EternalWait

This is not a legal advice but : one thing you could try is to make an expedite request, which sometimes gets forwarded to the embassy/consulate. Mention how the timeline in their own website indicates that they are well past your DQ date, but you haven't been invited yet. Mention that this completely violates their own 'first-dq'ed ---> first-invited' stated policy. and add to that any document you have regarding job/opportunity loss.

Hey Everyone, I wanted to bring your attention to the following https://www.regulations.gov/document/DOS-2023-0028-0001 The government posts its regulations for comments and feedbacks from the public and stakeholders. This time , they are asking about DS-5535, and the deadline to submit comments is Nov 21 , i.e. in three days!! Go to the website above and click on comment as shown below. Try to express your opinion involving your unique experience and argue that this process has less pros than cons. You can post your comment anonymously or share your first and last name , which would be of course better to make the comment look more from an actual person. Note you do not need to be living in the US to submit your comment. To be clear, this is probably not gonna be effective in the end, but it's the least that people waiting behind AP can do. Best of luck.

I remember we signed a petition with 200+ people . Didn't expect a thing coming out of it, and I wasn't surprised either. Basically, they don't care. So try to change the VO to some other place if you can (you have to be either a resident or citizen of another country) Otherwise , I guess the best you can do is to either just completely forget about it or let it loose in their twitter timeline, so that at least you feel a little bit better. Though I personally recommend the former for your own long term sanity

I haven't been interviewed yet, though I should be invited in the next few batches based on where things are right now at my assigned CO. But like I said, I am in a group where there are hundreds like this, and they all get more or less invited as you would expect them based on their DQ date (not on their transfer date). Also my case is not exactly the best test case, as I changed my embassy at the same time of getting DQ'ed. Were my DQ date to be reset to my transfer date, it would be like a two or three days change, so that wouldn't impact much when I get the IL. But I know ppl who have transferred even after a year of getting DQ'ed, and they were invited to be interviewed at the transferred CO based on their DQ date not on their transfer date.

Reviving this old thread because people have been DM-ing me. So here it is: Changing the assigned embassy to a case is quite common and can be done by a simple public inquiry https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html . Your request can be as follows (this is how I did it myself): Dear Sir/Madam, I would like to request a change of venue to the U.S. Embassy (OR CONSULATE GENERAL) in DESTINATION CITY Y, DESTINATION COUNTRY X. I am a citizen of DESTINATION COUNTRY X (OR A COUNTRY Z WHICH CITIZENS ARE ALLOWED TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR IV AT COUNTRY X), so I am eligible to undergo IVP in CITY Y. I have included a copy of my passport and birth certificate with certified translation to support this request. Thank you for your time and consideration of this request. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. Attach your petition approval notice and passport+birth certificate+translation to this request in ONE pdf. Check the https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html under public inquiry response time to get an estimate of how long you should wait for a reply. You will realize your request has been accepted once you see that you cannot log in to your CEAC with your case number! That's when you know that in a few days you get your new case number in an email. Is it possible for your DQ date to change? There is a very very small chance it changes (we have had very very few cases like that in a thousand member group that I am in, with probably hundreds of transferred cases). This change would be against the rules of NVC! But the NVC officer may not know about it and that's why they do it. You will realize that has happened once you get your new 60 days notification from NVC, which states your DQ date. IF for any reason you do not get that notification, or you get it and it states a different date, immediately contact NVC to ask for confirming your DQ date. If the DQ date has changed, you can fix it back by contacting the NVC, and explaining to them your situation and that changing embassies should NOT change the DQ date by NVC rules. (and yes, we have also had cases that successfully fixed their DQ date back to what it should be). Have patience (a lot) and best of luck with your transfer. P.S. You don't have to wait to make this transfer. In fact, You can make this request after your case has been created at NVC, and before you have even submitted your DS260 (so even before you get assigned a DQ date!). And that's what I'd suggest you to do. I myself submitted my request after mailing my civil docs with the old case number (I have to mail because my case is EB) and before getting DQ'ed!! I didn't even give a headsup to NVC ! but the officers were surprisingly organized enough to send my DQ letter and new case number in one email! Lastly, In case you have not sent/uploaded your civil docs and are making this request, they may also send you a new coversheet for the submission of your civil docs (if your case is EB, then you have to attach that to your mail). If they don't, then use the previous coversheet but strike the old case number and attach a letter explaining that your case number has changed but you did not receive a new coversheet, hence why you are using the old one. Hopefully this should answer any and all questions (and I won't get a DM anymore ) .

I guess it would depend on your FSC among other things. But it's quite random, generally you should expect ~ 6 months on average (although officers tell applicants that it'll done in 60 days).

They filed a WoM about two months after getting AP'ed and got their case cleared a month later.

@LAB_BD @neds @Alex Nzo @Texasbound1 @ttt_mtl Hey Guys! Since you are the "next in line" , could you please update us if you have received the IL? Thanks 🙏

Hello, When my case (which is not a K visa) is DQ'd at NVC, and still waiting for the interview letter, if I were to request a change of the CO to another that has a much shorter waittime, then assuming the request is approved: 1) would my interview be still scheduled according to my original DQ time, or is my DQ time reset? 2) Would my place in the queue for the interview at the new CO be as if I had chosen that CO from the beginning? 3) Also, since the case is still at NVC, this transfer should happen rather quickly, right? like a few days after approval? (It's just a case number being changed?) Sorry if these are easy questions but I couldn't find their answer on the NVC website. It makes sense to me that the DQ date shouldn't be reset, so that I can benefit from the shorter waittime, but I wanna make sure. Thanks a lot!

Has any one experienced delay with their RCMP police certificate? It should take like 10 business days at most (2 weeks), but mine has been taking more than three weeks, and every time I call they it's in processing (I am pretty sure I got no criminal records btw ). I am kind of in a hurry ! Is there anything I can do to expedite this? I'd appreciate if people could share their experience in case they have had the same issue (and share when they applied for the police certificate and when they received it). Thanks !