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  1. EternalWait
    that's also what I thought to be the case for all EBs. But the data that the CATO institute is using is from the DOS itself. Unless there is some misrepresentation of that data the conclusion is correct. As for what your lawyer said: I guess DOS sees 'misrepresentation' in 60% of the cases (that's what the guy at CATO says as well)!!!
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    If you are NIW, this doesn't apply Still, this is kind of unbelievable, but it looks are from the DOS , so I don't know what to say.
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    Hello, I am an EB2-NIW applicant and I had a previous nonimmigrant stay in the US as an F-1 visa holder for a period of 5 years. I wondered, what documents one could provide before/during the interview to anticipate questions that officers may have, and decrease chances of getting AP'ed as I have heard from many that past stays in the US increases chances of administrative processing. I can think of a few things : Documents related to my F-1 visa (the visa stamp, port-of-entry stamps, I94, I20, verifiable diploma and transcripts). How about other things like tax return transcripts from IRS or even FBI background check? I am thinking of basically anything that shows that I was a good-standing law-abiding lawful nonimmigrant throughout my stay in the US I know that these are NOT required by the NVC but I wondered if anyone has tried these and if they received a positive/negative feedback. Thanks in advance!
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    See my recent experience on that here . For me it took a month.
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    Hey Everyone, Just anticipating what might be the case for me. I have heard that if someone has had a previous nonimmigrant stay in the US that can increase chances of getting AP'ed and receiving this ds5535. I was there for 5 yrs for my phd. Is there anything one can do to avoid that or at least make it less likely? I was thinking of submitting stuff that would prove that I was a good standing US nonimmigrant throughout my stay, whether it's FBI background check or 3 years of tax return transcripts, or all my nonimmigration documents that show that I fulfilled my intent and moved out of the US on time. Anything else that comes to mind ? Thanks in advance!
  6. EternalWait
    The title says it. For the Civil documents submission, if I have to mail them, as is the case for EB applicants, do I need to submit the original police certificate or a copy will suffice, and I get to keep the original one to present during the interview? Would appreciate someone's comment who has gone through this!
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    It's not CanadaPost's fault here. RCMP says the processing is complete and it has been mailed out, but truth is it hasn't been really mailed out. I imagine they mail out in batches. So your police certificate has to collect a bit of dust before the batch it is in gets complete and then sent out. That might take a week. Then CanadaPost takes it and quite often delivers it in less than 4-5 business days (average is 3-4 if you live in a big city).
  8. EternalWait
    Finally arrived. Here is my timeline: Fingerprints (digital) taken on July 25 . Processing completed on Aug 17 and mailed out. In my mailbox today on Aug 25. So what should take 10 business days took exactly a month
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    You are right, if they can finish F sooner, then they can churn out EB at even quadruple the normal rate (~280/month). I am generally pessimistic, but ... looking forward to that!! 🙏
  10. EternalWait
    @Blueeyes1989 You beat me to it It's quite interesting that they managed to double both F and E processing rate at the same time. I guess the new officers who were hired to push IR interview rate from 200 to 400, are still at work. The 200 IR surplus cases they could invite has now been distributed among F and E, doubling their processing rate. If they keep at it, we could see IL wait time reduce dramatically in the coming months and in the next six months or so we could get back to the prepandemic 6 months wait time.
  11. EternalWait
    As far as I understand, from the CO statement, all EB categories are treated equally. That one instance you are referring to was an exception, and the applicant himself doesn't know exactly why he got it so early. The wait time mentioned on the CO website are quite representative of who they are inviting right now (for EB, it's people DQ'd on April 2020). Check out the excel spreadsheet here for more cases. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14yZKxht6igwJPXPU0EehKmmN2hx1g3EchEuB5G0yNO4/edit#gid=0
  12. EternalWait
    1) Depends if your case was approved in NSC or TSC. If it's the former, it will take 3-4 weeks to get to NVC. If your case is in TSC, you can be among the lucky few, or among the unlucky majority who have their case held in TSC for ~90 days before being sent to NVC. From there, you can look at the NVC timeline to exactly predict how long it's going to take to be DQ'd (2 months at most). 2) 1 to 2 years, depending on the actual backlog so far. Here is my comment on the backlog, and what it implies in terms of wait time.
  13. EternalWait
    yes
  14. EternalWait
    Like I said before, it was nothing that was time sensitive. They listed machine learning engineer as their occupation, and the job offer letter provided to NVC as part of the civil docs package didn't actually have a start date deadline either (I first thought it did, but it didn't). My own guess for why they got their IL so quickly is that it is either due to just pure luck or due to Montreal CO clearing the backlogs faster (or a combination of both).
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    I wanted to correct a few mistakes on my report on this case I mistakenly mentioned that December 2021 was the DQ date of my contact who got their IL in the last batch. First of all, it wasn't in the last batch, but the one before it (status mentioning case being transferred to the consulate on June 27). More importantly, December 20, 2021 was their I-140 approval date ! Their DQ date was April 12, 2022 . So this got even more interesting !! Basically 2 months after DQ date they got their IL. I want to re-emphasize this was an EB2-NIW case, not an IR which has a 2m wait time these days.
