Louis61404

1 minute ago, HRQX said:

Lol. Read it again: "consistent with applicable law and visa processing procedures, including any related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)." It's essentially saying that DOS's "depending on local conditions" policy on phased reopening during the pandemic is still in place.

 

Thus, the April 22, June 22, and December 31 proclamations are still in place (right now).

 

In regards to the COVID proclamations, Biden's press secretary clearly stated: "On the advice of our medical team, the Administration does not intend to lift these restrictions on 1/26.  In fact, we plan to strengthen public health measures around international travel in order to further mitigate the spread of COVID-19." https://mobile.twitter.com/jrpsaki/status/1351322381864890370

You're reaching my man, you're gonna have to take the L on this.  HRQX or the now multiple lawyers that have chimed in on Twitter, including two involved in the huge K1 lawsuit that got hundreds of plaintiffs moving during the slowdown.... tough choice, not sure which I believe.

1 minute ago, HRQX said:

The "prominent lawyer" is lacking reading comprehension. The part you quoted clearly says that it's limited to what was "specified in section 1 of this proclamation." Section 1 says: "Executive Order 13780, and Proclamations 9645, 9723, and 9983 are hereby revoked."

 

Executive Order 13780: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/09/2017-04837/protecting-the-nation-from-foreign-terrorist-entry-into-the-united-states

Proclamation 9645: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/09/27/2017-20899/enhancing-vetting-capabilities-and-processes-for-detecting-attempted-entry-into-the-united-states-by

Proclamation 9723: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/04/13/2018-07864/maintaining-enhanced-vetting-capabilities-and-processes-for-detecting-attempted-entry-into-the

Proclamation 9983: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/05/2020-02422/improving-enhanced-vetting-capabilities-and-processes-for-detecting-attempted-entry-into-the-united

I think your reading comprehension may be a little lacking.  There's a key word "AND" in there at the end, and specifically mentions embassies not processing for Covid.  At least I'd trust him more than random HRQX on VJ.

This wording is jumbled in with Biden's executive order on eliminating the muslin ban: 

Sec. 2.  Resumption of Visa Processing and Clearing the Backlog of Cases in Waiver Processing.  (a)  The Secretary of State shall direct all Embassies and Consulates, consistent with applicable law and visa processing procedures, including any related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), to resume visa processing in a manner consistent with the revocation of the Executive Order and Proclamations specified in section 1 of this proclamation.

I'm not a lawyer, but a prominent lawyer on Twitter responded that this is all visas, all embassies, and it was more than just eliminating the muslim ban.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/proclamation-ending-discriminatory-bans-on-entry-to-the-united-states/

1 hour ago, ccarvajalino said:

I actually just verified and they are not doing routine services as of yet. it still appear like this:

''The United States Embassy in Bogota remains unable to resume routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa services at this time.  In the light of COVID-19 pandemic, the safety of applicants and Embassy employees is our top priority.  There are currently no routine U.S. visa services worldwide, and the easing or ending of the quarantine in Colombia will not mean an immediate resumption in our operations.''

 

I obtained this directly from their website... Where are you obtaining this information from ?

These are both true.  The previous poster was referring to USA citizen services in the embassy - things such as passport renewals for American citizens in Colombia.  You're posting about visa services, so they're different.

Of course, most important is visa services.  But the embassy opening full time for American citizen services is a step in the right direction.

1 minute ago, EA and MK said:

They've been doing *limited* services, but now they are doing *routine* services. This is a new development, I check their website almost  everyday lol.

I don't blame you!

Great news, and thanks for sharing.

2 hours ago, EA and MK said:

While this may or may not be a good sign, I think it is and is worth mentioning: the US Citizen Services section has resumed routine operations.  Hopefully they move to limited resumption of immigrant visas soon!!! Crossing my fingers.

Is this is a new development?  I feel like they've been doing that for a while (I could definitely be wrong)

1 hour ago, James & Helga said:

Hi....How can I get added to the WhatsApp group text? 
 

My wife’s visa interview was scheduled on April 6th before it was canceled.

 

Thanks!!

Jim

 

 

Send me a DM with your phone number - the link the other poster sent is for the K1 visa group.  It appears you're a spouse visa, so you want the IR1/CR1 chat.

16 hours ago, Camilay marty said:

Luis hola, soy k1 tambien,oye podria preguntarte si puedo ser parte del grupo? 

Sí, envíame un DM con tu número.

5 hours ago, Tacos said:

 

Wanted to ask if my fiance and I could get in on that group? 

DM me your phone number - I'll send you the link invite.  There's a lot of texts going back and forth, some general questions - but also some great information that I have shared here.

2 minutes ago, EA and MK said:

Thank God! Things are finally moving. The anxiety from all this waiting has been killing me, lol!  Are these all CR-1/IR-1 cases? Really appreciate you sharing this information!

I think they're all IR1 or CR1.

20 minutes ago, EA and MK said:

Really?! This is great news!

Yes - it sounds like they've spread out all of the canceled March 2020 appointments that were originally scheduled but canceled due to Covid-19 - these are not expedites.  Just gathering information from the group text, there is 10 interviews tomorrow, 2 on the 19th, 1 on the 21st and 1 on the 28th.  These are just the ones that are aware in this group text of about 20 people.

