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For anyone that had an expedite request approved - how long was it from when your case was listed as “in transit” until you received an email from your embassy? 

For our expedite request, I sent an email to nvcexpedite@state.gov. In this email, I provided our case number, my name and date of birth, and my husband’s name and date of birth. As the reason for our request was primarily medical-based, I included a letter from my doctor as evidence. Include whatever evidence you see fit pertaining to your reason for expedite. I sent the email on Monday, June 29th, received notice that they were reviewing it on Thursday, July 3rd, and had the expedite approved today. 
I hope this helps! 

You can log into the same site where you uploaded all of your supporting documents (in the upper righthand corner of the page it will say where your case is and the embassy that you’ll be going through) or you can log into the ceac status tracker (https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx) to get detailed information about the current status of your case. If you are DQ then it will likely just say “at NVC”. It will update to “in transit” when it is being sent to the embassy. 

We received our DQ email today!!! 
 
NOA1/PD:10/2/2019
NOA2: 6/9/2020
Submitted documents to NVC: 6/22/2020
DQ: 7/8/2020
 
Can’t wait to see y’all over on the Complete to Interview forum! 

You can log into the same site where you uploaded all of your supporting documents (in the upper righthand corner of the page it will say where your case is and the embassy that you’ll be going through) or you can log into the ceac status tracker (https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx) to get detailed information about the current status of your case. If you are DQ then it will likely just say “at NVC”. It will update to “in transit” when it is being sent to the embassy. 

You can log into the same site where you uploaded all of your supporting documents (in the upper righthand corner of the page it will say where your case is and the embassy that you’ll be going through) or you can log into the ceac status tracker (https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx) to get detailed information about the current status of your case. If you are DQ then it will likely just say “at NVC”. It will update to “in transit” when it is being sent to the embassy. 

Just to update from a conversation I had with the NVC today: 
1. If you’re case is expedited, it is common for the system to automatically send an email saying that your interview is cancelled, even if one was never scheduled. The reason for this is to ensure that there are no pending interviews when your case is transferred to the embassy, as you are responsible for scheduling your own interview when you are expedited on a IR/CR1 visa. 
2. Having documents (for us, it was the AOS) suddenly appear as incomplete after you have already received DQ is a system bug and is perfectly normal.  The person that I spoke to at the NVC said that this is caused by the system repopulating options that are not applicable for your case (such as sponsor information when no sponsor is needed, etc.) and can be ignored if you have already received your DQ email. 

I hope this helps! Thanks to everyone that gave suggestions and feedback on this. 

Just to update from a conversation I had with the NVC today: 
1. If you’re case is expedited, it is common for the system to automatically send an email saying that your interview is cancelled, even if one was never scheduled. The reason for this is to ensure that there are no pending interviews when your case is transferred to the embassy, as you are responsible for scheduling your own interview when you are expedited on a IR/CR1 visa. 
2. Having documents (for us, it was the AOS) suddenly appear as incomplete after you have already received DQ is a system bug and is perfectly normal.  The person that I spoke to at the NVC said that this is caused by the system repopulating options that are not applicable for your case (such as sponsor information when no sponsor is needed, etc.) and can be ignored if you have already received your DQ email. 

I hope this helps! Thanks to everyone that gave suggestions and feedback on this. 

You can log into the same site where you uploaded all of your supporting documents (in the upper righthand corner of the page it will say where your case is and the embassy that you’ll be going through) or you can log into the ceac status tracker (https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx) to get detailed information about the current status of your case. If you are DQ then it will likely just say “at NVC”. It will update to “in transit” when it is being sent to the embassy. 

We received our DQ email today!!! 
 
NOA1/PD:10/2/2019
NOA2: 6/9/2020
Submitted documents to NVC: 6/22/2020
DQ: 7/8/2020
 
Can’t wait to see y’all over on the Complete to Interview forum! 

It sounds like you are a day or two behind me. 
 
You can book your medical, no problem. You just need your case number. I think they are not working every day. When I have mine they were just doing two days a week. There are plenty of slots available though. 
 
You'll need to get up to date with your vaccinations, and get a patient summary from your GP. 
 
I'll be looking out for you next week saying you got your interview booked! 
 
