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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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I'm telling you I feel an announcement coming from NVC that IR1/CR1 is going to start being able to schedule their own interview thru ustraveldocs.gov. :secret:

Come on pray with me or whatever you do to put out their positiveness. It's the best solution. Frees up NVC and well puts more control in yours. Case Complete means go get your interview. Imagine.

You heard it first when it comes. :clock:

It would be great if they start to do it that way???
Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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So I grabbed the data from the "Case Complete to Interview" spreadsheet, removed all the non IR1/CR1 visas, removed all the expedited cases and all cases missing the interview date (including recent ones).

Based on 1572 cases from late 2012 until now, this is the amount of days between the case complete and the interview for each country.

dtkkiqt.png

(ps. I also removed countries with less than 4 entries and entries with 250+ days between c.c. and the interview, i.e. outliers)

I-130 for Spouse

USCIS

10/14/2014 - I-130 Mailed to Chicago Lockbox

10/22/2014 - NOA1 (Nebraska Service Center)

04/01/2015 - NOA2 (161 days)

NVC

04/16/2015 - NVC Received

04/23/2015 - Case # assigned / DS-261 completed

04/24/2015 - AOS fee invoiced and paid

04/30/2015 - AOS+IV packages mailed

05/04/2015 - AOS+IV packages received (scan date)

05/15/2015 - IV fee money order payment confirmed

06/03/2015 - Checklist received: missing DS-260 form

06/19/2015 - DS-260 available online and submitted

07/31/2015 - Case Complete (107 days from arriving @NVC or 89 days from scan date)

Embassy

08/25/2015 - Scheduled interview

09/21/2015 - Interview, approved!

10/02/2015 - Passport received

10/04/2015 - POE! (348 days from NOA1)

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Australia
Timeline
Posted

So I grabbed the data from the "Case Complete to Interview" spreadsheet, removed all the non IR1/CR1 visas, removed all the expedited cases and all cases missing the interview date (including recent ones).

Based on 1572 cases from late 2012 until now, this is the amount of days between the case complete and the interview for each country.

dtkkiqt.png

(ps. I also removed countries with less than 4 entries and entries with 250+ days between c.c. and the interview, i.e. outliers)

Nice work! Thanks!

Sukie in NY

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Our Prior Journey

N-400 Naturalization

18-Feb-2018 - submitted N-400 online, credit card charged

18-Feb-2018 - NOA1

12-Mar-2018 - Biometrics 

18-June-2018 - Notice of interview received

26-July-2018 - Interview  - APPROVED!!!

26-July-2018 - Oath Ceremony Scheduled

17-Aug-2018 - Oath Ceremony

 

 

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
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To update you just fill out the form that's in my signature. Or some tell me here. I rather the form in case I miss it.

Your timeline in your signature you mean or you mean the VJ timeline. You have case complete 4/27. Is that the last update or do you have interview date?

Yea my last update is completed case 4/27. Until now I haven't got any news about interview yet. Hope next week or until end of this month, I will have interview letter.

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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To answer the question "Do I get an interview faster or slower depending if my case was completed at the start or the end of a month?"

Can't tell for sure! There's no strong trend, except on a few months, like July 2013.

Here each dot represents an interview scheduling. The horizontal position is the date it was scheduled. The vertical height is how many days until the interview date once it was scheduled.

N2DkeAW.png

I-130 for Spouse

USCIS

10/14/2014 - I-130 Mailed to Chicago Lockbox

10/22/2014 - NOA1 (Nebraska Service Center)

04/01/2015 - NOA2 (161 days)

NVC

04/16/2015 - NVC Received

04/23/2015 - Case # assigned / DS-261 completed

04/24/2015 - AOS fee invoiced and paid

04/30/2015 - AOS+IV packages mailed

05/04/2015 - AOS+IV packages received (scan date)

05/15/2015 - IV fee money order payment confirmed

06/03/2015 - Checklist received: missing DS-260 form

06/19/2015 - DS-260 available online and submitted

07/31/2015 - Case Complete (107 days from arriving @NVC or 89 days from scan date)

Embassy

08/25/2015 - Scheduled interview

09/21/2015 - Interview, approved!

10/02/2015 - Passport received

10/04/2015 - POE! (348 days from NOA1)

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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Another question: do "busy" countries take longer to get an interview?

