March 2023 NVC Submission

[S&J@2020 35]

28 minutes ago, EdoLove said:

My husband's Visa was approved today!!!!

Congratulations!

[Ramirez65 69]

1 hour ago, EdoLove said:

My husband's Visa was approved today!!!!

Congratulations!! 🎉🎊🍾 

[EdoLove 19]

11 hours ago, S&J@2020 said:

Congratulations!

Thank you!!

[EdoLove 19]

9 hours ago, Ramirez65 said:

Congratulations!! 🎉🎊🍾 

Thank you 

[S&J@2020 35]

We now have an interview date in Sierra Leone slated for 21st August.

[EdoLove 19]

10 minutes ago, S&J@2020 said:

We now have an interview date in Sierra Leone slated for 21st August.

Congratulations, when was the transfer request done? 

[S&J@2020 35]

38 minutes ago, EdoLove said:

Congratulations, when was the transfer request done? 

6th June.

[Straya 37]

I finally arrived last weekend. 

 

Curious to anyone else who has already arrived - how long did your SSN and green card take to arrive if they have already? The officer at customs told me GC can take a year 😳

[aaroncv3 106]

On 7/9/2023 at 4:25 PM, Straya said:

I finally arrived last weekend. 

 

Curious to anyone else who has already arrived - how long did your SSN and green card take to arrive if they have already? The officer at customs told me GC can take a year 😳

 Congrats!  My wife's interview is on Wednesday.  So, i can't say.  But i heard it was only a few weeks before it arrives.  I am, of course, curious what your experience will be.

 

Welcome to the USA.  We're looking forward to being home soon, too.

[aaroncv3 106]

On 7/9/2023 at 4:25 PM, Straya said:

I finally arrived last weekend. 

 

Curious to anyone else who has already arrived - how long did your SSN and green card take to arrive if they have already? The officer at customs told me GC can take a year 😳

 

Hey, just curious, what was your port of entry, and how long did it take you to get through immigration?

 

I'm keeping my eye on plane tickets, and was hoping a 4.5 hour layover between port of entry and next flight was in the realm of feasibility.

[Straya 37]

1 hour ago, aaroncv3 said:

 

Hey, just curious, what was your port of entry, and how long did it take you to get through immigration?

 

I'm keeping my eye on plane tickets, and was hoping a 4.5 hour layover between port of entry and next flight was in the realm of feasibility.

I was supposed to enter via Honolulu but my flight got cancelled so I was rebooked via San Francisco. 

 

Took me a total of about 5 minutes with the customs guy. He was super excited that it was my first entry on my green card. Explained that since we have been married less than 2 years I'd be CR1 and will have to remove conditions within 90 days of my expiration etc. Asked if I have more than 10k cash on me and confirmed the address for my green card to be sent. 

 

I had 4.5h layover in SFO and it was way too long. Customs, rechecking my bags and going back through security took at most 45 minutes and the terminal was close so I didn't have far to walk. 

 

Overall it was a great experience. 

[aaroncv3 106]

3 hours ago, Straya said:

I was supposed to enter via Honolulu but my flight got cancelled so I was rebooked via San Francisco. 

 

Took me a total of about 5 minutes with the customs guy. He was super excited that it was my first entry on my green card. Explained that since we have been married less than 2 years I'd be CR1 and will have to remove conditions within 90 days of my expiration etc. Asked if I have more than 10k cash on me and confirmed the address for my green card to be sent. 

 

I had 4.5h layover in SFO and it was way too long. Customs, rechecking my bags and going back through security took at most 45 minutes and the terminal was close so I didn't have far to walk. 

 

Overall it was a great experience. 

🥳 Excellent.  SFO would likely be our port of entry, also.  Thanks for the details on your experience. 👍

[Elliott & Dora 8]

On 7/9/2023 at 5:25 PM, Straya said:

I finally arrived last weekend. 

 

Curious to anyone else who has already arrived - how long did your SSN and green card take to arrive if they have already? The officer at customs told me GC can take a year 😳

I have similar questions but upon a little research I learned that you have to use this website (USCIS case status https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do) with your receipt number when you paid the USCIS Immigrant Fee. It will change the status on the green card is printed, issues, etc. 

 

There is a large discussion about this in the forum below.

 

Hope this helps.

[NasUK 35]

Good Morning VJ Fam,

Just to let you all know my interview was on 10th of July and i got approved. Now waiting on my passport to come and hopefully i get that courier notification today or tomorrow. I wish you all to get your visas in time ans i hope you all be with your families together sooner rather than later 🫂💯🫂

[aaroncv3 106]

Here's our update.

 

Interview was on July 12.  Visa refused.

 

My wife said the interviewer was mostly concerned about the items which were "Case FE review note" before we were DQ'd.

 

They refused to adjudicate without the actual certified copies of my (petitioner) previous divorce papers.

 

We are in the process of getting those documents here to the Philippines.

 

The embassy gave us instructions to send those, along with her passport, back to the embassy by courier.

 

Based on other reports, the turnaround on that may only be a few days.

 

Overall, we are still optimistic.  If they were going to deny the visa for any reason, they would have just done that instead.  A refusal is a refusal to adjudicate, where a denial is an unfavorable adjudication.

 

Some other context to put this in perspective:  the Philippines requires a CFO clearance for Filipinos moving overseas, and there is currently a backlog on the scheduling for that.  We booked for an online appointment but there seems to be some uncertainty about CFO scheduling right now. 

 

We'd be in exactly the same situation had the visa been approved on-the-spot.

 

God's timetable, not mine.