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Just to post an update here...just received the email notification for scheduled interview on Apr 21th..

13 minutes ago, jd_malachi said:

While many of the proclamations have been lifted, the one that states if you have been in China in the prior 14 days you can not enter the US is alive and well.  That is the proclamation that many consulates (including Guangzhou) are using to not process K1 visas.  Given that Biden reimposed the 14 day restriction on the EU and added South Africa to the list of countries covered by the 14 day rule I do not see him lifting it anytime soon.  To the best of my knowledge the only K1 visa interviews in Guangzhou in the last 4 months have been Milligan plaintiffs, of which I am one.  My fiance had her interview on March 3rd and we are just waiting for the consulate to return her passport with the visa in it.

 

On a side note the Milligan attorneys are eyeing asking the judge in the case to make his ruling universal instead of just plaintiffs which is how the State Dept. interpreted his order.

thanks! I am on. Greencard and my visa is on FB-2A visa which is an immigration visa. 
 

my impression is that the 14 days rule restricts non-immigration visa(K1) but not immigration visa(FB-2a)?

11 hours ago, Lucky Cat said:

You are, likely, in the queue at NVC for your consulate.  Once your case reaches the front of the queue, they (NVC) will schedule the interview.  Patience is the key for all immigration matters.

completely agree....just want to see if anyone in the forum recently have interview scheduled and to get rough estimate

With lifting of Trump’s exec order and Guangzhou embassy resuming immigration visa processing, has anyone got an interview scheduled ? (My case still at NVC)

I also saw thread in this forum discussing about lawsuits, it seems to me that it could accelerate the timeline? What is it?

thank you

my wife’s FB2A case

Approved on July 28, 2019

Received by NVC on Aug 28,2019

Case Complete in NVC on Apr 1 ,2020

Want to seek help from folks here, after reading still have some doubts:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspending-entry-aliens-present-risk-u-s-labor-market-following-coronavirus-outbreak/

1. I am a PR and bring my wife as F2A

2. Our case is marked complete by NVC in Apr 2020 and "I assume we are pending for getting an interview scheduled" (of course Embassy is closed and not  yet open in China)

3. I think in general the proclamation/ban covers the case of "Spouse of PR who is outside US"

4. Is the ban for actually issuing VISA or I-130 approval (reason asking is I am still seeing active thread in this session about scheduled interview.....)

Thank you very much.

1 hour ago, Ahsan1 said:

I do have the only 5:

Photographs

Police certificate

Passport bigraphic page

Birth certificate

Marriage certificate

 

As I have seen u still don't uploaded photographs and police certificate make sure to upload them soon otherwise NVC will review them at later time when they were uploaded

thank you very much! Took a bit more time to get police record. But will do ASAP. 

On 10/22/2019 at 9:50 AM, Ahsan1 said:

You can check the current case documents review time on this website:  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/collect-and-submit-forms-and-documents-to-the-nvc/step-6-submit-documents-to-the-nvc.html

 

Make sure you do submit every document as per demand otherwise they are gonna take another 4-8 weeks to check that. I have submitted all documents and accepted but yet not given any interview date.

This link is super helpful, Thanks Ahsan1.

Just a quick confirmation, all cases documents you refer are list under "Civil Documents" ?

In my case, only 5:

Photographs

Police Certificate

Passport Biographic page

Birth certificate

Marriage Certificate

also want to know

how long does it take for status to show as "accept" after submit? (instant? i haven't submitted the civil documents yet)

21 hours ago, designguy said:

Ah sorry I saw the EB-2 in your profile and assumed. My bad. Go ahead and call ill keep my fingers crossed for you

called USCIS, they said they only start a process to check if it is above 90 days.

And for NVC, they said they can offer instruction when above 6 weeks.

Looks like I have no choice but wait

16 minutes ago, designguy said:

Was yours a self petition or through an employer?

It is a F1A case. I am the petitioner. 

1 minute ago, designguy said:

Yeah I received the NOA2 on May 10th. And the USCIS site said it was approved. However it didnt change on the USCIS site to "Case sent to NVC..." until July 3rd. When I called on July 10th I got my case number. What does your status in USCIS say? It seems that sometimes there is a real delay in them sending it. Im sure EB2/EB3 are going to be similar

agree....I received NOA2 via mail on July 28th. A month later today, the website still says "we received your case", so the approval status is lagged significantly. 

calling USCIS in a bit to find out

5 minutes ago, designguy said:

My case wasnt sent to NVC until the 8th week but I got my case number a week later.

Thanks! in total it took 9 weeks for you to have the case number then?

5 minutes ago, USS_Voyager said:

It speeds up and slows down depending on the number of cases they receive. Most likely it is received, it's just waiting its turn to be entered into the system. You can call the NVC to confirm they have the case by giving them the USCIS receipt number, as well as they can tell you more precisely what the expected wait time is until it is in the system. 

Just called, spent 1hr waiting. They said they have not yet received the case. 

Trying to call USCIS now. 

See a few posts here on 90 days+ wait for case to be received by NVC. I have waited 4 weeks now since I-130 approval at the end of July.

Is this the normal timeline now? or this is only happen when case is lost during transferring

1 minute ago, Darnell said:

which visa designation will she be applying for ? your profile mentions 'EB-2' visa . 

F2A

39 minutes ago, jlc201 said:

The 2-year limit for determining who gets a conditional green card is based on the date when you enter the US, not the date of your interview. Typically, you will have about 6 months to enter the US from the date the visa is issued (or whenever your medical clearance expires). You could slow-walk the process now in order to delay the interview, but personally, I would just proceed on a regular timeline (which may involve additional, unforeseen delays anyway) and then wait to enter the US until the 2-year mark has passed.

