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They will most likelt issue the visa within 2 months. I know a lawyer who has filed 300 of these. 99 percent of the time the case dosent go to trial and Visa is issued. Good luck and keep us posted. 

Finally, our journey has come to an end as well. We picked up our visa today. Interview was 2 days ago, and visa was ready the 2 days after interview. We are ecstatic. The visas are being given out everyday, almost everyone is getting visas within a couple of weeks of interview. We talked to many many people who came, got their visas and left. Many were second interview (first interview was before the automated system) but many more were first interview like us. 
 
Bottom line, things are back to normal for the most part, almost everyone interviewing is getting visas. I did hear some refusals for men who have served in the military, but have not spoken to anyone that had this so I don't know how widespread it is. 
 
We are going to visit a few places in turkey and then hopefully fly into the US next week!
 
I wish everyone here speedy visas and unification with their loved ones. We were in AP for a day, and the mrs was going nuts, so I cannot begin to imagine what many on this board are going through. It is deeply unfair to people who interviewed between dec 2017 and july 2019, but the one piece of hope I can offer you is that many people I saw were getting visas were second interview where the first interview was 2018/early 19. 
 
 

Finally, our journey has come to an end as well. We picked up our visa today. Interview was 2 days ago, and visa was ready the 2 days after interview. We are ecstatic. The visas are being given out everyday, almost everyone is getting visas within a couple of weeks of interview. We talked to many many people who came, got their visas and left. Many were second interview (first interview was before the automated system) but many more were first interview like us. 
 
Bottom line, things are back to normal for the most part, almost everyone interviewing is getting visas. I did hear some refusals for men who have served in the military, but have not spoken to anyone that had this so I don't know how widespread it is. 
 
We are going to visit a few places in turkey and then hopefully fly into the US next week!
 
I wish everyone here speedy visas and unification with their loved ones. We were in AP for a day, and the mrs was going nuts, so I cannot begin to imagine what many on this board are going through. It is deeply unfair to people who interviewed between dec 2017 and july 2019, but the one piece of hope I can offer you is that many people I saw were getting visas were second interview where the first interview was 2018/early 19. 
 
 

Finally, our journey has come to an end as well. We picked up our visa today. Interview was 2 days ago, and visa was ready the 2 days after interview. We are ecstatic. The visas are being given out everyday, almost everyone is getting visas within a couple of weeks of interview. We talked to many many people who came, got their visas and left. Many were second interview (first interview was before the automated system) but many more were first interview like us. 
 
Bottom line, things are back to normal for the most part, almost everyone interviewing is getting visas. I did hear some refusals for men who have served in the military, but have not spoken to anyone that had this so I don't know how widespread it is. 
 
We are going to visit a few places in turkey and then hopefully fly into the US next week!
 
I wish everyone here speedy visas and unification with their loved ones. We were in AP for a day, and the mrs was going nuts, so I cannot begin to imagine what many on this board are going through. It is deeply unfair to people who interviewed between dec 2017 and july 2019, but the one piece of hope I can offer you is that many people I saw were getting visas were second interview where the first interview was 2018/early 19. 
 
 

Had our interview today in Ankara. Iranian beneficiary. They could not see many of our documents in ceac. Asked us to upload them again. I suspect because we switched embassy someone dropped the ball somewhere. They kept her passport and told her not to worry at all. They said once we upload documents in 3 to 5 days we should have our passport back with visa in it. Fingers crossed. Hopefully they kept her passport is a good sign. 

Had our interview today in Ankara. Iranian beneficiary. They could not see many of our documents in ceac. Asked us to upload them again. I suspect because we switched embassy someone dropped the ball somewhere. They kept her passport and told her not to worry at all. They said once we upload documents in 3 to 5 days we should have our passport back with visa in it. Fingers crossed. Hopefully they kept her passport is a good sign. 

Today we got an RFE in the mail stating:
 
Based on the documents submitted with Form I-864 Affidavit of Support, for the petitioning sponsor, the income did not meet 125 percent of the federal poverty guideline for the petitioning sponsor's household size.  
 
Current 125% poverty guideline for household size 2(petitioner + spouse):  $21,137
 
The employment letter stating income + pay statements for last whole year showcased that I was well above that poverty guideline.
 
We are so confused on why we got this RFE if it is clearly not the case.  
 
Any suggestions?  I am puzzled.
 
Also it is stating to submit all supporting tax documents for the most recent tax year, although I did not file for the last 3 years as I was not working, I have been working the whole year 2019 mostly since January, which I supplied all those pay stubs, and I explained in the more detail section of the I-864 why the box was checked for not filing taxes.

Has anyone heard of whats the situation as of now? I know in September and October they were giving out visas same day or same week of interview for spouses but of late i am not hearing much. Maybe people are just not posting as much. Has anyone from travel ban countries interviewed in November for the first time? What has been the outcome?

Has anyone heard of whats the situation as of now? I know in September and October they were giving out visas same day or same week of interview for spouses but of late i am not hearing much. Maybe people are just not posting as much. Has anyone from travel ban countries interviewed in November for the first time? What has been the outcome?

Its not actually bad - i think they take a few days to issue the visa. I dont think visas are granted same day.

This is a very opportune time to be an immigration lawyer. There are lawyers who have made upwards of a million dollars in less than a year.

