August 2010 - CR1/IR1 Filers

[Steve&Jen 0]

so just got off the phone ...and they said im still within the processing time by 3 days even though i sent it aug 10 and the date on my noa1 is august 19.... so i guess my math is wrong? um no i think i can count to 5 and its been 5 1/2 months i love how you can never get a straight answer from these people... but all im gonna say is i better get something within 3 days or someone is gonna have a very unpleasant phone call.. I have been very nice this far but its getting unerving

[mikec717 3]

Just received my invoice from NVC and paid it a trillionth of a millisecond later. So far so good at the NVC. My wife received an email from the NVC with the Choice of Agent (I was copied on it), then a few minutes later I received the invoice for the AOS (my wife was copied). Paid it online (need bank routing number and account number, no credit cards) and then had my wife email NVC her choice of agent. I'm basically following this guide:

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_bring_your_foreign_spouse_to_live_in_the_US

I'll keep you all posted. So far it seems that the NVC actually does something with the case once they get it unlike some people in the lone star state!

-Michael

[Saylin 1,605]

Just received my invoice from NVC and paid it a trillionth of a millisecond later. So far so good at the NVC. My wife received an email from the NVC with the Choice of Agent (I was copied on it), then a few minutes later I received the invoice for the AOS (my wife was copied). Paid it online (need bank routing number and account number, no credit cards) and then had my wife email NVC her choice of agent. I'm basically following this guide:

http://www.visajourn..._live_in_the_US

I'll keep you all posted. So far it seems that the NVC actually does something with the case once they get it unlike some people in the lone star state!

-Michael

Grats! You're moving along fast!

I got my case number today, but I forgot to give them the email addresses out of my excitement I'm on hold now waiting for an operator.

[mikec717 3]

Grats! You're moving along fast!

I got my case number today, but I forgot to give them the email addresses out of my excitement I'm on hold now waiting for an operator.

You just made me fall out of my chair laughing with that. Really Saylin? You seem to be one of the most put together ones on here! What's funny about that is that I was scared I was gonna do that and I literally wrote out a list of things to ask and do before I dialed NVC.

[Ribs & Beans 19]

You just made me fall out of my chair laughing with that. Really Saylin? You seem to be one of the most put together ones on here! What's funny about that is that I was scared I was gonna do that and I literally wrote out a list of things to ask and do before I dialed NVC.

Ha ha, I did the exact same thing the first time I called them--I had a checklist!!!

[Saylin 1,605]

You just made me fall out of my chair laughing with that. Really Saylin? You seem to be one of the most put together ones on here! What's funny about that is that I was scared I was gonna do that and I literally wrote out a list of things to ask and do before I dialed NVC.

Oh, I had a list alright, but I was just so excited, it completely escaped me. And I see myself as put together as well, but for whatever reason, giving email addresses flew right over my head I managed to get an operator a few hours ago and gave them our email addresses. Let's hope I don't forget anything else now

[mikec717 3]

Another day, another update. I'm liking NVC so far! I paid my AOS fee yesterday and it already processed and I already got my barcode printed and am putting the finishing touches on my AOS packet which I will be sending Super Duper Quadruple Express Mail tomorrow. I'll keep updating so you guys know what to look forward to once TSC decides to get off their arses and stamp approve approve approve on all of your cases.

-Michael

[Saylin 1,605]

Another day, another update. I'm liking NVC so far! I paid my AOS fee yesterday and it already processed and I already got my barcode printed and am putting the finishing touches on my AOS packet which I will be sending Super Duper Quadruple Express Mail tomorrow. I'll keep updating so you guys know what to look forward to once TSC decides to get off their arses and stamp approve approve approve on all of your cases.

-Michael

Congrats! You're moving along really fast!

[Vahid F. 0]

Good you all of you who have received their NVC case number! I'm still waiting to get my case number and it's around almost a month after my NOA2!!!

I've also sent an email to nvcresearch@state.gov but they say it may take up to couple of weeks to get any answer!!!

[Saylin 1,605]

Good you all of you who have received their NVC case number! I'm still waiting to get my case number and it's around almost a month after my NOA2!!!

I've also sent an email to nvcresearch@state.gov but they say it may take up to couple of weeks to get any answer!!!

Did you get transferred from CSC to TSC? If so, then the fact that getting an NVC case number has been so long is actually normal. A lot of people approved from TSC have yet to get a case number and some people have been waiting more than one month.

[Nile_Romance 5]

Did you get transferred from CSC to TSC? If so, then the fact that getting an NVC case number has been so long is actually normal. A lot of people approved from TSC have yet to get a case number and some people have been waiting more than one month.

I think that there is a black hole at TSC (or many black holes). In this case, they don't seem to have a good process for when a case is approved to move it to NVC quickly. I'm guessing that each agent either waits until he/she has a big pile and then sends them all together OR the approving agent sends them to someone else at TSC who waits does the same thing (waits for a big pile before sending them and does this only once per month or once per quarter ) or, even scarier they sit on the agents desk for a while AND THEN sit in the central distribution to NVC for even longer. Obviously, they are not leaving TSC in the same way that they leave CSC.

[Steve&Jen 0]

I think that there is a black hole at TSC (or many black holes). In this case, they don't seem to have a good process for when a case is approved to move it to NVC quickly. I'm guessing that each agent either waits until he/she has a big pile and then sends them all together OR the approving agent sends them to someone else at TSC who waits does the same thing (waits for a big pile before sending them and does this only once per month or once per quarter ) or, even scarier they sit on the agents desk for a while AND THEN sit in the central distribution to NVC for even longer. Obviously, they are not leaving TSC in the same way that they leave CSC.

I think TSC is one guy.... and he does nothing all day long...

[Ribs & Beans 19]

I think that there is a black hole at TSC (or many black holes). In this case, they don't seem to have a good process for when a case is approved to move it to NVC quickly. I'm guessing that each agent either waits until he/she has a big pile and then sends them all together OR the approving agent sends them to someone else at TSC who waits does the same thing (waits for a big pile before sending them and does this only once per month or once per quarter ) or, even scarier they sit on the agents desk for a while AND THEN sit in the central distribution to NVC for even longer. Obviously, they are not leaving TSC in the same way that they leave CSC.

I'm guessing that all of the service centers that process petitions like these send SOOO many files to NVC that they probably have very large standard shipping crates that they use. They probably just send one off once it's filled up. However, TSC is processing so slowly that it's taking forever to fill up each crate, so it just sits around full of approved petitions for weeks or even months until it's full enough for them to send. Just a guess...

[txant 0]

Two weeks ago we were at our 5 mos point so I phoned USCIS. I was told our 5 mos were not actually up until last week (I can't count apparently) and to phone back and ask to put in a 'service request' once our case was past the 'normal processing period'.

Last week I phoned back and asked to file a service request. I was then put on hold while the agent checked the TSC (supposedly). When she came back on the line she told me that Texas was now processing files from August 16 and that since our case was only 10 days after, we are still within the normal processing period for the TSC and I could not file a service request.

[Ribs & Beans 19]

Two weeks ago we were at our 5 mos point so I phoned USCIS. I was told our 5 mos were not actually up until last week (I can't count apparently) and to phone back and ask to put in a 'service request' once our case was past the 'normal processing period'.

Last week I phoned back and asked to file a service request. I was then put on hold while the agent checked the TSC (supposedly). When she came back on the line she told me that Texas was now processing files from August 16 and that since our case was only 10 days after, we are still within the normal processing period for the TSC and I could not file a service request.

Ugh, I think that's #######. I say call back late this evening or tomorrow to see if you can get a different operator! Good luck!!!