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    Hong Kong US consulate -waiting time from Document qualified until interview appointment?

    in US Embassy and Consulate Discussion

    Posted · Edited by akazenishi
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    Hello all, for those who have had their interview dates, may I ask if you have done anything after getting the DQ notification? My case got DQ on May 25 and when I enquired NVC, they said they are waiting for the US Consulate in Hong Kong to tell them when they hold interviews, and no action is required from my end. However, the US Consulate in Hong Kong advised that they are unable to further process until they receive the case from NVC. Am I missing anything, or shall I provide DS-2001 to NVC as mentioned by the US Consulate? Thank you for your help in advance!

     

    NVC:

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    This case is now documentarily qualified. This means that the National Visa Center (NVC) has all of the documents we requested. Your application is now waiting for an interview appointment, where a consular officer will adjudicate it.

     

    The U.S. Embassy or Consulate tells NVC when they hold interviews, and we fill the appointment dates as the cases become qualified. We schedule appointments one month in advance, but we cannot predict when an interview will be scheduled.

     

    Your case will stay at NVC until an appointment is scheduled, and then we will send it to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate. We will notify the applicant, petitioner, and attorney (if applicable) when an appointment is scheduled.

    US Consulate in Hong Kong:

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    Our records show that as of today, your case file is still maintained by the National Visa Center (NVC) in the United States.  As the NVC in the United States maintains all the files for administrative processing (including appointment scheduling), you may wish to contact the NVC directly about your concern by using the following link https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html?wcmmode=disabled. 

     

    Therefore, you should provide your DS-2001 to NVC (not to the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong).

     

    Unfortunately, we are unable to take any further action in your visa case until we receive your case file from NVC.  The NVC will not forward the files to Hong Kong until the administrative processing has been completed. 

     

    How accurate is the processing times?

    in National Visa Center (Dept of State)

    Posted

    On 6/2/2021 at 10:13 PM, Marissa&Kevin said:

    I didn't know you could ask for an expedite if you have a job offer in the US. I do have a job offer that will expire on July 12th. I'm still fairly new at these forums, an apology, but can you point me in the right direction on how to ask for an expedite?

    So far I've seen that you send an email to "NVCExpedite@state.gov", is there a template? do you attach the job offer? 

    Or do you use the Inquiry Form on the website.

    Thank you.

    I have not tried to expedite but just by reading the forums it seems like there is good reason for you to do so. Just search "NVC expedite" and there should be many posts talking about this. I think there is no standard template because everyone's circumstance is different. You can try send an email to NVC stating the same as well. There is no harm to try.

    I-130 July 2020 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted · Edited by akazenishi

    11 hours ago, Googlebug said:

    Hello everyone! We filed July 15th, and today we received the response that our I-130 was approved yesterday! We got the following message 

     

    On May 26, 2021, we approved your Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, Receipt Number, and sent you an approval notice. Please follow the instructions in your notice. If you do not receive your approval notice by June 25, 2021, please go to www.uscis.gov/e-request to request a copy of the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

     

    Does anyone know roughly how long it takes for it to be passed on to NVC? Thanks :D

    Congratulations! I got NOA2 on 3/24 and received NVC welcome email with case and invoice numbers on 3/28.

    DS-260 Review note

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted · Edited by akazenishi

    12 minutes ago, Milka & Chris said:

    NVC cannot review your submitted documents until we have received all of the required documents DS-260, Civil Documents and Financial Documents. Once these documents have been submitted, we will review your case. Please follow your CEAC Home page and https://nvc.state.gov. 

     

    but no clear details what we exactly need.

    It said you need to submit the civil documents and financial documents before they can review your DS260. There should be something indicated as "INCOMPLETE" when you log onto CEAC website. You have to upload the required documents before they can further proceed.

    Civil Documents - Police Certificate from Hong Kong

    in National Visa Center (Dept of State)

    Posted

    On 4/27/2021 at 12:56 PM, Love P said:

    One of the requirements from the HK Consul is a request letter (I am assuming from NVC) stating that the police clearance is needed. How do you get this? Do you request it specifically from NVC or US embassy in Manila? 

     

    Hi I am physically in Hong Kong and have applied for the certificate a few days ago. They accept the welcome email from NVC containing the applicant's full name, case number, etc. as an evidence for the "request letter". Hope this helps.

    I130 Mailing Address as Non-US Address?

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    39 minutes ago, JAI TUTEJA said:

    Hi VJ Community Members,

     

    Had a quick question on "Mailing Address".
    My and my spouse both are living in India. In the i130 form - Page 2, Part 2, 10a to 10i , for Mailing address details should we mention India's address (as we are living here currently) or we can mention a relative's U.S. address (where we intend to live after the IR1 process)?

    Does it make any difference interms of communication with USCIS and overall turn around time for the process? Does USCIS send NOA1 and NOA2 and other communication to foreign addresses in the current COVID pandemic scenario?

     

    THanks,

     

     

    I did receive NOAs from USCIS while I am outside of the US (I submitted my i130 application last July), just that it took around a month for it to arrive, but this does not make a difference to me since I file online and have access to an e-copy when I login to myUSCIS.

    I-130 July 2020 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    9 hours ago, evie80 said:

    Hi, I filed June 2020. Anyone in here at the Vermont processing center? Our case got moved from Texas to Vermont in February with no notification.  They have a super huge backlog unless their information on processing times is incorrect? Im super frustrated!

    My case was transferred from Nebraska to California without notification as well (which adds up to the processing time rather than reducing it...). While VisaJourney stated that CSC is still processing cases for April 2020 and USCIS website stated that they are only processing I-130 spouse cases for March 2019, my case got approved a while ago which is ahead of these estimated timelines.

    I-130 July 2020 Filers

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    10 hours ago, JoeBacon said:

    Congratulations this is fantastic news! You filed exactly one week before us and were at the same service centre so this really does give us hope! Thank you for sharing and good luck on the rest of your journey :D

    Thank you! The case was initially assigned to Nebraska but transferred to California eventually, but I heard that Nebraska are approving cases faster so I hope it will soon be your turn~ 🙂

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