CSC - NOA2 to NVC Delay

[Navyk 78]

Jazz88, I am confident you will get your case # in a day or two. Did you send an inquiry to NVCresearch@state.gov after 15 business days! What was the respomse from NVC! Did you get another letter stating that NVC had contacted USCIS and that USCIS is in the process of sending your case to NVC (something like that)!

[jazz88 1]

i send them e-mail on NVCresearch@state.gov.

on 13th they send me this

Please be advised that the National Visa Center (NVC) has received your

inquiry and the attached I-797 Notice of Action - Approval Notice.

Unfortunately, we do not have record of receiving your approved petition

from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The NVC will contact

USCIS on your behalf for information on the location of this petition.

after this they send me on 14th july they send me this msg

Please be advised that the National Visa Center (NVC) contacted U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) to locate your approved

petition. USCIS has informed the NVC, that your petition is en route to

the NVC. Once we have received your petition, the appropriate agent

will receive further instructions within 6 to 8 weeks.

[Navyk 78]

Jazz88, it may be a good idea to follow A&M's advise and send a polite email to your congressional represenative informing him/ her these details and seek his help/ intervention.

[M in CA 9]

SAMPLE EMAIL MESSAGE TO REPRESENTATIVE (feel free to cut & paste):

Dear Congressional Representative

Are you aware that as of June 15, 2011 the USCIS California Service Center (CSC)has delayed forwading APPROVED I-130 petitions, thereby creating an artificial bottleneck for those of us waiting to be forwarded to the National Visa Center (NVC) in New Hampshire? Although the CSC has been aprroving petitions rapidly lately, these petitions cannot enter the DS-230 Immigrant Visa Application stage at the NVC while sitting in a mailroom in California. When the time lag goes beyond 15 business days, the NVC says they will ask the CSC. When it is still not found, the petitioner is told to wait 60-90 days. Meanwhile, the Vermont Service Center is forwarding them in 3 days, just as the CSC did prior to June 2011.

Most I-130 petitions are from US citizens wanting to be reunited with a spouse. In some cases, there are children waiting for a parent. Please help us reunite families by simply urging the USCIS CSC to forward approved petitions in a timely fashion.

Thank you for representing the needs of your consituents.

Sincerely,

[your name here]

Link to house of reps web site - put in full zip code to find rep

Edited July 18, 2011 by Å&M

[singhisking 1]

hey jazz... I am sure you will get it in one or two days... just keep calling them everyday... also good advice by A&M....

[muñequita y osito 2]

SAMPLE EMAIL MESSAGE TO REPRESENTATIVE (feel free to cut & paste):

Dear Congressional Representative

Are you aware that as of June 15, 2011 the USCIS California Service Center (CSC)has delayed forwading APPROVED I-130 petitions, thereby creating an artificial bottleneck for those of us waiting to be forwarded to the National Visa Center (NVC) in New Hampshire? Although the CSC has been aprroving petitions rapidly lately, these petitions cannot enter the DS-230 Immigrant Visa Application stage at the NVC while sitting in a mailroom in California. When the time lag goes beyond 15 business days, the NVC says they will ask the CSC. When it is still not found, the petitioner is told to wait 60-90 days. Meanwhile, the Vermont Service Center is forwarding them in 3 days, just as the CSC did prior to June 2011.

Most I-130 petitions are from US citizens wanting to be reunited with a spouse. In some cases, there are children waiting for a parent. Please help us reunite families by simply urging the USCIS CSC to forward approved petitions in a timely fashion.

Thank you for representing the needs of your consituents.

Sincerely,

[your name here]

Link to house of reps web site - put in full zip code to find rep

Thank you so much for that. I was trying to write up a script and I stole some of your words and incorporated them to my email. tired of waiting!!!! Want my case # Want my husband lol!!!

[jazz88 1]

Navyk & singh so you want me wait this week or want me to send e-mail to A&M.

do i need to add anything in this msg or copy it or paste in msgbox and add my name,address etc.

[jazz88 1]

i am sorry missed up spell.

Navyk & singh so you want me wait this week or want me to send e-mail to congress.

do i need to add anything in this msg or copy it or paste in msgbox and add my name,address etc.

[mimikipa 0]

I called NVC today and they said no time frame for it to be out of transit. They said that's all the can do it is tell me its in transit and there is no other time frames they can give for it to be entered into the system. I am already on 19 business days.

Is this the time around when you all send an e-mail or formal letter to your congressman?

Thank you!

[Navyk 78]

If you got the second email from NVC, just go ahead and send the request to your Congressional representative ASAP.

I got the first email from NVC (The NVC will contact USCIS on your behalf for information on the location of this petition). I am expecting the second email from NVC (USCIS has informed the NVC, that your petition is en route to the NVC. Once we have received your petition, the appropriate agent will receive further instructions within 6 to 8 weeks) tomorrow and I will send out my request email to the Congressional representative of my district as soon as I get the second letter.

[mimikipa 0]

A yes.. on the phone with NVC and they were ambiguous and said keep calling back every week. I just sent a message to my congressman. I hope it works!! Best of luck to all of us!!

If you got the second email from NVC, just go ahead and send the request to your Congressional representative ASAP.

I got the first email from NVC (The NVC will contact USCIS on your behalf for information on the location of this petition). I am expecting the second email from NVC (USCIS has informed the NVC, that your petition is en route to the NVC. Once we have received your petition, the appropriate agent will receive further instructions within 6 to 8 weeks) tomorrow and I will send out my request email to the Congressional representative of my district as soon as I get the second letter.

do i sent it to the rep where I live or where I vote? I only vote in one state, but live in another one.. hope I didn't send it to the wrong person!!

[Navyk 78]

Send to the one where you are registered to vote.

[M in CA 9]

Regardless of emails, you will need to send a letter, photocopy of NOA2, and a PAR to your rep. a PAR is a Privacy Act Release form authorizing rep to request assistance on your behalf with the agency you write on the form. Every Congressional Rep has a PAR form on his/her website.

I emailed my rep yesterday, heard back from him today, and will send PAR form + NOA2 copy + letter tomorrow.

I called USCIS (tier 2) and they said to feel free to contact congressional rep. The computer tells them my petition is "approved and in a records area, waiting to go to NVC". But then again, she coudl not tell if/when it was/would be mailed. No way I am waiting 90 days for NVC to "receive" it. !!! crazy.

[mjlassi 1]

I got the same email today saying that they contacted uscis and my file is en route to nvc and to allow 6-8 week's for further instruction's... my I-130 was approved June 21st

[mimikipa 0]

Thanks, now I have two out there! Hopefully we'll get a response soon!

Send to the one where you are registered to vote.