Delay in obtaining CR1 Visa due to COVID-19

[Brian Tamayo 0]

My stepmom already had her CR1 interview in Manila two months ago (January 13th), all was okay until a slight hiccup after her interview. She got the section 221(g) document after her consulate interview because they need her police clearance certificates (PCC) from both Taiwan & Qatar (she was employed in those countries between 1987-1994). She has the Taiwan PCC (I already uploaded it in NVC’s CEAC), but still needs the Qatar one; her nephew lives in Qatar & is obtaining it. 

 

Qatar’s MOI where she will get her PCC from is on semi-lockdown too due to the COVID-19 shelter-in-place protocol! When I contacted her nephew, he said it’s not yet ready to obtain (it’s generally a one-week working period); her medical at St. Luke’s will expire in a couple of weeks! 

 

Because of COVID-19, will there be a delay in her immigration case from the US Embassy? She has one year to submit the missing hard copy items & the Qatar PCC has to be uploaded into NVC’s CEAC!

Edited March 30, 2020 by Brian Tamayo
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[PWB 213]

Seems like it has become Embassy policy to let you pass initial document screen, and the interview only to come up with some technical point that should had been caught earlier.  My Visa passed all phases only to be held for an additional NBI when they had an NBI that was less than a month old.  Sounds like game playing to me.  The Manila Embassy has never recovered from the absence of USCIS personnel who were withdrawn in July 2019.  Lost all patience with the Embassy.