Is the AVR behind time

[baby941 0]

My DS230 was received by the NVC on July 14, 1010 (signed for). This would complete all the documents required. How long do they take to acknowledge or update the AVR of the receipt of the DS230. I checked today and the rocording says "the NVC is awaiting the return of the DS230 etc...

[Darnell 8,478]

there is a lag anywhere from 1 to 7 days behind any 'real event' at NVC.

HOWEVER - what is a 'real event' ?

NVC receiving it in the mailroom is NOT a real event. Just because you have some receipt notice/date from USPS/DHL/FEDEX/UPS is USELESS for computing any 'real event'.

NVC LOGGING the 'thing' into the casefile, is a real event.

Remember, please, is massive mail room operations at NVC, just to receive yer package, and there's a queue, to get 'yer thing' from the mailroom back to the reviewer's queue.

Many ppl talk directly to a Human at NVC, since the Human sees things in real time, without the AVR 'data lag'. Suggest you call NVC, get a Human , sometime soonish.

Edited July 23, 2010 by Darnell

[depressedwife 2]

I agree with Darnell!talk to a human!only he can tell you the real event

[road417king 7]

I agree with Darnell!talk to a human!only he can tell you the real event

But keep in mind that even humans don't have the full information and you could be given a canned answer unless you manage to find a human who's willing to go the extra few inches to seek out a superviser and get a bit more useful data. Also understand that the "useful data" may not be what you hope to hear.

Example: Last time I called NVC to find out when my wife's DS-230 package was going to be mailed to the embassy, I was told "it will get there in time for the interview". I explained how that wasn't a helpful answer because we were hoping to request a possible earlier interview date (interview date is August 30th and was scheduled in the second half of June) but cannot until the package is physically at the embassy in Tokyo and could I please find out why the package is sitting around collecting dust when I can tell from the DHL website that there have been at least three packages of documents sent to Japan from the NVC since her date was scheduled.

The guy took pity on my poor soul and asked a supervisor and was told "about 30 days before the interview the package is made ready for shipping", which isn't until the end of this week. You may want to take notice of the phrasing as "made ready for shipping" isn't the same as "shipped" as I'm sure you've seen others who've posted that their package was *finally* shipped about two weeks before the interview (if I recall correctly, it was shipped on July 20th for an August 3rd interview date).

Anyway, like I said, even humans can't always tell you what you want to hear, so expect the worst and hope for the best and generally you'll get something somewhere in the middle.

Mike

Edited July 25, 2010 by road417king

[tokyo.lovers 6]

yeah the operators sometimes have to go through different information or they may not have all the most recently updated info when you talk to them.

a full week after my AOS had been there, the operator still did not see anything on the computer that they had even gotten it yet. so nothing is very reliable.