E3 processing Vermont

[SWB16 0]

Hi - filed E3 in July 2020, still.have not received a decision despite processing timelines of 2.5-4.5 months. Anyone filed for E3 and received this year?  Unable to fly to a consulate due to Covid restrictions. 

[millefleur 5,039]

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[radicool 0]

I filed in June and still haven't heard. Just filed a Service Request. Have you heard back yet? 

[Bepster 0]

Same here. Filed June 22nd and still no decision.

Filing the 2nd inquiry today.

 

 

 

[radicool 0]

Check out this super helpful video https://lnkd.in/d5DmxZx. She mentions around 13.15 onwards  that filing is taking 'way more than 6 months' and that she had someone who hit the 240 days and then got an RFE.

 

Anyone heard anything back from June filings? I'm still waiting (filed June 6 2020) 

[Bepster 0]

15 hours ago, radicool said:

 

Anyone heard anything back from June filings? I'm still waiting (filed June 6 2020) 

 

Filed June 22nd and still no change. Only listed as "received".

I am just a little confused that the expected processing time isn't being adjusted.

[Bepster 0]

 

Ok so processing times have no been updated to 4.5 - 6.5 months.

Goal posts keep moving.

With a filing date of June 22nd,  we are now past the "normal processing times" for the 3rd time.

Since we have to wait 30 days to file a service request again, I guess we'll send an inquiry some time in January for the 3rd time.

 

Makes one wonder why they even have these "normal processing times" estimations?

They seem completely arbitrary and pointless if they are based on data that is months old. 

 

[radicool 0]

Any updates? I'm still waiting but heard about someone who filed the last week in May and heard last week so have my fingers crossed. 

[Bepster 0]

14 hours ago, radicool said:

Any updates? I'm still waiting but heard about someone who filed the last week in May and heard last week so have my fingers crossed. 

 

No, not yet... we are filing the 3rd inquiry today.

I'll make sure to post here when we hear anything but at this point, we aren't holding our breath....

[radicool 0]

1 hour ago, Bepster said:

 

No, not yet... we are filing the 3rd inquiry today.

I'll make sure to post here when we hear anything but at this point, we aren't holding our breath....

I have my fingers crossed for you. I'm starting to get the E3 paperwork ready for a fresh application outside the US and trying to figure out which embassy and what flights I need as a backup. USCIS still haven't started processing my case according to my lawyer so looking into other options seems like the right thing to do. 

[Bepster 0]

3 minutes ago, radicool said:

I have my fingers crossed for you. I'm starting to get the E3 paperwork ready for a fresh application outside the US and trying to figure out which embassy and what flights I need as a backup. USCIS still haven't started processing my case according to my lawyer so looking into other options seems like the right thing to do. 

 

Are you going to Australia or thinking about another consulate?

My wife has an appointment scheduled in Sydney for early March. But we are very nervous about the consulate route given the hassle of travel, the reduced quota of people allowed into AUS, the likelihood of cancelled appointments/flights and the mandatory hotel quarantine.

Also, if you do leave the US while your case is pending with USCIS, it will be considered abandoned. 

 

So hopefully it comes through before she has to book flights and would be gone for 1-2 months.

[radicool 0]

Looking into Mexico but likely Australia. The challenge with Australia, as you mention, is the hassle of travel, quarantine, risk of rules changing etc. There's no good option here which is so frustrating. 

 

Will keep you updated as things progress. 

 

[Bepster 0]

On 1/11/2021 at 3:03 PM, radicool said:

Looking into Mexico but likely Australia. The challenge with Australia, as you mention, is the hassle of travel, quarantine, risk of rules changing etc. There's no good option here which is so frustrating. 

 

Will keep you updated as things progress. 

 

 

Any news on your plan? 
No movement n our side and we have now passed the 7 month mark... A trip out of the country starts to look more likely considering the huge infuriating disappointment USCIS has been.

[radicool 0]

Yeah, I got an RFE so now pursuing consular processing. I got rejected for an emergency appointment in Mexico so now preparing to go to Chile and quarantine there fore 10 days before the appointment. '

 

 

[Bepster 0]

14 hours ago, radicool said:

Yeah, I got an RFE so now pursuing consular processing. I got rejected for an emergency appointment in Mexico so now preparing to go to Chile and quarantine there fore 10 days before the appointment. '

 

 

 

Sorry to hear you got an RFE. When did you hear back? I saw you filed June 6th.

Trying to suss out when they might process our petition (June 22nd).