Dil & Malar

5 hours ago, SecondTimer said:

Does the interview letter for IR 1 Visa appointment arrive via email or physical post? I am assuming it's both. If the physical letter never arrives, will a print out of emailed letter suffice?

Our DQ date is April 14th 2023 so I am expecting the interview letter next month based on what's been happening in the last couple of months. Thanks!

comes only in email and printing the email is the only option you have and it is well accepted.

14 minutes ago, TrashJay said:

CR1

DQ - Jan 21st (2023)

IL - Jun 14th

INT - Aug 24th

 

was honestly expecting IL to come months later, so pleasant surprise!

Yes.  Mumbai embassy covered 2 months worth of  DQed cases (DQed from Dec 7 2022 to Feb 7 2023) in one month of interview (Aug)

On 6/18/2023 at 9:57 PM, Hanbee said:

Hey! Its been a little quiet on here. Has anyone got an interview date yet? 

Yes.  My wife received interview letter on June 14th to appear for interview at MUMBAI, INDIA US consulate on August 11th.  Wishing you all GOOD LUCK.

CR1

I130 NOA1 - 11/10/2021

I130 NOA2 - 11/10/2022

DQ - 12/30/2022

IL date - 06/14/2023

Interview - 08/11/2023

I will update the timeline

4 hours ago, Sabster said:

Hello everyone.

 

Can anyone keep this thread alive with updates on any IL's being sent out?

 

I remember hearing May batch only sending letters until first week Dec. I hope I'm wrong on this. 

Yes, last month they issue IL for the cases DQed until Dec 7th.  This is the situation for IR1/CR1 cases.  Hopefully they will issue IL somewhere between June 16 to 26 for the August interviews

11 minutes ago, Redro said:

When did you get married? 

10/25/2021

2 minutes ago, Mike E said:

It is only taking a chance of you have a choice. Your timeline says you have not reached DQ.
 

So based on that, you do have choice: wait until your 2 year marriage anniversary to submit everything needed to achieve DQ.

I am DQed on 12/30/2022. 

6 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Some officers will and some won’t. This has been reported either way on VJ several times.

 

Regardless what the officer does, if you do not get a 10 year card, file I-90 for free to get one. Do not ever expect I-90 to be resolved.

Yes, we can claim this as DHS error and file I-90 with $0 to get replacement.  Of-course the processing time is about 20 months..  so bottom line is  take a chance. ?

As per the immigration rule,  if the CR1 visa is issued and if you come to USA through the port of entry after the second year marriage anniversary,  if we inform the CBP officer about it and give the copy of marriage certificate,  CBP officer will update the visa to IR1 and the we get 10 year GC.    Did anyone go through this situation and successfully got IR1 updated with 10 year GC?

7 minutes ago, nodisplay said:

@Dil & Malar Yeah, the first link says it's been reset, are you able to share the invite from the group again ?

Because of scammers they disabled the link.  The second one is for different group and that should work

4 hours ago, nodisplay said:

@Dil & MalarAre you able to share the whatsapp link please? The previous link seems to be dead.

2 minutes ago, Sabster said:

Hello everyone.

 

Any update if IL's were sent out for May batch? I remember reading they were up to mid-Nov DQ date for April.

 

Hoping to see if 2022 can be cleared and start working on 2023 DQ cases.

No ILs yet for this month.  Eagerly waiting.  Hope you have joined the whatspp groups to stay upto date.  Activities in this thread is pretty low.

27 minutes ago, Preethi Arun said:

Question,do we schedule the bio-metrics after the interview letter is received?

Thanks!

For IR1/CR1 - Yes, after getting IL, you should do that.  See  the attached guide I put together

ToDo_afterIL.pdf

2 minutes ago, jmayam said:

Oh OK. Thanks so much. Hope someone can post a sample NVC email here (with all personal info blurred out of course).

 

Also, I visited the official traveldocs website that you suggested and their instructions seem to confirm the process that you confirmed too. Thx!

 

https://www.ustraveldocs.com/in/en/immigrant-visa#kvisa

There may be another thread here for K1 visa in Mumbai.  There is facebook page too  "K-1 and CR/IR-1 /K1 To AOS Visa Applicants of India".  What is your NOA1 date?  I think it is taking about a year to approve in Calif

Just now, jmayam said:

Thank you so much! Do you know of any official  references that state/confirm this process?

