NVC Filers - May 2020

[Quarknase 1,072]

7 minutes ago, Godknowsus said:

Hey guys, I have a question regarding the 2yr and 10yr green card.

 

I heard it takes months to receive the green card after arriving to U.S.

 

Our 2nd anniversary will be on Feb 2021.

Let's say my husband gets here by December 2020 and he gets the green card in march 2021. Would he qualify for 10yr green card? 

 

Or does it have to be 2yr at the time of Consular Interview or POE? 

 

Point of Entry.

[Godknowsus 28]

6 minutes ago, Quarknase said:

Point of Entry.

Ughh!! 🙁 

 

[Godknowsus 28]

8 minutes ago, Quarknase said:

Point of Entry.

I just hate to go through the process again 😩 

[Alexsea 45]

Hi everyone! 👋

 

I've finally graduated up from the "I-130 Filers (July 2019)" thread to "NVC Filers (May 2020)". Nice to be up here with you all!

 

We submitted ALL of our documents to the CEAC website on May 10. Does anyone know how long it takes for NVC to change documents from "submitted" to "Accepted"? I've mostly just seen people  asking about "accepted" to "qualified," but I'm not quite there yet. 

 

Also, I saw someone post this back in April regarding NVC timelines: "current review as of 27 Apr 2020 is 13 Feb 2020." As of May 11, the timeline STILL says 13 Feb. Have they really not made any progress since April 27?! 

 

Thanks everyone!

[Haris77 25]

32 minutes ago, Alexsea said:

Hi everyone! 👋

 

I've finally graduated up from the "I-130 Filers (July 2019)" thread to "NVC Filers (May 2020)". Nice to be up here with you all!

 

We submitted ALL of our documents to the CEAC website on May 10. Does anyone know how long it takes for NVC to change documents from "submitted" to "Accepted"? I've mostly just seen people  asking about "accepted" to "qualified," but I'm not quite there yet. 

 

Also, I saw someone post this back in April regarding NVC timelines: "current review as of 27 Apr 2020 is 13 Feb 2020." As of May 11, the timeline STILL says 13 Feb. Have they really not made any progress since April 27?! 

 

Thanks everyone!

Hi it seems like NVC is pretty slow since the last two weeks. You can expect your documents to be reviewed within a matter of few days to 10 weeks. Nobody really knows whose documents NVC reviews first. Hope that helps ! 

[HKS 169]

1 hour ago, Haris77 said:

Hi it seems like NVC is pretty slow since the last two weeks. You can expect your documents to be reviewed within a matter of few days to 10 weeks. Nobody really knows whose documents NVC reviews first. Hope that helps ! 

Yeah, there seem to be no pattern, but they did DQ a lot in the past week so there is some progress. 

Now we are all backed up waiting for interviews. 

 

[Alexsea 45]

2 hours ago, Haris77 said:

Hi it seems like NVC is pretty slow since the last two weeks. You can expect your documents to be reviewed within a matter of few days to 10 weeks. Nobody really knows whose documents NVC reviews first. Hope that helps ! 

So when you receive a "Documents Accepted" note... does that mean that they've actually reviewed your document and decided that they are good to go? Or does it just mean that things have been submitted correctly and you're in the system, but they won't actually review anything or give you an answer until a later date? 

 

I looked at it like "documents accepted" was like getting a NOA1 (we received your stuff, it's in the computer)... and "documents qualified" as a NOA2 (we reviewed it, you did it all right, and you're approved to the next phase). With this way of thinking, I was hoping to get a a Documents Accepted within the first couple weeks, and then wait longer for the DQ part. But maybe that's the wrong way to look at it? 

 

1 hour ago, HKS said:

Yeah, there seem to be no pattern, but they did DQ a lot in the past week so there is some progress. 

Now we are all backed up waiting for interviews. 

 

Uff, I can't imagine the delay we are going to have for getting an interview spot... I'm bracing for like a 5-6 month delay minimum.   Just to keep my expectations low!

 

Edited May 16, 2020 by Alexsea

[Quarknase 1,072]

2 minutes ago, Alexsea said:

So when you receive a "Documents Accepted" note... does that mean that they've actually reviewed your document and decided that they are good to go? Or does it just mean that things have been submitted correctly and you're in the system, but they won't actually review anything or give you an answer until a later date? 

 

I looked at it like "documents accepted" was like getting a NOA1 (we received your stuff, it's in the computer)... and "documents qualified" as a NOA2 (we reviewed it, you did it all right, and you're approved to the next phase). But maybe that's wrong? 

 

"Accepted" means that this particular document has been reviewed and is good to go. Each individual document can be accepted or denied. Even if all your documents have "accepted", it's possible that a document is missing entirely which is the reason that "accepted" does not equal DQ.

