PsychoGF

Congrats again! Btw, maybe someone can help. My husband did an advanced medical and finished his back in Nov 16, 2023. So assuming that's valid for 6 months, his medical will expire on May 16 this year. Or should he do a repeat medical exam? His interview is already on May 2 - almost 2 weeks. I told him to call SLEC/Us embassy for an advice, but if anybody can give an insight, that would be great. Thank you!

Got interview date for my husband, for May 2! Congrats to us and all of those who got the ILs! And yes, this is actually the normal way - us getting an interview date rather than scheduling it. The only reason some need to schedule their own is because they were "auto-expedited". MNL embassy is trying to clear their backlogs. But this is how things should be.

Totally understand your rant. I have been sending messages on their public inquiry form since yesterday and I was basically ranting there too. I also sent an expedite request just in hopes to nudge my husband's case. I'm really thinking of just spamming their FB page with comments of protest at this point - as advised by one of the FB group members. They said maybe that had an effect on why they suddenly did a mass expedite again. It's good they're moving, but why all of a sudden, they don't want to adhere to their own FIFO policy anymore 😭

I hope so! Prayers for us! I just realized you and your partner will also turn IR1 on June. Same here, except we will turn IR1 June 18. We've been DQed since May 26 though. Anyhow, Let's keep each other updated! At the rate things are going, getting approved in USCIS faster just seems to be futile 😭

Haven't seen any CR1s move at all. So unfair how they keep saying that it's FIFO yet there are still May DQs who haven't received any kind of update.

Been seeing a lot of IR1s get expedited even though they got DQed in June, July and August. Mostly CR1s that turned into IR1s. I thought CR1 and IR1 are just processed the same but probably not. My husband got DQed in May, but won't be IR1 till June. We'll probably get left behind 😭

I just got my tax return transcript for 2023 and I know for sure, if my husband's interview will be after April 15th, they will require us to upload the transcript on CEAC. Now my question is, for those of you who got interviewed already, will my husband need to bring a copy of the transcripts? Since I got the transcripts from IRS site, he can just print those, right? Also, is it true that the AOS copies he needs to bring has to have my wet signature? (asking since the 2023 tax needs to be on another AOS form - pls do correct me if I am wrong) Thank you to whoever can answer!

One thing's for sure that there's movement and eventually, all of us leftovers will be done as well. There's really nothing we can do at this point but to be positive. Thank you for your insights. I actually already advised my friend that what they wanted was quite risky and that entering the US a day later wouldn't be so bad. I guess they just wanted to make their anniversary extra special 😅 I, for one, wouldn't care too much as long as I get my husband here with me soon (better if he gets IR1 though)

Apologies if I stated the question wrong. What I meant to ask was, if the beneficiary arrives in the US exactly on their 2nd anniv date. But guessing from your answer, it should be the case?

My husband's CR1 and got DQ in May. Still no IL. If they're pushing for CR1s to convert to IR1s first, a lot of May DQs will be skipped then. example is my husband, he'll only be converted to IR1 on June 🥲 and I know a couple more who got DQed in May but won't be IR1 till a bit later Defeats their statement of doing FIFO accd to DQed dates Btw, does anybody know if the beneficiary arrives exactly on the 2nd yr anniv date, will the GC still be automatically converted or do they have to wait for at least one more day? Asking for a friend

I think it took at least 4 months of reaching out to NVC back and forth. Your friend should email pay.gov, give them all info and ask for the receipt copy of both payments (NVC will ask for this later on). Your friend can use it to email NVC. I did all that but most likely they will still reply with unnecessary comments. Although don't lose hope from there. Probably cos I repeatedly emailed NVC with all documentation and proofs, they suddenly emailed me one day stating 'Due to a system error, it is possible you paid your Immigrant Visa fee and/or Affidavit of Support fee twice. You may request a refund if you made one of these duplicate payments between (date) and (date)'. Once they get this kind of email, they're in. there will be instructions on what proofs/docu are needed. They just need to follow that and NVC will surely process their refund. If yall need more help, I can pm screenshots of NVC email for better reference 😊

I really hope so. I'm just worried that my payment being duplicated before might affect this. Although NVC eventually refunded me with the duplicate payment since it was their error. Hoping for everybody to have IL soon 🙏

Beginning to lose hope. My husband got DQ'ed May 26th CR1 and still no IL 😭

It's already November and we are nearing the 5th month mark since the last mass auto expedite (June 26). Prior to that, the last one was back in January 25 - which is also 5 months before. How likely is it that we'll finally be getting another auto expedite this month? I'm not trying to get my nor anybody's hopes up too much but the long wait is becoming insanely unbearable 😔

I suggest you contact pay.gov directly and ask for a copy of the receipt from them. After getting the receipt, submit an inquiry again at NVC's public inquiry form. pay.gov is quick to respond and the most solid evidence you can provide to NVC. NVC will only consider that as your proof - not even bank account statement is enough. I had problems with double payment and submitted all kinds of proofs since May but they never processed anything. Not until I tried contacting pay.gov around a month ago directly and provided NVC with pay.gov's receipt via email correspondence. Now my refund is in process and I'm just waiting for NVC to mail the check to me