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On 7/15/2021 at 5:46 AM, Yownie said:
Hi! Anybody here whose expedited request got approved by London US embassy? How long did it take for your case to be transferred from NVC to embassy? When did you schedule your appointment? Can we schedule even if our case is still “at NVC” or we have to wait til it becomes “Ready” in ceac? Thank you in advance for your response.
Our second expedite request was approved, took 2 and a half days for my dad's to show there and 3 for my mum's which was weird when we got the expedite approval emails at the same time. Just create the ceac account and try to schedule and see if it works. That's what we did
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Similar ... Over a month with a 221g but it went from rejected to ready to pending to issued all from a Monday to Tuesday morning and it arrived on Friday
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My parents wait was about 4 weeks after the new birth certificates and medical documents arrived and the only thing that seemed to break the logjam was a congressional inquiry. Although the response to the inquiry was that nothing had been received, they misspelled our last name completely and yet on the same day they responded to the congressional office their case moved from rejected to ready to administrative processing and then the next day to approved. Weird given they claimed they didn't have the documentation
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My parents culled their stuff down to make sure they could do a twenty foot container and labelled it household goods, sent southampton to Virginia, then rail inland to Kansas city then trucked to Arkansas.
They sent it after they sold their flat in channel islands in December, interviews were expedited in March but visas weren't issued till late may and they flew last weekend. Container arrived in late March after being picked up December 18th, left southampton in early January
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My parents flew Saturday and booked return but just plan on not using the backward leg. No issues at immigration
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Different process but my parents weren't asked by London about any proof of income or funds - my income or their funds. Weirdly all they cared about was whether I owned or rented - not sure if they pulled a background on me and wanted to compare their answer to it or what.
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Reasonably similar situation but for London ... Took some advice and contacted the most helpful senate office and it seemed to shake loose but that could just be coincidental timing
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5 minutes ago, Radioherd said:
Ok thanks for sharing -
I can't seem to find info on where to send the expedite request, is it through the NVC website or direct to the London Embassy?
It's typical run around stuff - you have to send to the nvc (NVCExpedite <NVCexpedite@state.gov>) who then send it to the embassy who then communicate with the NVC if they approve it or not.
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36 minutes ago, Radioherd said:
What was the example you used for the expedition @ArkansasExile?
My mum got an ALS diagnosis - sample below is the expedite request with NVC that was approved. We were denied the first time with a very similar email/request but the second one was sent right as they were reopening the embassy
We received an expedite (Second attempt, seemed unrelated but as the US Citizen son I also contacted my congressional delegation) from NVC to London after an ALS diagnosis for my mother.
We included (on the second + successful attempt) the diagnosis letter from her doctor, an estimate of costs to travel to be with her, loss of income, and the impact on me as the petitioner, my wife, children, brother, sister in law and my nieces.
My email requesting expedite is below:
I am writing today to request that the above case IDs expedited to the earliest possible appointment with the London Embassy, which is out of the English lockdown procedure. When we submitted the paperwork for my parents immigration we were excited to have them come and retire close to family. However, on Friday March 19th my mother was diagnosed with ALS/Motor Neuron Disease. ALS is one of the few diseases for which there is no cure and will be terminal. Her neurologist has provided the attached letter with diagnosis and average life expectancy. I request an expedited appointment to prevent a financial burden upon myself as a US Citizen. Currently with quarantine procedures, travel costs and lost income then simply travelling to the UK for help with medical appointments would cost me tens of thousands of dollars.Waiting for my parents in America are the entirety of my parents family: in particular their 5 grandchildren, my brother & I. We desperately don't want to lose any of the time we have left with our mother and their grandmother, particularly in the years that she has the least mental and physical impact from ALS. We are eager to maximize whatever time we have left with my mother, to support my father and to celebrate every moment we have left. All the guidance we've read & that her doctor gave her is to not waste a single day of the good times remaining.We are a proud family. We love each other and asking for help from strangers doesn't come easily. That being said, we beg you to expedite this process and expedite their interview. By doing so you will be enabling so much joy and relieving the burden on our family, including the now 9 immediate US citizens. If we can't expedite the process then I (and my brother) will be travelling back and forward to support my mother, negatively impacting 5 young children who will be without their fathers for significant periods of time. -
On 5/23/2021 at 8:58 AM, Wuozopo said:
Are you from the Middle East, Pakistan, India or other higher security countries? Are your parents?
