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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Uganda
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It is really starting to feel like those of us working on spouse VISAs are in for a very long wait for an embassy interview.  The entire COVID situation is starting to feel like things aren't going to get to semi-normal for months.  Like 8-12 months....

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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It does feel like we're in for a long wait, but there are some signs that we at least haven't been forgotten. The federal government has started a "phased transition to normal" which is a good first step, embassies are working on plans for how they will operate when they can reopen, and some embassies have even rescheduled for July/August (we'll see if those happen or not). 

I know how easy it is to feel hopeless, it happens to me a few times a week (or day if I'm being realistic). But it's important to remember that this will not be forever and at least we are at the final stage. 8-12 months is about the same as the I130 wait and we did that just fine 😛 And hey, a lot of people will be getting 10 year green cards out of this, so ROC should at least be quicker when the time comes!

I am not a lawyer and nothing I say is or should be taken as legal advice. 

 

CR1/IR1 Timeline:

 

Spoiler

Married: August 18th 2018

I-130 Sent: September 18th 2018

PD: September 20th 2018 TSC

NOA1 Received: October 5th 2018
Case Inquiry: July 13th 2019 

Case Inquiry Response: July 24th 2019 - in line for processing.

Escalated Case Inquiry: August 6th 2019 - tier 2 found that internal status was "in background check" despite results coming back 4 months prior.

Escalated Case Inquiry Response: August 7th 2019 - case was "delayed" because they had to "perform additional review" 🙄 case now with an officer.

NOA2: August 22nd 2019 (336 days)

Sent to DOS: September 5th 2019

NVC Received: September 13th 2019

Case Number: October 9th 2019

DS-260 Completed: October 28th 2019

NVC Docs Uploaded: October 29th 2019

DQ: December 18th 2019

Became IR1: August 18th 2020

IL: October 13th 2020

Interview: November 2nd 2020

Visa Received: November 5th 2020

POE: November 8th 2020

GC Received: January 23rd 2021

 

CR1/IR1 Montreal FAQ:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k927pE5wqzTN5n0lPYZ1JQxgbmnzmNWX5hSteyii0BY/

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Germany
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12 hours ago, GregandNatty said:

It is really starting to feel like those of us working on spouse VISAs are in for a very long wait for an embassy interview.  The entire COVID situation is starting to feel like things aren't going to get to semi-normal for months.  Like 8-12 months....

Hi there, where did you get the information from? We have been DQ'd last week and the embassy accepted our request for expeditious processing. We received an email that the embassy will schedule us for an interview. Maybe it depends on the country but I am not sure. I do hope all of us will get interviews soon and don't have to wait 8-12 months 🙏

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Belgium
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8 hours ago, Inita said:

Hi there, where did you get the information from? We have been DQ'd last week and the embassy accepted our request for expeditious processing. We received an email that the embassy will schedule us for an interview. Maybe it depends on the country but I am not sure. I do hope all of us will get interviews soon and don't have to wait 8-12 months 🙏

What was your reason for expeditious processing?

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