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anyone in nigeria have issues registering for visa/passport pickup? Website not coming up for me. Or can you please post what website you used for registration? 

just got our interview date!! December 11. CC 10/18. Lagos, Nigeria

10 minutes ago, Dee elle said:

yes, this is the standard letter... make sure you review the intsructions regarding possible need to get more recent police certificates.. if ALL 3 items are true... you can call the NVC regulalry and ask if an interview has been scheduled.. this is the fastest way to get the news... as the papeerwork / email will lag the actual allocation. 

IR1 /CR 1visas do not have a numerical limit so your visa is available.. no wait time, except for the wait time to get an interview. Almost there!!!! 

ok great! our police certificate was issued in july of this year. i will give mvc a call to see if the interview date has been scheduled. 

i got this letter from nvc. is this typical before you get a date or am i going to have to wait several months... my priority date is Oct 24 2016

Dear Sir/Madam,

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. 

NVC schedules appointments one month in advance.  The U.S. Embassy tells us what dates they are holding interviews, and NVC fills these appointments as they become documentarily qualified.  Most appointments are set within three months of NVC’s receipt of all requested documentation.  However, before applicants in a numerically limited (preference) visa category can receive an appointment, their priority date must also be current.  This can delay receipt of an appointment.  You can track your priority date using the Visa Bulletin on travel.state.gov.
  
When an appointment is available, we will notify the applicant, petitioner and attorney (if applicable).  The applicant can prepare now by reading about the embassy’s interview requirements online at nvc.state.gov/interview. Thank you for your patience.

The embassy may require additional documents at the interview.  For example, if the following three items are all true, the applicant must bring a new police certificate to the visa interview:

•    He or she is more than 16 years old;
•    The police certificate submitted to NVC was obtained more than one year ago; and
•    He or she still lives in the country that issued the certificate.

The applicant should not make any travel arrangements, sell property, or give up employment until the embassy has issued a visa.

Sincerely,

National Visa Center
 

5 hours ago, AMAKA said:

We are trying to get police report from Nigeria. I was wondering nvc will require it ina sealed envelope 

No they don't, and you only send a photocopy of the police report. The original goes with you to your interview. 

2 hours ago, A & F said:

Congrats!! why does it show you sent documents on 2017-08-10 but a scan date of 08/29/2017 ?? That's a lot of days to receive the packages...

i did not submit my application till 08/29/2017. my initial scan date was 08/15/2017 but when i called they said theyy would go with the date my entire application was complete which was 08/29

15 minutes ago, Leah09 said:

Did they ever tell you it was under review? Or was it the same "it takes up to 11 weeks" answer and then it changed?

I called sometime early last week and all they said was that they had received it and to wait 11 weeks for a decision. I think it depends on who picks up your call. but the truth is that it is taking about 7-8weeks to hear back from then, assuming no RFE. i have been checking the site everyday since and i just checked today expecting the same thing and i sat " AT NVC" and i think not hearing from them yet is a good thing because it means theydont need anything else from you.  good luck! 

got my cc today! do we really need to call to confirm or can we just wait for the email? how does it take to hear from nvc after cc?

FINALLY my status says AT NVC. CC 10/17/2017, scan date 08/29/2017. 

Has anyone here waited longer than 8 weeks after scan date to get a cc?

Approved! 

1 minute ago, miki0630 said:

I've seen that on the app.. was it yours?? its better to trust the official USCIS website. 

its says the same thing on their website. very strange. 

Hi guys, i got a Name was updated message on the App but i did not send in a name change request. Just waiting to hear from them all these months. Date of NOA1 was 10/24/16. Anyone else get this message recently? 

filled for my husband in October 2016. We got married june 2012 and we have a 2 year old and another due in August. We have mostly lived in Nigeria since we got married but i did a 1.5yr stint in the US during that time and he came to visit 3 times. I submitted pictures, marriage certificate, and our sons birth certificAte as evidence but now thinking its not enough after joining this forum. We dont have any joint assets per say, i am yet to formally change my name so my bank accounts stil have my maiden name. And we live in corporate housing, so proof of joint rental...Should i be prepared to receie an RFE? And what else can i include if they request for more evidence?

I filled for my husband in October 2016. We got married june 2012 and we have a 2 year old and another due in August. We have mostly lived in Nigeria since we got married but i did a 1.5yr stint in the US during that time and he came to visit 3 times. I submitted pictures, marriage certificate, and our sons birth certificAte as evidence but now thinking its not enough after joining this forum. We dont have any joint assets per say, i am yet to formally change my name so my bank accounts stil have my maiden name. And we live in corporate housing, so proof of joint rental...Should i be prepared to receie an RFE?