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5 minutes ago, Wasa22 said:

I had all my evidence with me , it has been 3 month since I attend my interview.No word from USICS , I started action will mail letter to Congressman,Senator etc 

did you bring updated evidence? nobody told me to.

very frustrating you haven't heard in 3months - have you tried to call USCIS and speak to somebody there? 

Last Friday I was called in for the N400 interview. Just to make sure I brought my wife with me.
The officer was super-nice, he said he would try to do a combo interview as my i-751 is still pending but he warned we needed further evidence as all of our previous evidence is two years old (obviously, we submitted in Feb 2018). He recommended my wife to go gather tax returns for 2017-2018, more recent bank statements, more recent insurance docs, more recent utilities, while I would do the n-400 civics test.
So we started with questions for i-751, then I did the n-400 part while my wife went to a fedex next door to print whatever docs she could find (for instance, she couldn't answer my life insurance). When she got back the officer gave us a paper saying "a decision cannot be made about your application" since the new docs had to be reviewed, and he said they would send us notification by mail.
It's very frustrating as if we were told in advance they needed more recent docs we would have prepared something better instead of scrambling things at fedex. 

No, they gave me the green card and extension letters back.

On 10/25/2019 at 8:57 AM, peetee91 said:

Oh wow. My problem also is that I got two confirmation emails with the information of my info pass appointment. I was told to log in Put my name and date of birth to print out the appointment letter. I am unable to access it. It says that there is no interview schedule for the person with that name and date of birth ugh. 

 

Also when you went for the info pass did they take your green card and extension letter from you upon getting the stamp? 

I'm in a similar boat. I have the N-400 interview on November 15th (Brooklyn)
On October 9th i had my infopass appointment, and I asked the officer if he could tell me if the interview is a combo I-751 / N400 or not.
He said he didn't have any visibility on it, but he recommended to bring my wife to the interview just in case
Fingers crossed for everybody

Same boat, waiting to be able to schedule an infopass.

Does anybody know how fast do they generally schedule infopass appointments?

My 18 months extension letter expires on October 2. Do you think it's risky to schedule a trip outside the US coming back on September 22? Would I face problems reentering if I don't get an infopass appointment by then?
 

Hi all!
I filed I-751 on February 15, 2018 (Vermont office). I received two extension letters to my greencard, and on March 21, 2019 I received notification that my case was moved to Lee's Summit NBC. That's probably a consequence of the fact that on February 24, 2019 I filed the N-400...
Shall I expect an interview in the next months?
What happens if I don't get it before October (when the 18months extension to my green card is over)?
thanks for your help!

The dutch don't have an official birth certificate. There is only a transcript available from the original ledgers. This than gets certified by the official that hands it out. There are 2 versions available. A dutch one and an international one. The international has official translations in various languages.

If you were born in a different country, it's probably different. The review is made in regards to dutch born nationals.

And again, don't forget to bring it (and the translation) with you when you finally do migrate. You'll need it again for the AOS. (sorry just noticed you're not on the K-1 track my bad)

Thanks, that totally makes sense now!

You bring your birth certificate. There's no such thing as an international birth certificate. If the interview is in Italy, you don't need to translate from Italian to English. You can submit materials in the language of the country plus English.

please note above, my interview is in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

in Europe there are international versions of birth/marriage/death certificates. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Issue_of_Multilingual_Extracts_from_Civil_Status_Records

Hi, I have my interview next week (in Amsterdam).

Some months ago I submitted a copy of my birth certificate to the NVC - It was a standard Italian birth certificate with English translation (certified by myself).

I read around (especially this review: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=189807)that at the embassy they require an International one.

"One thing though: When you get your birth certificate, make sure to ask for an INTERNATIONAL one, not jsut a normal one with translation, I know that's what it says when you get info about getting documents, that you needed to get a translation, but they don't find that good enough these days, "

I didn't get any RFE from NVC for my birth certificate, and there is nowhere on their communication in which they tell me I should bring something different from the original version of what they sent?

Does anybody have any experience to share? Can I just chill out?

While I am waiting for my CR1 interview, we started to think about our timing for entering the US and we have a question we cannot find answer for on the web.

After I (=beneficiary) will get my visa, I am planning to travel to the US with my wife (the US citizen petitioning for me).

She will have however to come back to Europe to finish her job (which has a quite long leave notice - while I'm thinking of moving there asap for a job prospect of mine) and stay here in Europe for a few months more, before coming back to the US for good.

Would that be a problem? Would she/we have to show anything at POE to prove that she is re-establishing domicile in the US?

Is there any official page describing any requirement related to this situation? The travel.state.gov page (https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process/interview/after.html) doesn't even mention the fact that the petitioner and the applicant have to travel to the US together (but I think we read it somewhere - even though I cannot find anymore)

Thanks for all the suggestions / links!

Very bizarre question, I know.

I have a LASIK appointment scheduled 1 week before my medical examination (in AMS). Would that possibly cause any problem with the medical examination? I have read that the medical examination includes an eye check with a Snellen chart. What if my eyes are still fluctuating a bit after the eye surgery, as expected?

Thanks for all the suggestions!

March 15th in Amsterdam for me too! I feel so lucky (CC was 28th of January)

We're a dutch couple with a Feb interview, but I know robrom had a cc date January 16 and is a March 22 interview in Amsterdam.

oh no, 2 months between cc and interview! it takes a while here in Amsterdam

i got the case completed email on Feb the 5th, so i guess my effective cc date was Jan the 28th or so..

has anybody a March interview scheduled in the Netherlands so far?

