Justus Forever

The sad thing is that Biden will most like put the illegals ahead of thousands and thousands of people that have done the legal filings and spent lots of money to come to the US. It makes me mad that those that sneak across the border would have ANY priority over anyone legal. I’m glad my husband is here already and we don’t have to go through too much more going forward. 

I’ve been in contact with my Senators office and working with an advocate since last October but she is only been in contact with NVC. I am going to ask her and encourage her to contact the embassy directly.

I agree, this is why we need to stay on top of things. Later this month when the visa issuances for the month of April are released I expect to see more immediate relative (IR1, IR2, K1, & K2)  visas issued than the previous month. And that trend should continue as we progress through this year. Embassy in Haiti will use all excuses possible  from covid to insecurity to issue minimal immigrant  visas to Haitians. We as U.S. citizen petitioners are our family member's only advocates. The  embassy in Haiti needs to know we are privy to what is going on. Meanwhile the neighboring country is issuing twice as much immigrant visas although they have more cases of covid. Hence why I advise those waiting 18 months or longer for their beneficiaries interview to be scheduled to be proactive. Call the Haiti  embassy tell them you aware of the prioritization for immediate relatives of U.S. citizens to get their interviews scheduled by the direction of the department of state. Embassy in Haiti needs to get the ball rolling, the backlog will not clear with just 140 IR1 visas issued a month. The backlog for interviews in Haiti dates back to 2019! We're practically in the middle 2021! Very ridiculous. The DR did 347 in March, I hate to compare but I have to. 

I just read this early this morning and I swear Haiti acts as if they don't have to following rules and it's all embassies 

This is true because you don't have to pay once in the states all the money k1 and half of the money cr1 will pay to get a 10yr green card k1 have to file just for a 2yr but they have their family cr1 comes on a 2yr but have to pay to get 10 yr. 

For anyone interested this article was released Friday  April 30th by the state department. It explains the prioritization of visa categories at embassies and consulates to reduce the interview backlog at all posts.
 
Immigrant Visa Prioritization
Last Updated: April 30, 2021  
As noted in our recent visa services operating status update, the Department of State is committed to sharing the current status of our worldwide visa operations.  As part of that effort, we would like to provide more details regarding how our embassies and consulates are prioritizing immigrant visa applications as the Department works to reduce the backlog of such applications resulting from travel restrictions and operational constraints caused by the global COVID pandemic.
The health and safety of our personnel, U.S. citizens seeking assistance abroad, individuals seeking immigration benefits, and local populations is paramount.  Posts that process both immigrant and nonimmigrant visas are prioritizing immigrant visa applications while still providing some nonimmigrant visa services.  However, the volume and type of visa cases each post will process continues to depend on local conditions, including restrictions on movement and gathering imposed by host country governments.  In addition, consistent with U.S. government guidance on safety in the federal workplace, U.S. embassies and consulates have implemented social distancing and other safety measures, which have reduced the number of applicants consular sections are able to process in a single day.  Consular sections will resume providing all routine visa services as it is safe to do so in that particular location.
The petitioners and applicants in the immigrant visa process are more than just numbers.  We acknowledge the stress and hardships they have borne during the past year of reduced operating capacity as a result of COVID and necessary measures taken to protect health and safety or to comply with local requirements, as well as COVID-related limitations on their travel or visa issuance.  We also recognize the importance of each immigrant visa category.  However, during the pandemic the Department has been forced to make difficult decisions regarding how our consular sections should prioritize immigrant visa applications as they operate at limited capacity and as they work through a backlog of immigrant visa cases once they resume full operating capacity.  The guiding principle on which we have based immigrant visa prioritization is that family reunification is a clear priority of the U.S. Government’s immigration policy, a priority is expressed in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).  Specifically, the Department’s prioritization relied on clear direction from Congress that the Department must adopt a policy of prioritizing immediate relative visa applicants and K-1 fiancées of U.S. citizens, followed by family preference immigrant visa applicants.    
Consistent with those objectives, U.S. embassies and consulates are using a tiered approach to triage immigrant visa applications based on the category of immigrant visa as they resume and expand processing.  While our consular sections, where possible, are scheduling some appointments within all four priority tiers every month, the following lists the main categories of immigrant visas in priority order:
Tier One: Immediate relative intercountry adoption visas, age-out cases (cases where the applicant will soon no longer qualify due to their age), and certain Special Immigrant Visas (SQ and SI for Afghan and Iraqi nationals working with the U.S. government)
  Tier Two:  Immediate relative visas; fiancé(e) visas; and returning resident visas
  Tier Three: Family preference immigrant visas and SE Special Immigrant Visas for certain employees of the U.S. government abroad
  Tier Four: All other immigrant visas, including employment preference and diversity visas Many embassies and consulates continue to have a significant backlog of all categories of immigrant visas.  This prioritization plan instructs posts to maximize their limited resources to accommodate as many immediate relative and fiancé(e) cases as possible with a goal of, at a minimum, preventing the backlog from growing in these categories and hopefully reducing it. However, the prioritization plan also instructs posts to schedule and adjudicate some cases in Tier Three and Tier Four each month.  The Department recognizes that visa applicants, particularly those in Tiers Three and Four, will face continued delays.  We further acknowledge that certain programs, including the diversity visa program, operate on a fiscal year basis as required by law.  The Department values the diversity visa program and is making every effort to process as many diversity visa cases as possible, consistent with other priorities, despite the severe operational constraints and backlog resulting from the COVID pandemic.  However, as a result of COVID the number of visas issued in lower-priority preference categories or in such programs as the diversity visa program likely will not approach the statutory ceiling in Fiscal Year 2021.   

