2004/2005/2006 Priority Date Tracker

Hey apc, let's update each other. And yes, I pray that the next VB brings good news to us. We have about a week to go or a bit more before it comes out. I think it will be out by the 11th or 12th, well of course we can check out the consulate in India which publishes the VB earlier.

guest,
i believe you are a bit misled if i may say.after paying the visa fee bill,you will be sent a packet(3) asking you to send ds 230 forms along with the other docs.req.by NVC.from there it will take around 4 to 6 weeks before they will inform your lawyer (or you if you email NVC)that you are documentarily qualified,that is if all the reqts.were met accordingly.once doc.qualified,you will then have to wait for your PD to be current,afterwhich you will have to wait around 4 to 8 weeks til interview(packet 4).i hope i helped you in my small way..

guest,i believe you are a bit misled if i may say.after paying the visa fee bill,you will be sent a packet(3) asking you to send ds 230 forms along with the other docs.req.by NVC.from there it will take around 4 to 6 weeks before they will inform your lawyer (or you if you email NVC)that you are documentarily qualified,that is if all the reqts.were met accordingly.once doc.qualified,you will then have to wait for your PD to be current,afterwhich you will have to wait around 4 to 8 weeks til interview(packet 4).i hope i helped you in my small way..

-durian

Godbless

Hi! I just wanted to know if someone can advice/comment on my case.

My PD is Nov 2005 which became current last May and June 2008. I sent mine and my husband's updated DS230 and docs May 1 and became doc qualified May 14,2008. I gave birth April 21, 2008 which means my daughter was 10 days old when we sent our DS230. I knew it would take about two months to obtain her NSO birth cert and another two weeks(express processing) for her passport(since I am from the province). I knew if we waited for her passport we would be caught in retrogression again (usually happens July of each year). So we decided to sent my husband and mine only and listed our daughter as following to join in our DS230. We were told by our lawyer that NVC will not process our file if we listed our daughter as accompanying us to the US until her visa fee bill and DS230 and docs are received by NVC but they will process our file if she is listed as FTJ. So NVC processed our file and we were declared doc qualified May 14, 2008.

Now my concern is, what if when my PD becomes current and NVC sends the file to the US embassy since we are already doc qualified. Can we bring our daughter with us to the medical and interview and just submit her docs and pay for her visa fee bill at the embassy? or do we have to leave our daughter behind and process her as FTJ because if she will be processed as FTJ, who will accompany her to the embassy? she is only 6 months old at present. Does the embassy make consideration in cases like this?

Hi guys. As per nurseidol's advice I have decided to join this forum. I'm the guest with June 06 PD. You know what , Tcell is right , my agency is always late when it comes to sending and taking actions on my case. I can still remember that if it werent for the late submission of visa fees by my agency, we would have been able to get ahold of 4 of the 50,000 schedule A visas last 2006. They asked us to pay for my spouse & 2 children's visa fees since they're going to pay for my visa fee. We sent the money August 2006, they sent it to NVC Nov06. Can u imagine waiting 3 months bfore taking action? And now, again the DS 230s and documents. They asked me to send these things last June when the PD has retrogressed. Hay naku!!! Question: Do you think those who are doc qualified with PDs later than mine are already ahead of the line?

Hello apc. Well, again more or less we are in the same boat. Way back in 2007 when we updated our DS230, we put our 4 month old son as a FTJ. Then again, we were told to submit another updated DS230 last March2008. Then my wife gave birth to another child, our daughter, last Aug 26,2008. To make the story short, both our kids are FTJ and our agency told us that we just have to bring their passports and other documents during the medicals and just pay for their feebills during the interview. I was told by our lawyer that adding babies or children during the interview are common and won't be a problem. You and your family are all under the same petition so I wouldn't worry about it. I hope I answered you question.

if the two pending bills are to be approved, do u guys think that all those who have a PD of 2006 were to have our visas next year? maybe somehow, the newly elected president would notice this problem with the immigrant aspirants

hi EVERYONE,
The DEC VB is finally out. So sad for Philippines EB3, it did not move. Anyway, let's keep hoping for the best.

It's out....hmmmmm speechless till now. Hehehe what more to say than...hmmmm well, continue hoping.

Let's look forward for the January VB, starts the second quarter of the fiscal year.

God Bless and keep the faith high...

