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Hello. Do you have any idea how long the Auckland consulate is taking to issue employment-based immigrant visas?  We had our interview nearly 5 weeks ago (EB visa) and they still have not processed the visa nor returned our passports.  Every time I check with them they just say its still being processed and can't give me a timeline of how long that will take.  No administrative processing or 221g forms received.  Any idea what's going on there?

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The above was split from an old thread in another forum.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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21 hours ago, jcm122 said:

Hello. Do you have any idea how long the Auckland consulate is taking to issue employment-based immigrant visas?  We had our interview nearly 5 weeks ago (EB visa) and they still have not processed the visa nor returned our passports.  Every time I check with them they just say its still being processed and can't give me a timeline of how long that will take.  No administrative processing or 221g forms received.  Any idea what's going on there?

I have no clue about employment based Visas, but I know the Auckland consulate is pretty swamped at the moment. It put off a lot of non-urgent interviews and applications due to the government lockdown and only started them again in April 2022.

 

For instance, we were told that appointments for Consular Records of Birth Abroad now has a 4-month wait, when in early 2021 when we did one for my son it was only 2 weeks. 

 

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jcm122   3

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3 hours ago, Louis10182 said:

I have no clue about employment based Visas, but I know the Auckland consulate is pretty swamped at the moment. It put off a lot of non-urgent interviews and applications due to the government lockdown and only started them again in April 2022.

 

For instance, we were told that appointments for Consular Records of Birth Abroad now has a 4-month wait, when in early 2021 when we did one for my son it was only 2 weeks. 

 

Wow, that's pretty wild.  Thanks for the insight, hope they are able to catch up and don't keep you waiting too long.

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