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A bit of hopeful news... 34 VJ'ers had their IR-1 Visas approved in July so far!

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Despite Covid and a swath of US consulate closings, 34 VJ'ers had their IR-1 Visas approved in July so far!  Good news and congrats!

 

https://www.visajourney.com/content/visa-approvals-this-month/

 

 

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Despite Covid and a swath of US consulate closings, 34 VJ'ers had their IR-1 Visas approved in July so far!  Good news and congrats!   https://www.visajourney.com/content/visa-approvals-this

Tschuulia
Tschuulia

Made it! got my visa today 😇😇 Embassy: FRA, Germany

Xyrstine
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From what I have read; both on VJ and on other social media sites it seems they are picking up on the approvals and more fairly with many approvals from the end of the year. It's a reassuring thought

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June numbers - visas issued by post, is up. Looks like nearly every country has been processing IR1/CR1 visas since being declared mission critical https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

 

WI be great to see what July numbers are like

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Congrats to those people! It must be very exciting & stressful. 

I know from a friend of my wife, her visa was issued in Beirut, Lebanon. They are probably not a VJ member I suppose. Let's hope everyone gets their visa sooner than later....! 

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My own N400:

  • Feb 4: applied online
  • July 9: notice for biometrics 
  • August 3: biometrics done
  • October 1: notice for interview - online 
  • November 9: interview, approval recommendation, placed in line for oath ceremony 
  • November 22: notice for oath - online
  • December 8: oath ceremony 

 

My wife's case

Old Category: F21

Emailed NVC on Dec 18, 2021

New Category (on Dec 28, 2021): IR1

 

Application priority date (I 130): 03/23/2018

USCIS Approval: 08/09/2019

Welcome Letter: 10/15/2019

Submission to NVC: 02/03/2020

I-864 Rejected (minor error): 03/09/2020

Resubmission: 03/09/2020

DQ'ed: 06/19/2020 (100 days of second time)

Expedite Request NVC: 03/03/2022

Expedite Approval NVC: 03/04/2022 (15 hours)

Status Update: At NVC 03/04/2022

Expedited Approval Email: 03/08/2022

CEAC Update 2: In Transit 03/08/2022

CEAC Update 3: Ready 03/15/2022

CEAC Update 4: Ready 04/02/2022 (document uploaded)

CEAC Update 5: Ready 04/06/2022 

CEAC Update 6: Ready 04/07/2022

CEAC Update 7: Administrative Process 04/07/2022

CEAC Update 8: Issued 04/08/2022

Email from Embassy for scheduling an interview: 03/16/2022

Medical Exam: 03/25/2022

Interview (scheduled by applicant): 04/07/2022

Visa Issued: 04/08/2022

Visa Pickup: 04/11/2022

 

 

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From what I have read; both on VJ and on other social media sites it seems they are picking up on the approvals and more fairly with many approvals from the end of the year. It's a reassuring thought to someone that has applied in the beginning of the year 🤞

 

Hope it carries on!

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On 7/27/2020 at 10:43 AM, TamDill said:

June numbers - visas issued by post, is up. Looks like nearly every country has been processing IR1/CR1 visas since being declared mission critical https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

 

WI be great to see what July numbers are like

Thank you so much for posting this. I had been checking it everyday but thought they might not upload it. It makes me feel better to see them working on interviews in June but I am curious to know how many were expedited or not but hey at least they were doing interviews thats a great step in the right direction 😊

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On 7/27/2020 at 1:40 AM, Captain Ewok said:

Despite Covid and a swath of US consulate closings, 34 VJ'ers had their IR-1 Visas approved in July so far!  Good news and congrats!

 

https://www.visajourney.com/content/visa-approvals-this-month/

 

 

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Even though they are approving visas a lot, NVC is slow and so many consulates are still not open for interviews. Our case has been at NVC for 2 months now and no sign of getting an interview scheduled.this whole process has been a nightmare but we are still hopeful!

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On 7/28/2020 at 5:03 AM, Tschuulia said:

i know one of the picks had been expedited. they only process expedites and no regular visas! fyi, as far as i know

USCIS is going through a lot of changes, furloughs because of lack of funding, but even after approved NVC is slow, because they are working with reduced staff. We've been at NVC for 2 months after all our documents were accepted, there is no sign of getting interview date because of all the consulate closings. Very sad. This process is long and torturous!

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Looking at the list for June and July 2020, it doesn't look like they've issued any k1 visas at all. Does anyone know if that's the case or am I reading that wrong?

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german visas cr1/ir1 at nvc stage all got their case expedited with or without expedite. 

mines currently in transit.

 

k1 is under the proclamation ban i believe but as i see things are moving forward, they may get excempt too. hopefully soon

 

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On 8/4/2020 at 12:30 PM, Ncornejo7 said:

Can someone tell me what does it mean when the status of visa changes on ceac to "issued"?

did u get your visa or have you completed the interview at the embassy already? 

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37 minutes ago, Tschuulia said:

did u get your visa or have you completed the interview at the embassy already? 

My wife completed her interview and was approved. Now on ceac it shows as issued.

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