I601A in process and NVC case DQ already

[maggy_0035 3]

Good afternoon, 

What can be done, I-601A waiver has just been sent and just checked that NVC case is already Documentary Qualified. What needs to be done so the consulate does not schedule an interview and case not looked at as abandoned because waiver is getting processed? I do not want to go to interview without waiver approved.

[Boiler 45,665]

Do the NVC know you are waiting for your waiver?

[Nous Eb 128]

I went to my interview that I seemed to have booked way too early (luckily in hind sight since they moved the whole process from Amsterdam to Frankfurt. Germany just a little later!) and had to beg the healthcare center to let me do the medical before that but everything was so tight that the consulate did not have my medical in and I was approved pending medical. They took my passport and a week later my VISA was approved. I am not sure how long you are expecting that waiver to take but if you expect a short time and you can miss your passport for a bit, I would just go to the interview. Unless you suspect a hard denial without it.

[jan22 3,056]

On 8/21/2024 at 5:53 PM, Nous Eb said:

I went to my interview that I seemed to have booked way too early (luckily in hind sight since they moved the whole process from Amsterdam to Frankfurt. Germany just a little later!) and had to beg the healthcare center to let me do the medical before that but everything was so tight that the consulate did not have my medical in and I was approved pending medical. They took my passport and a week later my VISA was approved. I am not sure how long you are expecting that waiver to take but if you expect a short time and you can miss your passport for a bit, I would just go to the interview. Unless you suspect a hard denial without it.

Sorry, but this is bad advice.  An I-601A waiver is a pre-interview waiver of an overstay in the US.  If the person leaves the US before the waiver is approved, they will be denied at the interview and receive a ban preventing entry to the US of 3 or 10 years, depending on the length of overstay.  They would then need to remain outside the US that long or start the waiver process all over again.

Edited August 24 by jan22

[Nous Eb 128]

3 hours ago, jan22 said:

Sorry, but this is bad advice.  An I-601A waiver is a pre-interview waiver of an overstay in the US.  If the person leaves the US before the waiver is approved, they will be denied at the interview and receive a ban preventing entry to the US of 3 or 10 years, depending on the length of overstay.  They would then need to remain outside the US that long or start the waiver process all over again.

 

I did add "Unless you suspect a hard denial without it." But I never said anything about traveling anywhere I don't think? What do you mean by leaving the USA? OP is not in the USA, right?

[jan22 3,056]

Just now, Nous Eb said:

 

I did add "Unless you suspect a hard denial without it." But I never said anything about traveling anywhere I don't think? What do you mean by leaving the USA? OP is not in the USA, right?

The I-601A is a waiver of overstay for a person who is still in the US.  Assuming it is the only ineligibility, once it is approved, the person then leaves the US to attend their immigrant visa interview.  Their visa can then be approved as quickly as any other applicant and return to their family/life in the US without having to wait outside the US for a waiver to be approved.

 

Your situation, a missing medical report, is not comparable to someone needing a waiver for an ineligibility that results in a ban on entering the US.  The OP should not leave the US and go to the visa interview until the waiver has been approved.

 

 

[Nous Eb 128]

1 minute ago, jan22 said:

The I-601A is a waiver of overstay for a person who is still in the US.  Assuming it is the only ineligibility, once it is approved, the person then leaves the US to attend their immigrant visa interview.  Their visa can then be approved as quickly as any other applicant and return to their family/life in the US without having to wait outside the US for a waiver to be approved.

 

Your situation, a missing medical report, is not comparable to someone needing a waiver for an ineligibility that results in a ban on entering the US.  The OP should not leave the US and go to the visa interview until the waiver has been approved.

 

 

 

Well that explains a lot, I was under the assumption that OP was outside of the US, waiting for a visa to be approved to enter the USA. I did not realize it was for people that overstayed and were still IN the USA. Thanks for the clarification. 

[Family 4,025]

On 8/16/2024 at 4:03 PM, maggy_0035 said:

Good afternoon, 

What can be done, I-601A waiver has just been sent and just checked that NVC case is already Documentary Qualified. What needs to be done so the consulate does not schedule an interview and case not looked at as abandoned because waiver is getting processed? I do not want to go to interview without waiver approved.

Using Ask NVC  request to hold case /appointment until I-601 A has a decision, include case # of waiver. 
 

Do you qualify for new I-131 F ?  Living in US since 06/2014 and married to USC as of 06/2024…
https://www.uscis.gov/i-131f

[Boiler 45,665]

I have seen quite a few I 601a's approved, the person goes for the interview but they have another issue and need an I 601 so that is often the first question I ask.