 

I’m still waiting for NOA2, so have not received anything from NVC yet. Thx!

When you get email from NVC, it will tell you the steps.  They do not schedule interview and they will give clear instructions in the email

13 minutes ago, jmayam said:

 

Once NOA2 is received and NVC processes and generates a Case Number, I heard elsewhere that K-1 filers do not need to wait for any Interview Letter (IL) from the Embassy.

After NVC Case Number is generated, is the next step just to login to the Embassy/Consulate website (Mumbai in my case) and schedule an interview appointment?

 

If so, where do we upload any documents like tax returns, PCC, etc. to get Documentarily Qualified (DQ)?

Or is it that for K-1, we just need to complete DS-160 and prepare all the requisite documents (petitioner's tax returns, beneficiary's PCC, birth cert, etc.) to submit/show at the Interview?

 

Thanks in advance!

Yes.  You are correct.  You can create a profile (if you do not have one) in https://www.ustraveldocs.com/in/en and follow the procedure to schedule biometrics and then interview in mumbai.  There will you will take the documents to get it approved.

 After creating case in NVC... did they send you information about invoice number and to pay fees  and to upload documents in NVC?

11 hours ago, ImMew2 said:

Does anyone know what the current timeline is for DQ to interview for CR1/IR1 visa? 

Is there anywhere we can follow updates on what dates are being processed now? The links in the thread don't seem to work anymore.

DQ to Interview letter is - 5 to 6 months.  6 weeks from the letter is interview.  So totally DQ to interview date is about 7 to 8 months.

We have whatsup group and people post when they get IL.  DQ till Nov 14th 2022 got IL for June 2023.  The next batch of IL will come out either late this week or next week..

11 hours ago, Mannati said:

How long it takes to get DQ after submitting documents by 29th of April 2023 to NVC?

It is two weeks to get your document reviewed in nvc

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html

2 hours ago, Nisarg99999999999 said:

What's the FB group?

https://chat.whatsapp.com/LbPoxjnxgwX03hKBZfHNIu

https://chat.whatsapp.com/ChAvWkk0oY47s7KVmzncqe

18 minutes ago, DP_KB said:

CR1 category: Processed @Potomac

PD: 1/25/2022

DQ: 11/15/2022

Still waiting for IL @ Mumbai Embassy

I am positive you are going to get IL in this month batch (some time in 2nd or 3 week of April).  Interview will be in June

On 3/22/2023 at 1:33 AM, Dcleonv said:

Hello, i am a November 3 fillers and I haven’t received my Noa2, do you know how many Nov cases are still in  Noa1

Are you saying, you filed in NOV 3rd 2021 but still haven't received approval of the I130 petition?  and you are citizen filing for spouse?  if so,  please file the out of normal processing time request or reach out for congressional help.  VERY SORRY TO HEAR THIS SITUATION

22 minutes ago, Gg GG said:

IL received CR1

On March 18th

PD FEB 1ST 2022

DQ SEP 15TH 2022

Interview Date May 9th, 2023

Congratulations.

7 hours ago, Antc said:

Hey,

 

We were DQ'd on 2/1/23 for IR1-CR1.

Should we be expecting IL July?

Also is there a place to check when IL are issued and to which DQ month they are in?

 

Thanks

It is about 6 to 7 months from the DQ date to receive IL. 

There is no place to check these things.  Basically NVC schedules interviews once a month.  In the last 3 times Dec 19th,  Jan 23rd and Feb 28th.  This month, we are expecting between Mar 20 to 31st.  So far they covered until the cases DQed until SEP 6th 2022 for IR1-CR1

6 hours ago, Hanbee said:

Question, if all documents have been accepted on the ceacstate portal but I have messages in my portal inbox requesting additional documents, do I need to submit them? 

Did you  receive an email with a subject line saying "Notice regarding your Immigrant Visa Case becoming Documentarily Qualified"

and in the body it says "NVC will work with the U.S. Embassy/Consulate General"  

Then, it should be OK.  I do also have this email and all the form is accepted, but one says "incomplete".  I did not worry about it, I guess they may have a glitch

9 hours ago, M&P2017 said:

Anyone got interview letters ??

The last issued is on FEB 23rd.  That is for Aug-2022 DQs,  the next batch is expected between March 20 to 30 for SEP-OCT 2022 DQed casees