@citizentvkenya@USAmbKenya, could you please address the growing concern of delays in IR1/IR2 visa processing at the U.S. Embassy Nairobi? Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens have been waiting for over 2 years with no interviews since Feb 2024. @citizentvkenya@YvonneOkwara#CitizenExplainer
@citizentvkenya Ask her about spousal based visas ,, families are torn apart , they need to schedule appointments for immigrants we feel ignored 😕 #scheduleappointments
@citizentvkenya Kindly ask her about spousal visa delays. Only Nairobi is facing a 2 yr visa interview delay and still blaming COVID. Other larger and busier embassies don’t have have similar level of delays.
@USAmbKenya This is still the situation for ir1/cr1 visa, 25 months and counting for interview letters is diabolical to say the least. I’ve seen more than enough broken families and children separated from their parents. Sad! @USAmbKenya@SecBlinken@USEmbassyKenya@POTUS
@POTUS ,@USAmbKenya ,@USEmbassyKenya enough of these lies, we have begged , pleaded and nothing Is being done ,no communication at all from the responsible people it's really absurd that we have to beg to see our families ,our kids suffer the most ,priotize family please
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Amb. Whitman, Nairobi is now processing 44% more IVs annually than pre-Covid. But, family visas are fewer than pre-Covid! Children and spouses now face a 2-year wait that keeps getting longer. This is not fair.
@USEmbassyKenya, please return your focus to families!
@USEmbassyKenya@USEmbassyKenya@USAmbKenya@SecBlinken We respectfully urge your attention to the ongoing visa backlogs for family reunification.These delays are causing significant distress for families waiting to be reunited. Please consider prioritizing these cases. #FamilyReunification
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Congressional inquiries on family IV interviews showed that in June you were sending ILs to people DQ in Oct 2022. In July, similar inquiry replies say for July you are processing ILs for DQ June 2022! Do you have a time machine?!? Or... How????
@SqueakyWheel254@USAmbKenya@DrSianProctor@USAmbKenya we need better action for family base visa that has a longer lead time. We need a better solution than the two year backlog. You and your embassy need to put all your efforts to fix this please!
@USAmbKenya@DrSianProctor Good work on this, @USAmbKenya
But your lack of attention to family visa backlog is not good work. Nairobi has one of the worst backlogs globally. You solved the tourist visa backlog, but Americans' spouses and children must wait 2 years for an interview?!? Please fix this!!!
@USAmbKenya You’re doing your best but please 🙏🏾 try harder. Filing for a family base visa Ir1/Cr1 should be added to 1000 ways to die. My heart rn is so broken 😞. 20months and counting for IL is 🖤 emotional 😭 draining. @SecBlinken@USEmbassyKenya
@USAmbKenya@USEmbassyKenya two years we have to wait for our daughter to have just be able to get an IL before we can make an interview appointment, that’s just insane! Please figure out how to speed up the process for family based Visas.
@USAmbKenya@USEmbassyKenya it’s insane every time I see it’s 22 months before our daughter can get an IL just to wait another few more months to get an interview. Please people need to be held accountable because we are the ones that suffer. Please improve the waiting period.
@USEmbassyKenya@USAmbKenya, please prioritize and expedite the processing of family reunification visas. Many families are suffering due to long separations and delays. Families need to be together. Thank you for your attention to this critical matter.
@USAmbKenya@USEmbassyKenya Ambassador please make it a priority for family based visa interviews, 2 years is to long. One of the toughest things is to watch this administration leave the borders for anyone to walk through but have no real care of the ones that do it right.
@Juliestufft In recent months the @USEmbassyKenya has taken over 4 months to clear one month of interviews for Ir1/Cr1 immediate family members visa, with current waiting times being over 20 months after being documentary qualified, @USAmbKenya is single handedly breaking family