NVC Filers - February 2012

[bbz 2]

operator was wrong, alas.

Wait until you have the AOS fee bill in yer email inbox,

then

call into NVC again, get a supervisor,

and ask for the casefile to be rehomed to Montreal.

Ask him/her what documents you need to provide to prove up Canadien residency, and then,

IF those docs are in the casefile already (in the I-130 packet) then tell the supervisor to request an eyeball review of the casefile, to find those documents for the re-homing.

If those docs are not in the casefile, the supervisor will tell you what to do, what docs are needed to be sent in, to get it re-homed.

IMO, waiting for the AOS Fee Bill in yer email inbox is important, is trigger that NVC is waiting on the petitioner for stuff. No AOS Fee Bill Yet? NVC is in dormant state, about the casefile.

Good Luck !

Thanks for your help everyone.

We got an email early this morning and it looks like they fixed their mistake asap AND enrolled us in EP?

However they forgot to change the "foreign state chargeability" from mainland china to canada. Shouldn't be a big deal right?

Dear Sir/Madam:

The National Visa Center (NVC) received your correspondence.

The U.S. Embassy/Consulate General processing the principal applicant's petition was changed to the U.S. Embassy/Consulate General listed below.

The correct case number is listed below.

This case is now enrolled in the Electronic Processing Program.

The additional email addresses submitted with the enrollment email were added to our records.

Please note that all forms and documents that we request and require in the future must be scanned copies of the originals. The applicant must present all original forms and documents to the consular officer at their visa interview. Failure to present the required originals at the visa interview will result in a denial or delay in obtaining a visa for the sponsored applicant.

In order to better process future inquiries, please be sure to identify yourself in each piece of correspondence sent to the NVC. If you are writing on behalf of a law office please include the law office name as well as the attorney of record's name.

This petition is now eligible for further processing. The petitioner, principal applicant, and/or attorney of record will receive an instruction package regarding further processing of this petition.

As this case is processing electronically, all forms and documents must be sent via email as scanned attachments to NVCElectronic@state.gov . Sending physical documents to the NVC will delay the processing of your case.

Case Number: MTLxxxxxxxxxx

Petitioner's Name: xxx xxx

Principal Applicant's Name: xxx xxx

Preference Category: CR1

Your Priority Date: 18Jul2011

Foreign State Chargeability: CHINA - MAINLAND ???

U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL

315 PLACE D'YOUVILLE, SUITE 500

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC H2Y 0A4

MONTREAL-IV-DV@STATE.GOV

[Saylin 1,605]

Thanks for your help everyone.

We got an email early this morning and it looks like they fixed their mistake asap AND enrolled us in EP?

However they forgot to change the "foreign state chargeability" from mainland china to canada. Shouldn't be a big deal right?

...

Grats on them getting the information fixed!

And wow they enrolled you in EP? That's a first...

As for the foreign state chargeability, was your spouse born in China?

[Darnell 8,478]

Case Number: MTLxxxxxxxxxx

Petitioner's Name: xxx xxx

Principal Applicant's Name: xxx xxx

Preference Category: CR1

Your Priority Date: 18Jul2011

Foreign State Chargeability: CHINA - MAINLAND ???

U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL

315 PLACE D'YOUVILLE, SUITE 500

MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC H2Y 0A4

MONTREAL-IV-DV@STATE.GOV[/color]

don't worry about the charge-a-bility bits. she's a chinese national, albeit with a residency card for canada.

You have a casefile starting with 'MTL', so it's been re-homed to Montreal.

Study up on Saylin's wiki entry on EP for Canada - it's a bit different than EP for China. There was another lass floating around dec/jan/feb in the exact same situation - but her uscitizen husband not speak much english, so it was her driving stuff into nvc, talking with nvc folksen. If I can find her id again, I'll post it in a subsequent msg.

Good Luck !

Edited March 7, 2012 by Darnell

[bbz 2]

Grats on them getting the information fixed!

And wow they enrolled you in EP? That's a first...

As for the foreign state chargeability, was your spouse born in China?

Tyty! Looks like we got lucky with the EP? And yes wife was born in China.

don't worry about the charge-a-bility bits. she's a chinese national, albeit with a residency card for canada.

You have a casefile starting with 'MTL', so it's been re-homed to Montreal.

Study up on Saylin's wiki entry on EP for Canada - it's a bit different than EP for China. There was another lass floating around dec/jan/feb in the exact same situation - but her uscitizen husband not speak much english, so it was her driving stuff into nvc, talking with nvc folksen. If I can find her id again, I'll post it in a subsequent msg.

Good Luck !

Wife was born in China, is a Canadian citizen with Canadian passport. And oh yeah we studied Saylin's guide 826524758 times :lol:

Just finished with ds-261, also signed, dated and scanned i-864ez. Gonna start reading up on shrinking pdf file..AOS package is 43MB atm

[Saylin 1,605]

Tyty! Looks like we got lucky with the EP? And yes wife was born in China.

