About Potomac center

[G1D 0]

Hello

 

I would like to know about Potomac center does it take all that long generally for all cases? is there has been any cases that processed fast?

Less than 11 months for CR1 visa?

 

also for Pakistan beneficiary spouse , a wife is US citizen. is it true that men processing time for visa takes years?

 

How long it takes usually for An approval letter ?

 

please post your experience.

 

 

thank you

 

 

Edited December 31, 2020 by SASAZ

[Capital Z 51]

Every case is different therefore no one can exactly answer you in this regard similarly processing times for different centers are different depending upon their size and volume of cases they handle. Thanks to covid every thing is so backed up right now that it doesn't matter what center is handling your case. As far as processing time goes I don't think gender has any thing to do with it. Currently every case has to go through extensive Ap processing. Fortunately I didn't had to go at such prolong Ap processing but again every case and circumstance is different. 

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

Less than 11 months for a  CR-1 case would be virtually impossible.  Pre-Covid times were 12-18 months (I can recall no cases with shorter than a year) from filing to visa in hand.  For Pakistan cases, it could be a LOT longer than 11 months due to extended administrative processing times.  It would be useless to try and guess approval time for your case.  It's time to settle back and practice patience.  Good luck.

Edited December 31, 2020 by Lucky Cat

[Ikhan 49]

In addition to what others have said, the embassy in pakistan is also back logged by at least 6 months. Looks like for potomac the avg right now is between 11.5-14.5 months. And then an additional ~5-6 months for your interview and finally you might be put in administrative processing which takes probably another 3 months. Youre looking at around 2 years. 

 

Keep in mind that the service center estimate jump up and down (mostly up because of covid and trump) so 11.5-14.5 months might change. In addition, Biden might change some stuff related to immigration in his first 100 days (I'm assuming it's going to be positive for processing times) so that might help as well. 

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

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