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marwaabdoulrhman   0

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I have no idea sorry. It could be 30 days it could be months. You need to be calling them monday soon as they open and ask for supervisor to get things clearer.I sure wouldn't be relying on emails and such you need to be calling.

How long it has varied 1there's no set time.

Oh , Ok Thank you dwheels76

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Guess who got the visa! (that's my happy face btw)

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Okay as much as I am thrilled for everyong getting an interview. I get extra excited when Egypt gets there. Here's another wating sonce November. Congratulations marwaabdoulrhman getting an interview

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I'm hoping to get an Interview date notice this week. Then I can start thinking about putting my notice in at work, heheh

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Leyla&Nodir   11

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about expediting experience, on the fifth day after writing them an email, they replied its under review. 12 days later, i called in the morning, they were still waiting for my embassy to reply. Later that day at 4 pm i found out that expedite granted. Maybe the waiting time depends on case to case basis, cuz i heard some people getting expedite in 6 days. Hope it helps.

08/05/2013 PD

04/11/2014 CC

05/15/2014 IL

05/22/2014 Interview (Approved)

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about expediting experience, on the fifth day after writing them an email, they replied its under review. 12 days later, i called in the morning, they were still waiting for my embassy to reply. Later that day at 4 pm i found out that expedite granted. Maybe the waiting time depends on case to case basis, cuz i heard some people getting expedite in 6 days. Hope it helps.

Thank you Leyla&Nodir , you really help

But you have any idea if they accept the expedite they will sent the case to the embassy and completed from there or the case should complete at nvc first ??

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Leyla&Nodir   11

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U r welcome! My case was complete, and after that i asked for an expedite. I dont want to give you a wrong guide. If u search in this forum, there are many expedite examples. Good luck!

08/05/2013 PD

04/11/2014 CC

05/15/2014 IL

05/22/2014 Interview (Approved)

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mumbaiVictory   5

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What the actual f**************** ?

How on earth can they ?

While we are still waiting !

Did you receive the interview email or did you find out by calling? Many of us here have been waiting for an interview at Mumbai for a week now.

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mumbaiVictory   5

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What's your priority date ?

Congratulations and hats off to you my friend.

You are one lucky son of a gun

yesterday we got the news our case has been completed by NVC &

Today,i got my interview date on 18th June for MUMBAi consulate !!! :dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing:

soooooo happyy !!!!!!!

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jatinp50   12

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What's your priority date ?

Congratulations and hats off to you my friend.

You are one lucky son of a gun

Looks like his PD would be February 2013. Which is 2 months before mine. So he/she has been waiting for many many many months. I feel their pain so it is well deserved. I just hope we are all lucky too in the coming days. I'm still looking forward to their response about the interview letter. Maybe they haven't gotten an official letter and only found out by phone...Which might mean the rest of us could have been assigned an interview but don't know because we didn't call.....But the fact that they are still scheduling does give me an ounce of hope.

1/29/14 - NVC assigned case number

2/10/14 - DS-261 was filled out and AOS was paid

2/11/14 - AOS was mailed

3/10/14 - AOS Checklist for missing field (Didn't write N/A)

3/11/14 - AOS was resent

3/20/14 - IV fee was invoiced and paid

3/26/14 - DS-260 was filled out and the IV documents were mailed from India

3/27/14 - AOS was approved (Reply to the checklist)

4/1/14 - received a false checklist for IV documents

4/7/14 - IV Documents reached NVC

4/11/14 - IV Documents were touched by NVC

4/29/14 - Case Complete (Called on April 30)

4/30/14 - Checklist for IV docs (To obtain PCC - This is normal for Mumbai)

5/6/14 - CASE COMPLETE confirmation email received.

