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Thewander   25

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Hello

We were DQed November 27 and our case is still at the NVC. I’ve spoken to the embassy and NVC and said we have to wait until it’s our turn. I’m confused though, considering the US embassy Dublin seems pretty slow and not very busy - 

 

does the NVC divide cases into countries? Or are all the cases in one big pile and they send each one to the embassy required? 
 

And does the Nvc send over your case and then the embassy schedules your interview? Or does the Nvc contact the embassy and they coordinate an interview date together? 
 

last question - does the Nvc contact you regarding your interview through email or letter? 
 

thanks for any help! 
 

The NVC is so frustrating. 

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Crazy Cat Grand Master

Crazy Cat   41,857

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This is the interview scheduling process for IR-1/CR-1 cases:

 

1.  NVC verifies submitted documents for case  (DQ).

2.  Individual consulates inform NVC of their available dates in next month.

3.  Using that information from individual consulates, NVC schedules interview for cases which are at the front of the queue for that consulate.

4.  NVC then sends case to consulate after scheduling the interview.

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"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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Crazy Cat   41,857

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NVC will send an email when they schedule your interview.

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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Crazy Cat   41,857

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One more thing.  At NVC, a case enters the queue after being "DQ'd"....

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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neca   166

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We were DQ'd Oct 16th and are still waiting at the NVC too. It's a patience game, friend. Have patience. You've come this far! 👐

👐

Patience......patience.

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Thewander   25

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16 minutes ago, neca said:

We were DQ'd Oct 16th and are still waiting at the NVC too. It's a patience game, friend. Have patience. You've come this far! 👐

Thanks. I just don’t understand why the Nvc takes so long 

On 12/4/2020 at 4:08 PM, Lucky Cat said:

One more thing.  At NVC, a case enters the queue after being "DQ'd"....

Thank you! The Nvc seems to not have their stuff together. 

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Thewander   25

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1 hour ago, AMac13 said:

Just for reference, we were DQ’D the 1st September and are still waiting for our interview to be scheduled in Dublin. Hopefully with things up and running again we’ll get there soon enough.

Oh wow! Do you happen to know which dates they’re currently setting appointments for? I thought they were farther along than that :(

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4 hours ago, Thewander said:

Oh wow! Do you happen to know which dates they’re currently setting appointments for? I thought they were farther along than that :(

I don’t actually. The problem is everything keeps getting pushed back every time they close down the embassy. I know they are now rescheduling all of the cancelled appointments from the past 6 weeks. If I remember correctly, right before this last shut down they were schuleduling for July I think.

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Thewander   25

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1 hour ago, AMac13 said:

I don’t actually. The problem is everything keeps getting pushed back every time they close down the embassy. I know they are now rescheduling all of the cancelled appointments from the past 6 weeks. If I remember correctly, right before this last shut down they were schuleduling for July I think.

And another lockdown in January I’m thinking. It’s never ending 

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Our journey:

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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!!!
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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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Thewander   25

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35 minutes ago, AMac13 said:

A little update for this thread. We got the email today that our case was received by the consulate and we have our interview scheduled for the 15th of January. Hopefully the rest of you will hear some good news soon as well! 

Thank you for the update and congratulations! Let us know how it goes! Fingers crossed the embassy doesn’t close for another lockdown

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Thewander   25

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On 12/15/2020 at 9:40 PM, AMac13 said:

A little update for this thread. We got the email today that our case was received by the consulate and we have our interview scheduled for the 15th of January. Hopefully the rest of you will hear some good news soon as well! 

Is your interview going ahead or has it been canceled? Curious if the embassy will continue with interviews this time around considering the lockdown has more exclusions. 

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