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XXoverwhelmedXX   1

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Iraq
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To provide the most expeditious service to all applicants, the U.S.

Embassy in Baghdad will try to accelerate appointments for documentarily

complete cases and schedule them at the earliest opportunity. The

applicant and/or petitioner should provide all required documentation to

the National Visa Center (NVC) as soon as possible. Please note that it

is not possible to adjudicate your case until all missing documentation

has been submitted.

Does this mean that I have to submitt documents and wait for them to be approved by nvc to even expedite??? What's the point then? The only reason I asked for an expedite is for them to send it to the embassy instead of waiting for the slow nvc to review. I already sent Aos which will not get done anytime soon.

Its been a year since submitting I-130 and were still in two different countries :sleepy:

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dhlunar   25

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Did you submit an expedite request to the Embassy either directly or though NVC? If you sent NVC an email with the Expedite request then they just forward the email on to the Embassy.

The message sounds more like your expedite request had been denied, since it is telling that you need to submit documentation to NVC and the Embassy won't schedule you for an interview until the case has been documentary complete by NVC. There is no department wide regulations regarding what cases could be expedited, so each Embassy makes the decision on a case-by-case basis on if they will approve an expedite request.

Here is the information regarding the cases for my in-laws (wife, their daughter, is the petitioner under the IR-5 category, Parents of a USC):

Submit I-130 (2 petitions) to USCIS on May 30, 2013

USCIS approved the cases on March 10, 2014.

Received notice online from USCIS the cases were sent to NVC on March 17, 2014.

NVC received the cases on March 28, 2014

The case numbers were created on Monday, April 28.

We received the numbers by phone on Friday, May 2.

DS-261 became available on both cases late in the evening on Friday, May 2. Both DS-261 filed on Saturday, May 3.

Received emails to my wife regarding AOS at around 8am on Wednesday, May 7. At the same time received emails that were cc of letters sent to my in-laws. However, the date of all of the letters was Monday, May 5.

Received emails regarding the Immigrant Visa Fee at around 11:15am on Wednesday, May 7. IV fees became available online at around 1pm on Wednesday, May 7. Date of invoice was Tuesday, May 8.

Paid all the fees on Wednesday, May 7 at around 1:15pm.

All fees marked as paid and DS-260 become available sometime late on Friday, May 9.

Dropped off IV and AOS packages (in two different envelopes - 1 for AOS and 1 for IV documents) at the local post office at around 2pm on Saturday, May 10.

Submitted DS-260 (for both cases) around 10am on Sunday, May 11.

Both document packages received by NVC on Monday, May 12 (according to Post Office Tracking - one around 1pm and the other around 4pm. Don't know why they got separated.)

Received checklist email for both cases at 4pm on Thursday, June 12 regarding the IV civil documents

Wife called NVC in the afternoon of Friday, June 13 to inquire about the checklist. Told by a representative they are normal and automatic and not to worry. AOS under review. Call back after Tuesday, June 24.
Received a checklist for my father-in-law on Monday, June 16. NVC reviewed his AOS paperwork, but waiting for the documents the requested the week before.

Wife called NVC in the morning of Tuesday, June 17. Told by the agent they don't have the document requested for dad, and they don't have the AOS package for her mom.

Put in a request with our Senator to get more information. Response was mother-in-law is documentary complete and father-in-law was in document review for the military document.

Wife called NVC on the morning of Tuesday, July 1 and spoke with a supervisor regarding her dad's military document. Supervisor said she would look into it.

Supervisor called us and left a voicemail on the morning of Wednesday, July 9 and stated they have located my father-in-law's military documents. Case sent back to document review.

Per conversation with an agent, the expedited request originally requested by email on July 7, was sent to the Embassy on Thursday, July 10.

Received by postal mail on Thursday, August 21 from our Senator regarding the response of another inquiry. Still the same.

Early in the morning on Friday, August 22:

Wife calls the Embassy and was told the IV section doesn't accept calls, and was given a number in the states that turned out to be scheduling assistance for NIV interviews.

Called NVC as soon as they opened and was told the Embassy denied the expedite request, but the case was completed by NVC on Monday, August 18. Wife inquired about interview scheduling, and was given some good information.

At 5 PM on Thursday, September 11, received the interview letters. Interview is scheduled for the morning of October 9.

Mother-in-law approved. Father-in-law placed in Administrative Processing due to follow-up TB test.

CEAC stated ISSUED for my mother-in-law on October 15. DHL had the package for pick up on October 17 but called the wrong number. Package picked up on October 27.

On December 11 mother-in-law received a phone call from the Embassy that the medical is back for my father-in-law and to DHL his passport to them. Passport sent on December 12.

On December 18 CEAC updated to ISSUED for my father-in-law. My wife is happy!!!! Embassy said they gave it to DHL on December 19

Due to a DHL delay the package did not become available for pick up until December 24. USCIS Immigrant Fee paid the same day.

POE: JFK Terminal 1 - December 26, 2014 - They are finally here!!!

Took them to a local SSA office to get SSN on January 6, 2015. Cards received on January 10, 2015.

Green Cards received by priority mail on January 23, 2015 (four weeks after arrival).

Both went to motor vehicles and got state issued ID cards on April 11, 2015.

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XXoverwhelmedXX   1

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I swear this is the crapiest thing on earth...If I knew this process is this hard I wouldve just not started it in the first place and just moved planned my life to move.

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Its been a year since submitting I-130 and were still in two different countries :sleepy:

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fedrand   5

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I am in the same boat as you are..except it was the Embassy in the Philippines. I sent up an expedite..it was approved but still needed to be documentarly qualified. So atleast on a good not you wont have to wait months for an interview..at least that is what I am telling myself.

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But we have to wait months for them to even review our papers and then wait months if they need anything else what good is that? O M G :ranting:

Its been a year since submitting I-130 and were still in two different countries :sleepy:

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