Blkbam

Had our interview today in Philadelphia and got approved! The whole interview lasted no more than 20 minutes.

Questions asked in no particular order:

• (beneficiary) Who came to your wedding?
• Do you have assets together?
• Did you take any trips together, if so where?
• What did you do on your wedding day?
• How did you meet?
• (citizen) How did you propose?
• Where did you see each other first?
• What did you do together when you meet?
• (beneficiary) What is your address?
• (citizen) Do you work? What do you do?
• Do you have any additional proof to supply?
• (beneficiary) When did you arrive in the country?
• (citizen) What is your wife's birthday?
• (beneficiary) When is your husband's birthday?
• Do you celebrate holidays together?
• What did you give each other for Christmas?
• What did you do on Christmas?
• (beneficiary) What's your favorite American dish?
• (citizen) What's your favorite Indonesian dish?
• What do you like to do together?

On 1/21/2022 at 2:36 PM, OlgaA said:

Hi, everyone! I have a question we have got status today our interview was scheduled, but I didn't get EAD and AP yet, is this normal? We are waiting the mail with interview date!

Thanks for response!

It may be normal. That's the same position we are in.

8 hours ago, molehills said:

You can request the interview date and time on USCIS's website via emma. Just say "live agent" then "greencard" when you're prompted.

 

We got our interview notice Jan. 4, mail still hasn't arrived. 😪

Thanks for the tip! We have the date now. 2/15

Just checked USCIS today and we got a notice for our interview today! The notice itself wasn't posted so we don't know the date yet but we're excited nonetheless. 😊

We had an RFE for it back in October and only after checking the site were we notified. A month had passed so we possibly could have had an interview sooner. Nothing still has come in the mail.

No word yet on the I-765 or the I-131. Looks like we may not even need the I-131 after all.

Packet sent, received and acknowledged by USICS. We're go for the August forum!

2 hours ago, DeysiT said:

You are very lucky! 11 months is probably the quickest it takes in 2021 and 2020

Yeah I think it had to do with Taiwan and how they handled COVID. We had the same delays as everyone else at USCIS but with no delays at the embassy we really got lucky.

4 hours ago, Lu & Ni said:

Congratulations!! 

 

Do you mind me asking how many months your process took ?

Thanks! Our application was received April 16, 2020 and the interview concluded March 25, 2021 so 11 months. 

2 hours ago, jagsfl said:

Hey @Blkbam, yep! Her and I are in the states now. It took her about 10 days or so to get the visa back. They told her same at interview - everything was approved and just wait for visa

@jagsfl  Congratulations! glad it all worked out. they gave us no indication of trouble so I'm going to take that as a good sign 🤞

@jagsfl do you have any progress on your visa? my fiance had her interview and was approved yesterday. They told her she should have her visa next week assuming all goes well. I'm wondering if they told you fiance at the interview or sometime after.

Just had our interview this morning and she was APPROVED!!! Should have visa and passport returned next week.

We're at the medical exam and interview stage. It's moving slowly for us because my fiance works everyday 8-8 and only has 2 day off a month. Working them into the schedule has been troublesome but we have our interview scheduled for 3/14!

1 hour ago, EmreAnk said:

Congratulations. I have two questions. Did the embassy send you an email or just mail to notify you? The second is Did you already fill ds-160 form out  before you got the notification or have you filled it out anway?

NVC sent me an email that they will be sending my case to embassy. DS-160 is filled out but not submitted so from their perspective it doesn't exist yet. My fiance and I work shopped through the questions to get our answers ready.

58 minutes ago, Mrs Gray (to be) said:

Awesome!

 

How did you manage to check DHL?

In the pdf in the first post it walks through how to figure it out if you know the date of when NVC says they sent or are sending you info to the embassy.

I also got a notification for transit to the embassy today. I checked DHL and have a tracking number as well.

10 hours ago, jagsfl said:

My wife is from Jakarta, Indonesia. We are here currently. She has had her interview but they wouldn't give her visa yet. They said her passport name and birth certificate name has to be a 100% match. Her B.C. only has her first name.  We don't want to change her passport to only first name. We have also seen that many others have got approved without having an exact match between the two.  Could any of you give me some advice please? Thanks!   @Blkbam

We haven't reached the interview stage yet but we may face the same issue. Her birth certificate should have a 4 part name but it only has 3 with the 2 middle joined together. Luckily it matches everywhere but when I met her she hard started the process to fix it. I recommended she stop while we go through the K1 process.

Also since birth certificates in Indonesia only specify a name and not the westernized break down, it has made paperwork pretty interesting. With a 4 part name and going through life being called by either the first or the fourth, she had some confusion initially as to what name to put in what field.

Names in Indonesia are fun it seems.

2 minutes ago, payxibka said:

Be careful giving generic answers..  Canada is not Indonesia.   They have a very specific PC to request for the interview.   If you get the wrong one, you will not be approved and receive a 221g at your interview.  

Ok don't start with the police department to get a police report. I'm not sure what advice to give if that's not generic enough or what you consider generic. Especially when I clarified not being able to speak to Canada specifically.

3 minutes ago, Sparkey said:

Agreed! Glad someone from Montreal provided some info for me. 

By the way, I got my information about Indonesian police reports from a Canadian police website so before you start warning people maybe you should try the advice first.

2 hours ago, Sparkey said:

Thanks. I've already seen that link.

I'm looking for information on where exactly I'm supposed to go. 

Any police station? Do I need to be fingerprinted? Will the results be given directly to me to eventually bring to the visa interview?

Start at the website of your local police department. They may have a link to retrieve a criminal background check. If nothing is there then move up to the next rank in law enforcement. Or you an try calling them, though not on the emergency line. It's a more common request than you might think it is. Not just used for immigration.

I can't speak to how it works in Canada but my fiance was able to apply online then pick hers up at the station after 2 days in Taiwan. The paper she received will go with her to the interview.

I also got my case and invoice numbers via calling. They already had my email address on file so I didn't need to use the Ask NVC form. Now just waiting for it to get sent to the embassy.

2 hours ago, cararyn said:

Ah weird--I'm glad it works then!

 

In case this helps anyone else, I called NVC today to ask about my case number. They directed me to this site for timeframes: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html. I got my NOA2 on Dec 15th, but the file didn't arrive at the NVC until Jan 5th (the nice lady told me on the phone) so I'll probably need to wait another 2-3 weeks before I get my case number.

Good to know. I got mine on the 14th and I was set to make my first call tomorrow. Guess I'll be waiting a little longer then.

It's join the next forum day for me/us!

My number was called today as well! 

NOA 1: April 16th 

NOA 2: December 15th 

Total 243 days 

6 hours ago, RoseMalaysia said:

I just looked at google maps and Medan is a cross the malacca strait from Penang  

I hope I can visit it one day

 

I hope so also. I can't wait for this pandemic to be over. We're also planning a ceremony in Indonesia also but thankfully we chose the US first.

My fiance is from Medan, Indonesia. She's currently in Taiwan though. Of the counties I've seen posting here, that area seems to have low representation. 🙁

Either this report only reflects the data at a specific moment in time or the report is dynamically generated with the quarter you request because if you pull Q1 the numbers are exactly the same for family based forms. 🤔

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/Quarterly_All_Forms_FY2020Q1.pdf

26 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

What you opine is the job of the USCIS Ombudsman. Google for more information. Good luck and stay engaged. 

I'm well versed in 50 cent words, though what I exhort is that the enfranchised employ those that they have empowered, benefit society as a whole, not just their own self-interests. United we stand and all that jazz.