CSC - NOA2 to NVC Delay

[Fire Foxy 2]

I can't believe the NVC. I called them to find out if the DS-3032 was accepted and the lady told me to wait two months! It makes me so angry.

Incidentally, for those of you who have a similar timeline to me, for example you are paying your bills now, or just payed them, what time frame are you looking at to get your spouse to the US? Am I crazy to hope for a September interview? Is October a reasonable expectation?

[jkminney 30]

I'm thinking October as long as I can pay the 2nd bill at some point this week. It seems like it takes anywhere from 1-3 wks for the case to close. My way of thinking is I can get case closed this month October is a good possibility.

For the record I called this morning prior to getting the email stating they accepted the choice of agent email and the gal told me they have 20 days to respond and I had that acceptance this afternoon. Really their timelines should be taken with a grain of salt. It's just a way of covering their ####.

[Fire Foxy 2]

I'm thinking October as long as I can pay the 2nd bill at some point this week. It seems like it takes anywhere from 1-3 wks for the case to close. My way of thinking is I can get case closed this month October is a good possibility.

For the record I called this morning prior to getting the email stating they accepted the choice of agent email and the gal told me they have 20 days to respond and I had that acceptance this afternoon. Really their timelines should be taken with a grain of salt. It's just a way of covering their ####.

THanks!

I know I shouldn't take what they say seriously, but it is just SO OFF! Whatever.

OK, so if it takes 3 weeks to close, where does that extra month come from? Like now, plus 3 weeks = Septmeber?

[Dave and Kinnari 31]

I usually call NVC a couple of times to make sure the answer is the same. Usually they are.

[jkminney 30]

Well I just look at other peoples time lines. Seems like they schedule at least a month out. The IV bill hasn't generated for me yet hopefully within a couple days so if I pay that and then it takes a few days to be marked PAID I still have to get the cover sheet and mail it off. So at the earliest they will get my IV packet early next week so really about 3 wks from then. So if case is closed end of August I'm just assuming we wont even get our interview date till september which would put us out sometime into October. There's no way I'm even letting the possibility of a September interview enter my mind because if that happens it would be like getting winning lotto tickets and to be honest we just arent that lucky when it comes to this LOL

Edited August 9, 2011 by jkminney

[Dave and Kinnari 31]

Well I just look at other peoples time lines. Seems like they schedule at least a month out. The IV bill hasn't generated for me yet hopefully within a couple days so if I pay that and then it takes a few days to be marked PAID I still have to get the cover sheet and mail it off. So at the earliest they will get my IV packet early next week so really about 3 wks from then. So if case is closed end of August I'm just assuming we wont even get our interview date till september which would put us out sometime into October. There's no way I'm even letting the possibility of a September interview enter my mind because if that happens it would be like getting winning lotto tickets and to be honest we just arent that lucky when it comes to this LOL

Mumbai consulate where my wife is going to interview, usually has a 50 day margin from NVC case complete to Interview date.

Mumbai is one of the busiest embassies in the world.

Hoping for an October date, but expecting November.

Edited August 9, 2011 by Dave and Kinnari

[Fire Foxy 2]

I see, so if our case completes at the end of august then it's September. But a few days later makes it October. Ugh. Ok, October.

Does anybody know if you can choose an interview date? I'm actually planning to visit and there is one business day that I could manage to go to the interview.

Thanks!

[jkminney 30]

I know London you are given a date. That's how it was with the K1 and that's how it is with the CR1 too. I think Montreal you can schedule your own but you may want to touch base with other people who are from Algeria and determine if it's something that's able to be done. Worst case you could email/call the consulate and see if they are able to give you a different interview date than the one you are given. All they can say is no.

[Fire Foxy 2]

Right, thanks! Actually, he will interview in Paris.

By the way, I started another thread about why CR-1 visas can be denied (besides the suspicion that it's not a bona fide marriage or that the beneficiary answered yes to any of the questions from DS 230).

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

THanks!

I know I shouldn't take what they say seriously, but it is just SO OFF! Whatever.

OK, so if it takes 3 weeks to close, where does that extra month come from? Like now, plus 3 weeks = Septmeber?

Not a lot of information on Algeria so it is a tough call.. The latest person in Algeria to list an interview date that I could see was June 27 and the interview the received was for October 11th.. but you really can't guess dates off of one case. Assuming you get all your paperwork in by this Friday (so mid August) you will probably have an interview set the first week of September (give or take a week). I would start going through the database and looking at timelines.. I checked a few after seeing the June 27 -> Oct 11 shocker... the other Algeria K1s I looked at (the CR-1s were really old) were going from NOA2 to actual interview date in less than a month. If that trend holds up then you could actually end up with a late September interview..

[jkminney 30]

It's funny really because when we did the K1 I was a nervous wreck about being denied. We didnt have any reason to get denied but just the idea of someone else deciding how our life was going to go made me nervous. Thankfully because we've been through it I'm not worried about the actual interview at all. It seriously took us maybe 10 minutes and that was mostly because the gal who was doing the interview was from the midwest and we yapped about that lol

[Fire Foxy 2]

Good idea to check out the timelines. I'll do that when this crazy headache goes away.

And yes, I am terrified. I am seriously thinking of flying to Paris just for the interview.

[Dave and Kinnari 31]

India assigns your date as well.

[jkminney 30]

I felt like I needed to be there for the K1 interview. All the paperwork that we submit to NVC for the CR1 had to be brought to the interview for the K1 and John would have been thinking ####### if he had to have all those papers organized lol. I don't blame you for wanting to go. If I hadn't been through it before I would want to be there for sure. For us we just decided it wasn't worth spending 1k on the ticket for me to be there for the few minutes we know it's going to take....I would rather put that in our house fund.

[Dave and Kinnari 31]

I would love to go but Nursing school would not allow it. I am already in an accelerated program as it is and missing any days would be more than hell to make up.

I was granted a quarter off already to go to India, find my wife (again arranged marriage) and come back in 10 weeks. School will not let me take that kind of time off again.

Our marriage was arranged so we hardly have any documents that most other couples have (life insurance, joint bank accounts etc.) All we have is our wedding pictures, marriage certificate and a bunch of bonafide evidence. Besides that stuff, we can't produce anything else. India consulates understand this though as it is still local custom.