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2 hours ago, SFA14 said:

In my case, after moving embassies, i received two emails; first email notified me of the new case number and second email stated that all your documents are qualified and approved. I do not know whether this applies a new DQ date or just a notification. 

Were you previously already DQed? prior to the transfer, then you got a second DQ email? Thats a bit odd, haven't seen that before.

9 hours ago, SFA14 said:

I changed my interview location from Pakistan to UAE as well. I received this email too. This indicates a new case status, a new DQ. NVC had informed us on the phone that we will be moved out of one queue and into another. Hence the specific email is received

what do you mean a new DQ? do you not keep your original DQ date  and priority when you transfer embassies? NVC specifically told us DQ date would not be effected, meaning its not like we would be tranfsered and then be back at the end of the line ...

On 12/17/2020 at 3:59 PM, Usama said:

Thank you for your response

Yes normally it happens when embassy approves an expedite and case is transferred from NVC to Embassy but in this case we both transferred our case from one embassy to another , I requested to transfer my case from  Pakistan to UAE , but it was long time ago and may be the embassy started working now so now they are changing our interview locations in their system and that thing caused this notification.

Thank you , hopefully I will get IL interview letter by the end of next month.

What about you , Dublin embassy started Interviews as well ?

Ireland going into a 6 week lockdown potentially after Xmas so unlikely for an interview now anytime soon. Go another email now from NVC again stating your interview has been cancelled. Thats some glitchy system they have ehh? Two meaningless emails in two weeks, telling me completely useless and inaccurate information...

Did you receive another email as well?

2 hours ago, Usama said:

Hi @IAQ we also received this same email , we are not sure what it is , when we called NVC they said it was just a system glitch and and it has nothing to do with case transfer or expedite.

Have you heard anything ?

Ah I was going to call as well, but expected a similar answer to be honest. We have not heard anything or seen any movement in the case since. Although I have seen other posts from other embassy threads saying they received a similar email then their case was sent to embassy and scheduled for interview like a week later. Not sure if there is any relation to whats happening here or coincidence. Our case was transferred from AD embassy to Dublin about two days before we received that email. I just assumed the glitch had to do with the transferring of the embassies.

AD has started scheduling interviews though finally. May and June DQ dates seem to have been scheduled in January. Hope this helps.

2 minutes ago, JenIE said:

That odd email is common in things like when you expedite and I'm guessing when you transfer embassies. Since they sent word the transfer is approved, you'll probably receive the email for the interview at the Dublin Embassy soon enough, they really seem to be picking up the pace since reopening. 

Excellent, hoping you are right! Thanks so much Jen.

1 hour ago, JenIE said:

 

You have the option to pick it up in a specific location or have it delivered by courier service. We chose the courier service and it took a day or two to get delivered after it was issued. Ours did take about 2 weeks back in October, but it looks like some people approved this month are getting it issued faster -- @Fitz1130 had theirs marked as issued only a couple days after the interview!

Ah thats very good to know! We just received an odd email from NVC saying the interview had been cancelled, but we were never assigned an interview date to begin with...wondering if that means something is in the works in their system that will move the case soon to the embassy? Any idea? Sorry for all the questions, I've just noticed you're quite knowledgeable 🙂

On 12/9/2020 at 6:39 PM, JenIE said:

Yay congrats! That status is normal after the approval, they spend a few days processing things and then eventually the Visa gets issued and it changes to Issued. You're lucky you saw a change, when we were approved it stayed as Ready the whole time until one day it changed to Issued. FYI for us it took about 2 weeks to receive the Visa from the Dublin Embassy.

Hi JenIE- you're saying it took two weeks to receive the passport back? Was this through mail? We talked a while back and my husbands case finally got transferred to Dublin, so wondering how long he will actually need to be there what with a 14 day quaarantine (potentially) and waiting for the passport to be returned. Thanks in advance for any insight!

On 12/8/2020 at 5:38 PM, Dubliner77 said:

Hi there,

 

I would imagine that this issue is specific to the the US embassy in Ireland but I can't be sure. I did a number of advanced searches on Visa Journey and elsewhere online to try to see if others had encountered this issue but I couldn't find anything, hence why I asked myself! So I do hope that this is just a peculiar requirement for the consular officers at the Dublin embassy. As @JenIE noted, there doesn't seem to be mention of a requirement for long-form marriage certs on the travel.state.gov website. 

