Contacting the Consular General?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I called the State department's visa office to ask them about if I have to do anything regarding the expiration of the USCIS' I-797 NOA approval notice, which expires Feb. 8. They said that the approval notice is automatically extended until a final decision is made about the visa. (I figured that, but wanted to make sure.) But, I did ask if there was an update to the visa status--nothing. However, the lady put me on hold for a minute....before she did she was really jovial and friendly...and after the hold period....came back and was fast and curt to get off the phone...just telling me to contact the Consulate to plead my case (which I had asked her who to contact as a US citizen if I wanted to plead my side of the case). It just seems odd how all that happened, and I am wondering, like the above poster, if there is something else going on besides the bona fide relationship thing. Maybe a background check or something....came back funny? There's a flag on the record? This is the second time that I have been put on hold at the State department....kinda odd. I am sure I am reading too much into it....but I have this feeling...intuition I guess?

The expiration date on the petition means you must APPLY for the visa before that date. You did. The expiration date no longer applies, you have done what you needed to do. The DOS will not be able to update you as the consulate does not update them until after they are done. I cannot imagine (and would not try to imagine) why a government telephone operator (and probably a contracted non-government employee at that) changed her demeanor during a "hold" period. it was probably time for her break or something and you were keeping her from it.

You can call the immigrant visa section of the consualte and they will tell you the same thing, they will not have any update for you until it is finished and no one can say when that is. Also, at this point the US citizen is more or less out of the picture and it is your fiance's application, though they may give you information on the case.

[effieb 1]

They actually use a number of US and international lists of "bad guys". If a name comes up as "hit" then they have to do a "manual check" to make sure you are not THAT guy. USCIS also does this, though their list of bad guys may or may not be different and is no doubt updated between the times it is done. See the pinned topic at the top of the K-1 forum for an idea from the VSC director, NVC is similar.

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