Just talked to USCIS ~ for all K1 visa Applications~

[HWANG0926 0]

HI all! I had some low times at work earlier, I called the USCIS to ask why my case is still showing PENDING when the NOA 2 was received on 3/20. Then I asked a question of WHY my case has not yet arrived at NVC. The operation from USCIS said, that all K1 Visa Cases will NOT BE GOING THROUGH the National Visa Center. She said, according to her notes, that our case will be directly transfered to the country embassy consulate. My fiance would be receiving his packet # 3 !

So,this makes me so confused. Afterall, we WILL NOT be receiving a NVC case # at all. This will be directly going to the embassey consulate...

So, NVC... not a player in this journey ??

Anyhow have any comments ?

Why don't you guys try calling USCIS with your receipt number and talk to an operator....and see what they say ?

I'm like super super confused now !!! its different from everything else i'm hearing ~~

[payxibka 10,045]

NVC is the gateway to the consular system... "K" files typically spend little if any time at NVC, but they still must go through the gateway

[beans 7]

They lied to you.

[rsn 135]

HI all! I had some low times at work earlier, I called the USCIS to ask why my case is still showing PENDING when the NOA 2 was received on 3/20. Then I asked a question of WHY my case has not yet arrived at NVC. The operation from USCIS said, that all K1 Visa Cases will NOT BE GOING THROUGH the National Visa Center. She said, according to her notes, that our case will be directly transfered to the country embassy consulate. My fiance would be receiving his packet # 3 !

So,this makes me so confused. Afterall, we WILL NOT be receiving a NVC case # at all. This will be directly going to the embassey consulate...

So, NVC... not a player in this journey ??

Anyhow have any comments ?

Why don't you guys try calling USCIS with your receipt number and talk to an operator....and see what they say ?

I'm like super super confused now !!! its different from everything else i'm hearing ~~

That doesn't sound right at all. Your first mistake was calling USCIS at all. I learned that the hard way.

[HWANG0926 0]

The above petition has been approved, and forwarded to the listed consulate. It has been noted this is your second

approved I-129F petition and as such, your information has been entered in a multiple visa petition tracking database.

P2 ao contact theconIta with any qcet±o!.s hcut vii’s ice’.ianc, or fyo’. would now like he’r to forwc’i the

petition to a different consulate. The petitioner can also file Form 1-824, Application forActiononanApproved

Application or Petition, with this office to request that we notify another consulate of the petition approval for visa

processing purposes. THIS FORM IS NOT A VISA AND MAY NOT BE USED IN PLACE OF A VISA.

When the person this petition is for enters the U.S. based on this visa, he or she will be admitted for ninety (90) days

in order to marry the petitioner, and based on that marriage file for adjustment to permanent resident status on Form

1-485. The form to apply for adjustment can be obtained at any local USCIS office or USd5 forms center. Please attach

a copy of this notice to the adjustment application when you file it.

If the petitioner and the fiance(e) do not marry within these 90 days, status will expire, and he or she will be in

violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act if he or she does not depart. An extension cannot be granted. it is

requested that the petitioner inform his or her local USCIS office if he or she determines that the marriage will not

take place within the 90 day period. Please attach a copy of this notice to any correspondence about this case.

________________________________________________________________________________

___________________

This was on the NOA 2. it doesn't say anything about national visa center.. it makes it so confusing!!

[payxibka 10,045]

The above petition has been approved, and forwarded to the listed consulate. It has been noted this is your second

approved I-129F petition and as such, your information has been entered in a multiple visa petition tracking database.

P2 ao contact theconIta with any qcet±o!.s hcut vii’s ice’.ianc, or fyo’. would now like he’r to forwc’i the

petition to a different consulate. The petitioner can also file Form 1-824, Application forActiononanApproved

Application or Petition, with this office to request that we notify another consulate of the petition approval for visa

processing purposes. THIS FORM IS NOT A VISA AND MAY NOT BE USED IN PLACE OF A VISA.

When the person this petition is for enters the U.S. based on this visa, he or she will be admitted for ninety (90) days

in order to marry the petitioner, and based on that marriage file for adjustment to permanent resident status on Form

1-485. The form to apply for adjustment can be obtained at any local USCIS office or USd5 forms center. Please attach

a copy of this notice to the adjustment application when you file it.

If the petitioner and the fiance(e) do not marry within these 90 days, status will expire, and he or she will be in

violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act if he or she does not depart. An extension cannot be granted. it is

requested that the petitioner inform his or her local USCIS office if he or she determines that the marriage will not

take place within the 90 day period. Please attach a copy of this notice to any correspondence about this case.

________________________________________________________________________________

___________________

This was on the NOA 2. it doesn't say anything about national visa center.. it makes it so confusing!!

sure it is being forwarded to the consulate... it does not indicate the process of getting there which includes going FIRST to NVC

[HWANG0926 0]

Ya! you guys are probably correct^^

[baron555 934]

My understanding is that the NVC is the "forwarding agency". So yes it is sent directly to the embassy (but by magic it is the NVC that does the forwarding).

So both told the truth and both did not know the "rest of the story".

[rsn 135]

My understanding is that the NVC is the "forwarding agency". So yes it is sent directly to the embassy (but by magic it is the NVC that does the forwarding).

