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    I-130 January 2020 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    On 10/8/2020 at 11:35 AM, Murph4865 said:

    May i ask what type of expedite you did?  I have thought about trying it but holding out cause our 2 yr anniversary is coming up in march which will put us up for the IR-1 aspect 10 yr green card. 

    The 2 year greencard time-frame does it slow the process for I130? I saw your post and we just past our 2 year anniversary. What effect if any is there do you know? 

    Thanks 

    Potomac Service Center

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    50 minutes ago, Ikhan said:

    California service center jumped from 5-7 months to 11-14 months. I just checked now since it just got updated and it's 12-16 months. I think all service centers are slower with exception of nebraska. Even texas processing time went from 5-7 to 6.5-8.5 months. 

     

    This might have something to do with the judge blocking fee hikes by USCIS. I guess they are slowing things down to make people suffer. 

    I did not here about this? Link? 

    Potomac filers 2020 thread

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    On 9/24/2020 at 11:24 PM, darth vader said:

    I am creating this thread so all Potomac filers from 2020 can connect here and we can get a clearer picture of what is going on at the Potomac service center. Apparently there have been folks from Feb, Mar and even Apr approved from Potomac while we are still seeing late Nov approvals.

    If you are a 2020 Potomac filer, please leave a comment about your case updates such as - transfers, date changes, on-paper or online application, and approvals.

    Feb 3rd PD and last touched on Feb 22nd. Nothing since. I just checked 2 weeks ago if the case was still there and it is. 

    Japanese Police Certificate Upload

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted · Edited by stringpuller

    On 10/2/2020 at 6:28 PM, Krin said:

    Hi all,

     

    My husband and I have gotten to the uploading of civil documents for the Consular Electronic Application Center.  We are applying for a CR-1 visa from Japan.

    He got his police certificate and we uploaded it to the website due to these instructions from here:

     

    Special Seal(s) / Color / Format: Japanese Police Certificates are issued in a sealed envelope. If the seal is broken, the certificate is considered invalid. Visa applicants should not open a sealed envelope containing a Police Certificate. The applicant must bring the original Police Certificate in a sealed envelope to the U.S. Embassy/Consulate at the time of his/her interview. Applicants should only send a photocopy of the sealed envelope to the National Visa Center, but not the actual police certificate itself.

     

    We scanned the sealed envelope and uploaded it.

     

     

    Today, we got an email from the CEAC.  The message said:

     

    The police certificate required for JAPAN does not need to be submitted through CEAC. The issuing authority will send the police certificate directly to the interviewing consulate or embassy. Please use our Document Finder at https://nvc.state.gov/find for acceptable documents guidelines.

     

    What???

    This is super confusing- we are located in Japan so my husband could go get another police certificate, but do we need to?

    I also cannot remove the Police Certificate upload from our documents.

     

    I don't know what to do :< Any guidance?

    Is this the normal procedure for all police records? Meaning they are not opened until interview? 

    I-130 December 2019 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    6 hours ago, Binh D said:

    It's been over 9 months since we received the NOA1 (Dec 21st) at TCS. So I just tried to create and inquiry on USCIS's website.

    And it said: "Your application or petition is currently within the posted processing times. An inquiry may not be created at this time. Further information about recent processing times can be viewed on the uscis.gov webpage. If you have other questions regarding your application or petition, contact USCIS Customer Service at 1-800-375-5283 or 1-800-767-1833 (TTY)."

    How is everybody doing?

    so they are rejecting the inquirey? What is TSC time-line right now? Thats odd because according to the website timeliness it looks like you are past. ??  

    Confusing Interview (Colombia): Refused/Administrative Processing?

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    On 9/3/2020 at 10:52 AM, geraldineacevedo1 said:

    Hello All!

    I wanted to update on my situation for my Expedited CR-1 Visa and clear up some nerves that I have about our situation.

     

    My husband went to his interview September 1st at the USA Embassy in Bogota, Colombia.  I was, unfortunately, unable to attend because travel from USA to Colombia is still on hold. 

     

    The process took many hours of the day from around 12PM-5PM.  The official who interviewed him was a young man (we believe he was a new employee, unsure), north american, and there was a woman (who we believe was his supervisor)  telling him what to ask my husband in Spanish. They asked him a lot of questions regarding our relationship, and all seemingly went well.  He provided all financial proof, which is very solid, and many photographs of our relationship.

