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It went well! I already entered the US last week. Here's the long version: Category EB2 NIW Processing Consulate - Hong Kong Timeline PD - 2023/9/20 I140 approved - 2023/12/15 NVC welcome letter - 2024/1/8 DQ - 2024/4/23 Case transferred to Montreal - 2025/1/27 PD becomes current - 2025/5/13 Case transferred back to Hong Kong - 2025/5/28 DQ - 2025/6/4 Retrogression - 2025/7/1 PD is current again - 2025/9/15 Interview Letter - 2025/9/26 Interview - 2025/11/7 Visa received - 2025/11/10 US Entry @ SFO - 2025/11/18 Before the Interview I was having some issues scheduling for courier delivery because I actually have an account on us visa scheduling from before, but it was for an H4 case and the profile country was set to my spouse’s country. I had to send a request on usvisascheduling.com to ask them to remove the H4 application and change the profile country back to Hong Kong. They requested: Interview Letter copy Passport bio page copy A signed, written statement showing the request to change the profile country to Hong Kong After rectifying this issue I was able to register for courier service. Note: you need to choose “IV - Registration” for application type otherwise you have to start all over again. The Interview The Hong Kong consulate does not allow tote bags or backpacks. I showed up with a small (slightly larger than A4) , see-through document bag and security was OK with it. Absolutely no drinks, no food, no large electronics Led to a smaller waiting room for IV The first consular officer (CO) checks out documents. He asked for: passport on file on DS260 Original HK ID card Original HK Birth Certificate (note: if you were born before 1997 and/or your birth certificate was hand written and in the landscape format, you need to obtain a new variation of a certified copy of your birth certificate (核證副本), which is computer printed and in the portrait format. You can apply online for this document on HKGov’s website. Asked if lived anywhere for over 6 months after turning 16, and then provide original police certificates (Hong Kong police certificates are sent directly to the Consulate) Asked if I’m married, then provided the original marriage certificate - we were married in Ontario. Be sure to request the “long form”, or the certified copy (NOT the summary) of the certificate, which includes the marriage license and the certificate portion. Provided expired US Visas on expired passports ( 1x B1/B2, 1x F1) Provided current job’s employment verification letter, which has a company letterhead, a brief explanation on what the company’s business is, my role title, my current salary and my working hours per week (this much info was needed for Ontario OHIP, I just asked my employer to use the same letter) Provided current job’s payslips(last 2) Provided job offer from a US employer Provided past EAD cards - I held 3x DED-EAD cards and 1x OPT-EAD card. Provided form I-94 showing that I left the US before my DED expired Provided Court Official Record (for a reckless driving charge that was later dismissed by DA - I obtained this by calling the county’s court clerk and they sent it to a US address) and court case summary. Then came a loooong wait … I think I waited for close to 90 mins. The CO interviewed a lot of FB and marriage based cases before mine. Lots of people were missing documents left and right, or their affidavit of support is insufficient. I was the last to be interviewed that morning. CO then had me do a vow and took my fingerprints. CO then asked the following questions which were surprisingly simple: Q:When did you first come to the US? A: 20XX, on F1 Q: what did you do after your studies in the US? A: work for **company** as a **role** Q: Where are you currently working now? A: work for **company** as a **role** Q: Did you have any trouble with the law (if applicable, explain) A: Yes, I was going too fast, was clocked **speed** over **posted limit**. In **state**, the state trooper told me that they had to charge reckless if I went **number** over. I then hired an attorney and had the reckless charge dismissed. Q: Are you married? A: yes She then told me the case is “approvable” and will recommend the case for approval. Confirmed the case is not under AP. Told me to wait for a week. She kept my current passport and the expired B1/B2 visa The whole process took exactly 2.5 hours from appointment time to the end of the interview. Bring a book otherwise you will be bored to death Courier Delivery After 3 days, I received a text and email from usvisascheduling.com saying that my visa is ready for pickup. I opted for courier office pickup. I went to the designated location and show them the confirmation slip I got when registering on us visa scheduling.com. The package consists of multiple items - passport, with the immigrant visas printed on it; instructions on how to pay the immigrant fee for USCIS to issue the plastic green card, a note on getting your SSN and global tax burden (yay!), and a dossier that we are instructed NOT to open before seeing the CBP officer when entering the US. Entering the US Entered via SFO on 11/18. I was told to line up at the All visas line which was very long. When it's my turn, I told the officer that I have an immigrant visa and I gave him the whole packet I received from the consulate. Then I was sent to Secondary. In secondary, officers are a lot stricter about the no phone policy - so bring a book! After waiting for around 30 mins, I was called and the officer asked if I need to change the shipping address for the green card. In my case I said no, and he stamped my passport and told I was good to go. And thus I’m officially admitted as an LPR 🤘

I got mine on 9/26, for 11/7 at the Hong Kong consulate. I think I would have received mine earlier if it weren't for the retrogression in July and that I transferred my case from Canada to Hong Kong earlier this year.

Quick question for the group: So the NVC ended up sending me a checklist, and I've addressed that. Now I get another one of these .rtf attachments saying that I've been DQed. Previously I've received one like this back in April 2024. Does this mean that my DQ date has been reset to 6/11/2025? 🥲

I was born in Hong Kong, currently working in Canada and that's why the NVC accepted my initial request to transfer the case to Montreal Sounds good - will keep an eye out for the IL for MTL then, thanks

Hi all, been a lurker for a while on NVC threads. My case is current after yesterday's visa bulletin. I'm trying to get people's input on whether I should change the processing consulate. Here's my timeline: Visa Type: EB2 NIW PD: 2023-09-20 DQ Date 1 (Date shown on a letter pdf from NVC): 2024-04-23 DQ Date 2 (?) : 2024-07-16 Processing Consulate: Montreal I understand that Montreal is scheduling interviews for EB cases with DQ dates after 2024 May, roughly when should I expect to get an interview? I'm also confused as to what my DQ date is. So I received a PDF a while back that says I'm DQed and that letter was dated 4/23. I contacted the NVC about correcting something on the DS-260 (Silly mistake ikr !) and they just gave me a canned response saying that my case is already DQed, which was dated 7/16. So is my DQ date 4/23 or 7/16? Also, trying to gather some opinions as to whether it makes more sense to wait it out on Montreal or switch to Hong Kong. From what I've been told, Hong Kong seems to schedule interviews 1-2 months after DQ. So I guess it doesn't make much of a difference between the 2 consulates if they use the DQ date of 4/23? Thank you!