There is light at the end of the tunnel. The DOS has testified to congress that they plan to finish the remaining 17K waiver adjudications within next 6 months. 
 
Law360 (September 24, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT) -- A U.S. Department of State official on Tuesday blamed the lengthy delays that have plagued the travel ban waiver process on a time-intensive manual security check, but told lawmakers that a new automated procedure rolled out this summer has significantly sped up the process.

Speaking before House Judiciary and House Oversight subcommittees, Edward Ramotowski of the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs said that waiver approvals had doubled in the last two months, since the department started automating part of the process to vet individuals from the nations targeted by President Donald Trump’s travel restrictions.

He also said the department plans to get through the rest of the waiver cases, which face a 17,000-case backlog, within the next six months.   https://www.law360.com/articles/1201847  

There is light at the end of the tunnel. The DOS has testified to congress that they plan to finish the remaining 17K waiver adjudications within next 6 months. 
 
Law360 (September 24, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT) -- A U.S. Department of State official on Tuesday blamed the lengthy delays that have plagued the travel ban waiver process on a time-intensive manual security check, but told lawmakers that a new automated procedure rolled out this summer has significantly sped up the process.

Speaking before House Judiciary and House Oversight subcommittees, Edward Ramotowski of the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs said that waiver approvals had doubled in the last two months, since the department started automating part of the process to vet individuals from the nations targeted by President Donald Trump’s travel restrictions.

He also said the department plans to get through the rest of the waiver cases, which face a 17,000-case backlog, within the next six months.   https://www.law360.com/articles/1201847  

There is light at the end of the tunnel. The DOS has testified to congress that they plan to finish the remaining 17K waiver adjudications within next 6 months. 
 
Law360 (September 24, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT) -- A U.S. Department of State official on Tuesday blamed the lengthy delays that have plagued the travel ban waiver process on a time-intensive manual security check, but told lawmakers that a new automated procedure rolled out this summer has significantly sped up the process.

Speaking before House Judiciary and House Oversight subcommittees, Edward Ramotowski of the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs said that waiver approvals had doubled in the last two months, since the department started automating part of the process to vet individuals from the nations targeted by President Donald Trump’s travel restrictions.

He also said the department plans to get through the rest of the waiver cases, which face a 17,000-case backlog, within the next six months.   https://www.law360.com/articles/1201847  

As much as I scream and yell about the stupidity of this policy and this administration, I am eternally grateful that I live in a country that empowers me as a citizen to drag these enormously powerful entities (Department of State, USCIS, embassies) to court and demand justice. There are probably very few countries in the world where ordinary citizens are this empowered. God bless this country and the principles it was founded on. May it stay this way forever. 
 
 

Our case just got to NVC. We wish to change the embassy. The file has not been transmitted to the original embassy yet, the case was created a week ago. Any idea how long it would delay our process if we requested NVC change our embassy to a different one ?

As much as I scream and yell about the stupidity of this policy and this administration, I am eternally grateful that I live in a country that empowers me as a citizen to drag these enormously powerful entities (Department of State, USCIS, embassies) to court and demand justice. There are probably very few countries in the world where ordinary citizens are this empowered. God bless this country and the principles it was founded on. May it stay this way forever. 
 
 

As much as I scream and yell about the stupidity of this policy and this administration, I am eternally grateful that I live in a country that empowers me as a citizen to drag these enormously powerful entities (Department of State, USCIS, embassies) to court and demand justice. There are probably very few countries in the world where ordinary citizens are this empowered. God bless this country and the principles it was founded on. May it stay this way forever. 
 
 

This can only mean that a new, faster process has been implemented for low risk individuals. The visas i have seen are mostly women and parents. Men are in there too but its maybe 30 percent men 70 percent women.
 
In your case being in saudi is a definite plus. Even previously i had seen 4 month ap for people in your situation.  But 20 days is a new record 🙂

This can only mean that a new, faster process has been implemented for low risk individuals. The visas i have seen are mostly women and parents. Men are in there too but its maybe 30 percent men 70 percent women.
 
In your case being in saudi is a definite plus. Even previously i had seen 4 month ap for people in your situation.  But 20 days is a new record 🙂

Does the annotation under the visa say "Presidential proclamation waived"?
 
I have seen close to 20 visas issued just in abudhabi just to iranians in july so something seems to be moving. Most of these interviewed in mid to late 2018 but surprisingly some from June 2019 as well.

This can only mean that a new, faster process has been implemented for low risk individuals. The visas i have seen are mostly women and parents. Men are in there too but its maybe 30 percent men 70 percent women.
 
In your case being in saudi is a definite plus. Even previously i had seen 4 month ap for people in your situation.  But 20 days is a new record 🙂

Does the annotation under the visa say "Presidential proclamation waived"?
 
I have seen close to 20 visas issued just in abudhabi just to iranians in july so something seems to be moving. Most of these interviewed in mid to late 2018 but surprisingly some from June 2019 as well.

Does the annotation under the visa say "Presidential proclamation waived"?
 
I have seen close to 20 visas issued just in abudhabi just to iranians in july so something seems to be moving. Most of these interviewed in mid to late 2018 but surprisingly some from June 2019 as well.

Does the annotation under the visa say "Presidential proclamation waived"?
 
I have seen close to 20 visas issued just in abudhabi just to iranians in july so something seems to be moving. Most of these interviewed in mid to late 2018 but surprisingly some from June 2019 as well.