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Sorry to bump an old thread but I have a question I hope someone can answer.

All we have is a case number number on the paper NVC send us, no IN number. How are we suppose to log into the payment portal and pay the fees and send in the the required documents?

4 hours ago, Shamwow said:

My wife had her interview on sept 18 2017. It wasn't until aug 1, 2018 that they sent me an email for waiver reconsideration. Today I recieved an email saying waiver was approved and they needed my wife's passport for her visa.

Congratulations. My family member who got that waiver reconsideration email in June is still waiting for it to be approved. Her interview however was Nov. 17 so maybe they’re working in that order. Congrats again.

11 hours ago, Boiler said:

Of course she can, he will be a CR1 like you.

Im a US citizen born and raised and I applied for an ir1, but thank you for your answers. 👍🏼

14 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Is Yemen on the travel ban?

 

There is no point in checking the VB all the time, some people like to do so.

Yes it is on the travel ban.

But cases are moving along nonetheless. 

Another question.

The grandson of the petitioner who is listed in this petition just recently married a US citizen.

Can she file for him or how does this work?

On 9/30/2018 at 3:47 PM, geowrian said:

The current PD (as of tomorrow) for F3 (married son/daughter of a USC and their derivatives) is June 15th, 2006. The Jan. 8, 2007 date is the dates for filing, which is a little different. You may submit documents to NVC based on that chart, but the interview and visa cannot be issued until the PD is current on the Final Action Dates table.

 

The issue is that the Priority Dates on the visa bulletin are very unpredictable. Sometimes they may advance 12 months in a year and sometimes they may advance only a couple months in a year. This year it has only advanced 1.5 months thus far. Historically, it's varied from ~4-8 months on average.

I'm not sure where the 8 year estimate came from, but it's probably another year or so until it's current. It could be in a couple months, or it could be longer...you just need to keep checking the bulletin. It all depends on how many people in front of you (and the number of derivatives they have) actually get a visa.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html

Thank you for your reply.

Does NVC tell us when the next step happens. What is the need of consistently checking the visa bulletin?

(not being sassy, genuinely wondering)

I’m trying to help a friend figure out how long it would be to bring their married son and children over. The priority date is Janruary 31 2007 and it’s a F3 category in Yemen.

i calculated this into this site I found and it said it would be another 8 year wait but on the visa bulletin it says they’re already on Jan. 8, 2007

4 hours ago, Shamwow said:

Your family members, when did they have their interview?

Both interviewed mid November 2017.

On 9/18/2018 at 6:47 AM, Shamwow said:

They said they weren't sure how long it would take and they're in AP. Oldest kid is 11.

 

does anyone know how long it takes to get the waiver after they send you an email saying reviewing eligibility for a waiver?

For a few of my family members, they got that waiver consideration email back in end of May/beginning of June and one of them (17 year old) was told to redo medical, dropped off his passport and already received his visa about 10 days ago and the other has redone the medical and waiting for them to tell her to drop off her passport. 

 The visas they’re giving out don’t expire fast like before so inshallah the kids get their visas soon so they can come in with the mother. Alhamdullah there’s hope for everyone because. I honestly thought that’s it, they’re not giving anyone anything. Sure it’s takes way longer but there’s hope at the end of the tunnel.

44 minutes ago, simplykay said:

are they about to get their visas 

Yes, they ask for passports to print visas.

2 hours ago, Shamwow said:

My Aunt got an email 2 weeks ago to redo her medical. She got the waiver but her 5 kids didn't. So if she goes to Djibouti she can get the visa but her kids have to wait. What kind of messed up system does that. The kids are included in her same case number also.

Her kids didn’t even get an email saying they are reviewing their eligibility for a waiver?

2 minutes ago, Shamwow said:

I also have a family who redid their medical but still haven't gotten their visas. It's been about 3 weeks for them. I also got an email today for different family members to redo their medical exam this month. What frustrates me is all my family members have been getting emails to redo their medical but my wife hasn't gotten anything yet. 

 

I'd also like to ask if anyone has the court case number Julie filed. I wanna see if she included my wife in the case.

From what I know Julie only used a few names in the case but apparently if the judge rules with them it means it applies to everyone who got an approval notice before the ban went into effect. You can ask maktab marhaba to be sure because this is just heresay.

Does does anyone know what’s going on with Julie’s lawsuit?

We were told it applies to everyone who got an approval before the ban went into effect even if they didn’t apply with her or pay her for it. Anyone know if this is true?

Update on my family members in Djbouti:

Mom and son interviewed in November 2017 before the ban and got approval notices.

Son’s name was on the list released by the embassy to redo the medical. He did and got his visa approximately 10 days after.

Mother was told by the councilor to wait some more for hers, she will get it but it’s gonna take a little more time that her son’s visa did. It’s been 2 weeks, still nothing. 

I have family who were in the first list and people I know. 

After they did the medical they were called to the embassy to drop off their passport in order for them to print the visa.

But after the medical they called and told us to “close the ds260,” so that held them up for a few days. 

I couldn’t figure out what the meant but when I went back into the online forms portal and clicked on the ds260 it prompted me to sign and date it. That’s all it was. So if anyone is asked to do a medical I would suggest you do the same to the ds260 so you don’t have to wait longer.

19 minutes ago, Shamwow said:

My cousins family had their interview the same month as my wife which was on sept 2017. During the ban their status went from AP to refused. Last week it changed to AP again but they weren't sent an email to redo their medical. What do you guys think he should do?