This is very good news, and sounds like Bogota is slowly heading in the right direction.

It sounds like Bogota has begun to schedule canceled March appointments.

I'm in a WhatsApp group text with a lot of people waiting, and they claim Bogota just sent out the rescheduling emails for those appointments today.

2 hours ago, Ysl182 said:

I’m in the same boat as you @movingtoflorida the only difference is I had my interview in October 2019 at the mtl consulate. Rn waiting in ap.

Did they give you a reason for AP?

11 hours ago, Tacos said:

 

 

I appreciate it. Keeping my fingers crossed. 

Here's the link to the article - mentions a lot of the ideas advocates are trying to get Biden to do.  Parole for family is towards the end of the article.

https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/530948-leading-legal-experts-urge-aggressive-immigration-actions

8 hours ago, Tacos said:

 

I appreciate the info. As much as I despise Biden, I’ll be happy if he makes it easier for those of us in line. So the parole for visa holders would include K1s? It’s one of those things, that I’ll believe it when it’s happening. 

It didn't specifically say which visas - just workers and family members waiting.  I do think the idea is about helping capped visas (not spouse, child under 21, or fiance) and letting them in with an approved petition.  

I doubt it will happen, but the fact these things are even being talked about gives me hope.

48 minutes ago, Tacos said:

 

Out of curiosity, what happens with DQ, how does it happen, what happens after, and any way to avoid that? Any idea of what will happen if Bogota doesn’t open? They are doing emergency interviews. 

Maybe DQ is just a IR1/CR1 terminology - we submit all of our documents to NVC, and once DQ'ed we get in line.  So presumably once they reopen, they'll go in order of the DQ date, after they reschedule the cancelled interviews from March/April.

What happens after DQ now, is we just wait and wait and wait until they reopen.  

They have to open at some point, whether that's one week, one month, one year, etc - they will open.  I'm optimistic that once Biden takes office, things will speed up eventually.  Not sure that will help the people in line right now waiting, but this process should be less arduous with him in office.  Read an article that immigration backers are trying to get Biden to allow families and workers waiting for visas "parole" to immediately enter while they wait.  They presented this idea, amongst many others to Biden's team.  Seems like a longshot, but at least ideas like that are being throw around the administration.  For now, seems like there will be almost no news as Bogota goes backwards with Covid-19 and Trump is still in office.

Before Covid-19, Bogota wasn't a long wait to get the interview (at least for IR1/CR1) - maybe about 60 days.  So that backlog shouldn't be too long.  The people with cancelled interviews were like DQ'ed in mid/late December to mid January timeframe.  So in that sense, the backlog shouldn't be too much to make up.  Pre Covid-19 Mexico was about a year long wait for interview after DQ, and most embassies fall between that.

But it seems like they'll never reopen in Bogota.  That's the real issue.

6 hours ago, Paco415 said:

So, we were DQ on Nov 18, but that is the last communication we had from NVC. Does this mean our case is still @ NVC? I fear we will be waiting months for an interview

 

Incidentally, yesterday was our 2nd wedding anniversary, so our CR1 is now officially an IR1  

You can check here: https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx but almost certainly it will say "At NVC" still with your DQ date.

It will fall under the year he received it.  It sounds like he received it in 2020, so when you file taxes by April 15th, 2021, it will show this money - on his 2020 taxes.

32 minutes ago, Tacos said:

Saw on FB this morning that the embassy is doing emergency appointments for K1s, not sure if they have been doing that before, or if it was just CR1/CR2s. Maybe a good sign? 

Of course I don't know, but I saw the video.  They are still adamant that routine appointments won't be schedule, only emergency.  Sounds like much of the same ####### - we're going nowhere fast.

35 minutes ago, Allovertheworld said:

Same here.

 

I filed by mail, they cashed my check a few days later endorsed by the US Treasury back in July.

 

I called IRS finally got hold of person, they told me this is due to COVID and it should be taken care of by December, I spoke with them about a month ago.

Thank you

12 hours ago, Ryan H said:

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to Tax & Finances During US Immigration forum; topic pertains to obtaining documentation from the IRS.

Thanks, wasn't sure where to put this

Does anyone else have an issue with their 2019 tax transcript not being downloadable?  I filed and paid the taxes in July by the deadline, but there's still no 2019 tax transcript.

Is it just me?  Is it everyone?  If it's just me, how do I obtain it?

Thanks!

8 minutes ago, Tacos said:

Do you know how many fiancé visas Bogota has processed? What’s the source of the info? 

I’m not sure if non immigrant visas issues are posted like this.  So no info on K1.

From the state department, goes back to 2017 - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

6 hours ago, MedellinCOUS said:

We are in the same situation.  We were approved at NVC on Jun 2 but it has been 6 months and NVC is still showing case is there with them and has not been transferred to Bogota.  But then according to the thread you linked above it looks like Bogota is processing CR1 visas... slowly at least.  I'm just wondering why the NVC hasn't sent our packet to Bogota if they know they are processing CR1?  I don't want to get my hopes up, but this is good news I think.

The visas issued by Bogota the last two months certainly show they're attending more to IR1/CR1 than the summer.  But they're still only at 20% pace of issuing these as they were pre covid-19.