 

If you were married in the Seychelles and long-form marriage certs aren't offered there, then your current cert is the only one that is available to you and I wouldn't worry too much. I do think it is wise to keep an eye on your case online though. Maybe intermittently check on the docs you've submitted online to ensure no new notes have appeared from consular officers. Unfortunately I wasn't notified of my doc rejection despite being DQ myself; I just noticed it when I clicked in to review the docs I'd submitted! 

 

Wishing you all the best. 

 

 

 

 

Our case just got transferred to Dublin consulate, so I expect we will have to deal with this issue potentially. Thanks for the advice. Will be proactive in checking CEAC and reaching out to the consulate to ensure what we have will suffice.

Does anyone know if any January interviews have been scheduled in Dublin?  I'm not seeing much activity in the timelines past your interview on December on 8th. Just curious...

20 hours ago, Dubliner77 said:

Hi all,

 

Thanks for all your help. 

 

Just to update, I had my embassy interview this morning and it went as expected. Interview was fine but I will need to send in the long-form marriage cert when I receive it in the post. So it's good news in the sense that the interviewer seemed minded to approve the visa once I provide them with the new marriage cert. So now I'll just be waiting impatiently for the cert to arrive! 

 

Anyone waiting on an embassy appointment in Dublin, make sure your marriage cert is an extended form, or risk delays. 

 

 

 

 

HI- sorry you are having to wait a bit longer, but at least it does seem to be an easy approval process once you receive the certificate. I have a quick question regarding this as its the first I hear of this requirement and we were already DQed by NVC back in mid June. We were married in the Seychelles and our certificate definitely does not appear to be a long form (include parents names etc). Is this an absolute requirement based on your knowledge? I don't think Seychelles provide this type of   certificate and we would have no idea about how to obtain one now anyway. 

OR was this specific to where you got married, meaning that long form certificates are customary in NY and thats why the officer was expecting to see this type of certificate from you? I find this whole requirement a bit confusing and overkill but just need to be informed as you said, to avoid delays. I appreciate that you have made us all aware of this, its really helpful thanks!

18 hours ago, Quarknase said:

I know it’s tough. Especially for us with spouses in MENA region. We lucked out in the beginning - filed in November ‘19 and are DQ since June 22nd. But now our visa category was banned by the president until at least end of the year, so all depends on how fast my local office schedules my citizenship interview.

Stay strong! I spoke to my Manager and received approval to spend lots of time abroad with my hubby (where I am now), maybe you can do something similar? If not - we live in a time where videocalls etc are working great. Let’s be thankful for what we have, and remain positive 💗

Hi- have you heard any recent news on UAE interviews? I tried to message the person that mentioned the whatsapp group (several times) but have not been added. Just wondering what the latest might be, in case you're in that chat. Thanks in advance!

On 6/20/2020 at 1:00 AM, JC&PB said:

I also just got DQ’ed yesterday, waiting for interview date. Join our UAE whatsapp group, 3 of the members got their interviews scheduled on June 29 (Two were expedited and one normal processing that was cancelled on March). Goodluck to us

HI- sent you a PM a while back to add me to the UAE chat. Can you please check to see if you received my info? Please add me as we would like to have some up to date info as a family to be able to plan and timeline for our move to the US. Much appreciated!

8 hours ago, JC&PB said:

I also just got DQ’ed yesterday, waiting for interview date. Join our UAE whatsapp group, 3 of the members got their interviews scheduled on June 29 (Two were expedited and one normal processing that was cancelled on March). Goodluck to us

Oh wow that is very good news indeed. Thanks for sharing! Will be sending you my info as I'm definitely interested in joining the UAE chat.

On 6/16/2020 at 8:48 AM, Quarknase said:

Congrats! 🎉 

There are an estimated 1001 threads around this topic on VJ and the short answer is no. Some embassies started scheduling emergency/expedite appointment, and DOS has released a statement which indicates that interviews won’t be resumed until a specific country has entered the last phase of re-openings and the specific post has gone through all phases successfully as well (full workforce, etc etc).

Thanks for the reply! Just saw today on another site that Paris embassy  had scheduled an interview for someone, and also another person chimed in with Seoul, Korea. Hope these are not isolated cases (they did not seem to be on an emergency basis, as the people were suprised to be scheduled).

