Awaiting (Ir5) interview date

[ivshan 0]

My daughter who is a US Citizen filed an I130 for me in September of 2020.  I have since created my CEAC account,  submitted all requested docs and paid all fees.  its now 2023 and i am thinking that the police record may be expiring soon and still no interview date.  I really do not understand the timelines being published as I see no where that it takes 3 years to complete the processing for an IR5.  Can you please say if there is anything I can do to speed things up?

[Boiler 45,948]

You can appoint a lawyer to sue.

[ivshan 0]

4 minutes ago, Boiler said:

You can appoint a lawyer to sue.

Sorry, its almost $J150 to US$1, I really dont have the money to spare.  Plus, with the backlog they speak of what will a lawyer be able to do?

 

[SalishSea 18,085]

33 minutes ago, ivshan said:

My daughter who is a US Citizen filed an I130 for me in September of 2020.  I have since created my CEAC account,  submitted all requested docs and paid all fees.  its now 2023 and i am thinking that the police record may be expiring soon and still no interview date.  I really do not understand the timelines being published as I see no where that it takes 3 years to complete the processing for an IR5.  Can you please say if there is anything I can do to speed things up?

Normally you wouldn't get the police report until you had an interview date.

 

There is nothing really to do to speed it up; you are in the queue with lots of other people who have been waiting even longer.

[ivshan 0]

4 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

Normally you wouldn't get the police report until you had an interview date.

 

There is nothing really to do to speed it up; you are in the queue with lots of other people who have been waiting even longer.

They asked that police record be uploaded as a civil document, thats why I did.  I hear about the backlog but I was just wondering if I was too far behind. Thank you.

[SalishSea 18,085]

9 hours ago, ivshan said:

They asked that police record be uploaded as a civil document, thats why I did.  I hear about the backlog but I was just wondering if I was too far behind. Thank you.

Ah, okay.   Well hopefully you’ll get a date prior to the police record’s expiration.   

[Chancy 6,243]

10 hours ago, ivshan said:

i am thinking that the police record may be expiring soon and still no interview date.

 

For US immigration purposes, police certificates are valid for 2 years from issue date.  Get a new one if yours will be more than 2 years old before your interview.

 

[ivshan 0]

On 1/13/2023 at 10:36 AM, Chancy said:

 

For US immigration purposes, police certificates are valid for 2 years from issue date.  Get a new one if yours will be more than 2 years old before your interview.

 

Thank you Chancy.  I got notice of case being documentarily complete today.  Awaiting interview date from Consulate in Kingston. Can anyone say what the approximate wait time has been lately between being documentarily complete and notice of interview date in Jamaica?

[angelbrown 195]

On 1/17/2023 at 7:39 PM, ivshan said:

Thank you Chancy.  I got notice of case being documentarily complete today.  Awaiting interview date from Consulate in Kingston. Can anyone say what the approximate wait time has been lately between being documentarily complete and notice of interview date in Jamaica?

Took my mother in law a year. Case was DQ Januuary 2022, interview is this month. You have to remember Kingston was still catching up from Covid. Hopefully they are moving along faster and it won’t take as long for you. You will need another police certificate once you get the interview date. 

Edited January 26, 2023 by angelbrown