July 2015 Visa Bulletin ; Interviews

[anahialanadan 0]

Does anyone know why the mexico priority date is different then the rest of the world It didn't move at all this month

[Nicalord 1]

Guys.

We need keeping calm, we are very stressed, because we have waiting for long time to be together with our family, I just think all cases processed by USCIS and then NVC are different, it depend the beneficiary´s country or services center.

We need help us, friendly and share our experience that help to have the patience to wait until our process finish.

thanks for your post and help, it is greatful.

Edited May 18, 2015 by Nicalord

[Subi 1]

Ohh my lord, NVC sucks big time. My priority date 27th Sep 2013, still no case complete even though i didnt have any checklist. God save me from this brutal NVC processing....

[Dordor 10]

Ohh my lord, NVC sucks big time. My priority date 27th Sep 2013, still no case complete even though i didnt have any checklist. God save me from this brutal NVC processing....

Hello,

What do they say each time you call, can you ask to speak to a supervisor, let them know your case is current in June. I know it is hard but soonest it would be all over.

[Subi 1]

Hey Dordor, they wont transfer me to supervisor, they said my case has been escalated to a supervisor and he will review my case on his own convinience and said it will take 42 days for supervisor to review.

[Dordor 10]

Keep trying, you would get the opportunity to speak to one, do no loose hope. Am not sure what time of the day supervisors are available, maybe someone can help out on this. What is your scan date? Have you paid IV fees?

[Subi 1]

Yay, i have already paid IV fees long ago, scan date was 11 march 2015.

[Mockingjay 10]

Ohh my lord, NVC sucks big time. My priority date 27th Sep 2013, still no case complete even though i didnt have any checklist. God save me from this brutal NVC processing....

Same boat. No checklist. No case complete letter received. Been trying calling up NVC and no one could ever give me a helpful answer. But TBH, Im still calm.

PD: Nov. 8, 2013

[Subi 1]

You are calm, because your priority date is still not current , mine is already current. You are more than month later than me. I should have IL by this time.

[mardar 5]

My thought is there will be big jump in the last quarter of the fiscal year. The reasons are:

1. They need to make sure they use all visas allotted for this year by end of September. (October starts new fiscal year 2016). So they are catching up to make sure they exhaust this years quota.

2. Obama new initiative on streamlining immigration process is catching up and they are cleaning lot of loop holes (process delay) in the application process. That is why we are seeing lot of updates on websites.

3.There is also some talk about capturing unused visa from previous years. I am not saying it will happen right now but it at least reminds USCIS / DOS that they are required by law to use allotted quota of visa when there is sufficient demand.

I think there is good chance that by September 2015 the dates will move to PD June/July 2014 for F2A. I won't be surprised if they become current also.

i just wanna understand this, if they are current and your case is already approved and got to the visa center, that means you don't have to wait right ??? what about if its only current for a month or less then what ??

[Munafn 14]

@Hardik - no harm intended on my side - I just wanted to bring your attention to the VSC filers because I had seen you post that same thing on several threads and websites. My PD is December 2, 2013.....I will let you know when I get my welcome letter from NVC.....I will also let you know when I get my Case Complete....

@ All - what I have discovered is that there is no rhymme or reason to this process. They say if you are first in, you will be first out (i.e Priority Dates)....that's just a bold face lie. The naïveté I had when I first started the F2A process has long since gone....I am one of the ones that has no interest in wishful thinking. I want to know what is, so I will know how to plan. I don't want to sit around month after month wishing my life away and sugar coating the reality!

People are wishing for their PD to be current by wishing away the REALITY of this system. And the reality is that there are ALOT of applicants from August-November 2013 because they were lulled into filing because the VB was "current". (Please note for those who are not clear, I didn't say their PD was current I said the VB was current -- big difference!). There are ALOT of late 2013 applicants - both approved and pending! This, my friends, is the REALITY of what we are facing and it has to be overcome somehow...either in a big jump w/retrogression or in the VB slowing down/stopping altogether.

I realized about a year ago from a convo I had on one of the threads here on VJ, that it was very likely that VCS filers would get approvals very close to their PDs which would leave little time to address an RFE. That's how I came to understand the constant retrogressions inherent in the immigration system. So the cycle will repeat yet again.....and we will have a big jump at the end of this quarter because the oct-dec 2013 filers are not ready, and then the VB will retrogress, once oct-dec 2013 filers are case complete in order to pick us up again. The only way I can see this retrogression not happening is if there are so many sept/oct filers that they are able to use up all the remaining visas from this fiscal year. That's if they care about the unused visas! LOL!

Shadowflex is right, though, if you think you have it bad, all you have to do is look around VJ and you will see someone that has it worse. I was here on VJ when shadowflex got caught up in the retrogression by ONE day! And here we are almost 2 years later......so for the 2014 and 2015 filers who have NOA2 or CC and are complaining, please remember there are a lot of us from 2013 who are still waiting just to even get where you are....

So please don't wish us away....

Best of luck to everyone and continued strength to make it through this process.

Hey there my neighbor from Maryland!

I agree with all your sentiments as well as the emotions and feelings from everyone else. This process is hard and while I am grateful for this forum bringing a lot of us together, there are some differences experienced primarily due to communication barriers and also just the sheer pent up frustration we all face. It is really unfortunate but like you said, this is the reality.

My personal feeling is that there won't be a retrogression this year but there may be a delayed movement with the VB this last quarter. I say delay but I'm secretly hoping no less than 3 weeks movement. I am quite content with even the normal one month movement that's been happening and hope that it continues. I think a retrogression will make very little sense at this stage. The retrogression happened in 2013 because the VB was current and this generated a large number of petitions. The VB was current because my understanding is that there weren't enough petitions relative to the number of visas (supply and demand).

I don't think that applies anymore as the number of petitions between September 2013 and at least up until August 2014 are more than likely satiate any demands concerns for at least the next year. In order to make sure there are enough petitions ready for a visa, they may delay the VB movement to make sure more petitions are available for interviews. Whichever direction it goes, I hope that it's positive for all of us. Hang in there everyone.