On 8/14/2020 at 8:12 AM, dwheels76 said:

It does that goes from AP to READY to ISSUED. No worries.

yeah, thank you !! She got the visa, Thank you everyone !! Wish you all good luck with your journey. 

Hello VJ friends, 

My spouse had an interview on Aug 7th (Kathmandu, Nepal). she also got the slip from consular officer that says your visa is approved and have instructions.  But when i check the status on ceac website,  it says, it is ready for an interview. when she had interview it changed to administrative processing(Aug 8th-Aug11) until last night and now changed to ready. Anybody had this issue before. please suggest, we are panicking !! 

Just now, mandsophia said:

no LPRs are not subject to the ban

Got it !!

21 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Cross-posting from other thread about the petiton...

 

 

Quick points as I read...

1. Impacts only immigrant visas. NIVs are not impacted.
2. Does not impact anybody inside the US right now. Only people entering. AOS should not be impacted as a result.
3. Does not impact existing visas.
4. Existing, valid AP documents are still valid.
5. Does not apply to LPRs
6. Does not apply to any "physician, nurse, or other healthcare professional; to perform medical research or other research intended to combat the spread of COVID-19; or to perform work essential to combating, recovering from, or otherwise alleviating the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak, as determined by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or their respective designees;  and any spouse and unmarried children under 21 years old of any such alien who are accompanying or following to join the alien;"
7. Does not impact EB-5 visas (an investment visa)
8. Does not impact the spouse of a USC
9. Does not impact children (under 21) of a USC, IR-4, or IH-4 visas
10. Does not impact members or spouse or children of an active armed forces member

 

Edit:

It is active for 60 days unless extended.

Does not impact asylum or refugee cases (or other SI/SQ categories)

Effective as of 11:59 PM tomorrow (April 23rd)

it does not apply to LPRs ?? Lawful permanent residents ..

2 hours ago, lansk said:

This current uncertainty is driving me crazy as hell. Took almost 2 years to get visa in hand by going through such stressful journey with USCIS , NVC document’s, rfe’s and consulates interview. Now this pandemic  . Our country is currently in total lockdown since last one month. No airplane in and out✈️ . All are grounded and we are lockdown inside our house. Not sure when it will get reopen here. Meanwhile! in US is going crazy with virus and the law with immigration are changing every 2weeks.  Don’t even want to travel anywhere at this moment. My visa is expiring on Sep 5 so I am Just worried if my CR1 visa expire than what will happen. Not sure whether they will extend or not.. 

September is yet to come !! Hopefully things will get settle down by then. 

10 hours ago, VRKK said:

Let’s see what happens. 

The details are yet to come !! it likely that all the immigrants will be impacted !! I tried to find out in many news portal and did not find anything about legal immigrants. 

2 hours ago, lansk said:

Had Visa Interview today. Got approved. No question asked regarding DS 5540

 

My timelines:

Category CR1

Country - Nepal

PD- 11/30/2018

Noa2 - 11/25/2019

DQ - 01/29/2020

Interview letter - 02/19/2020

Interview Date - 03/16/2020

 

what kind of questions did they ask?

12 minutes ago, LilyJ said:

DS5540 is required but healthcare is not required. Though it will heavily play against you in terms of public charge at the interview if you won’t have insurance within 30 days of arriving 

Can i upload  to CEAC now, the interview date is on March 23 ?

2 minutes ago, stech786 said:

So it’s not required?

It looks like it does required however  those submitted  on Feb 24 or later date. 

This is the latest news from yesterday. WE DO NOT NEED TO SUBMIT. 

https://www.aila.org/advo-media/issues/all/public-charge-changes-at-uscis-doj-and-dos

Featured Issue: Public Charge Changes at USCIS, DOJ, and DOS

Resources related to the Trump administration’s proposed or enacted changes to how it handles the public charge ground of inadmissibility.

Current State of Play

DHS Final Rule: On February 22, 2020, USCIS confirmed that it will implement the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds final rule on February 24, nationwide after the Supreme Court granted the government's motion for a stay of the Illinois-based injunction. The final rule will apply only to applications and petitions postmarked (or submitted electronically) on or after February 24, 2020. For applications and petitions sent by commercial courier (such as UPS, FedEx, and DHL), the postmark date is the date reflected on the courier receipt. DOS Interim Final Rule: DOS will implement the new public charge standards pursuant to the DOS Interim Final Rule beginning on February 24, 2020. On February 20, OMB approved the new Form DS-5540, Public Charge Questionnaire. On February 21, DOS also published revisions to the Foreign Affairs Manual on Public Charge, with an effective date of February 24, 2020.

8 minutes ago, stech786 said:

Got my IL today!!

