Brittany95

We’re done! My wife’s visa was issued on February 5 according to CEAC. She received it in the mail today, only 4 business days later. I’m flying to her this coming Friday and she’ll be flying home with me Sunday the 17th. POE will be Detroit Airport. 

11 minutes ago, Gods-faith said:

Hey guys, 

 

I am so happy to say that my wife visa was approved today. The interview process went very well. I was allowed in with my wife, we went through security then we were given our number and waited about 45 minutes then we were called in to go up to the window for my wife to have her finger print taken and stuff that took about 4-5 minutes. Then we sat back down and waited for about 30 minutes then we were called in for the interview itself. It was a very young  female officer that had interview us and she was very pleasant towards my wife and I. She ask my wife who’s her husband? Then she ask me what is my job position and where I work? Then she asked my wife when the last time she saw me? How we met? When did our relationship began? When we got married? Who was there? She ask my wife what I love to do in the US? If we got engaged? That’s was all she asked then she told us she will be right back and she came back with a pink paper and she said you have been approved of your visa to pick it up on the 15th. The interview from start to finish was only about 5-7 minutes. 

 

I just want to say thank you to everyone here on visa journey. You guys are the best. You all were so willing to help in anyway and my wife and I would like to wish you all the best of luck on getting your visas, and we will still be here to answer any questions try to help in anyway we can. Once again thank you all great people on this forum. Btw my wife will be traveling back to the US with me soon! 

Congratulations!!!!  That is so exciting. When are you going to be coming back to the States?

My wife is still waiting for her visa to come in the mail. We have flights booked for me to fly to Denmark on the 15th and we'll fly back to the US together on the 17th. Luckily the flights can be changed for a small fee if she doesn't receive her visa in the mail in time for me to fly to Copenhagen.

52 minutes ago, AnneA said:

Thanks 😊 I had considered flying there since I lived in the opposit end of Dk. I do have a drivers licens but a lot of people here don't cos you don't really need it as much as in the US 😉

No problem. And yeah, a lot of young people especially don't have their license. Oh, and just a tip for when you get further into the process (around the time of submitting your documents to the NVC and your interview), make sure you get your birth certificate from the Danish church in person (not online) and make sure there is an official signature on it. The one they issue online is not good enough because it doesn't have a signature. My wife got pinged on this during her interview last week and had to re-submit a new birth certificate with a signature. I don't want the same thing to happen to you!

On 1/10/2019 at 5:24 AM, AnneA said:

I as understand it, my passport will need to be handed in at the interview at the US embassy in Sweden. So how do I get into the airport in Stockholm, Sweden in order to return to Denmark???

My wife took the train from Copenhagen to Stockholm and back and had no problems. They kept her passport and she kept her Danish drivers license on her. This was just last week.

On 2/1/2019 at 12:57 AM, millefleur said:

Based on the evidence it strikes me as a couple who married recently (also as per your timeline) and has mostly spent time vacationing together with family and friends. Any additional evidence of travel together can't hurt. Since you were married recently, have you included receipts of wedding rings, invoices for the dress, flowers, etc? We included that in ours, I filed in person via DCF (faster but we had to do two interviews!) and they took everything related to our wedding because we also applied shortly after getting married. We had contracts from the car we rented, the restaurant, receipts, invoices, etc...they took absolutely everything related to the wedding, even receipts that didn't even have our names on it. I added captions to explain, i.e. "Receipts for wedding rings." Do you have any wedding "congrats" cards signed by family and friends? That's also strong to include, anything with both names on it. We had about 3 or 4 "congrats" cards from family and friends.

 

I don't know if this is still a popular thing but sometimes folks include screen shots of their correspondence from Facebook, chat/messanger apps, Skype, etc. So that might something to add if you can access it.

Receipts from the wedding seem irrelevant. We were married two months before applying for CR1 and they never requested anything like that from us. I would just maybe add a photo from your wedding if you have any and that's usually good enough.

An update on our application:

- Wife had interview Tuesday, January 29, 2019. They conditionally approved our application. The one condition they gave us was a revised version of her birth certificate. They asked her to upload the correct birth certificate to the CEAC and mail the original to the Embassy in Stockholm

- Wife mailed the birth certificate and scanned it to CEAC on Friday, February 1.

- This morning we received an email from a consular officer notifying us that they got the scan of the correct birth certificate and reminded us to mail the original to them. I responded and told them the document was mailed on Feb 1 and they should receive it any day now.

- An actual person responded to my email at the Embassy (amazing!) and said thank you for letting us know.

- Our visa status was updated again today. It still says administrative processing, but they must have put in the file that they got the scanned document.

Hopefully they get it in the mail in the next few days and issue her visa right away! Fingers crossed  It seems like the Embassy runs much smoother and faster than USCIS and NVC.

On 2/1/2019 at 1:54 PM, adsanctis said:

Hi everyone.

 

I had to resubmit some docs to the NVC due to them being unreadable. I did this yesterday morning just fine. But earlier I got an email from the NVC stating 'The National Visa Center (NVC) updated the status of your immigrant visa application.'

 

I logged on yet nothing has changed with my case. They haven't even reviewed my resubmitted documents, as far as I can see.

 

Has anyone else experienced this or knows what it means?

