Any experience with interviews in Auckland?

[BahamaBaby 12]

Hi everyone. Just wanted to get a sense of what the backlog was like in nz for immigrant interviews and if people were getting appointments fairly soon after DQ date? We’ve been waiting in Sydney for 15 months for an interview now with no hope in sight. 

[R gill 2]

9 minutes ago, kiwierin said:

 

I think you will be fine and got approved.  When did you apply and get approved? 

 

Do you mind sharing your timeline?

 

Priority date 25/10/2019

DQ is 16/06/2022

convert from F2A to IR1 on 22/06/2022

interview date 07/09/2022.

 

[R gill 2]

On 4/27/2022 at 2:09 PM, ztiberiusd said:

Just thought I'd send an update.

 

My wife had her interview today and it was a breeze. It was at 8:45am and she was out of there by 9:05am. Went very smoothly. 

 

They asked when she last saw me, where I was living and what I did for work. Then they told her the visa is approved and will be in the mail. 

 

A fantastic result after a very long process. Thanks to everyone for your help and I hope everyone else can have such an easy interview experience. 

Hi ztiberiusd 

 

just want to ask how long it will take to get passport back ? I had interview today , consular officer kept my passport, birth certificate and marriage certificate and return the other documents to me , she didn’t say your visa is approved at the end of interview. Interview went very smoothly. Just want to know your thought on it .

 

Thanks

[R gill 2]

Hi everyone 

 

just want to ask How long it take to issue the visa after interview ? I had my interview this Wednesday and the case status is still showing as “Ready “.  And when they send the passport back , did they send any immigration packet which we need to carry with us when traveling to USA ? 
 

Any feedback will be appreciated.

 

Thanks 

[R gill 2]

Hi guys 

 

does anyone knows how long it take to change the status from administrative process to issued on CEAC online portal ? 
 

i had interview last Wednesday,  status changed to Administrative processing on Friday (09/09/2022) and it still showing same since then .

 

thanks 

[sourumeboshi 61]

On 9/14/2022 at 3:03 PM, R gill said:

Hi guys 

 

does anyone knows how long it take to change the status from administrative process to issued on CEAC online portal ? 
 

i had interview last Wednesday,  status changed to Administrative processing on Friday (09/09/2022) and it still showing same since then .

 

thanks 

I'm in the same boat. Except mine has been sitting as ready since after the interview. 

[mekbus 9]

On 12/18/2021 at 2:25 AM, EKT said:

So sorry this is happening to you! You've done everything right. The issue lies with NVC. Ours was rejected the first time when we uploaded the confirmation email and added a comment to say that it had been sent directly to the consulate. After the RFE, we resubmitted the confirmation email with the sentence about it being sent to directly to the consulate highlighted in yellow and also attached the original Section 14 request as you did. I was still paranoid so emailed the consulate the following:

 

Hello,

 

My husband is completing the immigrant visa process and his application is currently with the National Visa Center for processing:

 

Applicant: 

NVC Case Number: 

 

The NVC recently reviewed and accepted all forms and documents for his case except the police certificate (Section 14 vetting request). We noted in a comment that this has been sent directly to the U.S. Consulate by email to AucklandIV@state.gov as required. The attached confirmation of the Section 14 request states that providing this email confirmation should be sufficient for the NVC. Can you please confirm if this is the case? If the NVC in fact need the full vetting results, how do we go about submitting these to NVC for review?

 

Thanks for your help.

 

There was no response for 2 weeks and then this came:

Your request has been processed as advised by the New Zealand police Vetting Service. We have forwarded the results to the National Visa Centre on your behalf. The National Visa Center will upload your vetted police certificate into the case file.

Regards,

B

Immigrant Visa Section

U.S. Embassy Wellington Website:   http://nz.usembassy.gov.

