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So it took 2 months nvc to get an interview in Hungary..
I wonder how long it will be for Turkey😒 they are saying around 4-6 months 

Congratulations 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️

I wanna give a huge thanks to this community for all the help I received while going through the 601A waiver process. 
601A received August 16, 2018
601A approved: May 30, 2019
Interview: August 7, 2019
SSN: August 26, 2019
GC arrived: September 7, 2019
 Thank God! 🙏

I wanna give a huge thanks to this community for all the help I received while going through the 601A waiver process. 
601A received August 16, 2018
601A approved: May 30, 2019
Interview: August 7, 2019
SSN: August 26, 2019
GC arrived: September 7, 2019
 Thank God! 🙏

I wanna give a huge thanks to this community for all the help I received while going through the 601A waiver process. 
601A received August 16, 2018
601A approved: May 30, 2019
Interview: August 7, 2019
SSN: August 26, 2019
GC arrived: September 7, 2019
 Thank God! 🙏

Pretty much "I want to say 90 percent" applications are getting approved for this 601a.. either or after rfe.. The important and bothering part is overseas.. wishing everyone good luck here.. cause everyone deserves the best after all this patience..🙏🙏

Approved today!!!
Receipt: Nebraska Nov 19,2018
No RFE. God is good!!! Keep faith!!

Safe travels and good luck on the interview! Update us as soon as you can! I will be thinking of you! 🙏🏻

Hello Friends,
Update. My I601A approved on June 3, 2019. My NVC side closed in 2018. I already filled DS-260 and 864 last year. So I asked new interview from Consulate. They were nice and helpful in the email.
I will leave the country next week for going the interview first week of August. 
I should travel 3 weeks earlier than interview because the medical result they said after 10 days. I super nervous...back after 9 years. Please, support and pray for me. 🙏

Hello Friends,
Update. My I601A approved on June 3, 2019. My NVC side closed in 2018. I already filled DS-260 and 864 last year. So I asked new interview from Consulate. They were nice and helpful in the email.
I will leave the country next week for going the interview first week of August. 
I should travel 3 weeks earlier than interview because the medical result they said after 10 days. I super nervous...back after 9 years. Please, support and pray for me. 🙏

Hello Friends,
Update. My I601A approved on June 3, 2019. My NVC side closed in 2018. I already filled DS-260 and 864 last year. So I asked new interview from Consulate. They were nice and helpful in the email.
I will leave the country next week for going the interview first week of August. 
I should travel 3 weeks earlier than interview because the medical result they said after 10 days. I super nervous...back after 9 years. Please, support and pray for me. 🙏

Ties, Please don't cry. It will be ok. I am routing for you and praying. I know how draining it is, remember we were just in this boat together. Just because I got an approval doesn't mean I stop praying that you will get through too. This RFE is just a bump in the road, Pretty soon we will be talking about this experience and how we grew from it. We got this in the name of Jesus. Positive vibes my friend🙏.  Oh, We don't have a date yet, hubby had emergency surgery that set us back a little. But we will be able to send everything hopefully Friday.  

Wow! Potomac supposed to be faster 😑 pls update us as soon as you get your approval 🤟 good luck..

Yaaay! Congratulations!!! 
Best wishes on  your next step 😊

Congrads!!!
 

🙌🏻🙏🏻 Awesome news!!!! Congrats 🎉😘

Just updated you guys my case cc 6/14/2019 @ nvc and on 6/20/2019 we got an email we have our appointment at U.S. Embassy Guatemala on 7/9/2019😱😱😱 everything so fast!! After cc date

Hello all, 
I found this forum about a week ago being that it was almost my 9 month mark I wanted to hear similar stories.
Received date was 10/20/2018
Biometrics- December 2018
I601A was just approved today... 6/24/2019!
Theres a light at the end of the tunnel guys. I'm so happy!

Thank you so much for sharing your experience! Was very insightful!

Sure. At the medical appointment they ask for your consular appointment confirmation and your passport. They take your finger print to log into the system. Every exam they do they ask you to  scan your thumb to be sure it's you. They have two groups: women and children and then men. They take some blood samples. Then take you to a dressing room where they ask you to undress and wear a paper gown. Then take your chest X-Rays. They ask you to get dress again. They weight you and measure you, then do a vision test. Very simple like read those letters kind of test. Then you go to a private room, get the paper gown back on. A female doctor ask you about how many kids you have, do you smoke, use drugs and then check for tattoos on your body. They ask you to get dress and go to another waiting area where they give you vaccines. I didn't have my immunization record so they recommended 3 shots. Then they ask you to go to the front desk to pay and to get your passport back. I payed a total of $425 dis. They accept cash or card, Mexican or American. I paid with my debit card. They ask you to come back after 3pm to get your results. The sealed envelope you get there can't be opened by you. You give it to the council at the time of interview. 
 
