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@Crazy Cat again thanks for the response it was DQ on June 30th. Is there anyway to know what the Q Length or how long we should expect to wait for the interview to be scheduled?

Our case became DQ on June 30th... There has been no further updates since then... Submitted inquires to Hong Kong Consulate and NVC... NVC response says they are waiting for a list of available appointments from Hong Kong... Hong Kong inquiry says they can't find my wife's case because NVC hasn't sent it... NVC says they won't send it till they can schedule the appointment.. Is it possible that the ball got dropped here that HK is waiting for NVC and NVC is waiting for available appointments from Hong Kong. Can't call NVC anymore so each Email is 4-5 days for response.... Phone calls to the consulate say must send them an Email which takes 2-3 business day. Any suggestions on how I can find out when appointments might be available?? IV status tool says NVC is scheduling Hong Kong Appoints that became DQ in July... I'm concerned that the ball got dropped... Any thoughts would be appreciated.

As you've not filled out your timeline or your profile it's unclear what Visa is being applied for or the timeframe of things... Generally NVC will only send the case to the consulate once it's been documentary qualified. That means they have received, reviewed and approved all the documents that you have to submit... If you got the DQ email then the amount of time that it takes to send the case to the consulate depends on the consulate and the workload of that consulate and I suppose may also depend on the type of visa and in some cases if you have a current priority date.

Crazy Cat, Excellent, IV status tool says they are scheduling Hong Kong Interviews for cases DQed in July so I went ahead and sent an Inquiry just to be sure that we are 'in process' as we got the DQ email but CEAC shows two documents as missing even though those exact documents are later in the list as accepted (just with a different label) We'll wait and see if we get an Email or the the inquiry turns up something... We've been patient but I don't want to be patient if NVC thinks we still have a TO-DO

Issue, we were DQ June 30, We are away from home at DQ and have not been home since, Have not seen email of interview schedule won't be home for anouther 1.5 weeks? Should we expect an Email or perhaps just have something in our post office box? Thanks

An update... The expedite was, as expected, denied but the I-130 was approved in early May 3rd the case was created at NVC. We are working thru getting documents uploaded now we are delayed a bit in getting the police certificates required as we didn't expect that she's need as many as she does. We are hopeful that by Mid-June we'll be able to submit all documents for review which perhaps puts us on the timeframe needed to get the interview before my relocation at the end of Sept.

We submitted the request to the HONG KONG POLICE yesterday we printed out the NOA2 letter and also a screen print of the NVC datapage request that showed her list of documents. That was sufficient for the Hong Kong Police.

My wife and I live in Hong Kong, She's resided in several places in the distant past. She just completed and submitted the DS260 and immediately a document list was created on the CEAC portal. The issue is to proceed with obtaining documents especially the police certificates from Hong Kong she is required to submit the 'NVC documents' letter with an address to mail the certificate to. The list on the CEAC portal is printable but the document list is in a scroll box and not all the documents come out. Should we expect an 'email' or 'letter' from NVC? The HONG KONG counsulate says the document will be mailed directly to them and they will Laise with the NVC. How does that work in terms of submission of the remaining documents to the CEAC do we simply upload a print out of that to the NVC once we have uploaded all the other documents?

Got approval notice on April 28th, Waiting on notice that NVC received the case but really mostly waiting on NVC case number. How did you get notification that NVC received case via Petitioners Email?

No... Just got NOA2 on the I-130 Yesterday

THANK YOU!!!!

Thank you everyone for the responses so far. The income I'm making from the local wholly owned subsidiary and is in the local currency and taxable in the foreign location. I've filed US tax returns on the foreign earned income. As indicated I'll continue with the same company but the income is not in $US currently but will be when moving to the US. I've worked for the same company for 30+ years so hopefully all will be fine. I'll pray for the best but feel re-assured with the responses so far. Thank you,

I the petitioner have a stable in our residence country making comfortably above the poverty levels. I work for a wholly owned subsidiary of a US company. My company is transferring me back to the US company and my current position will continue in the USA (with a higher salary). I have letters from my employer stating this but at the time filling out the I-864 that the transfer will not have occurred. I am applying for an IR-1 Visa for my wife. Tax returns have been filed consistently. I do not have a joint sponsor or a good candidate for one. Can I get past the I-864 and get my wife an interview with this situation. Anything thoughts or hints would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

Hello All, I, USC, living in Hong Kong with my Wife, Nationality (Philippines), both of us HK Permanent Residents. I have Mandatory Retirement Dec 31st, 2025, and a Job offer to relocate back to the USA with my current multi-national company with a start date of 1 Sept. 2025. Filed I-130 in early Feb of 2024, VJ says latest approval estimate June 4, 2025. With NVC processing that makes the timing tight at best. My wife has a valid B1 visa that expires Nov. 2025 and has traveled many times on her B1 with no issues. - Opinions on what I should do? Possible thoughts: 1) Just wait and hope it all gets done on time. 2) Request to Expedite the I-130 3) Wait for I-130 approval and request Expedite at NVC stage 4) Have my wife apply for a B1 visa as a backstop in case spousal visa not approved in time For option 4, I suppose we'd have to maintain a residence address of some form in Hong Kong along with living in the USA and she'd (We) would have to fly back to Hong Kong for the interview? I suppose we also risk her not getting approved for the B1 or if approved being denied entry on the false presumption that she'd adjust status in the USA (we wouldn't, of course). She has entered the USA twice since I applied for the I-130 for her with absolutely zip, zero questions or issues. DCF is no longer an option as I-130 has been filed. - Opinions/Suggestions/sage wisdom or even just kindly advising patience and faith are all welcome. My start date might be flexible to push back if visa is not complete but can not under any circumstances be pushed into 2026 Thanks in advance. Joe Thanks in advance.

Good luck with you application and process.. I also applied recently for my wife using the online form. I found that it helped to have a copy of the printed form and the instructions for that form while I filled in the online form as some things were not as clear in the online questions as in the context of the online form. I also found that reviewing the 'generated' form before submission was a valuable activity some things like addresses and such had to be adjusted to fit properly.

After visa approval as per NOA2 then the case get's sent to NVC which has it's own process that can take 6 months before they send it to the embassy. It's at that stage when your wife will start the process in Hong to get all the documents required by the US Embassy Hong Kong for her interview. Yes, so long as she is resident in Hong Kong (so long as she has a HKID card she qualified even as a FDH) she'll do her interview there. But unfortunately if you don't yet have NOA2 her interview is likely much further away than either of you might prefer. The good news is that with due diligence and meeting the requirements of the embassy was not that bad once you get the letter but will likely require her to make at least one trip to the Philippine Consulate in Admiralty. Or at least it did for us back in 2015 maybe things have changes we'll find out in about 18 months. And no you can't really do anything in advance. It's about waiting sadly.