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[natashenika 0]

Please help!!!!!

Copy of which passport do you send to NVC Internal or Travel???

[Zadan 1]

Please help!!!!!

Copy of which passport do you send to NVC Internal or Travel???

By "Travel" I assume you mean whats referred to as your "international" passport? It would be your international passport then, as that is what would be recognized outside of Ukraine.

[etripke 0]

Yeah, he was a bit rude, but I understand sometimes. Some people ask over and over again, there was another reply from a moderator there that was tersely worded also.

I'm with you on this one, we are having some conflicting information on it, but I suppose the state department might not be the authority to know absolutely if one is needed.

We're just going to shelve it for now.

[natashenika 0]

Please help!!!!!

Copy of which passport do you send to NVC Internal or Travel???

By "Travel" I assume you mean whats referred to as your "international" passport? It would be your international passport then, as that is what would be recognized outside of Ukraine

Thanks

[Olya2007 0]

Hi everyone!

Just got our NOA2 after 153 days of waiting. I know that waiting will continue with recent situation on sending documents from CSC to NVC. Just wanted to ask those of you who recently scheduled interview in Kiev, how long it takes to wait for appointment from the time you call ? Hoping to reunite before Christmas

Thanks in advance

[Zadan 1]

Hi everyone!

Just got our NOA2 after 153 days of waiting. I know that waiting will continue with recent situation on sending documents from CSC to NVC. Just wanted to ask those of you who recently scheduled interview in Kiev, how long it takes to wait for appointment from the time you call ? Hoping to reunite before Christmas

Thanks in advance

8 weeks. So if you know now that you will have everything by then, get your KEV# handy and call NOW to schedule your interview.

[payxibka 10,045]

Should either I-864 or I-864EZ be notorized or just signed by the petitioner?

And what is 1099 from requested in I-864EZ? where can we get it from?

Notarization not required

Not all taxpayers will have 1099's... If your hubby doesn't, then he doesn't....

Please help!!!!!

Copy of which passport do you send to NVC Internal or Travel???

Your international one... they don't care much about the internal

Edited October 18, 2007 by fwaguy

[Olya2007 0]

Hi everyone!

Just got our NOA2 after 153 days of waiting. I know that waiting will continue with recent situation on sending documents from CSC to NVC. Just wanted to ask those of you who recently scheduled interview in Kiev, how long it takes to wait for appointment from the time you call ? Hoping to reunite before Christmas

Thanks in advance

8 weeks. So if you know now that you will have everything by then, get your KEV# handy and call NOW to schedule your interview.

Thanks, Zadan.

Just hoped that it would be less then that... Oh well, will wait...

[etripke 0]

Hi everyone!

Just got our NOA2 after 153 days of waiting. I know that waiting will continue with recent situation on sending documents from CSC to NVC. Just wanted to ask those of you who recently scheduled interview in Kiev, how long it takes to wait for appointment from the time you call ? Hoping to reunite before Christmas

Thanks in advance

8 weeks. So if you know now that you will have everything by then, get your KEV# handy and call NOW to schedule your interview.

Thanks, Zadan.

Just hoped that it would be less then that... Oh well, will wait...

The Embassy will NOT schedule an interview until they have the hard copy of the petition in their system. Once you have the KEV number from NVC get the medical out of the way, and make certain your other needed documents are sent soon.

The lead times for interviews have dropped a bit since this past summer. I think 8 weeks is a stretch, more like 35-45 days right now. I looked through timelines from last fall, and they seem to drop around this time of year, and as some of the announced interview dates have come in over the past several weeks, I think you can expect them to be closer to the range I quoted above.

As you pointed out the mailrooms are bogged down and NVC will see your petition in about a month. Start calling NVC in a couple of weeks to see if they have received it and when they have get the KEV number over the phone.

[Zadan 1]

The Embassy will NOT schedule an interview until they have the hard copy of the petition in their system. Once you have the KEV number from NVC get the medical out of the way, and make certain your other needed documents are sent soon.

The lead times for interviews have dropped a bit since this past summer. I think 8 weeks is a stretch, more like 35-45 days right now. I looked through timelines from last fall, and they seem to drop around this time of year, and as some of the announced interview dates have come in over the past several weeks, I think you can expect them to be closer to the range I quoted above.

As you pointed out the mailrooms are bogged down and NVC will see your petition in about a month. Start calling NVC in a couple of weeks to see if they have received it and when they have get the KEV number over the phone.

The NVC rep told me as soon as I had a KEV# I could contact the embassy in Kiev. I did as soon as I got one and it worked.

I recall an official wait-time being listed somewhere on the State Dept. website somwhere for the embassies. Anyone remember where it is?

Edited October 19, 2007 by Zadan

[Olya2007 0]

Thanks a lot, etripke!

I was going to PM you and ask these additional questions, since I often read your very detailed and helpful posts and I know you have the most recent experience with Kiev :-)

I even remember your unusual long wait with documents that stuck at NVC. And just today I looked at your signature and noticed that you got your interview date which is not that long wait from the time Embassy received your docs.

Now it looks more optimistic to me. Even week counts, you know... But still not setting my hopes too high as this process is totally unpredictable sometimes...

