Case Complete to Interview June 2019

[dwheels76 5,468]

Welcome to the Case Complete to Interview Monthly thread.

 

 

You can view my spreadsheet Case Complete to Interview Spreadsheet

 

To update your interview date go here. Case Complete to Interview Form

 

For New people to the thread please go Case Complete to Interview Form and input your information in the form and it will be added to the form.

 

Everyone should be clicking on the Portal tab to visit the information for their country. If nothing is there or information needs updating. Update or add.

Its up to all of us to keep this information current, relevant and helpful to others.

Special Note: Different consulates or embassies have strict guidelines as to what type of bags/purses/cellphones etc can be carried in. And whether they provide any lockers (or not) for temp storage. As many travel from far away (by air/train/cars, one needs to specially know what they will not be able to take inside the consulate and where to store their personal belongings.

 

Here are some FAQ and other tidbits that may be useful to you. Be sure to visit your countries portal and click on the Consular Information and also Consular reviews.

 

FAQ

I just called and got Case Complete how long does it take to get the email as confirmation?
Well it has been taking 5 to 7 days to get case complete email from the date they Case Complete.

How long after Case Complete will I get an interview?
Okay this is the BIG mystery of NVC. How it usually goes is end of the month and first week of month they start scheduling for interviews for the that upcoming month. Since January they have been pretty consistent starting about the last 2 days of the month and finishing that following first week of next month

Do I have to call for my interview date?
NVC has improved greatly since March. The interview letter now comes day of schedule. So call if you want its up to you.

I know someone who got interview in the middle of the month. How is that possible?
Usually when you see someone pop up with an interview outside the bunch its usually the result of a cancellation or the embassy opening up a slot. Just because scheduling stops doesn't mean they filled up all slots. They may have more slots than appointments which is good. So someone gets case complete and immediately they get an interview. It happens.

Remember every embassy has its own slots and schedule. Some like Mexico, Ghana are very busy with a long waiting list. Some like Yemen, well it may be a few months to get in. Iceland you get interview immediately scheduled after case Complete.

I need to change our interview date what do I do?
Once you receive your interview date track your casefile. Call NVC ask when your casefile left than you can follow the DHL instructions to embassy. The contact your embassy (email is best) and ask to be rescheduled later, earlier just ask. 

What do I need to bring to interview?
When you receive your P4 Letter (Interview letter) it will have your personalized checklist of things to bring or not. It has been suggested because things have been lost between NVC and embassy to bring everything (Originals) to the interview so if they don't have at embassy you aren't delayed.It's up to you. It doesn't happen much but it does happen.

 

How to expedite at NVC?

Go to this link has good information how to go about it.

http://boureypeatnut...m/expedite.html

Just to remind everyone to revisit the NVC Process Wiki, NVC Process Wiki

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Thanks to Fabian&Ross for spelling this all out. Once you get the interview letter reference this.

 

 

You must bring the following items to the visa interview:

1. Any original documents the NVC requested that you did not submit (refer to the document list below)
2. If the physician gives you your medical exam results, bring them to your interview in the envelope sealed by the medical office.
3. Two passport photographs measuring 2 inches by 2 inches (5 cm by 5 cm) with a white background
4. A valid unexpired passport
5. Photocopies of all civil documents
6. A new police certificate from your current country of residence, if you obtained the police certificate more than one year ago.
7. Any additional documents listed in the U.S. Embassy or Consulate specific interview guidelines

 

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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

 

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CEAC.state.gov Check My Visa Application Status: Status Wiki Thank you, SoerenHelmer,

 

https://docs.google....Min35W08WU/edit

 

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How to pay the Green Card Production fee of $220 on the Elis system.

NO NEED FOR ACCESS CODE, that is for other procedures like getting a copy of a green card, etc.

1. Create the ELIS account here: https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov/

2. Go here to pay fee: https://www.uscis.go...g-online-filing

3. Click to pay the USCIS immigrant fee icon.

4.Click "continue" at the bottom.

5.Enter the Alien Number and the NVC or DOS case. Use the same email you used on the ELIS account.

This is critical to enable your created ELIS account to receive your payment information.

6. You will get an email confirming your payment.

7. When you log again on the ELIS account, you will see your case number. (It is added automatically).

8. Login into your ELIS account to track or check the status of your Green Card.

Note: Green Card process starts when immigrant enters USA and is processed at POE.

 

******************Tips about your getting your SSN******************

If you don't have your SSN card within 21 days of your POE,  go IN PERSON to your local SSA office and see if your  application was forwarded by the Immigration officer.   It only works about 50% of the time when you tick  the box on the DS-260. As soon as you have your SSN you  may work.  Your passport visa and the immigration stamp  is the equivalent of your green card. Thank you Sukie in NY

[Mrsamoah2019 593]

30 days to go!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[KartineeKartoons 434]

@nyokie over here now lol! April, May, June lol! 

