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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Taiwan
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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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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Ukraine
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On 15.01.2021 at 6:50 PM, Cristian81 said:

Hello Folks,

Does anybody have any information on when the US embassy in Ukraine will reopen? They closed on November 16th and as of now (1/15/2020) they remain closed. Any information will be appreciated.

 

Thanks! 

 

They are working with reduced staff and processing a very limited amount of visas. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

 

Here you can find data for December 2020. Several CR-1/IR1 were issued then. That means they didn't halt the process completely. I am having my interview in 2 weeks.

 

 

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Ukraine
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Kyiv US Embassy announced they would start slowly processing immigrant visas again.  So for me since they were processing here and there, this is an excellent sign for the future.

 

Taken from the Ukraine US embassy site:

Starting April 1, the Embassy will offer appointments in every immigrant visa category, including K visas and diversity visas. The number of appointments available will be extremely limited until conditions significantly improve, and it will take time to clear the backlog of immigrant visa cases. Even though appointments are now available, it does not mean you will be immediately successful in booking an appointment.

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Ukraine
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Any idea if this new quarantine in Kyiv from March 20th-April 9th will affect interviews on those days? My assumption is no since they don't seem to rely on those quarantine measures for their opening/closing decisions, but maybe I'm being too hopeful.

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Ukraine
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On 3/18/2021 at 5:54 AM, uapilot said:

Any idea if this new quarantine in Kyiv from March 20th-April 9th will affect interviews on those days? My assumption is no since they don't seem to rely on those quarantine measures for their opening/closing decisions, but maybe I'm being too hopeful.

I scanned the US embassy site because that definitely made me wonder.  How i see it, the embassy has been processing visas throughout this entire time, but just not announcing it.  So if it was going to truly affect the embassy, I figure they would post it on the site.  Basically, I would treat it as if it is December, except they announced they are processing.  

Out of all this, let us know how your interview goes.  That is the mentality I am going to encourage you to take.  If Kyiv was on full lockdown then I would understand the concern.

I reread the announcement from the 19th again while typing.  I would not include the US embassy in this unless they specifically say.  I would be surprised if they suspended interviews for these 2 weeks.

I bought my tickets to fly in in the 26th a couple weeks ago.  We did not expect this restriction during that time and she was really sad when she called me on Friday.  It is going to be a fun week and a half compared to what we were planning, but it will still be awesome spending time with the fiancee.  

Post here when you finish the interview on Friday!

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late post. Forgot to finish a thought
Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Ukraine
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13 hours ago, Keithn85 said:

Post here when you finish the interview on Friday!

You got it!

It's funny, the year leading up to the interview scheduling was tough, but we were sort of in marathon mode, pacing our anxiety. Now with the interview scheduled, the anxiety is killing us. 😂 I immediately started coming up with a mental list of all the things that could go wrong, even though the worst thing that could happen is that we just go back to waiting for an interview again.

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Ukraine
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5 minutes ago, uapilot said:

You got it!

It's funny, the year leading up to the interview scheduling was tough, but we were sort of in marathon mode, pacing our anxiety. Now with the interview scheduled, the anxiety is killing us. 😂 I immediately started coming up with a mental list of all the things that could go wrong, even though the worst thing that could happen is that we just go back to waiting for an interview again.

I completely understand.  We had that discussion at the beginning (well for us the entire preparing process started in december) and I am preparing myself for those nervous calls about post NOA2 process.  It is going to be hard to gauge when everything will happen, but I plan to fly out before the interview, just to ease her nerves.  And I am basically going to pass on the awesome knowledge posters on here created to aid her in the interview.

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ukraine
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My mother just had her reissue via interview today. I scheduled it at the end of February. 

I-485 Adjustment of Status

03/31/2014 I mailed applications to Chicago lockbox
04/02/2014 Package received by USCIS
04/10/2014 E-notification paperwork received
04/10/2014 Checks cashed
04/14/2014 Hard notice received in a mail
04/18/2014 Biometrics app letter received for 05/12/2014
04/24/2014 Walk-in biometrics done at Port Chester, NY office( no problems at all, very nice people)
04/29/2014 My status online changed to Request for evidence
05/03/2014 got RFE and now status is stuck on Request for evidence response review.
08/26/2014 Status changed to Testing and Interview
08/29/2014 Got an email update interview scheduled for October 1st and paper notice sent out
10/1/2014 HAd our interview at Hartford,CT office. wasnt approved on the spot. 10/3/2014 Got an update that status of I485 changed to Card Production. Then at night changed to Decision. I 130 Post decision activity
10/09/2014 Status changed to Card production We mailed you a new card. You'll receive within 30 days
10/09/2014 Got a tracking number. Estimated delivery 10/11/2014
10/11/2014 Green card in hand!
Whole process took 6 month( thanks to RFE) :)

I-751 Removal of Conditions

9/16/2016 Package sent to USCIS Vermont

9/22/2016 Check cashed

9/24/2016 Notice of Action in the mail dated 9/20/2016

10/2/2016 Received a letter for Biometrics for 10/19/2016

10/14/2016 Early walk-in for biometrics in Port Chester, NY again like last time no problems

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Ukraine
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On 3/22/2021 at 3:40 AM, Keithn85 said:

Post here when you finish the interview on Friday!

Approved! I'll post an embassy review shortly after my fiance stops jumping up and down long enough to tell me what they asked during the interview. :P

 

Protip: you'll earn bonus points with the FSO if you follow the instructions and crop your 50x50mm photos before the interview and write the person's name on the back of them.

 
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