Case Complete to Interview March 2016

[Gobucks! 17]

Yay!! Congrats!!!!

Thank you! Did you get yours yet?

[Orhanzo 0]

Just called NVC and found out they're done scheduling for March for Turkey.

Hope has been a good thing

[Frankjavir 55]

Great news today! I just got off the phone with NVC and she confirmed that they've scheduled my wife's interview at the Montreal embassy for March 16! Hopefully that means that all the Canada cases will start to move---hope everyone gets their interview dates soon!!

fyi--I went back after that phone call and checked the CEAC status page and it still says 'At NVC'. I'll keep checking to see when it switches to 'In Transit' just to have more info for people tracking the timelines of such things here on the boards.

Congratulations.

Note: Your CEAC status will remain AT NVC until your package leaves NVC about 14 days before your interview.

[24KGEM 1]

Hi there, yes, the embassy let me in with my wife for the interview...I'm the petitioner and a US citizen so I suppose that makes it okay; not sure what would happen if someone who isn't the petitioner and isn't a USC tried to join. Their final answer was "approved" and told us my wife would receive the passport in Lahore by the end of the month. He wanted to wait until after our wedding anniversary in a few days, before he processed the visa. I'm still not clear on what difference that makes and how this approach was truly to my wife's advantage, but not much choice I had in the matter!

It could be that your visa category would change from CR-1 (married less than two years) to IR-1 (married more than two years). With the latter you get a 10 year GC, with the former you get a 2 year GC and have to file I-751 to remove conditions. Hope that helps!

[Florida Bear 7]

^{No Interview for me yet. I called and a rather stern lady said I will need to wait until March to get my interview date. Apparently they weren't joking when they said my case was officially complete yesterday. I made mention that three different reps in the past had said my case was completed and of course the usual "I can't speak to what they said" answer. So then April it will be! Gives me more time to save up money to eat at Joe Beef in Montreal for our celebration dinner.. lol}

^{Congrats to everyone else who got their interview date! Super exciting!}

Edited February 11, 2016 by Florida Bear

[dwheels76 5,468]

Woo hoo!!! Congrats!! Canada is moving along!!

Florida Bear did I miss a post. Did you get your interview date? You have no timeline.

[dwheels76 5,468]

It could be that your visa category would change from CR-1 (married less than two years) to IR-1 (married more than two years). With the latter you get a 10 year GC, with the former you get a 2 year GC and have to file I-751 to remove conditions. Hope that helps!

Makes no sense what the CO says. Your wedding anniversary and time is all the way up to POE. So you arrive in US after 2 year anniversary you get 10 year card. Before 2 year. So all that CO says sounds like he is clueless. Hopefully someone will straighten it out. I sure would have been schooling him. But that's me.

[IIkRojas 1]

I am in the same boat but with the Embassy in Mumbai. Hope you get yours soon.

That's good news too!! The embassy in Mexico will be closed today and once a week until the end of this month. So might take a little longer for me. I see many have gotten interview dates already on here. Congrats to those

[Jenvds 15]

My husband's interview is Tuesday. I've checked CEAC just out of curiosity and the case status stays "ready", but the case update has changed February 10,and now February 11. This just means that the CO is looking things over and preparing for the interview probably, right?

It doesn't change anything, but it's nice to see some activity! I'm so super excited! I can't wait to have my husband home with me!!!

[Frankjavir 55]

My husband's interview is Tuesday. I've checked CEAC just out of curiosity and the case status stays "ready", but the case update has changed February 10,and now February 11. This just means that the CO is looking things over and preparing for the interview probably, right?

It doesn't change anything, but it's nice to see some activity! I'm so super excited! I can't wait to have my husband home with me!!!

It means your husband's package has been received, reviewed by the embassy and it is READY waiting for the CO interview with your husband on Feb. 16th.