Wife was born in China, is a Canadian citizen with Canadian passport. And oh yeah we studied Saylin's guide 826524758 times :lol:

Just finished with ds-261, also signed, dated and scanned i-864ez. Gonna start reading up on shrinking pdf file..AOS package is 43MB atm

Ok, well, foreign state chargeability won't be changed as it means place of birth, just fancier words. But as long as the consulate was updated and you have a MTL case number, you're good to go.

And wow, big file Definitely shrink it!

[bbz 2]

Ok, well, foreign state chargeability won't be changed as it means place of birth, just fancier words. But as long as the consulate was updated and you have a MTL case number, you're good to go.

Ah ok. Hope our invoice is ready soon, can't wait to pay that fat bill!

Anyone else doing ep here? What's ur file size for aos package and how many pages? Just curious.

[TangoBravo 7]

Ah ok. Hope our invoice is ready soon, can't wait to pay that fat bill!

Anyone else doing ep here? What's ur file size for aos package and how many pages? Just curious.

File size????? HAHAHAHAHA , ask Foobaz123....he crushed the NVC web portal for like 48 hours and caused a power outage in NVC call center when he sent his PDF file!!!

[gad33 47]

Ah ok. Hope our invoice is ready soon, can't wait to pay that fat bill!

Anyone else doing ep here? What's ur file size for aos package and how many pages? Just curious.

I'm a Canadian Citizen but the chargeability says my country of birth.

Our PDFs for AOS and IV weren't very big. I changed the setting on my scanner to scan at a low resolution.

BTW you should really be in the March NVC fillers thread as Feb ended a week ago.

[bbz 2]

I'm a Canadian Citizen but the chargeability says my country of birth.

Our PDFs for AOS and IV weren't very big. I changed the setting on my scanner to scan at a low resolution.

BTW you should really be in the March NVC fillers thread as Feb ended a week ago.

doh

[angelo gutierrez 6]

I-864 approved even without the tax transcript.

I just sent my military id, military leave and earnings statement for the past 3 months, and W2 for 2011 and 1040 for 2011.

[Saylin 1,605]

I-864 approved even without the tax transcript.

I just sent my military id, military leave and earnings statement for the past 3 months, and W2 for 2011 and 1040 for 2011.

Grats on them accepting your AOS package! Try to get the tax transcript before the interview though as they may ask for it.

[Anas & Ayesha 1]

Good morning,

Getting ready to send our package in today. Does everything look complete?

Two (2) Passport Size Photographs of xxxxxxxxx (NVC Case Number, beneficiary’s full name, and date of birth are written on back of both)

DS-230 Part 1 completed and signed by xxxxxxx

DS-230 Part 2 completed by xxxxxxxx – unsigned, as of yet, per instructions

Passport - of the Biographic Data Page(s) of xxxxxxxx and a copy

Original/Certified Birth Certificate of xxxxxxx (with an attested translation provided) and a copy

Original/Certified Marriage Certificate for xxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxx (with an attested translation provided) and a copy

Copy of Nikah Certified

Copy of translated Nikah in English certified

Original/Certified Police Clearance Certificate for xxxxxxxx and a copy

[Saylin 1,605]

Good morning,

Getting ready to send our package in today. Does everything look complete?

Two (2) Passport Size Photographs of xxxxxxxxx (NVC Case Number, beneficiary's full name, and date of birth are written on back of both)

DS-230 Part 1 completed and signed by xxxxxxx

DS-230 Part 2 completed by xxxxxxxx – unsigned, as of yet, per instructions

Passport - of the Biographic Data Page(s) of xxxxxxxx and a copy

Original/Certified Birth Certificate of xxxxxxx (with an attested translation provided) and a copy

Original/Certified Marriage Certificate for xxxxxxxx and xxxxxxxxxx (with an attested translation provided) and a copy

Copy of Nikah Certified

Copy of translated Nikah in English certified

Original/Certified Police Clearance Certificate for xxxxxxxx and a copy

Looks good I'm not sure if it's just the way you typed it, but you're not sending in the beneficiary's passport, right? You only need to send in ONE copy of the bio-data page.

[Anas & Ayesha 1]

Looks good I'm not sure if it's just the way you typed it, but you're not sending in the beneficiary's passport, right? You only need to send in ONE copy of the bio-data page.

Yes I am only sending in a copy of the passport page.

Is it ok to send in this first or both applications together? I was thinking I wanted the signed copy of the w-7 we filled out for our 2011 taxes...Should I wait on it or just file everything. I have 2011, 2010, 2009 + 2008 all well over the required income level.

[Saylin 1,605]

Yes I am only sending in a copy of the passport page.

Is it ok to send in this first or both applications together? I was thinking I wanted the signed copy of the w-7 we filled out for our 2011 taxes...Should I wait on it or just file everything. I have 2011, 2010, 2009 + 2008 all well over the required income level.

As to the question about sending them together or separately, please refer to post two in the March thread

And don't worry about sending in 2011 tax information. The tax deadline is only April 17th; it's not technically required yet.