EB2-NIW Waiting for Interview Letter in London 2023

[hellowilly 0]

4 minutes ago, Amir777 said:

Hi

i was DQ on May 30 and received IL on July 30 and Interview Day is September 9

Thank you.

[hellowilly 0]

4 minutes ago, PACMAN82 said:

It came at 2.20am. I'm not sure if it is as a result of my hounding of NVC or a general appointment sent out to others.

Thanks for your reply, it looks like I am not getting one today, the wait continues...

[NYCHello 4]

For those who recently completed their interview, how long did it take for you to receive/ be able to collect your passport afterward?"

[appleblossom 2,445]

On 9/5/2024 at 3:52 AM, hellowilly said:

Thanks for your reply, it looks like I am not getting one today, the wait continues...

You’re EB5 right? So there’s no more visas available for this year, the quota was reached on August 16th. 

3 hours ago, NYCHello said:

For those who recently completed their interview, how long did it take for you to receive/ be able to collect your passport afterward?"

4 working days. They say to allow 2 weeks but it’s usually quicker. 

[hellowilly 0]

1 hour ago, appleblossom said:

You’re EB5 right? So there’s no more visas available for this year, the quota was reached on August 16th. 

4 working days. They say to allow 2 weeks but it’s usually quicker. 

Hi, yes I am EB5.  Did you mean this Fiscal year (till the end of September)?  

[appleblossom 2,445]

5 hours ago, hellowilly said:

Hi, yes I am EB5.  Did you mean this Fiscal year (till the end of September)?  

Yes. So you wouldn’t have been expecting an IL anyway, hopefully in October though. 
 

Good luck. 

Edited September 8 by appleblossom

[hellowilly 0]

9 hours ago, appleblossom said:

Yes. So you wouldn’t have been expecting an IL anyway, hopefully in October though. 
 

Good luck. 

Thank you.

[pebb1ee 3]

My EB2 NIW Case is current. DQ on 10th Feb 24, cased transferred to London (through NVC) this month. When am i expecting IL? any advice? thanks

[appleblossom 2,445]

6 minutes ago, pebb1ee said:

My EB2 NIW Case is current. DQ on 10th Feb 24, cased transferred to London (through NVC) this month. When am i expecting IL? any advice? thanks

 

Transferred from another consulate do you mean? Or just from NVC? What does your CEAC status say?

 

 

Edited September 13 by appleblossom

[pebb1ee 3]

Not transferred from another consulate. Just through NVC.  Once they did the transfer, they have provided me the new case number starting from LNDXXXXX

The new case number can be tracked via Caec tracker, the status says 'at NVC'. Some people say that DQ stays the same even after the transfer  so not sure if I will be at the start or at the end of the queue for interviews at London consulate. Any guesses as when should I be getting the IL?

[appleblossom 2,445]

9 minutes ago, pebb1ee said:

Not transferred from another consulate. Just through NVC.  Once they did the transfer, they have provided me the new case number starting from LNDXXXXX

The new case number can be tracked via Caec tracker, the status says 'at NVC'. Some people say that DQ stays the same even after the transfer  so not sure if I will be at the start or at the end of the queue for interviews at London consulate. Any guesses as when should I be getting the IL?

 

So has your PD only just become current? I'm just trying to work out why it's taken so long if you were DQ'ed in February. If you could fill in your timeline it would be super helpful.

 

There are no visas available at the moment due to the quota being met, but hopefully it'll be at some point in October. CEAC will change to 'in transit' when it's actually transferred to London. 

[pebb1ee 3]

 

PD March 23

DQ Feb 24

PD was current in July 24

August - 24 - Initiated transfer to London Embassy through NVC. My previous consulate has backlog and takes ages to get an interview

September 24 - NVC emailed me a new case number which corresponds to London Consulate  Happy days

Edited September 13 by pebb1ee

[appleblossom 2,445]

6 minutes ago, pebb1ee said:

 

PD March 23

DQ Feb 24

PD was current in July 24

August - 24 - Initiated transfer to London Embassy through NVC. My previous consulate has backlog and takes ages to get an interview

September 24 - NVC emailed me a new case number which corresponds to London Consulate  Happy days

 

Ah, I see, the delay makes sense now. So hopefully interview maybe December as a very rough guess.

 

Depending on your previous consulate, transferring may add quite a bit of extra time for background checks after interview, so just be prepared for that, if it's a consulate like Lagos or Islamabad (which I assume it is from what you've said). 

 

Good luck. 

[SRA_WLS 2]

Hi @appleblossom, how do we come to know if the quota for current year has been reached for certain visa category, is this something updated somewhere by DOS? And also, does this relate to all EB categories or separately for EB1, EB2, EB3 etc?...Thanks & regards. 

[dabursot2 24]

9 minutes ago, SRA_WLS said:

Hi @appleblossom, how do we come to know if the quota for current year has been reached for certain visa category, is this something updated somewhere by DOS? And also, does this relate to all EB categories or separately for EB1, EB2, EB3 etc?...Thanks & regards. 

Here,

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news.html