Kanke

14 hours ago, Mundo254 said:

Do you realize that in some countries, no such document exists?

I do understand that not all countries provide this document and apparently the US embassies operating in such countries may or may not request this document. 

Relating it to your situation...

Firstly, you don't need to prepare this certificate unless you are requested and it's in the embassies document checklist. So you need to check on that. If however it becomes a requirement by your domestic US embassy to present this document, you can at least take the following actions...

As far as I know, it's mostly the government manicipality office which deals with marital-related affairs, just go ahead and consult the matter with your local manicipality office by presenting them the letter in which the embassy requested the doc. And I am sure the manicipality office may have some remedial guidance. 

If the manicipality office insists processing this document is not under their mandate and as such they never entertained it, then you may request them to write a letter to the embassy explaining the matter. I hope this way you can resolve it. 

Lastly, I beleive that people in your country who have faced similar issue will be of much help to guide you on the matter. So try searching for them in social networks. 

20 hours ago, Chancy said:

 

Maybe you lack sleep or coffee or something to comprehend my post and the DOS Reciprocity pages?  Please read it again.

 

The CENOMAR is not proof that a person is not married.  It only shows that the person was not married in the country that issued the certificate.  It doesn't show that the person is not married anywhere in the world.  Again, I'm an example -- I had been married for years when I had my spouse visa interview, yet I presented my Philippine-issued "Certificate of No Marriage" at the US consulate.  Obviously, the consulate staff did not think the CENOMAR showed I was not married, or they would not have granted me a SPOUSE visa.  They just wanted to see that there's no Philippine marriage that I was trying to escape from.  The consulate staff were perfectly fine with my US marriage certificate, which was issued years before my Philippine CENOMAR document.

 

Leave your nonsense aside and support your arguments with evidences or else zip it here.

Back to the issue, it might be so in your case and of course you had to present the CENOMAR to support that you had no other marriage, as you were waiting for spousal visa. Here, we may assume and it makes sense to argue one possible reason why the embassy needed the certificate is to just proof that you are not attempting to escape from any other marriage. However, your scenario becomes irrelevant to cases like F2B and F11, where the benificiaries are required to remain unmarried/single throughout their process, not only in their country, but also any where they lived. Not being so jeopardises their visa cases. For such cases, there is no other way or documentation the benificiaries can proof their no-marriage status except by presenting CENOMAR. I have challenged the participants of this discussion including you to suggest any other way or option to reslove such issues, non of you suggested one. Infact there is no other explanation why these days quite a number of US and even other embassies request this document except to ascertain that the applicant isn't married or single.
I had my cousin and brother who had gone through similar scenario when they appeared for their family preference immigrant visa. They were stuck and required to present a CENOMAR during their interview at the embassies. And after presenting those documents, the embassy granted them their visa. If this certificate had no relevance to proof the no-marriage of the applicant of F2B and F11, then why did the embassies have to request it???

36 minutes ago, Chancy said:

 

The official Department of State website proves you're definitely wrong.  I know that Philippine nationals are required to present a "certificate of no marriage" document, but that is in the tiny minority of nationalities required to do so.  Go ahead and count how many consulates require it.  We'll wait.  Here's the full list -- https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Visa-Reciprocity-and-Civil-Documents-by-Country.html

 

As you yourself admitted it, the fact that this document is requested at least by some embassies (in the tiny minority nationalities, as you described it) shows that the non-marital certificate is a legitimate way to support your no marriage status. 

Yes brother, based on other's experiences, the best way to back your no "marriage status" is by providing authentic non-marital certificate. I hope this clarifies your doubt. 

3 hours ago, SalishSea said:

Any local certificate you could obtain does not “prove” you’re unmarried, just that a marriage did not take place in that particular place.    Get it?

You see, referring to the non-marital certificate, earlier you said "such documents are not requested or required by the state department", which is a complete bogus. As a matter of fact,  it's a requirement by most embassies and immigration departments of most countries to support your claim of being single with a non-marital document.

Having said that, you are still not able to explain why embassies have to request this document, if it doesn't serve them to as evidence to proof that the person is never married.

This indicates that the most acceptable documentation to proof that you are not married is by showing an authentic non-marital certificate, end of strory! Unless you can proof me wrong on my statement that "immigration departments and embassies are requesting this document as proof of no marriage", it appears pointless and illogical to discuss further. 

2 hours ago, SalishSea said:

What you are missing is that there is no way to prove a negative.   There is no way to prove someone wasn’t married somewhere on earth.   If you think about it, it makes sense and is precisely why such documents are not requested or required by the United States department of state or USCIS.

It doesn't make sense at all to say that 'there is no way to proof a negative.' I think you are the one who is missing critical point here. We have seen the state department requesting non-marital certificate for those cases wherein the benificiary has to remain unmarried until getting his/her green card. If you think your statement and generalisation holds true, perhaps you need to explain why state department/US embassies and even other embassies have to request a non-marital certificate for the F2B visa categories as proof of being single and never married. 

