Millikkl

Thanks for responding. Did his CEAC status show the long text for Refused or the shorter text? A U.S. consular officer has adjudicated and refused your visa application. Please see the letter you received at the interview.
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They returned the passport saying he needs it for the medical. 

We had the interview today and they put my spouse into administrative processing until the medical exam is updated. It is showing "Refused" on the status update on CEAC - which doesn't feel good! Curious to know what others experience.

My husband had his medical on Monday and was also issued the "excuse" from the doctor around the lab issue. No further updates. Seems like they may give a tentative answer at the interview but applicants will still need to fly back to Bogota for lab tests before final approval...not sure though. We have the interview tomorrow, and I will be there, so I will try to update when I find out more. 

For those that have had success with their expedite requests, can you share what the grounds of your request were? I am curious to know if certain issues/hardships we are facing due to this extended waiting period due to the embassy being closed could be grounds for a successful request. thank you.

Our was a paper filing that was converted into an IOE by USCIS. There was a large bulk of Nebraska filers That got transferred to California, which I believe doesn’t usually do cr-1 processing and got faster approvals. I was a part of this group and didn’t know it was transferred until I got approval notice. I’m wondering if there will be a backup on the ncs and interview stages. 

I'm excited to post that we received our petition approval today! 
 
PD 1/6/2020
 
Approval: 5/14/2020
 
Only update on case was April 2 and then again today, 5/15. We filed paper, me living in US, spouse outside, and were uploaded as IOE. 
 
Hoping for good news for all!

Our was a paper filing that was converted into an IOE by USCIS. There was a large bulk of Nebraska filers That got transferred to California, which I believe doesn’t usually do cr-1 processing and got faster approvals. I was a part of this group and didn’t know it was transferred until I got approval notice. I’m wondering if there will be a backup on the ncs and interview stages. 

I'm excited to post that we received our petition approval today! 
 
PD 1/6/2020
 
Approval: 5/14/2020
 
Only update on case was April 2 and then again today, 5/15. We filed paper, me living in US, spouse outside, and were uploaded as IOE. 
 
Hoping for good news for all!

Hi All!
 
Anyone else? Filed January 4th. And so it begins...

We didn’t either. My lawyer said not to since they expire in six months. I assume it’s ok to wait until noa2

I feel you!! My parents haven’t even met my husband in person because he can’t get a visa to come here and it’s not easy to get them down to where he lives. We decided to just do it anyways. I too feel the pressure of not getting any younger and needing to start a family. Sending good vibes your way.

Not needed, you will just update everything at NVC, you can also submit more bona fide marriage proof at NVC as well to side load the petition, but you don't need to update anything to the I130

Yep! Thanks for the tip, am going to make a timeline now

Hi All!
 
Anyone else? Filed January 4th. And so it begins...

Hi All!
 
Anyone else? Filed January 4th. And so it begins...