 

Thanks

This happened to me as well. I don't know why it happens, but as far as I can tell, it doesn't mean anything. Once they review and accept all your submitted documents on the CEAC, you'll get an email stating that you are documentarily qualified (case complete) and you'll now wait to get your interview date. They requested additional documents from me too, and it took them about 2 weeks to review it, unfortunately. Hopefully they review them faster for you!

2 minutes ago, missileman said:

I don't understand how they can "approve" a application before they have all the required documents....the real approval, it seems to me, is when the visa is actually issued....anyway, I hope you get a very swift issuance and return of her passport.....stay positive!!!

Yeah, I guess I worded that improperly. Basically, they said once they approve that document that will be mailed to them, we'll be fully approved and they'll issue the visa.

Hi everyone,

My wife (from Denmark) had her immigration interview on Tuesday, January 29 in Stockholm, Sweden. They told her that our application is great, however, before they can issue the visa, they need her to re-submit a new birth certificate. She is getting that document tomorrow and she will overnight mail it to the embassy in Stockholm, so they should have it on Monday of next week. How long does it take them to approve documents that have been mailed to them? They said once they receive and approve the document, they will be able to issue the visa and mail her passport back to her. I am getting very impatient and do not have a lot of faith that they will look at the document and approve it right away, just based on how long the entire process takes already. Does anyone have any idea on how long we could be looking at to get her visa issued? Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone! I have a question, if anyone knows the answer. My wife's interview was earlier this week and they conditionally approved her visa. They asked for another document which she is getting tomorrow and she will overnight mail that to the embassy, so they should receive it on Monday. Does anyone know how quickly they review items required for fully approving the petition and issuing the visa? I am worried they could take weeks to actually look at it even though they'll receive it on Monday, but I'm not sure. Does anyone know? 

My wife just finished her interview in Stockholm. She is conditionally approved because the birth certificate she provided was not good enough, even though she got it directly from the Danish government. Apparently it needs to have a signature on it. She isn’t sure at this point how to even get that, but she is working on it. Admittedly it is a bit disappointing to not get full approval right away when we were so prepared. I am hoping she can get a signed birth certificate by the end of this week to mail to the embassy. I am also hoping they don’t take too long to process the document after receiving it in the mail. 

My wife's interview is in 2 weeks! Does anyone else feel like time passes more slowly than it ever has while waiting for the interview date? So excited...  

My wife had her medical this morning in Copenhagen and it went really well. Next is just the interview in Stockholm on the 29th.  I think we are booking our flights today. I will be flying to her February 15 and we'll leave Copenhagen for Detroit on February 17 (cancellation insurance included just in case anything happens!). Then it will all be over, finally!

1 minute ago, Atl2018 said:

Congratulations 🎈🎉🍾 to you too!!!

 

I can see us both doing the happy dance!!!

So close to being reunited... ❤️

Case complete 12/18/2018. Interview date received 12/20/2018. Interview is January 29, 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden! WOOHOOOOOO!!!!

Case complete on December 18, 2018 (yes, two days ago!) and interview date scheduled TODAY! January 29, 2019 in Stockholm!!!!!! I AM SO HAPPY!!!!

We got case complete on Dec 18. Hoping to get an interview date soon for Stockholm, Sweden.

I just got case complete! Now we just wait for our interview at Stockholm, SE.

On 12/14/2018 at 12:48 PM, rahill said:

We got a question from the NVC review department about my tax return which my attorney responded to promptly and now we are waiting again for NVC to review it. All other docs were approved. I’m hoping this doesn’t take too long. It’s been a week since we submitted the clarification and as of today they still haven’t reviewed it. 

I have the same. On Dec 3 we submitted all of our documents to the NVC, and they came back on Nov 6th asking for a revision of a document. I sent it back the same day, and now it has been 7 business days since that document was submitted. All of our other documents were approved. Fingers crossed we get case complete this week; we'd love to see it before Christmas.

7 hours ago, db2016 said:

yes they are originally we submitted everything to NVC on 11/15 then got a request to upload a document again on 11/20, we submitted correct docs on 11/22 and finally heard back yesterday. So everything was done within less than a month.

That is all very quick, considering it is the government! lol  

It seems like NVC is reviewing pretty fast! We submitted our documents to NVC for approval on Monday Dec 3 and got a response today. Unfortunately there was an item missing for i-184, but I re-submitted today and we should be case complete soon (all other items were approved)! 

4 minutes ago, Alexei1985 said:

Ah ok, I get ya! No you won't get that message. They will send you a message once everything that has been submitted is approved and that they are arranging your interview with the embassy. 

Awesome... Thank you

On 12/3/2018 at 5:04 PM, Alexei1985 said:

When you have your documents accepted they will message you to let you know that has happened.

Maybe I should have made my question more clear. I know that they'll send us a message to let us know that the case is complete or to ask for more docs, but I am wondering if they'll send a confirmation message that all the correct documentation has been received/submitted and it is in the queue for review

We just submitted all of our documents electronically through CEAC this morning. Fingers crossed for a quick case complete.

Does anyone know if you should get some type of message from CEAC once all documents are submitted? Right now, on the home page for CEAC each of ours just say 'submitted' off to the right.