figure about when for interview

[vbtbmrt 2]

ok vjers i would like to give my employer a guesstamation about when i will going to be with wife for interview. i have been reading time lines and threads and everything and am just wondering about about what month for interview with no ref hopefully as of right now IV bill is on it way to my house should have it sat. or monday generated 12-10-07 i will express it back to nvc then comes the ds-230 i figure with that it will right after christmas then case complete middle of jan. lets say jan.10.08

so here is my guess with all the things i have read i am figuring end of feb or begining of march for interview ok this is where you cr-1 people jump in and give me a better idea or better guesstamation please help i would like a rough idea thanks a bunch and good luck to all

[Roserick 0]

WoW!! That's the exact situation I was thinking right now..

When do I tell my boss that I'm going to Philippines to pick up my wife and daughter...

Something tells me I will do it as soon as I get her Interview date..

[vbtbmrt 2]

yes it would be nice to give a little notice on when about without telling him a week before

[rjp44 1]

ok vjers i would like to give my employer a guesstamation about when i will going to be with wife for interview. i have been reading time lines and threads and everything and am just wondering about about what month for interview with no ref hopefully as of right now IV bill is on it way to my house should have it sat. or monday generated 12-10-07 i will express it back to nvc then comes the ds-230 i figure with that it will right after christmas then case complete middle of jan. lets say jan.10.08

so here is my guess with all the things i have read i am figuring end of feb or begining of march for interview ok this is where you cr-1 people jump in and give me a better idea or better guesstamation please help i would like a rough idea thanks a bunch and good luck to all

If all goes well, I think your estimates are realistic. To save time, you can have your wife download the DS-230 now and get it fill out and sign Part 1, plus getting together the rest of the items that need to send with it.....copy of biometrics page from passport, birth certificate, NBI clearance, marriage certificate.....and send what she has to you so that you are ready to send it to NVC as soon as you get the notice. If all this goes well and you do get case complete by the 20th of Jan, the case should be sent to the embassy by the end of the month, and an interview scheduled in the last half of March. You should have 5-6 weeks from the time your interview is scheduled and the interview itself so that you can give your employer notice that you need to be off. Good luck.

Edited December 13, 2007 by rjp44

[vbtbmrt 2]

thanks rjp44 i have all the papers for ds-230 nbi. poilce clearance, bio. from passport marrage and birth cert. and xerox copies for all i just want to send it all now

[Roserick 0]

thanks rjp44 i have all the papers for ds-230 nbi. poilce clearance, bio. from passport marrage and birth cert. and xerox copies for all i just want to send it all now

Wait for it to Generate and do the James Shortcut..

I kind a feel bad right now.. My DS-230 Generated on Nov 19th.. If I had sent it then, I could have got case complete right now.. Like the other VJ member I saw on the IR-Forum..

He sent his the 26th and got a case complete on the 11th.. I could have had the same outcome!!

Oh well I just sent my DS-230 couple a days ago and they just received it today.. I will be calling them monday to confirm receipt.. I just hope I get a case complete before the year end..

Wish me luck guys..

[vbtbmrt 2]

ya thats a bummer i have been doing the shortcuts i wanted to do one for IV bill but there is no short cut for it bummer dang nvc is slowing me down

[rjp44 1]

ya thats a bummer i have been doing the shortcuts i wanted to do one for IV bill but there is no short cut for it bummer dang nvc is slowing me down

You are still doing well though. It looks like the whole process is going to take about 10 months. Much better than those who filed a month or two behind you.

[vbtbmrt 2]

ok thanks any bets

is there any more guesses out there i am thinking this is really realistic for a time frame. any one physicic and give me exact dates hehehe i got a buck on march 18 2008

[RandyandRina 2]

If you are using the James Shortcut, your timeline will look like this...

7-10 days from IV bill generation you will receive your IV Bill (12/19)

You send it Next Day Air (12/20)

Once received, it takes 2 days posting (12/28)

>>> Note: 12/24 and 12/25 is a holiday

Once IV Bill is posted, it takes about 3-4 weeks for the DS230 Generation (01/19)

>>> Note: Once you know that the DS230 is generated, send in all the DS230 information (Forms and documents)

Send it Next Day Air (01/21)

It takes about 5-7 days for it to be received and posted by NVC (01/28)

It may take 2-3 weeks for review, normally 10-14 days without RFE (02/10)

It seems to me that if my timeline prediction is correct, you will have a March interview. The point of the matter here is that you make sure that they get your DS230 and all documents approved by Feb 10th (cut off time), for them to include your application for the next month's interview (March)

Good luck on your journey!

~ Rina

PS. Let me know if you need help with the JSC 2.0. I used it from beginning to the end. It saved me at least 6-8 weeks

Edited December 14, 2007 by RandyandRina

[vbtbmrt 2]

well i sure hope so it is looking bleak right now due to the holidays but i recieved IV bill on 12/17 and sent it back 12/17 and they recieved 12/18 but still not posted on auto message arrggggg aaarrrgggg. so hope wensday they post it or will be calling to see if it has been posted it was signed for so i know they got it oh that really bites it takes 3 to 4 week for them to send ds-230

[Jimmy and Angela 0]

can i have my wife sign the ds-230 now and put the date on when the time comes?

[vbtbmrt 2]

yes of course you can thats part of the short cut process is to have your forms all ready to go when time comes but make sure its not to far in advance police and nbi clearence are only good for 6 month to a year good luck

[vbtbmrt 2]

well sent off ds-230 yesterday per james shortcut they recieved friday 10 46 am so lets hope they get it approved before they hand out interviews in the next schedule month