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  1. appleblossom
    It depends on the consulate. And the wait for an interview varies hugely depending on the consulate too - some have waits of only a couple of months, some are a couple of years.
  2. appleblossom
    They shouldn't be laminated. You may find he's asked to get another copy and submit that.
  3. appleblossom
    The OP hasn’t been on the forum for 6 months.
  4. appleblossom
    What’s your Priority Date? It would be great if you could fill in your timeline. Not many of us EB applicants around, so every timeline is hugely helpful. Assuming it’s current, then you need to count from when your PD became current, not from your DQ date - you’re not added to the queue for an interview until a visa becomes available to you. So you were added to the queue last month, and I’d expect you to get an IL in this months batch. Good luck.
  5. appleblossom
    So you have a joint sponsor?
  6. appleblossom
    If they're in English, no need for any translation - as it says, it's only if the document is in a foreign (i.e. non English) language.
  7. appleblossom
    Why did you not file?
  8. appleblossom
    OK, so their PD's aren't quite current yet. On this month's Visa Bulletin the date for F2A is 8th Feb 2020. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-february-2024.html However, next month their PD's become current (see link above from @JeanneAdil), so then a visa will become available to them and they'll be added to the queue for an interview.
  9. appleblossom
    Priority Date. Basically the date you submitted the I-130. Also, how old are the children?
  10. appleblossom
    Lagos has a big backlog, it's 18 months to 2 years from DQ to interview date I believe. Is your PD current? If it is then hopefully it won't be too much longer.
  11. appleblossom
    Yes, afraid so, unfortunately your I-130 being approved so quickly did you no favours.
  12. appleblossom
    If you can't get married before June 2025 and want to be together asap after that, then for once I think the K1 is a better option. If you need to wait until then to get married and then start the CR1 process, you won't be together until 2027.
  13. appleblossom
    You can see @dolibash's PD on his timeline - click on it below his username for details. HTH.
  14. appleblossom
    You’ve not actually said but I assume you’re a USC? And where are you both now (not clear where ‘we arrived’ was to)?
  15. appleblossom
    Sounds like the 88 days started when you were issued the RFE initially on 20th November - i.e. a deadline of 16th February, which would then match up with you receiving the refusal on 20th February. Did the RFE you received in December specifically give you the March date?
  16. appleblossom
    Ah, I see! That makes much more sense now, I thought something was really wrong if it had taken you nearly 4.5 years to get to this point. 😂
  17. appleblossom
    Some consulates publish the info (example, Montreal - https://ca.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/consular-operations-updates/) Or you can search VJ for timelines and/or threads. But each consulate can change which cases they prioritise each month, and may have months where other types of applications have to take priority (i.e. August is always much busier for student visas so resources can be taken away from IV processing), and factors like staff shortages will have an impact too. So it’s much more fluid than the USCIS or NVC steps in the process.
  18. appleblossom
    If you only applied in March, you're still well within average processing times - https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/
  19. appleblossom
    It will depend on which consulate, you usually have to schedule the interview and medical yourself, but if you can give info on which consulate you're asking about, people can advise you.
  20. appleblossom
    Still happening for me too, but only on my iPhone, it seems to be ok on desktop. A workaround was going to the Facebook page for VJ then following a link on there, that worked fine. And then that stopped working too, so it was then via Instagram. Now that's not working either, so it's laptop only for me at the moment. It's random pages, nothing specific at all. Annoyingly I can't work out how to delete the cookie for just VJ on my iPhone so can't seem to fix it there!
  21. appleblossom
    They will start to process them in order of receipt, but various factors will make a big difference to the total processing time (background checks etc). You’re still well under the average processing time so I wouldn’t worry yet. And the good news is that London is one of the quickest consulate right now, so at least that part will be super speedy. Good luck.
  22. appleblossom
    Just so you can see the quoted ‘normal’ processing times - For the I-140 - less than a year https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/ And for transfer to NVC and receiving the Welcome Letter - a couple of weeks https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html If you’re not aware of any complicating factors that may be holding things up (a previous overstay, criminal record etc), then I’d investigate further personally.
  23. appleblossom
    I know it was approved in Sept, but your timeline and previous posts say you applied in 2019?! If that’s right then 4 years is not normal even with Covid, and neither are security checks between petition approval and NVC transfer. So it seems you’re being delayed at every stage and there may be a reason for that - a FOIA request may shed some light.
  24. appleblossom
    I totally agree with @SalishSea, but I also think there's something very unusual going on with your case. Your I-140 took well over 4 years to be approved it seems? And that's not normal at all. So personally I'd do a FOIA request and try and find out what has been happening with it in case it continues to impact your application. Good luck.
  25. appleblossom
    Which consulate is your case actually at? You’ve asked about several different ones?
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