how long it takes from Case complete to interview

[goldfish 0]

Dear Vjers, for CR1 visa processing, can anyone share with me how long does it take from Case number assigned to case complete (assuming no delay from your end), and how long does it take from case complete to interview? Many thanks.

Edited September 2, 2011 by goldfish

[Saylin 1,605]

Dear Vjers, for CR1 visa processing, can anyone share with me how long does it take from Case number assigned to case complete (assuming no delay from your end), and how long does it take from case complete to interview? Many thanks.

The time it takes from case number to case complete will ALWAYS depend on how fast the person submits stuff and how fast NVC reviews them. Although, I have a spreadsheet going with NVC times, and the average so far is 66 days, so about 2 months.

As for the time from case complete to interview, for Canada, it's about 2 months. For myself, it was 54 days.

[Fela's Girl 1]

Hi...it all depends. It could be 6-12 mths. Examples... Speed of the USCIS center your case is at, NVC processing & mailing to embassy , & the processing plus scheduling of interview from the embassy.

[goldfish 0]

The time it takes from case number to case complete will ALWAYS depend on how fast the person submits stuff and how fast NVC reviews them. Although, I have a spreadsheet going with NVC times, and the average so far is 66 days, so about 2 months.

As for the time from case complete to interview, for Canada, it's about 2 months. For myself, it was 54 days.

Thank you very much, Saylin. The spreadsheet is awesome! It's relieving to see if you stay on top of the game and don't waste any time on your end, it's possible to finish quickly. I am really hoping for an early October interview. My house closing date is on 27 Oct. My husband is coming to collect all my belongings, I would love to be collected at the same time as well. It would be heart breaking that he will have to leave again without me...

Edited September 2, 2011 by goldfish

[goldfish 0]

Hi...it all depends. It could be 6-12 mths. Examples... Speed of the USCIS center your case is at, NVC processing & mailing to embassy , & the processing plus scheduling of interview from the embassy.

Thank you, Fela's Girl.

[Saylin 1,605]

Thank you very much, Saylin. The spreadsheet is awesome! It's relieving to see if you stay on top of the game and don't waste any time on your end, it's possible to finish quickly. I am really hoping for an early October interview. My house closing date is on 27 Oct. My husband is coming to collect all my belongings, I would love to be collected at the same time as well. It would be heart breaking that he will have to leave again without me...

To have an interview date in October, you would have to have gotten a case complete in August. Unless you get really lucky and finish with NVC in the next few weeks and there's suddenly an opening at Montreal for a really early interview. Sorry to bring the bad news, but it looks like you won't be getting an interview till November or December.

[goldfish 0]

To have an interview date in October, you would have to have gotten a case complete in August. Unless you get really lucky and finish with NVC in the next few weeks and there's suddenly an opening at Montreal for a really early interview. Sorry to bring the bad news, but it looks like you won't be getting an interview till November or December.

No problem, I know not to have high expectations because things are not in my control. If I can't leave together with him, I will just have to stay behind and wait more patiently.

I have another question, Saylin. When filling out form DS-230, one question is asking to list dates of all previous visits to the United States. I have been to the US so many times across the years, for shopping, for visiting friends, for business meetings, I sure visited my husband (then was my boyfriend) many times....I don't remember all the dates....I presume this would be the case for many, how is this handled, any suggestions? Many thanks.

[Inky 1,110]

all you do is write the ones you remember and then put " many other trips for visits and business "

Canadians cross all the time like crazy, I couldn't remember all mine listed the ones I remembered and just put "many trips visiting and vacationing through my life" at the bottom was fine.

[Saylin 1,605]

No problem, I know not to have high expectations because things are not in my control. If I can't leave together with him, I will just have to stay behind and wait more patiently.

I have another question, Saylin. When filling out form DS-230, one question is asking to list dates of all previous visits to the United States. I have been to the US so many times across the years, for shopping, for visiting friends, for business meetings, I sure visited my husband (then was my boyfriend) many times....I don't remember all the dates....I presume this would be the case for many, how is this handled, any suggestions? Many thanks.

Just to be sure you know, you don't fill out the DS-230 at NVC. As a Canadian, you file the online DS-230 called the DS-260. On that form, it only asks for the last FIVE visits. So as long as you have those, you're good

Although, at the interview, you're probably going to need to bring a DS-230 as Montreal, as of now, still isn't used to the new online system. For that one, I just wrote on that question about seeing the supplemental sheet. I wrote the last 7 trips to the US, the ones I knew of the dates, and then made a note below it which said:

"I've also had multiple visits to the USAlasting around a month since I was young of which I don't recall the specificdates and don't have evidence/information of those crossings. Each time I havegone to visit the USA though, I have always been inspected by a United StatesCustoms and Border Protection officer upon entry."

