IR-1/CR-1 (DCF) Spouse Visa Timelines

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Names	Country	Service Center	Xfer?	Consulate	I-130 Sent	I-130 NOA1	I-130 NOA2	Consulate Received	Packet 3 Received	Packet 3 Sent	Packet 4 Received	Interview	Visa Received	US Entry	Marriage	Total Days File ➙ Int.	Comments. List anything unique to your case.	Updated Last
Julie & Micah	Germany	Texas	No	Frankfurt, Germany	2015-10-27	2015-11-06	2015-12-01		2015-12-15	2020-09-10	2020-10-07	2020-10-20	2020-10-28	2020-12-19	2014-11-22	1820*		2021-03-01
Andy & Steph	Germany	Texas	No	Frankfurt, Germany	2019-10-25	2019-10-31	2020-01-15	2020-01-16	2020-01-23	2020-01-28	2020-02-26	2020-04-01	2020-04-01	2020-07-18	2004-08-07	159*	My original interview was scheduled for March 16th and was canceled 2 days prior to the appointment due to the ongoing coronavirus situation. I reschedule the interview for the next available date, which was April 6th. At the same time I contacted the consulate and requested an emergency appointment due to our specific situation, which was granted for March 19th. Unfortunately, that appointment was also canceled the day prior to the interview. Early last week the April 6th appointment was also canceled and no further appointments are currently available online. Last Thursday night I received an email from the consulate that they were granting an emergency interview for today, April 1st. We were 1 of 4 interviews for today (all of us CR/IR-1s I believe). We received our visas in our passports on the spot (took about 2.5 hours of waiting due to final clearance checks). The interviewing officer mentioned that they were keeping track of our case and apologized that they had to cancel the first emergency appointment. So they are aware of peopleâ€™s individual situations! With that being said, if you are in a situation where you need to travel asap, you can try to reach out to the consulate in an email and explain your case. Frankfurt is operating at extremely reduced capacity (no lines out front, no one inside the consulate). If you can wait a few more weeks, Iâ€™d suggest to do so but if youâ€™re in a real bind you can give it a try and reach out to them.	2024-01-03
M & S	Germany	Texas	No	Frankfurt, Germany	2019-10-02	2019-10-25	2019-12-11	2019-12-16	2019-12-18	2019-12-27	2020-01-22	2020-01-30	2020-02-10	2020-02-25	2019-09-11	120*	This is a DCF case! I-130 adjudicated in Frankfurt USCIS field office. NVC skipped. - - - Additional documents sent to Consulate: 2020-01-11 - Medical exam: 2020-01-23 (Scheduled 1 week ahead of time in Munich) - Interview scheduled on: 2020-01-23 (After Medical exam) - Visa approved pending medical exam arrival to consulate: 2020-01-30 - Administrative Processing Start date: 2020-01-30 End date: 2020-02-07 (8 days) - Confirmation email from consulate that medical arrived and visa is in process of being issued: 2020-02-05 - CEAC status issued: 2020-02-07 - SSN arrived: 2020-03-13 (two 1/2 weeks post entry, yes on DS-260) - LPR Card arrived: 2020-04-03	2023-09-16
Ben & Val	Germany	Texas	No	Frankfurt, Germany	2019-07-05	2019-07-15	2019-12-02		2019-12-21	2019-12-27	2020-01-22	2020-02-18	2020-02-20	2020-03-17	2012-07-31	228*	We applied DCF, which is why everything moved quickly.	2020-03-30
Leonie & Farshid	Germany	Texas	No	Frankfurt, Germany	2019-08-12	2019-08-16	2019-12-02		2019-12-20	2019-12-21		2020-01-30			2015-08-13	171		2020-01-30
S & P	Germany	Texas	No	Frankfurt, Germany	2019-06-14	2019-06-18	2019-10-22		2019-11-02	2019-11-12	2019-11-29				2013-08-21	N/A		2019-12-16
Elisa & Gerard	Germany	Texas	No	Frankfurt, Germany	2019-05-17		2019-08-04		2019-09-18	2019-09-30	2019-10-18	2019-12-12	2019-12-16	2020-01-24	2018-12-29	209*		2020-01-14
Alina & Patrick	Germany	Texas	No	Frankfurt, Germany	2019-05-11	2019-05-17	2019-08-20		2019-08-29	2019-09-12	2019-10-01	2019-10-08			2019-05-04	150	Two additional documents were required, as I was told during the Interview in Frankfurt: 1. A (second) I-864 filed by my husband (petitioner), because they apparently didn't receive the first one (which they've somehow noticed just then). We submitted one I-864 earlier filed by him, who hasn't earned more than a few hundred each month (as we are both students yet), one I-864 filed by our joint sponsor as well as a letter, that explains why my husband doesn't have any tax records. Maybe that's where some confusion lies. 2. A letter written by our joint sponsor in which she states, that she fully understands what she is going to account for, because she hasn't met me that often in here life and is a very close family friend but no biological relative to my husband.	2019-10-23
A & E	Germany	Texas	No	Frankfurt, Germany	2019-04-09	2019-04-26	2019-08-10		2019-08-17	2019-08-27	2019-09-18	2019-09-25	2019-10-10	2019-11-06	2016-08-12	169*		2019-11-14
K & B	Germany	Texas	No	Frankfurt, Germany	2019-04-15	2019-04-24	2019-08-06	2019-08-09	2019-08-14	2019-08-26	2019-09-18	2019-10-02	2019-10-16	2019-10-17	2019-03-08	170*	We did a Direct Consular Filing (DCF) in Frankfurt, Germany. Interview for my wife went very smoothly and everyone was apparently very friendly. I got my wife a night at the Best Western around the corner from the embassy for her interview and would highly recommend you do the same. Less stress and donâ€™t have to worry about morning commute. Overall from I-130 submission to visa pickup it took 5 months and 22 days.	2019-10-21