5/9/14 - Interview was scheduled for June 17 @ Mumbai Consulate

5/13/14 - Received IL letter (P4 Packet)

5/26/14 - Medical Appointment (Apollo/Ahmadabad)

6/16/14 - VAC Appointment

6/17/14 - Interview Date

6/17/14 - Approved

xx/xx/xx - Passport Received

xx/xx/xx - POE

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So I guess when it comes to MUM, their backlog is resolved by the PD Date once they're CC.

I was wrong then

That means that if I'm Aug 07 PD / IR-1 , I really have no chance till mid July

Looks like his PD would be February 2013. Which is 2 months before mine. So he/she has been waiting for many many many months. I feel their pain so it is well deserved. I just hope we are all lucky too in the coming days. I'm still looking forward to their response about the interview letter. Maybe they haven't gotten an official letter and only found out by phone...Which might mean the rest of us could have been assigned an interview but don't know because we didn't call.....But the fact that they are still scheduling does give me an ounce of hope.

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So I guess when it comes to MUM, their backlog is resolved by the PD Date once they're CC.

I was wrong then

That means that if I'm Aug 07 PD / IR-1 , I really have no chance till mid July

I think you should be fine for the first or second week of July. Some of the people who got early June interviews on VJ had PD's in June/July. But how interviews are scheduled is still an anomaly to me. It's not like the NVC just sat there and said ok let's wait for earlier PD's to be finished so we can schedule them the same day or next day. The other thing could be that their case was expedited...SO PD could be the determining factor or not, it's just all a huge messed up process in my mind. July's not to far, i'm not losing sleep over it...But then why the heck am I still up?

1/29/14 - NVC assigned case number

2/10/14 - DS-261 was filled out and AOS was paid

2/11/14 - AOS was mailed

3/10/14 - AOS Checklist for missing field (Didn't write N/A)

3/11/14 - AOS was resent

3/20/14 - IV fee was invoiced and paid

3/26/14 - DS-260 was filled out and the IV documents were mailed from India

3/27/14 - AOS was approved (Reply to the checklist)

4/1/14 - received a false checklist for IV documents

4/7/14 - IV Documents reached NVC

4/11/14 - IV Documents were touched by NVC

4/29/14 - Case Complete (Called on April 30)

4/30/14 - Checklist for IV docs (To obtain PCC - This is normal for Mumbai)

5/6/14 - CASE COMPLETE confirmation email received.

5/9/14 - Interview was scheduled for June 17 @ Mumbai Consulate

5/13/14 - Received IL letter (P4 Packet)

5/26/14 - Medical Appointment (Apollo/Ahmadabad)

6/16/14 - VAC Appointment

6/17/14 - Interview Date

6/17/14 - Approved

xx/xx/xx - Passport Received

xx/xx/xx - POE

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Rose and Mike   12

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Okay people are really stressin this checklist. Whatever NVC has of yours you don't need to bring to interview. What you bring is all about your comfort level. I know we had duplicate of everything submitted from I-130 to NVC (all 2100 pages. We didn't submit any documents to NVC so we had to bring all to interview no big deal.

Yes every now and then we read how someone went to interview and the CO had nothing from NVC (that's why copies are good). Having copies sure won't hurt just in case. But not required unless the checklist says to bring to interview.

But for those who didn't submit 2013 tax forms to NVC I would sure have that with an updated I-864 just in case. Had over if asked.

And showing payment receipt isn't necessary because you wouldn't have got case complete and interview if you didn't pay. I do know that you need the DS-260 conformation page they do ask for that.

Thank you so much Dwheels, greatly appreciated your help. My husband has not yet filed for 2013 tax but he has applied for automatic extension of time to file US Individual income tax return. And I also asked help from our attorney regarding the docs that I need to bring with e on my interview. Hope he replies soon. Have a great day!