Cr1, DQ in Jan 2020

 

PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION ON HEALTH CARE: On October 4, 2019, the President issued Presidential Proclamation 9945 on the "Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Will Financially Burden the United States Healthcare System." For the most up to date information on how PP 9945 might affect your case, please visit https://travel.state.gov/healthcare.

 

that page says

 

 

Presidential Proclamation on Health Care

 

A nationwide temporary restraining order has been issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon halting implementation of P.P. 9945 Suspension of Entry to Immigrants Who Will Financially Burden the United States Healthcare System. Please monitor this page for updates.

 

Congrats !! yeah at least it is good until it implies again. i was looking for updated info, thank you !! 

21 hours ago, LilyJ said:

DQ!!!!

First submission: Nov 14 2019

Second submission: Dec 18 2019

DQ: Feb 19 2020

 Finally !! Congratulation and cheers..welcome to the club ..

3 hours ago, April M said:

You are one of few that get there fast. What is your secret? 

Oh, you are wrong here, you know my PD ( Priority date ) is Feb 15 2018, its two years since i file the I130, 

i also upgraded my case to IR1, when i became citizen in April 2019.

Finally got an IL,

NVC Frist submission : Dec 4

Second submission: Feb 3

DQ:Feb 11

IL:Feb 19

Interview date: March 23

53 minutes ago, NellyIsaac said:

Oh. We just started thinking its impossible to get anybody on the phone at nvc.. every time we would call the same thing.. info about ceac and how they have to many calls suggesting we call another time.. we resubmitted aos on dec 31st it wasnt hand signed and their page said it doesnt have to be anymore and blah.. anyways, hope we get someone on the phone tomorrow 😊😊

Yeah, Keep trying until you hear the  one ring first, it will repeat same info, press 1 and wait few sec and press 7, and hold until they received. .And yes you do need to call them, they can reject document for very small reason and that will take your whole lot time. Ask them make sure that you have submitted the right documents. Good luck !!

23 minutes ago, NellyIsaac said:

Happy for you!! 
did you call 603-334-0700 number

Thank you, yes, 55th attempt, on hold for hour and 15 mins. better call early in the morning, i called around 4 PM MT time so it took that long to get into the call.

14 minutes ago, Jennie & Joe said:

Congratulations! What did you tell them all the times you called? To review your documents or to find out when they will review your documents? I know once you call, they start telling you what's on the website. I resubmitted yesterday

Yes,  they were keep saying the same thing to check website and blah blah.. but yesterday that lady was super helpful..i told her that NVC rejected the document for no reason, and their website says they do accept the birth certificate that is written in both languages. She said that she acknowledge it but she can not do anything but once i asked for the supervisor, ( there was none at that time, she asked for my number to call me back and she commented the issue in the file ) . After 5 hours it was approved. 

48 minutes ago, Mr & Mrs T said:

Congratulations 🎉

Congratulations!!!!🎉🎉

Thank you !!

19 minutes ago, Zoya2020 said:

Congratulations can i ask you what kind of document that was missing that you needed to resubmit again?

Thank you !!
 

Its not a missing document or RFE, its  birth certificate of my wife which was written in both languages ( English and Nepali) and they rejected that, and i submitted the one with English only and they approved in 8 days which is pretty quick as far as i know. 

1 hour ago, Duke & Marie said:

Does anyone know how long the average Expidite request takes to get a response?

 

we requested - unreasonable processing delays due to NVC error... not that their likely to admit anything is their fault, it’ll be a damn miracle if they accept it 🙄

i think its that email that we sent and  they do have timeline for that too?  How did you submitted the case to expedite it? 

Just now, MattyUKtoUS said:

I realise this may sound like a stupid question but I still don't know what DQ stands for lol. What is DQ... You cannot all be craving Dairy Queen! 

Document Qualified !!

24 minutes ago, Renere said:

Did you get any update on this?

They sent it for review with supervisor however when i called this morning again, the rude lady said it will take 6 weeks to review. I have got another document from Nepal but i am not sure whether they will accept this or not but i am going to upload it right now. 

Message from NVC: Please replace this document with a certified English translation and the original language document.  

we unfortunately got an RFE in our DQ,  The birth certificate we submitted is written in both English and original language in same page and that is what they( the local authorities of Nepal) provides to everybody.  I am trying to call them and see if i can talk to supervisor. submitted date to NVC Dec 4.  Its  will be 2 years in Feb 15 since i file the I130. This is so frustrating. 

Looks better this week. Lets see how it goes, good luck everyone. 

Current case review time: As of 27-JAN-2020, we are reviewing documents submitted to us on 25-NOV-2019.