Hope it's more clear now  

[Pqm527 14]

Anyone knows if it is okay to scan and upload black & white version of I864? Text is readable. Titles with grey header is little blury.

Edited May 16, 2020 by Pqm527

[Ncornejo7 236]

8 hours ago, Godknowsus said:

Hey guys, I have a question regarding the 2yr and 10yr green card.

 

I heard it takes months to receive the green card after arriving to U.S.

 

Our 2nd anniversary will be on Feb 2021.

Let's say my husband gets here by December 2020 and he gets the green card in march 2021. Would he qualify for 10yr green card? 

 

Or does it have to be 2yr at the time of Consular Interview or POE? 

 

I believe It has to be 2 years at the time of entry.  The CBP officer will determine that at the POE. For me, my two years of marriage was on April 2020. On CEAC it now shows as IR1 instead of CR1.

[Ncornejo7 236]

42 minutes ago, Pqm527 said:

Anyone knows if it is okay to scan and upload black & white version of I864? Text is readable. Titles with grey header is little blury.

If its sign with ink I dont see why there would be a problem.

[Ncornejo7 236]

5 hours ago, Alexsea said:

Hi everyone! 👋

 

I've finally graduated up from the "I-130 Filers (July 2019)" thread to "NVC Filers (May 2020)". Nice to be up here with you all!

 

We submitted ALL of our documents to the CEAC website on May 10. Does anyone know how long it takes for NVC to change documents from "submitted" to "Accepted"? I've mostly just seen people  asking about "accepted" to "qualified," but I'm not quite there yet. 

 

Also, I saw someone post this back in April regarding NVC timelines: "current review as of 27 Apr 2020 is 13 Feb 2020." As of May 11, the timeline STILL says 13 Feb. Have they really not made any progress since April 27?! 

 

Thanks everyone!

I called NVC last night and according to the rep that date is accurate.

[Quarknase 1,072]

27 minutes ago, Ncornejo7 said:

I believe It has to be 2 years at the time of entry.  The CBP officer will determine that at the POE. For me, my two years of marriage was on April 2020. On CEAC it now shows as IR1 instead of CR1.

It is POE, correct. And I recommend not to fully rely on CBP Officer, but rather make sure that it gets determined correctly at POE because nobody wants to deal with the paperwork if it’s done wrong 😄

[Ncornejo7 236]

2 hours ago, Quarknase said:

It is POE, correct. And I recommend not to fully rely on CBP Officer, but rather make sure that it gets determined correctly at POE because nobody wants to deal with the paperwork if it’s done wrong 😄

You are right. Just make sure they are issuing the correct category. It would work the same way if they issued a IR1 and the spouse only qualifies for a CR1. You would have to correct that as well.

[CHADHARY 14]

I got 2 emails from NVC today. 1 email is about update of case status of immigration and direction to go to ceac website and log in to see messages.

2nd email states " Notice regarding your immigrant visa case becoming documentarily qualified"  In body of the email it says that "NVC has recieved all the forms  and docs required to attend interview at the embassy. NVC will work with the embassy to schedule an interview appointment for you. once we have confirmed an interview date we will send a notice to you, petitioner"

 

when i go check on ceac website ofc I cant open the message kept trying but it does not show. I tried different browsers still unable to read the message on ceac message inbox. it just states ' all documents have been received and approved" unable to open the entire message. on the home page where it use to say 'Submitted' now says 'Accepted'.

 

so I am just gonna take it as DQ since email said DQ.

 

First and only Submission : April 27th 2020 ( submitted everything in 3 days after getting CEAC log in. 3 days because it took 2 days to clear fees)

 

For AOS: I used I864EZ form and only 2019 tax return transcript that I got from IRS website online. did not attach anything with the transcript since Form instructions said not to. Only attached current year pay stubs from current jobs and under 'Current Income" i wrote what my pay stub totals ends up being by the end of this year.

 

For civil documents: I submitted marriage certificate. 2 affidavits stating that marriage took place ( basically 2 statements on official paper from people who attended the ceremony) police certificate was not required according to Travel State website so I took screenshot of that and uploaded that on there instead.  

 

Also I noticed that some of the 'Other Documents'  that i uploaded (pictures, police certificate, bio page of passport , birth certificate, ) has been moved under 'Required Documents'. So I assume that all these documents they gonna want to see at the interview in original form.

 

All I did was follow the instructions from the form and Travel state website  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-8-scan-collected-documents/step-9-upload-and-submit-scanned-documents.html

 

They have list of all countries and documents required from those countries. Just follow that. This where where I took the screenshot and uploaded it on CEAC for police certificate.

 

I tried to put as much as I could here so that if any of you have any questions they can find the answer. Sorry for long post, I just thought It might help answer few questions/ ease some stress.

Good luck to everyone, I am praying for you all.