Bob201

Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone has any insight on how long it takes the Ministry of Justice to send a Penal Record for Judicial use to the US Embassy Athens?  How easy was this process for non-Greek citizens residing in Greece?  Does one have to live in Greece for a certain period of time (i.e 6 months) to be eligible to request the penal record?

Thanks!

17 hours ago, aishaTayyab said:

Do you follow the Facebook page? They’re the first to find out.

hey girl, are you in United States? Is there a way to directly communicate with you?

is there a facebook page specifically for the Islamabad embassy?  if so, would you mind sharing?

3 minutes ago, Ares92 said:

Good morning everyone.

I ended up here after searching for answers on Google, but I haven’t found specific answers yet.

So, the NVC didn’t reject any documents yet, but they asked my wife, the petitioner, to send additional tax documents. However it was clearly stated in the rules that those documents weren’t actually required (unless her income was under or by the poverty line, but that was far from being the case).

 

Do you think I could reach out to the NVC to point out that the additional documents they requested weren’t actually required and there might have been a mistake on their side? It would be quite annoying to go back in waiting line for something like that.

 

Thank you in advance for your help.

out of curiosity, what were the additional tax documents they requested?  

4 minutes ago, Wasbinator said:

Current case review time: As of 23-AUG-2021, we are reviewing documents submitted to us on 18-JUN-2021....  3 days movement... still not the jump I'd have hoped for.

so basically it will take about 2-3 months from the time you submit documentation to reach DQ status?  Does it vary based on the visa you apply for?

38 minutes ago, Wouter said:

I don't want to sound cynical, but I think that is the whole purpose: to make the published backlog of DQ cases waiting for an interview go down,.

The DoS publishes this particular backlog every month:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/visas-backlog.html

And it doesn't look good, especially since it is going up every month (as explained in the Youtube clip).

So I am guessing someone in the DoS said: I want that backlog number on the webpage to go down, that will get some people off my back.

And the NVC says: that's easy, we just have to DQ fewer cases than the number of interviews being scheduled each month.

Of course that does mean an increase in the backlog of cases before DQ but we don't publish those backlog numbers earlier in the pipeline, so not an issue!

 

 

pretty much...  very disappointing that these are the actions being taken to "address" the backlog

3 minutes ago, Wasbinator said:

Just watched the video and that's what he said. TBH that makes no sense tho... the backlog would still be there. Its actually kinda counter-productive. Slowing down the DQ process doesn't eliminate the backlog...it just pushes it back further  

yeah.. honestly, the only thing i can think of is it just makes the "DQ backlog" look smaller...

According to Jacob (see 8:20 on the linked video), NVC is slowing down cases they consider documentarily qualified.  Idk how that helps at all…. Pretty disappointed since I was hoping to get DQ’d in the next few months.  Has anyone else heard of this? (https://youtu.be/GH28twWeEHg)

According to Jacob (see 8:20 on the linked video), NVC is slowing down cases they consider documentarily qualified.  Idk how that helps at all…. Pretty disappointed since I was hoping to get DQ’d in the next few months.  Has anyone else heard of this? (https://youtu.be/GH28twWeEHg)