I130

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I was approved last week and I received a good news, now for the I130 the NVC schedule the interview appt for you from here, now we don't have to wait one year to get an interview from the dominican repulibc consulate. This is great!! Has anybody else heard about this?

[wpaulino0613 0]

This is what I found from the domincian consulate on that!

National Visa Center to Begin Immigrant Visa Document Collection and Appointment Scheduling for Santo Domingo

Effective immediately, Embassy Santo Domingo’s Immigrant Visa Unit is transferring the responsibility for immigrant visa document collection and appointment scheduling to the State Department’s National Visa Center (NVC) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Until recently, the NVC was sending immigrant visa cases to Santo Domingo as they became current. The Embassy in Santo Domingo then worked with the applicants to ensure the cases contained all necessary documents and the Embassy scheduled the appointments. NVC will now assume those duties, ensuring that the cases are as complete as possible before sending them to Santo Domingo. NVC will also handle immigrant visa appointment scheduling, coordinating closely with the Santo Domingo IV Unit. As of March 10, NVC stopped sending cases to Santo Domingo.

NVC and the Embassy in Santo Domingo are still working on the details of this new policy, but we assure any petitioners and applicants with cases currently at post that the changes will not negatively affect their positions on the Santo Domingo appointment wait-list.

If you do not already have an appointment with the Embassy in Santo Domingo, your case may be held at the National Visa Center. To inquire about the status of your case, you may contact NVC by email at NVCinquiry@state.gov or (603) 334-0700.

Attached you can find the pdf document that I downloaded from the dominican consulate site, with translation to spanish!

NVC_announcement.pdf

Edited May 4, 2007 by wpaulino0613

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Thanks, I'm so happy.. Do you know anybody that had gone thru this new policy, if so do you know how long do the nvc takes to complete your case with the appt interview already.

[kitkat1 5]

This is simply a change in the processing of paperwork and where the appointment scheduling is handled. It is not just for DR - it has changed everywhere. Now the NVC handles the paperwork and scheduling that the consulate used to handle. The backlog and waitlists still exist.

[kitkat1 5]

This is simply a change in the processing of paperwork and where the appointment scheduling is handled. It is not just for DR - it has changed everywhere. Now the NVC handles the paperwork and scheduling that the consulate used to handle. The backlog and waitlists still exist.

Exactly. Kitkat, I believe there is also a backlog in Mexico also right? How long is it and how do you know where you are on the list down there? Just curious.

In CDJ the wait is one year for a spousal visa interview. But by filing a I-129F it can usually be sped up to be only 6 months. Thankfully K1s don't need to wait for an interview appointment - once they have the Fiance packet they have an open appointment. That's why we didn't get married first!

There is no way to know where you are on the waitlist. They just don't provide that information. You have to wait until they send the packet (and email too I assume) with the interview date.