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Hello all,

I arrived in the US on 18th August and applied for my social security a couple of days afterwards. I'm on an IR1 visa.

My social security application was rejected and I got told that I need to wait for my residence card to arrive in order to get my social security number. This is because my passport name is different to my legal name which I changed through Deed Poll. It's annoying but completely unavoidable as I couldn't update my passport abroad during covid.

No-one seemed to know the answer when I asked at SSA, but can I apply for jobs without this number? How long will it likely take to receive this card? 

Thanks in advance.

Hi all,
I have just collected my passport with my visa (IR1) attached from London (woohoo). A quick question, or please direct me to the correct forum! On the state department website, it says that I should have received a sealed packet which mustn't be opened - I only received my passport in a small red plastic packet. Should I have received something else? Or have things changed? 
 

19 minutes ago, Paulo2388 said:

Hello All, I have my IR1 interview coming up on August 18. For those who have interviewed, did the embassy view your Affidavit of Support I-864 or financial evidence documents? Or does the London embassy only view your civil documents? Travel.state.gov says to only bring your civil documents, so any clarification from anyones past experience would be great. Thanks  

Hi, I had my interview a week ago and they asked for th ds-260 application (the actual application, not the confirmation) and the petitioner's tax returns...I even gave 2020 tax returns too. I was lucky because I had my whole folder with me, but I don't recall reading anywhere about taking them. So make sure you take them!!!

3 minutes ago, DylemmaUK said:

Anyone had any issues trying to register for courier? It keeps telling me my case isn’t ready to be scheduled? Also where on earth do I find my ds-260 number? Thanks 

Your DS260 number is on the bottom of the confirmation page, under the barcode....it would have been in an email you received when you submitted the ds260. If you do a quick Google image search, you'll see where I mean.

@DylemmaUK, the same happened to me a while back. You need to give it about a day before registering for the courier and confirming the interview date. It takes their systems a bit of time to update, that's all.

Just now, SB0402 said:

May I ask when you were DQ’d? Also, could I ask which date you received your date? And were you expedited? SORRY for all of the questions lol. 
 

Thank you for giving us some hope. I’m really glad you’re nearing the end of this process. Hope to be in your shoes soon enough.

Of course! 

So I was DQ'd in Moscow in October 2020, then transferred to London in May 2021 sue to finishing a work contract, then June 2021 received an interview date. I wasn't expedited either!

Ask away, I don't mind!

21 hours ago, Anonymous101 said:

 we DQ'ed Feburary 10th and haven't received a single apology email regarding delays

The State Department does say that it takes around 3 months to receive an interview under normal conditions from being DQd. As with my case, I was given an interview date this month for next month, so some of us are hearing from the embassy and dates are being given by London - in fact as a VJer predicted, the 3rd week of the month.

I know it's really frustrating to be forever waiting, and I'm really sorry to hear about those who are suffering being apart from their partners, it's not fair. Sending my best wishes!

9 hours ago, Amanda Hunt said:

Has any over 120 days DQ had the email acknowledging that? I got the 60 day but nothing for 120 🤔 

Sending everyone love and positivity. The stress and anxiety is real! Hopefully interviews will happen soon! 🙏 xx

Hi Amanda, 

I was DQ'd for over 245 days and didn't receive an email the entire time. I was located at a different embassy for 7 of those months, but I suppose that wouldn't matter as the case was at NVC.

(CR1 class)

2 minutes ago, S&R2019 said:

Congrats on getting your interview date! Where did you transfer from? Moscow? Feel really sorry to what's happened over there but glad to see at least someone has a date in London.

Thank you! I transferred from Moscow, yes. I just thought it would be good for people to hear that dates are being given and I'm sure it won't be too long for more recent DQers. Also wanted to say thanks for everyone's posts, it has been really comforting to know that I'm not alone and haven't been forgotten about which was what I thought after waiting for so long in Moscow. London has been really efficient and very speedy, so I have my fingers crossed for everyone!

9 hours ago, S&R2019 said:

I don't mean to raise alarm but I saw this on Twitter today:

His other posts indicate it's about nonimmigrant visas but surely not good news for us either, right?