I will definitely keep everyone updated!! Everything @Jacques'son stated is facts! CR1 will automatically fall into IR1 after 2 years of marriage. Thanks again for the information. I normally go every 2 months to Haiti to visit my husband, but I'm currently almost 8months pregnant, with our first baby and can't travel anymore. So I'm really just ready for him to get here and for this process to be over. Talk to you guys soon! Hopefully with an interview date🙏🏾

Thanks, I’ll look, I guess that’s one benefit of it taking so long 

Yes. After two years of marriage it will fall under the IR1 category. Log into your NVC CEAC and on the homepage (top right-hand corner) of your log in it will now show IR1 instead of CR1. This happens automatically to the best of my knowledge.

You're welcome, please let us know how it goes. I was documentarily qualified in July 2020 so I'm a long way from interview. However, for anyone DQ'd (for Haiti) in mid to late 2019 they should have gotten an interview already, gotten an interview letter, or be close to an interview. CR1/IR1 are the priority along with other categories where the petitioner is a U.S. citizen. Non immigrant visa Categories and non-citizen petitioners should not get interviews before backlog of CR1/IR1 is cleared. We U.S. citizens qualified to vote and going through this immigration process with our love ones are part of the reason this biden administration is in place, they need to be  held accountable. Their campaign promoted and promised a better and fair immigration system, this is their chance to make that a reality.

The visa issuances for the month of March 2021 have been released. Embassy in Haiti issued 141 IR1 visas and only 2 CR1.  In my opinion if they double that amount of interviews going forward they could clear the backlog sooner. I read that all embassies and consulates have been directed to prioritize IR1, IR2, CR1, CR2, and K1. I suggest that anyone waiting for interview in Haiti and DQ'd from July 2019 and August 2019 to contact the embassy and emphasize their awareness that their visa category is of high prioritization based on information released by the state department. Also, emphasize that you are DQ'd from July or August 2019. Family of U.S citizens are supposed to be getting their interviews scheduled first. Embassy of Haiti needs to know that we are aware of what is supposed to be getting done, otherwise they will drag their feet.

I agree I was if anyone need to petition would be us CR/IR's and now I see the new news release once again it's about nonimmigrants are they serious yes to answer my own question and like I said I know they will have to go through more of the process but do it fairly which I see is no such thing for Haiti because other countries everyone is having interviews Haiti is just hateful to their own people and disrespectful to the US citizens. I will continue to pray for all of us especially spousal and family even after me I will pray because Haiti is something else. Have a good day

Good Morning All,
 
I just found out the Embassy is fully open but just like I'm not trying to get my hopes up high I don't want anyone else either lets all just pray it is. I tell people I stay busy at work and I visit as much as I can just came back in Feb. Since being home it's like I lost my mind seeing and I'm not hating because they will still a lot more to go through once they marry but seeing K1 and these m's and j's and f's go through like nothing is heart break. I also seen where K1's were starting a petition that really had me like huh. We need to stand up as USC and do something I don't know what to do but I am down for what's right. I pray for all of us and let's all pray things start moving faster

That is a long wait. Something needs to be done about this. They should have a time frame for this process. It is really unfair to watch people done within a year while others have to wait forever. 

Haiti definitely needs prayers. We all should be praying for this country, everything about Haiti is alarming. Let's keep praying for a better Haiti.

Just curious if anyone has any info on this....
 
Are the Embassy employees getting vaccinated for COVID?  Is it per the procedures of the country they are in or are they following Dept of State guidelines or what? 
I would hope that vaccinating the employees would protect them and allow the backlog to get moving. 
 
Just a thought. 

Good Morning All,
 
I just found out the Embassy is fully open but just like I'm not trying to get my hopes up high I don't want anyone else either lets all just pray it is. I tell people I stay busy at work and I visit as much as I can just came back in Feb. Since being home it's like I lost my mind seeing and I'm not hating because they will still a lot more to go through once they marry but seeing K1 and these m's and j's and f's go through like nothing is heart break. I also seen where K1's were starting a petition that really had me like huh. We need to stand up as USC and do something I don't know what to do but I am down for what's right. I pray for all of us and let's all pray things start moving faster

Good Morning all I was just checking and waiting checking to see if any of you have moved forward and waiting this long wait omg. I hope all is well and I am praying for all of us
 

Congrats that is great news I was going crazy seeing the k1s fly by that's awesome

Good morning 
yes, I did move forward. I had my interview and it went by good( we were missing “extres de marriage” my husband listened to someone else that had an interview before us that said we wouldn’t need it) we sent it in and less than a week later my husband visa was issued. I honestly thought it was going to be a Bit more delay but it wasn’t. 
p.s if you think you gonna need a paper bring it with you, at the interview it’s better to be over prepared than under prepared 

Honestly, I wouldn't. You don't really know that person and it sounds sketchy with the whole "I would marry you without knowing you". Sounds like a "I'd love a green card". Not necessarily the case, but possible. Anyways, going to a foreign country to meet a person you don't really know by yourself is too risky in my opinion. Make sure you have your friends with you when you first meet and if things go well, you can spend time with him alone. That's my advice. 

You pay when you're able to pay.  Tell him not to worry about it, it's in process of being paid. 
 
Put a reminder to make sure you've been able to pay it next week?  Don't forget to pay it, but a week isn't unreasonable, and will allow time to find a solution, should there be another error message.

They suggest to pay as early as possible, to make sure the card is received in a timely manner.  However, for one year after entry, the stamped visa is the same as a physical card.  You'll have time to fix it, should you still have problems in a few days.

It doesn't have to be paid before entry.  A greencard won't be issued until it has been paid,  so the sooner the better,  but it doesn't have any impact on his travel. 

This is what i just pulled up and to my knowledge you can pay either way it is recommended to pay before entering so there is no delays. Go on USCIS to read more i hope someone that just went through this help you faster