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We also got our interview letter scheduled for August 4. Been DQ'ed late February. I was expecting to have at least a month until the interview date, but it's only little over 2 weeks out.

We finally have our interview date on August 4.

6 hours ago, Dilsh said:

I applied for k1 visa in March 2020 and received NOA2 in October 2020. The last when I contacted the embassy, they replied that my time will come when other k1 visas that are ahead of my k1 visa get their interviews. The problem is that I don’t know how many k1 visas are ahead of mine. I know that Uzbekistan only processes around 20 k1 visas a year so I don’t think there should be big backlog of k1 visas unless cr1, ir1 and k1 are considered the same category of visas and process by the same department in the embassy then it might take really long time. 

In terms of visa category, I think IR1/CR1 are immigrant visas and K1 is a non-immigrant fiancé(e) visa. But they could be processed by the same department, who knows. I know someone who got their interview 7 months after getting their NOA2 (with expedite request) for the IR1/CR1 in 2020 when all embassies/consulates closed for COVID.

Also, they are now prioritizing the cases in the following order according to the department of state:

• Tier One: Immediate relative intercountry adoption visas, age-out cases (cases where the applicant will soon no longer qualify due to their age), and certain Special Immigrant Visas (SQ and SI for Afghan and Iraqi nationals working with the U.S. government)
• Tier Two:  Immediate relative visas; fiancé(e) visas; and returning resident visas
• Tier Three: Family preference immigrant visas and SE Special Immigrant Visas for certain employees of the U.S. government abroad
• Tier Four: All other immigrant visas, including employment preference and diversity visas

Hello Everyone.

I'm starting this thread to keep track of and share information among family based immigrant visa applicants at the US Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Please provide the visa type and your current progress.

We're awaiting of our CR1 visa, currently DQ'ed by NVC as of February 22, 2021. Tried expediting our case and got denied. According to NVC, the US Embassy in Tashkent has resumed processing family based immigrant visas but are working with limited staff. We just wanted to get some input from VJ members here to estimate how many people are in line for an interview in Uzbekistan.

On 4/30/2021 at 10:59 PM, Rana&Eli said:

Hello,

 

We received our DQ on March 9th, 2021. We expected to receive a notification about our appointment with the embassy by now because we understood that 4 to 6 weeks is the usual time it takes following the DQ (Documentarily Qualified). Since we haven't heard anything, we're thinking of contacting the NVC. Is there anything else we can do? And how long does it usually take to schedule an interview with the embassy?

 

Hello there,

Our case was Documentarily Qualified on February 23rd, 2021. The next day we filed an expedite and got denied. Waited for three months and on 10th of May we filed another expedite. We received an answer on June 10th,2021 from NVC saying that the Embassy can't expedite the case. So we have almost been waiting for 4 months already. Even if you contact NVC they will not be able to provide any information regarding your interview as the Embassy or Consulate schedules it. The only explanation in our case was that the US Embassy in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) is working half staff nowadays. We are still waiting for our interview appointment.

7 hours ago, sheikhmax said:

Hello All,

 

First time posting. I am in a weird scenario. I filed the petition i-130 for my spouse on September 2020 online.

I received the the acceptance and got the case number assigned.

Nebraska was the assigned center.

I kept following up on the processing times for Nebraska and when Cases from September 2020 started to process, I waited for a week.

I reached out to USCIS via phone to see whats going on and why no approval so far.

To my "bad luck" or surprise they told me that my case is at Potomac Service Center and Not Nebraska and wait times over there are long so its still inside normal processing times.

I also sent a message via My Account and got the same reply that its assigned to Potomac Service Center. I have sent them another message and told them that's not what I have been seeing for last 7 months. I have requested them to process my application based on the processing time of the center that is shown in my case status.

 

Even as of today I get the following Case Status:

 

******Case Status as of April 29, 2021********
September 14, 2020
Case Was Received and A Receipt Notice Was Emailed

On September 14, 2020, we received your Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, Receipt Number IOEXXXXXXX, and mailed you a receipt notice or acceptance notice. It is being processed at our Nebraska Service Center location. The notice describes how we will process your case. Please follow the instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address.

