NVC case Forwarded notification not true

[goat 1]

Our 1-129F petition was filed at the California Service Center on November 18, 2008. The NOA1 showed up soon thereafter and NOA2, stating the petition was approved, came on March 10, 2009.

The NVC case forwarded letter came on March 18, 2009. It says, without qualification,"within a week the petition will be forwarded to the appropriate visa-issuing post . . . ."

This turns out not to be true, and it was not easy to find out.

1. Emails to the consulate in Bangkok got one answer: petition not received as of April 10, please allow 2-4 weeks.

2. Emails to NVCinquiry got the maddening answer: you will be notified when your petition is forwarded ( I already was!)

3. Finally, a telephone call to NVC at (603) 334-0700 had good parts and bad parts. The good part was that I only had to wait three minutes to talk to a real person. The bad part was that I was told the file is still at NVC, undergoing "processing" with "no time frame." I pointed out that the letter I received 6 weeks ago says the file was to be forwarded to Bangkok "within a week." I asked how that could be true if the file was undergoing indefinite processing at NVC. The government employee replied: "It is sent within a week in the ordinary case."

So, for those of you who expect our government to be truthful, here's another lesson. You can't believe everything you see and hear.

Our expectations have been shattered. What is even worse is that the NVC will not disclose the reason for the delay or how long it will be.

Needless to say, I've already written to my representative. I would have done that 5 weeks ago if I had known what was really going on.

Good luck to the rest of you.

Goat