shkabaan

Got the interviews scheduled for my parents’ applications fairly quick. It’s been <6 weeks since they got DQ. Interview will be in September. Parents are here with us visiting but they’ll be back home several weeks before the interview so they should be alright.

It’s fairly straightforward. As usual, NVC (or any other immigration related department) is complete garbage. I spent 3 months going back and forth with NVC inquiry forms dealing with multiple employees and finally getting state representative’s help to tell NVC that the forms they rejected was their mistake. Eventually they accepted the same forms I had submitted 3 months prior. Hope you don’t have similar issues. Good luck!!

So almost 3 months after the petition was approved and several inquiries, and finally after getting our state representative to help move the case along, we are documentarily qualified (DQ). I’m guessing in about 6 weeks, we should get the interview notice, which is probably gonna be about 6 weeks out from there. So just 3-4 months worth of process remaining!

So I have a question for some of the pros here. I ran into an issue with one of the cases (actually both cases but different issues). During DQ process, both our cases had documents that were rejected. 1. For my mom’s application, they rejected the I-846EZ affidavit doc and said I need to use I-864 regular form. However, they accepted the EZ for my dad’s application. 2. For my dad’s application, they rejected my (petitioner) birth certificate, the same exact document I uploaded on my mom’s application. They accepted the BC in that application. Just seems like NVC is being inconsistent and not responding to the Public Inquiry forms we’ve sent with any useful information. I’ve sent 2 inquiries so far for each application because the first ones came back with a random default message like “view the messages when you login and see details”. Now, the second one came back with the same. Not sure what to do here, I can fill up and upload an I-864 for the mom’s if they’re really gonna be a pain about it and not explain why I’m not eligible for EZ when they accepted it for the other application. However, I’m at wit’s end for the BC because that’s the only birth certificate I have and it is from the correct authority as listed in the civil documents section, not to mention it was accepted in the other application. Seems like the phone line listed in older NVC pages like from 2016 etc. are no longer active.

Curious about something. Does anybody know if there’s a time restriction on flying to the U.S. after getting the LPR with NVC process? I’m not sure if I misunderstood but one of my friends said something about having to land in the U.S. on LPR before the medical test expires so essentially there’s a limited amount of time within which the (new) resident will need to enter the U.S.

Both petitions were approved today. Onto NVC process. Does anybody know what exactly the next steps are? I know with DS-260 generally some local documents like police reports and health checks are required any maybe affidavit of support from me before the interview. Is that all or is there anything I’m missing? Also wishing luck to anyone still waiting!

So my RFE was due to my birth certificate. I accidentally sent my “notification of birth” document from the hospital instead of the government issued birth certificate. Sent the requested documents now so they might adjudicate within 90 days.

Hey all, we just got a RFE notification from USCIS. Case status changed to “Request for Initial Evidence was sent” but I don’t see anything in the documents tab yet. Might be something that’s coming in the mail or will update later online. I did not upload birth certificates for either parent bc they were born prior to 1970s. I will share more when I have more info but any update from USCIS is a good update so kinda excited!

On myUSCIS website there’s a tab for myProgress

My parents also have separate service centers (Cali and Vermont). I submitted the exact same documents for both including marriage certificate. I was eventually gonna as this question about joint interview at some point. Thanks for this advice!

Welcome! Yup all online filers should have IOE prefix but if you open up the notice they sent/uploaded under Documents you will see the service center name at the bottom of the page. Also, anybody getting emails everyday about action on the case? I’ve been getting an email every morning since I filed without any update. I’m not expecting any and wasn’t gonna look before at least 4-6 months but these emails keep reminding me lol

Hey! Yes both my cases are showing 2 months although one of them (CSC) moved to “Actively being reviewed” but the other (VSC) is still showing “USCIS received.” I read a few Reddit posts about what this new myProgress tab is and most people say they didn’t see a change in their timeline and it took the full 12-14 months as it says on the Processing Times website but a handful of them had applications approved within 2-6 months so it’s all luck I guess haha

Hello! Thanks for starting a thread! I just applied for my mum and dad 10/9. They got California and Vermont service centers assigned.