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May: CR1: 3 / IR1: 5
June: CR1: 1 / IR1: 3 
July: CR1: 1 / IR1: 3 
August: CR1: 1 / IR1: 4
September: CR1: 1 / IR1: 5
October: CR1: 2 / IR1: 6
November: CR1: 3 / IR1: 7
December: CR1: 6 / IR1: 7
January 2021: CR1: 6 / IR1: 16 
 
February 2021:
First PDF: FSC and Visa Class: CR1: 4  / IR1: 24
Second PDF: by Post and Visa Class: CR1: 2 / IR1: 20
 
Not sure which one of the documents we should be going by... but I see an upward trend here...

I would suggest you look at Vietnam embassy specific instructions. Maybe there is information there for you:
 
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country/VietNam.html
 
Marriage
Non-Vietnamese nationals married in Vietnam and now seeking a record of the marriage should write to the provincial Justice Department (So Tu Phap)where the marriage/divorce took place. The request should include the date and location of the marriage. The Department will usually respond, but without friends or relatives to follow up, the process may be lengthy.
Common Law Marriages and Marriage of Relatives
Vietnamese law does not recognize common law marriages. Authorities do issue certificates verifying cohabitation but these do not constitute legal marriages. Vietnamese law prohibits marriage between blood siblings, half siblings, first cousins or any two persons related closer than three degrees of separation. The legal age for marriage is 20 for men and 18 for women.
 

Very interesting video regarding cases at NVC.
 
 

They will be different.   
 
The FSC is coded based on say Brazilian regardless of which consulate they interview at worldwide 
 
The other is interviewed say in Rio regardless of nationality 

May: CR1: 3 / IR1: 5
June: CR1: 1 / IR1: 3 
July: CR1: 1 / IR1: 3 
August: CR1: 1 / IR1: 4
September: CR1: 1 / IR1: 5
October: CR1: 2 / IR1: 6
November: CR1: 3 / IR1: 7
December: CR1: 6 / IR1: 7
January 2021: CR1: 6 / IR1: 16 
 
February 2021:
First PDF: FSC and Visa Class: CR1: 4  / IR1: 24
Second PDF: by Post and Visa Class: CR1: 2 / IR1: 20
 
Not sure which one of the documents we should be going by... but I see an upward trend here...

Oi pessoal, I just wanted to give a review of how our interview went this week. Please feel free to ask any questions.
I sent 4 Expedite requests last year with no luck at all. I emailed my senators and congressman but since I live in a republican red state they were all busy with Trumps impeachment and never responded to any of my emails.....thanks for nothing guys!!!! 
In January 2021 I decided to send another expedite along with my psychiatrist letter saying I was going crazy, but I didn't have much faith in it since I had already sent that letter before and it was denied. To my surprise I got an email about a week and a half later saying it was approved. 
After I got the Approved email I also got the same email others got saying my appointment was canceled, even though I never had one to begin with. The day my expedite was approved two other friends who never asked for an expedite also got the email saying their appointments were canceled. This lead me to believe maybe my case was pulled randomly like theirs and my expedite was "approved" since my case was chosen....im not 100% sure. My two friends went on to have their interviews on the 14th of March and ours was scheduled a week later on the 22nd of March.
I immediately flew to Brazil to be with my wife at the interview. We emailed the doctors in SP and Rio to see what would work for us since she lives in Santa Catarina.
We chose Dr Garrido in Rio for these reasons:
According to the email from the Dr in SP (And a friend confirmed this), you must remain in your underwear/lingerie throughout the exame and he inspects you all over.
This made us uncomfortable since according to the NVC website the Dr is only supposed to check for what the immigration law says in needed....and nowhere in the law does it say the DR is supposed to check you for bumps or anything that requires you to be basically naked. He's supposed to check you bloodwork, urine results, X-rays, and other basic stuff like weight and blood pressure. 
Im not accusing the DR of anything, im sure he's a nice man, but we simply didn't see the need to go thru all that.
We arrived at Rio and did the blood, urine, and X-rays exams all on Monday the 14th (the results came back the same day), took advantage to tour Rio all week since it was our anniversary, did her fingerprints at CASV and the DR appointment with Garrido on Friday the 19th. DR Garrido was very nice and very quick. Literally 5-10min (it was the quickest and most expensive exame of my life lol). She needed a flu shot so he sent us to the clinic that is in the same building as his office. Once we were done his receptionist, who is a very nice lady, had already sent our results to the consulate. Thats another negative point about the DR in SP. I know of 5 people who had the exame with the DR in SP 2 weeks before the appointment and he never sent the results to the consulate which delayed the result of the visa.
The following Monday we had our interview at 8am. we arrived at 730 and were let in a little bit before 8. Leave your phone with the "Chaveiro". He sits right by the entrance door with the guard and his stand is around the corner by the exit door. Leave it with him because the guards who watch the exit door also watch his stand and the phones so its super safe.
Like most people have already said, you walk in, the staff tell you how to organize the documents, then you're called to a quiche where they confirm each document one by one.
OBS: You MUST take you antecedentes Criminais updated AND updated tax transcripts of your spouse/fiancé AND any joint sponsor. I was told they weren't asking for them but my gut said to take it and im glad I did cuz he asked for them. 
After that person reviews the docs you sit back down and then they'll call you for the actual interview. The interview is simple and quick....a few basic questions and boom you're approved . We were given the option to return at 15:00 since the Correios isn't sure how long it'll take to deliver.
If you have any questions please ask...ill do my best to answer.
Abraços.
 

