Case Complete to Interview August 2017

[gili 21]

do you guys think i will make it to august interview? 

Edited July 9, 2017 by gili

[MLK2016 201]

17 hours ago, chamma said:

@KaurN & @SP&SP - Well don't fret... @MLK2016's wife was also denied a tourist visa; she had a fraudulent reason. But they did mention the same on DS260. He did mention that it came up during the interview (you can read his review). The CO only asked if she was denied a tourist visa. They are approved now and are happy  

 

Being truthful about your entire immigration process is the key.

 

Good Catch!! 

Many Congratulations!!! 

You can try. Like @JBMG suggested, you should call the NVC. I think its a valid reason .

 

 

Yes.. very normal  . That's the status when NVC sends in documents to the Embassy. It would change to Ready once Embassy has it!

I totally agree with you both .. we aren't here to lie and put in false information. We are here because we actually understand the pain of being away from our closed ones and to have a better understanding of this process. And to also not have any glitches or delays around this process. We are here to seek information, to help with as much information we can have. 

 

@JBMG's sheet has been a enormous tool to figure out NVC's pattern of working with consulates around the world. Ofcourse we need to be careful about disclosing personal information and I earnestly believe that everyone is guarding their personal details at the best. But I do not believe many could lie...

should be a glitch in the system. 

 

When we were about to begin the immigrant Visa process we knew about her lie about being married on the B2 tourist Visa application and were extremely concerned.  I searched the forums on Visa Journey for similar situations.  There was one other in which the lie was never brought up at the interview.   The optimism we had was relying on that a tourist visa is a non-immigrant visa application.  (There is a difference).  Also she was denied on the B2 tourist Visa application, was never in the U.S. so therefore did not benefit from the lie which is also important.    Still our approach was two-fold.  The first was that we decided to get married and not attempt a fiance visa.  We felt it was more difficult for them to deny a visa to a married couple.   More importantly we decided that we must be truthful on the DS-260.  In the question where they asked whether an application was ever previously made for a visa, we answered there was.  Further, although not necessary we went into a detailed response indicating the lie and the reason for it (her sister in the US was dying of cancer and she was desperate to see her).    The tourist visa was brought up as a question at the interview.  But the question was not did you lie on the B2 application or why did you lie?  The question was why were you denied a B2 travel visa?   We were prepared for any questions about the tourist visa and she gave the response of her sister being ill, she was denied the visa, and her sister died later that year with them never seeing each other.   After the answer, the interviewer said he was sorry about that.   Then he granted the CR-1.

 

Our visa journey is over.   Good luck to all of you waiting for your interviews.   I am back in the U.S. for about one week and my wife will join me in the U.S. on July 20.  

 

 

[MLK2016 201]

9 hours ago, PP_2016 said:

My final preparation for Tuesday..

 

Blue folder- Civil,financial, passport,DS260, appointment letter,photo,original civil docs and any extra doc for just in case.

Separated and labelled.

 

Red folder- relationship evidences. 

 

Green envelope- Medical 

 

Two brown bags 💼- wedding albums. Will carry them without bags.

 

 

Best of luck.  I hope you have the same good fortune as us.   We had the same blue folder with labels.  The only thing they took out of it was the original documents which they returned and the DS-260 payment receipt.  They took the medical records.  They did not take or ask anything about the relationship and did not look at any photos.   

[PP_2016 246]

2 hours ago, MLK2016 said:

Best of luck.  I hope you have the same good fortune as us.   We had the same blue folder with labels.  The only thing they took out of it was the original documents which they returned and the DS-260 payment receipt.  They took the medical records.  They did not take or ask anything about the relationship and did not look at any photos.   

Wish it goes equally smooth with us too. Thank you for the wishes. 

[needhelpinfo 23]

15 hours ago, PP_2016 said:

My final preparation for Tuesday..

 

Blue folder- Civil,financial, passport,DS260, appointment letter,photo,original civil docs and any extra doc for just in case.

Separated and labelled.

 

Red folder- relationship evidences. 

 

Green envelope- Medical 

 

Two brown bags 💼- wedding albums. Will carry them without bags.

 

 

Good luck.

 

I was under wrong assumption only transparent folders were allowed.

[- J & K - 19]

9 hours ago, gili said:

do you guys think i will make it to august interview? 

keep your hopes high  , don't worry you will get it 

[JBMG 890]

9 hours ago, gili said:

do you guys think i will make it to august interview? 

It's up to your embassy, if they have availability, then yes.. The following are still waiting for an interview from your country.

