ordjnb

Hi.

My mom will be applying for her reentry permit the day she lands in the US and becomes a LPR. She plans to fly out exactly a week later (Oct 9 - Oct 16). Assuming we send the package the same day and it arrives on October 10th at USCIS, is this enough time to count as being in the country during application? 
 

I’ll be attaching a G-1145 so will be notified that USCIS has received the package. Assuming I get this notification on Day 3 or 4 is she good to leave or should I get her to extend her stay? 
 

thanks for the help

1 minute ago, Agolbaghi said:

I guess there is no opening yet… you need to keep checking especially 2-3 am your time when everyone sleeps so you get better chance… my experience is for tourist visa appointment for my parents… my plan worked properly few times… I guess immigrant visa is the same more or less…

I was wondering if you can please tell me how long did it take from your DQ till you got email saying you got interview date for your parents please?!

thanks

AG

Issue is it doesn’t even say there’s the initial July 8th interview. So how do I even reschedule since there’s no option for that? 
 

my dad was approved last week and my mom two weeks prior and their interview was scheduled a week after my dads approval for the same date. 

Hi all,

So my parents are scheduled for an interview at the Seoul Consulate on July 8th. 

Unfortunately, they won’t be out of quarantine until July 20th, so obviously, this needs to be rescheduled.

I’m being told rescheduling is handled by CGIFederal according to this link that the Seoul Embassy routes me to. 

https://www.ustraveldocs.com/kr/kr-iv-appointmentschedule.asp

It says no appointment is scheduled? 

I’m a bit confused as to what to do next?  Appreciate any help. Thanks 

So two things 

1) my mom who was just approved last week got her Embassy interview appointment for July 8th which she can't attend and will need go change. How do I do this? The email just refers to going to the nvc.state.gov site which isn't that helpful 

2) my dad was approved months ago yet hasn't had his interview scheduled. Should I reach out about this?

Thanks 

Just now, Mac008 said:

I just resubmitted mine as well, how long did it take for yours to get approved after resubmitting ? 

1.5 months 

On 5/29/2021 at 3:49 AM, Chancy said:

 

NVC didn't keep asking for the clearance because they're robots.  They kept asking because police certificates are required from all countries that the visa applicants lived in for more than a year after the age of 16, even if they no longer live there.

 

Here's the published document checklist for Korea.  Best to check sooner rather than later to see if there are other documents they might need -- https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/SEO-Seoul.html#pre_interview_checklist

 

Not really. One of the parents got everything approved including the lack of South African clearance for not having lived there.

The other got denied twice and got lucky third explaining the same thing that they can't get it. So yeah robots 

12 minutes ago, StaGor said:

Hi ordjnb. I remember you, we have similar filing dates, mine was also in July 2019. However we were documentarily qualified (DQ) much earlier (July 2020).

May I ask about your timeline? There seems to be an almost a year of discrepancy between us, so just trying to understand why is that.

I see your origin is South Africa. I saw someone's post from Visa Journey who filed for IR5 parent visa, and already got their interview in South Africa embassy/consulate, and their DQ was after ours, so I imagine South Africa's embassy is not as congested as the one in Ukraine.

Don't lose your hope!

So the delay is partly my fault. When Trump stopped the green card process for parents, I thought that there was no point gathering the documents. I did not realize there was a queue. 

My parents left South Africa in September 2019 and have been in Korea since then. Documents were finally submitted in December 2019 and it got delayed again and again because NVC kept asking for South African police clearance despite me saying over and over that they don't live there. It's like robots work there. 

I can't believe it's been two years since we've applied for our parents. NVC only just accepted my parents documents after declining to approve because of a lack of police clearance for a country they haven't lived in for 2 years. 

Hopefully they will be able to enter soon. Typically how long between approval of civil documents and an invite to the embassy? 

11 minutes ago, HRQX said:

Where are they currently residing?

Korea

1 minute ago, HRQX said:

Note that your parents' cases are now affected by Biden's South Africa COVID proclamation (I'm assuming your parents are currently in South Africa): https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/28/2021-02024/suspension-of-entry-as-immigrants-and-nonimmigrants-of-certain-additional-persons-who-pose-a-risk-of

Luckily they are not there for the past year. Left right before COVID 

1 minute ago, SusieQQQ said:

Plenty of cases were getting DQ during the ban.

 

Your timeline is bang on target with NVC published timeframes: “Current case review time: As of 15-MAR-2021, we are reviewing documents submitted to us on 8-DEC-2020.”

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html

Got it thanks. Dang wish I submitted the documents sooner. Thought zero work was being done on them

Question for ya'll: NVC just said that they needed an additional document from me. 

Regardless of the Trump ban, would they have approved of my documents? Just not schedule the interview? Asking because I submitted my docs late December and heard back today for the additional document. If I submitted them in July, they still would have been approved? Or were they not looking at our parents files at all?

So apparently they needed my W2 which I just submitted. Am I really at the back of the line again? How long is the wait nowadays? 

I think at think at this point it's fair to assume he won't rescind it but he won't extend it either. We all just gotta wait.

Likely due to optics. Trump marketed the ban as a way to "save American jobs". 

5 hours ago, sol_sol said:

News is that Biden is going to extend the ban

Source?

Hi all,

My parents will be filing an I-130 for my sister once they receive their green card, whenever that is. We were planning on having both my parents sponsor my sister (just as an insurance) but noticed that my sister's birth certificate is missing my father's last name. Everything else, including his birthday, place of birth is correct. My birth certificate doesn't have this issue. Are we going to run into issues if my father were to sponsor my sister?

Thanks 

12 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

What is your plan for covering all her medical expenses?  She won't be eligible for medicare.

Wow this isn't even something I've considered. What factors makes our parents ineligible? 

3 hours ago, aaron2020 said:

Trump is president until Jan 20, 2021.  Until that date, he can extend the ban well past his term and force President Biden to rescind the ban.  Last time, he waited until the last minute to extend the ban.  Don't get your hopes up until Trump is no longer president.  

Yikes you're  right. Thank God he's gone soon 

Trumps ban is ending at the end of the month. Will our parents finally be allowed in?

I can pay the other two not bolded, and the case will be stuck until the Immigrant fee which officially starts the clock correct? 

So my parents finally got approved but I have a question for you guys. 

1) Is there a point for me to even pay the AOS or IV fee now, now that the Trump administration has blocked green cards for our parents, ostensibly until the end of the year? 

2a) I see that the interview location is Johannesburg, my parents applied as South African citizens - but they are currently in South Korea (they're dual) and will need to do interviews there, is there a way I can change this interview location?

2b) If I pay the fees, is the interview location locked in? 

18 minutes ago, Quyen Quyen said:

I got the NVC email with all information about paying fee, 12 steps to apply for visa and NVC  case number and invoice number.  I got  the mail in 10 days later after. hope this info help. 

Does thank you 

19 minutes ago, StaGor said:

Yes. I got approved 2/12, got welcome email today.

Glad  to hear! Hope for me then 

1 minute ago, Quyen Quyen said:

i got approved in 3/31/2020.  i paid fee and now time to upload all papers work for myself and my mom. 

I got approved 3/24 and haven't heard a thing. Do they send an email?

8 hours ago, Quyen Quyen said:

Hi everyone, since we have to upload form I-864 to CEAC, I am filing the form online and have some difficult file full information. Does anyone have tip for that? either extra paper or print it out, file it, scan it then upload it? thank you. hope every is safe and healthy.

Have you been reached out to by the NVC?