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Regardless there is no acceptable reason our appropriated money is misused. They need to do a better job. Be more efficient. 

well. i got snarky with an agent. yes I called again to ask information about my case. I mean after all, this is what they are supposed to be giving us. information. So i called them to ask about the interview dates for my embassy, he gave me the same line about not being able to tell me anything that i just have to wait. so i asked him straight. " why do you have a customer service line to ask questions about our cases and yet you refuse to give us any information about the cases you claim you give service for?" AND he HUNG UP ON ME!! wonder if I struck a core! Jeez and to think we are actually PAYING for this 😕 SMH 

My husband just finished his interview today!! And it was approved!!  No pictures asked, no documents asked... they just asked my name, my work, and when did i come here in the US. 
Thank you VJ family!!! Hope you all receive good news soon!

Today I received the best news from my husband 🗣MY VISA WAS APPROVED!!!!!! To God be all the glory!!!!!! 

Congrats to you both 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🥂🥂😊

Oh.  Well I was going to write a cover letter.  Like this below:
 
" Dear Embassy Officer,
 
Enclosed, please find the following: 
 
A) Documents for the Petitioner, Michael Smith:
    1. Copy of Michael’s USA Passport 
    2. Copy of Michael’s USA Birth Certificate
    3. Form i864, filled out by Michael
    4. Michael’s Tax Return Transcript (obtained from the IRS Get Transcript Website) from the most recent tax year (2018)
    8. Michael’s 1040 from the most recent tax year (2018)
    9. Michael’s W-2’s from the most recent tax year (2018)
    10. Michael’s Business Certificate 

B) Documents for Joint Sponsor, Steven Jones:
    1. Form i864, filled out by Steven
    Steven’s Tax Return Transcript (obtained from the IRS Get Transcript Website) from     the most recent tax year (2017) as sent to the NVC 
    6. Steven’s 1040 from the most recent tax year (2017) as sent to the NVC
   7. Steven’s 2018 Tax Return Transcript (obtained from the IRS Get Transcript Website)
    8. Steven’s 2018 1040
    9. Steven’s 2018 W-2’s
    10. Steven’s 2019 Monthly Pay Stubs 
    11. Steven’s Employment Letter (this employment letter and the above 2019 Monthly     Pay Stubs were     used to calculate his CURRENT INCOME on form i864 (108,042.48))
    12. A Notarized Copy of Steven’s Certificate of Naturalization 
    A Notarized Copy of Steven’s Passport Bio Page "
 
 
 
...So, based on what you said, this cover letter would be useless even before the beneficiary walks into the interview room, as they will ask her to reorder the documents according to their liking anyway?

First, we have to bring everything on the checklist which we will arrange according to embassy list (for montreal, I read that they will give you your number and a checklist on how to arrange/order of document while waiting for your name to be called).  It is best to arrange everything by year. Also separate the set of documents you uploaded on CEAC.
 
Based on others stories, Yes.

I think it’s a form they give after interview. If they need more docs or whatever. Another delay

Hopefully my experience will help someone else. We will get through it. At least all our petitions are at the Embassy waiting for the interview. 

I am so sorry to hear this. 
 
I know it totally sucks to wait, but maybe is better not to delay your interview until next year as you never know they might ask you for more documents (such as new tax transcripts and don’t forget that police certificates are only good for one year). 
 
If I was you I would get this over as soon as a interview spot opens up. Your beneficiaries will still have 6 months to enter the US once the immigrant visa is approved. 

With expedites we set our own interview appointments.  Normally NVC does that.  There were a bunch of anomalies that happened but to make a long story short, we were DQ'd on May 1 but they didn't send the petitions to Manila until May 24 and June 2.  They scheduled the interviews then realized they were expedited so cancelled the interviews.  Now I'm trying to schedule them and there are no available slots.  The calendar is supposed to come back online in July.  So the system error that held us for a month may have also delayed our interview for 2 months.  
 
I was venting.  We just had a whole bunch of weird things happen where our expedite for school was approved but we won't interview until they are already in their 3rd month of school there so we are now deciding whether to let them finish and do the interview sometime next year since school has started and they won't be in the states before school starts here.
 
