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23 minutes ago, Hilde said:

@DeParaquedasBrasi did you see this? Seems that interviews have started to be scheduled... in Sept!

Meus Deus!!!! I jumped out of my chair when I read this haha. Thank you so much for tagging me. I’d like to know if more people have had interviews in Rio. This gives me hope. 😍

5 hours ago, Alix64 said:

Congratulations !

 

In our case, eventhough, our file was still "at NVC" on NVC's website this morning...

I have just received the interview email !!! 👍 It is set for July 22nd in the morning.

I am very happy (of course) and anormally calm about it (I think I have not processed the news).

😋 

Oh my god! That’s so amazing and exciting. Congratulations!!!!!

8 hours ago, MS&JA said:

Hi guys, I thought I'd share some State Dept. updates.

 

-State Dept. operations in the DC metro area will go into Phase I on June 15

-Spain has resumed US Citizen mail-in passport services as of June 11- Germany has done the same thing. I assume other Schengen facilities are doing the same thing but there's too many to check page by page.

-The Wuhan Consulate will be reopening later this month

-Greenland is open

 

According to the State Department plan, if facilities can sustain conditions for 14 days after Phase I, they can move to Phase II, and if they do so for another 14 days, they move on to Phase III.

 

As a result, if all goes well (and that's also doubtful on its own) Phase III could be reached in as little as 28 days from June 15.

 

This group has been very helpful to us and we hope everyone can be reunited/go home as soon as possible. 

 

Have a nice weekend! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the info, very hopeful info. 
but what exactly does “sustain conditions” mean? 

So I heard back from NVC about my second expedite request. Turns out they keep track and won’t even send your second request to the embassy for them to answer. 
Usually you get two emails:

1. Saying they sent your request to the embassy for them to review. 
2. Email is either a yes or no. 
 

Today I got the first (and only) email from the NVC sayin that I already had previously requested an expedite and the embassy had already said no and blah blah blah (I stopped reading after I saw what it was about). 
So apparently requesting a second expedite doesn’t work since NVC won’t even forward it to the embassy. 
The only positive thing I got out of the email is that it says “If” something we’re to change that’s different from my previous request then I could ask again. I guess I’d have to fall in a coma or become extremely ill for it to be considered lol. 
anyways, sorry I couldn’t bring better news but I figured it help anybody hoping to try a second expedite. 
 

9 hours ago, Alix64 said:

It took them 10 days to respond to our email.

And here is the answer

 

Due to COVID-19 concerns, the U.S. Embassy in Paris has suspended visa services. We are unable to forward your expedite request to the U.S. Embassy for review. The U.S. Embassy will resume visa services as soon as possible but cannot provide a specific date. Please continue working with NVC to prepare your case. For the most up-to-date information about the U.S. Embassy's operating status, please visit the Embassy's website at https://usembassy.gov. You may wish to resubmit your request once the U.S. Embassy resumes routine services.

 

Naively, I thought that eventhough the Embassy was closed, they would still be working "backstage". It seems they are not. At least at the Embassy in Paris, city where now, most of the Covid is gone.

We send the email on June 1rst and got the reply early this morning (June10th).

 

Stressful in terms of work, flat rental, my family, etc. Hard to organise anything. I know we are all in the same situation so I'm sorry for complaining (but sometimes it feels good to do so 😤).

I'll stay positive

 

Take care guys,

Alix

 

It’s okay, I complain alllllll the time haha. It’s the only thing that keeps my from going crazy. I beat myself up thinking about the mistakes I made and how she would be here now if I hadn’t made those mistakes, but oh well. In portuguese we say “Não chore pelo leite derramado” (Dont cry about the spilled milk) 😂. I try to stay positive, I just hate when my family tells me to stay positive 😂 

1 minute ago, Lolonyo said:

Does anyone know from recent experience, how long it takes hear back on NVC expedite request?  Thanks 

It usually takes about 2 days for NVC to say they forwarded the request to the embassy/Consulate, and about another4-5 days to get the response from the embassy. Each one is different, but that’s about the time it took on mine. 

2 hours ago, David G said:

Boa Sorte! 🙏🏻

Obrigadão

Sent my 2nd Expedited request. Hopefully it lands in the hands of soft souled person. 🙏🏼

23 hours ago, Nenz.i said:

Hey everyone I thought I’d let you know what the woman from NVC told me on the phone today. She was actually the nicest lady ever and I thanked her for her kindness because it was very informational and she took the time to explain the situation to me without getting annoyed despite me asking a few questions. She basically told me that there are currently SOME embassies that are offering interviews in different countries (I didn’t ask specifically which ones because I didn’t want to over do it) and that each embassy will open up based on when they feel it is safe for the people in that specific office to go into work and when the people who are coming into the offices are safe (so if someone in a country is traveling a while to go to the embassy, their health won’t be affected). She specifically told me that it won’t be the “US embassies re opening” altogether and that each one will decide when. 

