Disaster in Myanmar, visa worries

[DevinB 3]

Recently there was a large and disastrous earthquake in Myanmar and the government has declared a state of emergency. The embassy in Rangoon has announced they will stop all non emergency operations, including visa processing with no indication of when they may return to processing. My wife dropped off her passport to them on 3/21/25, we received verbal approval at the interview and were told it should take around 7 days to process and the earthquake occurred on 3/28/25, around 5 business days after we had turned the passport in. I assume that despite our case being approved for an expedite on the grounds of urgent medical need that we will still not be processed during this time. With the current uncertainty surrounding potential future bans on immigration from Myanmar, I am incredibly worried about this delaying our processing well past any potential future ban being announced. Is there anything I can do to help my wife's IR1 here? I have contacted my representative to reach out to the consulate and embassy itself, having also done so myself. Welcoming any advice or support. 

[Sharon merina 0]

Hi, Can you tell me how long do you get interview after nvc document qualify, my parents got nvc DQ at march 2,2025 now they wait for interview thank you 

 

 

 

 

[appleblossom 3,766]

8 hours ago, Sharon merina said:

Hi, Can you tell me how long do you get interview after nvc document qualify, my parents got nvc DQ at march 2,2025 now they wait for interview thank you 

 

 

 

 

You can click on ‘Timeline’ on people’s profile and it will tell you if they’ve taken the time to fill that out. You can also search timelines on the forum and filter by country. Looks like it was pretty quick as although @DevinB hasn't filled it in fully, the I-130 was only approved in October. 
 

Please fill in your own timeline too, thx. 
 

Good luck.