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I have to rant a moment. The absolute worst care scenario I feared when we were given DS-5535 has come about. I work in tech and I was laid off today. This isn’t super surprising to me given macroeconomic trends and the wave of layoffs across the tech industry. I was worried it might happen when we were given DS-5535. Instead of my fiancé being here, able to get me on his health insurance and help financially with the mortgage, I am in the situation of dealing with all of this alone and trying to do it as fast as I can to make sure this doesn’t mess up immigration.  This situation would be immeasurably easier if we weren’t put in AP for no good reason. 
 

This sucks.

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15 minutes ago, emergence said:

I have to rant a moment. The absolute worst care scenario I feared when we were given DS-5535 has come about. I work in tech and I was laid off today. This isn’t super surprising to me given macroeconomic trends and the wave of layoffs across the tech industry. I was worried it might happen when we were given DS-5535. Instead of my fiancé being here, able to get me on his health insurance and help financially with the mortgage, I am in the situation of dealing with all of this alone and trying to do it as fast as I can to make sure this doesn’t mess up immigration.  This situation would be immeasurably easier if we weren’t put in AP for no good reason. 
 

This sucks.

Brutal, I’m so sorry. 

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18 minutes ago, emergence said:

I have to rant a moment. The absolute worst care scenario I feared when we were given DS-5535 has come about. I work in tech and I was laid off today. This isn’t super surprising to me given macroeconomic trends and the wave of layoffs across the tech industry. I was worried it might happen when we were given DS-5535. Instead of my fiancé being here, able to get me on his health insurance and help financially with the mortgage, I am in the situation of dealing with all of this alone and trying to do it as fast as I can to make sure this doesn’t mess up immigration.  This situation would be immeasurably easier if we weren’t put in AP for no good reason. 
 

This sucks.

so sorry to hear :( embassy is playing with people's lives here, and they dont care.

like you said if AP is required for something of a flag, then im all for it, but this system is broken. as Canadians we can come visit USA for 6 months while they do extreme vetting......so laughable.

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January 8th 2014 - NOA1

July 10th 2014 - NOA2

NVC

July 17th 2014 - Case shipped to NVC

July 30th 2014 - Case received by NVC

August 13th 2014 - Case number and IIN received by email

August 13th 2014 - DS-261 Form Completed

August 14th 2014 - AOS Fees Invoiced and Paid

September 17th 2014 - IV Fees Invoiced and Paid

September 19th 2014 - DS260 Completed

October 6th 2014 - AOS and IV Packages Received

November 28th 2014 - AOS and IV Checklist (4 items in total. 3 for documents they lost. Called on December 9 and a rep said no checklist for IV....go figure)

December 8th 2014 - Checklist scan date.

December 30th 2014 - Case Compl........NOT. So after not having an interview date yet, I called again on Jan 30th and apparently its in final review with a supervisor.

February 6th 2015 - Case Complete: Supervisor called from NVC to confirm everything has been completed now.

March 27 2015 - Interview Date

March 27 2015 - Approved!

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46 minutes ago, emergence said:

I have to rant a moment. The absolute worst care scenario I feared when we were given DS-5535 has come about. I work in tech and I was laid off today. This isn’t super surprising to me given macroeconomic trends and the wave of layoffs across the tech industry. I was worried it might happen when we were given DS-5535. Instead of my fiancé being here, able to get me on his health insurance and help financially with the mortgage, I am in the situation of dealing with all of this alone and trying to do it as fast as I can to make sure this doesn’t mess up immigration.  This situation would be immeasurably easier if we weren’t put in AP for no good reason. 
 

This sucks.

I’m so so so sorry about this. I wish I could do something for you but at the very least I can pray for you 

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February 2021 - Sent I-130

July 2021 - Sent expedite request

July 2021 - Approved 

August 2021 - NVC Welcome Letters

November 2021 - NVC requests missing documents

December 2021 - Submitted missing docs to NVC

May 2022  Notice of interview appointment

June 2022 - Interview + put in AP

March 2023 - AP complete + second medical requested by consulate

April 2023 - new medical submitted, visa status changed to issued

May 2023 - Entry into US

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57 minutes ago, emergence said:

I have to rant a moment. The absolute worst care scenario I feared when we were given DS-5535 has come about. I work in tech and I was laid off today. This isn’t super surprising to me given macroeconomic trends and the wave of layoffs across the tech industry. I was worried it might happen when we were given DS-5535. Instead of my fiancé being here, able to get me on his health insurance and help financially with the mortgage, I am in the situation of dealing with all of this alone and trying to do it as fast as I can to make sure this doesn’t mess up immigration.  This situation would be immeasurably easier if we weren’t put in AP for no good reason. 
 

This sucks.

Really sorry to hear this for you. Hopefully it won't have any bearing on immigration, but it is a terribly difficult situation for you even without that. If misery loves company, I have taken many hits with finances in this process and it seems it will keep going. Let's all try to keep standing as long as we can, right? 

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4 hours ago, PZibran325 said:

@emergence the below website seems to reiterate what @ice-qube has been suggesting all along that the AP is being used as a legal mechanism to buy time for decision making while the additional background and security checks are performed. It suggests that while AP has historically been infrequent, it is now being used to kick the can down the road so to speak. I highly recommend checking out this URL

 

 Lippes Mathias Law Firm

This is more evidence of what I have been saying, I am not the only one thinking it. As far as I am concerned, at this point, it is the only hypothesis with any plausibility. 

