| Names |  Country  |
Service Center |
Xfer? | Consulate |
I-130 Sent |
I-130 NOA1 |
I-130 NOA2 |
NVC Received |
NVC Left |
Consulate Received |
Packet 3 Received |
Packet 3 Sent |
Packet 4 Received |
Interview |
Visa Received |
US Entry |
Marriage |
Total Days File ➙ Int. |
Comments. List anything unique to your case. | Updated Last |
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  K & W
|
 Canada |
Potomac Service Center | Vermont | Montreal, Canada | 2022-09-16 | 2022-09-16 | 2023-08-07 | 2023-08-11 | 2024-04-26 | 2024-05-07 | 2024-06-11 | 2008-08-08 | 634 | 2024-05-09 | ||||||
 Hasan & Leah
|
 Turkey |
California | No | Montreal, Canada | 2021-09-29 | 2021-10-05 | 2022-10-20 | 2022-10-23 | 2023-01-27 | 2023-04-12 | 2023-06-26 | 2023-07-01 | 2021-08-14 | 635 | Had to submit additional financial documents to NVC. Submitted on Jan 4th. Documentarily Qualified by the NVC on Jan. 27th. | 2023-08-17 | ||||
 Lu & Simeon
|
 China |
National/MSC | Texas | Guangzhou, China | 2013-05-01 | 2013-05-08 | 2014-05-02 | 2014-05-14 | 2014-11-22 | 2015-01-06 | 2015-01-07 | 2015-01-08 | 2015-01-26 | 2015-06-29 | 2012-12-10 | 635* | 2015-07-06 | |||
 Keith & Demetria
|
 United Kingdom |
Vermont | No | London, United Kingdom | 2020-06-04 | 2020-06-04 | 2021-01-13 | 2022-02-08 | 2022-03-01 | 2022-03-14 | 2019-05-20 | 635* | Initially refused due to medical not having been received yet, but visa was issued today (14/3). | 2022-03-14 | ||||||
 Geri & Ruly
|
 Cuba |
Texas | No | Guyana | 2019-02-28 | 2019-03-04 | 2019-08-28 | 2019-09-20 | 2020-11-18 | 2020-11-18 | 2020-11-25 | 2020-11-25 | 2020-11-26 | 2019-01-06 | 636* | WE WERE APPROVED!! Long post about our process. My husband and I got married Jan 6 2019, and our priority date was March 4 2019. Our case became DQ’ed and stuck at NVC since 12/16/19. At the time of the first humanitarian flight my hubby wasn’t too confident on our ability to get an interview from just showing up at the embassy. Also he didn’t have his police records available so that was a problem. When the first flight left and other cr1 cases began getting appointments I knew that if a flight came again i would take him out of the island. After weighing the cons and pros we decided to go to GEO on the next humanitarian flight. I arrived to GEO on 11/13/20 and he arrived on 11/14/20. Once he passed immigration in HAV airport i emailed the embassy to ask an expedited appointment on the basis that we were both present and met the criteria for visa priority as described on their official site. On 11/16/20 i emailed the embassy again. Before i sent that email, i went to the embassy’s website and they had changed their language around priority visas and receiving appointments. Ofcourse we panicked and i sent a new email with the screenshots i had of the previous language on their site. I started to basically build my case that because i arrived before their policy changed we should receive an interview. Also in October the embassy emailed me stating our case would be transferred from NVC to embassy. The case was never transferred but i kept referencing that email on all interactions with the embassy. Tuesday 11/17 same shenanigans—emailed embassy but we received 0 responses from them. On Wednesday afternoon me di tremenda empinga (pardon my French) and i went ahead and called the embassy. I called directly to the ACS department which was the dept that emailed me in early October regarding the transfer of my case. They immediately told me “you shouldn’t have travelled without an appointmentâ€. I was like “Aht aht aht (literally) and told her I arrived when the website of the embassy was still encouraging applicants to arrive in GEO and email to request the interview so long as they met priority list. I also said—the embassy emailed me in October stating my case would be transferred and still to this day nothing has been done. Your word is your contract and you can’t just go back on it.†The lady on the phone knew damn well who i was she kept saying “yes ma’am, i know i knowâ€. She tried to get me off the phone by saying “email visa George†I said no because I emailed them since Saturday and they didn’t not respond. She finally took down my full name, his full name, our arrival dates, the airlines we used, and our case number. She told me she would pass the info to a colleague and if they needed to they would call me. At that point i was ready to take my ass to the embassy every single day until they gave us an interview. 