August 2008 fillers

[maliciant 7]

Congrats on the approval, not many august filers left to go for NOA2's now.

HD: I think it was about 3 working days before the visa delivery in my case... I bet you get it monday.

ETA: I demand... adobo for lunch... and I'm pretty sure I'm getting it... even if it's a leftover.

Edited March 13, 2009 by maliciant

[Fred N Emilia 0]

We are still on review. My SO's name is so common that it's getting hits on the NBI! We just need that damn NBI letter to be sent to the USEM.

[HappyDancer 7]

Air21 website shows me and my daughter's passport and packet in transit! Yipeeyay!!!

Fred - Praying for you!

[boof3001 0]

So, wow, maybe it was coincidence - but night and day difference between my experience with calling USCIS service number and with calling NVC today.

I got an email notification that the approval notice USCIS had sent had been returned by USPS, and to call and update my mailing address (me being the petitioner). While this didn't impact the Visa process any, I figured I might as well make sure my address was right just in case. Even for something as simple as this, the person on the phone was rather curt and impersonal ... not a friendly voice at all. Rather glad I wasn't trying to get any other information from them.

On the other hand, when I called the NVC to see if they received the petition from the USCIS, the operator there was very friendly, and took time to answer some questions I had and was quite patient with me making sure I had all the numbers written down correctly

Is this a universal experience, or just me?

Oh, and according to the NVC op, Visa petition was sent to the Tokyo embassy on March 5th! w00t!!!

[Bulgarican 0]

we got an email that our case was sent to nvc on 12 too, after the noa2 hopefully it will stay a week there...

Fredy, my fingers crossed foryou, its only matter of time for your torture to be over

[Ranchris 0]

Congrats..Dani and eveyone else receiving their NOA2....those still waiting ....I agree with all the other August 2008 Filers ..."we'll be around with you...no matter how long it takes.".."that's what friends are for....loving life loving people"

[Badgerella 5]

So, wow, maybe it was coincidence - but night and day difference between my experience with calling USCIS service number and with calling NVC today.

I got an email notification that the approval notice USCIS had sent had been returned by USPS, and to call and update my mailing address (me being the petitioner). While this didn't impact the Visa process any, I figured I might as well make sure my address was right just in case. Even for something as simple as this, the person on the phone was rather curt and impersonal ... not a friendly voice at all. Rather glad I wasn't trying to get any other information from them.

On the other hand, when I called the NVC to see if they received the petition from the USCIS, the operator there was very friendly, and took time to answer some questions I had and was quite patient with me making sure I had all the numbers written down correctly

Is this a universal experience, or just me?

Oh, and according to the NVC op, Visa petition was sent to the Tokyo embassy on March 5th! w00t!!!

I talked to many NVC employees during our 50-something days of AP and not a single one of them was friendly. They acted like parrots, repeating the same line over and over again. Some couldn't even understand English or, basically, speak it.

[boof3001 0]

Ok, maybe I was just lucky Sucks to hear about your experience. You think'd that want to try to get at least someone compassionate people to man these lines - it is peoples lives their dealing with here, not simple product complaints like most call centers.

In other news, I got a call from my fiancee this morning that she just received the packet from the embassy today! So now the ball is back in our court

[Noa&Mia 0]

FINALLY DANI & CHRIS ARE APPROVED, CHRIS JUST CALLED ME TO TELL ME WE GOT ONE LETTER THAT WE'RE STILL N BACKGROUND CHECK AND THE NEXT LETTER WAS THE NOA2, THEY ARE BAD TILL THE END, WE GOT BY POST MAIL OHH I HAVE BEEN CRYING, SCREAMING, AND SO HAPPY THAT I BELIEVE ITS NOT TRUE, THANK GOD OUR PAIN IS OVER

:dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

BE HAPPY FOR US GUYS...ITS UNBELIEVABLE

Grats hun :dance: :dance: I am so happy for you Grats for sticking out, now comes the (hopefully) shorter road to you finally gettting to go home and be with your Chris

*hugs*

How nice to read this!! DANI!!! congratulations!!! finnally!!!!! 200 days!!! Love can do anything!!!! I am really happy for your girl!!!!! It was time!!! hehe I wish you the best in the rest of your journey!!!!!