Any other known issues that cause delays? We are approaching 4 weeks since interview, 3 weeks since last touch after the 221g (medical and birth certificate) arrived? I know it's an opaque process but just looking for a best guess. British citizens with no ties to other countries (except me living here and my brother also having been naturalized).
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On 5/22/2021 at 7:16 AM, Wuozopo said:
Send in a request, rather have the USC petitioner request. What hardships is the delay causing the USC? It is a humanitarian situation. @ArkansasExile has a good example. I forget if they have have managed to get an interview yet...another one with no timeline or profile.
I haven't done the timeline due to not having all the dates to hand and the amount of personal stuff requested. Possibly just overly cautious.
They interviewed on April 28th, got 221g'd pending medical and new original birth certificate from Gloucestershire for me. Both the medical and the new birth certificate were received on May 5th, CEAC tracker shows my mum's case was touched on the 5th, then the 6th, my dad's just on the 6th (but the embassy consolidated their cases on the day of the interview).
So coming up on about 3 weeks this Thursday from the last touch and collectively we probably check it 50 times a day each
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My heart goes out to you.
We received an expedite (Second attempt, seemed unrelated but as the US Citizen son I also contacted my congressional delegation) from NVC to London after an ALS diagnosis for my mother.
We included (on the second + successful attempt) the diagnosis letter from her doctor, an estimate of costs to travel to be with her, loss of income, and the impact on me as the petitioner, my wife, children, brother, sister in law and my nieces.
My email requesting expedite is below:
I am writing today to request that the above case IDs expedited to the earliest possible appointment with the London Embassy, which is out of the English lockdown procedure. When we submitted the paperwork for my parents immigration we were excited to have them come and retire close to family. However, on Friday March 19th my mother was diagnosed with ALS/Motor Neuron Disease. ALS is one of the few diseases for which there is no cure and will be terminal. Her neurologist has provided the attached letter with diagnosis and average life expectancy. I request an expedited appointment to prevent a financial burden upon myself as a US Citizen. Currently with quarantine procedures, travel costs and lost income then simply travelling to the UK for help with medical appointments would cost me tens of thousands of dollars.Waiting for my parents in America are the entirety of my parents family: in particular their 5 grandchildren, my brother & I. We desperately don't want to lose any of the time we have left with our mother and their grandmother, particularly in the years that she has the least mental and physical impact from ALS. We are eager to maximize whatever time we have left with my mother, to support my father and to celebrate every moment we have left. All the guidance we've read & that her doctor gave her is to not waste a single day of the good times remaining.We are a proud family. We love each other and asking for help from strangers doesn't come easily. That being said, we beg you to expedite this process and expedite their interview. By doing so you will be enabling so much joy and relieving the burden on our family, including the now 9 immediate US citizens. If we can't expedite the process then I (and my brother) will be travelling back and forward to support my mother, negatively impacting 5 young children who will be without their fathers for significant periods of time.Attachments area -
9 minutes ago, AHA119 said:
Hi!!
@ArkansasExile i am prt of a facebook group for those immigrating (spouse) to USA from UK
one of the ladies shared a similar situation her interview was last wednesday and her passport was issued today.
however she didnt upload her birth certificate she posted it via DX Group. I printed out what i needed and posted it today to the embassy with hopes it helps them to process it using DXGroup.
although they requested me to upload it. I never got a response from the embassy. I messaged them on 18th. So i posted it. Fingers crossed.
Eugh. My parents were told to use DX and send it in. The checklist said a certified copy so we sent and uploaded that ... they were fine with it but wanted an original on the day of the interview which we didn't have.
That plus the medical being out of order.
Hopefully that helps you get it to them and they'll whizz you thru ...
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5 minutes ago, bharats said:
Hiya,
I emailed them asking them if I could have my passport back on the 17th if they haven't issued the visa. They replied a couple of days after saying to contact them after May 17th (3 week mark) if I hadn't received tracking details for my passport. So I emailed on Monday 17th again to follow up, but have yet to hear anything back again. The tracker hasn't had an updated date since May 4th.
I am following your case and @AHA119's case as well since we have vaguely similar timelines.
I hope your mum is doing okay post-op, and hopefully you get a positive outcome from the embassy ASAP!
B.
Thanks B - I've been stalking the boards for anyone with remotely similar timelines.