The expedite probably works for everyone else but we had interview dates scheduled and cancelled and now we have a few months before we know if we can get a slot.  If we didn't expedite we would be interviewing on July 12.  As it stands, we have no way of knowing when we will interview.

Ask @John & Rose

This is what we used...beware.  Our expedite actually slowed us down...
 
Dear Sir or Madame,
 
I am requesting an expedite for my CR-1 visa petitions.  My step son and step daughter (information below) both attend private school in Manila.  Payment of tuition is due in May and must be paid in full to enroll them.  With the timing of these petitions we are afraid that we will need to pay for the full year tuition for both XXXX and XXXX and we do not know how long they will actually need to be enrolled.  We have talked to the school and they will require full payment in May for school that starts in June in Manila.
 
We are hoping this works out where we can interview before the payment is due as that would allow me to be there at the interview with them.  School in Chicago starts in August so we are also concerned with having them registered and in class on the first day.
 
Our petitions were approved at USCIS on XX/XX/XXXX.  They were forwarded to NVC on XX/XX/XXXX.
 
 
Request  for NVC Expedite
 
YSCXXXXXXXXXX
Name
DOB XX/XX/XXXX
 
 
YSCXXXXXXXXXX
Name
DOB XX/XX/XXXX
 
 
YSCXXXXXXXXXX
Name
DOB XX/XX/XXXX
 
 
 
Thank you and any consideration would be greatly appreciated.
 
Petitioner
DOB XX/XX/XXXX

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Have you been able to schedule the interview for your family since your expedite request was approved?
 
Our expedite moved very quickly as the day after we got notification from the NVC confirming that our expedite got approved we received an email from the consulate in Rio de Janeiro to schedule our own interview including biometrics/pictures.
 
So I guess it depends of the embassy/consulate how fast they move?

Usajobs.com 
 
If you are a citizen or Greencard holder (in some cases) you can apply. If you need assistance let me know. It's not like the private sector application process. 
 
The NVC uses contractors but there are thousands of federal jobs out there. Some are located outside the USA if that's your interest. 
 
I know it was a joke about how they just get paid and chill... But you just don't know how true that is. 

Usajobs.com 
 
If you are a citizen or Greencard holder (in some cases) you can apply. If you need assistance let me know. It's not like the private sector application process. 
 
The NVC uses contractors but there are thousands of federal jobs out there. Some are located outside the USA if that's your interest. 
 
I know it was a joke about how they just get paid and chill... But you just don't know how true that is. 

Usajobs.com 
 
If you are a citizen or Greencard holder (in some cases) you can apply. If you need assistance let me know. It's not like the private sector application process. 
 
The NVC uses contractors but there are thousands of federal jobs out there. Some are located outside the USA if that's your interest. 
 
I know it was a joke about how they just get paid and chill... But you just don't know how true that is. 

USCIS is thumbs up for me coz i didnt expect to get it faster and earlier than what was shown on their website.
NVC——————— not telling 🤣
IL: coming soon 😁

For sure. All of our NVC stage batch if we get hired, nobody will go insane and die of waiting when they get reviewed. We know what applicants feel so we understand them better. Even the reps 🌝

This is awesome info!!. Thanks.

My Husband has his interview today. He was an approved! They wanted t know how we met and ask a bit for my family. But the process was quite simple. Good luck everyone! One he receives his passport next week, we will both be heading to the US to start our lives! ☺️☺️

For anyone who cares to know... 
Unfortunately not every person posts on VJ. So the statistics on VJ are not exact (although they are still helpful). 
 
It may seem as though many IR and CR interviews are not given out because not everyone is using VJ. 
 
Here is the April report from the Department of State where you can see how many are given for each category at each embassy:
 
https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigrant-Statistics/MonthlyIVIssuances/APRIL 2019 - IV Issuances by Post and Visa Class.pdf

To all who got dates yesterday... congrats....
June will be a great month of CC, IL and Approvals for us all.....In Jesus Name.. Amen

It depends on the category. Ir1 and Cr1 is based on time in que after CC. Basically based on CC. You wait in the CC line with all those in that category. If your category is something other than spouse married to American citizen then its based on PD. Ill post the link where this is explained later.