NVC Filers - May 2013

[hawkmoon79 1]

My DS-230 package was received by the NVC on May 8th. I just logged in to the portal and received the following message:

Please be advised that the case that you have attempted to access is not eligible for further processing by the National Visa Center at this time. Please contact the National Visa Center if you believe that you have received this message in error.

Does anyone know what this means?

[izabela 10]

IV package sent off... Now there's nothing left to do but wait...

[Nicole Johns 0]

It can take a while for the acceptance email for OPTIN. Mine took 8 days. Seemed like forever. Now it seems like forever ago.

Wow, that's a long time! I guess I should be happy then. The sad thing is, our lawyer screwed up big time with the request for EP. We should of had our stuff sent in almost 2 weeks ago....I am really hoping we get thru this next step quickly!

[WorldTravelers 5]

Contact Suzanne at John Cornyn's office immediately if you are not already working with her (you will have to go to his website and download and fax in the privacy consent form). I believe you're correct about the "send to NRC" thing. I thought my case was an anomaly. But Houston local offie reported to Suzanne that my file was sent to the NRC through an error in handling, and they apologized and had to retrieve the file. She is familiar with this situation from me and other Houston filers. This is getting ridiculous.

By any chance you have her direct contact info? Is she in their Houston office?

I was working with the office of my local US House Representative, not Senator's (I misspoke earlier).

Thank you.

[Saylin 1,605]

My aos supporting documents was received by nvc on 5/6 and iv documents was 1 week before aos. Should I start calling nvc to find out if I got a case complete yet?

I would have suggested calling the day after the last package was arrived! Definitely start calling now. You could already have a case complete and not know it

Hey Saylin trying to get some info for someone.

From Case# assigned to AOS getting invoiced its how long? Seems that any minute now isn't applying.

I have a friend NOA2 approval in 42 days. Took 86 days to get to NVC and 13 days for case#. So now AOS invoice will be??

It's always hard to judge EXACTLY when something will happen in this case. Typically, once a case number is assigned, it's a few days later, but can take up to a week or more. When was their case number assigned?

[jthoby 2]

Sent my AOS packet about a week ago and every time i call NVC they tell me the same is not in the system yet how long does it take for this to happened i just want to know if it is accepted

[speedwell 224]

By any chance you have her direct contact info? Is she in their Houston office?

I was working with the office of my local US House Representative, not Senator's (I misspoke earlier).

Thank you.

I honestly don't remember. Call Austin if they have an Austin office and ask...

[Saylin 1,605]

Sent my AOS packet about a week ago and every time i call NVC they tell me the same is not in the system yet how long does it take for this to happened i just want to know if it is accepted

It won't appear in the system until a review has begun. It typically takes more than a week for the review to be started. So, for you, this can happen this week. Keep calling once a day. Soon they'll tell you the review has started, or depending when you call, it'll have even been finished.

[jthoby 2]

It won't appear in the system until a review has begun. It typically takes more than a week for the review to be started. So, for you, this can happen this week. Keep calling once a day. Soon they'll tell you the review has started, or depending when you call, it'll have even been finished.

ok thank you will send the iv packet in the next few day with all he docs u have on ur page lol

[tsukiyomii100 0]

Hey Saylin trying to get some info for someone.

From Case# assigned to AOS getting invoiced its how long? Seems that any minute now isn't applying.

I have a friend NOA2 approval in 42 days. Took 86 days to get to NVC and 13 days for case#. So now AOS invoice will be??

I think NVC has slowed down a bit in generating the AOS bill. I've been waiting for 12 days now and few other people on this board were also waiting for over a week. I've called them and they gave me the generic 10-20 business days reply. I think NVC is transitioning to a new AOS form next month, so the delay could be because of that.

[dwheels76 5,468]

I would have suggested calling the day after the last package was arrived! Definitely start calling now. You could already have a case complete and not know it

It's always hard to judge EXACTLY when something will happen in this case. Typically, once a case number is assigned, it's a few days later, but can take up to a week or more. When was their case number assigned?

One 9 days ago. One just today. Just trying to see what has been the wait time. It gets weirder and weirder I swear. Thanks

[WorldTravelers 5]

I honestly don't remember. Call Austin if they have an Austin office and ask...

Just got off the phone with Suzanne. She is in the Dallas office.

I said that someone referred me to her who had a similar issue (possibly with NRC), and then she asked who that person was...I don't think "speedwell" would ring any bells for her.

Anyway, I sent her all the info, so again it's wait and see for them to find out something.

Thanks!

[Saylin 1,605]

One 9 days ago. One just today. Just trying to see what has been the wait time. It gets weirder and weirder I swear. Thanks

Hmm. It seems like it's been taking longer and longer for bills to be invoiced lately. HOPEFULLY, they get it this week. But you never know with NVC

[speedwell 224]

Just got off the phone with Suzanne. She is in the Dallas office.

I said that someone referred me to her who had a similar issue (possibly with NRC), and then she asked who that person was...I don't think "speedwell" would ring any bells for her.

Anyway, I sent her all the info, so again it's wait and see for them to find out something.

Thanks!

No, but you could tell her to reference an e-mail sent to her from the USCIS Congressional Liaison from Houston on April 19 at 2:27 p.m. And tell her I said thank you.

Edited May 20, 2013 by speedwell

[Nicole Johns 0]

Well, first off, you need to get an actual interview date assigned first. Then, the case has to be sent abroad to Montreal. Once you've confirmed with DOS that the consulate has your case, then you can see if you can get an earlier date. You can do this of two ways with Montreal:

1. Contact them through the form that was linked earlier. But, this might be a hit or miss as Montreal isn't exactly very efficient at replying to those inquiries correctly.

2. Re-schedule through the CSC site. Through this method, you can choose EXACTLY what day you wish to interview (compared to method 1 where they may assign you another "bad" day to interview). Only downside with this method (and with the above) is that there may not be a "good" day to be interviewed, so keep that in mind.

Usually just 1-2 weeks. I'm thinking your AOS should be reviewed this week, and likely your IV next week. Keep calling once a day, you should be hearing something different (than them not starting the review) soon.

Woohoo, congrats on EP acceptance!

Have you called NVC yet to check the status on your case?

Well, that was short notice! Good luck though!!

Back in my day (2 years ago), it took 16 days for my optin acceptance

I just got off the phone with the NVC and she now shows us a registered for EP! Finally! But she said that she does not yet see the package our lawyer emailed this morning, she said it will only show on her screen when they are reviewing it....I asked her how long that will take and she gave me the standard 20 days. I will call every day from now on! Thanks again for the help!