(F) 2013-01-03 - Got married (F) (L) (L) (L)

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NVC

2013-01-21 - Sent i-130 2014-01-17 - NVC received 2014-04-30 - email for case complete received (got early in the morning)

2013-02-22 - NOA1 2014-02-28 - NVC case number assigned 2014-04-30 - Interview scheduled (by phone in the afternoon)

2013-12-10 got RFE 2014-03-03 - AOS (I-864) and IV bill paid 2014-05-02 - IL received by email

2013-12-23 RFE sent 2014-03-06 - Sent I-864(AOS) Package 2014-05-03 - Case in Transit (checked from ceac tracking)

2014-01-03 Approved 2014-03-07 - DS-260 completed online 2014-05-09 - Case Ready (Ceac tracking)

2014-01-21 - NOA2 2014-03-24 - Received checklist for IV (civil docs)

2014-03-27 - Received checklist for AOS

2014-04-01 - Sent AOS package and original civil docs by our attorney via regular mail (respond to checklist)

2014-04-07 - Received AOS and civil docs package by NVC

2014-04-09 - AOS and civil docs package (checklist) by NVC logged in the system

2014-04-23 - Case completed Consulate

2014-05-05 - Medical done

2014-06-06 - Interview (AP received 221g white form for additional documents, letter from my husband answering the CO's questions in the form ) and proofs (e.g. emails, pictures, call logs, etc which we already submitted during the interview but still I added more evidence such as our FB Private Messages, money transfer receipts and a letter from my husband's bishop to prove that our marriage is real)

2014-06-17 - Status updated still AP

2014-06-18 - Status updated still AP - (the US Emb. received the doc.) 2014-06-19 - Status updated still AP

2014-06-26 - Status updated still AP 2014-07-01 - Status updated still AP - (my husband wrote an email to the CO and he got a reply. - said under consideration)

2014-07-16 - Status updated still AP - (the house of rep. sent them an email and the US Embassy replied to him/her)

2014-07- 18 - USEM received more evidence we sent (Western Union - money transfer receipt).

2014-07- 20 - Status updated still AP (confused bec it is Sunday on the 20th July, maybe scanned the additional docs sent to them)

2014-07- 21 - Status updated still AP 2014-07- 23 - My husband went to the house of Senate and they attended to him right away.

2014-07- 24 - The asst. at the senate responded immediately and contacted the USEM.

2014-07- 28 - Status updated still AP (received an email from the USEM, 1. Applicant, your case is ready to be issued, but your passport #********** needs to be cancelled first & returned to our office at your earliest convenience. Please contact visasbkki@state.gov to pick up your old passport to complete this step.)

2014-07- 28 - Cancelled my old passport and sent them to the USEM.

2014-07- 30 - The embassy received my 2 passports (old and new) 2014-07- 31 - Status updated still AP (Maybe scanned my mail)

2014-08- 08 - Status updated "READY"

2014-08- 13 - Status updated still "READY" I sent them an email re the ready status. Aug. 11 & 12 National holiday USEM closed.

2014-08- 14 - Status updated still "READY" I received an email from the USEM,We have received your said documents. Please be informed that your visa has now been approved. We are working with the preparation of your visa package and will mail it to the applicant address on GSS profile which takes approximately 7-10 days. Applicant should refrain from making any irrevocable travel arrangements until he/she receives.<p>

2014-08- 18 - Visa in-hand

2014-09-07 arrived Atlanta airport

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mumbaiVictory   5

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No

But it is possible that once CC, the scheduling intake then reprioritizes based on PD

Remember the consulate doesn't schedule - they just let the NVC know their current volume and last accepted case number

This is so mind boggling my head is hurting right now

I think you should be fine for the first or second week of July. Some of the people who got early June interviews on VJ had PD's in June/July. But how interviews are scheduled is still an anomaly to me. It's not like the NVC just sat there and said ok let's wait for earlier PD's to be finished so we can schedule them the same day or next day. The other thing could be that their case was expedited...SO PD could be the determining factor or not, it's just all a huge messed up process in my mind. July's not to far, i'm not losing sleep over it...But then why the heck am I still up?

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mumbaiVictory   5

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yesterday we got the news our case has been completed by NVC &

Today,i got my interview date on 18th June for MUMBAi consulate !!! :dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing:

soooooo happyy !!!!!!!

