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So I was naive to inquire the US embassy in ABU DHABI for any updates on when interviews will be scheduled. Turns out they are too busy to reply back.

31-03-2013 Got married
15-08-2014 I-130 sent
19-08-2014 NOA 1
19-11-2014 I-130 Approved
26-01-2015 Received DS-261/AOS Bill
02-02-2015 Paid AOS fee
15-03-2015 Paid IV fee
17-03-2015 Package sent to NVC
23-03-2015 Package received at NVC
24-03-2015 DS 260 submitted online
25-03-2015 Confirmation email received from NVC
21-04-2015 Received Checklist
27-04-2015 Checklist documents sent to NVC
06-06-2015 Received email for case approval

26-08-2015 Interview scheduled for 22nd Sep 2015

22-09-2015 Visa Approved

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I contacted my embassy and they just replied saying they have not received the September appointments by NVC yet. So just confirming NVC is the one being late this month I guess

Edited by fridaab

USCIS

12/01/14: NOA1

04/16/15: NOA2

NVC

05/01/15: NVC received the case

05/13/15: Case number assigned and IIN

05/28/15: SCAN DATE, IV and AOS package

06/02/15: DS-261 available and completed

06/08/15: AOS bill available and paid

06/23/15: SECOND SCAN DATE (checklist for new i864 form)

07/05/15: IV bill available and paid

07/08/15: DS-260 Available and completed

07/17/15 Case Complete

EMBASSY STAGE

07/15/15: Medical examination

09/02/15: Interview (Changed from 09/23/15) approved (L)

09/10/15: Visa in hand

09/12/15: POE, Los Angeles

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Oh my goodness!! What is going on with Mexico?! Or better ciudad Juarez!! They are taking forever to give out their schedules for September and it's not like they'll have many dates anyway cause of all the U.S. AND MEXICAN holidays but they should get their stuff together! I just called and nothing. Been waiting with cc since April how much longer will my husband and I have to wait. We just celebrated anniversary over Skype and it sucked. We thought by this time in August we'd already be living together.

:clock: 1 year this week after tying the knot. boohooo and still waiting.

Us too. Our anniversary just passed last week. It is very sad. I don't even have the strength to be mad.

We been stuck since february at NVC, and last week we celebrated our anniversary in a daily skype date. :cry: . I'm ready to throw in the towel and just go and to guatemala. Its sad that all are away from their loved ones. I hope everyone gets an interview date soon.

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Met: (F) December 19, 2012
Married: (L) August 5, 2013 (L)

USCIS
I-130 Sent: August 1, 2014
I-130 NOA1: August 7, 2014

NVC PROCESS
26-JAN-2015 I-130 NOA2: APPROVED
03-FEB-2015 USCIS sent petition to NVC
26-FEB-2015 Case # and IIN assigned
27-FEB-2015 Completed DS-261
27-FEB-2015 Paid AOS fee
04-MAR-2015 AOS fee Deducted from Bank
16-MAR-2015 Mailed AOS & "Supporting Documents" (IV package)
23-MAR-2015 NVC sent email confirming they received my package
20-APR-2015 NVC sent a choice of agent form checklist?? missing...odd
20-APR-2015 Called NVC rep checked DS-261 form, yay finally!!
23-APR-2015 Received IV invoice through email but cant pay online yet... :cry:
27-APR-2015 Finally Paid IV fee
04-MAY-2015 Submitted DS-260 form
16-JUN-2015 Supervisor Review (they are so inadequate ..grrr)
13-JUL-2015 Case Complete with Supervisor on the phone
20-JUL-2015 Received Official Case Complete letter...waiting for interview :dancing:
23-SEPT-2015 Interview!! - They asked for a joint sponsor - received hated 221g form (at least it wasn't a "NO")
25-NOV-2015 Finally sent the documents required with 221g form...
30-NOV-2015 They updated my case file on CEAC but still reads "Admin Processing"..(crossing fingers)

14-DEC-2015 They "touched" and update my case file at the embassy, still under AP

28-DEC-2015 They touched my file again...still under AP

29-DEC-2015 !!!! VISA ISSUED - According to CEAC site...yay!! (now waiting to see when we can pick up)

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I think the people at NVC read this thread everyday and go, ok so they're still hoping that TODAY will be the day.. hmmm.. let's make em wait and suck the life out of em some more :P

lol.. They are probably spending time on facebook. Reading through this forum is part of work.

Anyways, since we have established in this thread, the biggest role in the interview process is played by Priority Date. For marriage based cases, it's the date when I-130 is sent. Assuming from your timeline, your PD is 2015-03-14, the latest person on family based case who got the appointment that I know of is suzannepecak, and her priority date is 2014-08-08. You have some waiting to do, unless they are done scheduling the ones with case complete and priority date earlier than yours.

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lol.. They are probably spending time on facebook. Reading through this forum is part of work.

Anyways, since we have established in this thread, the biggest role in the interview process is played by Priority Date. For marriage based cases, it's the date when I-130 is sent. Assuming from your timeline, your PD is 2015-03-14, the latest person on family based case who got the appointment that I know of is suzannepecak, and her priority date is 2014-08-08. You have some waiting to do, unless they are done scheduling the ones with case complete and priority date earlier than yours.

Yes, although suzannepeack is applying from a different embassy. I believe the priority date only comes into play for applicants from the same country.

On another note, this process has made me completely frustrated.

