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Hi guys, After almost two months of administrative processing, my visa was finally issued, per the status update on CEAC today. I am looking forward to getting my passport back next week. Good luck to everyone still waiting!

Of course, EB visas is very different comparing to CR/IR. Administrative processing is different from such CEAC status. My status is "Refused" with a long text block below, which will remain until its completion, with "Administrative processing" -> "Approved" statuses if successful or "Refused" with a shorter text block if not.

Economics and management in Mechanical Engineering and second is Computer Software information security. Both fall into STEM. No scholarly activities, articles, or research.

For sure the CO might not be an industry professional most likely, and it is why I attached the CV as the first exhibit to my petition, so USCIS guys or anyone on the way before the interview were able to review it. I asked him about administrarive processing location - will it be in the Consulate or in DC and got the direct answer - "definetely in DC". Anyway, the main part is done, and according to the russian forums, some guys with EB1/EB2 with CV requested during the interview are waiting for 6-8-12-18 months already, only a few got the approval right after the interview.

Actually I was almost sure it will happen, since yes, I am an exec business manager and a software developer (at the same time), with cybersecurity education, doing AI programming, from Russia and so on. Suppose I hit TAL flags at least twice if not more. The sad thing, that full CV is attached as Exhibit #1 with my Petition, so they had the opporunity to check everything many times, considering I was waiting for an interview since May. But the process is process, seems nobody really touched it before the interview. The only thing I hoped to avoid it is 15+ years of working for US IT global company and a lot of B1/B2 visas and travels over years, every time issued without any delays and APs.

Hi All, I had my interview today in Almaty, it went well enough. The CO was very friendly and asked many different questions to confirm my eligibility, but slightly limited me in answering by asking the next question, so I missed some points that looked important to me. In the end, I was informed about the administrative processing required with the white slip 221(g) requesting my CV and the list of publications, despite the fact they were both included as the exhibits to the petition (I did it myself, without an attorney, so sure it contains everything needed). I pointed to that fact as they were laying in front of the CO, but got the expected answer that I should send them by e-mail in MS Word format anyway (not in pdf to make further copy/paste easier!). Moreover, all exhibits to my petition (more than 600 pages) were returned to me after the interview; only the petition itself and some civil documents copies I sent to NVC stayed at the Consulate. I sent the requested data to the Consulate a few minutes later from the hotel, and now it seems long months of waiting have begun... Good luck to everyone!

Hello All, Today, my family & I attended the interview in Almaty. The medical exam done in IOM Moscow was accepted without any issues. It was fully electronic, with only one visit to IOM for the examination. As for the (notarized) copies - as planned, I have no copies with me, but the printed e-mail with the Consulate's approval to my request to undergo medical in Moscow and bring the originals only since the certified translated copies were sent to the NVC earlier. That print was reviewed at the first step (by the receptionist welcoming the visitors) with no objections or questions in the later stages. The lady in the window just requested the originals one by one for each family member and stamped the copies I sent earlier to the NVC. Everything went smoothly and was very friendly, but I was put into administrative processing, which is, unfortunately, common for my visa type and often takes many months to a year.

You asked me aready in the similar topic earlier. I will be able to check it during my interview on Nov 21 and is going to bring the originals only, without any additional translations or copies.

I will have my medical in Moscow on Nov 10 and interview in Almaty on Nov 21.

I mailed to the Consulate directly and got no answer. Then opened the case via US Traveldocs portal (US Visa Service center). The ask was escalated to the Consulate and their answer (10 days later) returned to me. The ask was to allow medical exam in Moscow for the interview in Almaty. The medical exam in Almaty is supposed by default, no need to ask the Consulate about it.

I asked the Almaty Consulate about it directly, since all the documents sent to NVC are with the certified translation, while the KZ web site states "notarized". The reply was: "If you already submitted certified translations for all your civil documents then it is enough to bring just the originals."

It is not relevant to the origianal ask, but to clarify: As for Ukraine, and per official document dated on March 2023: https://pl.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/IV-F11-ENG-Medical-exam-info-1.pdf MEDICAL EXAMINATIONSIN LVIV, UKRAINE Sheptytskyy Hospital 4 Ozarkevycha street Lviv, Ukraine http://spital.org.ua/ (044) 584 36 67 (044) 584 36 68 050 028 62 58 (Viber) Email: iomkievmhd@iom.int

It is published officially on the Warsaw Consulate's website. The pdf file with the information regarding medical examination having four locations - Poland, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine.

According to the russian forums, a few persons asked the Consulate in Almaty to undergo the exam in Moscow. Somebody got OK, many other - decline or silence in response. I was lucky, my family and I got the permission to do it in IOM Moscow to optimize the logistic, waited 10 days after the ask. To be clear for other readers - It is not allowed by default for Almaty and only up to the Consulate to give the permission if asked. The default location is the IMC clinic in Almaty.