U.S. Embassy Samoa Website: http://ws.usembassy.gov

 

I have no idea if this actually made a difference. Nothing ever changed in our CEAC portal to indicate that NVC had received it from the consulate but it was accepted at the next review. Maybe it's worth emailing IV Auckland <AucklandIV@state.gov> and explaining the issues you've encountered and multiple RFEs. Then I would definitely call the NVC call center again to see if they can escalate it given that you have followed the correct process and keep getting rejected. Honestly the entire spousal visa process is an absolute shambles. Feel free to drop by to commiserate anytime! Hopefully you get through asap. 

@JedMills

[sourumeboshi 61]

anyone else been delayed in recieving their visa? My interview was nearly a month ago and the status is "issued" or does anyone have any idea when the USA embassy sends visa out! Very frustrating wait

[mekbus 9]

On 10/2/2022 at 8:53 PM, sourumeboshi said:

anyone else been delayed in recieving their visa? My interview was nearly a month ago and the status is "issued" or does anyone have any idea when the USA embassy sends visa out! Very frustrating wait

 

On 9/13/2022 at 10:03 PM, R gill said:

Hi guys 

 

does anyone knows how long it take to change the status from administrative process to issued on CEAC online portal ? 
 

i had interview last Wednesday,  status changed to Administrative processing on Friday (09/09/2022) and it still showing same since then .

 

thanks 

Not sure, but following closely. My husband's interview is this month. 

Have you contacted the US embassy? I was under the impression you got them soon. Online it says within 10 business days

[sourumeboshi 61]

10 hours ago, mekbus said:

 

Not sure, but following closely. My husband's interview is this month. 

Have you contacted the US embassy? I was under the impression you got them soon. Online it says within 10 business days

Yea I only got it on Tuesday. They say it's 10 days from issued! 

[mekbus 9]

Our interview was yesterday and it went well. Now just waiting to get the passport back!

[Zan1 4]

Hi all, resurrecting a bit of an old thread here but I wanted to get some advice.

 

I've been scheduled for my IR-1 interview in the second week of January. Prior to this I was stuck at the NVC for pretty much bang on a year, so the I-864 and tax transcript I originally submitted (and for a joint sponsor too) are over a year old at this point. Same deal with the police certificate that I submitted. 

 

I see on this page that I'll need to submit an new police certificate so I'm in the process of organising that.

 

Does anyone know if I'll need to update the two I-864 and tax transcripts? This page here says that I don't need to provide them at all because I originally submitted them to the NVC, but I was intending on printing them out and including them in my documents packet just in case. It's going to be a right pain if I have to provide updated ones at this stage so I'm hoping that the ones I've already submitted will suffice.

 

Thanks for the help! 

[BahamaBaby 12]

Hi @Zan1 when did you get your notice of interview please? 

[Zan1 4]

Just now, BahamaBaby said:

Hi @Zan1 when did you get your notice of interview please? 

I got my DQ notice on 30th September and interview notice on 25th November.

[EKT 117]

46 minutes ago, Zan1 said:

Hi all, resurrecting a bit of an old thread here but I wanted to get some advice.

 

I've been scheduled for my IR-1 interview in the second week of January. Prior to this I was stuck at the NVC for pretty much bang on a year, so the I-864 and tax transcript I originally submitted (and for a joint sponsor too) are over a year old at this point. Same deal with the police certificate that I submitted. 

 

I see on this page that I'll need to submit an new police certificate so I'm in the process of organising that.

 

Does anyone know if I'll need to update the two I-864 and tax transcripts? This page here says that I don't need to provide them at all because I originally submitted them to the NVC, but I was intending on printing them out and including them in my documents packet just in case. It's going to be a right pain if I have to provide updated ones at this stage so I'm hoping that the ones I've already submitted will suffice.

 

Thanks for the help! 

Hey! My I-864 and financial evidence was 9 months old at the time of my husband's interview and we were told by the Consulate not to update it. You could email them for peace of mind. Congrats on making it to the final step!!