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Married December 19, 2014

I-130 Petition sent January 14, 2015
NOA1 date January 20, 2015 (NSC)

NOA2 date May 28, 2015 :dance::dance::dance:

Mailed to NVC June 4, 2015

NVC Received June 10, 2015

NVC Case Number Assigned June 23, 2015

NVC AoS Invoice via Mail June 24, 2015

NVC Selected Agent Over Phone June 30, 2015 (Unable to logon to CEAC)

NVC IV Invoice via email received July 1, 2015

NVC AoS/IV Package Mailed July 2, 2015

NVC AoS & IV Fee Paid Online (CEAC is working) July 6. 2015

NVC Document Scan Date July 6, 2015

NCV AoS & IV Fee marked as paid in CEAC July, 7 2015

NVC DS 260 Completed July 8, 2015

NVC CC July 30, 2015 (24 days after scan date, about 2 months post NOA2)

Interview Scheduled on August 26, 2015

Interview P4 Email Received August 27, 2015

Medical in Islamabad September 2, 2015

Interview Date September 22, 2015 CANCELLED (Embassy is Over scheduled) :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Interview Scheduled on September 10, 2015

Interview Date October 14, 2015 APPROVED

Visa Issued October 16, 2015, 9 months start to finish

POE JFK October 26, 2015

GC in Hand Jan 8, 2016

RoC I-751 NOA1 August 31, 2017 (Vermont Service Center)

Biometrics October 2, 2017

I551 Stamp in Passport August 2, 2018

18 Month Extension Letter August 3, 2018

Applied for Naturalization N-400 Online July 30, 2018

Biometrics August 23, 2018

10 year GC is in production September 17, 2018

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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My priority date is 6/13/2014, I don't know about that.

lol.. They are probably spending time on facebook. Reading through this forum is part of work.

Anyways, since we have established in this thread, the biggest role in the interview process is played by Priority Date. For marriage based cases, it's the date when I-130 is sent. Assuming from your timeline, your PD is 2015-03-14, the latest person on family based case who got the appointment that I know of is suzannepecak, and her priority date is 2014-08-08. You have some waiting to do, unless they are done scheduling the ones with case complete and priority date earlier than yours.

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I called NVC yesterday to figure out why someone who turned in their I -130 in September 2014 for lagos,Nigeria on this forum already interviewed for this August..I turned in my I-130 in june 2014 promptly without no problems & delays ,and yet to receive an interview date,Like #######!!!..She had no response and will have a supervisor call me back..Everything is literally screwed up or not arranged properly..i told her 1 year without my spouse has been completely wasted.,and now,its getting to 15 months,no interview cc june 16th,my bday,our interview and his birthday next month!!..she was apologizing,like seriously????..Im too tired to even get frustrated. .ill just keep watching!!!

Posted

I really doubt that, some people get their cases sent to CSC and they get their noa <1 month. So they have earlier priority dates but they still get their interview scheduled as soon as their NVC process is complete without having to wait for people from their priority dates to get an interview.

Say Applicant A and Applicant B apply for an i-130 and both get the same PD but applicant A gets sent to CSC and applicant B gets sent to Texas. Applicant A will be done with the whole USCIS and NVC thing in under 5 months but Applicant B will get through in 10 months. I doubt the NVC are just going to hold on the Applicant A's file till Applicant B catches up.

I am saying this coz one of my friend got sent to VSC and had his NOA in 50 days. He was done with the NVC in another 60 and had his interview scheduled shortly after. He waited under 6 months for an interview and this is WITHOUT an expedite

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Yes, although suzannepeack is applying from a different embassy. I believe the priority date only comes into play for applicants from the same country.

On another note, this process has made me completely frustrated.

I hope your right because I read someone timeline with Dec 2015 priority date with MTL consulate had the interview last June.
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Guyz,

Don't bother about this PD. PD matters only to F2A where they have the limited visa quota for the year. We are CR1/IR1 and these PD is not going to block us.

Based on PD and Visa bulletin NVC will process their case, till their PD comes to current their cases will not be processed, and based on that only they will get interview date.

18-Apr-2014-----------------Marriage
USCIS
18-Aug-2014-----------------I130 Sent
19-Aug-2014-----------------I130 NOA1
21-Jan-2015-----------------I130 NOA2 (Five months and two days)
NVC
04-Feb-2015-----------------NVC Received Our Case
04-Feb-2015-----------------Husband naturalized and IR1 upgrade request sent to NVC
21-May-2015-----------------Case Upgraded to IR1
05-Aug-2015-----------------Received Case Complete confirmation email
10-Sep-2015------------------Interview Scheduled
16-Sep-2015------------------Interview email Received
Mumbai Embassy
18-Sep-2015------------------Medical (Chennai Apollo)
23-Sep-2015------------------Finger Printing (Chennai)
05-Oct-2015-------------------Interview - APPROVED
07-Oct-2015-------------------Passport Picked Up in CHENNAI
Check my profile for the detail timeline.

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Canada
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My PD is September 30, 2013. My case spent a year at the NVC with RFE requests (4 times) over my AOS (two times there were no errors on my part and the other two had to do with boxes not correctly checked). It was approved July 22nd, 2015 (CR-1) and I have been waiting for an interview at the Montreal Consulate so I don't think they follow the PD whatsoever. I spent the past TWO anniversaries away from my husband....we were married August 1, 2013 and then started the paperwork three weeks later.

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

 
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