They aren’t gonna be sent an email to redo their medical, the embassy calls them for that.

Did they get a waiver consideration email?

I don’t think there’s much they can do. They aren’t letting anyone get a medical unless your name is on the list that the embassy provides. 

53 minutes ago, 0725 said:

If they’re reviewing your denied case, will it update on CEAC or will it still say refused on x-x-2018? I have a family members whose case was refused in march, and were trying to figure out if she’s eligible for a waiver. Any idea how to go about doing so? the email that’s on the case is another person who was helping them before but we haven’t been able to get in touch with him so we don’t know if she has been sent the email or not.

 

her US citizen spouse is sponsoring her and her 2 kids have US passports but her visa was refused still.

Their status won’t change until they issue the visa. 

I have family who have gotten that waiver email and only one them were asked to go redo their medical so a visa can be issued. But yeah you definitely need to email the embassy and tell them that the email address listed is no longer in use, because that’s how they tell you about the waiver consideration.

The email the embassy is sending out seems like anyone who interviewed before May 2018, whether they got a denial notice or waiver email, have hope and they will review their case again. 

“On May 1, 2018, Embassy Djibouti began to review the waiver eligibility of applicants whose visas were refused before May 1, 2018 to ensure all applicants had their waiver eligibility assessed consistent with our waiver criteria.  If your application was refused before May 1, 2018, there is nothing you need to do at this time.” 

1 hour ago, salhasl said:

She does sound very confident of getting waivers, but do you guys think she (or any other lawyer) can get waivers for people who have not yet been approved? Like people who are waiting for interview or had interview in 2018?

 

Other attorneys I talked to are a lot more pessimistic than Julie. 

I believe she can help you. She’s doing the easy cases first, those who got approved.

But from her words and maktab marhaba next they plan on taking action against the embassy/Washington on why no one is being granted a waiver.

If anyone knows people that have an approval slip from the embassy then tell them about Marhaba or about Julie Goldberg, this is their best bet at getting a visa. 

2 hours ago, jahmiiiiiiiiiii said:

My family met up with Julie about getting a visa for my wife.Since she got approved before he ban.She made guarantees about getting visas.Within 1-3 months? What do you guys think about this? 

If you guys have the approval slip from the embassy and can afford Julie go for it. She previously filed a lawsuit and won for cases like that. 

10 minutes ago, Shamwow said:

My cousins were part of Julie's case when the federal judge in New York stated that the families of her case have to be given visas since they were approved. They left for America 2 weeks ago. I contacted Julie and she said she would put me in her second case at the courts. Till now we haven't gotten any updates. Also maktab Mubarak sent out information about filing a case this week the same one as Julie did for anyone who had their cases approved before  dec 2017 but was denied. They said you can contact them for any information

Julie asked my family for double the amount that maktab marhaba asked for. It’s the same lawsuit and both lawyers are working together, just each lawyer has their separate clients.

This is what they use to say up until 3 days ago. See the difference?

Updated on 20 February 2018

Urgent Notice: All applicants from Yemen and Somalia should consult a U.S.-barred immigration attorney before applying for a visa in Djibouti. We envision few instances, pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 9645, where Section 212(f) of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act may be waived for applicants from these countries. All cases refused 212(f) will be preserved until the Supreme Court decision later this year.

Updated on 25 March 2018

Urgent Notice: All immigrant visa classifications for nationals of Yemen, Somalia, Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, and Syria, are subject to Presidential Proclamation 9645.  In accordance with the proclamation, a consular officer will make a determination whether an applicant otherwise eligible for a visa is exempt from the proclamation or, if not, may be eligible for a waiver under the proclamation and therefore issued a waiver.  

This is what I got when I emailed the embassy. Am I crazy or are they telling us we have two options. Either the proclamation doesn’t affect you at all or you can get a waiver.

4 hours ago, 0725 said:

Hey, can you tell me more about julie? I have a family member who met with her and she said it's going to cost 7,500 to help them and that she'll apply for a waiver for them and if it doesn't work, she'll go to court in the US for their case. 

Don't waste your money. That process of filing the waiver, filing a law suit and all that, if it even works, will take months.The Supreme Court will rule in June on the travel ban so I would just wait.

5 hours ago, Shamwow said:

Anyone have any updates, or has anyone met with Julie in djibouti?

I have the same question.

My family member is meeting with her on Thursday after she told everyone that if you're a minor or someone accompanying a minor and your father is a US citizen then she has a plan to get them outta there and the ban doesn't affect them.

Some people say she's a liar and  only wants money, we shall see I guess.

13 hours ago, Rachel Rauf said:

I have a question does a new baby or pregnancy help to get a Visa or could it be a good reason for a expedite? Has anyone experienced anything like this or does anyone know anything about it? Any feed back would be greatly appreciated! & Happy holidays!

I don't know what stage of the process you are in or if this even applies to you but if your wife is pregnant during the interview and she mentions it to the officer it MAY help with avoiding or speeding up administrative processing and getting that visa printed quick. The reason I say "it may help," is because every embassy is different, from reading reviews here, but the embassy in Djibouti for instance definitely hurried the cases of pregnant ladies over everyone else.

The waiver does not apply to 99% of those we know.

Julie Goldberg says on her twitter that those still waiting, will eventually be denied. It's  just a matter of time.

This is absolutely ridiculous and there's nothing anyone is doing about it.