Interviews for Ethiopia

[me-&-her 1]

My thinking is that US Embassy in Addis may my be scheduling IV interviews once or twice month, and not based on priority as other embassies in other countries. It is also possible that they are doing some kind of experimentation to see how emotional or pissed-of you and spouse can be. Or they are hoping that you divorce due to difficulties they are pushing through.

I meant to say ...they have time for IV interview slots once or twice a month. They must have other more priority things to do with rest of their time than spend a few minutes interviewing relatives of America citizens, who in the first place work their butts to pay taxes to that keep them there.

[seya 0]

does that mean we will not be scheduled until March?

[me-&-her 1]

does that mean we will not be scheduled until March?

I think to know for sure we will need to figure out witch days they interview IVs. The last known day for mass IV interview was Dec 23, around 15. This was after several schedules for the month of November timeframe. It could be that they schedule a few IVs every few months, not monthly as expected. This proves Addis to be the meanest embassy for IVs, in particular IR1/CR1.

[me-&-her 1]

I think to know for sure we will need to figure out witch days they interview IVs. The last known day for mass IV interview was Dec 23, around 15. This was after several schedules for the month of November timeframe. It could be that they schedule a few IVs every few months, not monthly as expected. This proves Addis to be the meanest embassy for IVs, in particular IR1/CR1.

From what I know, visa for immediate relative of US citizen should be available without limitation, but I think Addis Ababa embassy is practicing the limitation against the rules of IR1/CR1 thus holding and delaying interviews on purpose. The whole idea started to make sense when I looked at the data showing that IR for Ghana in 2015 was 2,144 while that of Ethiopia was 2,144. In comparison, Ethiopia has a lot more population than Ghana so if US embassy in Addis was doing their Job correctly the number of Ghana to Ethiopia should be close to 2:1 (4,000 for Ethiopia). This also explains why most, if not all, African countries and other countries around the world are getting their IV interview schedules mostly on time, except for Ethiopia. If this data is correct (see link below), in previous years Immediate Relatives from Ethiopia topped on average 4,000, this is a half of disastrous last year (2015), which was only 2,144. I think this is a premediated action by the US embassy in Addis or by the US government to slow and curb IVs from Ethiopia. Unfortunately, they are doing it at the expensed of where it harts the most - to children, wife, and husbands or US citizens. Now the question is, why are they doing that? What can be done to make it right? Why all this evilness???

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/AnnualReports/FY2015AnnualReport/FY15AnnualReport-TableIII.pdf

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/statistics/annual-reports.html

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/statistics/annual-reports/report-of-the-visa-office-2015.html

[me-&-her 1]

From what I know, visa for immediate relative of US citizen should be available without limitation, but I think Addis Ababa embassy is practicing the limitation against the rules of IR1/CR1 thus holding and delaying interviews on purpose. The whole idea started to make sense when I looked at the data showing that IR for Ghana in 2015 was 2,144 while that of Ethiopia was 2,144. In comparison, Ethiopia has a lot more population than Ghana so if US embassy in Addis was doing their Job correctly the number of Ghana to Ethiopia should be close to 2:1 (4,000 for Ethiopia). This also explains why most, if not all, African countries and other countries around the world are getting their IV interview schedules mostly on time, except for Ethiopia. If this data is correct (see link below), in previous years Immediate Relatives from Ethiopia topped on average 4,000, this is a half of disastrous last year (2015), which was only 2,144. I think this is a premediated action by the US embassy in Addis or by the US government to slow and curb IVs from Ethiopia. Unfortunately, they are doing it at the expensed of where it harts the most - to children, wife, and husbands or US citizens. Now the question is, why are they doing that? What can be done to make it right? Why all this evilness???

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/AnnualReports/FY2015AnnualReport/FY15AnnualReport-TableIII.pdf

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/statistics/annual-reports.html

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/statistics/annual-reports/report-of-the-visa-office-2015.html

It is possible that they are adding total number of immigrant visa, including diversity (DI) which made majority in 2015 and then capping the rest of IR1/CR1 for that given year. That is completely bullshit considering that law says there is no annual limitation for IR of US citizens. No wonder why they don’t want to say the reason for systematic long delays for interviews because they are going against their own rules, which now is like a kind of conspiracy going-on for bending the laws.

[me-&-her 1]

It is possible that they are adding total number of immigrant visa, including diversity (DI) which made majority in 2015 and then capping the rest of IR1/CR1 for that given year. That is completely bullshit considering that law says there is no annual limitation for IR of US citizens. No wonder why they don’t want to say the reason for systematic long delays for interviews because they are going against their own rules, which now is like a kind of conspiracy going-on for bending the laws.

Ideally Ethiopia and Nigerian should parity in number of Immediate Relatives (IR) since they both have a high population, but number for IR for Ethiopia in 2015 is half that of Nigeria. On the other hand the number of diversity immigrants (DI) from Nigeria is 0 (zero) and that from Ethiopia is over 2,000. Both the countries, however, made up a total of over 6,000 which I tend to belief it the cap set by the government. So, their law which says “there is no annual limitation for IRs for US citizen” is completely nonsense and garbage because this exactly what they are practicing in US embassy Addis Ababa.

