ElGrandeDoodel

Crazy Cat gave a useful run-down of the process here. Not specific to Austria, but his explanation appears to be generic.

The corrected link I sent (https://www.acro.police.uk/Police-Certificates-FAQs) lists the things required to file for the UK police report, not the OPs original question, but I quoted myself in the correction to make that clear. I also sent the following link in respect of OP's original question, which refers to the expiry of the ACRO police certificate and is from the London Consulate: https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visa-faqs/visa-processing-and-documents/

NVC timeframes - 19 days (change of -1 since last week) VJ User Submitted DQ Estimate RFI Days to RFI Resubmit DQ Actual Days to DQ @navd-0 - - - - 2023-01-31 2023-02-16 16 @Omarb313 2023-02-02 2023-02-22 - - - 2023-02-17 15 @ABertozzi 2023-02-02 2023-02-22 - - - 2023-02-21 19 @Squash 2023-02-02 2023-02-22 2023-02-21 19 2023-02-21 @elgrandedoodel 2023-02-07 2023-02-26 @ZK8 2023-02-07 2023-02-26 @Edtab 2023-02-08 2023-02-27 @Blaga-Tina 2023-02-09 2023-02-28 @Jeshua 2023-02-09 2023-02-28 @top_secret 2023-02-10 2023-03-01 @Emily Ann 2023-02-11 2023-03-02 @sky88 2023-02-15 2023-03-06 @sophie22 2023-02-17 2023-03-08 Congrats @Blaga-Tina! Thanks for the update. Thanks @top_secret. Agreed - good to see things continue getting faster at the NVC. And @Blaga-Tina's experience is exactly a 19-day review time, so NVC's stated timeframe appears anecdotally accurate.

@MarmiteC wrong link - use this instead: https://www.acro.police.uk/Police-Certificates-FAQs

@MarmiteC see this guidance on the UK Embassy & Consulates page: However, the turnaround is pretty quick so you don't really need to rush to get it given the stage you are at. I opted for premium service and it only took a week to arrive, I don't think the regular service is that much slower. If you want to get something done while you're waiting, you could pull together everything listed here that's required to apply for the certificate. 10 years' address history was a pain for me, and you'll need address history since the age of 16 for the DS-260 at the NVC stage anyway, so might as well get that togther. Good luck!

Bad luck @Squash 🙁 - at least things seem to be moving quite quickly at the NVC right now, you should hear back by mid-March.

What was your RFI if you don't mind saying @Squash? VJ User Submitted DQ Estimate RFI Days to RFI Resubmit DQ Actual Days to DQ @navd-0 - - - - 2023-01-31 2023-02-16 16 @Omarb313 2023-02-02 2023-02-22 - - - 2023-02-17 15 @ABertozzi 2023-02-02 2023-02-22 @Squash 2023-02-02 2023-02-22 2023-02-21 19 2023-02-21 @ElGrandeDoodel 2023-02-07 2023-02-27 @ZK8 2023-02-07 2023-02-27 @Edtab 2023-02-08 2023-02-28 @Blaga-Tina 2023-02-09 2023-03-01 @Jeshua 2023-02-09 2023-03-01 @top_secret 2023-02-10 2023-03-02 @Emily Ann 2023-02-11 2023-03-03 @sky88 2023-02-15 2023-03-07 @sophie22 2023-02-17 2023-03-09

Hi folks I'm towards the end of the process for obtaining an IR-1. I understand that the visa is 'issued' only once the visa in the passport is stamped with the I-551 stamp on first entry to the United States and LRP status is granted from that point. I want to know whether the immigrant is given their A-Number at that point (at the port of entry), or whether you have to wait until the proper green card is issued to get that. Thanks!

Thread tracking the timing to DQ of NVC submissions made in February 2023. All dates are in ISO format - Year-Month-Day. DQ estimates are based on NVC's review timeframes as of posting, i.e. 21 days after submission: User Submitted DQ Estimate Resubmit? DQ Actual @elgrandedoodel 2023-02-07 2023-02-28

Hi people - would appreciate your thoughts on the following. I (British citizen) am at the NVC stage of obtaining an IR-1/CR-1 visa to move to the US to join my USC spouse. My finger-in-the-air estimate is that, provided no RFIs at NVC stage and everything else progresses at the rate things seem to be at the moment, we might have approval by May/June kind of time. Our two year wedding anniversary is early September 2023. As with most of us on VJ, I'm keen to move out to the US as soon as possible, but I've also read a fair bit about massive delays at USCIS for I-751 approvals, and the need to get extension letters to conditional green cards for travel because the removal of conditions process is taking so long. What are people's thoughts on this? Is it worth swallowing another 5 months apart for the sake of getting the 10 years vs the 2 year GC, or is removal of conditions just a bit of extra administrative faff that, in the grand scheme of things, won't be too much of a pain? I guess the particular concern is that once approval, I think I understand correctly that I couldn't enter the US without triggering the visa, so if I wanted to see my spouse in the period between approval and our second wedding anniversary we'd need to meet in the UK or a third country. Thanks!