I-130 situation in Philippines in 2021..?

[flicks1998 1,044]

19 hours ago, RO_AH said:

The case goes from NVC to Embassy. I believe it gets to the Embassy pretty quick and they schedule the appt as soon as they can. The problem is the huge backlog due to Covid lock down. You have to have a very good reason to request expedite or it will be rejected. Remember that everyone who is waiting wants it to go faster but the do not expedite because you want it faster. I am not sure who you contact in order to expedite. I am sure others on here may know. like @Hank_

I requested a K1 expedite when it was already at the embassy so I wrote the embassy.  They expedited our case but from the date I wrote the email it was just over a month when they responded with an interview date which was another 6 weeks away. So the date of sending the 1st email to date of interview as an expedite was 74 days. 

Edited January 17, 2021 by flicks1998

[Hank_ 9,174]

On 1/16/2021 at 5:57 PM, Regg said:

Do you know by chance if i need to contact USEM manila or NVC for expedite request?

 

With the IR/CR-1 contact NVC first.   Are you DQ?  (Documents Qualified)

[Regg 1]

13 hours ago, Hank_ said:

 

With the IR/CR-1 contact NVC first.   Are you DQ?  (Documents Qualified)

Yes, got DQ last week. Hoping for final interview to be scheduled. How did you find out about the interview schedule? Or how do i know if my application is in line for final interview?

[Hank_ 9,174]

8 hours ago, Regg said:

Yes, got DQ last week. Hoping for final interview to be scheduled. How did you find out about the interview schedule? Or how do i know if my application is in line for final interview?

 

NVC contacts the embassy for an interview appt once status is DQ, which is why NVC is where you start to request an expedite.   Once NVC receives the interview date you will receive an email/letter stating the date and time.   At this point you can contact USEM to reschedule to an earlier date.

 

https://www.visaconnection-philippines.com/us-embassy-usem.html   (under Interview tab is info on expedites and scheduling)

[GEEPEECEE 12]

On 1/15/2021 at 10:58 PM, RO_AH said:

My DQ was on 7/9/2020. Her interview has just been scheduled for Feb 11, 2021

How soon after did you hear from the Embassy for the interview date after you were DQ'd ? 

[RO_AH 1,659]

3 hours ago, GEEPEECEE said:

How soon after did you hear from the Embassy for the interview date after you were DQ'd ? 

Well we got DQ'd 7/9/2020 and received interview appt exactly 1 month prior to the appointment date on 1/11/2021

[Regg 1]

On 1/17/2021 at 11:36 AM, flicks1998 said:

I requested a K1 expedite when it was already at the embassy so I wrote the embassy.  They expedited our case but from the date I wrote the email it was just over a month when they responded with an interview date which was another 6 weeks away. So the date of sending the 1st email to date of interview as an expedite was 74 days. 

Hi, how did you contact the embassy for expedite request? Our case is DQ last month but have not heard anything yet after. Our case status still says “at nvc”. 

[flicks1998 1,044]

1 hour ago, Regg said:

Hi, how did you contact the embassy for expedite request? Our case is DQ last month but have not heard anything yet after. Our case status still says “at nvc”. 

Ours was at the embassy in Feb 2020 and by the time we could do the medical the embassy closed. In September I wrote asking for an expedite as my son was not in school and stuck in the Philippines. After about a month the embassy responded with an interview date for December.  We never got stuck at nvc as the pandemic hadn’t started yet. 

Edited February 12, 2021 by flicks1998