NVC Filers - April 2012

[Trav&Shell 83]

I am like beyond happy and proud of myself that I stayed away from VJ (and the general internet) and actually got SO much homework done today at school. I definitely deserve dinner now Just gotta wait for my dear husband to pick me up at school after he finishes work in 1 minute

That's a really good day - you deserve dessert too!!!

[Saylin 1,605]

Thank you very much, Saylin. I do want all those documents to be in my married name, so I'm going to get the passport application filled out this evening, go get the passport pictures done right now and hopefully take my application down to the passport office tomorrow afternoon. I already have my guarantor, so at least that part is easy for me! LOL Turn around time is 10 days when done in person according to the passport Canada website.

That's a fast turnaround time! Thought the waiting time was weeks Jeez, they're faster than NVC!

And I still have some left over for Saylin and some

Yay!

And omg, donuts!!! Nom nom nom! I want the chocolate glazed one in the middle, bottom. That's what I ALWAYS get at Timmie's Which I cannot wait for when I visit Canada in June.

That's a really good day - you deserve dessert too!!!

Definitely a good day!! And I always have dessert

[gad33 47]

Booo! Have there been more showings??

No but seeing as it is April and practically every house is up for sale I'm not worried - it's just a little warmer in So. California than So. Calgary

[MK & M 0]

Please can anyone give me some advice...this thread is really long to go through, but I was wondering how you know when you have a case number? My lawyer says it is her responsibility to contact the government and in our contract, I am not supposed to do it on my own. I just retained this lawyer recently, so the I-130 still has information from my previous lawyer.

Should I be contacting my previous lawyer, will the NVC contact me at all? Just a little confused...our I-130 was approved on April 9th, 2012, so I am just trying to figure out when it is likely that we will get a case number! Any advice? Thanks!

[Neela & Jitu 79]

No but seeing as it is April and practically every house is up for sale I'm not worried - it's just a little warmer in So. California than So. Calgary

Gad i read your montreal review.its very nice but your Co was mean.Anyway what does Loomis receipt means?Is it DHL sign up?

Edited April 26, 2012 by Neela & Jitu

[Kerry & Carl 8]

That's a fast turnaround time! Thought the waiting time was weeks Jeez, they're faster than NVC!

It's 10 days if you take it to a Passport Canada office personally and pick it up in person when it's ready. MUCH longer if you mail it. My neighbor was able to get hers in 5 days, so maybe I'll be that lucky too!

Went and got the passport pictures done, finished filling out the application and printed it, had my neighbor come over and do the guarantor portion and I am ready to take it to the passport office tomorrow morning.

[sheeshkabelle 153]

No progress on house front for us.

You are still the Queen of emoticons. And 3000 for the above. Are you Dr. Sheeshkabelle now?

And more for Shell

Good luck! Selling a house sucks! I hate doing it!

Almost! When I started my pharm degree, one only needed a bachelor's, but it changed about 1998. Now the requirements are an associate in humanities, 2 years in chemistry and biology, and 3 years for the Dr. at the beginning of the name. For those who only had the Bachelor's, and people like me, that like to drag their feet, they have a 'bridge' to finish the PharmD.

I had a Regents in Applied Science of Paramedicine already, finished my bachelor's in Chemestitry. All the other previous Univeristy credits, from where I messed around for a few years not knowing what I wanted to do after high school, made up the 'bridge'. Now I have to take the one year of residency. Once that's done I will be Dr. Sheeshkabelle PharmD! In the mean time, I am a highly over educated Certified Pharmacy Tech.

Thank you very much, Saylin. I do want all those documents to be in my married name, so I'm going to get the passport application filled out this evening, go get the passport pictures done right now and hopefully take my application down to the passport office tomorrow afternoon. I already have my guarantor, so at least that part is easy for me! LOL Turn around time is 10 days when done in person according to the passport Canada website.

Mr. Sheeshka is a notorious procrastinator. His passport would have expired in May of this year. Our NOA2 was March 2nd.I yelled and nagged until he went to renew it... He renewed it about three days later at the passport office in Calgary. His passport was picked up 11 days later, including weekends. He had it before we even had a case number. You'll have plenty of time!

[sheeshkabelle 153]

Please can anyone give me some advice...this thread is really long to go through, but I was wondering how you know when you have a case number? My lawyer says it is her responsibility to contact the government and in our contract, I am not supposed to do it on my own. I just retained this lawyer recently, so the I-130 still has information from my previous lawyer.

Should I be contacting my previous lawyer, will the NVC contact me at all? Just a little confused...our I-130 was approved on April 9th, 2012, so I am just trying to figure out when it is likely that we will get a case number! Any advice? Thanks!

First, I am not a lawyer.

I imagine your lawyer is going to wait for the email from NVC. Since they are not the attorney on record, she may not get it.