No effect.  I filed "Married Filing Separately" in 2015 & 2016.

Thank you! Yes!
 
I’ve been going through my documents and updating everything. I got a new police certificate last week, from mexico and got the apostille same day. ! My husband filled out a new I-864, We are waiting for the 2020 tax transcripts... 😁
 
Praying for you all for your appointment letter to come! 🙏🏻

Sheesh. Nothing to celebrate  Hoping you hear good news soon!

My wife just received her visa yesterday and I thought I would give a quick write up.  She was DQ'd in June of '20 and like everyone else we began the waiting game.  I wrote to every person I could think of asking about opening the consulate, why it's still closed, alternate procedures, etc.  I finally requested an expedite through one of my senators based on financial hardship as my wife's position had been filled by other people (we told her employer she would be gone in 9-12 months originally).  The request was denied.  I continued to watch the consulate through facebook for updates but nothing ever showed much sign of improvement. 
 
In early February we received an email saying our interview was canceled which was strange because we never had one scheduled.  The email also said they would schedule us a new one but we had no idea on when.  The possibility was very exciting for us!  About a week later we were informed of an interview date on March 24th!  We found out the consulate was scheduling interviews for expedite requests that were earlier denied.  We were filled with joy of course and so glad that we sent the expedite request because we were on the fence about sending it and whether it would do any good or not.
 
We made all the appointments and arrived to Rio on the 14th.  On the 15th my wife had her Xray and blood taken and then we headed to Salvador.  We returned to Rio on the 21st and on the 22nd my wife had her medical appointment and fingerprints/pictures taken.  On the 24th she had her interview at the consulate.  We had all of our documents in order and the interview itself was very quick.  At the end of the interview they said to come back at 3pm to receive the passport.  At 3pm we received her passport with her fresh visa inside!  The positive of waiting so long is that we are 3 months from our 2 year anniversary and we are going to wait for the IR1.
 
This is a very brief synopsis of the event but just wanted to give everyone a heads up and I will be happy to answer as many questions as I can.  I have just heard now that people with interviews for next week have been canceled unfortunately due to Rio anticipating holidays in order to try and slow the new covid wave - I cannot begin to imagine that feeling!  Hang in there - it will come soon enough!  

I was clarifying it for everyone, because people here consistently ask just that-  whether a previously-issued SSN will be replaced with a new number, or not.
 
Your post made it seem like you did not understand that important detail.

Language matters in immigration, you always want to make sure you are saying the right thing, and you should be thankful for the help and corrections you're getting here for free, good luck! 

Wow this thread is depressingly silent. No one has been getting interviews?! 
Brazil seems to be in a standstill but I was hoping to see more action in other spots. 

It all depends how much work you're willing to put in this case.
It's not 100% straightforward case bc a) the greencard issue b) overstay H2B
 
That being said, you're going to need to make sure you check and double check everything that the lawyer does. We see too many stories here that lawyers sometimes get things wrong (more often than I could ever imagine). 
 
Good luck!

On the “visa IR1 y CR-1 colombia” group on facebook ive been seeing some interview traffic. Ppl who have been DQ’d in april/may 2020 are getting interview dates

Anyone getting an idea of how many interviews they are going through since the march 1st prioritization? It's been pretty silent in most places I have been watching which is a little sad as I was hoping to start seeing people posting about getting interview invites or approved on here soon. I see Bri got one, huge congrats by the way.. but I was hoping to see a few other people as well.

