Waiting for embassy interview

[Chancy 6,241]

2 hours ago, lowell1123 said:

IR's are to get interviews first. according to the prioritizing of the 4 tiers. after the IR's are done then the CR's then the K's.

 

Cite your source please.

 

According to the official memo about the 4 tiers of Immigrant Visa Prioritization, posted at the Department of State website -- IR1, CR1, and K1 are all on the same tier.  And it's Tier 2, not Tier 1.

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/immigrant-visa-prioritization.html

• Tier One: Immediate relative intercountry adoption visas, age-out cases (cases where the applicant will soon no longer qualify due to their age), and certain Special Immigrant Visas (SQ and SI for Afghan and Iraqi nationals working with the U.S. government)
• Tier Two:  Immediate relative visas; fiancé(e) visas; and returning resident visas
• Tier Three: Family preference immigrant visas and SE Special Immigrant Visas for certain employees of the U.S. government abroad
• Tier Four: All other immigrant visas, including employment preference and diversity visas

 

Edited August 6, 2021 by Chancy
added DOS memo

[lowell1123 6]

go to us immigration tier prioritazation

 

[lowell1123 6]

Immigrant Visa Prioritization

Last Updated: April 30, 2021

 

As noted in our recent visa services operating status update, the Department of State is committed to sharing the current status of our worldwide visa operations.  As part of that effort, we would like to provide more details regarding how our embassies and consulates are prioritizing immigrant visa applications as the Department works to reduce the backlog of such applications resulting from travel restrictions and operational constraints caused by the global COVID pandemic.

The health and safety of our personnel, U.S. citizens seeking assistance abroad, individuals seeking immigration benefits, and local populations is paramount.  Posts that process both immigrant and nonimmigrant visas are prioritizing immigrant visa applications while still providing some nonimmigrant visa services.  However, the volume and type of visa cases each post will process continues to depend on local conditions, including restrictions on movement and gathering imposed by host country governments.  In addition, consistent with U.S. government guidance on safety in the federal workplace, U.S. embassies and consulates have implemented social distancing and other safety measures, which have reduced the number of applicants consular sections are able to process in a single day.  Consular sections will resume providing all routine visa services as it is safe to do so in that particular location.

The petitioners and applicants in the immigrant visa process are more than just numbers.  We acknowledge the stress and hardships they have borne during the past year of reduced operating capacity as a result of COVID and necessary measures taken to protect health and safety or to comply with local requirements, as well as COVID-related limitations on their travel or visa issuance.  We also recognize the importance of each immigrant visa category.  However, during the pandemic the Department has been forced to make difficult decisions regarding how our consular sections should prioritize immigrant visa applications as they operate at limited capacity and as they work through a backlog of immigrant visa cases once they resume full operating capacity.  The guiding principle on which we have based immigrant visa prioritization is that family reunification is a clear priority of the U.S. Government’s immigration policy, a priority is expressed in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).  Specifically, the Department’s prioritization relied on clear direction from Congress that the Department must adopt a policy of prioritizing immediate relative visa applicants and K-1 fiancées of U.S. citizens, followed by family preference immigrant visa applicants.    

Consistent with those objectives, U.S. embassies and consulates are using a tiered approach to triage immigrant visa applications based on the category of immigrant visa as they resume and expand processing.  While our consular sections, where possible, are scheduling some appointments within all four priority tiers every month, the following lists the main categories of immigrant visas in priority order:

• Tier One: Immediate relative intercountry adoption visas, age-out cases (cases where the applicant will soon no longer qualify due to their age), and certain Special Immigrant Visas (SQ and SI for Afghan and Iraqi nationals working with the U.S. government)
   
• Tier Two:  Immediate relative visas; fiancé(e) visas; and returning resident visas
   
• Tier Three: Family preference immigrant visas and SE Special Immigrant Visas for certain employees of the U.S. government abroad
   
• Tier Four: All other immigrant visas, including employment preference and diversity visas

Many embassies and consulates continue to have a significant backlog of all categories of immigrant visas.  This prioritization plan instructs posts to maximize their limited resources to accommodate as many immediate relative and fiancé(e) cases as possible with a goal of, at a minimum, preventing the backlog from growing in these categories and hopefully reducing it. However, the prioritization plan also instructs posts to schedule and adjudicate some cases in Tier Three and Tier Four each month.  The Department recognizes that visa applicants, particularly those in Tiers Three and Four, will face continued delays.  We further acknowledge that certain programs, including the diversity visa program, operate on a fiscal year basis as required by law.  The Department values the diversity visa program and is making every effort to process as many diversity visa cases as possible, consistent with other priorities, despite the severe operational constraints and backlog resulting from the COVID pandemic.  However, as a result of COVID the number of visas issued in lower-priority preference categories or in such programs as the diversity visa program likely will not approach the statutory ceiling in Fiscal Year 2021.   

 

there hasnt been any changes since then

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4 hours ago, lowell1123 said:

 

The guiding principle on which we have based immigrant visa prioritization is that family reunification is a clear priority of the U.S. Government’s immigration policy, a priority is expressed in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).  Specifically, the Department’s prioritization relied on clear direction from Congress that the Department must adopt a policy of prioritizing immediate relative visa applicants and K-1 fiancées of U.S. citizens, followed by family preference immigrant visa applicants.    