 

Immigrant and non-immigrant processing are completely different. One isn't related to the other so don't worry. 

Hi everyone, I have seen a few posts about waiting on interviews at the embassy in London, and thought it would be helpful if I could add a couple of things. As I can see, London is incredibly efficient in comparison to many other countries. In terms of wait time, I know people across Europe and Russia who are still waiting to hear about an interview from May last year, and earlier. I can see that people are getting interviews who have DQ'd within the last few months, so just trust, it's better to wait it out and you'll get good news in no time! Again, from my observations of this forum and how quickly the embassy has replied to my emails and helped transfer etc I think we're in a good situation.

Hi all, where are you guys checking your status'? ceac.gov/iv? 

On 5/14/2021 at 8:56 PM, Wuozopo said:

I’ve read this thread since it was started. There are no transfers from other embassies in it. The October DQs have already been assigned interviews and left the NVC. Perhaps you will be picked up in the next batch since you have an older DQ date. People are expecting to hear of a new round of interview assignments any day now. Of course just when you think you have a pattern figured out, it can all change.

Okay great, I'll keep my fingers crossed! It seems strange that my case didn't even leave NVC even when the interview location was in Moscow - 7 months seems like a long time after DQ. Hopefully things will be different at the London location!

50 minutes ago, Caboose29 said:

Which embassy did you transfer to?? Congratulations and good luck!

London! I'm a British citizen.

Hi everyone, I finally managed to get my case transferred, so I'll be leaving this thread. Just wanted to say thanks for everyone's help and advice. I really hope everyone gets an interview soon! Good luck.

Hi everyone!

I'm new to this thread. I actually just got an approval for transfer from Moscow to London which I'm really happy about as I have been waiting 7 months for an interview in Moscow. 

Maybe someone in a similar situation could let me know on average how long it has been taking recently to get an interview from transferring a case? My case is still with NVC, I suppose they need to contact London etc but I became DQ in October 2020.

Sorry if I'm repeating a previous post, I haven't had chance to read more than a few pages back.

I am reading about cases being transferred to Poland fairly quickly, I was wondering in general how long does it take for a case to be accepted by a different embassy? I have waited a week or so after they asked me for proof of my citizenship to a transferring country.

10 hours ago, Vladislav667 said:

For cr/ir visa you can at least request a transfer to Poland or Kazakhstan. Bunch of people did it and everything was good

Thanks, but unfortunately it's not really possible. First, we won't be able to return to Russia as we're foreign citizens and we have full time jobs with one of our visas expiring in June so it would make things tricky. I also read that you need to be a resident of the transfering country?

8 minutes ago, Chauncey said:

Priority is about the same. I think generally there are just more K1 applied for than CR1/IR1 at this particular embassy. The litigation is for K1 because we have no opportunity to transfer our cases to other embassies so we are completely stuck in limbo

Already did

Ah I understand! Thanks for that.... Good luck K applicants!

I can see that there is a lot of discussion around K1 visas, and wondered if their priority is higher than CR1/IR visas? (those who are already married to the US citizen). Could someone clarify for me? Its just I'm not seeing alot of info for this visa category (CR1/IR). Of course, I hope that everyone gets their interviews scheduled as soon as possible, however! Thanks again.

....I also wondered, due to an expiring Russian work visa at the end of June, does anyone know how easy it is to change interview locations (I'm currently waiting for an interview to be scheduled) from Russia to the UK? I can't find much about it on the web, but my main worry is that it would get thrown to the back of an already long queue? Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum....I was kindly redirected here. We became 'documentarily qualified' in October 2020, but filed in May 2020, so we are just waiting for an interview to be scheduled at this point. I contacted the embassy about an emergency appointment as we will be unemployed and without a visa in June but our case doesn't qualify for an emergency appointment. I understand the embassy is following protocol and guidelines and there are people with real emergencies, but I'm getting a little worried about it and just wondered if anyone else had any info?

Thanks in advance!

@SteveInBostonI130 Thank you very much! I'm new to the forum so a little unfamiliar.... I will head over there now