Thanks for the info, very helpful. But I still don’t understand how USCIS can open here in America when we have the highest number of cases yet other countries who have way less have to go thru a Phase period. 🧐🤔

3 hours ago, Hilde said:

Wasn´t aware of this. Thanks for pointing that out! 

Last time I checked that’s how it was being done. I doubt it’s changed haha. Do you know how things are things in Rio? Closed, open, mais ou menos? 
I’m in Texas so I don’t really know how things are running. My wife says that everything is basically normal in SC

On 6/3/2020 at 3:17 PM, Zeitzen said:

Got our approval today!

 

 

Sent all documents to NVC on 2020-05-20, got an email 2 days ago regarding my police records being wrong, submitted them again explaining that that was the only thing I could get (Argentina's consulate website had a step by step guide on how to get it, and even that was outdated) and just got our approval email!

 

There's one thing I don't understand though, the email says "NVC will work with the U.S. Embassy/Consulate General in BUENOS AIRES, ARG to schedule an interview appointment for you", but everywhere I've seen it says I should be the one requesting the appointment, did this procedure change?

 

Thanks!

Read the email once you receive you interview date and see what it says especially for Argentina. Because in Brazil they schedule our interview but we still have to create an account on the AIS US visa website and schedule it/ “confirm” the same date they gave us. It’s wierd. Just check for your specific country. 🤙🏻

22 minutes ago, razorontour said:

I understand the frustration with the delays to the immigration process but I have to object to this statement. It's a false equivalence to make between citizens protesting their brutalisation by those who are meant to be protecting them and your inability to have an immigration interview. The former group is protesting the trampling of their human rights while a visa interview is a courtesy afforded you by the US government, they don't technically owe you anything. So allowing one group to  congregate does not necessarily mean you have to allow the other. Saying you support non-violent protest does not absolve you from faulty logic. 

A “courtesy” would be receiving something  for free, not paying the fees that we pay for an interview. So in a sense they do “owe” me something. 
Regardless, that’s your opinion and I respect it. 👍🏻

8 hours ago, AarLar said:

Embassy responded to both my emails today, so they are definitely up to snuff with their emails.

Email 1. 
Dear Madam,

 

Unfortunately, we do not know when our regular visa services will resume, we cannot provide you with a time frame.

 

Could you please provide us your case number of your immigrant visa application?

 

email 2. 
Dear Madam,

 

We do not have access to your case yet because it is still pending with NVC. Once NVC determines the file is complete with all the required documents, they schedule the applicant’s interview appointment. NVC then sends the file to us where the applicant will be interviewed for a visa. Unfortunately, because of the current situation, there might be a delay.

 

Please contact NVC for any questions since your case is not with us yet.

 

auto-reply email. 
Thank you for contacting Amsterdam's Immigrant Visa Unit.

We review all messages, however we reply only to inquiries not covered below.  Due to a staffing shortage, we will do our best to reply within five business days to inquiries not covered below.

COVID-19 NOTICE:  Effective immediately, the U.S. Consulate General in Amsterdam is closed for non-emergency consular services, including visa appointments. If you have an emergency need to travel and are possibly eligible for an exception to the proclamation, we will respond to you within 2 business days to schedule a visa appointment.

So no progress.. 🤷‍♀️ Has anyone tried calling NVC about their letter? How long does it normally take for you to get it anyway?

 

Calling NVC won’t help. The times that I’ve called I’ve gotten very rude women. The last one literally asked me what I wanted and then said “the embassies are closed worldwide so what do you want?”. Then she told me to “play with” my fingers and login into the CEAC website once a year before the one year mark of paying my fees expires. 🤦🏻‍♂️ It’s useless. 

2 hours ago, David G said:

Don’t worry, we are not here to discuss anything that is not regarding our immigration journey. 
 thank you. 