 

However: being able to say "I told y'all so" is not exactly satisfying in this case, lol.

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43 minutes ago, BatmanFlow said:

so sorry to hear :( embassy is playing with people's lives here, and they dont care.

like you said if AP is required for something of a flag, then im all for it, but this system is broken. as Canadians we can come visit USA for 6 months while they do extreme vetting......so laughable.

Just look how I have already filed a WOM but there is still no movement either way... lol. I mean, this is so absurd already. I have nothing but scorn for this process already. It's disgraceful. It's equivalent to torture by bureaucracy, in a sense. 

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6 minutes ago, ice-qube said:

This is more evidence of what I have been saying, I am not the only one thinking it. As far as I am concerned, at this point, it is the only hypothesis with any plausibility. 

 

However: being able to say "I told y'all so" is not exactly satisfying in this case, lol.

Sigh sigh sigh sigh * infinity I don’t even know what to say about this insanity anymore 

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Canada

February 2021 - Sent I-130

July 2021 - Sent expedite request

July 2021 - Approved 

August 2021 - NVC Welcome Letters

November 2021 - NVC requests missing documents

December 2021 - Submitted missing docs to NVC

May 2022  Notice of interview appointment

June 2022 - Interview + put in AP

March 2023 - AP complete + second medical requested by consulate

April 2023 - new medical submitted, visa status changed to issued

May 2023 - Entry into US

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9 minutes ago, PZibran325 said:

Sigh sigh sigh sigh * infinity I don’t even know what to say about this insanity anymore 

I donno. I am mad. I think people find it off-putting and I understand. "Negative", they will say. Well, yes. I am angry. I have waited 3.5 years. I have been in AP for over 1 year. I have spent a lot of money. Yes I am negative right now. The contempt I have for this bureaucracy forcing me to live in this way, in eternal limbo, is fairly sizeable. And really, worst of all: they are doing it for absolutely no good reason.

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Did any of you consider applying for adjustment of status in the US? I mean you can only do that if you have a strong reason, but it is possible if you have some sort of special case. Not a lawyer, but been told by a lawyer.  :) I am also stuck at montreal embassy DS5355 and waiting for the day….

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50 minutes ago, mmt26 said:

 I mean you can only do that if you have a strong reason, but it is possible if you have some sort of special case. Not a lawyer, but been told by a lawyer.

A person cannot enter the US as a visitor with the intent to adjust status...... "special case" or not.  That is fraud.  It is a violation of the VJ terms of service to suggest fraud.  Attorneys don't always give accurate information.

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29 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

A person cannot enter the US as a visitor with the intent to adjust status...... "special case" or not.  That is fraud.  It is a violation of the VJ terms of service to suggest fraud.  Attorneys don't always give accurate information.

I am not suggesting I was asking and sharing what been told. It is ok to ask questions, does not mean I will or anyone will apply it. I will never encourage anybody to do anything. There is much crazier things than this. A question or false info can be corrected does not mean a person intends to violate wtv it is you say. 

Anyway I hope montreal clears everybody’s cases asap 

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9 minutes ago, deep2ca said:

Just thought I would give you guys an update and share the good news.

 

As of Dec 6th the CEAC portal is showing issued!!! I have not received an email yet but the in the portal it says my visa is in final processing and should be mailed to me within the next 10 days! 😀

 

What a journey, been waiting since 2019. I am so thankful it is coming to an end and I can move on from this chapter and start my married life with my partner. 

 

To everyone else waiting, stay positive, i know its a struggle, and its not fair, but it will happen for you too! 

 

congrats!
wow i thought you had sent all the documents months ago and figured everything was issued. good luck on your future journey!

USCIS

January 8th 2014 - NOA1

July 10th 2014 - NOA2

NVC

July 17th 2014 - Case shipped to NVC

July 30th 2014 - Case received by NVC

August 13th 2014 - Case number and IIN received by email

August 13th 2014 - DS-261 Form Completed

August 14th 2014 - AOS Fees Invoiced and Paid

September 17th 2014 - IV Fees Invoiced and Paid

September 19th 2014 - DS260 Completed

October 6th 2014 - AOS and IV Packages Received

November 28th 2014 - AOS and IV Checklist (4 items in total. 3 for documents they lost. Called on December 9 and a rep said no checklist for IV....go figure)

December 8th 2014 - Checklist scan date.

December 30th 2014 - Case Compl........NOT. So after not having an interview date yet, I called again on Jan 30th and apparently its in final review with a supervisor.

February 6th 2015 - Case Complete: Supervisor called from NVC to confirm everything has been completed now.

March 27 2015 - Interview Date

March 27 2015 - Approved!

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7 minutes ago, BatmanFlow said:

congrats!
wow i thought you had sent all the documents months ago and figured everything was issued. good luck on your future journey!

Thank you.

 

They requested an updated medical and updated passport pictures from me back in July, but I could not get an appointment with the medical examiner till late August. I sent them my documents first week of September and it took them a couple months to review my updated documents but by then my criminal record check had expired, so they requested a new criminal record check. I could foresee this being an issue so I had a new criminal record check performed  in advance and had it ready to go. Soon as they requested a new criminal record check I sent it in which was a couple weeks ago. And now im issued !!!

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