Yemyem

17 months later and I was approved today 🤗 thank u @dwheels76 and everyone on VJ

No idea. However it does seem like they are scheduling more of K1 interview backlogs 
Other categories have been silent. 
Been DQ since January. This wait is quite frustrating. 😔

400 thousand? 
Where did you pull this number from? 

I can't believe I finally got my interview letter!!!
 
Interview date: June 30th, 2021
 
@dwheels76 Juarez is now assigning interview dates for the same month, in May some people were only given 1 or 2 weeks before their interview which is crazy.... anyway the June thread is closed but I'm still a June interviewee I guess 😁

400 thousand? 
Where did you pull this number from? 

Hi everyone! 
I wanted to share what we are currently going through in hopes someone out there could help us as this is starting to get really difficult. 
I've been following this thread since August when our case was DQ! We're currently waiting to be scheduled for an interview at US Embassy Abu Dhabi. 
Since the beginning of this year, each month we wait and hope for an IL as DQs around our date and even AFTER have been scheduled. This is our 5th round of ILs waiting and again..nothing  
On Tuesday ILs went out for our Embassy. Cases with DQ dates from December 2020-March 2021 were scheduled for interviews in June (not expedited). I don't know how they can be scheduling DQs from 2 months ago when ours is over 9 months ago and still waiting?? I don't know what is going on as NVC supposedly schedules in order for DQ? 

I'm completely deflated and lost on what to do at this point! I've reached out MULTIPLE times to both the Embassy and NVC. Neither have helped at all and I always get the same responses (your case is DQ and in line/your case is at NVC so wait till your scheduled from them). 
 
If anyone has any advice or knows of anything I can do, please let me know! I also know of a few other cases (not on VJ) that are going through the same thing and we are all baffled! I have also just found another thread where someone from Ireland posted going through the same thing. 
 
I totally understand that there has been delays and backlogs and everything with COVID but I believe there has to be some other issue when interviews are being scheduled monthly at our Embassy but we are left waiting for months while others breeze by?
 
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!!

No.  You did do something illegal.  You just didn't realize it was illegal.
 
By your own words, you worked in the US for your Canadian employer.  That was illegal and a violation of your entry into the US.  You just didn't realize it was illegal.
 
By your own words, you were in the US for over 100 days and left all your stuff here - you basically brought your entire life including your keys.  That's not consistent with someone taking a vacation.  That looks like someone moved to the US.  That's illegal even if you didn't know it.  

Is it possible you make a spreadsheet specifically for Nigeria. So we can keep up the backlog movement. And if possible, specify which visa category they are in. I’ve looked at the spread sheet and it’s hard to read. Different countries are moving With interviews at different paces. So it could only make sense to view it country by country. 

I'm so frustrated - our embassy is doing things that make absolutely no sense, and I thought to rant here because maybe other people are seeing the same thing after cases are complete with the NVC. 
 
The embassy has worked very little since the shutdown last March, so they have a sizeable backlog of both IR1 and K1 cases. Up until last month, it looked like they had moved slowly but equally on IR1 and K1 cases and had caught up to about March 2020 DQ/NVC CC. Then, around 3/16/21, the embassy requested EVERY SINGLE complete K1 from NVC. Like at least 4/2020 - 12/2020, and maybe even through 3/2021. They were all sent to the embassy at the same time. Considering the embassy has only worked through like 3 months of backlog total in this past year, I was surprised but happy that they finally seemed to be picking up speed. 
 
But now after hearing from various k1s, it seems like if they weren't fast enough to pay the fees, the embassy didn't actually have enough interview slots and they weren't able to schedule. This chaos has lead to k1s who had NOA2s at the end of 2020 (11/20-12/20) already scheduled, and NOA2 from summer 2020 didn't get to schedule. It's completely unequal (possibly 6 months or more difference) for waiting time for an interview now, which is great for those that got in fast enough, but really, really awful for those that had earlier noa2 and didn't pay quickly enough.
 
