david_dawei Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Singularis67 reported a fast P3 to P4... I just heard from a member (offline) of a equally fast P3 to P4 ... and interview set in Nov... --- If you had returned your P3 prior to mid-August.. I'd start calling DOS once a week ... DOS phone number: 1-202-663-1225 Link to comment
Homeprincess Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 From 001, a mm said that she has interview date in Nov.and she got her P3 in late August(K1) Link to comment
Guest ShaQuaNew Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Hope springs eternal. Link to comment
jbray Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 It seems to me that there is a speed-up. I was told, via my Senator's office that my wife was going to have her interview in late November/December or later. That was in September... Her interview is now on November 2nd. Link to comment
m-coon Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 (edited) This is both good news and bad news for me. I just returned from China ..... Now I am reading this!!! I am on the phone with DOS now. Our P3 was returned in mid July........ If this is true - Her interview should be in November...... yes?Scott DOS just told me that her application is still "going through administrative processing"................ I don't know what that means? Edited October 18, 2005 by m-coon (see edit history) Link to comment
david_dawei Posted October 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 There are only a few showing this 'speed up' so far.. hard to know how consistently it will ripple outward... but keep calling DOS... Re: Administrative Processing. If this goes longer than normal, it can affect the interview date... Administrative processing is a catch all term. I've seen it used in many different situations but it usually means a holding pattern for something to finish up before a determination can be made. What specific step is being taken is very hard to guess at.155342[/snapback] Link to comment
BillV 8-16-2004 Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 (edited) Singularis67 reported a fast P3 to P4... I just heard from a member (offline) of a equally fast P3 to P4 ... and interview set in Nov... --- If you had returned your P3 prior to mid-August.. I'd start calling DOS once a week ... DOS phone number: 1-202-663-1225161173[/snapback]Does anyone remember the numbers you need to punch in after you make a call to get a DOS operator to inquire about your case? It never fails but I always seem to spend too much time listening to there options.DOS Inquiry (202) 663-1225 /1/0 By pass the recording by pressing one, then 0, it will put you in the waiting queue. I found on a previous post Edited October 18, 2005 by BillV 8-16-2004 (see edit history) Link to comment
nooneufo Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 We always see a range of the number of days wait from a P3 to P4 and corresponding Interview. While it is heartening to see one person get an interview in 60 days, and their total process time of 6 months (That is the shocker for me), I would like to see more numbers before assuming a significant overall speed up, and an indication that the name check process is being done quickly. We know that if GUZ would schedule the interview the moment the name check was completed, we would see faster processing times. We have seen this happen before, where the tail end people within an interview month group can get a faster interview. If Scheduling is done each week, I would also expect a faster turn around if this will become the new method of handling the paperwork. Need more numbers I think. For November Interviews so far: Number of days from P3 letter date to Interview date (In P3 date order) For CFL Members23219718817017014515311860 Number of days from P3 letter date to Interview date (In P3 date order) For 001 Members263258253215182189198155169148151160130145153139141130 As some people know, I have long argued that your P3 date is what matters for tracking. When the numbers are ordered by P3 dates we can see the appearence of a reduction in time for each interview month by this method. Link to comment
david_dawei Posted October 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 nooneufo... thanks and I agree.. we can only hope. Make sure that Singularis67 (K3) , 7 months and Meidon (K1) 6 months are in as the two short runners. I saw Jbray has an interview date too... Anyone getting interviews, make sure you post here: http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12613 Link to comment
Tian9426 Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 We always see a range of the number of days wait from a P3 to P4 and corresponding Interview. While it is heartening to see one person get an interview in 60 days, and their total process time of 6 months (That is the shocker for me), I would like to see more numbers before assuming a significant overall speed up, and an indication that the name check process is being done quickly. We know that if GUZ would schedule the interview the moment the name check was completed, we would see faster processing times. We have seen this happen before, where the tail end people within an interview month group can get a faster interview. If Scheduling is done each week, I would also expect a faster turn around if this will become the new method of handling the paperwork. Need more numbers I think. For November Interviews so far: Number of days from P3 letter date to Interview date (In P3 date order) For CFL Members23219718817017014515311860 Number of days from P3 letter date to Interview date (In P3 date order) For 001 Members263258253215182189198155169148151160130145153139141130 As some people know, I have long argued that your P3 date is what matters for tracking. When the numbers are ordered by P3 dates we can see the appearence of a reduction in time for each interview month by this method.161252[/snapback]I am kind of puzzled by how GUZ assign the interview date. We got our p4 on Oct 3, but was scheduled in late NOV, where as some have just got their notices, but scheduled in earler NOV. Link to comment
Guest ShaQuaNew Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 I also agree. These rapid approvals and interviews do appear to be abberrations. There will need to be considerable others given rapid approval before one can assume a speed up....Like me.... Link to comment
david_dawei Posted October 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 What I have seen, is that the last people getting interviews for a month are often slotted into early spots in the month (so yes, earlier than those before them). Not sure if they purposely leave early spots open or they become open... Usually your P3 date (as nooneufo said) is the best indicator... Link to comment
Guest ShaQuaNew Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Right, so it's most likely that it will take sometime between 9 months and forever or anything in between...... Link to comment
david_dawei Posted October 18, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Right, so it's most likely that it will take sometime between 9 months and forever or anything in between...... 161259[/snapback]for most people, there is a narrower range we could state instead of forever... The outliers would be the few caught in 'checks' and 'adminstrative processing'... Would be interesting to know what the rough ratio is.. maybe 1:30 fall into a delay, if that... Link to comment
Guest ShaQuaNew Posted October 18, 2005 Report Share Posted October 18, 2005 Right, so it's most likely that it will take sometime between 9 months and forever or anything in between...... 161259[/snapback]for most people, there is a narrower range we could state instead of forever... The outliers would be the few caught in 'checks' and 'adminstrative processing'... Would be interesting to know what the rough ratio is.. maybe 1:30 fall into a delay, if that...161261[/snapback]Indeed forever is a long time so it will surely be less than that. The only predictable part of the entire Visa process is that it's covered in a beaureaucratic wrapper. It's a good thing to know the current trends however. Link to comment
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