Case Complete to Interview June 2019

[Melissa1695 48]

7 hours ago, Ivie & Eguagie said:

Wow amazing story, I was about to cry. Great that your husband step in to ask the question. Congratulations 🎉❣️

Thank you! 😊

[Melissa1695 48]

6 hours ago, Kamil11 said:

Congratulations 

you story made me cry man 😂

Thank you! 

[Melissa1695 48]

4 hours ago, nastra30 said:

Congrats. You fought and won your battle.

Thank you 😊 

[Melissa1695 48]

2 hours ago, M@K12 said:

Congratulations & Good Luck. 

 

Bravo to you both for handling the worst situation.

 

Thanks! Wish you the best during your process. 

[Ade Lynn 26]

52 minutes ago, nicedamsel said:

Congratulations dear. I'm so happy for you. Hope Lagos embassy will be favourable for me.

Thanks....I pray you receive the favour you desire 🙏🙏

[KartineeKartoons 434]

8 hours ago, jeanita68 said:

Yea i know. I was thinking.... maybe i can send a expedite to NVC 🤷‍♀️ since they still have the case. Or well ive heard i can email the embassy and request a sooner interview date. Imma gonna try.. it wont hurt anything. 

Hey jeanita! Did you get the msg or e-mail that you are DQ? or just accepted all?

everything is marked ACCEPTED in ours but we still got a note asking for another W2

[nicedamsel 216]

17 minutes ago, Ade Lynn said:

Thanks....I pray you receive the favour you desire 🙏🙏

Amen. 

[jeanita68 231]

56 minutes ago, Melissa1695 said:

Thank you! 🙏  make sure to take every minimal paper you can find regarding your case, you never know what could be useful. Wish you the best 😊

Thank you! I will.... 

[jeanita68 231]

35 minutes ago, Kartinee23 said:

Hey jeanita! Did you get the msg or e-mail that you are DQ? or just accepted all?

everything is marked ACCEPTED in ours but we still got a note asking for another W2

Yes. I recieved the email saying DQ. And everything says accepted in ceac. 

Did you make sure u uploaded all pages? I just uploaded transcripts from 2016, 17 n 18 

[KartineeKartoons 434]

9 hours ago, Melissa1695 said:

Hi guys, 

Just wanted to tell you about my experience during  my visa interview. 

First, let me provide a bit of background. When I was 15 years old I overstated my visa in the US with my Italian passport. I left with a volunteer departure before I meet the one year mark. 

So, today was my visa interview at embassy in Santo Domingo. I was so nervous but my husband came to accompany me during the process. We get in  and stand in line to provide some documents, that process took about an hour. Afterwards  sent us to wait for our interview. We did not wait 10 mins when we were called. 

The consul first asked us to provide all the evidence we had for our marriage. We provided a photo album, flight records, money sent, among other documents. He probably took 2 minutes looking through those when the questions started. He asked the following questions: 
1- tell me about your relationship history. 
2- he asked my husband how many times he has traveled to see me. 
3- where have I travel and how long I've stayed at each location. 
4- who my husband lived with. 
5- was I ever arrested or detained by a police officer or immigration. (During this questions I explained that I was stopped by an immigration officer during my over stay) 
6-where was I heading when I was stopped. 
7-with who was I living during my stay and what did I do during that time. 

After we have answered all the questions, we waited approximately 20 mins. Then, he came back with my passport and a paper and said the worst thing in the world..."Unfortunately, you have a ten year penalty for over staying your visa. Your visa has been denied, you need to contact USCIS if you wish to continue with your case" 

At this moment, I was in shock. I could not say anything... Honestly I was about to cry. Then my husband said "excuse me, may I ask you a question. Does the ten year penalty applies to her even if she was a minor during that time?" (We had done the research regarding this topic before applying for the visa) The consul seemed confused and took the paperwork and passport. We then waited for a few more minutes while him and his colleague reviewed something on the computer. Then he asked again if I was deported which I explained to him again that it was a volunteer departure. I provide the paperwork, he makes a copy and says "this information changes our decision, congratulations your visa has been approved!!" 

I am so happy but this has been a Rollercoaster of emotions.  This taught us that they could make mistakes and is very important to be well informed. 

I hope this helps.

No matter how disappointed I am today with what went wrong in our application, your story makes me cry! Happy cry! God is really good! 😭 Congratulations! 

[KartineeKartoons 434]

3 minutes ago, jeanita68 said:

Yes. I recieved the email saying DQ. And everything says accepted in ceac. 

