NVC Filers - May 2012

[meno-is-mine 37]

Hmmmm I got 3 email. The one with the aos fee indicates that I must pay the aos fee n it says $88 to start the processing of the case. The letter is in green.

Yea, the ones in green I believe are the real bills... I don't know why try send the initial one?! o_O

[Neela & Jitu 79]

One more thing... the CDC chart for ADULTS WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN IMMUNIZED:

Adult Immunizations

There's your answer Neela.. Adults get 1 dose of TDaP and 1 dose of MMR if they have never been vaccinated. Even if you had, and you don't know, these doses will catch up an un-vaccinated adult.

Thanks a lot sheeshkabelle.

[Matt & Rocio 28]

It has been a few days since my last post. We are no longer in the NVC, but this appears to be the new active thread.

Last Friday my wife went all around Santiago to complete the requirements for her medical. Apparently Dra. Grossman isn't able to administer vaccinations and her X-ray machine is broken so my wife had to go to 3 different places. The first place drew blood, the second place did the vaccinations and the third did the chest x-ray. She then turned everything in to the Doctors office on Friday afternoon, but she was already gone for the day. We are supposed to hear back from her before Wednesday to find out if everything is in order or if additional steps are necessary.

I will be leaving for Santiago on Saturday and will arrive Sunday morning. We are planning to stay at the Marriott and will then go to the interview on Monday afternoon at 2:00pm. Based on what my wife was told at the Embassy last week the interview should just be a formality, but I still plan to bring plenty of evidence just in case. I have booked the 3 of us to fly back to the US on Tuesday 5/15 in the evening arriving in Utah the afternoon of the 16th.

Assuming all goes well with the interview and at POE I will have my wife in the US in just under 10 months from when I filed the I-130 petitions. If you would have told me a year ago that the entire process would take nearly 10 months from start to finish I would have been shocked. Of course a year ago I was thinking I could file directly at the Santiago Embassy. If I would have been able to do that I am confident this whole process would have been completed in 1-2 months tops. In my humble opinion the USCIS and NVC processes are broken. Who decided that it was acceptable to take 5+ months to process an I-130 petition? The NVC process isn't much better. Why does it take them 1-2 weeks or more just to assign a case? I know these agencies receive a lot of applications, but they need to step up and reduce the waiting time.

[sheeshkabelle 153]

Thanks a lot sheeshkabelle.

I also called up Dr. S. in Kingsport, who is a US immigration civil surgeon. He even said the nurse Shell talked to is on crack... well didn't excatly say 'on crack' but he chuckled and said "some people are not clear on some things" No doctor will throw another under the bus..but I took it as he implied she was on crack

[Sugarz.K.R 9]

It starts the day you get a case number, technically you're not at NVC officially until the number is assigned. But some put in their signatures the day their cases arrive at NVC. The more in your signature, the more helpful it is to others. All my dates are there, just click on the spoiler buttons. (I had to consolidate)

The green one is the magic one. Usually when you get the green invoice the bill is payable on the payment portal.

It's green as a tree.... But nothing to pay...

[GoingCrazy2012 16]

I will be leaving for Santiago on Saturday and will arrive Sunday morning. We are planning to stay at the Marriott and will then go to the interview on Monday afternoon at 2:00pm.

I guess you just posted this but your interview date was today and you got approved right? so all of the above does not apply?? ... You've me all confused

[GoingCrazy2012 16]

I guess you just posted this but your interview date was today and you got approved right? so all of the above does not apply?? ... You've me all confused

My Apologies I got you confused with Amanda&Elvio form Paraguay OOPS!

[Matt & Rocio 28]

I guess you just posted this but your interview date was today and you got approved right? so all of the above does not apply?? ... You've me all confused

Interview date is Monday May 7th.

[Trav&Shell 83]

Thaks Shell! I wass worried.

LOL I'm glad you're not worried anymore

I also called up Dr. S. in Kingsport, who is a US immigration civil surgeon. He even said the nurse Shell talked to is on crack... well didn't excatly say 'on crack' but he chuckled and said "some people are not clear on some things" No doctor will throw another under the bus..but I took it as he implied she was on crack

LOL I"m taking it as that nurse is on crack. And I'm going to print off her email with her instructions highlighted, and attach it to my vaccines so she can see I got what she needed. Eat that, crack-nurse!

[Sugarz.K.R 9]

This is what my "green" letter reads ( the part without our personal info)

"If this address is not correct, please send the correct address to the National Visa Center (NVC) immediately. Before your petition can be processed you must pay the Affidavit of Support (AOS) processing fee ($88.00 USD).You should coordinate payment with your attorney of record if one has been registered for this case. An AOS fee invoice is also sent to any registered attorney. Do not pay the AOS fee twice. To make the payment please go to the NVC website atwww.ImmigrantVisas.state.gov and follow the directions displayed"

Is this the bill or the letter that comes before the bill.

[sheeshkabelle 153]

This is what my "green" letter reads ( the part without our personal info)

"If this address is not correct, please send the correct address to the National Visa Center (NVC) immediately. Before your petition can be processed you must pay the Affidavit of Support (AOS) processing fee ($88.00 USD).You should coordinate payment with your attorney of record if one has been registered for this case. An AOS fee invoice is also sent to any registered attorney. Do not pay the AOS fee twice. To make the payment please go to the NVC website atwww.ImmigrantVisas.state.gov and follow the directions displayed"

Is this the bill or the letter that comes before the bill.

That's the AOS bill, ours is worded exactly like that.

I know others have said you can use other browsers, but humor me and only use internet explorer and see if you can click on the AOS payment button.

[Sugarz.K.R 9]

That's the AOS bill, ours is worded exactly like that.

I know others have said you can use other browsers, but humor me and only use internet explorer and see if you can click on the AOS payment button.

I don't think its the browser cus my inform isn't under the aos since last Friday, maybe they are still invoicing it.

[foofurrah 4]

Whew! Interview date assigned! Never got confirmation that NVC was complete, but today received an email with interview information dated from the 26th. Interview is only about 3 weeks from now, great stuff. NVC took about 20 days total, including checklist on AOS, roughly 15 business days.

Edited May 1, 2012 by foofurrah

[meno-is-mine 37]

It's green as a tree.... But nothing to pay...

strange, whenever i received the attachment that was all green, there was a bill for me to pay... not the black-typed attachments that preceded each (both AOS and IV)...

and FYI: i used Chrome to pay for my AOS and used Safari on my phone to pay the IV and both worked just fine... Firefox doesn't work with the site well...

[Trav&Shell 83]

Whew! Interview date assigned! Never got confirmation that NVC was complete, but today received an email with interview information dated from the 26th. Interview is only about 3 weeks from now, great stuff. NVC took about 20 days total, including checklist on AOS, roughly 15 business days.

When's your interview?