Petitioner Status changed while the case was in USCIS.

[sulemmuh 0]

I did apply for my spouse ( submitted date Aug,25,2021)who lives in Pakistan and the case was in USCIS where I was Green Card holder, then I became citizen now my wife case at NVC (since May 2023) and I got submitted the documents and its been approved in the month of Aug, 2023.

My question is since they put my case as a IR1 because of citizenship, how would they quick they proceed now for my wife's petition. would they cut off any time period since I was green card holder to citizenship?

Note:  Its been three month that my wife case is in NVC and normally they take that much time.

 

Thanks hoping for positive response.
 

[powerpuff 6,748]

It’s about a 2 year wait after you’re DQ’d at NVC for an interview for IR1. Not quick but much much quicker than if you were a GC holder.

[sulemmuh 0]

@powerpuffThank you for your response. 

Really its like that, I thought being a citizen they expedite the case. How does they calculate the time when you became citizen?

[powerpuff 6,748]

The 2 year wait is for spouses of US citizens.

 

2 minutes ago, sulemmuh said:

How does they calculate the time when you became citizen?

I’m not sure what this means 

[sulemmuh 0]

@powerpuff  I mean to say I was green card holder when the case was in USCIS and then I became citizen and I requested to put my case a IR1 as I became citizen. So, after converting the status how does they calculate the time, don't they include the time we waited as a Green Card holder?

[powerpuff 6,748]

Just now, sulemmuh said:

don't they include the time we waited as a Green Card holder?

No because that’s a different category. You can’t carry over that time to a different category.

 

Once your case became IR1 you were placed, for a lack of a better term, to the back of the line of the IR1 for Islamabad. And that line is that long that it takes 2 years to get an interview 

[Boiler 46,109]

They do not calculate the time, you no longer have to wait for the PD to be current and you are moved to regular processing.

[Crazy Cat 42,298]

4 minutes ago, sulemmuh said:

@powerpuff  I mean to say I was green card holder when the case was in USCIS and then I became citizen and I requested to put my case a IR1 as I became citizen. So, after converting the status how does they calculate the time, don't they include the time we waited as a Green Card holder?

You now get in line behind the other US citizens who have been waiting. 

[sulemmuh 0]

@powerpuff what is PD?


and also I found out that they sent the interview according to approval of DQ date from NVC, So my DQ date is aug-16-2023 so I think I have to wait as per the people already have the DQ date previously. In that case no matter if I am GC holder or Citizen.

[powerpuff 6,748]

1 minute ago, sulemmuh said:

what is PD?

Priority date 

[sulemmuh 0]

@Boiler

 

 I found out that they sent the interview according to approval of DQ date from NVC, So my DQ date is aug-16-2023 so I think I have to wait as per the people already have the DQ date previously. In that case no matter if I am GC holder or Citizen.