Petition missing from NVC to Consulate? HELP!

[A&P_Germany 8]

It has been 3 weeks since my petition's hard copy has been mailed from NVC to the Frankfurt consulate. However, up to last Friday DOS and the consulate both have said they do not have the hard copy yet.

Here is the kicker.. with the DHL tracking trick.. I saw my package leave NVC and arrive at the consulate 5/22.

Now I have asked both NVC and DOS if they can track the package and they claim they have no such ability and I should just wait... and I know Frankfurt is not this slow.. usually they process Packet 3 in <1 week.

Any ideas what I should do.. I am afraid it was misplaced or lost in the consulate? There is also one other member on the forum in the same boat.

Edited June 9, 2013 by A&P_Germany

[Arinlars 19]

Me too! I emailed them twice and I will call them tomorrow.

[Gosia & Tito 199]

It has been 3 weeks since my petition's hard copy has been mailed from NVC to the Frankfurt consulate. However, up to last Friday DOS and the consulate both have said they do not have the hard copy yet.

Here is the kicker.. with the DHL tracking trick.. I saw my package leave NVC and arrive at the consulate 5/22.

Now I have asked both NVC and DOS if they can track the package and they claim they have no such ability and I should just wait... and I know Frankfurt is not this slow.. usually they process Packet 3 in <1 week.

Any ideas what I should do.. I am afraid it was misplaced or lost in the consulate? There is also one other member on the forum in the same boat.

For all you know, it could be sitting in someone's desk, not yet registered into their systems. Not sure about holidays in Germany, but that is one possibility, as well as the higher load of procesing regular visitor visas for the Summer. Not everyboy goes on a VWP.

[A&P_Germany 8]

I hope it's something that simple.

[Sistersister 0]

I am having a similar problem with my petition that was also sent from NVC the week of May 14th. My petition was sent to the embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I was unable to get a response by email from the embassy and have been emailing them constantly trying to find out the status of my petition. I have called the embassy several times but they will not allow me to make an inquiry by phone. This week my fiance went to the embassy to find out the status and was told that the physical petition had not been received and that they did not show anything in their system regarding our case #. I finally received a returned email message from the embassy after he went there. The embassy still insisted that they had not received the petition.

I contacted NVC today and was told that the embassy will sometimes receive the petition but are not ready to schedule an appointment so they will say they have not received it yet!?

Today I was able to email a supervisor at NVC requesting tracking of my petition. Still waiting to hear back.This is so frustrating!!

[Jaz&Bry 9]

It has been 3 weeks since my petition's hard copy has been mailed from NVC to the Frankfurt consulate. However, up to last Friday DOS and the consulate both have said they do not have the hard copy yet.

Here is the kicker.. with the DHL tracking trick.. I saw my package leave NVC and arrive at the consulate 5/22.

Now I have asked both NVC and DOS if they can track the package and they claim they have no such ability and I should just wait... and I know Frankfurt is not this slow.. usually they process Packet 3 in <1 week.

Any ideas what I should do.. I am afraid it was misplaced or lost in the consulate? There is also one other member on the forum in the same boat.

I get the feeling Frankfurt is not as quick as they used to be!

How does the DHL tracking trick work??

I am waiting to hear from Frankfurt, too, but I am not sure whether they have received my case at all.

The CEAC website says it´s still at NVC (since at least May 28!). That is awfully long. NVC does not answer my emails. So I am not sure whether this info is true at all (maybe the website just didn´t get updated) or if it has been sent to Frankfurt yet and they are just being slow. In my case it´s early though, I could possibly hear from them next week or so. If they received it at all...

Edited June 13, 2013 by Jaz&Bry

[Arinlars 19]

Dhl trick worked! Got my packet 3 today, Ok I don't know if it actually worked but I waited 1 month. Hang in there!

[Jaz&Bry 9]

I am glad you finally heard from them, Arinlars! It´s been a month since your case left NVC, wow!

A&P, were you refering to Arinlars when you said that there is someone else who is in the same situation or is it someone else? That would make us 4.

Frankfurt is probably just slow at the moment for some reason and they don´t want to disclose that to the public, so they pretend they haven´t received the files when they are actually somewhere in the building, but maybe no one has picked up these files yet and entered them into the system, like a previous poster suggested.

There may also be a problem with NVC being delayed since CSC picked up pace enormously and NVC must be flooded with new cases to process. Just some ideas, but I have no clue either

I hope we´ll find out soon. I was confident that things would go fast with the consulate like it used to. I was hoping to be in the US on Bry´s birthday, which is also our anniversary.

Don´t think that´s going to happen if NVC lost my case and Frankfurt takes a month just to mail package 3. ...

[A&P_Germany 8]

I was referring to Arinlars, so just 3.

However, I do think CEAC is accurate so I think your petition might still be at NVC.

[A&P_Germany 8]

How does the DHL tracking trick work??

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/302190-dhl-tracking-from-nvc-to-us-embassy/page-67

When NVC says they have sent the petition on a certain day you can find it and track it via DHL.

[Arinlars 19]

Jaz&Bry Thank you!

But DOS send they didn't have it last week so I guess they forgot it or they have so much to do. I don't know. But patience it will come

Edited June 14, 2013 by Arinlars

[Arinlars 19]

Leute hier steht: NEW: Starting February 1, 2013, you are also required to pay the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the USCIS Immigrant Fee after(!!!) you have received the immigrant visa package.

Muss ich das machen? Habt ihr das gemacht von Deutschland oder USA und wann?

[A&P_Germany 8]

Nein, only for IR1/CR1 visa filers for green card production. K1 people do not need to pay this fee.

[Arinlars 19]

I posted this on the wrong topic hahah! I am sorry xD