US Immigration from Ukraine

Has anyone gotten an interview and tried to extend it one month? How do I do this? Or will they put me back in the queue and it will again be an unknown wait?

Hi all.

After 11 months of silence, NVC has sent an email for each pending IR5 case with a topic "Immigration appointment cancelled".

"We previously notified you of the date and time of your immigrant visa interview at the US Embassy/Consulate General in Kyiv, UKR.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have to cancel this interview. We will schedule a new interview appointment as soon as possible and notify you of the date and time.

There is no need for you to take action at this time."

What got me puzzled is that the last time we heard from NVC was when both cases got DQ'ed in July 2020 and that's it. IR5 was under ban for almost a year, and we most definitely have never had our interview scheduled.

After looking through Visa Journey I found that last year for some people this same email was sent out in cases of approved expedited request.

However we have never formally requested that.

Does know what that could mean? Case status in CEAC shows "at NVC".

Should I send an inquiry to NVC?

Or maybe an inquiry to the consulate in Ukraine? (but then the case seems to be at NVC...)

Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

So in these times of COVID, things are, as usual, unprecedented.

My wife and K-2 child entered in mid-April, we got our license on April 29th. No in-person ceremonies were allowed at the Clerk of Courts, so we were married by a pastor on May 1st. All licenses also had to be returned by mail, it could not be done by appointment.

We sent our license in the mail via Priority Mail on May 3rd, and it took over a week for that license to travel all of 5 miles (not sure what the heck happened here. It was in some limbo state between facilities for a few days, before arriving there on May 10th.

During one of my calls to the Clerks office, they said that getting a certificate takes about 4-12 weeks after receiving the license and that there are no expedite options (including for the mailing part).

We're about 1 month out from when their 90 day period expires, and I'm wondering what to do. I'm willing to wait 1-2 more weeks, but what do we do then if the certificates don't arrive? I have a photocopy of the license, and the marriage record is available online; would they accept instructions on how to search the county records and a printout of the record from online?

And a side question: if the certificate comes in on time, do we submit an original certificate? Or would a photocopy work?

I (US citizen) and my husband (Ukrainian citizen, US resident) were married in the states but now live in Ukraine. I'm being asked to provide proof of name change since I took his last name when we married.

The only documents I have are our marriage certificate, old and new passports, IDs, and SSNs. Ive spoken to the county clerk and the social security office in the US but everyone agrees that a "proof of name change" document does not exist in my country. I've explained this to the immigration offices but they insist it must be out there.

I know this question is more related to outgoing immigration but maybe someone had to do something similar? My embassy offered to notarize an affidavit but that was deemed irrelevant as well. Super frustrated, any points in the right direction are appreciated!

Case status !

Interview canceled ! Notice Ordered .

what does this mean ?