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Evilplasticspoon   4

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My spouse and I were fortunate enough to have our case expidited by NVC. Does anyone know the time frame from here? We received the approval notice yesterday and the case has been transfered to the embassy. Do we wait for the embassy to contact us? How long should we expect to wait and what the next steps are? Thanks in advance!

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payxibka   10,047

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35 minutes ago, Evilplasticspoon said:

My spouse and I were fortunate enough to have our case expidited by NVC. Does anyone know the time frame from here? We received the approval notice yesterday and the case has been transfered to the embassy. Do we wait for the embassy to contact us? How long should we expect to wait and what the next steps are? Thanks in advance!

What consulate?

YMMV

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On 10/14/2020 at 11:43 AM, Evilplasticspoon said:

My spouse and I were fortunate enough to have our case expidited by NVC. Does anyone know the time frame from here? We received the approval notice yesterday and the case has been transfered to the embassy. Do we wait for the embassy to contact us? How long should we expect to wait and what the next steps are? Thanks in advance!

I just got my case expedited. NVC sent case on Oct 7th and Embassy received it on Oct 16th. 

Embassy notified us when they received it via email.  
I’m sure each Embassy has different times to receive and process, but that is my experience for whatever it’s worth. 
 

 

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KV & HO   3

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On 10/14/2020 at 11:43 AM, Evilplasticspoon said:

My spouse and I were fortunate enough to have our case expidited by NVC. Does anyone know the time frame from here? We received the approval notice yesterday and the case has been transfered to the embassy. Do we wait for the embassy to contact us? How long should we expect to wait and what the next steps are? Thanks in advance!

Don't get excited. My case was approved in September and the embassy sent my file October 6th. I contacted the embassy and they stated that only "emergency" approvals are receiving interviews, and they will inform us when routine services begin, and that expedited cases will be done first, in order they were received. They told me I could file an emergency request, which I did. Still waiting on their reply. Its very disheartening. I have seen where some VJ folks posted they got interviews only with expedite approval, but they seem to be very few. Now with the new lockdowns in Europe, and UK it is even more disheartening. Good luck.

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1 minute ago, KV & HO said:

Don't get excited. My case was approved in September and the embassy sent my file October 6th. I contacted the embassy and they stated that only "emergency" approvals are receiving interviews, and they will inform us when routine services begin, and that expedited cases will be done first, in order they were received. They told me I could file an emergency request, which I did. Still waiting on their reply. Its very disheartening. I have seen where some VJ folks posted they got interviews only with expedite approval, but they seem to be very few. Now with the new lockdowns in Europe, and UK it is even more disheartening. Good luck.

Unfortunately I also had to switch embassies due to lockdown from Kuwait to Egypt and Kuwait has resumed some Immigrant visa cases. I am furious obviously. If my husband can return to Kuwait (many countries banned from entering), I will request to switch back. This process is a nightmare.

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On 10/14/2020 at 8:43 AM, Evilplasticspoon said:

My spouse and I were fortunate enough to have our case expidited by NVC. Does anyone know the time frame from here? We received the approval notice yesterday and the case has been transfered to the embassy. Do we wait for the embassy to contact us? How long should we expect to wait and what the next steps are? Thanks in advance!

How long from your request to expedite to when you were granted expidite?

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Evilplasticspoon   4

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On 11/1/2020 at 5:43 PM, KV & HO said:

Unfortunately I also had to switch embassies due to lockdown from Kuwait to Egypt and Kuwait has resumed some Immigrant visa cases. I am furious obviously. If my husband can return to Kuwait (many countries banned from entering), I will request to switch back. This process is a nightmare.

Sorry to hear that, we didn’t have any issues. Nairobi record the file from NVC in two days had us schedule a medical appointment about a day later and then contacted us for an appointment at the consulate once they received the medical. 
I hope things start moving for y’all. 

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6 hours ago, Riboso said:

Hopefully I'm not prying too much, if you don't mind my asking, what was your reason to expedite?

(I'm also an IR-1 filer in Nairobi).

My spouse had a complicated pregnancy rhat required a longer then usual recovery time. After the passport and CRBA was approved by the embassy for the child  they approved the expidite request.

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***Multiple hijack posts removed.***

Our journey:

Spoiler

September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

 
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