We got DQ yesterday. First submission April 29, RFE May 26th, then second submission May 28th. Has anyone heard anything about embassy openings worldwide? I'm sure its different for each country, just wondering what things are looking  like currently.

2 minutes ago, Quarknase said:

That is correct too, but if the citizen of country A lives in country B then it’s held in the country of residence. I guess what I’m trying to say is, it’s not an issue to move back. He just provides proof that he moved back.

However, it wasn’t mentioned what stage they are in and if the case is already with the Embassy in his current country, then it can cause a slight delay while NVC re-assigns him to the other embassy

Thanks for explaining. Case is still pending at nvc  on an RFE. So hopefully wont cause undue delays. She will submit an email to NVC with his proof of citizenship and his flight ticket proof with an explanation on why  hes moving back. That should suffice you think?

1 minute ago, Quarknase said:

The interview is usually being held in the country of residence, not in the country of citizenship. Once your friends husband moved back to Hungary and the case has reached NVC, they can submit an inquiry via online form and explain that he moved back and ask to get re-assigned to the consulate in Hungary. They would need to provide proof of residence (such as passport, local drivers license, a utility bill or anything else that proofs his residence there).

I thought you could interview at your country of residence OR your country of citizenship. This is what I was told by my lawyer. Confusing!

Has anyone here successful changed embassies at NVC stage and can you tell me how long it took? My friend is still at the nvc stage and (she is US citizen and currently lives abroad in UAE with her Hungarian husband), she is moving to the US shortly and her husband will go to Hungary his home country until he can get the green card. The attorney has told them that he cannot change his embassy to Hungary until he moves there (which doesnt make sense bc he is a Hungarian citizen so he has a right to interview there, whether he is living there or not?). I feel like she is getting dicked around by the lawyer and he is potentially delaying this process for them (unknowingly).

Please if you have any insight on the change of embassy process and how long it takes let me know. Can you apply for a change of embassy at any time?

1 minute ago, Ncornejo7 said:

For co sponsor do you mean Joint sponsor or household member. I'm not sure why they're asking for 3 years of W2s. Did you submit a transcript or a tax return?

Yes sorry I mean joint sponsor (he filed jointly with his wife, so the IRS transcripts we submitted show both of their info), and they are asking for his three years of  W2s. The 2016 transcript does show the breakdown of the earnings between him and his wife, so the info is already there. Maybe I can just point to that as well and say the 2016 info of his earnings is on the IRS transcirpt we already submittted. I don't want to piss of anyone, but this is obvious!

On 5/26/2020 at 11:36 PM, Ncornejo7 said:

My guess is that co will make decision.  Did you get a DQ message?

So as it turns out, I called them and they want My co-sponsors three years of W2s for the taxes we submitted (2016-2018). He doesn't have 2016 for some reason but gave me 2017,2018 and 2019 to submit. Do you think its ok to submit these for the time being with a comment to say we will submit 2016 (or have it available for the consulate) once we can obtain it from his employer? I don't want to delay the process, but at the same time I do think 2017,2018,2019 should be enough.

7 minutes ago, Ncornejo7 said:

How about your civil documenta? Did all of them get accepted?

yes it appears so. all say accepted next to them

4 minutes ago, Ncornejo7 said:

My guess is that co will make decision.  Did you get a DQ message?

No DQ message. Just an email today saying the NVC has updated the status of your case and to check messages. Massage says "case FE review note" and of course no matter what I try, I cannot view the message. Hung up after 45 minutes on hold!

10 minutes ago, Ncornejo7 said:

What I mean is the main status. Before you click to see the documents submitted. Do you have an incomplete, complete or maybe accepted in the main status?

In the main page everything states "accepted".

8 minutes ago, Ncornejo7 said:

What I mean is the main status. Before you click to see the documents submitted.

YOu mean this? 

Just now, Ncornejo7 said:

One last question did you already get a DQ? What does the status on your financial evidence read? 

All documents we uploaded say accepted. IS that what you mean? That's why Im confused about the RFE. Been on hold for 40 minutes now with NVC, will probably hang up soon (calling from Dubai, international minutes 😞 )

2 minutes ago, Ncornejo7 said:

Yes , I'm sure that would work. They do read the comments. Did you specify in the comment as told by operator or something of that sort?

Did you have a joint sponsor or are you using assets ?

Using my assets + Joint sponsor. Submitted 3 years of tax returns for all parties, maybe they will ask for the W2s, eventhough we are all well above whats needed?