Appreciate your kind words ... hopefully soon for you too. Her post-op seems to be okay so so far so we'll take it.
Thanks for your updated timeline ... I'd try the same if they were able to fly directly in but I think we'll be waiting it out.
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On 5/10/2021 at 12:57 PM, bharats said:
Alright, thanks for the info. I'll drop them a message via the form in the morning and see what comes of it.
Much appreciated,
B.
did you get much of a response after contacting them? We've gotten one response that they didn't seem to understand the question but that was pre-interview.
We are day 14 since the last touch so just trying to figure out your timeline or if any good came from the messaging.
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1 hour ago, AHA119 said:
Absolutely!
i am hoping to hear good news soon. Reuniting with family is quite a heartache.
No kidding. My mum ended up having an operation/surgery today to insert a feeding tube ahead of her anticipated decline post ALS diagnosis so I feel pretty helpless right now.
Best of luck to you AHA119 and I'll update once I hear back
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13 minutes ago, AHA119 said:
I did send them an email yesterday.
no changes since the interview and I uploaded the birth certificate immediately.
slightly anxious now 🙊
Seems a similar timeline to ours. We turned in the documents pretty much as soon as possible. Had a bank holiday in there slowing it down, plus the wrinkle of them having the medical after the interview because of the last minute expedite meaning the interview happened before the medical.
Being of a somewhat nervous disposition ... I'm also anxious but I'm trying to just trust that we are back in the pile for someone to hopefully pull us out. My hope is possibly they are being background checked etc now but who knows. It's frustrating at the opaqueness of all of this.
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8 hours ago, Lil bear said:
No. The consulate will take care of everything. It’s just administrative things. We were interviewed together for our individual IR5 applications also. It may go to AP or rejected then AP.. ours was straight to AP but I think that more recently it has been rejected then AP them issued
Thanks Lil Bear. With wanting them so badly to be expedited and everything else we were starting to wonder if that was the delay (even though it isn't actually that long at all).
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9 hours ago, AHA119 said:
Hello
i was wondering what is the update on your parents application. I am going through the same thing. My interview was may 4th. Uploaded the birth certificate immediately and still no updates. They did take my passport and gave me a green 221g form.
Application for a cr1
No updates ... they took their passports and a 221g for the new original birth certificates and for the medical (due to expedite and appts they had the interview on a Wednesday and Thursday the medicals). Last touch was May 6th per CEAC so we are getting antsy even though we know better.
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Just now, Englishsammy said:
Sorry it’s taking so long for you too. Keep us updated!
Cheers ... ordinarily this is quick since we got it expedited due to the diagnosis. Just feels like it's dragging for us.
Hope yours is smooth and quick. Still kicking myself over birth certificate snafu.
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Just as an ongoing update ... no real changes on my end. The CEAC site still showing refused, with last touch being May 6th (and both the new birth certificate being physically received on the 6th, and the medical results being uploaded to the embassy electronically on the 6th). Feels like decades and not a week, or two weeks since the actual interview. Just wanted to give everyone an update in case it jives with anything you see.
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7 minutes ago, Wuozopo said:
I think it is just a matter of the officer having time to go back to the case(s) and check the items submitted. Sometimes that happens in 2 days, but with 2 cases and two items each from different sources, it could take a week for them to bother to sort it. Just watch for the status to changed to issued and the visas should be delivered in 1-2 days.
Thanks Wuozopo ... do I need to combine on the AIS site or anything to your knowledge?
Does it go straight from rejected to issued? or to AP first?
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5 minutes ago, Pheebs1201 said:
Thank you for the information! How do I know if they have received her file from the NVC yet?
My parents each separately (2 applications) got emails saying they had received the case and that the embassy would contact them re an appointment. My mums came about a day after my dads and on each occasion it was about 6 - 9 hours after that email that the AIS website let them register and move forward. I just kept refreshing every 15 minutes and trying to register them on there and once it accepted it I knew it had gone all the way through. The main CEAC site just kept saying at embassy or NVC but didn't seem to have any relationship to being free to do the AIS steps.
Someone more knowledgable might have a better idea how but I just blunt forced it until AIS let me in
Expedite Eligibility
in United Kingdom
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So we got the email it was sent then we made the ceac login and I tried scheduling it most of the night for them both, then my dad took over while I slept a couple of hours cause of the time change, it just eventually worked and it was before the website showed it being there.