 

4 hours ago, lowell1123 said:

• Tier Two:  Immediate relative visas; fiancé(e) visas; and returning resident visas

 

These two statements contradict your earlier assumption that they are processing IR first followed by CR and then K. If you read it carefully they are being processed together within the tier not in the sequence you described.

 

 

4 hours ago, lowell1123 said:

 

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Also to further clarify:

 

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prioritizing immediate relative visa applicants and K-1 fiancées of U.S. citizens, followed by family preference immigrant visa applicants. 

 

 

In case you mistook family preference immigrant visa applicants to mean CR or K, it actually means:

 

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Family Preference – these visas are for specific, more distant, family relationships with a U.S. citizen and some specified relationships with a Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR). The number of immigrants in these categories is limited each fiscal year. 

ie: any family member that does not fall under the category of immediate relative.

 

Source: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/family-immigration.html

Edited August 7, 2021 by P0907

[lowell1123 6]

this is why i said what i said. according to this chart it puts CR  with the IR and putting k visa in a different category and not with IR and CR

 

 

The chart below contains different purposes for immigrating to the United States, and the related immigrant visa categories for which information is available on this website. Select a visa category below to learn more:

Immediate Relative & Family Sponsored	Visa Category
Spouse of a U.S. Citizen	IR1, CR1
Spouse of a U.S. Citizen awaiting approval of an I-130 immigrant petition	K-3 *
Fiancé(e) to marry U.S. Citizen & live in U.S.	K-1 *
Intercountry Adoption of Orphan Children by U.S. Citizens	IR3, IH3, IR4, IH4
Certain Family Members of U.S. Citizens	IR2, CR2, IR5, F1, F3, F4
Certain Family Members of Lawful Permanent Residents	F2A, F2B
Employer Sponsored – Employment
Employment-Based Immigrants, including  (preference group): Priority workers [First] Professionals Holding Advanced Degrees and Persons of Exceptional Ability [Second] Professionals and Other Workers [Third] Employment Creation/Investors [Fifth] Certain Special Immigrants: [Fourth]	E1 E2 E3, EW3 C5, T5, R5, I5 S (many**)
Religious Workers	SD, SR
Iraqi and Afghan Translators/Interpreters	SI
Iraqis Who Worked for/on Behalf of the U.S. Government	SQ
Afghans Who Worked for/on Behalf of the U.S. Government	SQ
Other Immigrants
Diversity Immigrant Visa	DV
Returning Resident	SB

Important Notes:

*K Visas – Listed with immigrant visas because they are for immigration related purposes.

About this chart - This chart is a list of many immigrant visa categories, but not every immigrant visa category.

**Refer to the Foreign Affairs Manual, 9 FAM 502.1 for a listing of all immigrant visa categories.

 

 

 

AND AS YOU HAVE NOTICED IM COPYING AND PASTING ALL MY INFORMATION. so its not y fault iuf it contradicts what i post. take the information however you want but dont blame me 

[lowell1123 6]

k fiance visa is not immediate relative because they are not yet married so cant be immediate relative IR1 visa is married over 2 years and is immediate relative because of the obvious being married over 2 years CR1 is conditional relative because of being married less than 2 years but are being put in the same category as IR1 because of being married 

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[P0907 127]

You say

 

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k fiance visa is not immediate relative because they are not yet married so cant be immediate relative

 

and yet in your own post you prove that k visa is considered immediate relative, it's even in the same category 🙄

 

1 hour ago, lowell1123 said:

Immediate Relative & Family Sponsored	Visa Category
Spouse of a U.S. Citizen	IR1, CR1
Spouse of a U.S. Citizen awaiting approval of an I-130 immigrant petition	K-3 *
Fiancé(e) to marry U.S. Citizen & live in U.S.	K-1 *

and as such the are grouped together in tier 2:

 

9 hours ago, lowell1123 said:

• Tier Two:  Immediate relative visas; fiancé(e) visas; and returning resident visas

 

Please attempt to read the sources you are citing.

Edited August 7, 2021 by P0907

[lowell1123 6]

I did not say anything about K Fiance visa being immediate relative. Show me where insaid that they were.

[lowell1123 6]

I have never in my life considered K Fiance visa as an immediate relative because of only one reason. THEY ARE NOT YET MARRIED thus can't be immediate relative. 

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At this point, I'm afraid I can't help you any more.

 

I hope no one who reads this thread believes this assumption (read: falsehood) of yours:

 

21 hours ago, lowell1123 said:

IR's are to get interviews first. according to the prioritizing of the 4 tiers. after the IR's are done then the CR's then the K's.

 

Go in peace my friend, and best of luck with your case.

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[porsche993 1]

@DAgg @At175 @shosholala  FINALLY!! Just got notice of my CR1 visa interview for September 27th in Albania with no expedite request!!! DQ date February 10th 2021. @DAgg Did you have your medical exam? How did that go?

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1 hour ago, porsche993 said:

@DAgg @At175 @shosholala  FINALLY!! Just got notice of my CR1 visa interview for September 27th in Albania with no expedite request!!! DQ date February 10th 2021. @DAgg Did you have your medical exam? How did that go?

Congratulations!! Looks like they are catching up pretty fast. And yes, it was yesterday. Very easy process; they asked a few health questions and did some labs & sent the results directly to the embassy. 

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