JSB555's US Immigration Timeline
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Petitioner's Name: Juan Beneficiary's Name: Cori VJ Member: JSB555 Country: Colombia Last Updated: 2025-10-22 |
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Timeline Comments: 39
Jackgsd on 2025-04-30 said:It looks like you guys submitted your paperwork just like 10 days or so before we submitted ours. But I do see that they processed some even into December already. Have you heard anything about being able to schedule a consulate interview?
JSB555 on 2025-05-07 said:No we're still waiting for NOAA 2, it seems like they are working in November but they do not process in order of submission, it's kind of all over the place, My friend submitted at the same time as me and he received a RFIE.
Jackgsd on 2025-05-07 said:What is RFIE? We’re also processing in Texas. And we’re trying to get an interview in Bogota. I’m just hopeful my fiancé would be here at the states by the first part of September. But it does seem that they’re processing them in November now. So I’m hopeful at least get a NOAA 2 by the end of this month.
JSB555 on 2025-05-07 said:I think September will be challenging but it's not impossible. I expect we'll be processed sometime this month and then it will take some time to get to the embassy in Bogota and for them to enable the interview, it will have to be in Bogota.
Jackgsd on 2025-05-07 said:From what I read on here it seems like Bogota would have the application within 2 to 3 days of being approved. Because I’m here it says you can call the embassy within two days of being approved to schedule the interview. And then interviews are taking about 4 to 6 weeks. So I’m hopeful that we would have some sort of an approval by June 1, and that would could put an interview sometime in August. Things seemed to have really slowed down this year which is unfortunate. We went this route because it would be faster. And in the long run, save money from me. Flying back-and-forth to Columbia every other week. I’m a flight attendant and I get cheap flights but it still costly. But we had another couple friends of ours. They got married in Columbia Last October and theirs has already been approved and she’s living in the states now. So this seems to have been taking longer. Anyway. Good luck with everything. If you hear anything, feel free to share information with me. And vice versa.
JSB555 on 2025-05-07 said:I'm not sure if you are looking at the process correctly. Once USCIS approves the application it will be sent to the Department of State, this takes about a month but can take longer for some people. From there DOS will send to the Embassy. Then they will send a welcome email and you will have to apply for the visa and do the interview. If you look at other timelines from Bogota it usually takes people at least 3 months from when they get approved by USCIS to when they have their interviews.
The applications were getting processed extremely fast last year, unfortunately they have slowed down but are still faster than they have been in years.
Jackgsd on 2025-06-23 said:It looks like we could be getting close. They seem to be processing applications right around November 20 this week. So hopefully in the next week to two for you and us.
Jackgsd on 2025-07-01 said:Did you guys receive a notification?
JSB555 on 2025-07-01 said:Nope, still waiting as of July 1
Jackgsd on 2025-07-08 said:Congrats!!!
JSB555 on 2025-07-08 said:Thank you good luck to y’all, hopefully soon
EmilioyK on 2025-09-25 said:Any luck with the NVC? We were both approved around the same time. Cant believe how slow this process has been.
Jackgsd on 2025-09-25 said:Our case went DOS on 9/11 but haven’t heard anything beyond that.
JSB555 on 2025-10-01 said:I sent a public inquiry to NVC after 14 days, they got back almost a week later saying no case number. I sent a second public inquiry that day, a week later got a case number.
Jackgsd on 2025-10-01 said:Nice. I’m Expecting ours in the next week. I talked to somebody online. It’s also doing it in Bogota. And they said from the time they got their case number to the time it was ready was about four or five days. And then they were able to schedule their interview as recent as 10 days later. In their case, they scheduled the interview for three weeks later in the medical for two weeks later. So in theory, you could have your interview by the end of October.
Jackgsd on 2025-10-01 said:I forgot to ask. What day did your case actually go to DOS? Are NOA2 was July 19. And our DOS was September 11.
JSB555 on 2025-10-01 said:We went to DOS Sept 3
Jackgsd on 2025-10-01 said:Perfect!
Jackgsd on 2025-10-01 said:This sure has been a process hasn’t it. I unfortunate enough because I’m a flight attendant for an airline so I’m able to travel back-and-forth to Colombia about a week every month. But I’m just getting tired of traveling. I love Colombia but it’s a long journey back-and-forth. I just arrived back into California yesterday. I was there the last week. And my fiancé‘s moving from Santa Marta to Bogota today. They can spend more time with family before doing the interview in Bogota and then coming to California hopefully early November.
