M&N2020

1 minute ago, Seemoreglass83 said:

This is the post I was referencing. It comes from the embassys facebook page. If your case says ready, you can schedule your interview.

Gotcha, thanks for clarifying

1 minute ago, Andrs01-2020 said:

 

That's what I've been reading.. that we have to wait for that document.. if not, how do we schedule?

what is the name of the facebook group?

 

Its visa ir-1 y cr-1 colombia on facebook.

i havnt seen anyone post that you can schedule without having an interview letter

20 minutes ago, Seemoreglass83 said:

I've seen on facebook that you can now schedule your appointment before the embassy sends you instructions. I'd recommend anyone at the Bogota embassy to join that group on facebook because it seems like the Bogota embassy is really disorganized.

Where did you see this? The official US department of state visa appointment service clearly states to use/schedule an appointment 2 of the following must be true: 

1. you mist have an active immigrant visa application with a case number

2. you must have an IMMIGRANT VISA APPOINTMENT NOTICE FROM NVC

1 hour ago, WillDani2019 said:

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They schedule starting on the 15th still have to wait and see if they send any letters out this month

Just now, LazyPerroFarm said:

Does anyone know why some people that are DQ in November 2020 might be getting interviews scheduled before those from say September or October 2020?  Don't they take them in order of DQ dates?  Thanks for any insight.

Because they have family members they filed with that are DQ august September  october. The embassy pulls them to do interviews at the same time. Basically killing 2 birds 1 stone

I repeat-If you have a medical appt, interview scheduled in the upcoming days, you can STILL go without your labs UNLESS  the EMBASSY says otherwise. If you get an interview letter in the upcoming days, you can STILL schedule your medical, interview appointments in bogota. You are NOT on HOLD until the embassy tells you otherwise or until you get put in AP after your visa interview.

23 minutes ago, majm said:

I shared this info about the lab because it might be relevant to others wanting to know what happened. My comment was addressing the immediate previous posts that had been discussing the lab problem. You jumped in and focused on my comment that "all" applicants are on hold, and while I did NOT say that, the point stands to reason if the process is stopped or slowed at the end of the line, it may be felt by everyone.

 

I'm not "taking away hope" from anyone. I have required plenty of it being in this process just like everyone else. Our case sat for 8 months at USCIS, then 1 year at NVC, and now our interview date is here and one week before it we are advised it will take more time ON HOLD due to an extremely uncommon lab problem related to fraudulent testing. If visas are not being approved because of the lab problem, the process is NOT working. Yes, people are still "accomplishing" things like processing at USCIS or NVC... but the medical exam, lab work, and interview are at the end of a LINEAR process. If the end of the line is stopped or slowed, you can logically reason that it will be felt in other parts of the process... including waiting for an interview to be scheduled. That's EXACTLY what happened to all of us when they stopped scheduling appointments in the first place.

If you have a medical appt, interview scheduled in the upcoming days, you can STILL go without your labs UNLESS  the EMBASSY says otherwise. If you get an interview letter in the upcoming days, you can STILL schedule your medical, interview appointments in bogota. You are not on HOLD until the embassy tells you otherwise or until you get put in AP after your visa interview.

1 minute ago, majm said:

There's no point in arguing this with you. Good luck.

Its not arguing. Its being clear for the ppl who are reading this and have less info. Youre saying we are all on hold is saying multiple things which are not true. Ppl are still accomplishing things in the process which include getting an interview letter, going to the medical appointment, and going to the visa interview just like your wife! Where she will then be put on hold until she can go and get her labs done. Tht is the point. Dont take away hope from the ppl who are waiting to be called for an appointment on july 15th or further out by saying we are all on hold because that means we are ALL on hold. And thts not true.

9 minutes ago, majm said:

You can take what I stated however you want. The process is NOT in motion if visas are NOT being approved without lab work. If you are not scheduled for an interview, this does not directly affect you right now... but basic logic would tell most people that it may indirectly affect you if they stop scheduling appointments while the backlog of lab work is resolved. This entire process is linear. You can expect that if the end of the line is stopped or slowed, those at the beginning or in the middle will feel it one way or another.

The process is still in motion until the embassy puts you in AP after your interview, or unless they starts cancelling visa interviews, stop giving out interviews until the problem with the lab is resolved. We are ALL not on hold until that point.

So the process is STILL in motion for everyone EXCEPT for those who have gone to their interviews WITHOUT their labs done. If you have not received your interview letter yet then you are NOT on hold because you are not at that stage of the process yet and hopefully this issue is resolved before you get your interview letter and medical appointment. You WILL be on hold when you to your appointment and get put in AP because of the lab problem.
Specifics are key. Dont inspire desperation when ALL of us are not on hold again.

2 hours ago, majm said:

For those who have not seen the latest update... someone provided a very insightful email from the embassy advising them that the lab was falsifying tuberculosis test results. Because of this, the doctors canceled their contracts with the lab. This was not the fault of the embassy or the doctors, but regardless of fault, we are all on hold again  😞

What does we are all on hold again mean??? Did they stop giving out interview appointments? Have interviews been cancelled because of this? Have medical appointments been cancelled because of this? Have ppl still gone to interviews with out labs being done? 
what does we are all on hold again mean??? Please be clear when posting.