Thanks for the explanation. 

If there is a 6 month allowance after visa granted, there should be enough time to slow walk the process, just at the last step: entering US right?

We recently got I-130 approved, and are waiting for NVC transfer. Based on the timeline people provided, the whole process will be another 4-5 months, which is around this Nov or Dec.

Next Feb 2020, my wife and I will be married for 2 years, and seeing some tips that we should take our time so that we interview next Feb, so that we could avoid 2 years conditional greencard.

Want to ask some advices here? what would be the best strategy, should I wait given it is 2 months out, or should I secure the card first? How hard it is or how much paper work for removing conditions on greencard?

Thank you!

how will the welcome package be sent? to petitioner address? or beneficiary address? or email address? 

On 7/24/2019 at 11:48 PM, Velsay said:

Received an email notification that my case (f2a - spouse) was approved this morning, PD of January 12th 2018.

this is great man! Congrats! My case f2a PD is March 2018. Trying to correlate.

is your case approved by California center or by a transferred processing center?

On 7/25/2019 at 11:04 PM, Khushi Kaur said:

My PD january 2018 my case transferred Nabarska center

how to know if the case is being transferred or not? My wife's PD is Mar 2018. Thanks!

5 hours ago, delish said:

Waiting for mine as well. Got transferred to vermont last june. Still no update. 

How to the case got transferred?

52 minutes ago, Tenreyro said:

The Filing Date, in the case of NVC, allows them to start processing cases with approved I-130, collecting fees and documents. The Final Action Dates, in Consular Processing, means interviews and visas for the people with dates up to the one shown there.

 

About the time, when I submitted my I-130, the waiting time for I-130 F2A was 6 months, that was Dec 2016, and I am still waiting for my apptoval. I believe and hope that your I-130 will be approved in 12 months, because this backlog is excessive, and I hope USCIS finds a balance. 

 

Filing Date for April 2018 is Sept 22, 2017, not Nov 2017. It should move by the time your I-130 gets approved, but nothing is 100% sure

Thank you very much! It explains the mystery.

2 hours ago, Tenreyro said:

You have done a thorough research. And you are right in a way that in the Immigration sphere makes sense. Meaning, yes, right now all those times are right, kind of. For example, instead of 22 months, it's a round 24 months, 2 years. Because the Visa Bulletin with May 1, 2016 date is the one for April 2018, and since it says "May 1", it is basically All the dates in April are getting interviews.

 

However, there are basically 3 steps: I-130 > NVC > Embassy

 

Extended version:

1. I-130 is sent > Approved > Sent to NVC  2. NVC: Wait for Filing Date > Sends instructions for fee payment and documents > Completes case > Sends it to Embassy 3. Embassy> Schedules Visa Interview> Gets Medical > Interview> Receive Visa

 

Yes, NVC begins to process the cases when the Dates for Filing are current, and the I-130 is approved. There you have to deal with their fees and requirements (Including DS260). All this reduced version excludes any possible RFE and Checklist that you could receive from USCIS or NVC, respectively. But the time it will take for your I-130 is not necessarily the one you said, it depends on the Service Center, right now California is the slowest one, but that you live there doesn't mean that it is where your application is. Your E-notification must say so in a way, if your Receipt Number starts with WAC, then your application unfortunately will be processed in California, which is the slow one right now, but that also changes from time to time (In Dec 2016, California was the fastest).

 

So, here is the 'kind of' mentioned before. All those time are correct. But only now, in the Immigration sphere, it makes sense now, but you never know what or how things are going to be in a year, maybe USCIS approves a new system to process applications, opens a new office in Maryland, (both real things they are developing right now) and applications speed up. Or maybe they apply both of those things, and no employee understands the system, and Maryland new agents need to be trained by experienced agents in other centers, and thus delaying the process. However, 2 years is the timeframe right now, if your wife is from China (mainland born), keep an eye on that part of the charts.

 

Last, but not least, Have you two been married since before you had your Legal Permanent Resident status? If so, you might have another option for you two, with less total time.

Thanks for this explanation. It helps a lot!  Unfortunately, we married after I obtained the LPR status.

One follow up question, the Filing date on visa bulletin is the time when NVC will send out package and beneficiary can start applying for visa? The Decision date is the time the visa will become available? 

In my scenario, the I-130(WAC) takes 16 months to processes, v.s. Filing date is 2017 Nov, only 4 months away,  when I-130 arrives NVC, it will immediate/already CURRENT. So the filing date actually does not matter to me(given current time frame)?

Hi folks, I read many articles here but still a bit confused on the timeline and process, hope to get some clarification.

I am a permanent residence living in US, and my wife is oversea. Just submitted I-130 for her this month and get NOA1 after 5 biz days(electronically).

1. What happen next is just to wait I-130 to be approved? which takes 16 months, given processing time is Nov 2016 form https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/processingTimesDisplay.do

2. When I-130 is approved, it would take 4-6 weeks for application transfer to NVC

3. NVC looks at Visa Bulletin Filing date? if current, they will process the application?

4. Not sure how NVC action, DS-260 associated with Filing date and final decision date?

5. Given Visa Bulletin final decision date is May 2016, does it mean it covers I-130's 16 months processing time, so (Mar 2018 - May 2016 = )22 months should be the time I expect for my wife to get immigration visa? and can come to US? or there will be more time added into the process?

Thanks!

Hi I am US permanent resident(green card), and would like to sponsor my spouse overseas. I saw many people have done this in the forum, but the instruction pinned at top is for children. 

Would like to know any specific instruction, packages, list of documents people are following, or just infer from the steps for children, and for US citizens, because the guides section does not contain anything for family based immigration for permanent residence.

thank you!