CR1Journey2017

passport in hand!  received today from SEDEX. 
 
It came with instructions (in Portuguese) about how to pay the USCIS immigration fee as well as a data summary sheet (unsealed, plain paper) with our A-number. The instructions say that we should receive a sealed envelop with the documents we submitted to the consulate. They didn't keep anything other than her passport- everything was returned. I assume this is because we used the CEAC system and most of the application was done online... 
 
will be paying the fee today and traveling on Friday with the medical results and these documents in hand! 
 
 
 

passport in hand!  received today from SEDEX. 
 
It came with instructions (in Portuguese) about how to pay the USCIS immigration fee as well as a data summary sheet (unsealed, plain paper) with our A-number. The instructions say that we should receive a sealed envelop with the documents we submitted to the consulate. They didn't keep anything other than her passport- everything was returned. I assume this is because we used the CEAC system and most of the application was done online... 
 
will be paying the fee today and traveling on Friday with the medical results and these documents in hand! 
 
 
 

passport in hand!  received today from SEDEX. 
 
It came with instructions (in Portuguese) about how to pay the USCIS immigration fee as well as a data summary sheet (unsealed, plain paper) with our A-number. The instructions say that we should receive a sealed envelop with the documents we submitted to the consulate. They didn't keep anything other than her passport- everything was returned. I assume this is because we used the CEAC system and most of the application was done online... 
 
will be paying the fee today and traveling on Friday with the medical results and these documents in hand! 
 
 
 

Received an email today with a tracking number that says it should arrive in 2 business days; the tracking number doesn't actually work yet, but I think it may take up to 24 hours for it to get into the correio system. so hopefully we'll have it in-hand Monday or Tuesday!! will aim to fly out Friday next week.... 
 
on a separate note, have any of you Brazilians done a declaração de saida and tried to change your bank account to a conta não residente?  what a pain! not having much success with the banks. may end up closing our accounts here. 

Interview in Rio has been scheduled for August 27! Scheduling was a bit weird because it was first forwarded to the consulate and then scheduled by them (not NVC) at the consulate's request, as there were August appointments open still and my cc was almost a month ago. I assume the September Brazil CR1/IR1 interviews will be scheduled very soon now by NVC. Good luck!

Interview approved!! today - Rio de Janeiro consulate. I (petitioner) was able to attend along with wife (beneficiary). Very orderly, they triple checked the paperwork inside the consulate. 
 
 

Interview approved!! today - Rio de Janeiro consulate. I (petitioner) was able to attend along with wife (beneficiary). Very orderly, they triple checked the paperwork inside the consulate. 
 
 

Interview approved!! today - Rio de Janeiro consulate. I (petitioner) was able to attend along with wife (beneficiary). Very orderly, they triple checked the paperwork inside the consulate. 
 
 

Interview approved!! today - Rio de Janeiro consulate. I (petitioner) was able to attend along with wife (beneficiary). Very orderly, they triple checked the paperwork inside the consulate. 
 
 

Pick it up in one of the US Offices is pretty easy too (and fast) that is what I did. A week later. 

Interview approved!! today - Rio de Janeiro consulate. I (petitioner) was able to attend along with wife (beneficiary). Very orderly, they triple checked the paperwork inside the consulate. 
 
 

They said it takes two weeks, but we didn't ask if they meant business days or actual days. We were a bit excited/nervous/ just wanting to get back to our cell phones to tell everyone. I'm hoping it comes before the end of next week, and I'll update here once we have it. We opted for SEDEX delivery. I didn't ask about picking it up as my wife lives in SP and I'm staying with her family until we head back to the U.S. together.  I saw some previous posts/reviews that said it took about 7 business days. 

Interview approved!! today - Rio de Janeiro consulate. I (petitioner) was able to attend along with wife (beneficiary). Very orderly, they triple checked the paperwork inside the consulate. 
 
 

Interview approved!! today - Rio de Janeiro consulate. I (petitioner) was able to attend along with wife (beneficiary). Very orderly, they triple checked the paperwork inside the consulate. 
 
 

They said it takes two weeks, but we didn't ask if they meant business days or actual days. We were a bit excited/nervous/ just wanting to get back to our cell phones to tell everyone. I'm hoping it comes before the end of next week, and I'll update here once we have it. We opted for SEDEX delivery. I didn't ask about picking it up as my wife lives in SP and I'm staying with her family until we head back to the U.S. together.  I saw some previous posts/reviews that said it took about 7 business days. 

Interview approved!! today - Rio de Janeiro consulate. I (petitioner) was able to attend along with wife (beneficiary). Very orderly, they triple checked the paperwork inside the consulate. 
 
 

@Ana Wharton e @bia and Luc  - nao funcionou ontem para mim, mas funcionou hoje; tenta de novo hoje. 
 
For those of your interviewing in Brazil, you need to register the interview with the consulate (instructions on the website), and it seems to work only one day after the NVC sends the interview notification email

@Ana Wharton e @bia and Luc  - nao funcionou ontem para mim, mas funcionou hoje; tenta de novo hoje. 
 
For those of your interviewing in Brazil, you need to register the interview with the consulate (instructions on the website), and it seems to work only one day after the NVC sends the interview notification email

Oi pessoal! Recebi minha entrevista para o consulado do Rio de Janeiro 09 de agosto. Alguém sabe como faço para registrar para eles me mandar meu passaporte de volta?

hi there! Got my interview date today. CC 06/19. Interview date august 10th. Very happy!

Interview email received; August 6th   @Ana Wharton @Amanda&Thibaut 

Interview email received; August 6th   @Ana Wharton @Amanda&Thibaut 

Interview email received; August 6th   @Ana Wharton @Amanda&Thibaut 

Interview email received; August 6th   @Ana Wharton @Amanda&Thibaut 

Interview email received; August 6th   @Ana Wharton @Amanda&Thibaut