[tern4petrel 0]

I just got off the phone with NVC and they've scheduled my husband's interview in Montreal - 3/31/16 at 10:30 am! This is a huge relief as things moved through NVC faster than we expected, and as a result I was worried his would be scheduled between March 21 and 28, when he's coming to Boston to visit me for Easter (flight already booked)! Phew!!

[shsl73 29]

Hi girl, you have been quiet lately.

That canned message is the official CC email that normally is sent 7 days after the actual CC date.

When NVC assigns you an interview, you will receive via email the Interview Letter (P4).

This letter is sent within 48 hours after your interview is assigned.

Have a good day

Yea, been pretty quiet. Just waiting to see how this all pans out for us with the interview.

So, if the "email" is the official notification. Its 30-60 days from the date listed or from the date that NVC informed me? I realize because of the country that I am dealing with it could measure up to far greater than the 60 days but my questions are just for knowledge purposes.

[LHEtoNYC 4]

It could be that your visa category would change from CR-1 (married less than two years) to IR-1 (married more than two years). With the latter you get a 10 year GC, with the former you get a 2 year GC and have to file I-751 to remove conditions. Hope that helps!

Makes no sense what the CO says. Your wedding anniversary and time is all the way up to POE. So you arrive in US after 2 year anniversary you get 10 year card. Before 2 year. So all that CO says sounds like he is clueless. Hopefully someone will straighten it out. I sure would have been schooling him. But that's me.

Hey thanks for the insight. Wish I knew about that earlier, re: the POE timing and I would have mentioned it. At this point I don't want to raise any suspicion with the embassy--why do I want to rush them when the rules state don't book travel until after visa is received.

I guess I can get solace in the fact that I will be closer to renewing my American Airlines Executive Platinum status, lol.

I mentioned to the CO that I didn't mind proceeding as a CR-1 but it sounded like he was making an excuse to just give a longer time estimate.

[Frankjavir 55]

Yea, been pretty quiet. Just waiting to see how this all pans out for us with the interview.

So, if the "email" is the official notification. Its 30-60 days from the date listed or from the date that NVC informed me? I realize because of the country that I am dealing with it could measure up to far greater than the 60 days but my questions are just for knowledge purposes.

The 30 to 60 days is just like you call it "canned information". Each country has a history trend and still varies a lot within a particular embassy.

From where you start counting? I do not have an answer because my source of reference is Dwheels76's spread sheet and there are three dates and one count: CC, Interview scheduled , Interview and days between CC and Interview.

So if you want to average CC- to - Interview then is a straight shot.

But averaging Interview Issued or Interview is not that accurate because some people reported the date when they called NVC and were told about the interview and some others reported the date the received the IL (P4) and never called.

If I recall correctly last time I talked to you, the average of CC-Interview for Jamaica was like 90 days???

Edited February 11, 2016 by Frankjavir

[SoerenHelmer 50]

Hi all

I need to ask you about this.

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For those who want to request an earlier interview date here is a template written up by our own TeaCup.
Thank you TeaCup for the Template on how to notify the embassy
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Petitioners Name
Petitioners Date of birth
Beneficiary's Name
Beneficiary's Date of birth

NVC Case #

To whom it may concern,

My name is *********
I am writing to you in order to request an earlier interview. I have originally been scheduled for an Immigrant interview at (name of embassy and give date)
I have completed the required medical exam and I have all the necessary documents necessary for the interview and I am ready.
If it is at all possible for an earlier interview date to be scheduled for me it would be much appreciated.
Thank you for your time

Sincerely.

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Address & Phone Number

If it´s like some says that we can´t use/ask for this unless the case is at the Embassy, then i think we need to add that to the page.

For me it seems funny that the Embassy can´t contact NVC and ask them to forward the case.

NVC is done with it and has no need to hold it.

And if the Embassy has "spare" dates they can use, it will in my mind be for something like this.

So if some have had the luck with asking for a better date, pls let me and other know if:

- The case was at embassy

- If case was at NVC

Thanks.