Did you make sure u uploaded all pages? I just uploaded transcripts from 2016, 17 n 18 

We sent everything to our attorney and they were the one who uploaded them. We don’t know what was uploaded. They (attorney) are confusing us! My husband called NVC multiple times to make sure what exactly they needed. Most of them are rude. One was nice to say we need the W2 of the other person that appears in the Tax return (JS filed jointly). I just dont know if we upload this, will we get another rejection or note again after 3 weeks? 😑

[nyokie 572]

9 hours ago, Melissa1695 said:

Hi guys, 

Just wanted to tell you about my experience during  my visa interview. 

First, let me provide a bit of background. When I was 15 years old I overstated my visa in the US with my Italian passport. I left with a volunteer departure before I meet the one year mark. 

So, today was my visa interview at embassy in Santo Domingo. I was so nervous but my husband came to accompany me during the process. We get in  and stand in line to provide some documents, that process took about an hour. Afterwards  sent us to wait for our interview. We did not wait 10 mins when we were called. 

The consul first asked us to provide all the evidence we had for our marriage. We provided a photo album, flight records, money sent, among other documents. He probably took 2 minutes looking through those when the questions started. He asked the following questions: 
1- tell me about your relationship history. 
2- he asked my husband how many times he has traveled to see me. 
3- where have I travel and how long I've stayed at each location. 
4- who my husband lived with. 
5- was I ever arrested or detained by a police officer or immigration. (During this questions I explained that I was stopped by an immigration officer during my over stay) 
6-where was I heading when I was stopped. 
7-with who was I living during my stay and what did I do during that time. 

After we have answered all the questions, we waited approximately 20 mins. Then, he came back with my passport and a paper and said the worst thing in the world..."Unfortunately, you have a ten year penalty for over staying your visa. Your visa has been denied, you need to contact USCIS if you wish to continue with your case" 

At this moment, I was in shock. I could not say anything... Honestly I was about to cry. Then my husband said "excuse me, may I ask you a question. Does the ten year penalty applies to her even if she was a minor during that time?" (We had done the research regarding this topic before applying for the visa) The consul seemed confused and took the paperwork and passport. We then waited for a few more minutes while him and his colleague reviewed something on the computer. Then he asked again if I was deported which I explained to him again that it was a volunteer departure. I provide the paperwork, he makes a copy and says "this information changes our decision, congratulations your visa has been approved!!" 

I am so happy but this has been a Rollercoaster of emotions.  This taught us that they could make mistakes and is very important to be well informed. 

I hope this helps.

lord I started to cry, glad to know every thing turn out perfect. what is for you, is for you, no man cant take that away from you. God was right beside y'all. congrats

[wallo22 0]

Don’t know what is going on at the USEM Lagos, Nigeria. My PD is Jan 31 2017 and received case complete Feb 25 2019.

 

Still no interview letter till now. More than 2 months later.

 

Have called the consulate. They say they don’t answer immigration queries over the phone and gave me an email address (LagosIV@state.gov) to send my request which I did and got and automated response that I will receive a reply in 5-7 business days. It’s been well over 14 business days now and still no reply.

 

what can I do?!!! It’s the 3rd month of waiting after I became documentarily qualified and received the case complete letter.

[Ptl 6]

3 minutes ago, wallo22 said:

Don’t know what is going on at the USEM Lagos, Nigeria. My PD is Jan 31 2017 and received case complete Feb 25 2019.

 

Still no interview letter till now. More than 2 months later.

 

Have called the consulate. They say they don’t answer immigration queries over the phone and gave me an email address (LagosIV@state.gov) to send my request which I did and got and automated response that I will receive a reply in 5-7 business days. It’s been well over 14 business days now and still no reply.

 

what can I do?!!! It’s the 3rd month of waiting after I became documentarily qualified and received the case complete letter.

What is ur class of visa

[nicedamsel 216]

1 minute ago, wallo22 said:

Don’t know what is going on at the USEM Lagos, Nigeria. My PD is Jan 31 2017 and received case complete Feb 25 2019.

 

Still no interview letter till now. More than 2 months later.

 

Have called the consulate. They say they don’t answer immigration queries over the phone and gave me an email address (LagosIV@state.gov) to send my request which I did and got and automated response that I will receive a reply in 5-7 business days. It’s been well over 14 business days now and still no reply.

 

what can I do?!!! It’s the 3rd month of waiting after I became documentarily qualified and received the case complete letter.

Please call them maybe they have forgotten you, they are done with February, few people from March got interview date in May. So call them