USEM Interview slots open IR1/CR1

[hunny&me 274]

[hunny&me 274]

As of 10am central time March 24, all slots taken.

[Steve2022 41]

On 3/24/2022 at 11:49 AM, hunny&me said:

As of 10am central time March 24, all slots taken.

Sorry to ask, but this is for someone who has already expedited, correct? 

I called NVC and was advised to go ahead and submit expedite, even though we've already been DQ for IR1 for over 3 months now. 

The agent said that the Manila embassy was not processing "routine" visas.  Is the IR1 considered "routine"?

[hunny&me 274]

11 hours ago, Steve2022 said:

Sorry to ask, but this is for someone who has already expedited, correct? 

I called NVC and was advised to go ahead and submit expedite, even though we've already been DQ for IR1 for over 3 months now. 

The agent said that the Manila embassy was not processing "routine" visas.  Is the IR1 considered "routine"?

Approved expedites, Reschedules due to incomplete, prolonged medicals or cancelled interviews due to pandemic.  Basically, for those at USEM stage where status is "Ready"  >> https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx
For DQ, you will know estimate of regular processing at https://ph.usembassy.gov/visas/contactus/ under Visa Operations Update.

[Chancy 6,241]

15 hours ago, Steve2022 said:

I called NVC and was advised to go ahead and submit expedite, even though we've already been DQ for IR1 for over 3 months now. 

 

What is your case status on CEAC?

 

[Steve2022 41]

1 hour ago, Chancy said:

 

What is your case status on CEAC?

 

It is still at NVC.  But I'm expecting that should change soon. 

You can check here:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

and see that they approved in Manila:

111 IR1 and 127 CR1 in November 2018

111 IR1 and 130 CR1 in December 2018

118 IR1 and 115 CR1 in January 2019

81 IR1 and 100 CR1 in February 2019

99 IR1 and 86 CR1 in March 2019

103 IR1 and 109 CR1 in April 2019

118 IR1 and 118 CR1 in May 2019

139 IR1 and 115 CR1 in June 2019

109 IR1 and 91 CR1 in July 2019

81 IR1 and 81 CR1 in August 2019

120 IR1 and 108 CR1 in September 2019

153 IR1 and 101 CR1 in October 2019

110 IR1 and 60 CR1 in November 2019

99 IR1 and 84 CR1 in December 2019

121 IR1 and 87 CR1 in January 2020

89 IR1 and 102 CR1 in February 2020

48 IR1 and 44 CR1 in March 2020

0 IR1 and 0 CR1 in April 2020

0 IR1 and 0 CR1 in May 2020

21 IR1 and 11 CR1 in June 2020

84 IR1 and 76 CR1 in July 2020

52 IR1 and 52 CR1 in August 2020

92 IR1 and 97 CR1 in September 2020

170 IR1 and 56 CR1 in October 2020

148 IR1 and 45 CR1 in November 2020

178 IR1 and 75 CR1 in December 2020

166 IR1 and 91 CR1 in January 2021

236 IR1 and 119 CR1 in February 2021

387 IR1 and 175 CR1 in March 2021

238 IR1 and 118 CR1 in April

219 IR1 and 90 CR1 in May

252 IR1 and 80 CR1 in June

211 IR1 and 28 CR1 in July

249 IR1 and 22 CR1 in August

167 IR1 and 119 CR1 in September

107 IR1 and 21 CR1 in October

103 IR1 and 20 CR1 in November

103 IR1 and 15 CR1 in December 2021

 79 IR1 and 8 CR1 in January 2022

110 IR1 and 10 CR1 in February 2022

So it seems like they are moving at a somewhat regular pace.

However there is no accounting for how many of these were expedited and how many were not.

Anecdotally, I saw that a couple of people reported that they got their interview in March when their DQ was in November.

So I think we should get our Interview Letter any day now without initiating the headache process of an expedite.

I don't want to have to worry about watching carefully for interview slots.  

 

 

[Dave Knapp 47]

I'm trying to sort out the data.  On average, speaking of those folks who are scheduled for an interview this week, when were they DQ'd?  What is the IR-1/CR-1 spousal visa interview appointment wait time?  Thanks.