sidorela kovaci
Jul 9, 2025
my case
Hello everyone. I wanted to share the history of my case. My husband is Albanian but has had an American passport for almost 2 years. I am currently in Albania, waiting on the immigration process for about 4 years now. We first applied in 2021. In 2022, it was denied (due to suspicion that the marriage was for papers). On April 8, 2024, the case was re-submitted. On July 5, 2025, the case became “actively being reviewed,” and two days later, on July 7, 2025, the decision came out as approved.
Now, please tell me — how long does it usually take from this point until I receive the visa or get the interview?
Thank you if you can give me any information because this process has been very frustrating.
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N - DJul 9, 2025
Hi, this is for Tirana
NVC is currently scheduling documentarily complete cases with visas available from:
May-2025
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/iv-wait-times.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawLbtQJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHil3_4CmJnk8Dlz4faBbX8nQ_G-tiFx3Zk3JLPSRzYPjBJORWYU33XhICHgu_aem_rIZA4J2cjoN_a5jXdGaYLQ
sidorela kovaciJul 9, 2025
@N - D yes for tirana. My case was approved by uscis 3 days ago. I just wanted to know from the moment of approval how long does it take to get to the interview step
N - DJul 10, 2025
When you collect and submit all the papers (it took me 2 weeks from the day they approved to the day we submitted all the papers) BTW I'm from Bosnia
NVC takes about 3 weeks to review the papers
And another 2 months for the interview
N - DSep 2, 2025
Hi, any news on your case??
sidorela kovaciSep 2, 2025
@N - D Hi 👋🏻 . The case is still stuck at the stage of the documents needed for qualification. I submitted them, but they returned my birth certificate because it wasn’t the correct one, so now I will redo it and resubmit it. After that, I’ll have to wait for the case to be qualified, and then see if they will set an interview date. I’m a bit confused 😕
N - DSep 3, 2025
@sidorela kovaci This is my timeline at the NVC 14.06 welcome letter; 26.06 documents submitted; 11.07 DQ; 30.07 interview appointment set for 22.09. I hope this is gonna help you a little bit
