NVC Filers - March 2012

[nica 5]

Wow, glad they're reducing the fee!

I'm glad too, but I wish they'd done it a month earlier

USCIS is so backlogged that we have to wait 6-8 months for NOA2 and yet still just barely miss cheaper fees at NVC. Sigh.

[StephanieM 60]

I had a dream the other night that my interview was the 7th. I'm not sure anymore, butI won't throw that date out until it passes with no interview

In a perfect world my interview will be the 7th. Let's see what happens.

[Sonshyne 2]

I just got off the phone with NVC, the CASE IS COMPLETE yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I told you you'd be in here :dance: soon!!!

CONGRATS MY FRIEND!!!!!!!

[Neela & Jitu 79]

Saylin my hubby just get a snail mail from NVC(Dated 28) that they approve our expedite.They are sending our documents to Montreal.But i just pay the IV today but haven't send the 260/supporting document package.What should i do now? should i email and submit DS260/supporting documents to NVC on monday or i will send them to montreal? Plz help!!

Edited March 30, 2012 by Neela & Jitu

[kelad 8]

Hey guys,

for all of you still waiting on a case number with a similar date to mine should probably check again by April 4th. I joke spoke with an operator and she gave me that date specifically. Anyway hope that helps.

[IslandLady 7]

Have you guys seen this yet? They're revising the IV fees... they're going DOWN by like $100 next month.

http://www.state.gov...2/03/187114.htm

This is starting to feel like a massive conspiracy to kick us when we're down.

All of a sudden I'm conflicted... do I really want my IV invoice generated RIGHT now??? LOL. Wow. This is great news for future filers, though.

[Jiang Jiang 0]

Is that the date on the email you were sent? If so, I can probably guess the time; 1230.

If April 26th is the date on your email notice, that date is the date of document intake at the Consulate, the interview itself will occur the following day (April 27th).

You are right. I downloaded the supplement doc for GUZ. It's true that the interview is the next day. It's all very confusing. They should just say in the appointment letter that you first hand in the documents, and come back for the real interview the next day.

Jiang

[Saylin 1,605]

Saylin my hubby just get a snail mail from NVC(Dated 28) that they approve our expedite.They are sending our documents to Montreal.But i just pay the IV today but haven't send the 260/supporting document package.What should i do now? should i email and submit DS260/supporting documents to NVC on monday or i will send them to montreal? Plz help!!

I'd call up NVC and ask a few operators what they think. You might just bring a DS-230 and supporting documents to the interview. Not sure.

Hey guys,

for all of you still waiting on a case number with a similar date to mine should probably check again by April 4th. I joke spoke with an operator and she gave me that date specifically. Anyway hope that helps.

Don't listen to the operator. Keep calling every day. Each operator has their own time frame.

[gad33 47]

I just got off the phone with NVC, the CASE IS COMPLETE yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

That is really good news

[GoingCrazy2012 16]

Ladies and Gentleman ... IT'S OFFICIAL! ... CASE COMPLETE! YAYYYY!

[Saylin 1,605]

Ladies and Gentleman ... IT'S OFFICIAL! ... CASE COMPLETE! YAYYYY!

Grats!

[VaggoLena 7]

Ladies and Gentleman ... IT'S OFFICIAL! ... CASE COMPLETE! YAYYYY!

Congratulations!!

[kelad 8]

I'd call up NVC and ask a few operators what they think. You might just bring a DS-230 and supporting documents to the interview. Not sure.

Don't listen to the operator. Keep calling every day. Each operator has their own time frame.

I normally call everyday but she was saying that the 4th is the latest possible date. I will be calling on monday

[dimples 9]

Ladies and Gentleman ... IT'S OFFICIAL! ... CASE COMPLETE! YAYYYY!

Thats great! Congrats!

[sheeshkabelle 153]

First everyone needs to quit comparing the K-1s to CR-1s. Total different ball game. K-1 and K-3 (mostly defunct) are non-immigrant visas. Yes, they get an approval a little quicker, yes, they get through NVC in a few days, yes, they seem to get interviews faster. Once they get here, they have three to five months more wait for their green card. Their visas are substantially more than a CR-1. CR-1's POE, have their temporary green card in their passport, get a SSN in a few days and are ready to take on their new life.

K-1 and K-3ers still live in limbo, even after everything. If they don't have their ducks in a row and have all the evidence and the I-864, it's all for nothing. They can't get a job, they can't volunteer, they can't get a driver's license in most states.. it's sit around and wait, wait, wait. Just like all of us are doing now, the only perk, they get to spend it with their significant other. How much fun would that be after six months of sitting on the couch watching the world go by. There's a reason money and jobs were invented, so you can spend 8 hours a day away from each other!

The big, bad US government isn't out to get anyone. Yes, it's a good joke of mine, but I don't think anyone employed by Uncle Sam is monitoring what I do or when I do it. When you send in that I-130 it's a ####### shoot. You go to one of two service centers. California being notoriously slow, or Vermont being faster. You don't know where you'll end up! Once there, you don't know who's desk you're going to end up on.

Suzy Q. might not be as fast at hammering out petitions as Johnny B. Or Suzy Q. has a lot of petitions from high fraud countries that take extensive work, you might be at the bottom of the pile. Johnny B. might not be even reading anything and just rubber stamping stuff as it goes through. Everyone has heard the stories about getting to the Embassy/Consulate and being denied because of something USCIS should have caught. Or even being denied at POE because everyone dropped the ball. Hell, our petition was LOST! I have no doubt we would still be in California in a USCIS black hole if it wasn't for my congressman lighting a fire under their butts. The US Government is highly inefficient, but not out to ruin someone's life just for the kicks of it.

There's probably been dozens of people over the years on VJ making spread sheets and mining data, crunching numbers to figure the system out. No one's been able to crack the holy immigration code.

Maybe some Embassies/Consulates really do stick to the first two weeks of the month rule, maybe not. Maybe there's thousands of other people all around the US and the world going through the same thing, and they have to have an appointment too... It's not just us. You have the CR-1s and IR-1s and K-1s and K-3s and HB-1s and F-1s... the list goes on. There's been people waiting for decades, years!

Ya, it's no damn fun to sit here and watch people with NOA1/NOA2/NVC dates before ours zip through the system and be with their spouses and come and tell us how grand life is. It's all sunshine and cupcakes and sprinkles! Wish you were here! It made me mad, jealous and down right pissed off when I was watching people from September go to interviews while we sat in CSC. In a perfect world it would be first come, first serve, here's your visa, have a nice day. Unfortunately we're not living in a perfect world.

There's my .2 cents on the whole thing.. take it or leave it.