 

Oh wow, that's excellent news! I can't believe they have dates open for this month, I surely thought that we would be into end of August/September by the time we were able to book. Congrats on getting your interview date - I've seen you on the UK forum before and I know this has been a long time coming for you! I saw on your timeline that you listed your NVC left date. Was this the date that you received your expedite approval or was this the day that your status showed as in transit/ready? Were you able to get your medical booked between now and then or will you be attending that after your interview? 
Cheers for the response, you made my day! 

We received our DQ email today!!! 
 
NOA1/PD:10/2/2019
NOA2: 6/9/2020
Submitted documents to NVC: 6/22/2020
DQ: 7/8/2020
 
Can’t wait to see y’all over on the Complete to Interview forum! 

We received our DQ email today!!! 
 
NOA1/PD:10/2/2019
NOA2: 6/9/2020
Submitted documents to NVC: 6/22/2020
DQ: 7/8/2020
 
Can’t wait to see y’all over on the Complete to Interview forum! 

We received our DQ email today!!! 
 
NOA1/PD:10/2/2019
NOA2: 6/9/2020
Submitted documents to NVC: 6/22/2020
DQ: 7/8/2020
 
Can’t wait to see y’all over on the Complete to Interview forum! 

We received our DQ email today!!! 
 
NOA1/PD:10/2/2019
NOA2: 6/9/2020
Submitted documents to NVC: 6/22/2020
DQ: 7/8/2020
 
Can’t wait to see y’all over on the Complete to Interview forum! 

We received our DQ email today!!! 
 
NOA1/PD:10/2/2019
NOA2: 6/9/2020
Submitted documents to NVC: 6/22/2020
DQ: 7/8/2020
 
Can’t wait to see y’all over on the Complete to Interview forum! 

Just got DQ!!!🥳 I submitted on 24 June and exactly 14 days later NVC send an email telling us we are DQ. Waiting to get my interview now at the embassy in Romania.

Wow, that’s a bit silly. I can’t even imagine, I was freaking out and it only took us the better part of a day to get it sorted. Have you attempted to get into the site from a different browser (chrome, Firefox, etc.)? It might be a system update, a bug, or just lousy luck. Either way, I’d ring up the NVC on Monday and ask them what they’d recommend. If you have the originals and would be willing to bring them to the interview, maybe you’d be able to skip the upload? I know that some people had to do this with the police clearance documentation if they weren’t able to get it due to Covid. I would definitely confirm this with someone at the NVC or embassy prior to going this route though, I’m by no means an expert. 

That’s not too bad at all! I emailed them a week ago Monday and got an email Thursday morning that they were reviewing our request. Thanks for the help ☺️

hi! I heard back after 9 days that we were approved, so wait a little longer! If approved, you will email or call the embassy to see if they received your application from NVC, and schedule the appt with them. 

Originally Nebraska, transferred to Texas Feb. 23. We put in an inquiry on May 28 due to case being outside of processing time, received a standard response yesterday and our noa2/approval on our myuscis portal late last night. 

I agree with you completely - this whole process can be very discouraging and is definitely not designed to help us cope with the stress and separation from our loved ones. I am very thankful to have found this community of people that understands what each of us are going through. 
I tried to use the chat and ended up getting a lot of conflicting information. If at all possible, definitely try to call and speak to a tier 2 agent. The person that I spoke to was the first friendly government voice I had heard through this whole process and really helped put us at ease. 
I know this is hard, but you’ve made it this far so I also know that you are strong! It’s hard to see others celebrate when you are still waiting, but hang tough and know that your time will come! We will all be here for you until then  

Good news as well. 
 
NOA1: Oct 7, 2019
NOA2: June 10, 2020

I agree with you completely - this whole process can be very discouraging and is definitely not designed to help us cope with the stress and separation from our loved ones. I am very thankful to have found this community of people that understands what each of us are going through. 
I tried to use the chat and ended up getting a lot of conflicting information. If at all possible, definitely try to call and speak to a tier 2 agent. The person that I spoke to was the first friendly government voice I had heard through this whole process and really helped put us at ease. 
I know this is hard, but you’ve made it this far so I also know that you are strong! It’s hard to see others celebrate when you are still waiting, but hang tough and know that your time will come! We will all be here for you until then