Why did our approved petition go straight to consulate

[shelly.si 2]

Hi everyone..maybe you ca helpd me understand what is going on here....I thought when you get an NOA2 it went straight to the National Visa Center...On my NOA2 it says it was forwrded straight to the consulate listed. So i thought hmm, and called NVC, and the lady told me if your NOA2 says that then it did not come to them, but straight to the embassy.. Has this ever happened to anyone and if so why did it skip NVC (not that am complaining..just curious)

[Ryan H 3,834]

Despite what that operator told you and despite what it is said on the NOA2, no file ever skips the NVC, for it is the NVC that assigns a case number and it is the NVC that forwards files to the appropriate Embassy or Consulate (files are never sent directly to an Embassy or Consulate from USCIS). However, since the NVC is only a mail stop for K1 files, I can only speculate that NVC operators have little to no information about them and just tell people that it has been forwarded on.

Edited July 28, 2011 by Ryan H

[ralyse 31]

To my understanding, the paperwork just says that to streamline things, it still goes through the NVC.

[Love Eth 14]

Hi everyone..maybe you ca helpd me understand what is going on here....I thought when you get an NOA2 it went straight to the National Visa Center...On my NOA2 it says it was forwrded straight to the consulate listed. So i thought hmm, and called NVC, and the lady told me if your NOA2 says that then it did not come to them, but straight to the embassy.. Has this ever happened to anyone and if so why did it skip NVC (not that am complaining..just curious)

Congratulations.

These days, for some reasons USCIS are writing this notice on the approval notice. The petition makes a stop at the NVC to get the case # before getting to the embassy. I think you can check with the NVC later on.

Good luck

[iamvictorious 0]

Congratulations.

These days, for some reasons USCIS are writing this notice on the approval notice. The petition makes a stop at the NVC to get the case # before getting to the embassy. I think you can check with the NVC later on.

Good luck

My petition said the same thing and we received our NOA2 July 7th...and still waiting...so i call even today and they still don't have it...

[shelly.si 2]

ok..I see..so should I call NVC again, maybe get a different operator?? So confusing...when I asked her she said they did not have my case and gave me the consulate in Englands number,and told me to call them...

[MatthewNCarolina 73]

Hmmm we called them several times and even a visa specialist on DOS and MOST of operators told us the same, that to SOME countries now the rule changed and the petition is forwarded to the consulate and they don't touch it at all. That some countries still needs to go through NVC, but some doesn't and it is a new rule, so people on the consulate and some operators aren't aware of it.

If it's BS or what, idk.. I'm just waiting to hear from whoever is with my petition, either NVC or the consulate (hopefully) ... as long as I can have my interview date, whoever is touching my petition should hurry up lol Good luck though.

[aashug 0]

My NOA2 said the same thing. I called NVC several times and they told me to contact the consulate. I emailed the consulate and was told that all NOA2 have to go thru NVC in order to get a case number. I received my NOA2 on July 18.

Edited July 28, 2011 by aashug

[shelly.si 2]

thanks for all the info....I guess we just sitback and wait fo the mail to my fiance in the UK...sheesh..I don't know!!

[MatthewNCarolina 73]

Yea, either way we have to wait. You'll hear from one of them, but I'd keep calling NVC/DOS.. but that's because I can't stand now being in the dark. (also emailing the consulate).. at some point, we'll hear something! Good luck

[Barbara J 115]

Hi everyone..maybe you ca helpd me understand what is going on here....I thought when you get an NOA2 it went straight to the National Visa Center...On my NOA2 it says it was forwrded straight to the consulate listed. So i thought hmm, and called NVC, and the lady told me if your NOA2 says that then it did not come to them, but straight to the embassy.. Has this ever happened to anyone and if so why did it skip NVC (not that am complaining..just curious)

Shelly you will as the petitioner get an email about packet 3 and then you email that to your fiance in UK.

[shelly.si 2]

Thanks everyone for your responses...

[FannyJason 0]

Hi everyone..maybe you ca helpd me understand what is going on here....I thought when you get an NOA2 it went straight to the National Visa Center...On my NOA2 it says it was forwrded straight to the consulate listed. So i thought hmm, and called NVC, and the lady told me if your NOA2 says that then it did not come to them, but straight to the embassy.. Has this ever happened to anyone and if so why did it skip NVC (not that am complaining..just curious)

Hello, I had the same NOA2 and It went to the NVC! I was confused too and we call them, and they said the same as what they said for you. Some other people on NVC just thought our process had something wrong... But Actually, nothing wrong. They just don't have this information.

[bigdog 377]

Hi everyone..maybe you ca helpd me understand what is going on here....I thought when you get an NOA2 it went straight to the National Visa Center...On my NOA2 it says it was forwrded straight to the consulate listed. So i thought hmm, and called NVC, and the lady told me if your NOA2 says that then it did not come to them, but straight to the embassy.. Has this ever happened to anyone and if so why did it skip NVC (not that am complaining..just curious)

[Rob and Slava 1]

I just posted " cloudy approval " because of the same thing....funny how we wait, get approved, Jump up and down, and have no clue what happens next! :wacko: