How long before Dublin Embassy receives our paperwork from NVC?

[Cathal & Melanie 0]

Hello everyone. 

So after a long wait, almost 1 year, 223 days to be exact. We finally got the letter today from NVC stating they have sent our information to the Consulate in Dublin to complete our K1 processing since being open on DEC 1 from lockdown there. I am wondering if anyone knows how long it takes for Embassy there to receive the information and send the Welcome letter? Does anyone have an idea? and how long until interview is scheduled at that point as well. Thanks! And best of luck to all of you waiting !

[Ben and Jen 43]

2 hours ago, MelanieD said:

Hello everyone. 

So after a long wait, almost 1 year, 223 days to be exact. We finally got the letter today from NVC stating they have sent our information to the Consulate in Dublin to complete our K1 processing since being open on DEC 1 from lockdown there. I am wondering if anyone knows how long it takes for Embassy there to receive the information and send the Welcome letter? Does anyone have an idea? and how long until interview is scheduled at that point as well. Thanks! And best of luck to all of you waiting !

Hi MelanieD, 

 

NVC sent our information to the Dublin Embassy on 2020-02-04 and the embassy received it on 2020-02-07. The embassy contacted us the same day they received it. We completed our medical and sent back the packet three to the embassy on 2020-03-19 (at the time we weren't rushing but kind of wish we did now). Since then we've been waiting. We received an email from the embassy on 2020-03-20 saying this: 

 

Dear Applicant,

 

Thank you for your notice of readiness submission. We can confirm receipt. As of March 16 2020 the United States Embassy in Dublin has cancelled routine Immigrant and Nonimmigrant visa appointments. We will resume routine visa services as soon as possible but are unable to provide a specific date at this time. Our office will contact you directly when we are in a position to provide you an appointment. The MRV fee is valid and may be used for a visa application in the country where it was purchased within one year of the date of payment.

 

Kind Regards,
IV Unit

 

We haven't heard anything from them since. From the State Dept. statistics (https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html) we can see that Dublin is not processing any K1 visas over the past several months. It seems they are only issuing CR1 and others at the moment. We don't really know when they will start to issue K1 visas. We just have to sit tight and hope that it begins early in the new year.

 

P.S. By the looks of things we will have to get our medical and police records done again to be up-to-date. If you have yours done you should check their expiry too. 

Edited December 8, 2020 by Ben and Jen

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3 hours ago, MelanieD said:

Hello everyone. 

So after a long wait, almost 1 year, 223 days to be exact. We finally got the letter today from NVC stating they have sent our information to the Consulate in Dublin to complete our K1 processing since being open on DEC 1 from lockdown there. I am wondering if anyone knows how long it takes for Embassy there to receive the information and send the Welcome letter? Does anyone have an idea? and how long until interview is scheduled at that point as well. Thanks! And best of luck to all of you waiting !

Its sent  DHL.  Just a few days

[Cathal & Melanie 0]

Thank you for the info. Yes from the looks of it and people we talked to that I know who work for USCIS they said the travel ban for US is really affecting the K1 process in Dubin.  They are not processing the visas because technically the ban prevents the applicant from traveling to US under Proclamation 9996. However I was also told that if you haven't heard from them after it is sent there  to continue to check  and not let it go to long without hearing, especially if you paid the MRV fee. They are rescheduling those. So may be worth looking into for your application. Just in case. 

Hopefully with BIDEN coming into office the ban will be lifted, I also saw an article frm NOV 26, stating trump was also thinking about lifting the ban. Especially since Vaccines are now being given. 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

2 hours ago, MelanieD said:

Thank you for the info. Yes from the looks of it and people we talked to that I know who work for USCIS they said the travel ban for US is really affecting the K1 process in Dubin.  They are not processing the visas because technically the ban prevents the applicant from traveling to US under Proclamation 9996. However I was also told that if you haven't heard from them after it is sent there  to continue to check  and not let it go to long without hearing, especially if you paid the MRV fee. They are rescheduling those. So may be worth looking into for your application. Just in case. 

Hopefully with BIDEN coming into office the ban will be lifted, I also saw an article frm NOV 26, stating trump was also thinking about lifting the ban. Especially since Vaccines are now being given. 

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