CR1 IMMIGRANT VISA (Spouse of a US Citizen) NVC to Philippine Consulate timeline

[JosePalabyab 0]

I would like to know what everyone elses experience and average wait time was from when their case was documentarily approved at NVC and how long it took until you got an interview schedule at the US Embassy in Manila.

[Crazy Cat 41,352]

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[Adobo 13]

CR1 here. DQ'd June 2023and still waiting for an interview. 

There was a mass transfer last week, but not a single CR1 was included. 

[Jimmyzr1 36]

5 hours ago, JosePalabyab said:

I would like to know what everyone elses experience and average wait time was from when their case was documentarily approved at NVC and how long it took until you got an interview schedule at the US Embassy in Manila.

Ir-1 now, DQ'd July 3, 2023, expedited, March 25, 2024.

[top_secret 2,313]

I have given up on trying to figure out what US Embassy Manila is up to>  they seem to be wildly thrashing around on scheduling with no rhyme or reason

 

February's visa statistics are out and for an embassy that should be one of the busiest on the planet for spousal visa, US Embassy Manila managed to accomplish only 67 IR1 visas and only ONE!!!! CR1 visa in the whole month of February.

 

The most recent mass expedite encompassing only IR1's and IR2's while passing over CR's with older DQ dates is yet a new previously unseen twist.  US Embassy Manila continues their streak of being nonsensical.

 

I guess if I were CR1, I would take note that in February and March, around the 8th or possibly the second Friday of the month (??) NVC had been sending interview letters to all CR's and IR's, including IR5's, going by DQ date.  IR5's were also not included in the recent mass expedite so one could speculate that if NVC does still send out a batch of interview letters this week, it would encompass CR's and IR5's who were DQ from late May 2023 forward.  That is a group that should be depleted of IR1's and IR2's by that mass expedite so maybe it could advance a few months??

 

Or, USEM could just do something completely random that is impossible to predict.