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Delay in Delivery of Approved Visas

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This is exactly right; we have to be logical here. The last we know for sure is that they are making progress and even have processed a small number for the first priority to be processed. Some of the

SantyAndAllie
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Guys, have you been following? This is the norm right now. Unfortunately a lot of ours are going to stay at 'ready' status for a little while longer. Means it hasn't been processed yet, so you won't h

canadagirl89
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I am SO angry about this. I have been waiting over 20 months to be with my family since I started this process. I was banking on getting my visa within the 2 weeks. Nope, I have to be out of my apartm

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Hi everybody!

I've been waiting for Montreal for 4 months and 1 week... file under AP, No recents updates.... :clock:

Hi ldy

Montreal has answered to my congressman and they did not even told us what kind of AP it is i am on, they just used a long fancy words to say i am on AP and nothing action is required from the applicant , just wait till the AP is done. so the congressman representative told me just to wait another month and he will ask them for a detailed. so no luck on my end, and just waiting under AP with no updates.

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ImaToadstool   1

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No updates for us from Cairo yet, 16 weeks and counting, still AP with no explanation further and no response from emails from us or from the NVC on our behalf.

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No updates for us from Cairo yet, 16 weeks and counting, still AP with no explanation further and no response from emails from us or from the NVC on our behalf.

I am so sorry to hear this! :(

Have you tried getting your congress people involved yet?

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10/11/2014 – Mailed I-130 packet to the Chicago Lockbox
10/14/2014 – I-130 packet signed for
10/15/2014 – Priority date assigned
10/19/2014 – Acceptance confirmation email received
10/20/2014 – Check cashed
10/24/2014 – Received I-797C (NOA1)
10/27/2014 – Faxed the USCIS expedite packet to the Senator's office
10/29/2014 – Expedite request sent to USCIS from the Senator's office on my behalf
11/05/2014 – USCIS approved I-130 petition
11/07/2014 – USCIS sent case to the NVC for processing
11/08/2014 – Received I-797, Approval!!! (NOA2)

NVC

11/11/2014 - Emailed the NVC Expedite Packet to the Senator's office
11/12/2014 - Expedite request sent to NVC from the Senator's office on my behalf
11/12/2014 - NVC received case from USCIS
11/28/2014 - Received confirmation email from NVC, expedite request was received and is being processed
12/09/2014 - NVC Case number assigned
12/10/2014 - NVC Welcome letter email
12/10/2014 - Submitted form DS-261
12/11/2014 - AOS fee invoiced
12/12/2014 - AOS fee submitted
12/15/2014 - AOS fee shows paid
12/16/2014 - Sent AOS and IV packets
12/17/2014 - AOS and IV packets received by NVC
12/17/2014 - Embassy denied expedite without a reason, informed over the phone by Hazel from NVC

12/19/2014 - Received email from NVC confirming AOS and IV packets received, scan date 12/17
12/19/2014 - IV fee invoiced
12/19/2014 - IV fee submitted
12/23/2014 - IV fee shows paid

12/26/2014 - Submitted DS-260
02/17/2015 - Case complete!!! :)
05/04/2015 - Interview date received by phone, scheduled for 06/10/2015

05/08/2015 - Received P4 email

US Embassy Cairo

05/12/2015 - Embassy received case from NVC

06/10/2015 - Interview approved!!! :)

07/20/2015 - Visa received

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ImaToadstool   1

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No luck asking my Congresswoman for help or from the OIG. I filed a Hotline report weeks ago but have had no follow up, and the Congress people are unwilling to help me because I have been away from their state for over a year and they don't consider me a constituent, but I kind of expected that as my area of the country isn't too keen on immigrants. I will be moving back to my parents home in a couple of weeks and leaving my husband here until he receives his visa, which is so sad for me after all this time. The only reason I am still here is because we want to be together and get this done. We want to travel together, but that isn't going to happen apparently. He is convinced that once I am in the states that the visa will be freed up for him. It has to be unusual for them to hold his passport now for over 3 and a half months with no visa issuance!

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Any news from anyone guys? 90 days for me and still didn't hear anything from the embassy! My medical examination has already expired which means I will have to redo it even if I got the visa :/

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ImaToadstool   1

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We're still sitting here with no new updates. The embassy has not ever responded to the email from the national visa center for any updates. That was sent from the NVC on Sept. 8th. We're buying my plane ticket to head back to the states in the morning. I'm so sad that I'm traveling alone after 20 months of paperwork.

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I'm very sorry for you :/ Same thing for me it's been almost 19 months since we first started the whole process. Currently, we are waiting for any updates from the Congressman. The last update on my CEAC status was on Aug 17th, it says READY, and it's still as it is :/

How upsetting and helpless I feel after all of this :S

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ImaToadstool   1

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Anyone with any updates? Nothing to share here, everything's the same still. I am now stateside and I have an appointment to see my state representative this week. Hoping he will be able to do something to help.

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Nothing new for me as well :/ I have been waiting now for 113 days. I have noticed that my status date got updated last week a couple of times but nothing else. Some people got their visas after like two months of waiting.

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ImaToadstool   1

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I'm happy to report we've finally received our visa and my husband arrived in the states on Thanksgiving morning! I did come to the states without him and visited my state representative who opened a Congressional Inquiry on our behalf. The embassy called my husband two days later and told him to resubmit a medical exam as his was due to expire soon and that they would issue his visa after receiving it. He submitted the new medical exam and received his visa in hand 6 days later. He had no more problems or delays after the Congress person helped us. His border crossing was quick and painless and he was treated with respect the whole way through. Alhumdullilah for everything!

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