For the counsel interview they ask you to be there 30 minute before your appointment. They won't let you in before so there is no pain of getting there too early. My appointment was at 8:45. I got there at 8. There were many people waiting. When it was 8:15 they ask that all the 8:45 appointments to go and make a line. Security check you. They don't allow cell phones or make up or any food. I had a bag with all my documents, they just asked me to open it to see inside. I took so many papers just in case they would ask for something. Many people get in administrative processing because they think you might be a burden to the system if your Petitioner doesn't make enough money to support you. They have a poverty guideline table that shows how much money should show on your income tax papers according to your family size. I work but I wasn't sure if they were going to take my income to join it with my husband so I had an AOS filled up by my son in case they asked me for a cosponsor. I had 3 years of taxes. I even got the income tax transcripts for 3 years because now a day they ask for that instead of copy of your income tax. Anyway, my bag was full of this and that just in case something. 
 
At the first check point they asked me to show my passport, appointment confirmation and DS-260 confirmation. We all got a number there. Then we all went to sit outside under a shed. After about an hour they took us inside to another set of chairs and they called our number to a window. There, I saw some people having trouble because they didn't bring the paperwork they needed. They only asked me for the Mexican police report, the medical results,  my original birth certificate, my original marriage certificate and my original divorce judgement. I had all of my 5 kids original birth certificates but they didn't ask me for anything else. Let me tell you that I did everything by myself without attorney, even my 601a waiver. So I was sure everything I sent to NVC was correct. And I knew every single paper they might ask me by heart. Afterward they asked me to go to the black chairs to wait. The black chairs were just a few rows and the green chairs where about double the number of chairs. There were more people waiting in the green chairs section so I got a little nervous.
 
After about another 30 minutes waiting, they ask me and others to get up and go to the line waiting for the interview. There were two lines, one for the black chairs and other one for the green chairs. We were next to each other. There were windows on the left and on the right. The windows on the left were for the black chairs and the right for the green chairs. The two lines of people waiting were in the middle. I waited standing up about 45 minutes for my turn. You can hear every single interview. There were more windows open for the green chairs. For what I could hear, the green chairs were either Petitioned by residents or they had to be asked more questions because something wasn't clear enough for them. It seemed to me like the black chairs window would ask less questions. Maybe because the cases were easier or everything was clear and evidence complete. But that's just my opinion. Both windows would approve or give blue paper. Blue paper meant something was missing or they didn't qualify . If you got a green paper it meant everything was good and you got approved. 
 
The council I got was a young American lady. She asked for my name and then we did the swearing to tell the truth and ask you to scan your fingerprints. She asked my who was my petitioner. I said my husband. She asked if it was our first marriage. I said no, that I was divorced. She asked me for the date of my divorce. Then she asked me for the date I married my new husband. If we had kids in common(we have 3). She asked me how I met my husband. She asked me when was the first time I entered into the US. I told her the date. Then she asked me when I got out. I told her after two years and gave her the date. Then she asked when I got back. Told her all the dates I entered. Three times in total. She asked if all the times without visa and I said yes. (I have to clarify that all of the times I entered were before 1997. If you get two entrances after 1997 you get 10 years ban, there is no waiver for that.) She then asked me if I had any problems with the police or immigration services and I said no. Then she looked in the computer, got the green paper out and said congratulations you have been approved. She gave me my original papers and kept the passport. The interview lasted about 5 minutes. Sorry for the long explanation but before I got my appt I was also curious of how it went for other people and loved to read details. Good luck to all!
 
Oh I forgot. My interview was on a Friday and then Monday was Memorial Day. On Wednesday morning I got an email that my package was ready to be picked up. It took 10 minutes for me to get it at the same place where we do biometric's appointment. The same day I entered through Cd Juarez Zaragoza bridge. Walking. It took 30min waiting for the officer to stamp my passport. They give you a visa good for one year but they tell you to pay online $220 for USCIS to process your residence card. 

I was lucky because NVC closed my case and scheduled interview to me last year. So NVC forward my case to Consulate without approved waiver. I contacted with Consulate and explained Immigration never informed NVC, I applied waiver ...
Consulate was very helpful and cancelled my appointment. They said, when my waiver approved just contact with Consulate and they will give me new interview date. So my waiver approved now and I will go to the interview on August 7th.. 
My advice ask NVC closed your case if you sent them everything and try to deal with your Consulate. 
 

Approved!!! 
Receipt date: 9/20/18 Nebraska 
Approved: 6/6/19
Currently: screaming in my car 
No attorney, this was a learning journey wow 

Guys, 
 
God is so good, we got a call from our Lawyer and was told that we were approved!  Guys, I can not tell you how relieved I am.  We did not get our approval letter yet, but I have faith. Now on to the journey of NVC and hoping Guatemala has a quick turn around!  Peeps, keep your head up, don't be like me and freak out at every news update. I will continue to pray for all on here that are still waiting.  Blessings

Thank you so much.
Hungary, Europe 

Congratulations!  What country will your appointment be at?