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By the way, I've noticed people talking about education questions on the DS-260. I didn't get any questions about my education, other than current employer/school in which I gave my employer's details. It went through no problem, so I guess it's normal for them to not ask about it in some cases?

Applicants from wealthy/low fraud countries don't get as many questions on the DS-260 as applicants from poor/high fraud countries. That's my theory, anyway. But maybe it depends on each individual case? We went ahead and assumed my husband would have to put his last 10 years of employment and everywhere he's lived since age 16, since we saw those questions on the example form. Oh, and his education all the way back to high school. I have all that info just in case. I think perhaps everyone has to do all the addresses from age 16, but certainly not the rest of it.

Several months ago someone posted a guide to the DS-260 that actually showed which criteria would make certain questions required for some candidates but not others. I can't seem to find it at the moment but there are a lot of factors including gender that go into determining what gets asked. My husband immigrated from the UK which is about as low fraud as it gets, but he still had to provide full work and education history.

DS-260 is a dynamic form. Certain question are auto-deleted depending on answers to questions in earlier pages. The exemplar pdf above explains most of the alternatives.

21-MAR-2014 I-140 + PP sent to USCIS

31-MAR-2014 Petition approved

16-APR-2014 Case shipped to NVC

29-APR-2014 Case received by NVC

23-MAY-2014 Case # assigned

4-JUN-2014 IV Bill invoiced and PAID (AOS Exempt, DS-261 Waived)

6-JUN-2014 DS-260 forms submitted

10-JUN-2014 IV Docs received by NVC

13-JUN-2014 IV Docs matched to case (scanned)

30-JUL-2014 Case Complete, CC email auto-sent one week later

20-AUG-2014 AOS fee changed to N/A (Final clearance for interview scheduling?)

29-AUG-2014 Consular Interview scheduled on Oct 1st. Later rescheduled to Sep 24th. P4 Letter received following business day

14-SEP-2014 CEAC status changed to Ready

15-SEP-2014 Medical results delivered to Embassy by Panel Physician

24-SEP-2014 Consular Interview, went into AP (3rd AP in as many consecutive visa applications)

14-OCT-2014 Visa issued

22-OCT-2014 POE at Dulles Airport, Washington, D.C.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Pakistan
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Hey guys.. What u think? NVC staff is working on weekends too as overtime?

I highly doubt that :no:

Since my file has been here the times keep on increasing and increasing. Overtime has opposite effect

Case filed- 3rd June 2013

NOA1- 6-6-2013

Case transferred to NBC- 12-18-2013

NOA2 finally- 4-23-2014

NVC received- 5-7-2014

Case number- 5-31-2014

DS-261- June 10th!

AOS sent- 3rd july

AOS scanned- 11th July

IV paid- 14th July

DS260 submitted- 17th July

IV sent: 19th July

IV scanned: 24th July

Checklist for AOS: Email received 3rd sept :cry:

Response sent: 7th sept

Checklist scanned: 11th sept

IV approved: 17 sept :dancing:

CASE COMPLETE: 4th nov 2014!!! (AT LAST)

Interview: Dec 8th :dance: :dance:

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Venezuela
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I highly doubt that :no:

Since my file has been here the times keep on increasing and increasing. Overtime has opposite effect

Not necessarily... for example, if they have added weekends and are working 7 days a week instead of 5, but are currently receiving three times as many files as they were when they got yours, times would still be going up. It's just that it would be even more so without the overtime.

I personally don't know whether they are working overtime, and we also have no way to know exactly how much of an overload of casework they really have... I guess I am just inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt, that whether or not they are in fact working overtime, they ARE doing their best to move through the cases as quickly as they can. Again, there's no way to know what's really happening.

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Saylin   1,605

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Canada
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Several months ago someone posted a guide to the DS-260 that actually showed which criteria would make certain questions required for some candidates but not others. I can't seem to find it at the moment but there are a lot of factors including gender that go into determining what gets asked. My husband immigrated from the UK which is about as low fraud as it gets, but he still had to provide full work and education history.

It's linked in the wiki ;)

My Personal Blog - Journey Through Immigration

IR-1/CR-1 Flowchart

Montreal Consulate Pictures/Maps

Wiki for Canadian Spouses for NVC (electronic processing and online forms)

Wiki on NVC Process

Immigration Timeline (Click "Show" to see full immigration timeline)

 

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Hey guys.. What u think? NVC staff is working on weekends too as overtime?

I just want to stay optimistic. Also I don't know why I feel NVC is better than USCIS(trying their best to complete cases). Lets hope they are working OT!!

