miaqat2

Hey everyone,

Has anyone ever gotten an interview date from the NVC and then was contacted by their embassy letting them know that their date has changed. 

Thanks!

3 hours ago, sulusum said:

By the way I just received my P4 letter , just one day after getting my interview date on the phone. For the future records!

That's great! It was sent over email obviously right? 

Does anyone know where I can find any reviews of EB based interviews? There are many on this site but they're all family based. I want to know the kinds of questions EB candidates are being asked at their interviews. Thanks! 

12 hours ago, enigma992 said:

My lawyer told me I was sending NVC everything I needed but turned out I needed to send them proof of my visa status in Canada which meant I got a checklist and delayed Case Complete by 2 months, which now means I got caught in this EB-2 retrogression delay. Basically I would already have my Green Card and be in the US now if it wasn't for my lawyer giving me bad advice but now it will be October/November at best.

 

So I feel your pain, you would think you could rely on the immigration lawyers to get it right.

 

Looking at the spreadsheet from last year, there was one EB-2 from Canada who had a CC in early July and they received the interview notification at the end of August for October. So at least last year, they seem to have scheduled interviews for October at the end of August even though EB-2 PD was not current. Hopefully they will do the same this year.

My lawyer is the queen of delays. I had to be on top of her for the past few years just so she could submit on time and not miss deadlines. She really really reallyyyyyyy delayed the submission of my papers to the NVC and I used to tell her that one day my priority date won't be current anymore and I'd like to avoid that. Of course what I was fearing happened coz she's so effin slow! I should have moved to the US a year ago if she had moved at a normal pace. Anyway we've made it this far and hopefully it's just a matter of a few weeks and this will all have a happy ending 😊

27 minutes ago, tujna said:

Thank you!  I guess in the meantime, we can prepare really good for the interview guys

Sorry I meant Friday of course not Sunday lol. 

48 minutes ago, tujna said:

Guys, I have a question for you, how long does it take to get the CC notification email after the CC date?  Tomorrow will be a week and we still haven't gotten it.

I got it a week after exactly. CC on Sunday June 23rd and email confirmation on Sunday June 30th. You will most probably get it tomorrow.

11 minutes ago, miaqat2 said:

Hi guys, I couldn't stay away too long lol.

 

@enigma992 I called the NVC and got the same info. I'm hoping they would schedule our interviews in September for October and not start to schedule them in October. It just makes more sense.

The funny thing is that when I heard of this August retrogression a few weeks ago I called my lawyer and asked her to do sth about this. She said "don't worry this doesn't affect you coz ur green card is already in process" - well guess what, it did affect me  anyway thank God for everything.

Sorry forgot to tag @tujna too  

Congrats @Feanix!!!!! 😃😃😃

Hi guys, I couldn't stay away too long lol.

@enigma992 I called the NVC and got the same info. I'm hoping they would schedule our interviews in September for October and not start to schedule them in October. It just makes more sense.

The funny thing is that when I heard of this August retrogression a few weeks ago I called my lawyer and asked her to do sth about this. She said "don't worry this doesn't affect you coz ur green card is already in process" - well guess what, it did affect me  anyway thank God for everything.

So that it for me then. My priority date is no longer current so my interview can't be scheduled. I'll have to wait until it's current again to get a date. Good luck to everyone! I need a VJ break! 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻

27 minutes ago, amoooooor said:

Hi!

glad to see someone else using the Doha embassy in here! But super frustrating not knowing when the interview will be. Did you get a hard copy of the P4 letter or just the emailed copy? I'm a little confused on what to expect to be getting. 

Yes I'm glad too! I thought I was the only one from Doha. Waiting for an interview date is extremely frustrating!!!!!!! 😤😤😤

Also it's a small embassy and they always seem to be on holiday! They're closed the whole first week of September for eid! 

I didn't get the P4 yet, I'm still waiting for an interview date. The last thing I got was an email from the NVC saying they have received all required docs and that I'm in line for an interview date. If they have your email address and they've emailed you before then they will be emailing you the P4, I don't think the NVC physically mails hard copies anymore. Maybe you can ask them the next time you call. 

2 hours ago, amoooooor said:

How long after CC should we be receiving the P4 letter? 

We got our CC on July 17 but still no letter in the mail... only an email saying that the NVC received all documents and that we are now in the queue awaiting an interview appointment (we received this email on July 24).

 

Confused on if I should call the NVC or the US Embassy here in Doha regarding the appointment? 

Hello! 

Im waiting for an interview date from the NVC to take place at the US embassy here in Doha too. 

My case was completed on June 23rd so I've been waiting for almost a month and a half. I've contacted the embassy and they said I have to wait for an email from the NVC regarding my interview. You have to follow up with the NVC via phone, the embassy won't help.

