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zochu
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VISA APPROVED TODAY.   what an emotional roller coaster 🎢 

MissOphelia
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For anyone wondering, after my expidite 4 weeks ago, and interview approx 2 weeks ago, my visa sat in administrative processing for a week, and was finally approved today 🖤  For anyone thinking a

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VISA IS FINALLY IN HAND!!   Also, passports now come with a letter from the consulate that basically says:   Dear Border Patrol,    Let My People Go.   xoxo,

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On 8/26/2020 at 4:25 PM, teeshainaus said:

Joining this very helpful thread!

 

We applied for IR1/CR1 Sept 2018. We got DQ March 20th, just a few days before embassies switched to emergency only due to COVID. We hadn't heard anything since DQ at all, and have just been patiently waiting for the embassy to contact us regarding an interview. I looked into an expedited interview application, but as my husband (who is the applicant, I am USC) and I live together in Australia with our kids, I really couldn't come up with a good reason to qualify.

 

However randomly today we got an email "Immigration visa case has been expedited". It states "The U.S. Embassy/Consulate General in SYDNEY, ASTL approved your request for expedited processing of your immigrant visa application"... Is this just a normal email people get or did our case somehow automatically get expedited? Regardless, very happy to finally hear SOMETHING. And then to find this thread today and people are actually getting interviews - woo hoo! 

Congrats! For further clarification, are your children IR2/CR2 cases? I wonder if that's related to the pre-emptive expedite 

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13 hours ago, Jem.G said:

So my Fiance (US petitioner) sent an email off to the Sydney consulate today about the possibility of getting an expidited interview due to emotional hardship. He is now suffering major depression, anxiety insomnia and a resurgence of his PTSD. He can't sleep and is finding it hard to eat and is suffering through a crippling emotional state because I can't be there to help him through all the milestones we have been working through in anticipation of my arrival pre covid, which is now catching up to him without me there.

I'm so worried for his emotional state and him being an essential worker working 60-80 hours a week, he's really suffering through this on his own and it's breaking my heart.

Feeling really down today.

I'm positive you'll be approved. My husband isn't an essential worker, nor am I. And I sited emotional hardship and was granted it. With what you're going through, I can't see them accepting me and rejecting you, so I'm sure it will go through!

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22 hours ago, Jen27062019 said:

Thanks! What is the current status of your case? :) 

No worries. We're Documentarily Qualified (DQ'd) and awaiting interview scheduling (and awaiting expedite request outcome).  

12th Mar 2019 -> I-130 Submited

1st Apr 2019 -> NOA1

16th Mar 2020 -> I-130 Approved!

12th May 2020 -> Case Received by NVC

1st June 2020 -> Paid AOS and IV fee via CEAC

1st July 2020 -> DS-261 and AOS submitted via CEAC

12th Aug 2020 -> Case Complete (Documentarily Qualified)

18th Aug 2020 -> Expedite Request Sent to NVC

11th Sept 2020 -> Expedite Request Approved

21st Sept 2020 -> Case received at Consulate

29th Sept 2020 -> Interview Appointment Email Received

1st Oct 2020 -> Medical completed in Sydney

6th Oct 2020 -> Interiew (Verbally confirmed as approved subject to receipt of medical)

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On 8/28/2020 at 3:04 AM, GiggsMcGill said:

I'm positive you'll be approved. My husband isn't an essential worker, nor am I. And I sited emotional hardship and was granted it. With what you're going through, I can't see them accepting me and rejecting you, so I'm sure it will go through!

I can only hope, appreciate your reply. Gives me some hope to hold onto. ❤️

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For those applying for K1's who are "refused" after their interview pending medical results, how long did it take? Its coming on a week since my interview 

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ARGH!! So the embassy asked us for more documents, and gave us a week to upload before they would send us a date.

 

They emailed this afternoon, at 430 pm Sydney time, saying the interview is TOMORROW, which of course my husband won't be at because he's in the middle of Queensland... (Not to mention no medical since they hadn't given us ANY date prior). I just can't with this process...

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6 hours ago, Jade.gard said:

Hey everyone! 
 

I have an interview on September 8th and my medical September 8th. I’m wondering if anyone here has any guide about how long it takes for the medical results to arrive and process at the consulate? 
 

thank you :) 

 

I think it depends. Mine took 4 days whereas there are people recently who waited 10 days. 

Our Visa Journey:

 

2 April 2018: Married in Santa Ana, California 💒

6 June 2019: Birth of our daughter 👶👨‍👩‍👧

14 October 2019: Sent I-130 package via AusPost 📮 

18 October 2019: NOA1 received - sent to Texas Service Centre :D

24 October 2019: USCIS processed filing fee 🤑 waiting game 🕰️

22 January 2020: Andy moved back to the USA😞 🇺🇸 - re-establish domicile & to get a job 👨‍⚕️

23 February 2020: Petition transferred from Texas Service Centre to Nebraska Service Centre 😞

15 May 2020: I-130 petition approved! 😭😍 Date changes leading up to the approval were: 1 May, 12 May, 13 May. 

16 May 2020: Received NVC email, paid all fees. Waiting for fees to process so we can upload and submit all documents

19 May 2020: Immigrant visa Fees PROCESSED; affidavit of support fee PROCESSED 

28 May 2020: Submitted VISA application, civil documents & affidavit of support documents. Patiently awaiting DQ. 

2 June 2020: Email received from NVC stating that we have been Documentary Qualified and that they will liaise with US Consulate in Sydney for Interview 🐨

27 June 2020: Expedite request submitted 🤞

7 July 2020: Expedite request APPROVED! 😃😭

15 July 2020: Email received advising of interview date and time. 
20 July 2020: Medical i: n Melbourne CBD 🏥     
28 July 2020: US visa interview at US consulate Sydney - refused 221(g) issued. Request for joint sponsor 😞

31 July 2020: uploaded joint sponsor to NVC, emailed consulate 

5 August 2020: emailed received advising they have received the joint sponsor 

7 August 2020: case i0n “administrative processing” 🤞

10 August 2020: visa ISSUED 😭 

12 August 2020: passport and visa in hand!

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1 hour ago, zochu said:

 

I think it depends. Mine took 4 days whereas there are people recently who waited 10 days. 

Haha ha.... 

 

@Jade.gardgive it a week plus a few days for the medical to be sent & approved. They recently had the eMed system down for 3 weeks so there may be a backlog as well at that time

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I had my interview today and was approved. I did not expect so many questions

 

I want to thank everyone in this forum for the advice and information they have provided, especially aus2tx and zochu.

 

Dan 

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