You can take that if you want. Just make sure everything reflects your case.

Edited September 5, 2011 by Saylin

[goldfish 0]

Just to be sure you know, you don't fill out the DS-230 at NVC. As a Canadian, you file the online DS-230 called the DS-260. On that form, it only asks for the last FIVE visits. So as long as you have those, you're good

Although, at the interview, you're probably going to need to bring a DS-230 as Montreal, as of now, still isn't used to the new online system. For that one, I just wrote on that question about seeing the supplemental sheet. I wrote the last 7 trips to the US, the ones I knew of the dates, and then made a note below it which said:

"I've also had multiple visits to the USAlasting around a month since I was young of which I don't recall the specificdates and don't have evidence/information of those crossings. Each time I havegone to visit the USA though, I have always been inspected by a United StatesCustoms and Border Protection officer upon entry."

You can take that if you want. Just make sure everything reflects your case.

Thank you very much, Saylin. I know of DS-260. I am just using DS-230 for preparation. It's good tip that I should bring a copy of DS-230 with me for the interview. I will keep that in mind.

It's good to know that it is acceptable that I don't remember the exacat dates and lengths of my many visits to US. Thank you for sharing your note. It's very helpful.

Now, I have another question. Hopefully this will be my last. Did you bring a copy of the I864 Package to your interview as well? Thank you, Saylin.

[Saylin 1,605]

Thank you very much, Saylin. I know of DS-260. I am just using DS-230 for preparation. It's good tip that I should bring a copy of DS-230 with me for the interview. I will keep that in mind.

It's good to know that it is acceptable that I don't remember the exacat dates and lengths of my many visits to US. Thank you for sharing your note. It's very helpful.

Now, I have another question. Hopefully this will be my last. Did you bring a copy of the I864 Package to your interview as well? Thank you, Saylin.

As long as you have the last few trips on the DS-230, they should be happy with the note afterwards about taking many trips without knowing the dates. And definitely bring a completed DS-230 with you as I doubt Montreal will have gotten used to the new system yet and stop requiring the DS-230.

As for the I-864, if you do EP (where you email the packages), then you NEED to bring the original AOS package with you as they'll request it at the interview. If you don't do EP and mail the AOS package in, then you don't need to bring a copy with you as they'll have it. But I will always suggest to bring a copy of EVERYTHING (I-130, AOS, IV, etc) in case of that very small chance they might ask for something or misplaced it or whatever. A quote I saw on VJ at the beginning of my immigration journey that I remembered throughout the process: "It is better to be over-prepared than even slightly under-prepared."

[goldfish 0]

As long as you have the last few trips on the DS-230, they should be happy with the note afterwards about taking many trips without knowing the dates. And definitely bring a completed DS-230 with you as I doubt Montreal will have gotten used to the new system yet and stop requiring the DS-230.

As for the I-864, if you do EP (where you email the packages), then you NEED to bring the original AOS package with you as they'll request it at the interview. If you don't do EP and mail the AOS package in, then you don't need to bring a copy with you as they'll have it. But I will always suggest to bring a copy of EVERYTHING (I-130, AOS, IV, etc) in case of that very small chance they might ask for something or misplaced it or whatever. A quote I saw on VJ at the beginning of my immigration journey that I remembered throughout the process: "It is better to be over-prepared than even slightly under-prepared."

Thank you very much, Saylin. I am so glad that I asked you. I will ask my husband to mail me the I864 package asap. He actually filled out I864EZ rather than I864. I hope that is not going to be a problem. I hope he kept a copy of I-130 package. I will ask that from him too. Totally agree with you on the quote. Thanks again.

Edited September 7, 2011 by goldfish

[Saylin 1,605]

Thank you very much, Saylin. I am so glad that I asked you. I will ask my husband to mail me the I864 package asap. He actually filled out I864EZ rather than I864. I hope that is not going to be a problem. I hope he kept a copy of I-130 package. I will ask that from him too. Totally agree with you on the quote. Thanks again.

I-864EZ is fine, as long as he meets the 3 requirements for it (found here: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3197.html second to last box).

It won't be that dire if he didn't make a copy, but it's always good to have in case you need it for some weird reason.

And again, no problem. I'm here to help, especially my fellow Canadians