And then there's the situation with IR1s. They did not send IR1s to the embassy like they did with k1s. This week, April 6 2020 DQ got their interview letter for mid May interview, so logically I would say the embassy is working on April 2020 DQ. But we are seeing unequal scheduling in this category as well. From credible sources, we have learned that in March a July 2020 DQ was given an interview, seemingly randomly and with no expedite. Then just today, we learned of another case with Jan 2021 DQ who got an interview letter, also without expedite. 
 
I guess any work that the embassy is doing at this point is a step in the right direction, but this situation seems really wrong. Especially after we've all been waiting so long. I've personally been trying to make at least a semblance of a plan for helping my husband get situated once he gets to the US, and I've been using DQ as a metric to guess timeframes (since it's really the only information we have). But with the embassy scheduling so erratically, it just throws our lives further down the chaos rabbit hole.
 
Has anyone else seen this at their embassies? Any insight as to why they are doing things like this? Honestly, is what they're doing even legal?

So I'm writing this faithfully. 
I'm getting my interview date this month by God's grace. 

I want to thank everyone who keeps me updated and fills out the form so the spreadsheet can stay updated. I just updated 10 members. I so appreciate you all. It's getting to be like old times getting busy again.
 
Keep positive ya'll.

DQ in Oct.  Approved today. Interview February 

You are not alone. 
DQ since early January but heard nothing since. I have so much anxiety now like never before. 
Sigh. It will be okay. 
It's hard but please hang in there. 
 
 

Has anyone had any luck emailing NVC to see status of interview (CR-1)?  I'm waiting for Nigeria and have been reading a lot about how long the backlogs are.  By emailing them will it hurt me or it does not matter?
 
I also am reading and reading on both VisaJourney and on NVC to see dates?  Does anyone know timing of interviews?  Meaning are they on September 2020 still for CR-1?  
 
I wish there was a "manual" to help you go though this terrible process!
 
Thank you for any help!
 
 

We have a CR1 reaffirmation case and verified per NVC that our case is now at Lagos and it has been there since Feb 2nd. Plan to have my Senator reach out to them to inquire about my husbands 2nd interview. Our priority date is 072618.

So I'm writing this faithfully. 
I'm getting my interview date this month by God's grace. 

So I'm writing this faithfully. 
I'm getting my interview date this month by God's grace. 

So I'm writing this faithfully. 
I'm getting my interview date this month by God's grace. 

@Captain Baghdad I replied to your question from last months thread here, since this is more a regional topic than a general question. Not sure if you saw it:
 
Happy new month everyone! May it rain IL on all of you!

Hi All,
 
coming back with an update as promised - my husband had his interview on 01/20 in Amman, Jordan (he's from Iraq).
The interview went fine, besides the CO saying that none of his civil docs were uploaded to CEAC. Which is of course not accurate, all documents are there and have been accepted by NVC for DQ. She gave him a 221g requesting re-upload, which we did. She also handed him a questionnaire with additional questions (such as complete education history, address- and travel history for 15 years...), which we emailed to the embassy a day later. Since then we're in Administrative Processing, sadly a very common procedure for Iraqi's.
 
Congrats to everyone who got approved this month!

My husband's visa was approved today!

He is flying Delta! Prayers for a safe flight needed! Thank you!

My husband did the covid test. He leaves tomorrow night and will be with me Friday morning! Thank you to all those who supported us and all the prayers. Best of luck to all who are still waiting and know that we are keeping you all in our prayers.!!🙏🙏🙏

I picked up my passport yesterday. Thanks to you, @Patricia Owuh @mac_skendy for the support so far. If I may ask, did you do covid test before leaving?

Glory be to God. My husband's visa was approved today. So excited, can't wait for him to join me here. 
 
Thank you to everyone on this website. You have all been helpful in making our visa journey successful.