Melissa12

12 minutes ago, Chanel H. said:

Wow that is a lot faster than it seems to be going based on the Facebook group. If we get our interview in that amount of time then I could be home by like February  😳 Did you have an expedite?

Yeah I have noticed a lot of people are experiencing delays in the Facebook group - not too sure why It's really horrible how backlogged our immigration system is.

I am a K1 visa which might be why it's faster (people in the Facebook group mentioned K1s were getting interviews) - but not too sure. We didn't do any expedites and we didn't use an attorney so I've been pleasantly surprised at how easily it has gone so far (albeit lengthy). I had posted in this thread initially ages ago hoping to hear something as I wasn't in the Facebook group and the forums were so quiet.

I had anticipated him moving around March of 2023 but we are now expecting his move in early November as people in the Facebook group seem to say that it takes a couple weeks after the medical/interview to get the approval/rejection notice and then some time for getting the visa in hand - though I think my fiancé arranged to pick it up so that shouldn't take too long.

I hope that you hear back in your process soon! Being separated and away from home for so long is hard. It's good to finally see some movement in the Consulate though. I was very concerned several months ago when they were still closed.

2 hours ago, Chanel H. said:

That's awesome congrats!! Can I ask when you were DQed?

Thank you! We are very excited 

We were DQ'd on July 17th, 22. Our interview was scheduled a month later on August 18th, 22

While there is still a bit of wait - things seem to finally be moving since we passed the NOA2 stage

Just an update on my end - My fiancé's interview is scheduled for the 25th of October with the medical on the 30th of October in Sydney

Thanks for the recommendation. I will have to join that group so I can keep up to date there. Glad to hear that some interviews have been happening - though wish it was for all groups. It was very disheartening to hear that the consulate was closed and can only imagine what kind of backlog they have.

Just posting here in hopes that somebody has heard something as well. My fiancé and I just got DQ'd yesterday so crossing fingers that we all hear back sometime soon.

29 minutes ago, Maca&Lloyd said:

Just saw you got approved today! CONGRATS!!!! Wish you and your partner all the best. We're still waiting ☺️

Likewise! Yours should be coming soon 🤞 Now onto the Sydney Consulate which I've not heard great things about

5 minutes ago, Maca&Lloyd said:

It's great to see them moving in the 84000 group! Last update was from September 2021 🥲 We're very close 🙏

Yes! Super excited to see. We have the same NOA1 dates so hopefully we see some updates soon  

These processing times are absolutely horrific. I’ve actually convinced my sister to move into my house and watch my cats so I can travel abroad to be with my fiancé for extended periods of time, as I don’t see an approval anytime soon and it’s so depressing. I wanted to bring him here but if something doesn’t change I might just end up emigrating. 

Hopefully they can start looking at May soon. I’ve got a NOA 1 date of May 7, 2021 and can relate with the frustration of remaining March, April and us May folks in seeing June cases get reviewed before us. I’m totally understanding of the Ukraine crisis and other emergency situations getting priority but I believe the order they are going in right now is very unfair. I have a inquire date of June 21, 2022 currently. But it seems as we get closer it just keeps getting pushed out