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Filed: IR-5 Country: Ukraine
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7 hours ago, Quyen Quyen said:

Hi eveyone, 

How to update my address to USCIS for the IR5 case? Thank you

Hi Quyen Quyen.

 

Has your I-130 petition not been approved yetwith USCIS?

 

The reason I am asking is because if they already approved it and you are at NVC/consulate stage, you will not need to worry about USCIS.

 

However if your petition is still pending, you can change it with 2 ways that I personally know of:

1. Online

2. Call USCIS customer service and ask a representative to do so.

 

You should be getting a confirmation letter afterwards that address change transaction has been completed. This is free of charge.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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I'm a June/July 2019 filer and received my parents interview for July 17.  One of my parents had DQ Jan 2020 while my other parent had to resend some docs and ended up having DQ in the summer, think July/Aug 2020.  Both have their interviews on the same day. 

AOS

2014

July 05 - AOS package sent

July 14 - NOA 1

July 25 - Biometrics Appointment Letter

July 28 - Walk in Biometrics successful

Aug 27 - Request for Expedite on EAD (Job Offer)

Sept 12 - EAD approved and in production

Sept 12 - AP is approved but USCIS status is in 'Post Decision Activity'

Sept 18 - EAD marked as mailed

2015

April 09 - Interview - Delayed due to sealed package from civil surgeon not at local office

May 07 - GC in production

May 18 - GC in hand!!!

2017

Feb 9 - ROC 

Feb 14 - Check Cashed

Feb 16 - NOA 1

Feb 25 - Received Biometrics Appointment

2018

April 10 - N400 Application

April 29 - Biometrics

January 29 - Combo Interview / Recommendation for Approval 

February 20 - Oath Ceremony - NATURALIZED 

 

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Filed: IR-5 Country: Ukraine
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10 minutes ago, Lights said:

I'm a June/July 2019 filer and received my parents interview for July 17.  One of my parents had DQ Jan 2020 while my other parent had to resend some docs and ended up having DQ in the summer, think July/Aug 2020.  Both have their interviews on the same day. 

Thank you so much for providing this detailed information.

May I ask if your parents are going to consulate in Canada?

Did you have to do anything to get your mom's and dad's interview on the same day?

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59 minutes ago, StaGor said:

Thank you so much for providing this detailed information.

May I ask if your parents are going to consulate in Canada?

Did you have to do anything to get your mom's and dad's interview on the same day?

 

Yes - they are Canadian so we will be doing the interview in Montreal / US consulate.  I did not do anything (though I thought about emailing them this month if the interview didn't get booked yet).  I was definitely worried that their interviews would fall on different days since they have to travel across the country.

 

 

AOS

2014

July 05 - AOS package sent

July 14 - NOA 1

July 25 - Biometrics Appointment Letter

July 28 - Walk in Biometrics successful

Aug 27 - Request for Expedite on EAD (Job Offer)

Sept 12 - EAD approved and in production

Sept 12 - AP is approved but USCIS status is in 'Post Decision Activity'

Sept 18 - EAD marked as mailed

2015

April 09 - Interview - Delayed due to sealed package from civil surgeon not at local office

May 07 - GC in production

May 18 - GC in hand!!!

2017

Feb 9 - ROC 

Feb 14 - Check Cashed

Feb 16 - NOA 1

Feb 25 - Received Biometrics Appointment

2018

April 10 - N400 Application

April 29 - Biometrics

January 29 - Combo Interview / Recommendation for Approval 

February 20 - Oath Ceremony - NATURALIZED 

 

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Filed: IR-5 Country: Ukraine
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43 minutes ago, Lights said:

 

Yes - they are Canadian so we will be doing the interview in Montreal / US consulate.  I did not do anything (though I thought about emailing them this month if the interview didn't get booked yet).  I was definitely worried that their interviews would fall on different days since they have to travel across the country.

 

 

Understood. Thank you for all the info and good luck! I'll probably email my corresponding consulate in Ukraine and see if keeping interview for both parents close (or concurrent) is an option.

 

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17 minutes ago, StaGor said:

Understood. Thank you for all the info and good luck! I'll probably email my corresponding consulate in Ukraine and see if keeping interview for both parents close (or concurrent) is an option.

 

Good luck!! I would definitely email them.  Who knows, maybe an agent looking at the file will get the system to book you for your interview sooner.  I hope your parents get theirs soon and you'll be reunited. 

 

AOS

2014

July 05 - AOS package sent

July 14 - NOA 1

July 25 - Biometrics Appointment Letter

July 28 - Walk in Biometrics successful

Aug 27 - Request for Expedite on EAD (Job Offer)

Sept 12 - EAD approved and in production

Sept 12 - AP is approved but USCIS status is in 'Post Decision Activity'

Sept 18 - EAD marked as mailed

2015

April 09 - Interview - Delayed due to sealed package from civil surgeon not at local office

May 07 - GC in production

May 18 - GC in hand!!!

