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    Rio de Janeiro Interview

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    1 minute ago, Ron K said:

    The medical exam was in Sao Paulo on May 31, 18 days prior to the interview. The doctor confirmed that he used their online service to send them the medical report. We'll continue to try to contact the consulate and see if the doctor can do the same.

    Ok, I've heard that many people that did the medical consultation in SP had their visa delayed... They told that the doctor delayed to send the data to the consulate...

    Rio de Janeiro Interview

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    39 minutes ago, Ron K said:

    We had our K-1 interview on June 17. The questions were easy: "How did you meet?" and "What are your wedding plans?". We were told that they were waiting on the medical report, and that they would stamp and return the passport once that was received. The medical exam was 18 days prior to the interview and we confirmed with the doctor that he had electronically sent it prior to the interview date. We emailed the consulate, but no reply from them and it's now 8 days past the interview. Has anyone experienced anything similar?

    Have you had your medical consultation in São Paulo?

    Expedite request

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

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    On 6/9/2021 at 10:36 PM, tc65 said:

    My expedite request was approved by the US embassy in El Salvador on May 19, on May 25 the embassy received the package from NVC and we got an email from the embassy that they were going to communicate within two days to set up the interview date, it has been over two weeks and nothing, we called and were told to be patience, how long does it take to set up the interview after the embassy receives the package from NVC?

    After your expedite approval,  they have sent the package to the consulate. Did something showed on CEAC, regarding the tracking? Tks

    Rio de Janeiro Interview

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    3 hours ago, Hilde said:

    Hello Friends,

     
    My husband´s visa has been issued. Can hardly believe I am writing this - after such a long and tortuous journey here.
     
    Our interview was scheduled for 9:30am. But the day that he went to have his fingerprints done (a few days before the interview) they advised him to get there at 8. So we did.
     
    We waited in line outside and after security check etc we were given a piece of paper with the order that they wanted the documents. It went something like this:
     
    Proof of DS-260
    Passport
    Birth certificate + copy
    Marriage certificate + copy
    Military record + copy
    Police certificate (state and federal)
    Medical (had already been sent directly to consulate)
    Proof of financial support: (below is what we provided)
     -864
     -bank records
     -401k
     
    We were called and they asked us to turn in the documents. They looked over it, asked when we got married (to which my husband got the year wrong because he was so nervous) and told us to wait for the interview.
    We waited like 15´ and got called. My knees were shaking and my heart was racing.
     
    The officer was VERY friendly and I could tell she was smiling even with a mask on.
    We took the oath to tell the truth, she asked us 1) where we met and 2) how old our daughter was. She entered a few sentences in the computer and THAT WAS IT. She congratulated us. 
     
    Our case was VERY straight forward (we have been married for 10 yrs, we have a daughter and own an apartment in the US) - I was nervous nonetheless. I think the IR1 visa is VERY document dependent. So if your story is real, if your documents are all organized and updated, you should be good to go.
     
    I thank every one of you here for your support. You guys have helped me more than you know. This is a wonderful community and I will stick around here and there to try to help others the same way I was helped.
     
    Good luck everyone!

    Congratulations Hilde!!!

    Rio de Janeiro Interview

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    On 4/27/2021 at 8:21 AM, Rafa Garoli said:

    Anyone have some news regarding Employment-Based applications? Is it following similar DQ/Interview dates?

    On the March Monthly report posted by Jizreel Fonseca, there are three E3 visas issued. I wonder if it was some expedite request or the regular flow.

     

    Regards

    Probably the consulate will start to process the EBs after FBs. They are prioritizing family based applications right now.

    I guess that those E3 cases are expedited cases.

    Rio de Janeiro Interview

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    27 minutes ago, Hilde said:

    Other than stalking other VJ timelines who have the same embassy and visa category as you do, there isn´t a specific place to look. 

    However, this news came out today - so maybe we´ll have a better idea of the backlog soon:

     

    The Department is committed to transparently sharing the current status of our worldwide visa operations and will continue to provide regular updates. Information about the backlog in immigrant visa processing will be publicly available in the future.
     

    https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/visa-services-operating-status-update.html

    Great news!!! Thanks 

    Rio de Janeiro Interview

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    2 hours ago, gabriel.calegari said:

    Hi Hilde, I know of a couple of people DQ in March/2020 having the interview in April.  Everybody else was expedite or rescheduled. Doesnt seem like there are lot of DQs in April, so the May people are hoping to be next and soon. 

    That's good news to hear... Is there any way to see how many people are in the backlog (in the line to be scheduled)? Thanks

    Rio de Janeiro Interview

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    21 hours ago, Hilde said:

    Things SHOULD start moving along:

     

     

     

    Yes, great news indeed!

     

    I've seen a news that all consulates will receive vaccine to vaccinate all employees. 

     

    So I think that all of those actions is  to be possible to resume their visa services.

     

    https://www.oantagonista.com/brasil/eua-enviarao-vacinas-contra-a-covid-19-para-corpo-diplomatico-no-brasil/

     

    Rio de Janeiro Interview

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    1 hour ago, raphy2021 said:

    Unfortunately I don't know when they're going to resume processing non expedited immigrant visas. I do believe that it's going to take a while for them to do so due to the ~10 month long backlog they got themselves into.

     

    I do encourage everyone here to try expediting their cases. When I had my interview there were at least 8 other people in the consulate also waiting for their interviews, I believe the US consulate in Rio is considering a lot more expedite requests than before.  

    Thank you and congrats!

     

    What was the date that you ask for expedite your case?

     

    Rio de Janeiro Interview

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    21 minutes ago, DTM-USA said:

    Hi, folks! I’d like to share some info about our case. My wife is the US citizen petitioning for me and our 3yo daughter. We’re also waiting... My case became DQ on 05/15/20. Our daughter’s case became DQ first, in 2019, with an interview date scheduled for February/20, but we decided  to cancel and wait for my case in order to do all things together. And the pandemic came and stopped everything. We were in Brazil in March/20 when my wife received a job offer so we came with her to the US in April. We’re are here since then... In July we asked for an expedite but was denied. So in August we decided to ask USCIS for an extension of stay until March/21 (with no decision yet). We even thought to withdraw and enter with the adjustment of status but now with this great news about the resuming of the interviews we decided to keep waiting instead of starting another process. So, that’s it! Fingers crossed! 🙏🏻

    If I where you, if you are in the US, adjustment of status would be faster than the consular processing. With the pandemic there are tons of cases at NVC/consulates, siiting there ... so will not be fast....

    Rio de Janeiro Interview

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    22 minutes ago, Hilde said:

    Seems that the last interviews were on March 10th. Since then they´ve been doing sporadic expedited cases (6-7 per month).

    Based on what other consulates are doing, these numbers SHOULD start increasing. But also depends on COVID-19 cases locally in Rio - numbers are pretty high still here. 

    I wish there was more information for me to give you. Alas, we just wait. Sigh...

    If anyone gets any news, please post here.

    Heard from my lawyer that the consulate in Rio will resume their routine service in March.

    Also, the Trump's proclamation were extended to end of March....

    Biden can break the proclamation on his first day... Let's hope for the best!

    Rio de Janeiro Interview

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    Saw that Rio de Janeiro City has entered in phase 6, so from now on museums,  theaters and etc... will be opened.  Do you think that consulates will resume their visa processing based on this? 

     

    https://g1.globo.com/rj/rio-de-janeiro/noticia/2020/08/31/prefeitura-detalha-inicio-da-fase-6-do-plano-de-reabertura-das-atividades-economicas-no-rio.ghtml

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