Current as of today at 2:09 p.m.

**********************************************

 

What do you guys think? What should be my next move? Or There's nothing practically I can do except waiting?

 

I was in the same situation and even tried to request that our case be transferred to another service center from Potomac but USCIS said they can't do it. Unfortunately you just have to wait. When you end up calling USCIS ask them when your case was last touched (looked at/reviewed). That might be a sign that there's some activity with your case and it's not just sitting there collecting dust. You might also want to ask whether your case has been assigned to an adjudication officer. When they told me this about our case it was approved about a week later. Good luck!

12 minutes ago, From_CAN_2_US said:

We have checked this tab. There is no notice of approval there. The file Status shows as approved though.

Try using this link to request a copy of your approval https://egov.uscis.gov/e-request/Intro.do

15 hours ago, From_CAN_2_US said:

We received our approval for i130 on Thursday at around 2pm. It showed as such online and on our account. However unlike NOA1, when we received an email notice immediately after we submitted, we haven’t received NOA2 notice by email yet.

 

We need this email notice to apply for Singapore COC (Police Clearance). That takes about 70 to 90 days to obtain when outside the country, and so I want to get on it ASAP.

 

How Long does it typically take to get the NOA2 notice by email after approval. Is there anyway to hurry it?

 

 

You can log in to your "my.uscis.gov" account and get a copy of the approval notice under the "Documents" tab if that works for you.

1 minute ago, PaRo2020 said:

how did you get in contact with a representative. I'm still not able to do that. My PD was 02/10/2020...and when I check online there is still no update, it still says case was received and a notice receipt was emailed. 

When the automated system asks why you're calling say that you have a technical problem or something like "I cannot log in to my account" to trick the automated system to connect you to a live agent.

Hey guys. Our case was just approved today. It went to "case being actively reviewed" this morning and then to "case approved" after couple of hours. Thanks everyone for sharing your timeline and experience. Good luck to everyone who is still waiting for an approval!

Some insight into what I observed while waiting:
1. When I received my NOA1 the letter said my case was in California Service Center.

2. When I called USCIS to inquire about my case 2-3 months later, they told me it was transferred to the Potomac Service Center. I did not receive any notice neither through mail nor email.
3. When I called multiple times to double check the location of my case, I've had multiple USCIS customer service reps giving me conflicting information, with some saying it's in Texas Service Center and some saying it's in Potomac. Apparently they have multiple databases where they check this information and may end up giving you wrong information. Eventually I spoke to Tier 2 officers and 2 of them confirmed that my case is in Potomac.

4. When I called yesterday to inquire about my case I was told that there was an "evidence review" that occurred recently and that the case was assigned to an adjudicating officer. Today the case went to "actively reviewing" and then "approved".

Just thought I might share this in case you guys are in the same situation.

How many pictures did you guys upload as evidence when submitting your I-130? 

Do you guys think we should start a petition or something to have cases transferred from Potomac? It's little unfair that people who ended up in Potomac and waiting for 10+ months, while those who ended up in Texas or Nebraska are getting approved within 4-5 months!

You guys think we can start a petition or something to have cases transferred from Potomac to other processing centers? It seems little unfair that people who ended up in Potomac have to wait for 10+ months, while others who ended up in Texas or Nebraska are getting approved within 4-5 months!

We filed on Feb 3, NOA1 received Feb 4. Case opened in Potomac, touched April 20, then May 22. Nothing ever since.

2 minutes ago, mo93 said:

Hi everyone, i was also approved today, onwards to nvc. wish everyone best of luck

Congratulations to everyone who got approved this month. Looks like you guys are all at Nebraska SC.

Hi everyone. A little late to the party, but still would like to share experience. Any one here upgraded their I-130 from F2A (spouse of permanent resident) to IR1/CR1 (spouse of a USC)? We filed our I-130 when I was still a permanent resident on 2/2/2020 (NOA1 received 2/3/2020) and upgraded our case on 3/16/2020. We haven't heard ever since. Case was last touched on May 22. Case initially at Potomac, then transferred to Texas after an upgrade.