Mara!!!! hang in there girl, after march 30, you will be seing you expedite approval really SOON, I am still remembering about you and including you in my prayers!!!!

Fred, I dont understand, wasnt first a credit card issue she had??? I was wondering was it a credit card from the US?? and now, whats wrong with her name??? I hope everything get solve really soon. And any day now she and the kids will be free to go with you.... you deserve it so much!

hugs,

Mia

[TeeKol 0]

FINALLY DANI & CHRIS ARE APPROVED, CHRIS JUST CALLED ME TO TELL ME WE GOT ONE LETTER THAT WE'RE STILL N BACKGROUND CHECK AND THE NEXT LETTER WAS THE NOA2, THEY ARE BAD TILL THE END, WE GOT BY POST MAIL OHH I HAVE BEEN CRYING, SCREAMING, AND SO HAPPY THAT I BELIEVE ITS NOT TRUE, THANK GOD OUR PAIN IS OVER

:dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

BE HAPPY FOR US GUYS...ITS UNBELIEVABLE

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!

[TeeKol 0]

I don't care. We'll all wait with you. *hugs*

Absolutely!! I second that! Together till we all get home where we belong

[Fred N Emilia 0]

Hey Mia, it's a dismissed credit card bill from 2006 that sparked a red flag, the NBI in the Philippines wants a written letter of explanation when and how it was dismissed, weather it's been paid and all that BS! Really stupid reason to hold up their VISA's!

[Fred N Emilia 0]

LESSON for all you folks, when hiring a lawyer or attorney, DO YOU RESEARCH!

This is what my attorney missed, I understand that there are so many embassies and every one of them have different rules but if you are working on a client for a specific country you should have a guideline on what that embassy requires RIGHT?

Anyways he missed this! I did my research but I missed this one also! ughhhh! If only I knew and found this earlier the SO and kids would have their VISA'S already.

If we ever get out of this Administrative Review, AOS will be done by myself PERSONALLY! No more lawyers. Can you imagine he is charging me $5000 for AOS? I'm not RICH! SHOOT!

But KIDS! now you see, anyone in this forum reading this, DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH! an attorney will only put everything together for you! They will also only FOLLOW UP ONCE A MONTH on your AP/AR case! I been calling the embassy myself every week, I want to be on the loop and in the know! right now I am glad that they recognize my voice now in the immigrant VISA unit in the USEM in Manila. But this only because I'm a citizen and at the same time can still speak tagalog(Philippine National Dialect).

But hey no use in beating myself up for missing this, I can regret all I want and it wont change anything, I just have to accept this as a learning experience and move on and wait, follow up and be positive.......

SOURCE: http://manila.usembassy.gov/wwwh3217.html

NBI CLEARANCE: Applicants aged 16 years and older must have a valid Record Clearance for Travel Abroad Purposes from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Clearances should be in the applicant’s current name, birth certificate name, maiden name, married name, and any aliases or nicknames ever used, including different spellings of all names ever used. An official letter of explanation from the NBI is required for any notation of “No criminal record”, "No pending criminal case” or “With derogatory record.” NBI is located along Taft Avenue in Manila. You may contact NBI at (632) 523-82-31 to 38. For immigration purposes, an NBI clearance is considered valid only for one year from the date it is issued.

[Bulgarican 0]

Fred, as i can understand you had some troubles with your attorney, we were thinking in the beginning to take one, but Gosh when we found out they are not cheaper at all, we decided to do it ourselves

but you said he's a very good friend of yours how could he miss that??

Good luck buddy

Edited March 15, 2009 by Leo and Lioness

[Fred N Emilia 0]

YEAH! he is a good friend but it still caused our delay. I have no idea how he missed that! I myself missed that as well! I was beating myself for this unfortunate mistake but too late now. I just try to make it as positive as I can. I just think of it as it's still too cold for them to come and that spring or early summer would be best so they can adjust to the weather. It takes a ton of strong will and motivation to be able to think passed this mistake but that's all I can do. As frustrating as it is you just have to make the best out of everything. If by July we still don;t have a VISA I am planning on going back.