CSC to NVC... still waiting

[SSAH 0]

Newpy Hap Year (hic!), si man. I just called the groovy CSC to learn when (whether) my file (NOA2 = Dec. 18) was shipped to the NVC; the Immigration Officerette said "January 4." I asked by what method, and she said "Regular. Give them 2 or 3 weeks to receive it, log it in, and send you a letter." This jibes with what the NVC spokeschick said -- "Give us till January 19."

"Regular" shipment was never defined -- ox-cart express? Hurry up and wait, si man!

Ooh, I hope I'm in there too.

[TBoneTX 46,120]

TBone - fingers crossed then we should all be in the same crate?!?!

I would be hono(u)red to crater with you, Dear, si man, and with Stephanie, too, si man.

Edited January 9, 2008 by TBoneTX

[Jeraly 4]

Sounds grand - think Jeremy is going to call NVC again next week - sucks that it takes so long! Can't believe it takes 3 days to ship from Hong Kong to UK but over a month to ship from State to State!!!

[Seattle2Cebu 0]

it will take about 3-4 weeks if its goes like its been going

Thanks that was superb !!!! I called, talked to a nice lady who indicated my documents were sent to the NVC on January 3rd. How it travels I have no idea, please post a reply to indicate how long it takes to get there and how long before the NVC sends my papers to Bogota

[Jeraly 4]

Which is an insane amount of time IMHO!!

[Jan and Steve 0]

We just called the California Service Center where our I-129F application was approved on December 3rd. I was under the impression that from there it is sent to the NVC. Apparently not. The people at the CSC said that it is sent directly to the US consulate in Canada and not to the NVC. We haven't figured out where it is in Canada, but hoping it is forwarded to the Vancouver consulate. This is happy news because it cuts out this whole other long step I thought we'd have to go through at the NVC. I'm wondering if this is what happens because it is a US/Canadian application or if this is standard procedure.

Either way, I'm not going to complain. Woohoo, I think it's in Canada now! Hopefully.

I emailed the consulate in Montreal to see if they had go it and are sending it to Vancouver (as I live in Western Canada).

Side note: calling consulates in Canada sucks. They are all 900 numbers and you pay through the nose.

Janny and Steve

[RSA 0]

How can that be possible? I thought all applications have to be routed through NVC!

[Jeraly 4]

I think they do - I just think there are monkeys working at CSC although employing monkeys may be more efficient

[JohnWendy 0]

I think you wasted your money calling Canada ... all visas are routed thru NVC

[JohnWendy 0]

Finally inputed (received) by the NVC on Jan 10, 2008

[TracyTN 237]

How can that be possible? I thought all applications have to be routed through NVC!

They do. The USCIS approving it is the last step in which your petition resides with the Dept. Of Homeland Security. The NVC is in the Dept. of State - as are the consulates. Thus, the NVC assigns the approved petition a new (Dept. of State) case number.

[Jan and Steve 0]

Yeah I think they have employed monkeys, and two of them were less evolved than the others I guess. I'm assuming you guys are right and it does go through the NVC. I got all excited thinking maybe it was in Canada, but there is no reason to think it would be. Oh well. I'm sure it will be there soon.

Janny

[Jeraly 4]

Yeah - it sucks but we have to be as patient as poss - we'll all get there in the end *hugs*

[second stage 14]

I'm frustrated with how slow this next step is going. We received our NOA2 approval from California (CSC) on December 3rd. and as of January 7th we are still waiting for it to arrive at the NVC. Anyone with a similar experience? At what point do we wonder if it's lost somewhere? I guess CSC is slow with these things compared to other service centers, but this is really delaying. grr.

Here is what I did...I basically made a copy of the NOA2 and wrote a letter to NVC asking them to assign me a CASE number and am positive that it helped me.

I would suggest others who have been waiting for more than 2 weeks since getting NOA2 to write a letter to NVC

Edited January 11, 2008 by second stage

[Jan and Steve 0]

We just called the USCIS to find out if/when they had sent our stuff to the NVC. The guy said they sent it to the NVC on December 13. I have yet to be able to get through to the NVC and talk to a real person, I keep getting bounced back to the main menu because they are all busy. Hopefully ours is there and is being processed.

Steven and Janny