5 minutes later someone called from the embassy to rectify i was in GEO and our case details. She said “in 5 minutes i will call you backâ€. Two hours passed and the next thing you know our case was transferred to GEO. They literally requested the case on 11/18 at 1:30 pm and by 3:30 pm the case was at GEO. No one called back or anything. So I expected that i would receive an email with a date but ofcourse not! So on Friday 11/20 a group of Americans and I went together to the embassy to request interviews. They tried to tell me that my case was NOT at the embassy. I showed my email that i received the on Wednesday afternoon stating my case was in GEO, and then they provided me with an email and told me that the “chief†would be expecting our case info, local contact information and a request for expedite appointment. I left kind of defeated but with an email address that was not VisaGeorge. As soon as i got home i sent them the email. At 2:45 they sent us our interview letter for 11/25. On 11/23 we did medical and on 11/25 went to our interview. We showed up at 7:30 am do an 8:00 am appointment. At 7:50 am they let us in and we sat down for about 20 minutes before they called us to give our documents. We handed all civil documents and 1 picture which they returned. At around 9:45 (felt like we were waiting a full day) they called us for our interview. Our interview lasted all of 7 minutes! He asked about 12 to 13 questions (see below) (didn’t get the communist party question or any reference to military service either). He then looked at the documents and said “do you have a police certificate for me?—(I had already given it to the lady in the booth)—the one I have is expiredâ€. I was so confused and started looking through my papers and thought “FUCK i brought the wrong oneâ€. But then he looked and said “never mind here it is i was looking at the one online.†They did NOT ask for pictures! He then said “congratulations your visa was approvedâ€. I didn’t even process it until Gerardo said “BABE! We got it.†I started crying and we huggedâ€. He gave me a paper saying to pick up on December 2nd but I immediately told him “can you please print it here today? We really want to go home and spend thanksgiving with my family in the statesâ€. He asked if i had a flight receipt and i said “No, but if you get me a visa I will have a flightâ€. He went back and brought me a paper and told to pick up the visa at 2pm the same day! We went home searched for flights and as soon as the visa as on hand we bought our flights. We spend thanksgiving in NYC with our family. If y’all want more detailed about GEO, and/or the process feel free to private message me. I am so grateful to Tymika Nichelle for helping me and walking me through this when ever i had a question. I truly had no idea how i would get this done and you not only inspired me to get this done but you were ALWAYS available to answer my questions or calm us down. Brittney Stecklein we love you two so much. We honestly wouldn’t have wanted to share this with anyone else. We know you two will persevere and you will have that visa. Thank you for being our away from home and now forever FAM(ily).We are praying for you two constantly. Shoutout to Gigi Cova Mackenzie Odegaard Jessica Adamo (You’re next Jess) Chemica Danieland Andrea Safford GarcÃa for the constant positivity and trouble shooting with this process. What I’ve learned in this process is simple, the type of visa doesn’t matter here; what truly matters is the opportunity to finally live with our loved ones. ***** QUESTIONS******* 1- what year we got married? 2- what year we met? 3- how did we meet? 4- how many times I’ve travelled to cuba since our relationship started? 5- what does he do for a living? 6- what do i do for a living? 7- who do i live with? 8- what do my sisters do for a living? 9- did he plan to further his education in the states? 10- where do i live in the states? 11- what did he plan to do for a living in the states? 12- did he ever traveled outiside of cuba aside from this trip to GEO? | 2022-10-10 | |||
 Anthony & Newlove
|
 Ghana |
Texas | No | Ghana | 2014-08-07 | 2014-08-14 | 2015-02-11 | 2015-03-04 | 2016-04-15 | 2016-05-04 | 2016-07-22 | 2016-08-30 | 2014-03-01 | 636* | 2016-07-30 | |||||
 Katherine & Ken
|
 Netherlands |
Texas | No | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2020-12-09 | 2021-10-19 | 2021-10-22 | 2022-07-29 | 2022-07-29 | 2022-09-06 | 2022-09-13 | 2022-09-14 | 2020-07-25 | 636* | Medical date: 26 July 2022 Medical results received by Embassy: 28 July 2022 SSN received: 22 Sept, exactly 8 days after arrival into US | 2022-09-22 | ||||
 Om & Alisha
|
 New Zealand |
Texas | No | Auckland, New Zealand | 2021-02-18 | 2021-04-06 | 2022-02-09 | 2022-09-28 | 2022-11-16 | 2022-12-29 | 2023-01-23 | 2020-06-26 | 636* | 2023-03-12 | ||||||
 Melissa & Stephen
|
Canada |
California | No | Montreal, Canada | 2018-06-12 | 2018-06-14 | 2019-04-17 | 2019-07-15 | 2020-02-11 | 2020-02-11 | 2020-03-09 | 2020-03-13 | 2020-04-01 | 2018-03-31 | 636* | Still waiting on our physical green cards to arrive. I've sent a request through MyUSCIS. I received a note back saying they'd send a request to the office looking after our cases. After 30 days with still no response, I called. The lady was quite pleasant to deal with and said she was opening a request for service and to call again in 30 days if we've not been provided any updates. 2020/09/25 - One myUSCIS email, one 48 minute wait on the phone with USCIS and 177 days from POE and we finally received our physical green cards! | 2023-05-01 | |||
 Chin & Bin
|
 India |
Nebraska | No | Mumbai, India | 2021-04-23 | 2021-04-23 | 2021-06-22 | 2021-06-25 | 2022-11-18 | 2022-11-18 | 2022-11-18 | 2022-11-18 | 2022-11-18 | 2023-01-19 | 2021-04-17 | 636 | 2023-01-24 |
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