 

No Worries. By the way,  I wasn't directing the political part towards you (I've seen your demeanor on here and know you're peaceful haha.) I was just leaving a general statement to anyone who might read my comment and get upset about whatever. Lets hope South America gets it together and opens the embassies at least....I even told my wife that I would fly to Brazil tomorrow if they gave a interview and ill wear a full hazmat suit if they asked just to get the visa. POR DIOS!!!!! haha

11 hours ago, David G said:

It must be a Latin America thing. We sent and expedite request to NVC and  they answered this:

 

"Good Day:

 

Thank you for your patience. We sent your request to the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia. However, they cannot expedite this case. To be fair to all applicants, the Department of State schedules immigrant visa interviews in the order that the cases complete processing at the NVC.

 

We will continue to work with you on this case. After we receive and review the documents, we will schedule a visa interview appointment."

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

And I don’t get it, our case is complete. we are already DQ since April 21. Maybe it is a general response  because they don’t have to review any document.
 

We are thinking to send the email directly to the embassy but we don’t want them to get angry or something. We don’t know. 

That’s the very same email I got, copy and paste. I feel that they just quickly look thru the email to see what we want and just slap an automated email as a response. As far as emailing the embassy directly, in my experience it won’t help. I emailed them after NVC said no and the embassy just sent me a automated response saying I need to contact NVC....... even though I had already said that in my email 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️ . As far as reviewing documents it’s nothing to worry about, they told me the same thing. 
Honestly I’m gonna do another request in 2 weeks. I find it absurd that groups of 60 thousand people can protest and thousands not wearing a mask and the government will allow them that constitutional right, yet we can’t get an interview between 3 people and bring our family home. (FYI I support non violent protest so please don’t turn this into a “how dare you not support the cause” kinda thing.) Also it irritates me that some people have emailed some embassies as the IS citizen saying they need an emergency passport just to get in and once in there they ask for the embassy to do the interview for their spouse. (that’s what I was told). 
 

11 hours ago, Tin4ik1990 said:

We sent out an email with a few reasons. Mostly emotional hardship, we can't visit each other due to travel restrictions and our work places, long wait already...

 

But every consulate decides differently.

Congratulations. I sent a request 2 weeks ago for the same reason and also that I help take care of my mom but the embassy in Brazil denied it saying it would be unfair for those who are waiting for rescheduled interviews. Honestly I wanna send another request, but I don’t want to upset them either. 
ive been DQ since Feb..... we can’t take this anymore. We were almost there. 

1 hour ago, Quarknase said:

No. You are not a permanent resident until you entered the US so the travel bans still apply to those that are not exempt. You don't get the actual greencard or anything like that at the embassy. You get an immigrant visa and you activate the permanent resident status at point of entry.

 

Embassy re-opening will likely have little to do with a travel ban, but more so with orders from DOS and local re-openings in combination.

You’re correct when you say you don’t become a legal permanent resident until you enter the country, but at the same time the declaration (for Brazil at least) says that US citizens, LPR, and then further down it says spouses, children and Unmarried siblings under 21 of US citizens are exempt. 
I think most people on here are trying to bring spouses and children over, so from my understanding most of us aren’t affected.... unless you’re a LPR sponsoring someone.  

Guess who just called NVC and passed out into what felt like the most amazing nap while on hold....... yep, me!!!

hahaha I woke up and realized I was out for hour and a half (I work nights). 
Whoever pickedup must have heard a lovely snoring serenade 😂. 
Ok here’s what I got out of NVC today. I called because we paid our fees in November, and once we enter next month, mover is only 5 months away. People call me pessimistic, I just see it as being precocious. According to the website if one year passes from the date that I paid our fees we no longer get to have the interview. So I want to know what will happen if the worst case scenario happens and  Consulate’s are still closed by November....will I be out of all the fees that I paid? 
after I woke up from my nap I called back again and got a very, very rude lady who answered very condescending. I asked to speak to a Tier 2 Supervisor and she literally said all the embassies are closed so what more do you want at this point. 
After realizing she wasn’t going to put me through I explained my question and she said no I will not lose my fees “as long as You play with your fingers and login to the Ceac website once a year”. 
I wasn’t pleased with that answer because the website clearly says after one year the fees Expire. She got upset and put me on hold for two minutes then came back and said there wasn’t any supervisors available and that I do not have to call back if November comes..... all I have to do is log into the website to maintain my account active and not lose my fees. 
I’m not buying that answer so I asked her to have a supervisor call me back since she couldn’t give me a clear answer to begin with. I know you have to keep contact throughout the year, but I’m not about to let November roll around and NOT have a supervisor tell me on recording that I won’t lose my fees. I’ve come to far to simply “play with my finger” and login. 

