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PD for EB2 ROW is 15th Feb 2022 in this months Visa Bulletin so only people with PD’s before that date will be scheduled for interviews. Their PD is 29th Sept 2022, so they’ve got a while to wait.

Yep, checked the thread - I edited my post above. Their PD isn’t current.

Looking at the table in that thread, the only EB2 person I can see who was DQ’ed on that date was ‘snm2122’, but their PD isn’t current so of course they haven’t received an IL yet, they probably won’t until the end of the year at the earliest. Unless you mean someone else? If so please give a link to a post or their username as I’m not sure who it is.

Don’t remember off the top of my head, mid April I think?

Her actually. And it could be EB1 is prioritised, but it could also just depend on DQ date. Most consulates only send out IL’s once a month so if you get DQ’ed after the cut off date for that month, you have to wait until the next.

No, we had no reason to expedite. It will depend on the consulate, ours was standard for London.

I'd forget what your lawyer did or didn't do. Frankly, you don't have time to waste on that. You say you have one extra document to submit, but unless it's a Nobel prize, I'm struggling to understand how that will overcome all the reasons you've been given for rejection? You'll need a heck of a lot more evidence IMO.

Somebody above mentioned Googling your name - have you done that, and if so, what comes up? That was the very first thing our lawyers did before taking our case, as they said it's the first thing the immigration officer will do too. You'll need to be at the very top of your field (awards, published material etc) to qualify for EB2 NIW. Our lawyers were Fragomen if you want another opinion, but Chen is supposed to be excellent too, I've only heard good things. And they'll tell you if you have a realistic chance or not. Just checking that you're not planning on carrying on working now? In all honesty, it would be much easier to go home. It took our lawyers 3 months just to put our case together, any decent application isn't going to be quick.

EB2 was current until recently, so 6 months is perfectly feasible. Our whole EB immigrant visa application will be approximately 5.5 months from start to finish if all goes ok at our interview next week.

You can reapply immediately, but in all honestly I'm struggling to understand why you would - as said above, you don't seem to qualify? Plus you'll be unable to work for a long time, so spending a lot on sitting around waiting for another potential denial. If you're really determined to apply again and do it yourself, I'd recommend you at least have a consultation with a highly experienced EB2 NIW attorney, and then you'll know if you have a chance or not.

No worries. OK, so you're definitely in the queue for an interview - out of interest, why has it taken 6 years though?! Are the other cases spousal applicants? They're usually given priority, so you may find that's why they have had IL's and you haven't. Hope you hear soon, good luck.

IL came from NVC (NVCAttorney@state.gov). You haven't filled in your timeline, what is your Priority Date?

That's weird, a summary card record is a standard NHS thing. When you book your medical London says you need to inform them if it's more than X amount of pages long (10 pages I think?) and may need to pay extra for a doctor to look through it all. If you have your full medical record then it would be much longer than that normally, so to avoid having to pay extra I'd go back to your doctors and try again personally. Point them to this page and tell them this is what you need - https://digital.nhs.uk/services/summary-care-records-scr There's no reason for them to refuse to give it to you (I'm not even sure they can).

There isn’t any delay. Current processing time is 3 weeks (https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html), if your case was only sent on 15th June then you wouldn’t be expecting the Welcome Letter yet anyway.

I really wouldn’t apply by yourself. I don’t think an EB2 NIW is a DIY application personally, and certainly not if you’ve already had a refusal. But it doesn’t sound like your lawyer put forward a compelling case either. How much experience doing EB2 NIW’s do they have? Happy to share the name of our (excellent) lawyers if it helps - I’m EB1 but I know they do EB2 as well. Just message me if you want their details.

You said he’s 34? So he’s F2B, not F2A.

OK, so there's no 'next step' yet, as there's no visa available for him anyway, his PD isn't current. He just needs to sit tight and wait but it'll be at least another year as a rough guess. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2023/visa-bulletin-for-july-2023.html And from what you've said he's applied via consular processing, so should expect to be interviewed at his home country consulate when it is current.

Being scheduled doesn't mean anything if there isn't a visa number available for him, it just means he's in the queue for an interview. But he could still be waiting years yet if his PD isn't current.

It will depend on where you're having it done, but you'll get a checklist when you book.

How old is he and what is his Priority Date?

Approx 16/17 days at the moment - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html

Mine does too, it has my maiden name under 'other names'.

Don’t panic, as per the posts above it can take weeks for new slots to show up. So don’t worry if it takes a while. Good luck.

Yes, but the whole section about the petitioner isn’t relevant to you, as you’re self petitioning. That’s for those being sponsored by family etc.

Not needed. Have you had your welcome letter yet? It tells you what’s needed in that. Worth filling in your timeline by the way, so people can see exactly what stage you’re at.