NVC Filers - January 2017

[Freedom4evr 6]

Reince Priebus, the White House chief of staff, said on CBS's “Face the Nation” that President Trump's executive order could potentially be expanded to include more than seven countries.

 

"You can point to other countries that have similar problems like Pakistan and others -- perhaps we need to take it further,” he said. “But for now, immediate steps, pulling the Band-Aid off, is to do further vetting for people traveling in and out of those countries.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-chief-of-staff-defends-president-trump-controversial-travel-ban/

[MianGee 2]

On 1/28/2017 at 2:40 AM, freetz said:

FINALLY!!

Case complete!

My case is employment based so no 3 N/As. I called this morning and was told it was still under review. Just called again and CC.

Total waiting time of 11 weeks and 1 day.

 

Scan date - Nov 10

Sup review - Dec 23

Review department Jan 11

Congratulations !!!

[Nauman sh 4]

3 hours ago, MianGee said:

Congratulations !!!

Hey...Did you get the Interview Date Letter?

[MianGee 2]

13 minutes ago, Nauman sh said:

Hey...Did you get the Interview Date Letter?

Not yet, still waiting to hear from NVC.

[Harry13 4]

9 hours ago, rooji said:

I am not sure if there is such a timeline for each country for green card. I ask this because I have seen people sharing their insight of when their green card was received and when they applied for jobs and such. I am hoping someone here can give me an insight but in the mean time I will do a research on this site. 

 

as for social, I will say what most have said before me, apply in person do not wait 10 days to receive your card automatically based on the option you selected when applying for immigrant application. 

 

As for the airport experience, we had a bit of longer wait than usual only because of the immigration officer who did our process at the airport was new. It was all due to the custom form that I filled out for my hubby. Every time I travel through IAD, i always fill out custom form and I was never stopped for customs even when I declared my jewelry in the past, however this time they stopped me and my hubby only because the immigration officer was new and wrote us down for my personal jewelry, which he is not suppose to i believe if it is personal. Other than that the process was smooth. We had extra hour because of the customs and all of our stuff went through scanner after I gave an explanation to 2 custom officers. anyways my advice, do not declare anything if you want to avoid customs, especially food. do not bring anything that you know will cause you problem. Also be clear and concise when dealing with them and do not panic. 

 

on a side note: IAD usually never has custom but this time they did. I think it is becoming a thing now or something. 

 

 

read above. 

 

So to clear things up: if you are a Muslim and especially from those 7 countries then yes you may be held at the airport(s) across the country due to the travel ban. It is discriminatory against muslims more than anyone else. Although they made announcement that green card holders are not affected anymore except for vetting, still you cannot say anything.

HI, we are also in MD. My wife she arrived on Nov 1st. 

 

Social Security- Even though we selected option while applying we went in person after about 5 days. I think the officer said it will take at least 3 days after their arrival before they have their information in their system. I would suggest to go apply in person after a week. Once we applied her ssn card arrived in mail within a week.

 

Job - If your husband have a job lined up and need to start working than he can. He doesn't have to wait for green card. Visa stamp on his passport should be sufficient. 

 

Green Card- We received her card after 5 weeks. We were also getting error until the card was in production. It is normally to have it like this way. Wait for 3 weeks and than try and maybe by than his card will be in production. There is no status update until card goes in production. 

 

If you don't mind what kind of a job is your husband looking for? My wife is trying to get an entry level job/internship in Business field but we are not getting any thing. 

 

Hope this will help you.

[Talumepa 15]

Just called Not interview yet I will call later they have more hours to work on it. Have a good day.

[Nauman sh 4]

2 hours ago, MianGee said:

Not yet, still waiting to hear from NVC.

Did u called them? I guess your case complete is 9 jan

[faviles 5]

Has anyone gotten an interview date whos case was completed in January?  Also, I know this has been asked before but how long did you wait until you got your CC letter from the day your case was actually closed?

[Duncan21 202]

Just now, Favlies said:

Has anyone gotten an interview date whos case was completed in January?  Also, I know this has been asked before but how long did you wait until you got your CC letter from the day your case was actually closed?

My case was complete on January 11 - I will call later today to see if an interview has been scheduled.  A NVC rep told me last week that I should call for the interview date since the email communication takes about a week after they actually schedule you for an interview.

 

The case complete email takes about 5-6 business days after your case was actually complete.

[Nauman sh 4]

35 minutes ago, Duncan21 said:

My case was complete on January 11 - I will call later today to see if an interview has been scheduled.  A NVC rep told me last week that I should call for the interview date since the email communication takes about a week after they actually schedule you for an interview.

 

The case complete email takes about 5-6 business days after your case was actually complete.

Do share the response

[faviles 5]

1 hour ago, Duncan21 said:

My case was complete on January 11 - I will call later today to see if an interview has been scheduled.  A NVC rep told me last week that I should call for the interview date since the email communication takes about a week after they actually schedule you for an interview.

 

The case complete email takes about 5-6 business days after your case was actually complete.

Great thanks for yours response!  I appreciate the feedback.

[parthptl 9]

Have they started scheduling for march yet?

[Duncan21 202]

2 minutes ago, parthptl said:

Have they started scheduling for march yet?

I haven't seen anyone posted a March interview date as yet.  I anticipate that will begin this week.

[M&Ms 8]

I just called NVC the guy told me they're scheduling and sending the interview letter right now. However, it depends on the embassy and it could take up to 60 days

[Duncan21 202]

1 minute ago, M&Ms said:

I just called NVC the guy told me they're scheduling and sending the interview letter right now. However, it depends on the embassy and it could take up to 60 days

I've seen posts on VJ where it's taking almost 5 months to get an interview in some countries - the majority is 1-2 months.   You can go here and filter by country to see how long it's taking to get an interview in a particular country:

 

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?cfl=&op3=5&op5=&op6=All