Is it worth calling the NVC? Pending interview letter

[ak89 13]

Next week will be 90 days waiting for an interview letter for my husband - IR1, Dublin embassy. I’ve seen mixed stuff online from the NVC about calling after 90 days has passed to see what’s going on.
 

I’m living overseas with my husband and my work has agreed that August is my window to move over in. Additionally, my husband will probably lose his internal transfer role if we don’t get some concrete dates for his company’s U.S. management soon. Starting to get desperate. 

[appleblossom 2,437]

Are you a US citizen or a green card holder? What does your online status say?

[ak89 13]

1 minute ago, appleblossom said:

Are you a US citizen or a green card holder? What does your online status say?

Sorry, should have included that! I am a citizen. The CEAC portal just says it’s at NVC. We were DQ’d January 25th. 

[appleblossom 2,437]

4 minutes ago, ak89 said:

Sorry, should have included that! I am a citizen. The CEAC portal just says it’s at NVC. We were DQ’d January 25th. 

 

Mmm, that is odd then. I'd definitely contact NVC, but I wouldn't call personally, I'd use the ask NVC thing on their website. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html

[Ian hanley 0]

I'm in the exact same boat as you. My wife is a U.S. citizen and we are DQ since Jan 19th but still waiting and the portal just says at NVC. I can't find anything else online. If possible would you keep me updated if you hear anything! I've missed out on job opportunities now already! 

[ak89 13]

11 minutes ago, cian said:

I'm in the exact same boat as you. My wife is a U.S. citizen and we are DQ since Jan 19th but still waiting and the portal just says at NVC. I can't find anything else online. If possible would you keep me updated if you hear anything! I've missed out on job opportunities now already! 

Yes I’ll keep this page updated! We are actually being evicted at the end of August so I’m going to try and expedite for financial hardship. A long shot but we have to try at least.
 

I did try emailing the NVC to ask why the hell they gave interview letters this month to people DQ’d in March instead of January, since it’s the exact opposite of their stated rule which is first in first out based on DQ date. They of course emailed back with a copy paste response to say that they schedule interviews FIFO and were in the queue. Completely useless. 

[Ian hanley 0]

Hey have you heard anything from the nvc as of yet? 

[ak89 13]

16 minutes ago, cian said:

Hey have you heard anything from the nvc as of yet? 

Hey! Nothing yet. I sent in an expedite request last week and the NVC forwarded it to the embassy last Tuesday. Still waiting to hear back on that. Seems like most embassies respond to expedites really quickly but of course Dublin has taken a week so far 🙄

[ak89 13]

On 4/30/2024 at 11:33 AM, cian said:

Hey have you heard anything from the nvc as of yet? 

We got an interview appointment this afternoon, so hopefully yours is coming through imminently as well. They didn’t respond to our expedite yet, it appears this was just part of the normal scheduling process. 

[Ian hanley 0]

Hey. Glad you finally got your interview. We just received ours today too. If you enquire and delays booking the medical let the know and I'll keep you informed too

[Skyyy 7]

On 4/30/2024 at 4:20 PM, ak89 said:

Hey! Nothing yet. I sent in an expedite request last week and the NVC forwarded it to the embassy last Tuesday. Still waiting to hear back on that. Seems like most embassies respond to expedites really quickly but of course Dublin has taken a week so far 🙄

to whom did you send the expedite request? may I know the process of expediting after DQ?

 

On 5/2/2024 at 7:20 PM, Ian hanley said:

Hey. Glad you finally got your interview. We just received ours today too. If you enquire and delays booking the medical let the know and I'll keep you informed too

What is your embassy?

[appleblossom 2,437]

8 hours ago, Skyyy said:

to whom did you send the expedite request? may I know the process of expediting after DQ?

 

 

Last paragraph on this page - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-2-begin-nvc-processing/helpful-hints-iv-processing.html

 

HTH.

[ak89 13]

On 5/30/2024 at 5:01 AM, Skyyy said:

to whom did you send the expedite request? may I know the process of expediting after DQ?

 

What is your embassy?

Hi, this was the Dublin embassy. The expedite was never processed since we got a standard interview date scheduled while it was still pending, so I don't know what the full steps would be. As appleblossom said above though, just follow the directions on the link she shared and that's essentially how it works!  

[Ian hanley 0]

Hey  I'm just wondering did anybody here have any issues when trying to return your passport to the embassy via dpd. When I went to the dpd center they told me I needed a request form which I never received from the embassy? Can I just mail it in through any courier? 

[ak89 13]

4 minutes ago, Ian hanley said:

Hey  I'm just wondering did anybody here have any issues when trying to return your passport to the embassy via dpd. When I went to the dpd center they told me I needed a request form which I never received from the embassy? Can I just mail it in through any courier? 

So if the embassy requested you send your passport back, there should be a link in the request email that takes you to a portal where you print off a form with your name on it as well as a tracking number and a barcode for dpd to scan. The cost of the shipment back to the embassy is then paid for. That’s probably the form they are looking for. Otherwise I do think you can mail it back just like in general, but you’d still want to include the letter in the envelope so the embassy has your tracking details. I’d go back to their request email and see if you see the link for the portal.