Apparently, countries with a lot of applicants have shorter wait times for interviews. Possibly it's because these countries have more embassies and are ready to handle the larger volume.

iichGLh.png

The top 5 countries: 193 interviews in India, 141 in the Philippines, 140 in Canada, 103 in Nigeria and 87 in Pakistan.

(removed from these counts are cases with 250+ days between cc and interview, I believe they are typos).

I-130 for Spouse

USCIS

10/14/2014 - I-130 Mailed to Chicago Lockbox

10/22/2014 - NOA1 (Nebraska Service Center)

04/01/2015 - NOA2 (161 days)

NVC

04/16/2015 - NVC Received

04/23/2015 - Case # assigned / DS-261 completed

04/24/2015 - AOS fee invoiced and paid

04/30/2015 - AOS+IV packages mailed

05/04/2015 - AOS+IV packages received (scan date)

05/15/2015 - IV fee money order payment confirmed

06/03/2015 - Checklist received: missing DS-260 form

06/19/2015 - DS-260 available online and submitted

07/31/2015 - Case Complete (107 days from arriving @NVC or 89 days from scan date)

Embassy

08/25/2015 - Scheduled interview

09/21/2015 - Interview, approved!

10/02/2015 - Passport received

10/04/2015 - POE! (348 days from NOA1)

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Pakistan
Timeline
Posted

Another question: do "busy" countries take longer to get an interview?

Apparently, countries with a lot of applicants have shorter wait times for interviews. Possibly it's because these countries have more embassies and are ready to handle the larger volume.

iichGLh.png

The top 5 countries: 193 interviews in India, 141 in the Philippines, 140 in Canada, 103 in Nigeria and 87 in Pakistan.

(removed from these counts are cases with 250+ days between cc and interview, I believe they are typos).

Toozler, Colorful dots and informative stats...

To our gloomy group :)

JULY-08-2014 PRIORITY DATE

OCT-19-2015 INTERVIEW

RESULT ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING

MUCH AWAITED UPDATES :

OCT-19-2015

OCT-20-2015

OCT-27-2015

NOV-17-2015 (most likely it was due to my email inquiry)

JAN-08-2016 (due to my email inquiry)

FEB-09-2016 (first real update)

MAR-08-2016

MAR-09-2016

MAR-10-2016 ISSUED

Posted

am I the only one that notice getting through NVC is quicker? I called twice last week and was on hold for 10min and I only had to call three times to even get through. today I called and got through on the second try and was on hold for 5 min before someone came on. maybe its pure luck but very strange.. strange in a good way lol

YES! same here. I was startled when someone answered after 4 minutes. And then had to scramble to get the case number because I was surprised they answered so quickly. Now, if they could only put the same amount of effort fixing the interview process as they did the phone line....;)

08-06-14 : Married

08-22-14 : I-130 Sent

08-27-14 : NOA1

01-16-15 : NOA2

02-24-15 : NVC Received

02-28-15 : Submit DS-261 (originally)

04-03-15 : Resubmit DS-261 (DONT TOUCH THE LINK WHEN WAITING FOR DS-261 TO BE REVIEWED!!!!)

04-13-15 : AOS Invoice Paid

04-14-15 : IV Invoice Paid

05-21-15 : Sent AOS & IV Package

05-26-15 : Scan Date

06-21-15 : Received checklist

07-02-15 : New scan date

07-25-15 : Logged onto CEAC and saw three N/A's!

08-18-15 : Requested Expedite

08-20-15 : Expedite under review
08-24-15 : Expedite accepted
08-25-15 : Case in Transit!
08-26-15 : Scheduled interview date for October 6th!
08-27-15 : Case status on ceac shows "ready"!
09-01-15 : Rescheduled interview date for September 18th
09-18-15 : Interview and APPROVED!!!!!
10-15-15 : Entry into the United States
 
Removal of Conditions 
09-16-17 : I-751 packet sent
09-19-17 : I-751 packet received
09-21-17 : Money order cashed
09-23-17 : Received NOA1 dated 9/19/17
10-02-17 : Received Biometrics Appt. for 10/13/17
 
N-400 Filing
07-18-18 : Online filing and payment sent
07-18-18: Receipt Notice
08-06-18: Biometrics Appointment
Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
Timeline
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Case in point...I just tried calling the NVC a few minutes ago (11:09pm) and lines are still so busy I could not even be put on hold and was asked to call back...

