Hello,
I am sponsoring my husband through Vienna VO. Here is our timeline:
Application Received: Feb 22, 2012
1st Medical Done: August 30, 2011
Sponsorship Approved: May 23, 2012
AOR: June 12, 2012
Fingerprints requested: Oct 15, 2012
In Process: Oct 3, 2013
Interview: November 19, 2013 (new police certificate, marriage cert, military book, originals requested)
The visa officer at the interview reviewed everything and told my husband that everything was fine and that the new medicals had to be done ASAP so that we can get home by New Year's(btw, we've been together in Serbia throughout the whole application process, we have 2 kids, 6 and 1 year old who couldn't stand being separated from their dad for 30 minutes, let alone longer).
So:
Medical re-done: November 26, 2013
New Background Declaration and Non-accompanying dependent declaration requested: November 25, 2013
We have been waiting since then. It's been over 8 weeks since the new medicals were done and all documents sent. We called the doctor's office and they confirmed that they sent the results the next day.
We emailed Vienna VO twice in the meantime and they responded in the same manner they had been responding every month in 2012: "Please be informed that we have not received all background check results. You will be informed about the further steps AFTER we have received all background check results; "
We relied on visa officer's word, after 23 months of waiting patiently, we were hoping to be home by New Year's. Why are they stalling us now?
All of you wonderful and experienced people, do you have any ideas how long after the 2nd medical, and in our case, after the interview and all other final documentation has been received by Vienna VO, would they issue the PPR?
Thank you in advance for all your responses.
Cheers,
G