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IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAug 2013 I-130 filers

 

 

TRANSFERRED BABY!!!!!!!!!!!dancin5hr.gif dancin5hr.gifdancin5hr.gif dancin5hr.gif dancin5hr.gif dancin5hr.gif dancin5hr.gif dancin5hr.gif dancin5hr.gif dancin5hr.gif  

 

Yay !


Jamie & IzzyMaleMorocco2014-02-06 23:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAug 2013 I-130 filers

We just got our 3rd email about our transfer- each time I get excited thinking it is different news!

 

Same here :S

*** DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL ***


The last processing action taken on your case


Receipt Number: MSC139165xxxx


Application Type: I130 , IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN


Your Case Status: Initial Review












Jamie & IzzyMaleMorocco2014-02-06 20:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAug 2013 I-130 filers

When my husband called he just left his number and tier2 called him back after an hour and he told him it was sent to CSC .Hmm i don`t like the idea of people being so random and picky on who and what information to give out :S


Jamie & IzzyMaleMorocco2014-02-06 14:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAug 2013 I-130 filers

 

So is it worth it to call and try to find out? DId he just like leave a message and they called him back? If thats the case I wouldn't mind calling but I am in no way, shape or form going to sit on hold for hours to find out!

 

Yes ! you do that ,i just know they told him they will call him back after speaking to costumer service ,Hope it CSC for you too dancin5hr.gif


Edited by Jamie & Izzy, 05 February 2014 - 03:14 PM.

Jamie & IzzyMaleMorocco2014-02-05 15:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - July 2013

 

Congrats!

 

The case is only mailed out AFTER an interview date has been assigned. Please see the bottom of post 1 for instructions on how to track the case.

 

Thanks a bunch Saylin!

 

Didnt realize that it got mailed out only after the interview is scheduled. Makes sense though. So now the waiting has switched from case complete to the interview! gah!

 

Another random question, can we get her medical done now or should we wait for the interview appointment letter?

 

Thanks for your help!


hasheeshaMalePakistan2013-07-25 22:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - July 2013

I Just found out that my case has been completed at the NVC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Thanks so much to everyone on this site for the awesome advice and instructions for every step in this loooong process!

 

Now we are just waiting on the interview. I saw a few case completes in July for Pakistan that got interviews in August but i think for us it is more realistic to expect a September interview date!

 

Does anyone know how soon the NVC mails out the package to the embassy? Also how can you track it?

 


hasheeshaMalePakistan2013-07-25 21:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2013 Interviews

He finally called. CO said we need another sponsor and after that they'll give him the visa immediately! My husband sounded very happy so I guess I should be too even though this isn't very good news to me sad.png

:( ... Well at least they didnt say AP for name checks! Insha'Allah once you submit the AOS with a cosponsor it should be approved and issued soon! You should not lose hope. May Allah give you and your husband the patience to get through this and lead a happy life together :)


hasheeshaMalePakistan2013-09-20 01:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2013 Interviews

He hasn't called but website says AP sad.png

Everything goes to AP until Visa is actually issued. It says AP for my wife as well right now. Dont lose hope yet. My wife called me about 20 minutes after the website updated with the news!


hasheeshaMalePakistan2013-09-20 01:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2013 Interviews

OMG you just made my heart beat 10x faster!!! He needs to call otherwise I'm going to go crazy... When did they say she'll have her visa??

7-10 days Insha'Allah!!!


hasheeshaMalePakistan2013-09-20 01:06:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2013 Interviews

I'm still waiting for my husband's call!!... The CO actually said approved??

Yup!!! Made her take the oath and everything :D

 

Insha'Allah you will should hear from your husband soon.


hasheeshaMalePakistan2013-09-20 00:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2013 Interviews

Just heard from my wife. WE GOT APPROVED!!! Thanks to everyone on VJ for your help! Finally an end to this long journey. Will post a review once I can talk to my wife properly (she is calling her family and on her way back from the embassy right now)


hasheeshaMalePakistan2013-09-20 00:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2013 Interviews

We got approved guys!!! I'm so happy and excited!!! Thanks to all of you guys here on VJ!! smile.png

Congrats!!!!


hasheeshaMalePakistan2013-09-19 16:20:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2013 Interviews

Ill pray for your wife, pray for my husband!! Atleast you guys probably won't get ap smile.png!!

 

Will definitely have your husband in my prayers :)

I hope not! Nothing is guaranteed though :(


 

 

 

 

Same here smile.png Just got email today, got interview on Sept 20th 8 AM

Haha. That is awesome!

 

Goodluck everyone on their interview!


