The Waiting room for fiancé visa case number is it 10 days or 20

[vbtwo 54]

received an email last night that my case was just sent to the DOS. June 25th NOA2.

If the trend continues, looks like mine will be sent to DOS sometime next week (Jul 2 NOA2). Doesn't seem to be any point in calling them before getting the notification from USCIS that it was shipped.

Was planning on scheduling interview in August as I'm able to go to Ukraine to be there for her, but with this delay in getting them to the NVC I Don't know if it'll happen now. Maybe it's still possible if Ukraine consulate isn't busy (from checking the stats here, it seems Ukraine is one of the fastest consulates). At least there's no need to wait for them to send anything in Ukraine, as soon as the consulate has it in their system, you can just go online and schedule the interview for the next available date.

[Serpentine 5]

I think I saw people writting about administrative processing for all k-1 visas? I might be wrong..I wish I am wrong.

[Mmelon 8]

Does everyone get an email update when their case has been sent to NVC, or is it just TSC transfers? Do those at Vermont also get this notification?

[UK-USA-K1 128]

I think I saw people writting about administrative processing for all k-1 visas? I might be wrong..I wish I am wrong.

Do you mean in all in a particular country or all k-1 visas around the world?

I know that some countries it's pretty much automatic to go to AP due to the high levels of fraud, but that's not true in every country. Most K-1 visas go through without too much issue, again dependent on which country you are dealing with.

[Serpentine 5]

I think there were people all around the world saying it goes to administrative processing after receiving at NVC. Since the petitions were transfered from Vermont to Texas everything is getting more and more complicated, and takes long.

[izzzibizzzi 3]

Lets just hope for the best - I mean everything they do, even if its just looking through the papers one more time is kinda "administrative processing";) right? I know I just want to make it sound nicer as it is right now. I don't think Germany is a high fraud country or known for a lot of "administrative processing" cases - but you never know - maybe we are the "lucky" ones. Ill def. keep you all updated and see if its true with the adm. pro. or if they just say that because they just don't know what they are saying.

[Serpentine 5]

Yeah, i hope someone (VSC to TSC transfers) got packet 3, or reached the embassy to give us a timeframe at least.

[UK-USA-K1 128]

I think there were people all around the world saying it goes to administrative processing after receiving at NVC. Since the petitions were transfered from Vermont to Texas everything is getting more and more complicated, and takes long.

There are some cases that do go to AP, but from what I've seen at NVC, it's the rare cases that go to AP there and not the majority. Once it is sent to the embassy, then it becomes more country specific and some do require AP for nearly all the cases, but that is strictly a country by country basis. NVC is not putting every case through AP, this much is assured. If they did this, the backlog would be YEARS not days or weeks.

As far as the TSC transfers go, it seems from what I've read on these forums, that they are being delayed at the USCIS level in Texas for some reason. This isn't an NVC AP thing at all. NVC AP is rare....whereas embassy AP can be common in certain locales.

Edited July 17, 2013 by UK-USA-K1

[Meg and Danny 25]

Does everyone get an email update when their case has been sent to NVC, or is it just TSC transfers? Do those at Vermont also get this notification?

I would like to know this too, does anyone have an answer?

[UK-USA-K1 128]

Does everyone get an email update when their case has been sent to NVC, or is it just TSC transfers? Do those at Vermont also get this notification?

I can't speak for anyone else but myself, but the only notice I got was in my I-129F approval that it was forwarded to the proper consulate. It went through NVC and off to London. I was a CSC filer. The only people I've seen with this notification seem to be the TSC transfer people. There may have been others but I haven't seen any myself and I definitely never got that message.

[QueenOfBlades 224]

I got a notice saying it's in transit, and it says our interview date was provided by the National Visa Center? Is this a standard message?

[UK-USA-K1 128]

I got a notice saying it's in transit, and it says our interview date was provided by the National Visa Center? Is this a standard message?

If you look in my signature, you can see my timeline. Basically the last email I received was telling my I was approved. My USCIS status message has not changed since then and my case was transferred to NVC where they assigned it a number and sent it to London, where they received it and sent out a letter with instructions on where to get the documents on line and to fill them out and send them in (well she got that letter not me). The hardest part was getting it out of USCIS hands. Once NVC had it and assigned the number, it was sent out in a few days and was in London a week later. A few days after that was the receipt of the packet 3 letter.

I think once NVC receives your file and assigns your number, things will be SO MUCH smoother for you.

[QueenOfBlades 224]

If you look in my signature, you can see my timeline. Basically the last email I received was telling my I was approved. My USCIS status message has not changed since then and my case was transferred to NVC where they assigned it a number and sent it to London, where they received it and sent out a letter with instructions on where to get the documents on line and to fill them out and send them in (well she got that letter not me). The hardest part was getting it out of USCIS hands. Once NVC had it and assigned the number, it was sent out in a few days and was in London a week later. A few days after that was the receipt of the packet 3 letter.

I think once NVC receives your file and assigns your number, things will be SO MUCH smoother for you.

I did get a case number yesterday. I don't mean on the USCIS website, I mean on the Department of State CEAC website where you track it from the NVC.

https://ceac.state.gov

[Serpentine 5]

Your case is in transit to the Consular Section. Your interview date was provided to you by the National Visa Center. I got this message too. And for the case number e-mail - i sent e-mail to NVC and they repilied with my case number and info about my petition. Now it is in transit. I don't know how my interview date could be provided by NVC???

[aradeb 4]

I really can't understand Why USCIS keeping the files there .I hope all of them one day will be away from there love once for year ..then maybe they will understand what we going through ..its sad depressing .damn wait and wait ..waited more then 6 months to get approved .now from one office to other again wait and wait.