ChelseaLAllen

1 hour ago, sydnekins said:

I also had my medical exam with Dr Rappaport! Her office works pretty fast, I had my exam on Friday the 9th and I received an email saying it was sent to the consulate on Tuesday the 13th so I'm expecting the consulate to pick it up any day now

Yesss I felt like they work very fast! when did you have your interview?? Hmmm so they haven't even picked it up one week after! 

1 minute ago, PriscillaQOTD said:

Hi Chelsea! Botoole had his status change from refused to admin processing about 9 days after the medical. We had ours done on the 7th and 6 days later we received the email from the medical centre which means they have sent it to the consulate but our case hasn’t been updated yet. Hoping this will happen Monday? I’ll keep you updated. 

Thank you for that

Im hoping that my results will at least be sent prior to my interview on Wednesday the 21st! and it may delay processing maybe a couple extra days...thats the impression I am under. 
Please keep me updated Thankyou!!!

Hi There!

I have a question I did my medical with Dr Rappaport last Friday on the 16th how long did it take for your results to be at the consulate?? like 5 business days??

Just so I can have a rough idea

Thankyou

2 hours ago, WhyUSoMadFor said:

Good luck, I have mine today at 10am

Good luck 😌😌

9 hours ago, zochu said:

Did the lawyer say you’ll 100% need a waiver? 

3 hours ago, Duke & Marie said:

The consular officer will determine if you need a waiver or not.. not the lawyer. If you go submit a waiver application without being in AP will take 12 months to process looking at case processing times.. let the CO advise if one is needed, that way they review it as part of AP which is way faster.. 

 

Don’t forget, it really depends on the charges, like I said, disclose it, take all the court records and evidence that applicable fines were paid off with you to the interview.. depending on what it is and when it occurred they may not actually care..
 

the only time you need a waiver is if it’s an inadmissible offence.. e.g. multiple dui, drug offences, violent crime.. etc Is the issue you have listed as an inadmissible crime? If not, don’t worry about it

The lawyer said we should prepare one just in case. So maybe I will just pay the money just to have it in case but I won’t submit it unless asked for it. 
okay Thankyou if there are further questions with the CO and they need the waiver I can just bring it in same day. 
 

for the small crime I did and no conviction recorded I’m not too worried but may aswell prepare it just in case

Thankyou for all your help 

57 minutes ago, Botoole said:

Nice one! Did they offer you a date couple weeks out? (seems to be what they're doing). It's been 17 days since NVC confirmed my expedite was approved and expecting interview scheduling any day now (My status on CEAC tracker just changed to 'Ready' on Friday too) -just glad to hear they're still scheduling as I was starting to wonder!

Mine was 14 days ago they approved our expedite and the status just changed to ready on Friday too! hopefully we get scheduled an interview this week fingers crossed!

18 hours ago, Broadford said:

Hey everyone

 

I just noticed my noa2 is going to reach it’s ‘valid to date’ in a couple of weeks time and my case status is ‘at nvc’ do I need to contact the embassy to get it extended, the nvc or does it automatically happen?

 

cheers legends.

Mine expired August 31st so just after the expiration date I emailed Sydney to request my visa gets sent to them (expediting) which got approved and it just arrived at the embassy today.

SO 10000% email them with your own personal expedite  

5 minutes ago, PriscillaQOTD said:

Could be something to do with them prioritising K-1 visas at the moment. I'm assuming you emailed NVC? I haven't emailed Sydney and not sure if I should considering they need NVC to send them the case. 

That's true. I emailed NVC first and they explained they have finished processing it and to email Sydney Consulate directly and then it's up the consulate officer in Sydney who reviews the expedite if they request your file or not. So you need to make sure NVC has finished processing it before you email SydneyIV to request them to send it.

3 minutes ago, PriscillaQOTD said:

That's awesome! Yeah I believe mine is the same. I'm DQ'd and my case is stuck at NVC. Hopefully my approval is only a few days behind yours then! 

Okay! so yes its the same then... weird you haven't got a response yet! Hopefully yours isn't too far behind

16 minutes ago, PriscillaQOTD said:

That's so great to hear! Sorry if this was posted somewhere but what was the time frame for getting the expedite? I applied on 31/8, got a receipt notice on 5/9 but still waiting for the approval....

THANKYOU! I emailed them on the 3rd of September and they replied today saying it was approved. I know there are few different types of expedites out there but this was to get my case to the consulate from NVC so it took 7 business days to Get a response.

OUR K1 VISA FINALLY GOT APPROVAL FOR THE EXPEDITE TODAY!!! We're finally moving forward in the process again. Can't wait to hear more people getting expedites and for all of us to finally be with our loved ones.❤️ ❤️❤️  ❤️❤️  ❤️❤️  ❤️❤️  ❤️❤️ 

HI!

For those who managed to get an expedite for their k1 visa to go from nvc to the Sydney consulate did you email the sydneyiv email address? I keep seeing so many different expedites and email addresses I am now confused again!

(NVC has confirmed they have finished processing our visa and its just down to Sydney now)

Hi!

I have a quick question for anyone that sent through an expedite email to the SydneyIV email address. How long did it take for them to reply? and is it just a yes or no answer or will I be bouncing back and forth again between the consulate and NVC 🥴

8 hours ago, vincentamosa said:

so happy to find this page and see people are getting processed!! My wife has been stuck in WA over 6 months now on working holiday visa. We received DQ from NVC on August 11 for our spouse visa.

 

Expediting on grounds of emotional hardship definitely seems applicable... Is an expedite request some sort of legit document i need to file? Or do I just shoot an email to the embassy ?

We got an automatic email from NVC to email this specific email address: sydneyiv@state.gov     A lot of other people have emailed this address also for their expedite. We are still waiting to hear back from them but I only emailed them on Thursday. 

Good luck 🌟

1 minute ago, Lelly said:

Unless I've been put in a pile of "you're from VIC, we are going to ignore you for a while" 😂

Awww man I really am feeling for everyone that's in VIC right now.

12 minutes ago, Lelly said:

I was approved the following day BUT I am now not hearing back from them that quickly. I haven't even been sent packet 3 since my case arrived from NVC. But hopefully the response is fairly quick for you! 

Hmmm interesting! AT least you know its moving forward in the process. I guess we will just have to wait and see

Hi Lovely People!

We sent through our expedite to the SydneyIV email address along with a doctors medical certificate just for extra leverage. Does anyone know how long it'll take for them to reply!? I am so nervous, my fingers and toes are crossed.