NVC Filers - April 2020

[Quarknase 1,072]

3 DQs today - how exciting! Congrats everyone!

[Rosie91 93]

4 hours ago, DeParaquedasBrasi said:

Extremely!!!! I can say so much right now but id break so many of the rules and guidelines of this group. This ban makes no sense. If you want to stop the virus from coming in then close all your boarders ,not just LEGAL immigration (or as he calls it "chain migration" 😒). I sure hope this is just another drunk tweet of his.

I just saw the latest update on CNBC..https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/21/coronavirus-latest-updates.html

Lets hope this is all of it for now.
 

3:50 pm: Trump draft order requires more from tech workers on H-1B visas, report says

President Donald Trump would require technology workers in the United States on H-1B visas to provide updated certifications that they are not displacing American workers, according to a draft executive order, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.

The executive order would deny entry for people seeking most types of work visas for at least 90 days, Bloomberg reported.

It excludes people seeking jobs related to the food supply chain and would not apply to health care or medical research professionals, according to the draft

 

[TamMhmd 210]

47 minutes ago, Jaze said:

Submitted documents: February 13,2020

Hey! Congrats!

 

Question for you,  did you submit all documents on 13 Feb or some earlier and later?

 

 

[MS&JA 69]

Guys, I’m sorry if this is a basic question but I don’t want to make a mistake. What “photos” are we supposed to upload for each of the sponsor and applicant with NVC? 
 

Is it just the applicant’s passport photo? Both? Pictures of the relationship like we did with USCIS?

 

Thanks.

[JapanResident 86]

2 minutes ago, MS&JA said:

Guys, I’m sorry if this is a basic question but I don’t want to make a mistake. What “photos” are we supposed to upload for each of the sponsor and applicant with NVC? 
 

Is it just the applicant’s passport photo? Both? Pictures of the relationship like we did with USCIS?

 

Thanks.

We just uploaded one or two of the applicant's passport photos (actually, not the same one, but new ones we got specifically for uploading to NVC). We didn't upload pictures of the relationship like we did with USCIC, but we intend to bring those to the embassy interview. Hopefully we did it right. No action has been taken on our NVC submission yet.

[MS&JA 69]

14 minutes ago, JapanResident said:

We just uploaded one or two of the applicant's passport photos (actually, not the same one, but new ones we got specifically for uploading to NVC). We didn't upload pictures of the relationship like we did with USCIC, but we intend to bring those to the embassy interview. Hopefully we did it right. No action has been taken on our NVC submission yet.

Thank you!

[Quarknase 1,072]

19 minutes ago, JapanResident said:

We just uploaded one or two of the applicant's passport photos (actually, not the same one, but new ones we got specifically for uploading to NVC). We didn't upload pictures of the relationship like we did with USCIC, but we intend to bring those to the embassy interview. Hopefully we did it right. No action has been taken on our NVC submission yet.

We even used the same as we used for USCIS. It stated that the passport pic must be less than 6 months old and we made new ones when we filed the I-130, which was approved within 3.5 months (and we received WL one day after approval) so we figured we're on the safe side  

[JapanResident 86]

14 minutes ago, Quarknase said:

We even used the same as we used for USCIS. It stated that the passport pic must be less than 6 months old and we made new ones when we filed the I-130, which was approved within 3.5 months (and we received WL one day after approval) so we figured we're on the safe side  

Wow, that's incredible that it only took you 3.5 months to get approved for what took us 12 months and 6 days! That's why we got the new passport photos, because our originals were over 6 months old.

[Nenz.i 36]

45 minutes ago, MS&JA said:

Guys, I’m sorry if this is a basic question but I don’t want to make a mistake. What “photos” are we supposed to upload for each of the sponsor and applicant with NVC? 
 

Is it just the applicant’s passport photo? Both? Pictures of the relationship like we did with USCIS?

 

Thanks.

 

When I had asked NVC about this, I called twice just to make sure I got the same response both times and I wanted to make sure i was correct when submitting the documents. Both people on the phone had told me that these "photos" can literally be anything. The first lady on the phone even said, "IT could be a picture of a cat for all we care, we just need something to be uploaded in that "photos section". apparently it was an old category from back in the day and they never got rid of it. Both of them said to upload any picture we want in that folder. So what I did was I uploaded a picture of my husband and another picture of both of us together. 

