John B 3

5 minutes ago, Ares92 said:

Yeah we did submit them immediately. But that was so arbitrary of them, feels like they could come up with some more random unrequired stuff in 80 days or so

100%… many of the processes are just dumbfounding if the idea is to be efficient as possible… I guess it’s not.

7 minutes ago, Ares92 said:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-5-collect-financial-evidence-and-other-supporting-documents.html On this page, under the section “Evidence of income” it’s stated that if you are below or by povery line you shall send additional evidence of income. If you aren’t below poverty line, reading line above, says that only an IRS tax transcript is required. IRS tax transcript was indeed sent and also approved by NVC

Resubmit as soon as you can to get back in line. The NVC is a monolithic organization that rarely makes exceptions. 
 

Your wife is being asked for those additional documents for further verification of her income sources. Submit them and then you can try to fight, but for every day you don’t you will be met with another day you’ll have to wait. 

Mil & Mar,

Fabulous news! That sounds like a very fast turnaround time! Embassy seems to be speeding up. We would recommend using Dr. Grillo-- she was very quick and professional while being located close to the Embassy. We have our appointment tomorrow morning! 

On 9/7/2021 at 4:13 PM, Mil&Mar said:

Oh yes, we understand, it's been really frustrating all these months of waiting. But this is the final step and you are very close, for sure 💪. We hope that you have an appointment soon! 

Please keep in touch, we'll let you know if we have some news too. Good luck !

Mil & Mar,


Happy to announce that early this morning we got an email from NVC saying that we were scheduled for a 10/14/21 interview date

3 minutes ago, Mil&Mar said:

Hi John! Since you are the only ones here, did you have any news from the Embassy? And also we were wondering if you have received any update on your case after DQ, because our status case doesn't change at all (continue showing the message "at NVC" on the website https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx ).

 

Mil&Mar,

Nothing yet.. two others in our position earlier in the year waited 44 days and we are now on day 47, so hopefully soon.

Honestly, I have been apart from my wife for 6 months now so I am flying down to Argentina to be with her (we are trying to get the apostille on our arg wedding certificate so I can enter Argentina). As you know, it is just awful not being told anything and having to wait in the dark. Stay strong!

On 8/22/2021 at 4:37 PM, Emily8460 said:

Hey! 
Currently in the k1 process with my Tunisian fiancé. It was just sent to the USCIS. We are worried it will take awhile and he will miss my brothers wedding in March. Has anyone received a tourist visa while they were in the k1 process? Any advice or tips is appreciated. 

My co-worker was in a similar spot. They had an IV visa processing for his wife and she tried to get a tourist visa and it was always denied (tried twice) because she had the IV processing. She got as far as the interview the second time and the CO said she’s just going to have to wait for the IV.

19 minutes ago, Mil&Mar said:

Hi, my husband and I got the DQ yesterday (August 24) so we are now waiting too. It would be great to know the other's progress. Let's keep in touch! Good luck!

Terrific! As far as I know we are the only ones ‘in the queue’ to be scheduled at NVC. We are on day 34 after DQ. From what I see, others in our situation this year had to wait about 45 days to be scheduled. Impossible to know if that will be our experience, but feels great having another couple aboard to be able to compare! :)

5 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

If you are DQ'd, then the case is in the queue for that consulate. I seriously doubt they will tell you where you are in the queue, but good luck.  Let us know.....

100%, I understand I am sort of dealing in the realm of miracles trying to get any information out of the NVC... the posts making this claim were several years old. I spoke to an attorney who's pitch for me to hire her centered around her ability to 'speak to NVC supervisors and glean information'. Between those two pieces of information (those old posts and what that attorney claimed) I thought perhaps it is possible.

Hello everyone,

I have read a few reports that it is possible to request to speak to a supervisor at NVC and ask more direct questions regarding your case. Specifically, my case is DQ'd for an interview in Argentina and I am trying to figure out where my case is in the scheduling queue. From what I have read on these forums it is possible to ask (and get) that information from an NVC supervisor. Does anyone else have experience doing this? If so, what was the outcome?

 

NVC does reject documents that are uploaded upside down/sideways, etc. If you resubmit before they review (even as additional docs) I believe it resets your place in line (and puts you in the back). I am not 100% sure on that but I have heard that and believe that is the case. 

and to be clear, you are submitting the docs to state for a CR-1 visa. USCIS handles the green card portion.

. My lawyer advised me to re-submit docs as additional documents to avoid delays, yes. You will not even be in the queue until you re-submit everything. In other words, everyday that you don’t submit Is lost.

Kasa,

yeah. If they don’t accept 10 documents or 1 document it doesn’t matter… you go to the back of the line. I had a signature rejected and lost about 2 months. Mind-numbingly frustrating, but it is what it is.  
 

I had something similar happen… there was a glitch where my document was accepted with a green check but the note next to it said rejected. My attorney said to just add the corrected document in the additional evidence section and then resubmit, noting the situation. 
 

fortunately, on the 1st of the month at midnight something reset and the document changed to a ‘rejected’ status, allowing me to replace it. I was ready to resubmit regardless with my attorneys guidance but it ended with my being able to do a straight swap. It seemed automated.

Hello to all of my waiting-in-purgatory mates!

My wife and my case was DQ'd on 7/22 and we have yet to be scheduled. Based on what I have been able to glean from the experiences/timelines of others, the embassy in Arg seems to be taking around 3-4 weeks to schedule interviews. I wanted to start a new thread for those of us in line to be able to track each other's progress.


John
 

Sounds like things are moving along for many— great! Quick question, the next update will be a status change to ‘in transit’ accompanied by an email containing your appointment date correct?

*also, knowing that the embassy tells NVC each month it’s capacity for interviews, is there a certain day of each month the embassy tells NVC so you will know if you ‘made the cut’ or not? Ie first of the month, 15th, etc. It would be nice to know that for planning purposes.

CR1 Dq'd 7/20.... will post on here when I hear back from the embassy. Hard to find information about how long the wait will be.

5 minutes ago, Meli022 said:

Thank you for updating. I'm June 3rd so this is giving me a little hope I'll hear something early next week.

I forgot to mention that I had called the NVC like two weeks ago when the site said they were processing cases from 6/2… they said my date was actually 6/8 even though the CEAC page showed 6/2. That caused a bit more (unnecessary) confusion.

Woohoo! I posted on this site and the next day (just now) got the email from NVC saying we were documentarily qualified. Should have posted here sooner!

Agreed— every day feels incredibly painful waiting on news. Initially our papers were submitted on 4/9 and reviewed 5/12 (pretty fast). We were rejected for a signature they thought was electronic. It wasn’t, and we lost now 2 months (and counting) arbitrarily. 
 

I feel like Bill Murray in groundhogs day waking up every morning to the same sad/desperate situation. 
 

the good news is we are going through Argentina which looks like it has a fairly low caseload (comparatively speaking) and it should be fairly brisk after we get through NVC based on the experiences of others. Of course, now that I said that everything will continue to go wrong.

Following. I resubmitted on 6/2. Still haven’t heard anything. Mind-numbingly frustrating that they are only processing 2 days’ worth of cases per WEEK. Hope it picks up soon… for everyone. That lack of productivity is unsustainable and causing a lot of hurt for a lot of families. 

This is just wild. I filed my wife's 130 last April and was approved late November... filed NVC last month and have been told to expect 4-6 months to clear NVC... maybe get an interview 3 months after that if lucky. She is in Argentina.