[etripke 0]

The Embassy will NOT schedule an interview until they have the hard copy of the petition in their system. Once you have the KEV number from NVC get the medical out of the way, and make certain your other needed documents are sent soon.

The lead times for interviews have dropped a bit since this past summer. I think 8 weeks is a stretch, more like 35-45 days right now. I looked through timelines from last fall, and they seem to drop around this time of year, and as some of the announced interview dates have come in over the past several weeks, I think you can expect them to be closer to the range I quoted above.

As you pointed out the mailrooms are bogged down and NVC will see your petition in about a month. Start calling NVC in a couple of weeks to see if they have received it and when they have get the KEV number over the phone.

The NVC rep told me as soon as I had a KEV# I could contact the embassy in Kiev. I did as soon as I got one and it worked.

I recall an official wait-time being listed somewhere on the State Dept. website somwhere for the embassies. Anyone remember where it is?

You never received any notification from NVC and I would guess the Embassy had your hard copy of the petition when you called. Trust me, they won't do it unless it is there. The Embassy used to have a statement on the Fiance/ee visa page that would say something like "now scheduling interviews for the week of.." but they stopped doing that some around the end of May/early June.

State Department dates do not show the "Immigrant Visa" types. Just the others, or at least that is what I saw last time I looked. Although the K-1 is classified as a non-immigrant it does go to the IV unit in Kyiv.

[Deron 0]

The Embassy will NOT schedule an interview until they have the hard copy of the petition in their system. Once you have the KEV number from NVC get the medical out of the way, and make certain your other needed documents are sent soon.

The lead times for interviews have dropped a bit since this past summer. I think 8 weeks is a stretch, more like 35-45 days right now. I looked through timelines from last fall, and they seem to drop around this time of year, and as some of the announced interview dates have come in over the past several weeks, I think you can expect them to be closer to the range I quoted above.

As you pointed out the mailrooms are bogged down and NVC will see your petition in about a month. Start calling NVC in a couple of weeks to see if they have received it and when they have get the KEV number over the phone.

The NVC rep told me as soon as I had a KEV# I could contact the embassy in Kiev. I did as soon as I got one and it worked.

I recall an official wait-time being listed somewhere on the State Dept. website somwhere for the embassies. Anyone remember where it is?

You never received any notification from NVC and I would guess the Embassy had your hard copy of the petition when you called. Trust me, they won't do it unless it is there. The Embassy used to have a statement on the Fiance/ee visa page that would say something like "now scheduling interviews for the week of.." but they stopped doing that some around the end of May/early June.

State Department dates do not show the "Immigrant Visa" types. Just the others, or at least that is what I saw last time I looked. Although the K-1 is classified as a non-immigrant it does go to the IV unit in Kyiv.

Etripke is right, about 35-45 days from the time you call and it will take them about 10-15 days or so from the time it is sent from NVC to the embassy before they can put it in their system. Then you can call the call center and make an appointment. Believe me, I tried from the moment I got the KEV# from NVC, they will not have it in their computer system until the embassy enters it. You may always get lucky though like Etripke and get an appointment a couple weeks out Speaking of Etripke, good luck to you on Monday my friend, I can't wait to hear of your approval.

Have a nice weekend all...

Edited October 19, 2007 by Deron

[etripke 0]

The Embassy will NOT schedule an interview until they have the hard copy of the petition in their system. Once you have the KEV number from NVC get the medical out of the way, and make certain your other needed documents are sent soon.

The lead times for interviews have dropped a bit since this past summer. I think 8 weeks is a stretch, more like 35-45 days right now. I looked through timelines from last fall, and they seem to drop around this time of year, and as some of the announced interview dates have come in over the past several weeks, I think you can expect them to be closer to the range I quoted above.

As you pointed out the mailrooms are bogged down and NVC will see your petition in about a month. Start calling NVC in a couple of weeks to see if they have received it and when they have get the KEV number over the phone.

The NVC rep told me as soon as I had a KEV# I could contact the embassy in Kiev. I did as soon as I got one and it worked.

I recall an official wait-time being listed somewhere on the State Dept. website somwhere for the embassies. Anyone remember where it is?

You never received any notification from NVC and I would guess the Embassy had your hard copy of the petition when you called. Trust me, they won't do it unless it is there. The Embassy used to have a statement on the Fiance/ee visa page that would say something like "now scheduling interviews for the week of.." but they stopped doing that some around the end of May/early June.

State Department dates do not show the "Immigrant Visa" types. Just the others, or at least that is what I saw last time I looked. Although the K-1 is classified as a non-immigrant it does go to the IV unit in Kyiv.

Etripke is right, about 35-45 days from the time you call and it will take them about 10-15 days or so from the time it is sent from NVC to the embassy before they can put it in their system. Then you can call the call center and make an appointment. Believe me, I tried from the moment I got the KEV# from NVC, they will not have it in their computer system until the embassy enters it. You may always get lucky though like Etripke and get an appointment a couple weeks out Speaking of Etripke, good luck to you on Monday my friend, I can't wait to hear of your approval.

Have a nice weekend all...

Thanks Buddy. We're both really anxious to to get it over with, and appreciate the thoughts. I'll post first thing Monday morning and let you know how things go.

[Olya2007 0]

Thanks to all who responded!

Meanwhile gathering docs and patiently (Yet :-) waiting petition to reach NVC.