NVC transfer petition to the US embassy

[CS_Bradshaw 55]

Hi guys! Wanna see some other experiences here. Me and my husband are applying for my IR1 visa and right now we are at NVC stage. We submitted all necessary documents on August 11th and got an email for DQ on August 18th. I know it may vary, but how long is it usually will take from the DQ to the interview at the US embassy? I am in Japan right now. 

[M_H 14]

1 hour ago, S & C said:

Hi guys! Wanna see some other experiences here. Me and my husband are applying for my IR1 visa and right now we are at NVC stage. We submitted all necessary documents on August 11th and got an email for DQ on August 18th. I know it may vary, but how long is it usually will take from the DQ to the interview at the US embassy? I am in Japan right now. 

For us it took about 2-3 months from the time of approval of submitting all documents from NVC to LONDON embassy (interview) but like you say it may vary due to COVID 19. Good Luck!

[CS_Bradshaw 55]

7 minutes ago, M_H said:

For us it took about 2-3 months from the time of approval of submitting all documents from NVC to LONDON embassy (interview) but like you say it may vary due to COVID 19. Good Luck!

I see.... yeah, that's what I heard too. Yeah, fortunately the embassy started to open again here, so hopefully 2-3 months we can hear something. thank you for sharing your information  

[HelsinkiFi 14]

Hi! We’re in the same boat with you. CR-1 and waiting for interview at the U.S Embassy in Helsinki (Finland). Our DQ date was August 11th.
 

After that I emailed the embassy asking if they are doing the CR1/IR1 interviews as they were declared mission critical. They sent back a very nice email saying that they will schedule certain mission critical immigrant visa interviews but they haven’t received my package from NVC. I found this message to be somewhat confusing as I thought that DQ literally means that the NVC asks the embassy to schedule an interview and it’s up to them from that point on but a guess it takes more time before my case ends up in the local embassy still. But looking at the bright side, at least they sent me a nice email  

[CS_Bradshaw 55]

35 minutes ago, HelsinkiFi said:

Hi! We’re in the same boat with you. CR-1 and waiting for interview at the U.S Embassy in Helsinki (Finland). Our DQ date was August 11th.
 

After that I emailed the embassy asking if they are doing the CR1/IR1 interviews as they were declared mission critical. They sent back a very nice email saying that they will schedule certain mission critical immigrant visa interviews but they haven’t received my package from NVC. I found this message to be somewhat confusing as I thought that DQ literally means that the NVC asks the embassy to schedule an interview and it’s up to them from that point on but a guess it takes more time before my case ends up in the local embassy still. But looking at the bright side, at least they sent me a nice email  

@HelsinkiFi thank you for sharing the information. which i understand DQ means that the NVC done reviewing all the documents that submitted to the site. next step the NVC will contact amd transfer the case to the embassy, thats what make me curious how long it will take. yeahh, the embassy in Tokyo is only open for IR1/CR1 interview, so i think it wont take that long if they dont have a lot of backlog

[M_H 14]

18 hours ago, S & C said:

I see.... yeah, that's what I heard too. Yeah, fortunately the embassy started to open again here, so hopefully 2-3 months we can hear something. thank you for sharing your information  

No problem! Good luck🙂

[HelsinkiFi 14]

20 hours ago, S & C said:

@HelsinkiFi thank you for sharing the information. which i understand DQ means that the NVC done reviewing all the documents that submitted to the site. next step the NVC will contact amd transfer the case to the embassy, thats what make me curious how long it will take. yeahh, the embassy in Tokyo is only open for IR1/CR1 interview, so i think it wont take that long if they dont have a lot of backlog

I also contacted NVC because I was curious about my status “at NVC” on CEAC even after getting the DQ email and they just replied that my case is now in line at the embassy overseas. Status never changed though: still says “at NVC”. So either the status only changes after the interview is actually scheduled or the site just doesn’t update very often.

Anyway, nothing to do but to wait a guess... Hopefully both the embassies will schedule the interviews very soon! Good luck to you  

[CS_Bradshaw 55]

On 8/22/2020 at 6:27 PM, HelsinkiFi said:

I also contacted NVC because I was curious about my status “at NVC” on CEAC even after getting the DQ email and they just replied that my case is now in line at the embassy overseas. Status never changed though: still says “at NVC”. So either the status only changes after the interview is actually scheduled or the site just doesn’t update very often.

Anyway, nothing to do but to wait a guess... Hopefully both the embassies will schedule the interviews very soon! Good luck to you  

yeah, maybe it will take some time till the embassy receive the case from the NVC, then the status on the site might change. thank you. if you don't mind, once you hear from the embassy please share it with us here. yeah, hopefully we all will hear from the embassy soon. good luck to you too

[CS_Bradshaw 55]

On 8/22/2020 at 6:27 PM, HelsinkiFi said:

I also contacted NVC because I was curious about my status “at NVC” on CEAC even after getting the DQ email and they just replied that my case is now in line at the embassy overseas. Status never changed though: still says “at NVC”. So either the status only changes after the interview is actually scheduled or the site just doesn’t update very often.

Anyway, nothing to do but to wait a guess... Hopefully both the embassies will schedule the interviews very soon! Good luck to you  

@HelsinkiFi, did you get any update about your case and interview date?

[HelsinkiFi 14]

4 hours ago, CS_Bradshaw said:

@HelsinkiFi, did you get any update about your case and interview date?

No unfortunately not yet 😕 we’re thinking about expediting our case because this process has had a major impact on our mental wellbeing. Apparently no one has gotten interview at the Helsinki Embassy since they reopened even though the customer service representative told me that they are processing “certain immigrant visas”. 

[CS_Bradshaw 55]

51 minutes ago, HelsinkiFi said:

No unfortunately not yet 😕 we’re thinking about expediting our case because this process has had a major impact on our mental wellbeing. Apparently no one has gotten interview at the Helsinki Embassy since they reopened even though the customer service representative told me that they are processing “certain immigrant visas”. 

i see... i actually just got an email from NVC after i wrote you. so i got the interview date for next month. hopefully you will hear soon about your interview date

[HelsinkiFi 14]

3 hours ago, CS_Bradshaw said:

i see... i actually just got an email from NVC after i wrote you. so i got the interview date for next month. hopefully you will hear soon about your interview date

Congratulations! That’s great news! Did you expedite your case, if you don’t mind me asking? 

[CS_Bradshaw 55]

4 hours ago, HelsinkiFi said:

Congratulations! That’s great news! Did you expedite your case, if you don’t mind me asking? 

no, i didn't. i was planning to contact the NVC next week to check about my case (because it would be a month after the DQ), but we got an email today, so we were surprised. are you planning to expedite your case if you dont mind me asking?

[TiaAndYves 0]

8 hours ago, CS_Bradshaw said:

i see... i actually just got an email from NVC after i wrote you. so i got the interview date for next month. hopefully you will hear soon about your interview date

Nice! I hope ours goes just as fast, we submitted our documents to the NVC last week and now are waiting for the next step. Good luck!

[CS_Bradshaw 55]

8 hours ago, TiaAndYves said:

Nice! I hope ours goes just as fast, we submitted our documents to the NVC last week and now are waiting for the next step. Good luck!

Thank you. yeah, I got my DQ a week after I submitted the documents to the NVC. Hopefully the NVC will accept your uploaded documents soon.