USCIS:
Service Center : Vermont Service Centre
Consulate : New Delhi, India.
2013/12/02 : Got Married in India
2014/02/13 : Mailed I-130 application
2013/02/18 : NOA 1
2014/06/04 : Received NOA2


NATIONAL VISA CENTER (NVC):
2014/06/30 : National Visa Center (NVC) received approved I-130 petition from Vermont Service Centre
2014/07/10 : National Visa Center (NVC) Case Number, IIN & BIN generated.
2014/07/18 : DS-261 available. Completed & submitted online.
2014/07/18 : AOS fee bill invoiced & paid online.

2014/08/15 : Mailed AOS package (Scan date-19th August)

2014/09/04 : IV fee bill invoiced & paid online.

2014/09/06 : Mailed IV package (scanned into system on September 10th)

2014/09/10 : Submitted DS-260

2014/11/07: New scan date for AOS checklist

2015/01/05: Case Complete

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Canada
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Reposting something I posted about the DS-260 when I had looked it up myself.

These are the conditions for people who need to fill out their work history/education.
- Males between ages 14-60
- Anyone over 14 from Burma, China, Cuba, India, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, stateless
- Anyone who is retired, not employed, or a homemaker
- everyone filing for visas that aren't IR1/CR1

Otherwise, women** who are currently working are exempt. That's what it appears like since that's what Ketsuban has reported and NLR.

I got the info for reading the DS2-260 example from the travel.state.gov website that Saylin links to. However, maybe these conditions could be plainly posted because a lot of people probably do not read the DS260?

Edit: Women from countries not listed.

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i-130 Process

 

02/24/2014 - Sent i-130 to Chicago Lockbox via UPS
02/28/2014 - NOA1 i-130 accepted and sent to Vermont Service Center
03/04/2014 - NOA1 hard copy06/25/2014 - NOA2 i-130 approved and sent to NVC
07/01/2014 - NOA2 hard copy07/02/2014 - NVC received
07/25/2014 - Case number assigned* (actually 07/15)
07/31/2014 - DS261 completed. Hubby's B-day!! <3
08/01/2014 - AoS fee invoiced/paid
08/04/2014 - AoS fee processed
08/05/2014 - AoS documents e-mailed
08/08/2014 - AoS "received"
09/04/2014 - DS261 reviewed and accepted
09/10/2014 - IV invoiced at 2:30am, unlocked and paid at 11:30am
09/10/2014 - Civil documents e-mailed
09/11/2014 - IV fee processed
09/11/2014 - DS260 completed
09/12/2014 - Documents received, got the "60 Day" email
09/29/2014 - Case complete, AoS showed as n/a then called to confirm
10/03/2014 - Interview scheduled
10/06/2014 - Interview(P4) letter received
10/07/2014 - Medical appointment booked with Dr. Randall T. Lee
10/21/2014 - Medical appointment
11/19/2014 - Interview
11/24/2014 - POE

12/29/2014 - Green Card received

i-751 Process

08/31/2016 - i-751 sent via USPS Express to VSC
09/01/2016 - Delivered and signed for by L. Zuchowski

09/07/2016 - Cheque cashed

09/09/2016 - NOA received, dated 09/02/16

09/23/2016 - Biometrics letter received in mail! Scheduled for 10/04/2016 at 2pm

09/27/2016 - Walk-in Biometrics completed.

09/11/2017 - Approval letter received in mail! Approval date of 09/06/2017

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Sweden
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His talking about DS-261 and I think you are referring to DS-260.

whoops you are absolutely right.. sorry! after a while all the numbers and letters seem to blend

Marriage: 2010-08-28
I-130 Sent : 2013-07-19
I-130 NOA1 : 2013-08-02
I-130 Approved : 2014-04-14
NVC Received : 2014-05-23
Pay AOS Bill : 2014-05-29
Send AOS Package : 2014-06-26
Submit DS-261 : 2014-06-26
Receive IV Bill : 2014-05-29
Pay IV Bill : 2014-05-29
Send IV Package : 2014-06-26

Scan date: 2014-07-02

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Hey guys.. What u think? NVC staff is working on weekends too as overtime?

I can almost assure you they are not.

They are US government employees. Overtime is far too expensive. They certainly are not working weekends either, especially not Sundays.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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hi everyone

my status in website ceac aos fee changed from paid to N/A

i want to ask you guys if that means CASE COMPLETE

But no email received!!

That is usually what it means but you should call to confirm. The CC email typically takes a week for some reason that is only known to our NVC overlords.

Congratulations!

I'm the USC petitioner. My wife is British (now a USC!!!), generally awesome, and amazingly patient.

