Hello, everybody, and welcome to our live session today. Just a quick update that we
wanted to make today about marriage interviews being waived, and all other cases that are
being currently a process. And also a quick update, the day before the reopening of USCIS
offices. A lot of people have been waiting. And so, we wanted to make this announcement
just to kind of keep people updated. So, first of all, those of you that are joining here
on the live, welcome, welcome. I'm trying these new blue ray glasses just to help me
with the brightness and to see you, guys. So, welcome, welcome. Welcome, Paul, Jah,
Darring, Candy. We highlight a few of you, guys. Welcome, welcome. We have Jandra, Charlie.
And so, yeah, just wanted to give you a quick update. So, tomorrow, USCIS offices are going
to reopen in most jurisdictions but not all USCIS offices are going to be reopened. So,
that's one thing that I wanted to make clear that not all offices are going to be opened.
And we have… let’s see here. So, most places are going to be… hey, guys. Thank
you. Thank you. Thank you. Good morning. If you, guys, are… hey Carrie. Good evening,
guys. So, first of all, all USCIS is going to reopen most of their offices in most jurisdictions
but there are certain cities where USCIS offices are not going to be opened. So, that's why
it's really important to check with your city. We know, for example, that New York, they're
not going to reopen as normal. I know that in Georgia, and in some offices in Missouri,
there's going to be some delays as far as we know right now. So, it's important to check
your local office to make sure that they are open. And once again, your interviews, the
ones that have been canceled in March, in April, those are going to be rescheduled and
you're going to be able to get new notices and appear for your interviews as you get
those new notices, okay? Now, let's talk about interview waivers. But before we start, if
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let's talk about interview waivers. So, we've been receiving quite a few waivers in the
past month or so. So, starting with employment-based, we have quite a few employment-based, 45s,
and the way it works is that the client would notify us that they received a notice from
USCIS that their card is being produced. It's usually going to be an online notice or they
got something in the mail. And then they usually get their card in the mail within a few weeks.
So, we have quite a few of our employment-based, EB2s, EB3s that have a pending, they had some
interviews waived. We also had a few 751s which are Removal of Conditions, as long as
the marriage… so, we're not talking about waivers I'm talking about people that are
still together, and they filed for their waivers, okay, to remove the conditions, 751 to remove
the conditions, those were also waived. So, we had quite a few cases like that that were
waived without an interview. And we had a few people that reported, I didn't have them
in our office but I had a few people from our Facebook group that reported that they
had also some marriage-based interviews that were waived. Again, this is not very common
but that actually happens. So once again, those of you that are watching right now,
there's a link in the description of this video to our private Facebook group. And I
encourage you to join the group because in the group we have members, I asked them to
report if they get interview waivers, if they get anything unusual like RFEs, they should
report it in the group and we can all kind of learn from that. So, we had quite a few
people that reached out and told me that they had family petitions, marriage-based interviews
that were also waived. But the majority of interviews that are being waived right now
are employment-based. And remember that employment-based interviews used to be waived in the past as
well before they started this in a couple of years ago, they would never do interviews
for employment-based, and therefore, it's much easier for the USCIS to waive those as
well. And I think that as they reopen, remember that they're going to start reopening, gradually,
and as they reopen, we expect that there's going to be a backlog. So, remember that if
it’s a marriage case, it used to take eight to nine months. With these new procedures,
I think is going to take 14 months or more because they have less people right now, there's
going to be more backlogs by the time interviews are going to be scheduled. So, I think they
have more incentive to waive interviews, right? So, if cases are normal, if cases are not
too complicated, they may be waiving more cases. So, expect to see more employment-based
interviews being waived. Expect to see even more 751s. I don't think we're going to see
too many of those regular family-based cases waived. But who knows, right? We'll see what
happens when they reopen. We'll see how big is the backlog. And if it's too much for them
because remember, I made a video a few days ago regarding the new procedures to attend
interviews, and they're going to be checking people in the front, there's going to be a
social distancing, which means less people are going to be able to come every time, which
means more delays are going to happen. So, I think the incentive of USCIS is going to
waive more interviews. So, we'll see. Maybe more family petitions are going to be waived
but so far, we have quite a few people that reported that they had their cases waived.
Family petitions based on marriage, those were usually people that were married more
than two years. We have at our office 751, Petitions to Remove Conditions, those were
also waived. And we have employment-based. EB2s, EB3s, E1s that were going through interviews,
the way it typically works, they're going to see the case status change to ‘card being
produced’. And then we know that they're going to get their card in the mail on the
family side. So, one indication how you know your interview is going to be waived if you
have a family-based petition, if you get a request for a medical, right, so typically,
people didn't send their medical or if their medical expired or if they need the medical,
if they send you a request just for your medical there's a big chance that they may waive your
interview because they could have asked for the medical at your interview. But if there's
going to be no interview, then… the clients that get their interviews waived, they had
a Request For Evidence for medical, they send that medical, and then two weeks later, the
green card was mailed, okay? So, look out. Make sure your address is updated. Okay? If
your address is not updated, if you get a request for your medical or whatever they
ask you and you don't respond, then your case will be put on hold. And it's not going to
be good. So, make sure your address is updated in check online your case status regularly,
okay, because once they updated, asking for medical or something that trivial, like in
one of our employment-based cases that were waived, they asked for just pictures. They
needed passport pictures. That's it. And once that was sent to them, the green card was
mailed after two weeks. So, I think there are more chances right now for more interviews
to be waived, especially since they're going to be reopening. Again, not every USCIS is
going to reopen on the fourth. But as they’re going to reopen, there's going to be delays.