I am confused by the NVC (as usual...)

On Feb 2 we received a checklist, dated Jan 29th (asking for a document supposedly missing, but that we sent in). We called immediately, and the very nice rep said: 'yes, your police certificate is here, CASE COMPLETE'

On Feb 5 we received an email with the attachment saying "The National Visa Center (NVC) received all the requested documentation for this immigrant visa case. The applicant is now in the queue awaiting an interview appointment overseas, where a consular officer will adjudicate the applicant’s visa application." which makes is again seem everything is going fine

However, I still don't see 3N/As on the CEAC website, my Visa Status is still 'At NVC' (shouldn't it be in transit?)... should i be concerned? or just wait for an interview date hoping it will come soon? I am sick of losing time because the NVC...

Hi Stone23, thanks. Do you mean 40 days from the moment you were put on supervisor review? Or 10 days from that (adding the 30 from the scan date)?

We were put on Supervisor Review because they took a long time to review our DS260. However, it didn't add extra time since our paperwork was ok. CC in 40 days.

We are under supervisor for the ds260 form***.

Does anybody know how long this would take? the rep said it would be fast because all other documents were fine, but 2 weeks have passed already.

Would it help to call more? And try to speak to a supervisor?

I'll be thankful for any experience / suggestion !

*** long story short, we couldn't submit it forever due to an error on the website. then we got checklisted for it. after 30 days it was not reviewed yet, we called and put on supervisor review on January the 4th.

We are under supervisor for the ds260 form***.

Does anybody know how long this would take? the rep said it would be fast because all other documents were fine, but 2 weeks have passed already.

Would it help to call more? And try to speak to a supervisor?

I'll be thankful for any experience / suggestion !

*** long story short, we couldn't submit it forever due to an error on the website. then we got checklisted for it. after 30 days it was not reviewed yet, we called and put on supervisor review on January the 4th.

Maybe the email went out before your submission was logged in your file, or something...here's hoping you get a fast review!

i am so mad - the representative said it will take again 30 days for reviewing the DS260. only because their website was not working!

I got an RFE for a missing DS260 (that I couldn't submit because of a website error).

After calling for 3 weeks to fix the "Application Error" i would get at the Review stage of the DS260 I finally managed to submit it on Tuesday. Yesterday I received an email requesting for further evidence, claiming the DS260 was missing.

Does my 30 days clock start again for this stupid glitch?

Of course I will call them tomorrow. Btw, Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

I was finally able to submit my DS260 (I used to have technical problems with the website telling me Application Error at the Review stage of the DS260)... finally yesterday the error went away like magic!

Now I am wondering... they received my documents on Oct the 15th (yes, I was stuck with the non-working DS260 forever ), and they should have already reviewed them independently of the DS260? Or the 30 days clock for me is starting now?

Its a link.......... after you are done with the review portion and are to sign the document that is when there should be something about the us military act.

Unfortunately the error message appears before the review portion (that I cannot access at all). In other words I get to the Application Error page as soon as I click on 'Review'

I had the very same problem and i could not review and submit my DS-260. I had called the NVC and talked to a Rep who was very helpful. The rep had mentioned that before you are able to review the document there is a part which talks about some military form and to click on the like and after that it should open a pop-up, but just ignore that and close it and then try to review the DS-260 again. Hope this is of help. Let me know if it works.

hi NYmets! thanks for your message.

What do you mean with "click on the like"?

this is my page with the military info http://imgur.com/HDKtKwY

where should the pop up appear?

thanks again

I had the very same problem and i could not review and submit my DS-260. I had called the NVC and talked to a Rep who was very helpful. The rep had mentioned that before you are able to review the document there is a part which talks about some military form and to click on the like and after that it should open a pop-up, but just ignore that and close it and then try to review the DS-260 again. Hope this is of help. Let me know if it works.

hi NYmets! thanks for your message.

What do you mean with "click on the like"?

this is my page with the military info http://imgur.com/HDKtKwY

where should the pop up appear?

thanks again

Oh, wow

Is there a help link/email address on travel.state.gov? I know I had some trouble with the USCIS site and emailed their technical people about it, but they never responded. It sounds as though you've done everything right.

I'll cross my fingers that a supervisor is able to get a technical person to fix it for you ASAP.

When I did the form, I printed off each page to PDF as I went (I didn't know there was a review/confirmation copy thing) so technically maybe you could submit by reviewing that way? or I can't remember if the submit button only follows the review step? (probably so, now that I think about it). Good luck.

Yeah, we wrote the technical people too, but haven't heard back yet.

We asked on the phone if we could review the document any other way, and the rep said no. 'Submit' works only after 'Review'. On our main page the IV application shows up at "Incomplete". I wonder if they'll review our documents even before we are able to submit this stupid form.

Did you delete your cookies from your browser and such? I think I did my DS-260 in Safari because I was nervous firefox would be dodgy, and it was fine...(I'm on a Mac), but these kinds of hitches seem to relate to cookies a lot of the time.

I hope you're able to submit soon! good luck!

Hi oncefuturealien, thanks for your answer.

I did it, in Safari, and didn't help unfortunately. We tried from different computers, Mac and Win, and from computers that never saw the ceac website before (so no cookie problems there), and nothing seems to let us review the DS260