[lpag21 90]

7 minutes ago, Kartinee23 said:

@nyokie over here now lol! April, May, June lol! 

Still waiting on interview date😇 its gonna be fun month..

[Teepee 14]

i krrp checking my mail box t look for national_visa_center@state,gov......  i hoping i can just see a message from them  

[nyokie 572]

18 minutes ago, Kartinee23 said:

@nyokie over here now lol! April, May, June lol! 

Oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah thanks.

10 minutes ago, lpag21 said:

Still waiting on interview date😇 its gonna be fun month..

Boy bye you left us in the black hole

[KJ2 230]

Interview in 13 days and case still "in transit" haha 😱 help!

[flowing 69]

1 hour ago, lpag21 said:

Still waiting on interview date😇 its gonna be fun month..

Same here, hope we will get the magic date in a week or two😄

[carmel34 3,647]

We're at the NVC stage.  In case anyone is interested in learning from our experience, I uploaded an IRS tax transcript on the same day as all the other documents and later realized it was only page 1 of a four-page document.  So two weeks after uploading everything, when I found the mistake, I was worried that this error would cause a delay.  Everything was showing as "submitted," but not yet reviewed.  When I tried to re-submit the correct document and replace the one originally uploaded I couldn't, so I called NVC (on hold for almost an hour), the nice lady said to go ahead and submit the other three pages by clicking on "add new document" in the affidavit of support tab so I did that today.  So for everyone's benefit, if you forgot to upload a document and they have not yet reviewed what you originally submitted, you can add documents later, before everything is reviewed, and avoid the dreaded notice of incomplete documents and the three-week wait after re-submitting the correct documents.  Just go ahead and add a new document, additional evidence of bona fide relationship, evidence of additional visits, etc. before they review everything, which typically is a three week wait after submission of everything.  So that's what we did and we hope  to get case complete and an interview date soon.  Good luck everyone at the NVC stage!

[Hamdi_khadijah 75]

Ok here I am. 

 

PD: 06/01/2018

 

CC: 04/01/2019

 

IR1/CR1 Tunis Tunisia

 

inshallah good news comes soon!

 

hows everyone holding up?

 

 

[Ivie & Eguagie 119]

1 hour ago, Hamdi_khadijah said:

Ok here I am. 

 

PD: 06/01/2018

 

CC: 04/01/2019

 

IR1/CR1 Tunis Tunisia

 

inshallah good news comes soon!

 

hows everyone holding up?

 

 

Like a nervous wreck, however super excited. June is our anniversary month so truly praying for an interview date this month. 

[ShreebhagyaK9 321]

2 more weeks to the interview. 5 years back, it was in May that we first met. Hope this May will be the last time we are away. 😊

Good Luck to everyone who's got interview this month and also to those waiting to get their interview dates! 👍

[carmel34 3,647]

We are passing the time apart by buying a new house in California, near Napa, and planning another trip to the beautiful beaches of Brazil to be together in June for a week to celebrate our first wedding anniversary.  We're hoping for an interview in Rio in July or August if all goes well.  All the best to everyone at the NVC stage still waiting for their interviews!

[CalaWaheb 11]

1 hour ago, carmel34 said:

We're at the NVC stage.  In case anyone is interested in learning from our experience, I uploaded an IRS tax transcript on the same day as all the other documents and later realized it was only page 1 of a four-page document.  So two weeks after uploading everything, when I found the mistake, I was worried that this error would cause a delay.  Everything was showing as "submitted," but not yet reviewed.  When I tried to re-submit the correct document and replace the one originally uploaded I couldn't, so I called NVC (on hold for almost an hour), the nice lady said to go ahead and submit the other three pages by clicking on "add new document" in the affidavit of support tab so I did that today.  So for everyone's benefit, if you forgot to upload a document and they have not yet reviewed what you originally submitted, you can add documents later, before everything is reviewed, and avoid the dreaded notice of incomplete documents and the three-week wait after re-submitting the correct documents.  Just go ahead and add a new document, additional evidence of bona fide relationship, evidence of additional visits, etc. before they review everything, which typically is a three week wait after submission of everything.  So that's what we did and we hope  to get case complete and an interview date soon.  Good luck everyone at the NVC stage!

is this after you filled out ds 160 form ? i uploaded passport photo thats it . so i think im suppose to wait for email from NVC to get case number then pay fee right ?

[carmel34 3,647]

Just now, CalaWaheb said:

is this after you filled out ds 160 form ? i uploaded passport photo thats it . so i think im suppose to wait for email from NVC to get case number then pay fee right ?

Once you get the NVC case number, you can pay both fees and complete the DS-260, and upload all documents, if you're doing CR-1/IR-1.  We did all that on April 14 and then today uploaded more documents on CEAC website.  K-1 is different if you're doing that, I'm not sure how K-1 works at NVC.