application in nvc phase Is Priority Data Estimates Realistic...?

[Eaglo 0]

Good Morning, Merry Christmas!

 

I just got an email from the NVC saying the following:

 

"

27-DEC-17
Dear Sir/Madam,
The National Visa Center (NVC) received all the requested documentation for this immigrant visa case. The applicant is now in the queue awaiting an interview appointment overseas, where a consular officer will adjudicate the applicant’s visa application. NVC schedules appointments one month in advance. The U.S.  Embassy tells us what dates they are holding interviews, and NVC fills these appointments as they become documentarily qualified. Most appointments are set within three months of NVC’s receipt of all requested documentation. However, before applicants in a numerically limited (preference) visa category can receive an appointment, their priority date must also be current. This can delay receipt of an appointment. You can track your priority date using the Visa Bulletin on travel.state.gov. When an appointment is available, we will notify the applicant, petitioner and attorney (if applicable). The applicant can prepare now by reading about the embassy’s interview requirements online at nvc.state.gov/interview. Thank you for your patience. The embassy may require additional documents at the interview. For example, if the following three items are all true, the applicant must bring a new police certificate to the visa interview:
He or she is more than 16 years old;
The police certificate submitted to NVC was obtained more than one year

ago; and

He or she still lives in the country that issued the certificate.

The applicant should not make any travel arrangements, sell property, or give up employment until the embassy has issued a visa.
Sincerely,
National Visa Center
Case Number: XXXXXXXXXX  (Coming from Italy)
Beneficiary's Name: EAGLO xxxxxxxx
Preference Category: CR1
Priority Date: 21-FEB-17
"

So I decided to read a bit more about what my 'priority date' means and stumbled upon the Visa Bulletin:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2018/visa-bulletin-for-january-2018.html

Apparently they are up to 15MAR11.  What does this mean?

If you could clarify what steps are going to happen from here on, and rough time lines, I would REALLY appreciate it.

-Eaglo

[prako22 10]

11 minutes ago, Eaglo said:

Good Morning, Merry Christmas!

 

I just got an email from the NVC saying the following:

 

"

27-DEC-17
Dear Sir/Madam,
The National Visa Center (NVC) received all the requested documentation for this immigrant visa case. The applicant is now in the queue awaiting an interview appointment overseas, where a consular officer will adjudicate the applicant’s visa application. NVC schedules appointments one month in advance. The U.S.  Embassy tells us what dates they are holding interviews, and NVC fills these appointments as they become documentarily qualified. Most appointments are set within three months of NVC’s receipt of all requested documentation. However, before applicants in a numerically limited (preference) visa category can receive an appointment, their priority date must also be current. This can delay receipt of an appointment. You can track your priority date using the Visa Bulletin on travel.state.gov. When an appointment is available, we will notify the applicant, petitioner and attorney (if applicable). The applicant can prepare now by reading about the embassy’s interview requirements online at nvc.state.gov/interview. Thank you for your patience. The embassy may require additional documents at the interview. For example, if the following three items are all true, the applicant must bring a new police certificate to the visa interview:
He or she is more than 16 years old;
The police certificate submitted to NVC was obtained more than one year

ago; and

He or she still lives in the country that issued the certificate.

The applicant should not make any travel arrangements, sell property, or give up employment until the embassy has issued a visa.
Sincerely,
National Visa Center
Case Number: XXXXXXXXXX  (Coming from Italy)
Beneficiary's Name: EAGLO xxxxxxxx
Preference Category: CR1
Priority Date: 21-FEB-17
"

So I decided to read a bit more about what my 'priority date' means and stumbled upon the Visa Bulletin:
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2018/visa-bulletin-for-january-2018.html

Apparently they are up to 15MAR11.  What does this mean?

If you could clarify what steps are going to happen from here on, and rough time lines, I would REALLY appreciate it.

-Eaglo

Please when was your scan date?

[Eaglo 0]

9 minutes ago, prako22 said:

Please when was your scan date?

Sorry I don't know what you mean by 'scan date.'

[geowrian 22,338]

PDs don't really affect CR-1/IR-1 visas. They apply to preference-based visas (CR-1/IR-1 are immediate relative visas).

[Ryan H 3,834]

The visa bulletin is only relevant for visas that are subject to numerical limits; spousal visas for spouses of US Citizens are not subject to numerical limits.

[prako22 10]

17 hours ago, geowrian said:

PDs don't really affect CR-1/IR-1 visas. They apply to preference-based visas (CR-1/IR-1 are immediate relative visas).

The date NVC received your documents.

[geowrian 22,338]

1 minute ago, prako22 said:

The date NVC received your documents.

What?