US Consulate in Naples: MISTAKE

[nuzzledark 0]

So, up until now, everything had been going pretty smoothly for my fiance visa. A little hold-up with IMBRA but I got my approval, it flew through the NVC and was forwarded to Naples on the 13th of July. Today comes the bad news. My fiance recieved and email from consulate in Naples after he emailed them looking to see if they had received the case, and they wrote that the case had been SENT BACK to the NVC at their request and we should contact the NVC for more information.

Oh, I contacted the NVC and the guy I was talking to was as confused as I. No, they had not requested that our case be sent back, we were after the IMBRA fiasco, we had already done the RFE with the extra information. No, the case was not there. He wanted to know when the case was sent back, but of course the email my fiance received was one sentence long and gave no details. Calling the Consulate in Naples has proven to be impossible. I've emailed and I get a nice automated response saying that it will take about 2 weeks, to get a real email from them. This week I had started wedding plans because I felt as though I had some idea when I would acutally be having a wedding. Any suggestions on how I should deal with this would be greatly appreciated. I'm terrified that my case is going to get lost somewhere.

Alissa

[Mew 0]

Maybe you should post your question to the NVC forum. It's more likely that they'll be able to help you with it there. Good luck!

[nuzzledark 0]

Well, it's the embassy that has made the mistake, and now after a few more phone calls and emails I've gotten the whole story. I'm not sure where to post this, at this point my petition is going everywhere. The US Consulate in Naples has mistakenly sent my petition back to the NVC in the US because they thought it was one of the "after March 8th" petitions that needed to get the extra documents for IMBRA. However, my case was still at VSC when that happened, and I got my IMBRA RFE and completed it. Now, the consulate in Naples sent the case back on the 20th of July, NVC has no records of it coming through yet. When I called the NVC I got a very unfriendly man who informed me that all cases sent back through them are forwarded to the service centers. So now my case has to go back to Vermont for NO reason!

Like I said, I don't know where to post this. I'm heartbroken, scared, and I don't know what to do. I can't just wait and hope that this mistake isn't compounded by the mistakes of others, but I don't know what to do. The USCIS Service Center hotline had a very nice woman who tried to help me, but it's obvious that they don't know what to do there anyway. She didn't seem to know much about what was going on with the IMBRA law at all.

If anyone has had their petitions sent back by mistake, please tell me your experiences. Or if anyone has any idea at all for what I should be doing to try and get this petition back on track. Or if anyone just wants to send a litte virtual hug. I thought I was going to be married in November to the man I've been waiting for all my life....

[Mew 0]

Yes, it was a mistake, since you've already sent back an IMBRA RFE anyway. You should take a look at the IMBRA forum. People have been contacting their congressmen to check on their cases.

Also, I'd try and call NVC again. If you've had your NOA1 and NOA2 and the RFE okay'ed, there's no reason why they should send your petition back to Vermont.

Good luck.