8 hours ago, Nikkidew said:

Hm is that how it works? That's what they said for the USCIS process and the NVC process as well right? That the people who submitted at an earlier date will have priority over the people who submitted later but that does not seem to be the case for both processes so I'm skeptical that when the embassies do open, our cases will be lined up by the order that it was received by the NVC. 

 

Don't get me wrong, it sucks that you're still waiting to get DQ'ed but whether you get DQ'ed today or a week from now, we're all still waiting for embassies to open. When they do open, who knows what order they will interview at.

My understanding is that people who had interviews canceled will get rescheduled before us who are sitting at NVC still. BUT I've read many different stories of some people being sneaky and weaseling their way into the embassies currently, some even pretending to be Americans who need urgent appointments. For me I believe its gonna be a mess with people trying to find ways to get ahead of others. We'll see.

5 hours ago, Godknowsus said:

I know that but were u able to see the docs you uploaded after hitting submit? I can still see the Civil docs I uploaded even after it's submitted. (Under civil, there's a little icon next to each doc I uploaded) 

I was able to open and see some documents after having submitted them, I cant remember which ones exactly, but I know it was around 2-3.

Hey Guys hopefully this will help you new ones just joining or having to resubmit.

Ive seen a lot, A LOT, of questions here that are answered on the instructions sheet and it only leads me to believe that some of you are relying on this forum as a source of information instead of the actual I-864 instructions AND the specific requirements for your home country that are found on the Department of State website.

If you cant find some of the answers to basic questions then you're not reading the instructions correctly, and that will definitely lead to an RFE...which will only delay you more.

As someone on here said once, this is your case! Study it and prepare it. 

Sometimes, sometimes, what worked for me doesn't work for others. Theres been times when I see someone get an RFE for something that I did exactly the same and I got DQ.....meaning if I give you advice and it doesn't work.....well.....its gonna be hard to tell NVC "So and so on VisaJourney said to do it this way". Its always better to follow what the instructions form says. Obviously were here to help as a community, but leave that for those little hard to figure out things....believe me, I asked questions when I would get stuck on things that were not clarified on the form.

We've all made it here on our own (most of us at least), and most of us came out of Nebraska. That only means one thing, WE ARE SMART AND CAPABLE of doing this final race. 

This is probably this most frustrating thing I've ever done, so much that I actually cried when I got DQ because I proved to myself I was able to do what lawyers do....and some lawyers actually mess up.

Don't rush this last stage!!!!! Read the form, then read it 4 more times and make sure you check the link to your country on the Department of State website....every country is deferent. 

P.s, there's no hurry, we'll all be here for a while thanks to Corona. I got DQ in March and still waiting for the consulates to open.

5 hours ago, Hilde said:

You guys!

DQ today!  

1st and only submission: March 2, 2020 

 

HOW EXCITING!!!!!

Ive been waiting for your DQ since I got mine in March.

Also Congrats on getting the right Brazilian police records (that was a pain) LOL. Now we wait.

On 4/25/2020 at 3:35 PM, Hilde said:

Is that strange? Bc a wedding that hasn't happened seems to be getting preference over an established family (people with 10 yr of marriage and kids etc)...

No hate on K!, but that was my first thoughts as well. Why would a possible marriage get dibs over a family who divided and having financial burdens????

On 4/24/2020 at 1:23 PM, Sunshinestatefl said:

My husband 2019,2018,2017 tax transcripts were all added in one....sigh...I'm guessing it shouldn't have been uploaded like that😔...Now I'm eagerly waiting for my documents to be reviewed...and I fear that those are gonna be rejected...submission date Feb 20.

On 4/24/2020 at 1:36 PM, MS&JA said:

We did the same thing. All tax transcripts in one PDF 😯 We didn’t see anything that indicated each transcript had to be uploaded separately.

 

We included W2s voluntarily and those were also in one PDF (multiple years).  
 

IDK what to do. Has anyone been DQ’d having uploaded the transcripts in one PDF?

I submitted my 3 years of Tax transcripts all in one file. I simply wrote on each page at the top what year it belonged to. I never saw nor read anything that said you couldn't and I was DQ with no issues.

1 hour ago, Bakhtawar Gul said:

Hey everyone!

I’ve a question. My case is already in process at NVC. Is NVC gonna send me back to the end of line if I upload an optional document now or what?

In my personal experience we added extra documents after it was submitted and we didn't lose our spot in line. They reviewed our case based off the original date. If its only been a week or two since you submitted I would go ahead and add documents.....its better to take that chance than to get a RFE for that same document later.