 

@bbansah2 @Nana&Akua

 

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USCIS Priority Date (PD)

Most recent Scan Date (SD)

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bbansah2

5/2/2016

3/21/2017

5/4/2017

6.29

5/22/2017

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8.86

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gili

6/13/2016

4/27/2017

7/6/2017

No Rev Date

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Nana&Akual

7/25/2016

4/24/2017

6/26/2017

9.00

6/28/2017

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[Berberusa 4]

Good morning everyone 

So my wife had her interview today, the agent told her that your visa is approved but we have to keep your wedding album photos to do an investigation. So wired, is it something we should worry about?

he didn't ask her any question, except did you do the wedding, when? And where? That's it 

thanks for sharing your experiences 

[Feanix 44]

Okay so I just called up the doctors in London that performs the medical to ask a question regarding my vaccinations. I also asked if they require a medical summary and it is a new requirement. Finally, since it is the only doctors in England that performs the medical, I asked if there are a lot of cases and she said it's very busy. Just a heads up for U.K. based cases  

[JBMG 890]

24 minutes ago, Berberusa said:

Good morning everyone 

So my wife had her interview today, the agent told her that your visa is approved but we have to keep your wedding album photos to do an investigation. So wired, is it something we should worry about?

he didn't ask her any question, except did you do the wedding, when? And where? That's it 

thanks for sharing your experiences 

Wow, that is strange.. Have you found anything on your portal? Maybe this has happened to someone else? You can find others there. Advise you to include your review in there as well. 

 

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.php?cnty=Algeria&cty=&dfilter=5&topic=IR-1%2FCR-1+Visa

[chamma 382]

31 minutes ago, Berberusa said:

Good morning everyone 

So my wife had her interview today, the agent told her that your visa is approved but we have to keep your wedding album photos to do an investigation. So wired, is it something we should worry about?

he didn't ask her any question, except did you do the wedding, when? And where? That's it 

thanks for sharing your experiences 

Wow.. that's really wierd 

[JBMG 890]

Hello,

 

@vantine2603 @Adorable @ain @justwaiting17 @famof3 @amistry18 @mmadd636 @Yari86 @rexsinni2264 @Mojk @harpmi02 @Meekoz @vintash @2litros @M&G_NL @KaurN

 

Just wanted to wish you all good luck on your interviews this week!! Meanwhile, please check out interview reviews from your country's portals.. Please update it with your reviews once you've completed yours! 

 

Here is the link to find all the reviews. 

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/

 

Good luck!! We'll all be thinking of you!! It's been an amazing journey with you these last few months. 

 

Congrats to the following who have already completed their interviews. If you haven't do so already, please share your experience on your country's portal  This will be helpful for us who are preparing for our interviews!! Hope all is well and wishing you the best!!

 

@parsha @erg420 @missileman @penelope_Cy @rac717 @laulholley @Auds @alicia98981 @swimgrl8259 @claudia88031 @Tanish @Ahmed & Amy @Elguero5 @Gege6 @Ingenuus @Chahal @rahsab @sonarlogic @roodmail1 @MLK2016 @Charlie_AnaLynn @kellyh @Cat_Dad @maria betances @alohasabaidee @Ayo @benci @MD11PILOT @erusinque @aelizo38 @silverado123 @Mharlie & David

 

Here is the link to include your reviews. 

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/

 

Again, just wanted to thank all of you for your efforts in keeping our spreadsheet up to date. It's been sooooo helpful!!!  

 

JBMG

[JBMG 890]

AUGUST INTERVIEW DATES UPDATE!!

@- J & K -  @ajman @Alex10040 @April Mora @Babybjorn @bbansah2 @cadtousa @daprax @Dinah @enigma992 @Feanix @fernansol  @firstlady2411 @GheC @gili @hbQawee @interstephen @irma24 @J@grurtx @jamaicankim @JessieABC @Leo & Angie @Louie1988 @Majid1986 @maryam78 @Mellisa @Mendoza.Love @miaqat @Nana&Akua @NBA16 @RamStu@Rayan_b @rhojam @ShellsBells @Shugi @Sidney and Dennis @SK10 @sulusum @swelove

 

                       

 

Congrats to the new CCs!!  Since we have cases on our spreadsheet that have received their August interview dates. We can assume that the following countries have released their August interview dates. If you've recently received a CC, and see your country below. I suggest calling the NVC everyday.. If you do not see your country below and are still waiting for it, sort the spreadsheet by country, and see when they received their interview notification.. It could be that your country releases their dates closer to the 15th of every month. Click here for instructions on how to sort the spreadsheet.  (the sort instructions are located on the blue tab on our spreadsheet) 

 

Interview - Country	Interview - City
Bahamas	Nassau
Bangladesh	Dhaka
Barbados	Bridgetown
Colombia	Bogotá
Cuba	Havana
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo
France	Paris
Haiti	Port au Prince
India	Mumbai
India	New Delhi
Jamaica	Kingston
Kenya	Nairobi
Mexico	Ciudad Juarez
Netherlands	Amsterdam
Nigeria	Lagos
Pakistan	Islamabad
Peru	Lima
Philippines	Calamba
Russia	Moscow
United Kingdom	London
Venezuela	Caracas
Zimbabwe	Harare

 

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[Ayo 30]

Guys please help, I'm confused.

Is there any other status update on ceac after "issued"???

[JBMG 890]

1 minute ago, Ayo said:

Guys please help, I'm confused.

Is there any other status update on ceac after "issued"???

 

Normally that's the last update, unless they return it to the NVC. Here you can find  Visa Status Examples / Stages. To see the examples/descriptions of each stage, please scroll down after clicking on the link.