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Does anyone have any insight on why an embassy would schedule appointments faster for Family Sponsored Perference Categories faster than Immediate Relatives Categories?  I understood that Immediate Relative categores are priority in line but it appears this is not the case at the embassy in Tegucigalpa.  Also, they have been stuck on Feb- 25 DQed for the last 3 months, while other appointments - Family Sponsored is moving forward with no problem-- screenshotes attached. I have looked at other embassies, and they are not scheduling Family Preference that quickly.Screenshot2025-07-03at11_28_04AM.thumb.png.fa1771e9ad234aa598fad5924c2203bf.png

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Just now, KMG said:

Does anyone have any insight on why an embassy would schedule appointments faster for Family Sponsored Perference Categories faster than Immediate Relatives Categories?  I understood that Immediate Relative categores are priority in line but it appears this is not the case at the embassy in Tegucigalpa.  Also, they have been stuck on Feb- 25 DQed for the last 3 months, while other appointments - Family Sponsored is moving forward with no problem-- screenshotes attached. I have looked at other embassies, and they are not scheduling Family Preference that quickly.

 

 

Looking at last month's stats they issued several times as many visas for IR applicants than family preference, so they are definitely being given priority. But I'm guessing there will just be a lot less preference applicants who are DQ'ed and with a current PD, so they won't need to wait as long for an interview slot as there is less of a backlog. 

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5 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

Looking at last month's stats they issued several times as many visas for IR applicants than family preference, so they are definitely being given priority. But I'm guessing there will just be a lot less preference applicants who are DQ'ed and with a current PD, so they won't need to wait as long for an interview slot as there is less of a backlog. 

Thank you- Where are you seeing these stats? I find in interesting that they are so far along with Family Preference when San Salvador is still working on Jan 22 cases for Family Preference.

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Thank you- Where are you seeing these stats? I find in interesting that they are so far along with Family Preference when San Salvador is still working on Jan 22 cases for Family Preference.

 

On the monthly issuance page. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

 

They should always give immediate family priority over family preference and employment based, but if (for example) they have 5 times as many IR's in the line waiting for an interview, it will just take longer for them to get through them. 

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35 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

On the monthly issuance page. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

 

They should always give immediate family priority over family preference and employment based, but if (for example) they have 5 times as many IR's in the line waiting for an interview, it will just take longer for them to get through them. 

WOW ok, now I am understanding better There were well over 200 IR1s in May- which explains it. Compared to only 12 F2As.  Thanks!  You are a gem!

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Thread is moved from the CR-1 Process forum to the Embassy/Consulate forum -- topic involves consular processing.

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