     

    My husband was denied 2 tourist visas previously due to lack of knowledge regarding the visas. 1 he had applied to before he had met me and he was with his ex-girlfriend at the time, and the other he applied to 6 months into our relationship.

     

    The part that is a bit confusing now is that they asked him about the 1st tourist visa denial, where and with WHOM he was living with when he met me in March of last year. I was aware that he was living with his ex-girlfriend and transitioning out of their apartment together, and apparently the official knew about this too! The official actually mentioned his ex-girlfriend's name and the family that he lived with!

    This was a shock to me... I am really unsure if they did a background check on where he lived, because honestly it was quite random. Perhaps it raised some suspicions because they kept asking about that topic. 

     

    Then, the Officer asked to take a look at his cell phone and he went through all the chats and pictures of every person.  He asked who EVERY SINGLE PERSON was in his chats!!! Everything seemed to be fine and clear, according to my husband, the official said to the supervisor "I see no signs of any woman. This relationship looks legitimate, everything is normal" to his supervisor.  Thank God my husband and I never delete our conversations or anything like that and we are in constant communication through chats, voice messages, photos, videos, etc.. The officer proceeded to take his cellphone to where the supervisor was and they kept looking through his cellphone, and investigated it for about 20 more minutes.

     

    After the interview was over, the officer was smiling and laughing and said to my husband "Look, I would really like to approve your visa right now, but we have to do something with the US government, and now we have to wait for the next step. You will receive an email in a few days about the next step."

     

    My husband was quite shocked because they said no documents were missing and they didn't say WHAT the problem was. They kept ALL of our documents and took his passport, which I'm hoping is a positive sign?? I'm very confused about all of this. I thought the visa interview would have gone smoothly, and I wish I could have been present to speak to the official in English about the doubts they had, because it seems some things were getting lost in translation. 😣 Our marriage is solid and we had all the evidence that they asked of us, so I'm torn up about what happened, but trying to stay optimistic.

     

    So, I guess we are under AP according to our status:

     

     

    I understand that there is still hope with Administrative Processing and it could take a few days, weeks, months or even years to get the visa issued... or am I wrong here? From what I have seen, others have had similar experiences with this.  Hearing your perspectives would be so helpful! VJ has been a huge help to me during this process.

     

    Thank you so much!

    I cant believe they got that intrusive of his cell phone. Some of these officers are ridiculous. 

    Anyway I hope it works out for you. I would have to say they are just suspicious because of the living with GF and the past rejections. 

    Anyone with cr1 /I-130 in Vermont SC?

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    On 9/2/2020 at 6:18 PM, Cecilia & Jorge said:

    Our PD is June 24, 2019 we were transferred from Nebraska to Vermont in February 2020. My lawyer mentioned that our case was out of processing time so i called and put in a service request 7/29/2020. The service request response was that the case was pending consideration with and officer and that we would receive notice or decision soon. 

    Pending consideration? Nice wording they use. After the background check and checked to make sure your marriage is legit the approval shod be issued. Its almost like they can play god over your life if you don't fit the officers narrative of the ideal marriage. 

     

    Anyone with cr1 /I-130 in Vermont SC?

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    On 8/27/2020 at 7:37 AM, Kuchiki said:

    I'm in the same situation as you. Got case transferred from Texas to vermont. Its been 13 months now. Case is still pending and is within the normal processing times of VSC. I did live chat with a representative asked about the case status they again gave a vague reply that it is pending and is within normal processing times of Vermont which are crazy long (21 to 27.5 months as per USCIS website). The VJ timelines aren't that accurate so I would suggest you to keep up to date with the USCIS processing times on their site. I personally never wrote to VSC so can't quite comment on how helpful it would be. Expect a generic reply from them though. But for your own satisfaction you may write to them.

    processing times for a spouse should not take years. No matter were its at. Its frustratingly ridiculous. 

    Approved 1-130 case has not been transferred to NVC

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    On 9/3/2020 at 1:51 PM, rparra0013 said:

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    I am a U.S citizen and the 1-30 petition for my wife(Mexican national)  has been approved but has not been transferred to the NVC.  It has been more than 4 months. I contacted the USCIS and they told me to wait 30 days because they escalated the case to a supervisor. Has this happened to anyone before and what else should I do?

    Little back story, my wife has been here since she was 3 years old and has had DACA since she was 17 years old.

    How do you know it was approved? 

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