I hope you have better luck than me in getting an interview date! 

1 hour ago, sulusum said:

Anyone called NVC today about interview date? 

I haven't. I'm so sick and tired of getting the same answer. I'll wait until someone on here gets their date then I'll check.

Congrats @green line2017 That's wonderful news! Hope you don't have to wait too long for an interview date! 

31 minutes ago, sulusum said:

Another call and another negative answer from the Rep at the last day of the week! So disappointed! I think we are left to the next week...

Oh no  

next week is fine, we've waited this much we can wait a few more days, my fear is that we don't get anything next week! 

Just called the NVC - no date yet  

Just curious, what the maximum number of days someone has waited for an interview date after a CC? I tried to figure it out from the spreadsheets but it's so hard to read them on my phone - anyone know? I'm always picturing myself as an 85 year old woman who's whole life has passed her by while still waiting for her interview date. 

I'm so frustrated! And people are not helping! Everyone keeps saying things like "told you this immigration thing wouldn't work" or "it's taking too long maybe it's not meant to be" or "try to have a plan B like immigration to Australia" 

Shutuuuuuuuuup!!!! 😤😤😤

23 minutes ago, green line2017 said:

Any News somebody?  This is not real is in it ?

 

No it's ridiculous! 

1 hour ago, enigma992 said:

Getting a supervisor is almost as difficult as getting an interview.

Oh ok I thought you could just ask to speak to one and they would put them on the phone. I've read that so many people have spoken to supervisors when they had an issue so I thought it was easy. 

13 minutes ago, sulusum said:

Last month EB interview dates were released on 28th and 31st of June. If that would be yardstick, we should be getting our schedules this week or next Monday. However the months before June, dates were assigned from 20th of the month till the end. 

Yes, that's why I was under the impression that EB interviews were scheduled once a month. At this point getting an interview date sounds surreal. Like I've made peace with the fact that I'll never get it lol. My case was completed in June so I've been waiting for over a month. I really hope this is a pattern and we really do get our dates this week or next. I've said this many times and I'll say it again, if there was a valid reason for this delay I would happily wait, but I can't think of one good reason why it's such a long wait from CC to interview notification for us. 

These reps don't know what they're talking about. They're just trained to pick up the phone and read what the system says. And they definitely don't know the difference between a family based case and an EB one let alone their processing times. If none of us get our dates this week then we're in trouble. If I call the NVC can I ask to speak to someone who does know what's going on? Will they let me talk to a supervisor? 

I was under the impression that EB interviews were scheduled in one shot at the end of the month because they're a small percentage. Maybe that's not the case  

Also, I'm just trying to understand, some family based cases have gotten their interview notifications a week after case complete, so does that mean they could have gotten a case complete and had an interview scheduled for them on the same day?!!!!!! I know it's not relevant to us, but if this is the case it's not fair at all. 

13 hours ago, green line2017 said:

Hi, again everyone!

I have a question to those guys who have received an interview dates.

Does at https://ceac.state.gov/ceacstattracker/status.aspx  still says   AT NVC  ? 

thanks  

I think the ceac website is useless at this point. Don't depend on it. From now we either have to get our info from the NVC over the phone or wait for an email. 

Does anyone know how long after an interview is scheduled do we get the interview letter? So if this coming week is the end of the month and that's when they supposedly send out EB interview letters (as someone said - don't remember who) shouldn't have they already scheduled all our interviews last week? 

Everyone is awfully quiet today. Did you guys get your interview dates and pass out from the shock? 😆😆😆

17 minutes ago, enigma992 said:

I got a reply from Montreal consulate today basically telling me to wait for NVC to schedule my interview as they don't have my record yet . For someone with a spousal green card app, emailing Montreal had worked so I was hopeful.

 

What is most frustrating is not knowing when the interview will be, even if they could say that it won't be until October, at least then I could plan accordingly.

 

What seems odd is that nobody here on VJ, EB-1, EB-2 or EB-3 has had an interview scheduled for some time. It is a small sample set but it just seems like the NVC has not scheduled any EB interviews for any country. My CC was June 13th and I haven't heard of a single EB interview scheduled since then.

I feel ya! I totally understand! I don't have a problem with them telling me my interview is in October but at least I can go on with my life rather than sitting here next to my email and the phone  I haven't been able to take a summer holiday or travel back to my home country to see my family! Everyone is having a great summer and I'm just here worrying about the interview. I can't relax. I just don't understand why they haven't scheduled any EB interviews, it's very strange. There's no logical reason for the delay. I've reached out to the embassy too and they said the exact same thing. 

So it's Wednesday and still no interview date  I'm not hopeful about this week even though it's my 4th week after CC 😭