Do you mind if I ask if you were expedited ?

Congratulations once again !

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If some of the dependents are to follow the principal in a few weeks, Do they require their own brown envelope from the consulate for the POE, or are the immigrant visas in their passports enough?

Every immigrant has its own visa and brown envelope, but principal immigrant must make POE first.

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IR-1/CR-1 Visa
Sep 2012 - Marriage

USCIS:
02/15/2013 - I-130 Sent
02/22/2013 - NOA1
06/07/2013 - Case transferred to Newark field office
07/12/2013 - InfoPass appointment
08/01/2013 - I-130 approved (160 Days)
08/05/2013 - NOA2

NVC:
08/19/2013 - NVC Received
08/29/2013 - Case number and INN assigned
08/31/2013 - Sent DS-3032 email template
09/04/2013 - Paid AOS bill
09/05/2013 - Submitted DS-261 online form
09/06/2013 - AOS bill showed Paid
09/16/2013 - DS-261 Received
09/17/2013 - Paid IV bill
09/18/2013 - IV bill showed Paid
09/20/2013 - Submitted DS-260 online form
09/22/2013 - Sent IV package
09/30/2013 - IV package received by NVC
10/22/2013 - IV package accepted
10/31/2013 - Sent AOS package
11/04/2013 - AOS package received by NVC
11/27/2013 - Case Complete
04/30/2014 - Interview Scheduled for Jun 11
06/11/2014 - At interview consul asked for another joint sponsor
07/10/2014 - Sent joint sponsor papers
07/17/2014 - VISA On Hand

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Dont know if this information helps regarding interview scheduling.

Jem13 & we had case complete on the same day ( April 14th) and our interviews were scheduled on the exact same date (June 3rd) however our PD's are different.

Jem's PD: Feb 25th 2013

Ours: July 5th 2013.

I feel that they go according to case complete date.

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06/02/2013- Got Married

USCIS: CR-1

07/05/2013- I130 sent

07/07/2013- NOA1

12/17/2013- NOA2 (APPROVED from California Service Centre)

NVC:

01/06/2014- Received at NVC

01/31/2014- Received case no, Invoice Identification no & provided our email addresses.

02/06/2014-DS-261- Available

02/07/2014-Completed DS-261

02/07/2014-AOS fee invoiced.

02/21/2014-IV fee invoiced.

03/13/2014-Paid both AOS & IV fees.

03/17/2014-Both payments reflecting as PAID

03/24/2014-AOS packet mailed to NVC

03/26/2014-IV packet mailed to NVC

04/02/2014-DS- 260 Completed

04/11/2014- False checklist

04/14/2014- CASE COMPLETE confirmed over the phone.

04/21/2014- Case complete confirmation email received.

CONSULATE: Mumbai

05/01/2014- IL received via email.

05/15/2014- Medical (Chennai)

05/16/2014- Biometrics/OFC (Chennai)

06/03/2014- INTERVIEW scheduled. (((((((((((( A.P.P.R.O.V.E.D.)))))))))))))) :dancing:

06/04/2014 -Ceac site: Administrative processing

06/05/2014- Ceac site: ISSUED. Visa printed.

06/07/2014- Us travel doc site: Passport has been received from the consular section, and is currently being processed for delivery.

06/09/2014- Us travel doc site: Passport ready for pick up.

06/09/2014- Us travel doc site: Passport has been picked up. (collected from VFS office Prestige Atrium)/Visa in HAND.

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mumbaiVictory   5

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Dont know if this information helps regarding interview scheduling.

Jem13 & we had case complete on the same day ( April 14th) and our interviews were scheduled on the exact same date (June 3rd) however our PD's are different.

Jem's PD: Feb 25th 2013

Ours: July 5th 2013.

I feel that they go according to case complete date.

Wow.

This is phreaking mind boggling !

Just wow !

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