October 2013 Interviews

[GabbyBird 53]

My wife scheduled her interview for this coming Monday 09/30/13! Took the Embassy about a week from the NVC sending the paperwork to contact her (via email) to schedule her own interview. We were expedited at the end of the NVC phase which is why she got to schedule her own. I had a hard time finding any information about NVC expedite interviews so maybe this will help someone else in the future.

Edited September 26, 2013 by GabbyBird

[samoha 0]

Thank you very much !! Hope the interview date will be soon ameeen

Samoha i moved you to Case Complete 9/9. The email always comes 7 days later so if you got on 9/16 you are 9./9 complete. The next column will be when you find out your interview date than your interview date.

Congratulations and welcome.

[samoha 0]

Congratulation !! Good luck for you both

VJ Family,

I am happy to inform you that our interview was approved, visa received, and my wife is here with me now J. See my signature below for details. This wouldnt have been possible without all your help, and I sincerely appreciate everything.

Dwheels: Many THANKS for all your help.

Interview details:

I went to the interview with my wife, but CO instructed me to take my seat as he interviewed only my wife. The interview lasted for about an hour, with over 70 questions.

The first 20 minutes was about our relationship, in which the CO was very impressed about our documentation and commended us for the level of details presented for each category of documents (we sent over 400 pages of docs proving our relationship with detail descriptions and a table of content).

The remaining 40 minutes was related to and invitation I gave my wife about a year ago. Although we did not state it anywhere on the application that I was inviting her as my cousin, she might have mentioned that at the first interview, and it came back again last week at our IR-1/CR-1 interview. Good thing was that we prepared for this ahead of time and my wife delivered. After 40 minutes of debate between my wife and the CO, our visa was approved.

My wife is still trying to remember all the questions she was asked at the interview, and I will post them under my embassy review forum by next week.

Best lessons learned & Suggestions:

• NEVER invite your spouse as your cousin or as a family member as it could come back and hunt you.
• The beneficiary should be familiar with all the documents presented, including the ones sent to USCIS and NVC and be able to explain them in detail.
• If you are taking a lot of documents to the interview as we did, arrange them nicely in page dividers, and a table of content page for easy reviews.
• Utilize the embassy reviews from your country and get familiar with what others say, and compile a list of frequently asked questions. (We did this and compiled a list of 60 frequently asked questions for our embassy for the last two years, and about 45 of them were asked). Good thing was that we had prepared answers for all of them so it went well.
• Prepare your spouse for the day by conducting mock interviews. We had about 8 different mock interviews, and it really helped!!
• Stand your ground with the CO and dont just settle for yes Sir or Madam all the time. My wife challenged the CO on a lot of things and it worked out well for us. I saw another beneficiary at the interview in which the CO told him to go back and bring more evidence. He stood up and challenged him as to what exactly he wants again since he presented the same docs already but CO didnt want to look at them. He argued with them for about two hours and by the time he was done, his visa was approved. You have to be nice though. Know your facts, and be consistent with your answers.

At the end, we give GOD the glory and honor for his guidance and mercy throughout this difficult journey.

[Novembro 1,763]

My wife scheduled her interview for this coming Monday 09/30/13! Took the Embassy about a week from the NVC sending the paperwork to contact her (via email) to schedule her own interview. We were expedited at the end of the NVC phase which is why she got to schedule her own. I had a hard time finding any information about NVC expedite interviews so maybe this will help someone else in the future.

Nice! Good luck!

[rjkhuletz 2]

Just got a complete case confirmation email today.. hopefully interview wil be scheduled soon!

[GabbyBird 53]

Just got a complete case confirmation email today.. hopefully interview wil be scheduled soon!

Should be. They usually do by the end of the month, so you had a good time to go complete!

[Damaris Deward 0]

Visa was approved 9/16 and husband POE 9/21 feels wonderful to have him at home, thank you everyone here in vj and all dwheels you are awesome for keeping us sane !!!