CR-1

 

USCIS:

09/09/2013 PD
09/10/2013 NOA1
02/25/2014 TRANSFER NSC
03/25/2014 NOA2
03/28/2014 NVC SHIPPED

NVC:
04/11/2014 NVC RECEIVED
05/09/2014 NVC CASE # ASSIGNED
05/15/2014 AOS/IV FEES INVOICED
05/16/2014 AOS/IV FEES PAID
05/19/2014 AOS/IV FEES CLEARED BANK ACCOUNT
05/20/2014 AOS/IV FEES SHOWING PAID
05/22/2014 DS-260 SUBMITTED
05/23/2014 AOS/IV SHIPPED
05/29/2014 AOS/IV DELIVERED
06/03/2014 AOS/IV SCANNED
07/10/2014 IV ACCEPTED
07/15/2014 AOS CHECKLIST
07/16/2014 AOS CHECKLIST SHIPPED
07/18/2014 AOS CHECKLIST DELIVERED
07/22/2014 AOS CHECKLIST SCANNED

09/11/2014 CASE COMPLETE
10/03/2014 INTERVIEW SCHEDULED (11/21/2014)
10/07/2014 INTERVIEW LETTER RECEIVED

10/15/2014 CEAC: IN TRANSIT
 
EMBASSY:
10/08/2014 MEDICAL
10/17/2014 CEAC: READY
10/17/2014 REQUEST INTERVIEW RESCHEDULE WITH EMBASSY
10/23/2014 CEAC: READY STATUS DATE UPDATED
10/25/2014 INTERVIEW RESCHEDULED (10/31/2014)
10/31/2014 INTERVIEW: APPROVED!
10/31/2014 CEAC: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING
10/31/2014 CEAC: ISSUED
11/03/2014 COURIER EMAIL
11/04/2014 VISA IN HAND
 
POE:
11/04/2014 ELIS: IMMIGRATION FEE PAID
11/27/2014 POE: JFK
12/03/2014 ELIS: RECEIVED
12/12/2014 ELIS: OPTIMIZED
12/12/2014 IOE: ACCEPTED
12/15/2014 IOE: PRODUCING
12/16/2014 APPLY FOR SSN CARD
12/18/2014 ELIS: CLOSED
12/18/2014 IOE: MAILED
12/19/2014 IOE: DELIVERED
12/22/2014 RECEIVED SSN CARD
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08/29/2016 90 DAY WINDOW OPENS
09/14/2016 I-751 PACKET MAILED TO VSC
09/15/2016 I-751 PACKET RECEIVED
09/16/2016 NOA DATE
09/20/2016 CHECK CASHED
09/22/2016 NOA RECEIVED
10/01/2016 BIOMETRICS NOTICE DATE
10/07/2016 BIOMETRICS NOTICE RECEIVED
10/17/2016 BIOMETRICS
08/15/2017 APPROVAL NOTICE DATE
08/19/2017 APPROVAL NOTICE RECEIVED
08/21/2017 CARD BEING PRODUCED
08/24/2017 CARD MAILED
08/26/2017 CARD ARRIVED

N-400

Spoiler
03/27/2018 FILED ONLINE
03/27/2018 PAYMENT POSTED
03/27/2018 NOA
03/31/2018 BIOMETRICS SCHEDULED
04/17/2018 BIOMETRICS
02/22/2019 INTERVIEW SCHEDULED
04/04/2019 INTERVIEW: APPROVED!
04/25/2019 OATH

 

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Nigeria
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hi everyone

my status in website ceac aos fee changed from paid to N/A

i want to ask you guys if that means CASE COMPLETE

But no email received!!

Yea its an indication of case complete. Congrats.

When was your last scanned date?

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krystell_1986   5

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Peru
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hi guys , the last friday i had aos checklist :ranting: ! but we do not receive the email yet . Can I send it with the aos coversheet that i got ? because I heard in some cases that the email takes about 3 -5 labor days and I would like to send it tomorrow as soon as possible. :)

NVC

5.05.14 case received

5.30.14 case number

6.09.14 paid AOS - IV

6.10.14 shows PAID AOS - IV

6.14.14 DS-260 Completed

6.19.14 sent AOS - IV package

6.20.14 NVC received both package

6.25.14 scan AOS - IV package

8.08.14 AOS checklist by call :cry: , DS-260 - IV package ( approved )

8.11.14 AOS checklist email received from NVC

8.11.14 AOS checklist sent to NVC

8.12.14 NVC received AOS checklist

8.14.14 Scan AOS checklist

10/03/14 case complete!!

10/14/14 Interview schedule

11/21/14 INTERVIEW DATE!! :dancing:

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF) Country: Morocco
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hi guys , the last friday i had aos checklist :ranting: ! but we do not receive the email yet . Can I send it with the aos coversheet that i got ? because I heard in some cases that the email takes about 3 -5 labor days and I would like to send it tomorrow as soon as possible. :)

What was the checklist about? do you mind sharing? Also, what form did you file?

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