Today we received the email with the date for our interview. It was this morning. From the emotion I vomited, we cried, a lot of emotions.. the Appointment  will be on April 30, 2021. I am already making all the preparations prior to the interview. Our DQ was on April 21, 2020. We are IR1 .. Our Priority Date is March 04 2019 .. 2 years waiting ..

Just saw this:
 
 

I've been seeing quite a few posts asking when applicants will receive interview letters and I thought I could share some information I've read from a report filed in JaconvBiden. This report is accessible via Curtis Morrison's Twitter page.
 
1. There are two phases when NVC schedules interviews.
Phase 1: IR categories and some family preference cases (I'm assuming it's the FB categories), which take place in the first half of the month.
Phase 2: Family-based cases which take place in the latter half of the month.
Note that NVC schedules interviews based on the applicant's DQ date, however, your PD must be current.
 
2. Stated in the report, as of 3/11, NVC is working on scheduling the first phase for April and is expected to complete by mid-march, which is this week. The second phase scheduling for April is expected to be completed by the fourth week of March, which is next week.
Note that the capacity of each post varies due to current circumstances.
 
I hope this helps whoever is reading and feel free to add any additional infos that I missed.

I would get a joing sponsor, just to be sabe. You might make above poverty guidelines, but if it not by too much the Officer can deny you. Ultinately it will be the Officer´s dicision. If they suggested you get one, and you want to play safe, then I would definitely go ahead and get a joint sponsor.
As for the other documents they requested: get them all.
Also, fill out your timeline to get embassy-specific replies.
Good luck!

Ok so from FB groups as of today 03/09/21 they are starting to schedule regular appts for Cd Juarez for cases completed in June 2019, I saw many posts today from beginning of June to I believe June 26 2019 with appts scheduled for the beginning of April, just heads up if anyone waiting for appt (like me 😑) my CC is June18 2019 and no appt yet!!! 😪

Not sure if those was posted, but the backlog at NVC is absolutely staggering. The article in the link below was published less than two weeks ago: "The number of immigrant visa cases pending interviews at the National Visa Center (NVC) increased to 473,000 in February, from 75,000 in January 2020."
 
This also doesn't include cases waiting to be interviewed or incomplete cases: that this number doesn’t include the entirety of that queue. It doesn’t include cases already at embassies and consulates that have not yet been interviewed or applicants still gathering the necessary documents before they can be interviewed, and also, of course, petitions awaiting USCIS approval.”
 
https://www.boundless.com/blog/overseas-green-card-backlog-surges/
 
 

Good question and hard to say...I do feel that, pre-covid, I had some legitimate reasons to expedite such as my fiancé living in Venezuela in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, my own medical conditions, my mental health, etc. I never pursued it since the embassy stated that they would only approve “life and death” emergency cases right now. Although, requesting an expedite is free and won’t harm you if they say no so it’s worth a shot if you feel you have a chance. 
 
I ended up on the phone with the NVC for over 2 hours (mostly on hold) but they did tell me repeatedly that my case was expedited and they just received word of it yesterday. They said going forward I need to direct all questions to the embassy and bid me farewell. It sounds like my petition will be en route to the embassy very soon. I will definitely continue to keep you all posted with how the interview goes and what we experience 💕

Usually the applicant get an updated information about it since it follows US official table: https://br.usembassy.gov/visas/medical-examination-instructions/ : "The doctor’s fee is paid directly by the applicant. It cannot exceed the amount listed in our schedule of fees. Laboratory fees are also paid by the applicant." See the last one:
Costs to be paid at the Medical Offices (per person):
Description Value (US$) Medical examination: $180.00 Lab tests (if necessary): Varies Vaccinations (if necessary): Varies DNA test (if necessary):  $360,00 Source: https://br.usembassy.gov/visas/schedule-of-fees/ Feb,2021.
 
In Rio de Janeiro/Brazil , it was converted USD>BRL currency and charged around R$850 , CASH only (March, 2021) for an IR Immigrant Visa 
 
Additional Information https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview/medical-examination-faqs.html 

About the medical exam fees, I can confirm that the "Consulta" has gone up about 80 reais. I had left my wife money last year that was the exact total, and now that we have to pay it went up about 80 reais.