Bringing attention to U.S embassy interview backlog : immigration

Petition right here

Hello all, I’m spreading this petition round to convey some consideration to the horrendous interview backlogs at most U.S embassies overseas. I’m personally experiencing this at my husband’s embassy, the place spouses of U.S residents (cr1/IR1 classes) are ready one full yr to be interviewed AFTER going via the prolonged USCIS and NVC processes to have the applying permitted.

Data shared by the State Division after this petition was created supplied extra info on the dimensions of the difficulty: 473,000 instances permitted and solely pending an interview, and the common date for which a spousal interview is being scheduled is March 2020 DQ. That means, as I acknowledged above, spouses of U.S residents are actually ready, on common, a full yr after i-130 and NVC approval to have an interview. The state of affairs is even worse for all different classes.

I perceive that the pandemic created challenges, however it’s time to adapt and discover options to handle this backlog. It might be loopy to only let it work itself out through the years – lively discount of the wait instances is required!