Anmol Yash

1 hour ago, Shazy said:

Thank you Anmol and JFH actually right now my case is at NVC and recently got DQ and next month it's been two years snice I got married so its mean if I get visa after two year of the marriage does is say's on the visa IR1 or CR1.

 

Thank you

Since the embassies are closed and you'll only be able to enter after your interview, you'll definitely be getting an IR-1 visa. Congratulations on the DQ!

18 minutes ago, Shazy said:

Hello All Vj Member,

 

Hope everyone is doing great.

 

I have a question regarding visa category initially when u applied pettiion I-130 and I got approved and USCIS sent ur case to NVC at that time it's show CR1 but I see people with visa category IR1. Some one told me it depends on the marriage time and if so then how we can change the visa category.

 

Thank you

 

The category depends on when you arrive in the US. So if you've been married for over two years when you enter the country, you'll get an IR-1 and won't need to apply for ROC (Removal of Conditions). If you enter before your second marriage anniversary, it will be CR-1. So basically the category doesn't matter until you actually enter here (unless you've already been married for 2 years when you apply. Then it obviously defaults to IR-1) 

8 hours ago, H_530 said:

I see thank you for your response. Is there anything specific you mentioned in the letter or provided proof of for this that would be helpful? Best of luck to you I hope everything gets accepted for you  

Hi! I had a very similar question and was worried that submitting the documents without PCC would result in delays when NVC reviewed our documentation. We had to reschedule our PCC appointment thrice in the past month, and then the third time, India's website said the service would be closed until further notice. So, in the comments section after marking PCC not available, we just added an explanation that the institution providing PCC in our country is closed because of the nationwide lockdown, and that the document will be presented at the interview. They accepted all our documents yesterday! Good luck 💛

33 minutes ago, HKS said:

Congrats, I'm happy for you, but HOW!!????? 

So many of us have been waiting months!! 

How. Just How. 

 

I really really don't know 😔

From my understanding, I thought our case would be in queue for review only after everything is submitted. Someone said maybe they had already reviewed the DS-260 and AOS documents and were just waiting on the civil documents to be uploaded, but this just feels like a stroke of luck 🥺

5 hours ago, Justxxxx said:

DQ was so fast does it mean that NVC are more faster now

We're really surprised to see the DQ but this seems to be an outlier. As per my understanding, your case is in line for review when everything is submitted. Not sure which date did they go by but I'm really happy they were so quick to approve!!

Just now, StaGor said:

Congrats! That's exciting:) Thank you for prompt response.

Thank you!!

1 minute ago, StaGor said:

Did you get notified by email or did you actually have to log in every time to check in on the status?

 

We got notified by email. 

28 minutes ago, onek said:

Congratulations 

Thank you!!

On 5/2/2020 at 10:05 AM, GregandNatty said:

Wow, the NVC is moving really fast right now reviewing docs.   I was DQ'd this morning after submitting everything about a week ago.

 

Sadly, who knows when we'll get an interview

We got our DQ today (May 9) and we submitted our civil documents couple of days ago (May 7)

I'm so surprised and happy 😭

Just now, Shemuz said:

That’s great. I’m glad to know that they accepted all documents without the PCC. I’ve been worried about that. And it’s so great that you got DQ so quickly. So happy for u. I’m hoping we hear some good news soon too. 

I was so worried about that myself! Waited about a month and after we had to reschedule our appointment for the 3rd time, we decided to just submit since the website said they are now closed until further notice. And I'm so so glad we just went ahead with that. I pray everyone gets their DQ quick 😭❤️

1 hour ago, SETETA said:

That is wonderful news! Congrats! I pray we get ours soon and both our interviews are scheduled soon as they reopen! Thanks for updating me!!!

❤️ Good luckkkk!!

Just now, Shemuz said:

Ur welcome! And you submitted without the PCC, right?

Yes!

1 minute ago, Shemuz said:

That’s awesome! Congrats!

Thank youuuu!

Hi guys! Just wanted to post an update on our case!

PD Sept 27, TSC

NOA1 Oct 2

NOA2 April 6

NVC received, case created & fees paid April 8

DS 260 completed and Financial Documents submitted April 12-14

Civil Documents submitted May 7

DQ MAY 9!!!

2 minutes ago, ssa123 said:

make sure u read the email properly  

Hahahahah I did!

On 5/7/2020 at 5:30 AM, SETETA said:

I did the same thing over a week ago. I hope it is accepted. 

We just got our DQ!!! 

Just now, Quarknase said:

Wooow, two days from submission date? Congratulations!!! Makes us who submitted earlier want to upload some more documents just to get pushed to the beginning of the queue again  

Thank youuuu! We're honestly so surprised! But extremely grateful it was so quick 😭❤️

With the lockdown extended for the 3rd time, we've decided on going ahead and submitting our documents with PCC marked 'not available' and explaining why (along with mentioning that it will be presented at the time of the consular interview) 

59 minutes ago, bharath and manu said:

Hi,

Even we are in the same boat of not having PCC coz of lockdown in India.

Were you able to confirm with NVC about submitting the PCC on the day of the interview?

I haven't been able to yet - we had our April 20th appointment rescheduled to May 5th, I'm planning on calling/emailing NVC to confirm if I can upload proof of canceled appointments to explain the situation (even though it's well known, I'd still like to document our tries!) 

I'm guessing if the lockdown in Mumbai extends further, we will just go ahead and submit with an explanation. I'm hoping to see some DQs without PCC to be less hesitant about this I don't want to end up submitting only to have them send us a checklist for PCC.

2 hours ago, Nikkidew said:

Was in the same situation where all the civil docs were ready except for the PCC and so we called the NVC and explained that the criminal records office was closed due to covid19 and they said to write up a letter on why the PCC isn't readily available and upload it to the documents in place of the certificate. You will have to have the PCC in hand by the time of the interview though. This seems like a logical option so that's what we did and submitted everything the next day. You may want to call and confirm with the NVC  

Thank you so much! I'll give them a call and then submit

2 minutes ago, bharath and manu said:

Hello everyone,

We just got our i 130 approved and now are moving forward to the NVC stage.

qq: Can I (as a petitioner) pay the fee for IV Application Processing?

 

 

 

Yes! Once you get the email from NVC with the case number and invoice ID, you can login and pay both the IV and AOS fees (one at a time) pretty much immediately

42 minutes ago, David G said:

Thank you!
Police Clearance Certificate?  Yes and no. I submitted the one for my home country which is obtained online. But I couldn’t get the one from Mexico because everything in close due Covid19. I just added a note of why it wasn’t available and it was accepted. Hopefully I will be available to get it before the interview. 

I see! We have everything but the PCC for India (my husband has lived there all his life) and we're not sure how long we should wait to obtain it or if we should submit our application marking it unavailable and adding an explanation

9 hours ago, David G said:

Thanks. We summit everything last week.. At the moment that the payments were processed I uploaded  IV application, civil documents. AOS Documents. All at once.

That's amazing! Congratulations!! Did you guys have the PCC?

On 4/17/2020 at 12:31 PM, OrihimeandIchigo said:

Just wait for the Police certificate there's a reason its required and its listed. They wont review your case if your missing anything. 

Well, everything would be submitted with PCC selected as 'not available' with an explanation, so they might give us a checklist when they review it, we can't be sure.

My main question was whether it's acceptable to upload a document under the additional documents section after declaring it as not available when it was first submitted...