  16. EternalWait
    I don't know if there is such a thing in the DS260 form, but if there isn't you can always (e)mail that to NVC (ideally mail it as part of the civil docs package), or upload that on CEAC if there is a place to do that. @3LabMom that is also sth to consider.
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    Yes. But I don't want to share their info here as I don't have the permission. All I will say is that they are not from any of those destabilized countries (Ukraine, Afghanistan,etc.) that could justify this rush. Also, they already have a job here in Canada and are doing quite well. So like I said, a normal EB2-NIW case with a US job offer , nothing else that really stands out.
  18. EternalWait
    No this is from a private conversation I had with them.
  19. EternalWait
    I thought it might be faster, ink & roll seems to me to require mailing as well (and also on whatever grounds you can imagine an imperfect ink&roll to be rejected, that does not apply to digital).
  20. EternalWait
    I refer to a previous post in the previous thread on this. No the wait time is likely not going to be that long if you consider the full data available on DoS website. However one thing you should note is that the CO always states "most Employment cases ..." emphasis on "most". Cases are not exactly invited for interview in the order they were DQ'd as much as the NVC website wants you to believe. Actually I know of someone who was DQ'd on December 2021 (yes, twenty twenty ONE) and got their IL in the last batch (their interview is for late August). Their case was a normal NIW case (no expedite request) but they had a job offer which they mentioned in their DQ'd package sent to NVC (their job was nothing that would imply any urgency like medical and stuff, but I assume they had a deadline for their start date and they had to be in the US by that time).
  21. EternalWait
    The police certificate you will obtain will not have your photo or your fingerprints even though your photo and fingerprints will be taken during the process. I went to this one . I can tell you that in downtown Toronto, this one was the cheapest. Cost was only the base $50 + taxes. Call them and set an appointment. They are also 100% familiar with how they should do it for US immigration. IF this one is too far, check out your area, you will find many others.
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    Most fingerprinting services out there in Canada are familiar with US immigration type of request. Just google map them and you can find quite a few in any metropolitan area. They should already know, but in case they don't you will have to tell them that your request is under "Privacy Act" and it should include “RCMP National Repository entire holdings” as specified in DOS website. For the price, in Toronto, they charge you ~$50 for the fingerprinting + taxes. They should not charge you anything like "RCMP fee", because this type of request has no fees as shown here . Apparently, according to what I have been told after I called them, part of the delay these days is not because of COVID or backlog but because the request is to include "RCMP National Repository entire holdings" which makes its processing last a bit longer than the other types of request.
  23. EternalWait
    Hey Guys! Found this thread and realized that I might fall victim to this USCIS --> NVC transfer delay since my case in TSC has been approved for more than a month now. So I am trying to anticipate that by making inquiries sooner rather than later. How should I proceed? Do I need to send a msg thru the public inquiry form? Given their current timeframe it will take at least 60 days until I hear back from them! So then isn't it best for me to just send my inquiry right now so that if my case is not transferred even after 90 days (which is 60 days from now) I can actually expect NVC to follow up with USCIS? Or is there a way to actually call them or email them and get a quicker response? Or should I contact USCIS (how) and how long will it take for them to reply? Sorry if these are obvious questions.
  24. EternalWait
    During the CO interview, there is no need for you to have a job offer, but one thing you can be asked about to show is that the evidences you provided in your I140 that you are capable to engage in your proposed endeavor and find employment are still valid (for example, you are still engaged in your field of expertise). Note that the adjudication of whether those evidences are enough to show your eligibility is under the purview of USCIS and since you are passed that stage, the CO officer can not come out and say that you are not actually capable of achieving your proposed endeavor. But the CO officer can ask whether those evidences you provided are still valid or not. Regarding what happens after that, after getting the greencard: in your I-140, you provided your proposed employment/endeavor or at least your field of expertise. So long as you are engaged in that field of expertise you will be absolutely fine. There is no timeline or requirement that you have to achieve what you set out to do. If ever asked in the future, you will only be asked to show that your intent in trying to achieve what you set out to do was not a lie. So e.g. in your citizenship application, when they review your employment history, if they see that you immediately changed your field of expertise, then technically, they can ask you some serious question about misrepresentation of your intent on your petition (and even take away your greencard!). You may ask what "immediately" exactly means? There is no rule set for this anywhere, but immigration lawyers say that you shouldn't change your field of expertise until ~6 months after landing. After 6 months, you should be able to safely change lane if you have good reasons to do so (like you can show that your expertise evolved, or financial conditions changed and forced your hand, etc.) and it is highly unlikely that you will be questioned about it later on.
  25. EternalWait
    Thanks @chaoticenergy ! did you file it recently, when? Apparently they got this excuse that in the last few months Canadian PR applicants are putting a lot of requests, so that's why there's a backlog.
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