[A56 & A69 4]

does that mean we will not be scheduled until March?

I believe so. Also what we don't see here is how many interviewer are waiting in line to get a interview, cause we only see the VJ. member waiting in line here on the board. just think about the other that don't use VJ. it could be less or more then what we don't track on Vj. so that could be just one of the reason why it taken so long. my problem is the DoS/CA at AA Emby needs to request more assistance if their are back log. hire more FS worker to handle the back log. the DoD OPM had to pull agents from the west coast to combat the back log on the east coast in security clearance and so why can the DoS do the same. just my opinion. A56

[A56 & A69 4]

I think to know for sure we will need to figure out witch days they interview IVs. The last known day for mass IV interview was Dec 23, around 15. This was after several schedules for the month of November timeframe. It could be that they schedule a few IVs every few months, not monthly as expected. This proves Addis to be the meanest embassy for IVs, in particular IR1/CR1.

Question: How many of the 15 on DEC 23 were VJ Member with timelines submitted to the board so we can get a accuracy count or guess when the next interviewer will get a interview letter. A56

[me-&-her 1]

I believe so. Also what we don't see here is how many interviewer are waiting in line to get a interview, cause we only see the VJ. member waiting in line here on the board. just think about the other that don't use VJ. it could be less or more then what we don't track on Vj. so that could be just one of the reason why it taken so long. my problem is the DoS/CA at AA Emby needs to request more assistance if their are back log. hire more FS worker to handle the back log. the DoD OPM had to pull agents from the west coast to combat the back log on the east coast in security clearance and so why can the DoS do the same. just my opinion. A56

We can interpolate the number for Ghana and Nigeria to figure out how many more Ethiopians are not schedule and are not in VJ. We know that Nigeria, Ghana, and Ethiopia are all visa hungry for US, meaning they have equal force unless opposed by something e.g. visa cap. So using data given by US Department of State for 2015 and comparing with previous years, the IV for Ghana should be less than Ethiopia but not more than Nigeria or they should be in equal, based on population. In 2015 Ghana had about same IVs to Ethiopia; that is proportional very incorrect and shows there is something seriously wrong, considering the population (note that Ghana has a healthy interview schedules). Similarly, Nigeria had twice the number of IVs compare to Ethiopia, but if you look at data from previous years you will see a trend that proves that Nigeria and Ethiopia get the same number of IVs nearly each year.

So from this information, the approximate number of Immediate Relative (IV) for Ethiopia who are not in JV and waiting for interview schedule is about 2,000 (two thousand). Note that since Nigeria is not under this presumed cap their VI interview schedules seems to go normally, they have around 2 weeks to 60 days wait period on average. Ethiopians, however, are backlogged and 7 months waiting for interview seems a big luck. I have heard that some Ethiopian IVs are taking one year.

Let’s hope something will change this year.

[me-&-her 1]

Question: How many of the 15 on DEC 23 were VJ Member with timelines submitted to the board so we can get a accuracy count or guess when the next interviewer will get a interview letter. A56

We may never get the exact number since not many are in VJ, that is the reason I have tried to dig from other sources. The approximate number of Ethiopian IVs waiting for interview schedule by end of 2015 is about 2,000.

[me-&-her 1]

I created a plot for years 2007 to 2015 and it appears that total IR issued for Ghana, Ethiopia and Nigeria are all time low. Diversity visas for Ethiopia and Egypt have remained steady in the past three years but IR visas, in particularly for Ethiopia, have fallen to the lowest ever in 2015 - to more than half the normal. So I don’t think total number of visas (to include DI) issued contribute to long delay interview schedule in Addis Ababa. In the past they have issued as much as 9,000 plus total visas to Ethiopia, but have now dropped to 6,000 in 2015, the biggest cut is Immediate Relatives. The words “there is no annual limitation for IRs for US citizen” is still a ####### and meaningless.

Source: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/statistics/annual-reports.html

Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Nigeria IR Family Diversity Total IR Family Diversity Total IR Family Diversity Total IR Family Diversity Total Year 2007 1,499 806 3,510 6,054 3,674 420 3,240 7,360 2,069 638 937 3,723 3,688 840 3,139 7,868 Year 2008 1,551 717 3,279 5,671 4,015 570 3,542 8,181 3,192 632 1,822 5,723 4,333 1,304 3,393 9,212 Year 2009 1,718 593 3,638 6,062 5,004 510 3,675 9,223 1,601 279 1,864 3,780 4,467 1,144 3,240 8,927 Year 2010 2,113 786 3,231 6,335 5,100 811 3,752 9,739 1,794 574 2,606 5,013 4,194 1,451 2,809 8,600 Year 2011 1,574 765 3,242 5,710 4,509 1,134 3,529 9,249 1,640 793 2,438 4,921 3,774 1,196 2,787 7,916 Year 2012 3,125 724 2,004 6,018 5,695 1,156 1,416 8,302 4,597 836 1,677 7,192 5,311 1,712 1,850 9,046 Year 2013 1,718 889 3,362 6,123 4,404 1,410 2,389 8,317 3,409 1,279 1,876 6,649 4,402 1,959 3,252 9,782 Year 2014 1,928 931 3,483 6,545 3,348 1,292 2,539 7,242 2,040 779 1,454 4,346 3,244 1,498 2,442 7,396 Year 2015 1,819 826 3,434 6,213 2,231 1,547 2,457 6,259 2,144 903 523 3,601 4,209 1,864 0 6,282