Standard packet 4 application..I guess? But still I don't understand the date

 

It is the standard packet 4 appointment letter. I had the same date on my email subject. Not sure what that is about myself.


hasheeshaMalePakistan2013-08-22 00:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2013 Interviews

Interview at sept 20 8am!! We are soooo excited!!

 

Congrats! Looks like we have the same interview slot :)


hasheeshaMalePakistan2013-08-21 17:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2013 Interviews

Ok thanks I needed some assurance. I have a friend who claims she's been waiting for 3 months but I guess there is something else going on.

One more question.. How long does it take for the visa status to change?

 

Yeah it took roughly a week for them to schedule my wife's interview. I was alhamdullilah fortunate that my case complete was close to when they started scheduling Islamabad interviews. You shouldn't have to wait more than a week or 2. 

 

I'm not sure what you mean by visa status, are you referring to CR1 to IR1 or a status change on the CEAC website? For me the website did not change status until they mailed the package out to the embassy.


hasheeshaMalePakistan2013-08-09 20:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSeptember 2013 Interviews

Checking in to the new thread! good luck to all waiting on case complete/interview date.


hasheeshaMalePakistan2013-08-01 13:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWhat's going on? No NOA1

You can still call USCIS and ask for your case # I believe if they have it entered. From there you can track status on their website. They'll give you some updates early and changes/touches or tell you they can't find it in the system yet. 

Doesn't really matter because it'll sit there for months until NOA2 but still feels nice to know. 


TeripidNot TellingPhilippines2014-01-03 21:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC RELATED QUESTION

Typically you call NVC and ask if it has been entered into the system yet. You provide the USCIS # and they may ask some extra information. USCIS might not actually change status to sent to NVC so call once a week or so to see if it is there yet. Eventually they'll be able to give you a new ID number you'll use clear to the embassy. 

Interview date depends on the embassy. Typically takes ~1 month at least to get past the NVC step. Not familiar with SG specifics on that so I'll let someone else answer. 


TeripidNot TellingPhilippines2014-03-17 03:33:00
Africa: Sub-SaharanThink carefully before you marry a Nigerian, I regret doing so!
RANNK1 I appreciate your post very much. I'm sure it wasn't easy to share all that. Back in September I wrote a post about marrying a Jamaican, where I talked about all the negative stereotypes that come along with it as well as my own doubts about the validity of my relationship, even though I've been married to my husband for two years and together for three. Luckily things have worked out for us and we are better than ever now that he is here in the US. But I know of other women that weren't as lucky as I was, who were basically used.

So thank you for your post and warning and I am sorry for your hardship. Time to pick yourself up and move on to greener pastures. You'll find someone who truly appreciates you, I promise.


BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2014-01-15 16:26:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Family being victimized by NVC
I was saying "because" I wasn't calling you "cuz." I don't even know you lol. I was typing from my phone so excuse my "limited English abilities."
BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-11-18 09:00:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Family being victimized by NVC
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Well, I must say, you aren't complying with exactly what they want. If you had, you'd be at interview by now. You can go right ahead and in fancy language be just as indignant as you like. But...make that BUT...they are the only game in town, and comply you must. So, quit being in denial, and full of self righteous indignation,  fill the little boxes in correctly, and get ON with it.[/quo

Exactly. You CANNOT take this personally or you will never move forward. NVC doesn't have the time or inclination to victimize anybody. I didn't get my interview scheduled by them till more than two months after case complete but I dont take it personally. I'm not trying to be rude cuz I understand your frustration but to think you are being singled out is not going to help your situation.





BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-11-17 15:36:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Department of State (DOS) nolonger taking inquiry calls on K-1 Visas
I wonder if this is the case for CR1s too or just K1s. I called them every day after hubby was approved.
BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2014-01-28 13:19:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionInterview Timing for IR/CR1s vs K1 visas
Wow I hope we get the visa 5 days after my husband's interview!! I would be so freaking happy.
BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-10-25 22:30:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionInterview Timing for IR/CR1s vs K1 visas
Thanks Bishop I saw that. So it's pretty clear it's just a quicker process for K1s in terms of getting an interview scheduled. Like I said I know people who submitted their paperwork to the consulate last week and got an interview scheduled before mine.
BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-10-25 22:14:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionInterview Timing for IR/CR1s vs K1 visas
No Problem at all Dwheels it was a general question. Just seemed odd to me that we got such a late interview date- over 2 months from case complete. Oh well, not a big deal. Only 4 weeks away now. And as someone already said, I probably just irked someone at NVC for over-calling lol.
BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-10-25 21:46:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionInterview Timing for IR/CR1s vs K1 visas

I saw it and was wondering also but i honestly feel because you were calling them so much they did it just for spite

 


Lol probably right!! Oh well soon come!
BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-10-25 16:09:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionInterview Timing for IR/CR1s vs K1 visas
So I am not trying to complain, really I'm not, but I just have to say that it seems like K1 applicants are getting much earlier interview dates or are getting scheduled sooner that CR1s. Is that true? A lot of folks that are K1 that submitted paperwork a lot later than I did have earlier interviews than my husband. Just curious if embassies give priority to K1 visas or what goes on? We submitted our AOS and all paperwork to NVC on August 23rd, got a case complete on September 19th and on October 1 got an interview for November 26th. Some of my fellow K1 filers got much sooner interviews and didn't submit packets to NVC or the embassy till later.