So both told the truth and both did not know the "rest of the story".

I've read that the NVC does its own set of processing/checks/whatever and there have been cases where the application has remained at the NVC for quite a long time. If that is true, then the NVC is more than a forwarding agency. Can anyone confirm this?

[Hell0W0rld 10]

My understanding is that the NVC is the "forwarding agency". So yes it is sent directly to the embassy (but by magic it is the NVC that does the forwarding).

So both told the truth and both did not know the "rest of the story".

I've read that the NVC does its own set of processing/checks/whatever and there have been cases where the application has remained at the NVC for quite a long time. If that is true, then the NVC is more than a forwarding agency. Can anyone confirm this?

The NVC does addtional checks if necessary, because there is alot of people that got stuck for 50+ days

[xbitterduskx 0]

My NOA2 said the same about being forwarded directly to the consulate. Nothing about the NVC.

I called the NVC about a week later, and they said they had already received and forwarded it to London.

So... yes to the NVC

[daboyz 36]

HI all! I had some low times at work earlier, I called the USCIS to ask why my case is still showing PENDING when the NOA 2 was received on 3/20. Then I asked a question of WHY my case has not yet arrived at NVC. The operation from USCIS said, that all K1 Visa Cases will NOT BE GOING THROUGH the National Visa Center. She said, according to her notes, that our case will be directly transfered to the country embassy consulate. My fiance would be receiving his packet # 3 !

So,this makes me so confused. Afterall, we WILL NOT be receiving a NVC case # at all. This will be directly going to the embassey consulate...

So, NVC... not a player in this journey ??

Anyhow have any comments ?

Why don't you guys try calling USCIS with your receipt number and talk to an operator....and see what they say ?

I'm like super super confused now !!! its different from everything else i'm hearing ~~

That doesn't sound right at all. Your first mistake was calling USCIS at all. I learned that the hard way.

[pushbrk 12,877]

My understanding is that the NVC is the "forwarding agency". So yes it is sent directly to the embassy (but by magic it is the NVC that does the forwarding).

So both told the truth and both did not know the "rest of the story".

I've read that the NVC does its own set of processing/checks/whatever and there have been cases where the application has remained at the NVC for quite a long time. If that is true, then the NVC is more than a forwarding agency. Can anyone confirm this?

The NVC does addtional checks if necessary, because there is alot of people that got stuck for 50+ days

This is definitely correct. Any case can get hung up at NVC but it's rare for K visa cases.

We don't call it the misinformation line for nothing.

Now, if you want the case number NVC assigns, you must get it from a human, not he automated system.

Edited April 1, 2009 by pushbrk

[doboy 0]

The above petition has been approved, and forwarded to the listed consulate. It has been noted this is your second

approved I-129F petition and as such, your information has been entered in a multiple visa petition tracking database.

P2 ao contact theconIta with any qcet±o!.s hcut vii’s ice’.ianc, or fyo’. would now like he’r to forwc’i the

petition to a different consulate. The petitioner can also file Form 1-824, Application forActiononanApproved

Application or Petition, with this office to request that we notify another consulate of the petition approval for visa

processing purposes. THIS FORM IS NOT A VISA AND MAY NOT BE USED IN PLACE OF A VISA.

When the person this petition is for enters the U.S. based on this visa, he or she will be admitted for ninety (90) days

in order to marry the petitioner, and based on that marriage file for adjustment to permanent resident status on Form

1-485. The form to apply for adjustment can be obtained at any local USCIS office or USd5 forms center. Please attach

a copy of this notice to the adjustment application when you file it.

If the petitioner and the fiance(e) do not marry within these 90 days, status will expire, and he or she will be in

violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act if he or she does not depart. An extension cannot be granted. it is

requested that the petitioner inform his or her local USCIS office if he or she determines that the marriage will not

take place within the 90 day period. Please attach a copy of this notice to any correspondence about this case.

________________________________________________________________________________

___________________

This was on the NOA 2. it doesn't say anything about national visa center.. it makes it so confusing!!

Just got my NOA2 letter and mine states "The above petition has been approved. We have sent the original visa petition to the NVC... USCIS has completed all action; further inquiries should be directed to the NVC. The NVC now processes all approved finance(e) petitions..." So apparently mine is going through NVC. Maybe it's different for those with prior I-129F approvals.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

HI all! I had some low times at work earlier, I called the USCIS to ask why my case is still showing PENDING when the NOA 2 was received on 3/20. Then I asked a question of WHY my case has not yet arrived at NVC. The operation from USCIS said, that all K1 Visa Cases will NOT BE GOING THROUGH the National Visa Center. She said, according to her notes, that our case will be directly transfered to the country embassy consulate. My fiance would be receiving his packet # 3 !

So,this makes me so confused. Afterall, we WILL NOT be receiving a NVC case # at all. This will be directly going to the embassey consulate...

So, NVC... not a player in this journey ??

Anyhow have any comments ?

Why don't you guys try calling USCIS with your receipt number and talk to an operator....and see what they say ?

I'm like super super confused now !!! its different from everything else i'm hearing ~~

You called the mis-information hotline. My wife just drove off to class in her car, with her driver's lisence and green card in her wallet, and our case is still listed as "received and pending"