NVC Filers - March 2013

[romanticminds 11]

well just wanted to say congratulations to those who have their case completed and who are in the process of completion and hope all of you will be reunited with your love ones soon. It sure is a long and hard process, but at the end we all get to be with our family the most important things I can think of really. God bless. In the mean time I'm still trying to figure what's going on with my case. Don't know what's up with all the delay. I'm sure it's being p rocessed. Have a nice day.

[aprice138 16]

I don't think it's true that they only schedule interviews second week. Apparently they do em all month long! Fingers crossed! You could be lucky!

Cat

Good luck on your call this morning

And it's still possible to get an April interview, all depending on the workload at your embassy. And remember, interviews aren't just scheduled during the second week. Refer to the FAQ, there's something about this near the end

While I know it to be true in my brain, I hoped to get it done in the second week just so I was for sure going to get an interview date for April.

I was thinking after case complete to have my husband call the Auckland consulate. They are pretty nice and maybe they can help get him an interview date?

I wish our time lines had "Case complete" dates. I tried to compare other Kiwis to see when they got their interview dates. Impossible to know unless I go to each persons profile to see their sig (if they have one).

Anywho.. just called and, yep, AOS accepted. The other lady is a doof. Thats definitely why I got the false checklist.

Although at first shes like "We havent received your response to that checklist yet.." "Yes you have, March 7th Ive been told" "Oh wait hold on, yeah all were waiting for is the IV checklist.." Whoop! That got there Tuesday. Cmoonnn case complete!

Edited March 13, 2013 by aprice138

[champi 13]

(im)patiently waiting for OAS bill to show up

[Saylin 1,605]

While I know it to be true in my brain, I hoped to get it done in the second week just so I was for sure going to get an interview date for April.

I was thinking after case complete to have my husband call the Auckland consulate. They are pretty nice and maybe they can help get him an interview date?

I wish our time lines had "Case complete" dates. I tried to compare other Kiwis to see when they got their interview dates. Impossible to know unless I go to each persons profile to see their sig (if they have one).

Anywho.. just called and, yep, AOS accepted. The other lady is a doof. Thats definitely why I got the false checklist.

Although at first shes like "We havent received your response to that checklist yet.." "Yes you have, March 7th Ive been told" "Oh wait hold on, yeah all were waiting for is the IV checklist.." Whoop! That got there Tuesday. Cmoonnn case complete!

Wait until after you get an interview date, your case has been shipped, and the embassy receives your case. Then you can contact the embassy and request a sooner date. Until they receive your case, the embassy can't help with case-specific inquiries as they have no idea who you are.

And the time lines do have case complete dates. It's the second one down from 'pay IV bill'.

And case complete coming up

[aprice138 16]

Um, I didn't see any dire warnings, just advice. There was another member on her two weeks ago, I think aprice, who sent in their IV packet before the fee showed up as paid and unfortunately the fee didn't show as paid for another 8 days so the package got to NVC before the fee showed as paid. They now have a case complete. So it is possible to do, just not recommended and it's probably not recommended b/c the practice hasn't been tested enough in order to be able to say "yes, do this, you'll absolutely 100% be fine".

Close, no case complete. BUT the operator at the NVC said its fine. And Saylinn clarified. As long as you have the front cover sheet with the barcode, send away.

Wait until after you get an interview date, your case has been shipped, and the embassy receives your case. Then you can contact the embassy and request a sooner date. Until they receive your case, the embassy can't help with case-specific inquiries as they have no idea who you are.

And the time lines do have case complete dates. It's the second one down from 'pay IV bill'.

And case complete coming up

Not when you compare the timelines in the detailed table. :/

Cmon Document Reviewers! Read fast!

[Saylin 1,605]

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Not when you compare the timelines in the detailed table. :/

Cmon Document Reviewers! Read fast!

Oh, that's what you meant, sorry For that, I'd recommend just opening all the timelines in separate tabs in your browser. Start a spreadsheet up with important time ticks: case complete, interview date assigned, and interview date. This is EXACTLY what I did for Canada to get as estimate when I was going through the NVC process.

[aprice138 16]

Oh, that's what you meant, sorry For that, I'd recommend just opening all the timelines in separate tabs in your browser. Start a spreadsheet up with important time ticks: case complete, interview date assigned, and interview date. This is EXACTLY what I did for Canada to get as estimate when I was going through the NVC process.

You speak to the Excel spreadsheet nut in me.

[Elxan 4]

Come on NVC, please processes my IV payments.

I will not mind if it will be done in a day, seriously just process it

[Saylin 1,605]

You speak to the Excel spreadsheet nut in me.

I used Google spreadsheets

[dyno305 2]

how long in general is the whole nvc part? and when they give you the case # do they also give you your invoice id number or do i have to ask them for it??? i read the shortcuts but i just need that clarified and also once the case # is assign do they automatically send you the AOS Fee?

[Saylin 1,605]

how long in general is the whole nvc part? and when they give you the case # do they also give you your invoice id number or do i have to ask them for it??? i read the shortcuts but i just need that clarified and also once the case # is assign do they automatically send you the AOS Fee?

You can check out the average time in NVC (once a case number is assigned) by looking at the spreadsheet I put together. It's linked both in my signature and on the first post.

And they probably won't give you the IIN unless you request for it.

Yes, they'll send the AOS fee. Whether that's by email or snail mail is up to you (whether you give over the email addresses or not).

[dyno305 2]

You can check out the average time in NVC (once a case number is assigned) by looking at the spreadsheet I put together. It's linked both in my signature and on the first post.

And they probably won't give you the IIN unless you request for it.

Yes, they'll send the AOS fee. Whether that's by email or snail mail is up to you (whether you give over the email addresses or not).

okay thanks and does the AOS has to be sent with the 4 packet?

[oohpartiv 484]

You can check out the average time in NVC (once a case number is assigned) by looking at the spreadsheet I put together. It's linked both in my signature and on the first post.

I know you're super busy helping everyone out here, but just so you know, you can update me in your spreadsheet when you get a chance since I got my case completed on the 5th!

[Saylin 1,605]

okay thanks and does the AOS has to be sent with the 4 packet?

By 4 packet do you mean the IV (Immigrant Visa) packet? Package 4 is sent by the NVC and is your interview letter. The IV in IV package isn't the roman numeral 4 if that's what you're thinking...

But to answer your question: no. The AOS and IV are two separate tracks and have NOTHING to do with one another (except that both need to be completed before the case is closed).

I know you're super busy helping everyone out here, but just so you know, you can update me in your spreadsheet when you get a chance since I got my case completed on the 5th!

Updated! Thanks for the reminder. While reading updates here in this thread, I'm so focused on responding that I forget to update the spreadsheet I tend to do a massive update though usually once a month or so, once I have a free moment from school and work. But if someone reminds me to update their line, I do it right away

Edited March 13, 2013 by Saylin

[oohpartiv 484]

Updated! Thanks for the reminder. While reading updates here in this thread, I'm so focused on responding that I forget to update the spreadsheet I tend to do a massive update though usually once a month or so, once I have a free moment from school and work. But if someone reminds me to update their line, I do it right away

I felt a little dumb bugging you about something so minimal since you are so busy, but thanks for taking the time!