2017

Feb 9 - ROC 

Feb 14 - Check Cashed

Feb 16 - NOA 1

Feb 25 - Received Biometrics Appointment

2018

April 10 - N400 Application

April 29 - Biometrics

January 29 - Combo Interview / Recommendation for Approval 

February 20 - Oath Ceremony - NATURALIZED 

 

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I can't believe it's been two years since we've applied for our parents. NVC only just accepted my parents documents after declining to approve because of a lack of police clearance for a country they haven't lived in for 2 years. 

Hopefully they will be able to enter soon. Typically how long between approval of civil documents and an invite to the embassy? 

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Filed: IR-5 Country: Ukraine
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40 minutes ago, ordjnb said:

I can't believe it's been two years since we've applied for our parents. NVC only just accepted my parents documents after declining to approve because of a lack of police clearance for a country they haven't lived in for 2 years. 

Hopefully they will be able to enter soon. Typically how long between approval of civil documents and an invite to the embassy? 

Hi ordjnb. I remember you, we have similar filing dates, mine was also in July 2019. However we were documentarily qualified (DQ) much earlier (July 2020).

May I ask about your timeline? There seems to be an almost a year of discrepancy between us, so just trying to understand why is that.

I see your origin is South Africa. I saw someone's post from Visa Journey who filed for IR5 parent visa, and already got their interview in South Africa embassy/consulate, and their DQ was after ours, so I imagine South Africa's embassy is not as congested as the one in Ukraine.

Don't lose your hope!

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12 minutes ago, StaGor said:

Hi ordjnb. I remember you, we have similar filing dates, mine was also in July 2019. However we were documentarily qualified (DQ) much earlier (July 2020).

May I ask about your timeline? There seems to be an almost a year of discrepancy between us, so just trying to understand why is that.

I see your origin is South Africa. I saw someone's post from Visa Journey who filed for IR5 parent visa, and already got their interview in South Africa embassy/consulate, and their DQ was after ours, so I imagine South Africa's embassy is not as congested as the one in Ukraine.

Don't lose your hope!

 

So the delay is partly my fault. When Trump stopped the green card process for parents, I thought that there was no point gathering the documents. I did not realize there was a queue. 

 

My parents left South Africa in September 2019 and have been in Korea since then. Documents were finally submitted in December 2019 and it got delayed again and again because NVC kept asking for South African police clearance despite me saying over and over that they don't live there. It's like robots work there. 

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1 minute ago, ordjnb said:

 

So the delay is partly my fault. When Trump stopped the green card process for parents, I thought that there was no point gathering the documents. I did not realize there was a queue. 

 

My parents left South Africa in September 2019 and have been in Korea since then. Documents were finally submitted in December 2019 and it got delayed again and again because NVC kept asking for South African police clearance despite me saying over and over that they don't live there. It's like robots work there. 

Understood. Ours was the following:

filed I-130 in July 2019

approved I-130 in Feb 2020

then it took a while for USCIS to forward the case to NVC, so only got welcome letter from NVC late April 2020

submitted and paid all docs to NVC early May 2020

DQed late July 2020

after that no movement. Couple of inquiries to both consulates and NVC and no progress, just generic responses about the backlog.

 

On the robots part - I think the reason it is that way due to the volume they go through. They may say that immigrants are not just numbers, but in reality if they are dealing with the backlog as they claim, it is impossible to keep personal attachment/attitude towards each individual case; it probably is a second nature to them. Also given that unlike with USCIS, we don't have local offices for NVC to make an appointment and talk to someone.

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17 hours ago, ordjnb said:

NVC kept asking for South African police clearance despite me saying over and over that they don't live there. It's like robots work there.

 

NVC didn't keep asking for the clearance because they're robots.  They kept asking because police certificates are required from all countries that the visa applicants lived in for more than a year after the age of 16, even if they no longer live there.

 

Here's the published document checklist for Korea.  Best to check sooner rather than later to see if there are other documents they might need -- https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/SEO-Seoul.html#pre_interview_checklist

 

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On 5/29/2021 at 3:49 AM, Chancy said:

 

NVC didn't keep asking for the clearance because they're robots.  They kept asking because police certificates are required from all countries that the visa applicants lived in for more than a year after the age of 16, even if they no longer live there.

 

Here's the published document checklist for Korea.  Best to check sooner rather than later to see if there are other documents they might need -- https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/SEO-Seoul.html#pre_interview_checklist

 

Not really. One of the parents got everything approved including the lack of South African clearance for not having lived there.

 

The other got denied twice and got lucky third explaining the same thing that they can't get it. So yeah robots 

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  • 2 weeks later...

So two things 

 

1) my mom who was just approved last week got her Embassy interview appointment for July 8th which she can't attend and will need go change. How do I do this? The email just refers to going to the nvc.state.gov site which isn't that helpful 

 

2) my dad was approved months ago yet hasn't had his interview scheduled. Should I reach out about this?

 

Thanks 

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