Interview Letter Update

[Bochog 10]

2 hours ago, Natepartlan said:

Oddly enough, 3 weeks after the rejection we get an email from the NVC saying we're now scheduled for interview in November.  Maybe the rejected expedite request 'put us on their radar'?  Who knows how things work over there.  Anyway, SLEC medical scheduled and Manila hotel reserved.  Now more hurry up and wait 😝

 

Refresher for those compiling data:

Visa class F2A-F22

PD 06Dec2017

I-130 approved 05Aug2019

DQ 24Apr2020 (which was 1 day after Trump's shutdown mandate?)

Expedite request 29Aug2022

Expedite rejection 16Sep2022

Interview scheduled 06Oct2022

Congratulations!!! Ecstatic for you and your family!

 

Hopefully we get ours soon, too! *fingers crossed*

[ultrasoul 51]

On 8/29/2022 at 12:22 PM, Natepartlan said:

~2.4yrs for us for 2 unmarried children of LPR (under 21 at time of Apr2020 DQ).  As a data point to help others, what general content did you put in your expedite requests?

@Natepartlan Congrats on your interview letter from USEM! Can I confirm that you are saying both your unmarried children are still F2A even though they have aged out over 21 since their DQ April 2020 date? Are you saying that they will still be processed as F2A even though they are over 21 now because they were under 21 when they were DQ'ed  back in April 2020.

 

My in-laws have their daughters F2A's that has been DQ'ed since Nov 2020 & waiting for an interview scheduling from USEM- it will soon be a full 2 years now having being DQ'ed and being current. I'm thinking about sending an expedite request within 60 days before she turns 21 and "ages out"

 

@Bochog As shared in my other post- USEM website in October now states that they are processing F2A's that were DQ'ed in Feb 2020 "Most current family preference cases being scheduled are approved expedite cases and cases that were documentarily complete at National Visa Center in February 2020."

 

Here is the month by month F2A issuance statistics issued by USEM this year in 2022 (yellow highlight) https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

 

 

 

[Bochog 10]

On 10/12/2022 at 7:42 AM, ultrasoul said:

@Natepartlan Congrats on your interview letter from USEM! Can I confirm that you are saying both your unmarried children are still F2A even though they have aged out over 21 since their DQ April 2020 date? Are you saying that they will still be processed as F2A even though they are over 21 now because they were under 21 when they were DQ'ed  back in April 2020.

 

My in-laws have their daughters F2A's that has been DQ'ed since Nov 2020 & waiting for an interview scheduling from USEM- it will soon be a full 2 years now having being DQ'ed and being current. I'm thinking about sending an expedite request within 60 days before she turns 21 and "ages out"

 

@Bochog As shared in my other post- USEM website in October now states that they are processing F2A's that were DQ'ed in Feb 2020 "Most current family preference cases being scheduled are approved expedite cases and cases that were documentarily complete at National Visa Center in February 2020."

 

Here is the month by month F2A issuance statistics issued by USEM this year in 2022 (yellow highlight) https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

 

 

 

Interestingly, USEM processed FX visas, which is the same as an F2A. 

 

Do you think the F2A is for the regular DQ date and the FX were the ones who were expedited?

 

 

[Natepartlan 11]

On 10/12/2022 at 10:42 AM, ultrasoul said:

@Natepartlan Congrats on your interview letter from USEM! Can I confirm that you are saying both your unmarried children are still F2A even though they have aged out over 21 since their DQ April 2020 date? Are you saying that they will still be processed as F2A even though they are over 21 now because they were under 21 when they were DQ'ed  back in April 2020.

 

My in-laws have their daughters F2A's that has been DQ'ed since Nov 2020 & waiting for an interview scheduling from USEM- it will soon be a full 2 years now having being DQ'ed and being current. I'm thinking about sending an expedite request within 60 days before she turns 21 and "ages out"

The topic of CSPA and aging out always confuses me way more than it should.  I can't imagine how some of you non-native English speakers manage to get through all these forms and roadblocks.

 

See my other recent topic if this helps your calculation (https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/790922-can-someone-check-my-cspa-math/).  I'm no expert, but if your DS-260 was applied and processed as F2A(F22) and DQ'd, I think the children are locked in and aging out is not a concern anymore.  Its the period between I-130 and DS-260 where aging out can be a factor because the DS-260 will be processed in its own visa class lane whether the applicant be spouse, child, married, petitioned by USC or LPR, and age is one of the factors to specify the class (I think).

 

At any rate, yes, 1 of the children did cross over 21 when the I-130 was in process (the other was still under), and the whole time until now all correspondence is processing as they are under 21.  And these aren't my children, I'm just trying to help my LPR in-law with her children.

[Natepartlan 11]

4 hours ago, Bochog said:

Interestingly, USEM processed FX visas, which is the same as an F2A. 

 

Do you think the F2A is for the regular DQ date and the FX were the ones who were expedited?

 

I vaguely recall earlier this year when I saw the low F2A numbers being processed, that I did some digging into what FX was and I think it was family based visas free from numerical limitations (which F2A currently are).

[LexieJ 44]

I belong to a few Filipino based  FB groups to track how the interview letters are being processed, at this time it looks like applicants Dq'd in April/May/first 2 weeks of June 2020 were issued interview letters last October 6-7 basing from what members posts(these are for f2a, f2b and f1) and a few f2a members who had DQ dates of July 2020 were also issued interview letters. 

 

   CSPA is very confusing there was a poster there that her sibling got denied coz of aging out, it was under f2a. Now the sibling got converted to f2b and she was really upset and would like to know who she can file a complaint about this, she said that she even had a lawyer help her reinstate the case at the NVC stage but eventually got denied, advised her that consul's decision is final. she can try to see if there is any room for appeal but most members in the group told her to just move on as per  their own personal experience they were advised by lawyers that there is no hope for appeal in cases like this.