Oh, thank you, guys, for the super chats, for Courtney. Courtney, you’re the best.
Let me highlight Courtney right here. “Any embassies or consulates open now or soon?”
Courtney, I'm going to answer your question in a second. And I'm going to show you, guys,
if you stick around, I'm going to show you a list of USCIS offices abroad. And I'm going
to show you their stances right now. So, stick around and I'll show you in a second. But
what I wanted to mention to you, guys, is that it's really important for you to follow
the status of your case because if they asked you for that little thing, that means that
they're going to be probably waiving your interview if that's the only thing they want
to see. Okay. So, let's take a look for a second at USCIS… and I was going to mention
something before, we also had two cases of DV lottery people that were waived as well.
So, remember, DV lottery people that are in the US waiting for Adjustment of Status, now,
they're going to be opening these offices, calling you back for interviews. And so, some
of these people also had interviews waived because they were scheduled before and the
interviews were canceled because of COVID so there were scheduled back without an interview.
So, make sure you check your case status online for notification. So, if you look here, I'm
sharing my screen. You can see there's a list of all these offices, USCIS offices overseas.
As of now, June 3rd, you can see that Mexico City is closed. Monterey is closed. Ciudad
Juarez is still closed. We're looking at offices in China, Germany is closed. Greece, temporarily
closed, Thailand is closed. So, these offices are still closed overseas. These are USCIS
offices at the consulates. And the reason they're closed is because the US embassies
and consulates are also closed. And in the previous video that I made, as I mentioned
to you, guys, US embassies and consulates are going to be reopening based on the individual
countries. So, as the conditions continue to improve in those countries, then the embassies
and consulates are also going to be reopening in that schedule. So, it's not going to happen
at one time. It's going to happen based on the country’s condition. So, expect some
of the European countries to reopen sooner than maybe some of the countries in Asia.
‘You know what I mean? So, I will post… what I'm going to do is I'm going to make
another video, probably in the next couple of days, with an Excel sheet of all the embassies
that are currently closed and which ones are going to be reopened. So, stay tuned for that
video. It’s coming up in a few days. But as you saw right now, all the USCIS offices
overseas are currently closed. And the reason is because the embassies are closed as well.
So, even though the USCIS is going to reopen tomorrow in the US, they're not going to open
overseas yet. It's going to happen on a case by case, depending on the country where they
are located. Okay? So, just to summarize, interviews are continued to be waived. We
have quite a few of them that we had in our office, and we're collecting them from other
people that are seeing my videos, and specifically in our Facebook group. So, if you're watching
this video right now, make sure you join our Facebook group, there's a link below. And
those of you that want to ask more specific questions about your case, if you have a specific
question about your case, make sure that you send me a text. The phone number is right
here, 619-569-1768. If you want a consultation about your specific case, if you want to know
about your interview, if it's going to be waived, any complications, delays at the embassies,
anything you, guys, need, text this number and we'll set you up with a consultation just
because you watch my YouTube video. Okay? So, this was an important update today because
I wanted to update you about interview waivers. As I said, they continue to be waived. And
make sure you monitor your case status to see if they’re asking for any little Requests
For Evidence. And that will indicate that your interview is going to be waived. And
hopefully, it's going to happen to you as well. USCIS is going to open tomorrow. And
also, in the last video that I've done, premium processing is also back, which means that
if you have an H1B that was filed and you want to upgrade, if you have an I-140 that
you want to upgrade, you can also do the premium processing. And I made a video specifically
on that. How to do that and how to upgrade. Okay, guys. So, this was just a quick update.
I'm not going to answer too many questions today. I just wanted to make an update because
we have a lot of questions about the interview waivers. So, this is the latest update, June
3rd, interview waivers, they continue to be waived and I expect to be even more waivers
coming up in the next two weeks as USCIS continues to reopen. Because there's going to be more
backlog, more delays with the interviews and good cases are going to be exempt. Again,
there's no policy on USCIS. Nothing is in writing, everything that I'm telling you.
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Let me see. Let me say hi to a few people. Norma, “Hello, my husband is in Albania,
been married less than two years. We filed in October. Will our case be delayed due to
the closure of USCIS?” So again, like everybody, your cases are going to be delayed. So, if
you were waiting for a work permit for five months before, now, it's going to take seven
months. If you're waiting for an interview to take place in nine months, it's going to
take 14 months right now. It's going to take longer, right? Expect delays in interviews
for green cards, expect delays in the processing of cases, in citizenship appointments for
citizenship interviews, everything is going to be delayed. I’ll probably post another
video update once they reopen, and we'll see how they do. But right now, this is the update
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