US Immigration
Immigrants and Non Immigrants waiting for US Visa Interview at Embassies and Consulates abroad!.
US House Passed America Competes Act, will it make more damages to the Visa backlog and Legal Immigration, rather than helping to reduce wait times?.
NVC 60 Day notice NVC Case processing for US Visa interview at US Embassy
Some of you are waiting for your interview appointment email and some of you might have received a second email, asking you to wait for another 60 days for local US embassy to schedule an interview after the first email of 120 days. You may be curious to know, when can you expect to finally receive an US Visa interview letter, especially some of you are waiting for more than 5 years, for processing your F2A, F2B or other immigrant category visa.
Department of State is waiving in-person interview, through a Temporary Final rule effective immediately for certain Immigrant Family and Fiancé Visa applicants, to reduce the massive visa backlog in Embassies and Consulates abroad. On top of this, Just before Christmas, The Department of State announced another major interview waiver announcement for Employment Visa applicants like H, L & O Visa. Student Visa Applicants like F, M & J Visa. Certain Agricultural Visa applicants like H2B Visa workers and certain other Non Immigrant visa categories. The family or Immigrant interview waiver will remain in effect for next 24 months and The Non Immigrant interview waiver will remain in effect until Dec 2022.
Department of State is waiving in-person interview, through a Temporary Final rule effective immediately from December 13th 2021 for certain immigrant Visa applicants, to reduce the massive visa backlog in Embassies and Consulates abroad.
USCIS have issued a bunch of policy changes for US visas and Green cards to reduce backlog and faster adjudication
Expansion of Interview Waiver Eligibility is also applied at the US consulates abroad. Department of Homeland Security, has temporarily expanded the ability of consular officers to waive the in-person interview requirement, for individuals applying for a nonimmigrant visa in the same classification.
This video covers Visa’s and their priority order in detail (starting from IR category, ending with Tourist B1 & B2 visa).
IR-1, CR-1, IR-2, IR-3, K1, SE1, H1B, H4, L1, L2, TN, H2, F, M, J, E1, E2, B1, B2 Visa appointments.
You can also have a quick look at individual country wise embassy visa processing status worldwide
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00:00 Summary & Highlights
01:37 New Immigration Reform passed
03:22 Visa Backlog with America Competes Act
03:43 NVC Record Wait Times at Consulates
05:46 The Decline of Legal Immigration
07:38 Need of the Hour from Biden Administration
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