HazelEyedHippie

Hello, everyone! We have just found out that the Yerevan embassy (Armenia) has given appointments for the second week of December, BUT the 2 medical doctors will be out of the country until the 9th of December (from the 5th to the 9th, I believe). They are the only 2 appointed doctors for medical exams (Dr. Anush Ordyan and Dr. Kristine Khachatryan), and both will NOT be available for medical exams. There are no alternatives, as far as I have found out. You will either need to go early to receive your medical exam, or after the 9th. Please be aware of this and plan accordingly. There is no mention of this on the website or anything. You may try contacting the doctors through email, but their phone numbers are not entirely correct. I was able to get through to Dr. Ordyan with this phone number that she provided through email:

37491-410031

Good luck to everyone!

and also, would it be possible to switch from Ankara to Abu Dhabi or Yerevan (the other 2 embassies where Iran's US visas are processed, aside from Ankara), this late in the process? I've heard that the former 2 embassies are much less busy..

Anyone know the approximate wait times for getting an appointment (immigrant visa appointment, for a spouse) in Ankara. My cousin's case is just about done at the NVC, so we're curious how long it takes. I read the wait time for an appointment for nonimmigrant visas is about 12 weeks currently.. anyway to find out the immigrant visa times? Thanks!!!

Oh and also, we did use those CSPA calculators/consult 3 lawyers who said that he would have been 20.5 years of age according to the CSPA and thus have been eligible if he had been approved in 2002, when they received the approval notice, rather than '99 when the INS said that it had actually been approved.. either way, fruitless, I suppose.. :/

Right, yes, he knows he must remain single, thanks..

Sorry if I was unclear, I meant that by planning his life around it, he just pinned his dreams around being in the US.. He went to university in his country, got a college degree, etc.. Sorry if I wasn't clear about that. Yes, it's true, my uncle wasn't very "on top" of the situation, sadly. In fact, they had a previous case MANY years ago that basically "expired" because they moved and didn't provide the INS with their new address. Their other child was young enough to immigrate with that case too. So.. pretty sad on every level.

Well, we're at least happy that now the couple has their green card and has applied for their children, and hopefully they'll be able to come in a few years. Thanks for your replies.

My uncle applied for his sister and her family in September 1998 under the F4 category (she's married with children). In October 2002, they received an approval notice, and in 2011, they received their green cards. HOWEVER, the son, who was supposed to be protected under the Child Status Protection Act and to not have "aged out" was denied his green card. The reason? Although you receive this message when you look up their case number online:

On October 1, 2002, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow any instructions on the notice.

and they received their approval notice in 2002, they were told, sorry, your case was approved March 1999, 5 months and 3 weeks after they received the case. We were distraught, to say the least. This young man (he's 29 now) who had been waiting for his green card for 13 years and had planned his life around it was crushed, to say the least. We hired a lawyer, but they said nothing could be done, and we just left it at that (he has a new pending case now, approved recently). The more I think about this, though, the more it bothers me. Do they usually approve such cases in less than 6 months, AND if so, why did they receive the notice of approval 3.5 years later? It just seems so weird to me.

:/

Oh okay, I see.. thank you.

Just a quick question about visa bulletins.. When we look at the date next to our category (for example, F2B), is that approximately how long we should expect to wait? I mean, if the date is, for example June 2007, and it is now July 2014, does that mean we would be waiting 7 years total?

The reason I ask this is because I noticed that sometimes the dates move so quickly in the bulletins.. In the last 3 months, it has moved 4 months ahead. I have also calculated that in 9 months, sometimes it has moved 12 months ahead (the specified date), I mean..

So does 1 "visa bulletin" month = 1 month in "real life" or no? Thanks!!

Thanks, everyone. The issue is that my cousin's husband doesn't plan on calling and thinks it's unnecessary. I just wanted to make sure that they would still be able to proceed with the case without calling.

Thanks!

Oh, okay.. but many people are choosing to contact the NVC before the 30 days by telephone, yes? To speed things up?

Thanks

Hello!