Regardless, the only legitimate way through which a visa applicant  can proof to the embassy that he/she has never been married is by providing non-marital document given by local government manicipality. And that's what embassies and other officials usually request as proof of non-marriage status. I believe that is what the questioner is trying to ask.

In interest of the questioner, it would be more befitting to suggest any other way you know of to support his claim of being "never married" to the embassy through documentation than generalising that there is no way to proof. I beleive that would be of much help to the questioner. 

One acceptable way to proof your non-marital status is perhaps by providing document's given by your local government manicipality office. I think that's the best way you can proof your claim of non-marriage to the embassy and NVC. I don't see any other legitimate way to proof that you are non-married.

On 4/8/2022 at 4:13 PM, Katelyn_Wray said:

There is an Ethiopian visa group on telegram and I help track case data people share in that group in a spreadsheet. Message me and I’ll get you a link to the group.

Hi Katelyn,

Can you share the latest data regarding IL from the telegram group you are in?

Just following this thread. ..

Has the US embassy in Ethiopia started sending UK for those cases DQ in early 2021? Any updates are well appreciated 

3 hours ago, Danjoe said:

Hey Guys!!!!
 I got my FB-1 (Unmarried son of US citizen)  Visa approved today at London US Embassy. It was indeed a quick interview that lasted just 7 minutes for the all process. I am so happy.....
The following questions were asked by the consular officer :
1: What is your name?
2: Who is your Petitioner?
3: Where does your petitioner lives in US?
4: What is your petitioner names?

Congrats your Visa has been approved.. All within 7 minutes.

I am so happy and thank you guys....

Wow that sounds so quick and smooth. Congratulations for coming to this point after years of hectic wait. Wish you best in your future endivour. 

By the way, how long it took you to finish the medical before your interview date?

11 minutes ago, jjcat said:

Hi Kanke! Thanks for your information! I'll try to find our ds 260 confirmation through email

We were DQ on 16th Feb 2022, and the PD is Feb 2019, we are in Taipei, Taiwan. I only noticed our ceac situation last Thursday (it may be like that for a while just I didn't notice) and have received our interview letter from NVC on Friday night. I think this "summary information" situation is most likely a technical glitch and an indication that NVC is waiting to schedule your interview/ is forwarding your case to your local Embassy/consulate. Finger crossing this would quickly be resolved! Best of luck on your case!  

Yes, I share your opinion in that regard. Anyways, thanks for sharing your thoughts and the information. 

9 hours ago, jjcat said:

Hi there! Just wondering after you received the interview letter did the problem at ceac page resolved? Got my interview letter two days ago but everything on ceac page is still frozen af, we forgot to printed our ds260 confirmation page so would really need that civil document/ IV application columns to be back lollll. Thank! 

Congratulations on getting your interview appointment.

With regard to your query, alternatively you may find the DS-260 confirmation letter from the email account you used when registering at CEAC. You must had recieved it on the day you completed the DS-260 form.

May I know how long it took you to recieve the interview letter after noticing the 'summary message'? Which country? Your PD and DQ date?

Wishing you all the best in your interview.

11 minutes ago, Danjoe said:

I also received such on my ceac login page and within 5 days later i received email from NVC for my interview appointment....

That means, unlike what it appears to be, and as others who had similar experience suggested, the summary message may be a good sign of progress. When was your PD and DQ?

20 hours ago, AngelaC13 said:

Hi, F2B visa case. The case has been DQ'ed since June 16, 2021, and the priority date is June 11 2012. I recently logged into the ceac portal and this message came up "Due to the numerical limitations on immigrant visa issuance prescribed by law, this petition is not eligible for further processing at this time. The National Visa Center (NVC) will retain the petition until an immigrant visa becomes available. The NVC will notify the petitioner, principal applicant, or attorney of record when this petition is eligible for further processing. The principal applicant should not make any firm plans such as disposing of property, giving up jobs, or making travel arrangements at this time." . This is for my boyfriend who lives in Dominican Republic. All documents and fees were paid and submitted so please does anyone know when he will receive an interview and what this message means?

So far, those who have recieved the"numerical limit..." message, mostly are with a status DQ and with priority date current. Though it's difficult to exactly tell the implications of the summary message, it seems a simple technical error of no concern. However, we shouldn't undermine the fact that there are others who have speculated it based on personal experience as a sign of progress before receiving interview letter. I personally is in favour of the later because I just recieved the latest 60-day automatic notification from NVC two weeks ago and it hadn't surprised me coming across the speculation as it had been over a year since I was DQ. What I found not convincing is relating it to priority date not being current. In my opinion this is far from truth at least for 2 reasons. Firstly, most of those who are recieving the message have priority date before the cutt-off date, meaning they are current and hence, visa numbers are available for them. Seondly, if this development had to do with priority date or visa number being not available because of the priority date, it could have been sent immediately after DQ or in a short while, not a year and two after the cases have been DQ. Nevertheless,  Whichever is the case we should remain positive and see what comes next. 

3 hours ago, Danjoe said:

Meaning that your interview date is coming soon.. Your file is out on transition and you will definitely receive Immigrant appointment interview soon.. Fingers crossed.