CR-1 Visa

Event Date

Service Center : Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Montreal, Canada

Marriage : 2013-08-01 (L)(L)

I-130 Sent : 2013-09-01

I-130 NOA1 : 2013-09-01

I-130 Approved : 2013-10-01

NVC Received : 2014-04-30

Received DS-261 /AOS Bill : 2014-06-05

Pay AOS Bill : 2014-06-15

Send AOS Package : 2014-06-30

Submit DS-261 : 2014-07-05

Receive IV Bill : 2014-07-15

Pay IV Bill : 2014-07-15

Send IV Package : 2014-07-20

4 RFE about the 1-864: 2014/08 to 2015/03

Case Completed at NVC : 2015-07-22

Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter : 2015-08-27

Medical: 2015-08-31 in Toronto with Dr. Lyndon M.

Interview Date : 2015-09-28 :dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing::dancing:

Interview Result : Approved :yes::yes::yes:

Passport received from Loomis: 2015-09-30

POE: 2015-10-09

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Mexico
Timeline
Posted

To answer the question "Do I get an interview faster or slower depending if my case was completed at the start or the end of a month?"

Can't tell for sure! There's no strong trend, except on a few months, like July 2013.

Here each dot represents an interview scheduling. The horizontal position is the date it was scheduled. The vertical height is how many days until the interview date once it was scheduled.

N2DkeAW.png

Love the charts Toozler! Very informative. By comparing the dates from 2014, I'm wondering if they will be scheduling around the same times for 2015. I saw for October and November 2014 they scheduled a lot of interviews. Interesting to see...

Posted

Hi Dwheels - hope you are well!!

can you please add us to your spreadsheet?

CC 7/28/2015 ... now just waiting for that illusive IL!

Thank you much!

Priority Date - December 2, 2013

USCIS -

12/02/13 : NOA1 (Priority Date)

03/24/15 : Case Transferred from VSC to CSC

03/28/15 : Hard copy of transfer received in mail

04/14/15 : NOA2 ( I-130 Approved) - finally! (informed via text on 4/16/2015)

NVC -

04/29/15 : NVC received the case (informed during phone call to NVC on 5/01/2015

05/08/15 : Case number assigned and IIN (received via phone call on 5/14/2015)

05/12/15 : NVC Welcome letter mailed

05/19/15 : NVC Welcome received in mail

05/29/15 : DS-261 Finally Available on CEAC and completed

05/29/15 : AOS bill Available on CEAC and paid (status: IN PROCESS)

06/02/15 : AOS bill status: PAID

06/15/15 : IV invoice generated (notified by email) but unable to pay on CEAC...waiting...

07/05/15 : IV bill Finally Available on CEAC and paid (status: IN PROCESS)

07/08/15 : IV bill status: PAID

07/08/15 : DS-260 Available

07/12/15 : DS-260 completed and submitted

07/13/15 : AOS and IV package mailed to NVC

07/14/15 : AOS and IV package received by NVC

07/16/15 : Scan Date

07/28/15 : CASE COMPLETE - NO checklist! :dancing::dancing::dancing:London...here we come...!!

08/04/15 : CC Email received...waiting for Interview Letter....

08/11/15 : Interview letter (IL/P4) received ...interview date 9/11/2015! :dancing: :dancing::dancing:

EMBASSY -

08/11/15 : Case Shipped to embassy

08/12/15 : Case Arrived in UK (tracked on DHL website)

08/12/15 : Medical completed

08/14/15 : CEAC showing IN TRANSIT

08/18/15 : CEAC showing READY

09/11/15 : Interview date (initial)

09/08/15 : Interview date (rescheduled on 8/18/2015) - APPROVED :)

xx/xx/15 : Visa in hand
xx/xx/15 : POE....Dulles airport!

Posted

Hi dwheels..

I came to usa on august 6 at POE the IO just took my finger prints and stamped the passport that's it no question asked it took 2 mins.now how do I get my green card and social security number can suggest me anything? Thank u

Filed: Other Country: Nepal
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I'm telling you I feel an announcement coming from NVC that IR1/CR1 is going to start being able to schedule their own interview thru ustraveldocs.gov. :secret:

Come on pray with me or whatever you do to put out their positiveness. It's the best solution. Frees up NVC and well puts more control in yours. Case Complete means go get your interview. Imagine.

You heard it first when it comes. :clock:

do u know if this is true? any updates ? would be awesome...keep updated please

 
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