[dwheels76 5,468]

Visa was approved 9/16 and husband POE 9/21 feels wonderful to have him at home, thank you everyone here in vj and all dwheels you are awesome for keeping us sane !!!

Wooo weeee. Congratulations. Thats awespme news.

And me keep ya'll sane. Ha ya'll keep me from going coocoo

[dwheels76 5,468]

All I can say is shame on NVC they suck this month with hardly much interview assignments and so little case completes. here's hoping the new center opening today.

How is everyone doing out there been a quiet month.

[dwheels76 5,468]

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March Cases Waiting on Interview:
NAME................COMPLETE....RECEIVED....INTERVIEW...VISA TYPE....EMBASSY
NikaMo..............03/27/13....08/08/13....09/27/13....IR-1/CR-1....Cambodia
romanticminds.......03/27/13....08/26/13....10/01/13....IR-1.........Cambodia
FlyThrough..........03/27/13....08/08/13....09/20/13....IR-1/CR-1....Cambodia

April Cases Waiting on Interview:
NAME................COMPLETE....RECEIVED....INTERVIEW...VISA TYPE....EMBASSY
draygri.............04/22/13....08/30/13....10/28/13....IR-1.........Cambodia

May cases waiting on interview:
NAME ...............COMPLETE....RECEIVED...INTERVIEW ...VISA TYPE ...EMBASSY
owian...............05/10/13....08/27/13....09/10/13....CR-1/IR-1....Egypt

creativebaral.......05/16/13....07/30/13....09/03/13....CR-1/IR-1....Nepal

heneryano...........05/20/13....07/02/13....09/16/13....IR-1/CR-1....Burma
Noahsmama...........05/21/13....09/09/13....10/10/13....IR-5.........China
Shpresa.............05/22/13....07/31/13....09/16/13....CR-1.........Albania

June cases waiting on interview:
NAME ...............COMPLETE....RECEIVED....INTERVIEW...VISA TYPE....EMBASSY
braminc.............06/05/13....07/31/13....09/25/13....CR-1.........Lebanon
Stubby & Rio........06/07/13....07/29/13....09/25/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada
aliciafoster........06/10/13....08/13/13....10/18/13....IR-1/CR-1....DR
Nicole Johns........06/13/13....07/29/13....09/13/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada
sharaby03...........06/16/13....xx/xx/13....xx/xx/13....IR-1/CR-1....Egypt
libsbabu............06/17/13....07/31/13....09/06/13....IR-1/CR-1....India
GLOB................06/18/13....07/31/13....09/20/13....IR-1/CR-1....India
GC&JK...............06/18/13....07/30/13....09/07/13....IR-1/CR-1....India

zaferzilk24.........06/18/13....07/30/13....09/26/13....IR-1/CR-1....Turkey
mikeandclara........06/25/13....07/31/13....09/11/13....IR-1/CR-1....Colombia

jdb-1...............06/25/13....07/30/13....09/10/13....IR-1/CR-1....UK

adamadam007.........06/25/13....07/28/13....09/09/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada

samiha..............06/25/13....07/29/13....09/09/13....IR-1/CR-1....Tunisia
Damarius Deward.....06/26/13....07/29/13....09/16/13....IR-1/CR-1....DR
Fatana Ansari.......06/26/13....07/31/13....09/16/13....IR-1/CR-1....India

carjack1996.........06/27/13....07/30/13....09/24/13....IR-1/CR-1....El Salvador
faatima.............06/27/13....07/29/13....09/13/13....IR-1/CR-1....Morocco

mikeandclara........06/27/13....07/29/13....09/11/13....IR-1/CR-1....Colombia
Ms Niss.............06/28/13....07/29/13....09/12/13....IR-1/CR-1....France
DVV.................06/28/13....07/31/13....09/03/13....IR-1/CR-1....India
ahiari..............06/28/13....07/30/13....09/13/13....IR-1/CR-1....India