This is my impression too. Mine and my brother's PD was 2013 for F1 category, which apparently is current. In that case, there can only be 2 scenarios to explain the above situation. The 1st is what you just suggested (to me this is more logical both from your personal experience and the situation on the ground).  The second possibility is it could be a technical glitch which should resolve in a matter of time. Anything else is unlikely. 

12 minutes ago, arken said:

Not a new development, it has been that way all the time. PD has to be current before they can schedule the interview.

Why there has never been such summary message ever since the cases has been DQ? My case for F1 category was DQ exactly a year ago and I have been receiving the auto message from NVC advising that the case is in line and waiting for an interview schedule from consular office. I just saw the summary today, and it wasn't there when I logged in before few days.

I guess, this is a new development to most family preference cases. No wonder this will drag the already stacked visa catalog further. Very 😔 

On 12/27/2021 at 8:20 PM, Naveed Sultan said:

The NVC emailed me more than one year before saying I was a Documentary Qualified in the f4 Category - and they were going to schedule an interview.

BUT today when I check my case randomly on the ceac website, I am wondering to see how they put that I am missing one item on my civil document (a police certificate of my son) which one before submitted and all accepted.

Now the question is that if I will submit this missing document again, then my DQ is moving a long time forward again or what happens? I am confused about what to do.

Is this a CEAC glitch or what? Should I upload this? Will it interfere with my Documentary Qualified status? Should I ignore it? I'm inclined to just upload this document and assume it won't mess with the timeline.

 

(and also if It is necessary to upload PCS again, should it be new one because old one have valid only 180 days.)

Please help me to resolve this problem, thank you.

I believe that this is blatantly a technical glitch, hence nothing to worry about it so long as you are still receiving the notification from NVC reminding you that everything is in line and your case is waiting for an interview appointment to be scheduled by the US embassy.

When I first saw such glitch in my case I was confused what to do between contacting NVC about the matter and uploading the document again. At a glance, I realised doing the latter might affect the DQ status so opted for the 1st option. Then again, I decided not to take any action instead remain positive and see if I receive the next notification from NVC. As I anticipated, I received the next notification regarding my case from NVC and it all cleared my doubts. 

I hope this information helps.

Wishing you all the best

You should be able to get the summary page from the email notification sent to you on the day you completed the DS-260 form. So please check back the email you received upon filling the DS 260 form. It must be there attached. Another way to find it is going to login into the CEAC and print it directly from there. 

Noteworthy, do not try to print from a screen-shotted version. You need to print directly from the original file.

When was your priority and DQ date?

Based on the information you provided it's exactly a month since you submitted the requested document. From my personal experience, document reviewing sometimes takes longer time depending on the triage and that is normal. Moreover, if you see the current time frame for document reviewing (shared herewith by a member), as of September 7 2021, NVC is reviewing documents submitted on June 29 2021. But yours was submitted on August 5 2021. Hence, you don't need to contact NVC as nothing appears to be wrong with your situation. You just need to wait for updates which may still take a while. 

It seems that you received interview appointment from NVC, didn't you?

Well as far as the interview Qs are concerned, most of the time it depends on the case itself, not the visa category. For some information about interview Qs, you may check specific treads in this blog where some members have already shared their experiences. However, the general rule is that the interview Qs are dependent on the nature of your case, it might be short and subtle or it might be otherwise.

1. Please note that it is a requirement to upload the birth certificate of your daughter when you are adding her as a derivative in the CEAC. It won't be approved unless you do so.

2. As I said earlier, if you want your daughter to follow you in a later date, then all you got to do is complete her details in the DS-260 ( sorry for the typo error made earlier, it is DS-260 l, not 256).

3. The DS-260 is the same one you use for yourself. As you continue filling it up you will come across a page where it asks you to fill in information about a derivative whom you suppose to follow you later on. So you just need to complete it there.

4. When you get to the US you need to complete not only the I-130 form but also the DS-260 for your daughter in addition to paying associated fees.

Ones you add derivatives in CEAC it should apear in a couple of hours although some times it takes a day and so.  Bear in mind that If you add derivatives in the CEAC, you must also settle their processing fee and submit all required documents. Otherwise, it's considered incomplete and delay your progress. But I don't see any reason for you to add the derivative in the CEAC if she is not accompanying you. Instead, you can simply fill in the particulars of the derivative who is following later in the DS-256 form. 

You can add your daughter as derivative benificiary to your case in two ways. If you wish you can add her so that she accompany you or you can add her in your case to join you in a later date after you arrive in the US. If you are opting for the 1st option, you need to add your daughter in the CEAC system as your derivatives in which case you need to pay all the fees, complete the DS-260 form, and upload all relevent supporting documents for your daughter as well. On the other hand, if you opt for the second option you only need to fill up the biographic information about your daughter and your interest to take her later in the DS-260 form, not in the CEAC. 

As far as your question regarding the time line it takes to get approval from NVC is concerned, it's difficult to give prediction. However, considering the current situation you should reasonably expect significant delays.