Immigrant VISA Denial- Did not have Original Documents

[Rebeca2018 0]

My wife attended the interview today.  She did not have my original birth certificate or my original divorce decree from previous marriage.  She was advised to submit at any time.  Do you know how long once submitted for USCIS to make a decision on the case?

 

[Jordanian Bride 268]

1 minute ago, Rebeca2018 said:

My wife attended the interview today.  She did not have my original birth certificate or my original divorce decree from previous marriage.  She was advised to submit at any time.  Do you know how long once submitted for USCIS to make a decision on the case?

 

A month or two, depending on how busy your consulate is.

[Crazy Cat 41,982]

27 minutes ago, Rebeca2018 said:

My wife attended the interview today.  She did not have my original birth certificate or my original divorce decree from previous marriage.  She was advised to submit at any time.  Do you know how long once submitted for USCIS to make a decision on the case?

 

USCIS will not make the decision.  The Consulate Officer is the sole approval authority for all visas.  Is she uploading to CEAC?

Edited November 10, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[mamba69 40]

1 hour ago, Crazy Cat said:

USCIS will not make the decision.  The Consulate Officer is the sole approval authority for all visas.  Is she uploading to CEAC?

True, True; Also, it seems like it is not a visa denial and is just visa refusal which is different and can be overcome easily by following provided instructions by Embassy. Process time will depend on the backlog of the embassy and can range from 3 days to 1 year. 

[Ironman0011 17]

I don't think it will take long. I had a similar case. After submitting original birth cert, wife's divorce cert and our marriage cert, visa was issued in 5 days.

[Rebeca2018 0]

Can I check on the site if they received the documents after we submitted them to consulate?

 

 

[Chancy 6,241]

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[Shark777 25]

They should take care of it within 60 days. But I've seen a 5 months wait before from another poster here on VJ. It all depends, you could get lucky and have them issue the visa within a week or two. The best advice I have to give, if it means anything, if you are submitting your docs to the consulate directly, follow up a week later with a phone call.

 

You can also use this website https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?App=IV to check the status update on the actual visa application.

 

You can also use this website https://www.ustraveldocs.com/do/do-niv-passporttrack.asp#PassportTrackingOptions . Go to the bottom of the page, you have a couple of options to track the location of your passport once it is issued.

 

Your visa application isn't denied, it's just refused right now.

Edited November 17, 2022 by MarctheShark