedite ? thanks, I believe they expedited due to USCIS error cause they were one of the 36,000 that got transferred to TSC. Were you as well? And	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-05-03 16:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Thanks and Congrats Saylin on getting Approval plus your effort and time for everyone here at VJ.COM Thanks!	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-05-03 10:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Just received an email wife's interview schedule on 06-03-2011 at mumbai consulate. Let's hope everything will go smoothely for her on the day of interview.. Grats on finally getting the date! Good luck!	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-05-03 09:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Hello everyone, big big congrats to all for the huuuge progress!! We are all near the very end of this journey, and oh what a journey !! Little update on my side: my IV was stuck at "in process" for more than 3weeks, was calling nvc but of course they kept saying to wait for it to show the bill paid, on one of my daily phones (4/18) was told that my expedite request was approved that morning and to send the AOS and IV docs and a money order for IV (the operator said that even though they usually don't accept checks at the New Hamphsire facility) attn: supervisor sue. I overnighted everything on the 20th, and they forwarded the docs and returned the check , my husband will pay at the embassy. The embassy received the packege on the 25. They contacted him 2 days later and told him they are mailing him a form that he needs to fill out and they will schedule an interview when they receive that form back. My husband got so excited when they called that he forgot to ask what the form was or if he can go to the embassy to pick it up or if they can email it to him or anything He called them today (but they closed on fridays), he will call again on monday. We miss himso much, and he hasn't even seen his new son and our first son has grown so much and he missed out on so many "firsts" ... but things are moving now so all is goid. GOOD LUCK FOR NEXT WEEK INTERVIEWS (SAYLIN, JENNY, AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHO ELSE ) CONGRATS EXELANCE! Grats on getting your expedite approved! And I hope your husband finds out next week what form it is. Hopefully you can get an interview date assigned soon after. Good luck! And thanks. The others with May 3rd interviews: Jenny and sarah et luc. I know of a few others, but not part of the TSC refugee camp.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-04-29 23:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Thanks Dear. BTW, great pic You're very welcome. Hehe, and thank you! I think that's going to stay as my pic now here on VJ	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-04-29 10:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Hi Saylin, got a stupid question How do we know the Embassy's timeline? Thanks and good luck with your interview Hi I was looking at timelines here: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?cfl=$cfl&op3=5&op5=5,6,8,10,11,13,14,15,16,17,18,20,21,22,25,26,27,28&op6=All I would choose my country in the drop down menu and just went through everyone's timelines. I made a spreadsheet for myself and saw the average times from CC to interview date assigned, from CC to interview, and from interview date assigned to interview. I had a lot of statistics I'm now using that link to see average times from interview to visa received on my spreadsheet. It's an amazing tool, I must say And thank you Interview is almost here finally.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-04-29 10:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Saylin, Hello there.. how are you? I don't have much time to come here and but I follow .. seems quiet around here. He Saylin, how long after case completed do they send the appointment letter or package and from there how long do you have for the interview. I am trying to schedule my vacations around that time to go to Mexico to the interview with my wife... what do you think? I'm doing good. Getting anxious for my interview this Tuesday It was 15 days after my case complete that an interview date got assigned to me and the day after that I received the interview package by email. From the interview date being assigned to the actual interview, it was 40 days. But you have to remember, those timeframes are for Canada. Since you're in Mexico, it's probably going to be different timeframes. You need to look at Mexican's timelines and see what it should be for you. I don't know how busy the consulate is in Cd. Juarez, so it might be a shorter or longer wait from CC to interview.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-04-29 10:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	yes today. thanks and good luck at your interview Updated you on the spreadsheet And thanks Good luck at NVC! You should definitely try for an expedite for USCIS error.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-04-26 19:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	it's taken 9 months to the day but we have just got our noa2 from california. I'm not sure if we are the last couple to manage this but Saylin you can update your spreadsheet now for us and hopefully we will get through nvc quickly. Grats on finally getting your NOA2! What date was your I-130 approved? Today?	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-04-26 19:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Just got a call 20 mins ago, the I-601 has been approved and the wife should have her visa in a few days. THAT'S FANTASTIC!! GRATS!!	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-04-21 10:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Thanks! And last question... Do you know if they issue a visa right away, at the time of the interview? I'm not sure about Ukraine, but most consulates/embassies send the visa and passport back by mail within a few days.	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-04-20 11:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Great!!! Thank you so much for all your support and assistance! No problem Good luck on the medical and interview!	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-04-20 00:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2	Saylin, we have the interview scheduled for May 25th! I have a question for you - did you get any medical forms in mail or by email? We did not, just the notice about the interview's date. In the past, I remember that they used to send some forms for the medical exam. Maybe they don't do it now... Grats on getting your date! Nope, no medical forms are sent out. You fill the form out at the medical. Here's some information for the medical in Ukraine: http://travel.state....T-0001-1001.pdf	Saylin	Female	Canada	2011-04-19 23:41:00