joe garcia..........06/28/13....07/30/13....09/19/13....IR-1/CR-1....El Salvador

July cases waiting on interview:
NAME ...............COMPLETE....RECEIVED....INTERVIEW...VISA TYPE....EMBASSY
sintoc1986..........07/01/13....07/31/13....09/18/13....IR-1/CR-1....India
PetitLapin..........07/02/13....07/31/13....09/03/13....IR-1.........France

yyztojfk............07/02/13....07/29/13....09/16/13....F2A..........Canada
Tony1234............07/02/13....08/28/13....10/24/13....IR-1/CR-1....Albania

tanaj20.............07/03/13....07/29/13....09/16/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada

swzeng..............07/03/13....08/12/13....09/16/13....IR-1/CR-1....China
Robinhood...........07/03/13....07/30/13....09/30/13....IR-1/CR-1....India
Kumarb..............07/03/13....07/30/13....09/13/13....IR-1/CR-1....India

vic alfanso.........07/04/13....07/29/13....09/16/13....F2A..........India

rogerl..............07/09/13....08/12/13....09/05/13....IR-1/CR-1....Guatemala

christina711........07/09/13....07/30/13....09/09/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada
harryyankee2003.....07/10/13....07/30/13....09/16/13....IR-1/CR-1....India
GaganGoel...........07/10/13....07/30/13....09/16/13....IR-1/CR-1....India
rawas...............07/10/13....08/01/13....09/13/13....IR-1/CR-1....Armenia
277buttercup........07/10/13....07/29/13....09/03/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada

miss niss...........07/10/13....07/29/13....09/23/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada

girump..............07/10/13....07/29/13....09/23/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada
flip314.............07/11/13....07/29/13....09/18/13....IR-1.........Canada
chaingang...........07/11/13....09/17/13....10/08/13....F2A..........Pakistan
Gabby&Jesse.........07/11/13....07/30/13....09/23/13....IR-1/CR-1....Bulgaria
Crisjerm............07/11/13....07/31/13....09/11/13....IR-1/CR-1....Nigeria
Olatuja.............07/12/13....07/30/13....09/05/13....IR-1/CR-1....Nigeria

alexba..............07/12/13....07/30/13....09/12/13....IR-1/CR-1....Nigeria
we r one............07/12/13....07/30/13....09/11/13....IR-1/CR-1....Greece
Memosa..............07/12/13....07/30/13....09/09/13....IR-1/CR-1....Barbados
Crystal19851022.....07/12/13....07/25/13....09/23/13....IR-1/CR-1....China
Todd&Carlie.........07/12/13....07/30/13....09/17/13....IR-1/CR-1....Australia
Wsalman.............07/15/13....07/31/13....09/19/13....IR-1/CR-1....Pakistan
karlakelton.........07/15/13....07/30/13....09/16/13....IR-1/CR-1....El Salvador

Preethyv20032003....07/15/13....07/30.13....09/05/13....IR-1/CR-1....India
adhnat211...........07/16/13....07/30.13....09/24/13....IR-1/CR-1....India
sumit381............07/16/13....07/29/13....09/23/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada
Gowon...............07/16/13....07/30/13....09/17/13....IR-1/CR-1....Nigeria
Tegeras.............07/16/13....07/31/13....09/04/13....IR-1/CR-1....Thailand
Journeytousa2013....07/16/13....07/29/13....09/12/13....IR-1/CR-1....Vietnam
Julie O.............07/17/13....07/30/13....09/03/13....IR-1/CR-1....Australia

lee21chan...........07/19/13....07/31/13....09/11/13....IR-1/CR-1....Trin&Tobago
luisa1625...........07/19/13....08/01/13....09/09/13....IR-1/CR-1....Singapore
AngelGarcia0204.....07/19/13....08/01/13....09/23/13....IR-1/CR-1....Singapore
JennyWhiteley.......07/22/13....07/30/13....09/10/13....IR-1/CR-1....UK

mydream2012.........07/22/13....07/30/13....09/17/13....IR-1/CR-1....India
sunshine1102........07/22/13....xx/xx/13....xx/xx/13....IR-1/CR-1....Egypt
mrsgigglebox........07/22/13....07/31/13....09/10/13....IR-1/CR-1....Sweden