I am waiting for the exam there on Nov 10th. Suppose it will be an envelope, as I discussed with them the date of documents to be ready in regard to my interview date in Almaty. So they responded that I could pick up the results four days after the exam (kids IGRA blood test will take time, should be faster for adults only).

Hi guys! Just got the IL, scheduled to Nov 21 in Almaty. VJ User Category Priority Date (MM/DD/YYYY) DQ Status (MM/DD/YYYY) Interview Letter (MM/DD/YYYY) Interview date (MM/DD/YYYY) Interview location @dolibash EB2 07/22/22 04/12/23 Waiting Riyadh @snm2212 EB2 09/29/22 04/21/23 Waiting London @Ernie73 EB2 09/19/22 05/04/23 Waiting Iceland @Hithere222 EB1 05/16/22 04/25/23 Waiting Kathmandu @Kw1097 EB2 02/22/22 04/04/23 08/27/23 09/20/23 Doha @Kashraz EB1 06/30/22 04/04/23 Waiting @Damiores EB2 11/18/22 04/05/23 Waiting Ankara @W Herrera EB2 12/14/21 06/08/23 08/02/23 09/13/23 Georgetown, Guyana @Kalied EB2 05/09/22 05/04/23 Waiting @CMingo EB2 05/02/22 03/21/23 09/01/23 10/27/23 London @Appleblossom EB1 02/08/23 04/21/23 05/20/23 07/17/23 London @Luis M EB2 06/10/22 07/27/23 09/01/23 10/30/23 to be rescheduled as can't attend London @whitewizard EB1 01/20/23 03/31/23 08/02/23 09/20/23 Mumbai @nodisplay EB1 04/17/23 Waiting Montreal @jimmy2k EB2 02/01/11 Waiting Waiting Montreal @dabursot2 EB2 01/20/23 08/15/23 Waiting London @azzz EB1 03/27/23 05/17/23 10/05/23 11/21/23 Almaty @MalaYoon EB2 03/24/22 03/10/23 07/31/23 Kuala Lumpur @Ayobami EB2 01/10/22 03/22/23 Waiting Johannesburg @dtbaby EB2 03/02/22 12/02/22 Waiting Lagos @Aya2538 EB2 08/30/21 04/18/23 Waiting Ankara @Rocha3 EB2 05/10/21 07/10/23 Waiting Rio de Janeiro @nothin2C EB2 01/XX/22 08/24/23 Waiting Paris @whereisme EB2 01/03/23 8/26/23 Waiting Argentina @Rainbow Aligator EB1 06/20/23 Waiting Waiting London @Eren EB2 03/09/22 05/10/23 08/03/23 (took a while due to PD not being current) 09/29/23 London @chy8 EB2 09/27/22 07/18/23

There are a few Russian forums, but for the US visa questions they are touching other countries only in relation to current situation since the US Embassy Moscow is not issuing any visas from 2021, thus Russians are routed to Warsaw by default (except a few IV visa classes) as it is the designated processing Consulate for Russians. Since Poland is very hard to reach now for most applicants, a few more options to transfer cases to another countries exists and Turkey was discussed a few times among others, but as the worse option due to the long queue.

As I read, a case moved from Warsaw to Ankara in the beginning of 2022 and still was waiting at the time of my reading (April-May 2023).

According to a forum I read in the past, at least one guy with EB1 was waiting for more than an year after the DQ, unfortunately.

Guys, here is the completely updated table, including everything above. Please use it for further copy-pasting. VJ User Category Priority Date DQ Status Interview Letter Interview date Interview location @dolibash EB2 07/22/22 04/12/23 Waiting Riyadh @snm2212 EB2 09/29/22 04/21/23 Waiting London @Ernie73 EB2 09/19/22 05/04/23 Waiting Iceland @Hithere222 EB1 05/16/22 04/25/23 Waiting Kathmandu @Kw1097 EB2 02/22/22 04/04/23 08/27/23 09/20/23 Doha @Kashraz EB1 06/30/22 04/04/23 Waiting @Damiores EB2 11/18/22 04/05/23 Waiting Ankara @W Herrera EB2 12/14/21 06/08/23 08/02/23 09/13/23 Georgetown, Guyana @Kalied EB2 05/09/22 05/04/23 Waiting @CMingo EB2 05/02/22 03/24/23 Waiting London @Appleblossom EB1 02/08/23 04/21/23 05/20/23 07/17/23 London @Luis M EB2 06/10/22 07/27/23 Waiting London @whitewizard EB1 01/20/23 03/31/23 08/02/23 09/20/23 Mumbai @nodisplay EB1 04/17/23 Waiting Montreal @jimmy2k EB2 02/01/11 Waiting Waiting Montreal @dabursot2 EB2 01/20/23 08/15/23 Waiting London @azzz EB1 03/27/23 05/17/23 Waiting Almaty @MalaYoon EB2 03/24/22 03/10/23 07/31/23 Kuala Lumpur @Ayobami EB2 01/10/22 03/22/23 Waiting Johannesburg @dtbaby EB2 03/02/22 12/02/22 Waiting Lagos @Aya2538 EB2 08/30/21 04/18/23 Waiting Ankara @Rocha3 EB2 05/10/21 07/10/23 Waiting Rio de Janeiro @nothin2C EB2 01/XX/22 08/24/23 Waiting Paris @whereisme EB2 01/03/23 Waiting Waiting