That's an odd stipulation in a contract. But since it's there, it's there, with that being said, if you contact NVC and your lawyer finds out, he/she might get a little upset and terminate the contract, and you might end up owing them money.

First, call your lawyer and ask lots of questions. Check out the very first post to get ideas of what to ask. Usually the beneficiary will have to fill out a choice of agent designating an agent. I'm not sure how that works when a lawyer is handling the case.

[Saylin 1,605]

Please can anyone give me some advice...this thread is really long to go through, but I was wondering how you know when you have a case number? My lawyer says it is her responsibility to contact the government and in our contract, I am not supposed to do it on my own. I just retained this lawyer recently, so the I-130 still has information from my previous lawyer.

Should I be contacting my previous lawyer, will the NVC contact me at all? Just a little confused...our I-130 was approved on April 9th, 2012, so I am just trying to figure out when it is likely that we will get a case number! Any advice? Thanks!

If you do NOT call an operator at NVC, then, when a case number is assigned, they'll generate a package and send it to you. If they have an email address on file, they'll email it to you, otherwise it will be snail mail and can take awhile to receive. That's why I recommend to call. Lately, it's been taking NVC 3-4 weeks to assign a case number, so you probably won't get yours till early May.

Unless your case is not "normal" (ex: past criminal charges, overstay), I'd suggest dropping your lawyer as this process is completely feasible doing it on one's own, and is usually better as lawyers mess up because they're not up to date on processes, or they're slow at getting or sending information, etc.

Gad i read your montreal review.its very nice but your Co was mean.Anyway what does Loomis receipt means?Is it DHL sign up?

Loomis is DHL. A couple of months ago, they divided or renamed or something. So, DHL and Loomis, for Canada, is interchangeable.

It's 10 days if you take it to a Passport Canada office personally and pick it up in person when it's ready. MUCH longer if you mail it. My neighbor was able to get hers in 5 days, so maybe I'll be that lucky too!

Went and got the passport pictures done, finished filling out the application and printed it, had my neighbor come over and do the guarantor portion and I am ready to take it to the passport office tomorrow morning.

Yeah, I figured mailing took awhile, just thought it'd be the same for walk-ins as well.

Glad you got everything done tonight and just need to drop it all off tomorrow at the office You should have plenty of time before your IV is invoiced and appearing as PAID.

[sheeshkabelle 153]

Loomis is DHL. A couple of months ago, they divided or renamed or something. So, DHL and Loomis, for Canada, is interchangeable.

DHL went bankrupt. The Canadian part was bought by Loomis. This was marketed as a "strategic alliance",both names were kept.

[Saylin 1,605]

DHL went bankrupt. The Canadian part was bought by Loomis. This was marketed as a "strategic alliance",both names were kept.

Oh, that's what happened! Thanks for sharing. I just noticed people talking about Loomis instead of DHL and wondered what happened...

[GoingCrazy2012 16]

I think I have just seen a very weird case here ... My Friend (Another VJ Member received NOA2 dated March 19th, 2012) for her CR-1 Visa application. As of today, NVC still says that THERE IS NO RECORD of them haven't received her case from USCIS California Service Center ... Has anyone ever seen anything like this?? More than a month for a case to make it from Cali to NVC?

[Darnell 8,478]

Please can anyone give me some advice...this thread is really long to go through, but I was wondering how you know when you have a case number? My lawyer says it is her responsibility to contact the government and in our contract, I am not supposed to do it on my own. I just retained this lawyer recently, so the I-130 still has information from my previous lawyer.

Should I be contacting my previous lawyer, will the NVC contact me at all? Just a little confused...our I-130 was approved on April 9th, 2012, so I am just trying to figure out when it is likely that we will get a case number! Any advice? Thanks!

you can contact NVC anytime.

Also, is yer lawyer gonna actually file via EP for your casefile at NVC, or no?

[Neela & Jitu 79]

Loomis is DHL. A couple of months ago, they divided or renamed or something. So, DHL and Loomis, for Canada, is interchangeable.

Thanks as always for your reply..

DHL went bankrupt. The Canadian part was bought by Loomis. This was marketed as a "strategic alliance",both names were kept.

Wow! Thats Why i was puzzeled from where this loomis came from.I wondered why people aren't saying DHL?

Edited April 27, 2012 by Neela & Jitu

[Saylin 1,605]

I think I have just seen a very weird case here ... My Friend (Another VJ Member received NOA2 dated March 19th, 2012) for her CR-1 Visa application. As of today, NVC still says that THERE IS NO RECORD of them haven't received her case from USCIS California Service Center ... Has anyone ever seen anything like this?? More than a month for a case to make it from Cali to NVC?

Well, the case numbers that were just assigned the other day, all the NOA2 dates were like around 3/20. NVC is now taking about a month to get a case number. I suspect your friend will be getting their case number either this week or next.