summer55............07/22/13....07/31/13....09/10/13....CR-1/IR-1....Lithuania
allan-nhez..........07/22/13....07/31/13....09/04/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines
memphis.............07/23/13....07/31/13....09/04/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines
nybd................07/23/13....07/29/13....09/03/13....IR-1/CR-1....Bangladesh

ashleylcbaker.......07/23/13....07/30/13....09/03/13....IR-1/CR-1....Australia

Hasheesah...........07/23/13....07/30/13....09/20/13....IR-1/CR-1....Pakistan

ayeshaimran.........07/24/13....07/27/13....10/10/13....IR-1/CR-1....Pakistan
Pinay_ako052327.....07/24/13....07/31/13....09/04/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines

cm11................07/24/13....07/31/13....09/13/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada
George.M............07/24/13....07/31.13....09/30/13....IR-1/CR-1....India
sba.rsa.............07/25/13....07/31/13....09/19/13....IR-1/CR-1....India
S&B R...............07/25/13....08/02/13....09/19/13....CR-1.........Morocco
jsmn................07/25/13....07/31/13....09/04/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines
WorldTravelers......07/26/13....07/30/13....09/16/13....IR-5.........Bosnia-Herze

mrsknightrider......07/26/13....07/31.13....09/05/13....IR-1/CR-1....Fiji

netousmx............07/26/13....07/29/13....09/06/13....IR-1/CR-1....Mexico
DrakeSG.............07/27/13....08/13/13....10/03/13....IR-1/CR-1....Vietnam

kingdomsower........07/27/13....07/31/13....09/04/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines

john&krisz..........07/29/13....07/31/13....09/12/13....IR-1/CR-1....Romania

Terry&kay...........07/30/13....07/31/13....09/04/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines

Ubon................07/30/13....07/30/13....09/12/13....IR-1/CR-1....Thailand
bernice1............07/30/13....07/30/13....09/03/13....IR-1/CR-1....Malaysia
Bismark.............07/30/13....08/12/13....09/16/13....IR-1/CR-1....Ghana
john&krisz..........07/30/13....07/30/13....09/12/13....IR-1/CR-1....Romania
RaphesGirl..........07/30/13....08/06/13....09/11/13....IR-1/CR-1....France

Frenchba............07/30/13....08/12/13....09/03/13....IR-1/CR-1....Jamaica

Jeisson&Ellie.......07/31/13....08/08/13....09/19/13....IR-1/CR-1....Colombia

Johanna&Andres......07/31/13....08/07/13....09/09/13....IR-1/CR-1....Colombia
Nicole & Sean.......07/31/13....08/12/13....09/23/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada

minimouse...........07/31/13....08/12/13....09/04/13....IR-1/CR-1....Germany

August cases waiting on interview:
NAME ...............COMPLETE....RECEIVED....INTERVIEW...VISA TYPE....EMBASSY

f&ssweetheart.......08/01/13....08/09/13....09/16/13....IR-1/CR-1....Singapore
ParkerH.............08/01/13....08/12/13....09/27/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada
Mabuhay2012.........08/01/13....08/12/13....09/05/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines
Pw3t................08/01/13....08/12/13....09/12/13....IR-1.........France

H45549..............08/02/13....08/21/13....09/20/13....IR-1/CR-1....Pakistan

Emma1990............08/02/13....08/12/13....09/11/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada
Happytobe...........08/05/13....08/27/13....10/30/13....IR-1/CR-1....Morocco
LilyR...............08/05/13....08/12/13....09/12/13....IR-1/CR-1....UK