[me-&-her 1]

I created a plot for years 2007 to 2015 and it appears that total IR issued for Ghana, Ethiopia and Nigeria are all time low. Diversity visas for Ethiopia and Egypt have remained steady in the past three years but IR visas, in particularly for Ethiopia, have fallen to the lowest ever in 2015 - to more than half the normal. So I don’t think total number of visas (to include DI) issued contribute to long delay interview schedule in Addis Ababa. In the past they have issued as much as 9,000 plus total visas to Ethiopia, but have now dropped to 6,000 in 2015, the biggest cut is Immediate Relatives. The words “there is no annual limitation for IRs for US citizen” is still a ####### and meaningless.

Source: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/statistics/annual-reports.html

Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Nigeria IR Family Diversity Total IR Family Diversity Total IR Family Diversity Total IR Family Diversity Total Year 2007 1,499 806 3,510 6,054 3,674 420 3,240 7,360 2,069 638 937 3,723 3,688 840 3,139 7,868 Year 2008 1,551 717 3,279 5,671 4,015 570 3,542 8,181 3,192 632 1,822 5,723 4,333 1,304 3,393 9,212 Year 2009 1,718 593 3,638 6,062 5,004 510 3,675 9,223 1,601 279 1,864 3,780 4,467 1,144 3,240 8,927 Year 2010 2,113 786 3,231 6,335 5,100 811 3,752 9,739 1,794 574 2,606 5,013 4,194 1,451 2,809 8,600 Year 2011 1,574 765 3,242 5,710 4,509 1,134 3,529 9,249 1,640 793 2,438 4,921 3,774 1,196 2,787 7,916 Year 2012 3,125 724 2,004 6,018 5,695 1,156 1,416 8,302 4,597 836 1,677 7,192 5,311 1,712 1,850 9,046 Year 2013 1,718 889 3,362 6,123 4,404 1,410 2,389 8,317 3,409 1,279 1,876 6,649 4,402 1,959 3,252 9,782 Year 2014 1,928 931 3,483 6,545 3,348 1,292 2,539 7,242 2,040 779 1,454 4,346 3,244 1,498 2,442 7,396 Year 2015 1,819 826 3,434 6,213 2,231 1,547 2,457 6,259 2,144 903 523 3,601 4,209 1,864 0 6,282

Sorry guys, the table got corrupted, I don't think this forum allow tables.

[me-&-her 1]

does that mean we will not be scheduled until March?

When is your interview going to be scheduled? This is a million dollar query because the trend for Ethiopia immediate relatives (IR) is sharply heeded downwards, like crash in stock markets. In 2012 the number for immediate relatives of US citizen was nearly 6,000. In 2015 that number has gone down to 2,000, and still going straight downwards. This does not mean there aren't interview to schedule, no, it means the interviews have been backlogged by the embassy. On the other hand, the number for relatives of permanent residents have been rising steadily, not sure what that means. May be it means that you should give away your citizenship and apply for green card to be a better positon to bring your Ethiopian relative to US in timely manner.

[me-&-her 1]

The US Embassy in Addis Ababa is behind in Immediate Relative interview schedule by at least 6 months, which translates to 2000 interview backlogged, based on Department of State data. This means that for those getting their Case Completed now, they will be lucky to have their interview scheduled by August, (better plan for next year), unless something changes drastically. One way to change this is by getting as many US relative as possible to sign a petition and then send it to higher figures such senators and congress representatives. For some reasons this embassy is very mean to US citizens who have their immediate relative (IRs/CRs) in Ethiopia, and it’s getting meaner. The petition can be created online but not sure how it’s done, if you guys know, here are some links to get started.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/gopetition/how-to-create-a-petition/122104031162717/
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/create-a-petition.html
https://www.petitionbuzz.com/create
https://www.change.org/start-a-petition?
http://www.ipetitions.com/
http://www.yousign.org/en/new-petition.php
http://www.change.org/guides/start-your-online-petition
https://www.ipetitions.com/start-petition

[ItsGonnaBeWorthIt 191]

hey all we got stuck with his medical. said his X rays didn't come back right. so he did 3 days of testing at the end of December and they said 2 months. I looked it up on VJ looks like its gonna take exactly 2 months for the results. since he has no symptoms the results are pretty much going to come back negative. but he has all his paperwork and will be heading there Thursday either they will do the interview and wait for results or tell him to reset the interview after the results.. we are prepared either way.. he will be taking everything! just incase..

we were wating for march 21 for him to come anyways to get the 10 year green card so it put no damper in our plans anyways. so first week of march we should get results then continue..

but ill let ya know what happens Thursday !

Edited January 19, 2016 by ItsGonnaBeWorthIt