18 minutes ago, juninho10 said:

Worried me for a second...18 months would be absolutely insane! Great to hear that they're moving a little bit quicker than before.

 

Is it correct that interviews only resumed again in March 2021 for immigrant visas? If that's the case, it means they've processed almost 7 months of backlog in under 4 months.

Yes but backlog of CR and IR visas. The backlog still exists for plenty of visas like k and b

35 minutes ago, juninho10 said:

Received DQ about 2-weeks ago and was under the impression it would only take 1-2 months.

Soul-destroying to see how long everyone has had to wait. Speechless knowing I likely won't have an interview until 2022.

Yea before the pandemic thats how it was, 1-2 month wait

Lots of people got interview dates today with DQs of September and October. IR and CR visas

22 minutes ago, MedellinCOUS said:

Thank you!  It looks like one of the legal documents that I provided my wife wasn't a certified copy from the government.  In this case they are saying that since it is only a standard copy they wouldn't accept it.  The other information they wanted was further proof of our relationship.  We did provide substantial photos as well as documentation of our trips together.  This is one point that seems so subjective and maybe this would have varied from one interviewing officer to another.

What document was it? So that I can make sure i have the right document when i have my interview

1 minute ago, Mike and Nicole said:

Definitely understandable. Cause when you look for it its under immigrant but when you look at the visa issuance statistics K category visas are under non immigrant. Aprils statistics just got posted lools like they issued more than 70 k visas.

 

I am in the facebook group “visa ir-1 y cr-1 colombia” there is alot of posts to what we said ealier.

 

screen shot is for non immigrant visas issued in april

Here are immigrant visas issued for april

13 minutes ago, bogotaCO said:

Yeah its confusing since checking your status on CEAC for K1 is done with the checker for immigrant visas so its pretty confusing when even the US government cant decide on what classification they are.

 

at any rate im in CR1 groups also just to see how things are moving and haven’t seen any dates past march as well. So my question still stands.

Definitely understandable. Cause when you look for it its under immigrant but when you look at the visa issuance statistics K category visas are under non immigrant. Aprils statistics just got posted lools like they issued more than 70 k visas.

I am in the facebook group “visa ir-1 y cr-1 colombia” there is alot of posts to what we said ealier.

screen shot is for non immigrant visas issued in april

2 minutes ago, bogotaCO said:

Where did you see September cases being scheduled for interview? None of the groups im in have had anything past March scheduled.

Again what we are talking about are immigrant visas. If you have not seen this in your groups, and according to your profile you are k1 then tht is why you havnt seen it. K1 visas are not considered immigrant visas. They are non immigrant

Just now, Mike and Nicole said:

For immigrant visas this is not true. On the 14th of May tons of people got interview letters for appointments in june. From DQ May 2020 to DQ September. That being said there are still ppl with DQs july, august, september 2020 that jave reported they have not gotten a letter yet. They all expect to get it on the next wave which should be the 15 of June

DQ march 2020 and april appear to be cleared. The embassy has been open and moving since March 1st 2021. Ppl who have had their appointments have reported that the embassy is full of ppl now and all the work station windows are open.

12 minutes ago, Boston_Gary said:

They are just getting to March 2020 DQ's now? What are they doing at that embassy! I'm so tried of the COVID excuse. All embassy employees should have been vaccinated by now. Plus, extra staff have been brought in the process illegals on the Mexican boarder. No paperwork, fees, or wait times required.

 

At this rate, the backlog will push out to a year or more. Wondering if there is a lawsuit involving this embassy yet. I think it is the only way to get these people to start working.  

For immigrant visas this is not true. On the 14th of May tons of people got interview letters for appointments in june. From DQ May 2020 to DQ September. That being said there are still ppl with DQs july, august, september 2020 that jave reported they have not gotten a letter yet. They all expect to get it on the next wave which should be the 15 of June

22 minutes ago, majm said:

There are lots of updates in the Whatsapp group today about appointments being scheduled. Did anyone here get an update? It looks like mostly IR-1 and IR-2 but with DQ dates of June, July, Sept 2020. At least one CR-1 DQ from August 2020.

Finally a bunch of pol getting their interviews scheduled. I saw a few cr1s from all months. Im November, hoping to get an interview in the next 2 months with the way things are looking today

1 hour ago, DanNJ02 said:

The group is saying at least 4 cases have left the NVC. Let's hope we're all soon.

What are their DQ’s?

20 minutes ago, Seemoreglass83 said:

No k1s? That's discouraging... 

if you want to see for yourself you can search on google “us visa statistics” click on the travel.state.gov and youll see the 2 options immigrant and non immigrant visa issuances by month. Click on non immigrant and click on march 2021

14 minutes ago, Seemoreglass83 said:

No k1s? That's discouraging... 

so that table is actually only immigrant visas. K1’s are considered non immigrant. I just looked it up to check for you. It says k1-44 and k2-13

this is visa issuances for the month of march

Just now, Mike and Nicole said:

March 2021 Visa issuances by category. Finally, happy to see high numbers