Vic20r..............08/06/13....08/12/13....09/09/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines
sanlot..............08/07/13....08/21/13....10/31/13....IR-1/CR-1....Nigeria
fsifuen01...........08/07/13....08/12/13....09/24/13....IR-1/CR-1....Mexico

schnuffel...........08/08/13....08/13/13....09/10/13....IR-1/CR-1....Austria
rylforever..........08/09/13....08/12/13....09/05/13....IR-1/CR-1....Mexico

niceo87.............08/09/13....08/12/13....09/05/13....IR-1/CR-1....Switzerland
immihelp99..........08/09/13....08/21/13....09/20/13....IR-1/CR-1....Pakistan
i miss u............08/09/13....08/16/13....09/09/13....IR-1/CR-1....Syria
Doria...............08/09/13....08/12/13....09/24/13....IR-1/CR-1....Romania

NewKlear............08/09/13....08/12/13....09/24/13....IR-2.........Ethiopia

Jughead.............08/12/13....08/12/13....09/03/13....IR-1/CR-1....Japan

aroundtheworld......08/12/13....08/12/13....09/16/13....IR-1/CR-1....South Africa
amelarmina..........08/12/13....08/12/13....09/24/13....IR-1/CR-1....Bosnia-Herze
lisap...............08/12/13....08/27/13....10/03/13....IR-1/CR-1....Jamaica
nida.f..............08/12/13....08/12/13....09/27/13....IR-1/CR-1....UK

lilyr...............08/12/13....08/12/13....09/12/13....IR-1/CR-1....UK
Brc.................08/12/13....08/12/13....09/11/13....IR-1/CR-1....Georgia

Fab + She...........08/13/13....08/27/13....10/08/13....IR-1/CR-1....Italy

Burnabrenna.........08/13/13....08/27/13....10/16/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada

vicmar..............08/14/13....08/27/13....10/11/13....IR-1/CR-1....Mexico

sweety-sweet........08/15/13....08/27/13....10/01/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada

Evan11..............08/15/13....08/28/13....10/30/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada

Novembro............08/15/13....08/23/13....10/15/13....IR-1/CR-1....UK

janw................08/15/13....08/26/13....10/07/13....IR-1/CR-1....Denmark

micky2008....,......08/15/13....08/26/13....10/24/13....IR-5.........Haiti

mitchester..........08/15/13....08/27/13....10/01/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines

IR2visa.............08/15/13....08/22/13....10/01/13....IR-2.........Philippines

stellaycarlos.......08/15/13....08/26/13....10/23/13....IR-1/CR-1....Colombia

Tu chikita..........08/16/13....08/27/13....10/23/13....IR-1/CR-1....DR

limelines...........08/17/13....08/26/13....09/05/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada

umer.shujaat........08/18/13....xx/xx/13....xx/xx/13....IR-1/CR-1....Pakistan

jjaylinz............08/19/13....xx/xx/13....xx/xx/13....IR-1/CR-1....India

luvmyfamily.........08/19/13....08/26/13....10/02/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines

nawalel.............08/20/13....08/27/13....10/29/13....IR-1/CR-1....Morocco

paomarce79..........08/22/13....08/26/13....10/11/13....IR-1/CR-1....Colombia

rose nice...........08/22/13....xx/xx/13....xx/xx/13....IR-1/CR-1....France

angelgarcia0204.....08/25/13....07/29/13....09/23/13....IR-1/CR-1....Singapore

domingo y bianca....08/26/13....08/27/13....10/03/13....IR-1/CR-1....Mexico

Katherinn...........08/26/13....08/29/13....10/24/13....IR-1/CR-1....Costa Rica

Oaqui3..............08/26/13....xx/xx/13....xx/xx/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines

ziont0612...........08/27/13....08/27/13....10/10/13....IR-1/CR-1....Jamaica

bgreen19............08/28/13....xx/xx/13....xx/xx/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines

Stevieb.............08/28/13....09/10/13....10/02/13....IR-1/CR-1....Fiji

calygirl75..........08/29/13....09/09/13....10/07/13....IR-1/CR-1....Cuba

xtrasome............08/30/13....09/09/13....10/22/13....IR-1/CR-1....Bangladesh

Hana&Reda...........08/30/13....09/10/13....10/29/13....IR-1/CR-1....Morocco

slvrfx576...........08/30/13....09/10/13....10/03/13....IR-1/CR-1....Bulgaria

sy123...............08/30/13....09/09/13....10/16/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines

September cases waiting on interview:
NAME ...............COMPLETE....RECEIVED....INTERVIEW...VISA TYPE....EMBASSY

florida4life........09/04/13....09/09/13....10/15/13....IR-1/CR-1....Jamaica
mrs.rai.............09/06/13....09/09/13....10/16/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines

samoha..............09/09/13....xx/xx/13....XX/XX/13....IR-1/CR-1....Tunisia

AP & VP.............09/10/13....XX/XX/13....XX/XX/13....IR-1/CR-1....India

Nick4all............09/11/13....XX/XX/13....XX/XX/13....IR-1/CR-1....India

a1188323............09/11/13....XX/XX/13....XX/XX/13....IR-1/CR-1....UK

justoleme...........09/11/13....XX/XX/13....XX/XX/13....IR-1/CR-1....UK

Scottybobotti.......09/11/13....XX/XX/13....XX/XX/13....IR-1/CR-1....Japan

lowetide1...........09/13/13....09/19/13....10/01/13....IR-1/CR-1....Bahamas

intersect...........09/16/13....xx/xx/13....xx/xx/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines

flycal..............09/17/13....xx/xx/13....xx/xx/13....IR-1/CR-1....Canada

sherryandyashpal....09/19/13....XX/XX/13....XX/XX/13....IR-1/CR-1....India

rjkhueltz...........09/19/13....XX/XX/13....XX/XX/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines

vayne...............09/19/13....XX/XX/13....XX/XX/13....IR-1/CR-1....Philippines

SavaSilvia..........09/26/13....xx/xx/13....xx/xx/13....IR-1/CR-1....Bulgaria

[Lowetide1 1]

Ok so heres my question. I am being sponsored by my wife using our assets. Her contact at Bahamas Embassy said that they would allow it. That being said I would like to take a co sponsor just as a back up.

My question is a friend is sponsoring me, he has made 75-85,000.00 each of the last three years so no trouble with amount. He and his wife file jointly but she is away and unable to sign a I864, the amount I mention is his solely not hers. If I use his transcripts and W2's to show the above income is that sufficient. He makes considerably more than the W2 amount from other investments but I only need the amount on his W2. Will they want more than that or will that be ok???

Or anything else that I may not have thought of please share

[sunshine1102 10]

All I can say is shame on NVC they suck this month with hardly much interview assignments and so little case completes. here's hoping the new center opening today.

How is everyone doing out there been a quiet month.

stressed and about to give up on this, its been 2 months and still no interview!!!!! I just over it , its beyond ridiculious, this starting to not be even worth it anymore for me not to be or see my husband for a year!!!!! oh by the way sharaby03 had their interview august 29th.

[Happytobe 164]

stressed and about to give up on this, its been 2 months and still no interview!!!!! I just over it , its beyond ridiculious, this starting to not be even worth it anymore for me not to be or see my husband for a year!!!!! oh by the way sharaby03 had their interview august 29th.

Don't give up!!! You're so close and you've made it this far!!! You can do it

[Happytobe 164]

dwheels....prepare for a busy month of October... I have a feeling there will be many case completes soon! This is the shortest interview thread I have ever seen - thanks NVC (sarcasm). For August there were 100 pages, and here we sit at 12. I feel so terrible for everyone.

[GabbyBird 53]

dwheels....prepare for a busy month of October... I have a feeling there will be many case completes soon! This is the shortest interview thread I have ever seen - thanks NVC (sarcasm). For August there were 100 pages, and here we sit at 12. I feel so terrible for everyone.

Maybe that's why our expedite was able to get an interview date with 2 days notice. The embassy must be pretty dead due to lack of case completes! Our interview is tomorrow (I'll wake up to the results due to time difference). I know it will go fine but boy does that make one nervous anyway.