JSB555 on 2025-10-01 said:Yeah without a direct flight to Bogota from LA the trip is much more draining than it could be. Hopefully soon, at least things are moving
EmilioyK on 2025-10-06 said:That's good news, finally the process is moving again. My application was sent to the DOS on 09/08 and wasn't approved until 10/02 and only because I sent several emails. Looks like we are pretty much paired up in the process.
Jackgsd on 2025-10-06 said:What day did it go DOS? Do you have a NVC number yet? What day? I’m hoping we will get our number this week. Someone else told me that the interview availability in bogota is almost immediate. Maybe a week or so out but you have to do medical first so in theory we could do interview end of oct or early nov. He is hoping to come to the USA around 11/12.
Our DOS was 9/11. I saw Friday a lot of 9/9-9/11 people got their NVC number Friday. So I’m hoping today or tomorrow for us.
Jackgsd on 2025-10-06 said:I did get an email from NVC on 9/26 about 5 days after I did public inquiry saying they had my case but it hasn’t been entered into the system yet. So ??????
Jackgsd on 2025-10-07 said:We got our NVC case number today. Have you seen if yours says in transit yet. From what I see most people go from NVC case number to in transit to ready is just a few days.
JSB555 on 2025-10-07 said:Not yet, been stuck in At NVC since I first checked about a week ago
Jackgsd on 2025-10-07 said:I did see a calendar. Not sure if it’s valid for bogota but they generally send cases 4 days a month to the embassy this month it’s today and tomorrow and then not again until oct 21-22. Let’s how we get sent today or tomorrow.
EmilioyK on 2025-10-13 said:I still haven't received anything in the mail but I was able to get NVC case # via the public inquiry. I'm not sure if our process is going to be slowed down due to the Gov shut down.
Jackgsd on 2025-10-13 said:I don’t think the shutdown should affect anything. Because the embassy is and everything our fee based so they’re still working. I have a copy of the letter that you’ll receive from the embassy that tells you everything you need. A lot of people said it didn’t come for quite a long time after the case was ready at the embassy. As soon as it’s ready, then you can schedule your interview and what not. I think that our cases will be transferred on the 21st or 22nd. From what people say that’s the calendar date of when they actually get sent to embassy. If you don’t have the letter from the Bogota embassy, I can send it to you by email or something. It’s all in Spanish it tells you how to schedule the interview what paperwork you’re gonna need and all of the details
EmilioyK on 2025-10-16 said:Well, hopefully in 6 - 7 days we have an update. So fingers crossed. Maybe we will meet up in Bogota :).
Jackgsd on 2025-10-21 said:Our case is in transit to the embassy today.
JSB555 on 2025-10-21 said:Yes, same! You called it, hoping appointments are quick
JSB555 on 2025-10-21 said:Jack are you planning on waiting until it says Ready to try to book the appointment?
Jackgsd on 2025-10-21 said:I think you have to wait for it to say ready before you can schedule the interview.
Jackgsd on 2025-10-21 said:My understanding is you could submit the DS – 160 now. Then once it’s ready, you have to create your account schedule your interview. Schedule your biometrics. And then you need to call one of the doctors and schedule your medical. You need at least one week between the medical and the interview. If it’s in transit today, it should be ready tomorrow or Thursday at the latest.
JSB555 on 2025-10-22 said:NVC status changed to Ready this morning, I tried to make an appointment but it said the case wasn't ready for appointments. This afternoon I tried again and it let me go through but then said there are no appointments available yet.
Jackgsd on 2025-10-28 said:Where are you guys at now in the process? Did you complete the DS – 160 and then create the account to book a interview? That’s where we’re at, but it has not had any interview dates available to book. :(
EmilioyK on 2025-10-28 said:Same here, DS-160 Is complete and registered to schedule an interview. Just playing the waiting game for whenever the new appointments open up. I called yesterday and they were supposed to have new slots available today but nothing so far.
JSB555 on 2025-10-28 said:Same deal, I’ve been checking since last Wednesday and there haven’t been any appointments available
Jackgsd on 2025-10-28 said:I checked quite often. Tomorrow I’m gonna be on an airplane most of the day. I’m in Bogota now going back to California tomorrow. But if you happen to check if there’s appointments available, can you send me a text message? Here’s my phone number. If you give me your phone number I’ll do the same. 619-889-5800
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