Hi. What is the effect of having a Canadian immigrant visa stamped on your passport when you go to your US immigrant visa interview? will this be a reason for denial of your US immigrant visa? The reason I asked is because I'm kind of confused as to which path to go. I applied for Canadian Immigration under federal skilled immigration category in August of 2005. On November 2005 found an employer in the US who filed my petition thus having a PD of Nov 2005. At that time it only takes about 1 to 18 months to get the visa because of the schedule A and if not for the delay on the lawyer's part in sending my packet 3, I should have gotten one of those sched A visas in 2006.

Anyway, Last Friday the Canadian embassy contacted me and gave me 90 days to decide whether I will be continuing my application or not. After the 90 days period and I do not request for a refund of the application fee, they will start processing my file so I am estimating the visa to be released around end of 2009.

With the unpredictabiliy of the US visa bulletin, I do not want to withdraw my Canadian application as a back up because if I still do not get my US immigrant visa in 2009 then I will go to Canada.

Anyway I have two questions:
1. Is it possible to have a canadian immigrant visa stamped on passport when I go for interview at the US embassy? will there be a problem for the consul?
2. There is a termination penalty in my contract with my US employer, do I have to pay this termination fee even if I was not issued a US immigrant visa or do I just have to pay what they have already spent like processing fee and attorny's fee?

@ APC

Glad to know that you have two open options. These two applications are still uncertain if either will be successful as they are still in process. Can I know how much you paid for this canadian immigration processing fee? Is it a very huge amount? If it is not, then I suggest you not to request for refund within the alotted grace period (90days) and let the process continue.At least you wont give up Canada when your US is not yet certain. This move will provide you with options.

Honestly if my opinion is to be respected, US VB is really hard to predict, If I am in your situation, I will still give some more time to observe for VB movements. And if it's not improving, or if its getting worse than expected, then GO for Canada.

Now regarding possible problem to encounter during US consular interview, presented with a passport stamped with Canadian Immigrant Visa. I think there will be no problem if things are properly sorted out.

Lastly, regarding breach of contract or withdrawal of agreement with the US Employer. I believe you have to face the consequence of paying them the expenses incurred related to your US Immigration processing. You may not have to pay the full amount as the immigration process is not yet fully complete. You and the employer can talk and settle to pay such amount that is agreeable to both parties. I also withdrawed my job agreement with my US employer 2 years ago.During that time, My I140 had already been approved,I was asked to pay 2,400US. Case to case basis. I beleiveyou have to pay more if your application is near to be completed, adding to that, you also have to pay the lawyers fee, and not to mention the damaging fee.

Hope I was able to provide some ideas. Again Mr. Founder sure has something to say about your case.

Godbless you and goodluck

Thanks nurse idol for the reply. I think I'll just continue processing my Canadian application in case something goes wrong with the US application. Anyway the processing fee was only 550 Canadian dollars. I am just hoping that the January to March VB will bring us good news.

Thanks nurse idol for the reply. I think I'll just continue processing my Canadian application in case something goes wrong with the US application. Anyway the processing fee was only 550 Canadian dollars. I am just hoping that the January to March VB will bring us good news.

-apc

Good Decision.

Dont worry, the way I see things, It will. If not, then Canada is there. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

PD: AUG 7, 2006
Visa Category: EB3 ROW/Philippines

Status: 1) Case just labeled as documentariliy qualified - no packet 4 yet,
Interview date: 1) No interview date yet

Hi Codath,
Were you notified by your lawyer that your case is already doc.qualified or did you call the NVC?...because i just called the NVC and thru AVR still the reply was..awaiting for biographic data from the lawyer..there was no change at all since JULY 2008... my pd is april 2006..my agency has been silent and is not updating me with the status of my case..

The December VB just shows that all the people with tall stories about getting an interview schedule with a PD after the cut off were just lying i find it disturbing that people can raise others hopes in such a false manner

PD JUN05

The December VB just shows that all the people with tall stories about getting an interview schedule with a PD after the cut off were just lying i find it disturbing that people can raise others hopes in such a false manner

PD JUN05

-topscot

Hello Topscot.

We really cannot judge people as we cannot vouch if what they are saying is true or not. But it is also very possible that some have gotten their inteview schedules even if their PDs are beyond the cut-off date, it may even be the reason why visas were fastly consumed during the first quarter of the fiscal year because NVC is picking and allocating visa numbers to some applicants with PDs later than Mqy 01, 2005.

This is just how I see things. May not be true. Just extracted from my 10th sense...hehehe

Godbless. Hoping for something new.