Edited April 22, 2020 by Nenz.i

[Nenz.i 36]

Does anyone have any slightest bit of idea when the embassies will re-open? I know I know it's hard to tell, but the reason why I'm asking is because I've noticed that on the travel.state.gov website, it no longer says "US Visa Services Suspended Worldwide" or whatever they had posted regarding the embassies. So I'm hoping that it's something positive. Maybe I'm being too optimistic lol. 

Edited April 22, 2020 by Nenz.i

[JapanResident 86]

2 minutes ago, Nenz.i said:

 

When I had asked NVC about this, I called twice just to make sure I got the same response both times and I wanted to make sure i was correct when submitting the documents. Both people on the phone had told me that these "photos" can literally be anything. The first lady on the phone even said, "IT could be a picture of a cat for all we care, we just need something to be uploaded in that "photos section". apparently it was an old category from back in the day and they never got rid of it. Both of them said to upload any picture we want in that folder. So what I did was I uploaded a picture of my husband and another picture of both of us together. 

A cat?! That doesn't reassure me at all about this convoluted and excessively time-consuming and expensive process! What's terrible in hearing this is that I seem to recall people getting RFEs for the most minor problems with the photo uploads.

[Nenz.i 36]

Just now, JapanResident said:

A cat?! That doesn't reassure me at all about this convoluted and excessively time-consuming and expensive process! What's terrible in hearing this is that I seem to recall people getting RFEs for the most minor problems with the photo uploads.

I know I was a little bit shocked myself. I was like that is so strange, why not just get rid of the photos section altogether if its not necessarily needed anymore. She also told me that whoever is getting their visa will have their visa photos taken at the embassy anyhow. When I first heard it, I was a little hesitant to listen to the advice, hence why I called a second time and asked the same question to someone else who worked there. 

[JapanResident 86]

1 minute ago, Nenz.i said:

Does anyone have any slightest bit of idea when the embassies will re-open? I know I know it's hard to tell, but the reason why I'm asking is because I've noticed that on the travel.state.gov website, it no longer says "US Visa Services Suspended Worldwide". So I'm hoping that it's something positive. Maybe I'm being too optimistic lol. 

What I heard previously was May 4th for some embassies and May 11th for some others, whereas others didn't indicate a reopening date at all. I honestly don't think the embassies have a plan in place yet. We're working through the US embassy in Japan, and they were open until much later than many other US embassies around the world. Again, I have no idea when they intend to reopen. You might want to try both emailing and calling the embassy you're working through. Someone on Visa Journey did in fact get a reply to an email sent to their embassy.

[MS&JA 69]

1 minute ago, JapanResident said:

A cat?! That doesn't reassure me at all about this convoluted and excessively time-consuming and expensive process! What's terrible in hearing this is that I seem to recall people getting RFEs for the most minor problems with the photo uploads.

I guess it’s better than getting an RFE asking for a cat pic? 😂

 

Guys on a side note. We’re stuck in Spain. Everything has been locked down. We ordered my husbands police certificate over a month ago but nada. We have a receipt that the Ministry of Justice has received our request, along with a recently expired Police Certificate (he needed one for work). Our plan is to upload an affidavit showing we requested an updated certificate, along with the expired one. We indicated we’d bring the updated one to the interview.

 

What do you think? We just wanna send this off before Trump tweets any more wild ideas about immigration or USCIS.

 

Thanks.

[Nenz.i 36]

Just now, JapanResident said:

What I heard previously was May 4th for some embassies and May 11th for some others, whereas others didn't indicate a reopening date at all. I honestly don't think the embassies have a plan in place yet. We're working through the US embassy in Japan, and they were open until much later than many other US embassies around the world. Again, I have no idea when they intend to reopen. You might want to try both emailing and calling the embassy you're working through. Someone on Visa Journey did in fact get a reply to an email sent to their embassy.

Thanks for the info @JapanResident. I'll email the embassy. let's hope for the best!!!