Yes, it is the DQ mail template. P.S: Sorry, duplicate answer, not refreshed the page

VJ User Category Priority Date DQ Status Interview Letter Interview date Interview location @dolibash EB2 07/22/22 04/12/23 Waiting Riyadh @snm2212 EB2 09/29/22 04/21/23 Waiting London @Ernie73 EB2 09/19/22 05/04/23 Waiting Iceland @Hithere222 EB1 05/16/22 04/25/23 Waiting Kathmandu @Kw1097 EB2 02/22/22 04/04/23 Waiting Doha @Kashraz EB1 06/30/22 04/04/23 Waiting @Damiores EB2 11/18/22 04/05/23 Waiting Ankara @W Herrera EB2 12/14/21 Waiting Waiting Georgetown, Guyana @Kalied EB2 05/09/22 05/04/23 Waiting @CMingo EB2 05/02/22 03/24/23 Waiting London @Appleblossom EB1 02/08/23 04/21/23 05/20/23 07/17/23 London @Luis M EB2 06/10/22 07/27/23 Waiting London @whitewizard EB1-ROW 01/20/23 03/31/23 Waiting Mumbai @nodisplay EB1 04/17/23 Waiting Montreal @jimmy2k EB2 02/01/11 Waiting Waiting Montreal @dabursot2 EB2 01/20/23 Waiting Waiting London @azzz EB1 03/27/23 05/17/23 Waiting Warsaw @MalaYoon EB2 03/24/22 03/10/23 07/31/23 Kuala Lumpur @Ayobami EB2 01/10/22 03/22/23 Waiting Johannesburg @dtbaby EB2 03/02/22 12/XX/22 Waiting Lagos @Aya2538 EB2 08/30/21 04/18/23 Waiting Ankara Made some effort, tried to fill most of the blank cells

VJ User Category Priority Date DQ Status Interview Letter Interview date Interview location @dolibash EB2 @snm2212 EB2 09/29/22 04/21/23 Waiting London @Ernie73 EB2 09/19/22 05/04/23 Waiting Iceland @Hithere222 EB1 05/16/22 04/25/23 Waiting Kathmandu @Kw1097 EB2 @Kashraz EB1 @Damiores EB2 11/18/22 04/05/23 Waiting Ankara @W Herrera EB2 12/14/21 Waiting Waiting Georgetown, Guyana @Kalied EB2 05/09/22 05/04/23 Waiting @CMingo EB2 05/02/22 03/24/23 Waiting London @Appleblossom EB1 02/08/23 04/21/23 05/20/23 07/17/23 London @Luis M EB2 06/10/22 07/27/23 Waiting London @whitewizard EB1-ROW 01/20/23 03/31/23 Waiting Mumbai @nodisplay EB1 04/17/23 Waiting Montreal @jimmy2k EB2 02/01/11 Waiting Waiting Montreal @dabursot2 EB2 01/20/23 Waiting Waiting London @azzz EB1 03/27/23 05/17/23 Waiting Warsaw @MalaYoon EB2 03/24/22 03/10/23 07/31/23 Kuala Lumpur @Ayobami EB2 01/10/22 03/22/23 Waiting Johannesburg

VJ User Category Priority Date DQ Status Interview Letter Interview date Interview location @dolibash EB2 @snm2212 EB2 09/29/22 04/21/23 Waiting London @Ernie73 EB2 09/19/22 05/04/23 Waiting Iceland @Hithere222 EB1 05/16/22 04/25/23 Waiting Kathmandu @Kw1097 EB2 @Kashraz EB1 @Damiores EB2 11/18/22 04/05/23 Waiting Ankara @W Herrera EB2 12/14/21 Waiting Waiting Georgetown, Guyana @Kalied EB2 05/09/22 05/04/23 Waiting @CMingo EB2 05/02/22 03/24/23 Waiting London @Appleblossom EB1 02/08/23 04/21/23 05/20/23 07/17/23 London @Luis M EB2 06/10/22 07/27/2023 Waiting London @whitewizard EB1-ROW 01/20/23 03/31/23 Waiting Mumbai @nodisplay EB1 04/17/23 Waiting Montreal @jimmy2k EB2 02/01/11 Waiting Waiting Montreal @dabursot2 EB2 01/20/23 Waiting Waiting London @azzz EB1 03/27/23 05/17/23 Waiting Warsaw