Just curious again, if anyone knows why this is.


BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-10-25 13:01:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionMORE K-1'S SCHEDULED THAN CR-1'S
I guess it just depends on the case and/or the embassy. I dunno. But I am grateful we at least got an interview in November. We've been at this since last August lol.
BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-10-29 12:36:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionMORE K-1'S SCHEDULED THAN CR-1'S
I just posted about this topic (not for Ankara but in general) on Saturday. Definitely frustrating to see K1s getting interviews scheduled a lot sooner than CR1s and some (I know because I am friends with them) didn't submit final packets to their embassies till October and got mid-November dates. We got case complete at NVC on September 19th and got a November 26th interview. Just seems strange to me.
BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-10-29 12:09:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussionceac status update

My husband's interview was on November 26th.  CEAC status was updated on the 26th and 27th but still on Ready.  I called DOS and they said we are in AP since interview but that this is normal.  CO told us we would have our visa in a week but I'm not hopeful at this point.  Looks like I will have to leave Jamaica without my husband.


BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-12-02 09:41:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionI am so Excited

Congrats girl.  Soooooooooo happy for you.  Hope ours changes soon!!!


BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-12-04 18:57:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussionvisa sill not issued ..frustrated!

I am praying for you love that we both hear something by tomorrow!! My baby is so ready to come right now.  We just want to start our lives together finally and live like a normal married couple.


BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-12-12 08:14:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussionvisa sill not issued ..frustrated!

No my friend ...any news and since yesterday there was no update and status still says "ready" ...... I don't know what to do hummm


Don't you think it would say Administrative Processing and not Ready if we were in AP??

BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-12-11 18:48:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussionvisa sill not issued ..frustrated!

Thanks to you guys for triyng to help me.....on the ceac website the status is still ready but the date have been updated 4 times and the last time was yesterday ...... I really don't know why it took so long ... My baby call DOS and they told him that we just have to wait ..I am so sad right now!


Any news yet?? My status was updated again today but still says Ready. I'm seriously starting to lose it. Why does this take so long?? Its not like they are in AP.

BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-12-11 07:56:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussionvisa sill not issued ..frustrated!

I am in the exact same boat as you.  My husband's interview was in Kingston Jamaica on November 26th and he was approved and we are still waiting on the damn visa.  CEAC status is stuck on Ready but its updated EVERY day.  I call DOS and they just say the case is pending.  I am going so crazy here waiting. They say everything is normal and there are no problems but I am so worried. Let's just hang in there together and we will get through this :-)


BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-12-10 08:53:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionDominican Republic AP Average Wait

No. Very fast and quick interview. Consular official seemed to be satisfied and told me it should take 2 weeks for visa to be printed. 
 
What?? Administrative Review? Then changed to AP? Never heard of this. How many days from interview to issued? 


Two weeks and three days. Stayed on Ready the entire time till it changed to AP to one day then issued

BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2014-02-01 09:31:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionDominican Republic AP Average Wait
Hi there! What does your status on Ceac say? We were in 'administrative review' for two weeks and were also told everything was normal. Our ceac status finally changed to AP for one day and then issued
It's so hard when you know you are approved and then you still have to wait and no one tells you anything
Hang in there! As they say in Jamaica soon come.


BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2014-02-01 09:00:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General DiscussionFiled for ROC but husband wants to divorce
Nobody deserves to be insulted or made to feel bad out themselves. I understand you love this person but how in the world can you consider staying with someone who apparently has no consideration for you and who no longer wants you around? I understand that you left everything to come to this country for this person and that must be so hard. But please, please, consider ending this relationship because it just doesn't sound right to me. And btw you are NOT fat OMG.
BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2014-01-22 16:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsWe got an interview date!! November baby!!

So happy right now!! I just called NVC and my husband's interview has been scheduled for November 26th at 8am with the embassy in Kingston, JA. Our case was completed at NVC on September 19th.  I am updating my timeline now.

 

Thanks to everyone for your support and encouragement.

 

BethAnn


BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-10-01 12:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportscase completed

You'll get it.  I said a special prayer for you!


BethAnn and OmarFemaleJamaica2013-10-02 14:40:00