NVC says 8 weeks to receive petition?

[Sheepwalk 12]

they bumped it up to 9 weeks now

9 weeks? Really?

NOA2 is valid 4 months. Physical case transfer takes up to 9 weeks.

Brilliant !!

[Dtminor 1]

Am sure you get it soon, it wont take up to 8 weeks.

People keep assuming it won't take up to 8weeks but our case was approved (noa2) on 22nd July, NVC still telling us they have not received our case from USCIS yet......we are just waiting for one more week to make it 8weeks because this is going out of hand!!!!

[Billyk 6]

We are in the same boat !! our NOA2 was approved on August 6th !! till now they haven't received our petition from USCIS , one email was sent to NVCINQUIRY@state.gov on Aug 13, 2013 and after 2 weeks they responded to our email :

______________________________________________

Dear Sir/Madam:

Please be advised that the National Visa Center (NVC) has received your

inquiry. Unfortunately, we do not have any record of receiving your

petition. If your petition was approved more than 15 days ago, please

email a scanned copy of your I-797 or I-171 Notice of Action - Approval

Notice to NVCResearch@state.gov. Please type the receipt number in the

subject line of your email and include one attachment/case per email. We

will contact U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on your

behalf to locate your petition.

If you received the form I-797 or I-171 Notice of Action - Approval

Notice indicating that your petition has been retained by USCIS, or

another type of the Notice of Action that is not an Approval notice,

please contact USCIS at 800-375-5283 or visit their web site at

www.uscis.gov for additional information.

National Visa Center

Written Inquiry Unit

Serco Inc, Support Contractor

NVCInquiry@state.gov

____________________________________

then another email was also sent to NVCResearch and they responded with

____________________________________

Dear Sir/Madam:

The National Visa Center (NVC) has not yet received this petition from U.S. Citizenship Immigration Service (USCIS). Please allow at least eight weeks from the date that your petition was approved, for your petition to be received at the NVC.

Sincerely,

National Visa Center

Written Inquiry Unit

Serco Inc., Support Contractor

NVCResearch@state.gov

____________________________________

Ours was approved on August 8th and did exactly what you did. Later I called USCIS and they told me that wait for 90 days before they can do anything. I just called NVC yesterday and they told me wait for another week or two, it can take 8-10 weeks. Good luck !!!!!!

[Happy05 0]

Omg it's a long wait hoping for a good news soon for everybody.

[RGinWA 816]

NOA2 on Aug 1st

Still waiting on NVC and I call daily.

It's very irritating to be stuck in limbo.

[SarahT 0]

We got our approval notice on Jul/30/2013

It was shipped to NVC on 8/8/2013

Processed in the NVC system (nvc case number assigned) on Aug/28/2013

Both USCIS and NVC representatives tend to give much longer waiting time than normal !!! They intend not to promise anything! Which is very frustrating

By the way, I know for sure that 8/8/2013 shipment was HUGE so many boxes full of approved cases! So my guessing is that NVC is still working on them! because they need to put each case information manually on the system.

You're in line! don't worry

Good luck!

Edited September 11, 2013 by SarahT

[olwyndale 2]

how did you know that it was shipped at the NVC already?

[stevie b 141]

9 weeks? Really?

NOA2 is valid 4 months. Physical case transfer takes up to 9 weeks.

Brilliant !!

petitions get automatic extensions throughout the process, so don't worry about expiration dates for now

[Sheepwalk 12]

petitions get automatic extensions throughout the process, so don't worry about expiration dates for now

Thanks. It should be the case with most countries. In Tokyo extension of NOA2 needs to be requested via written letter.

Update-

NOA2: AUG 7

CSC sent out file: SEP 4

assigned NVC case#: SEP 12

Relief, as we read somewhere it took more than 20 days for NVC to log cases in their system!

[Bin deeq 10]

Thanks. It should be the case with most countries. In Tokyo extension of NOA2 needs to be requested via written letter.

Update-

NOA2: AUG 7

CSC sent out file: SEP 4

assigned NVC case#: SEP 12

Relief, as we read somewhere it took more than 20 days for NVC to log cases in their system!

Congrats

[Bin deeq 10]

I just called NVC and told that our case under processing in the system!! And we told to call back after 10-20 days to take our case # !!!

[stevie b 141]

I just called NVC and told that our case under processing in the system!! And we told to call back after 10-20 days to take our case # !!!

if they were able to show your case has been logged as received, you will be able to get a case number in a few days

[Bin deeq 10]

if they were able to show your case has been logged as received, you will be able to get a case number in a few days

I hope so

[emjkitazawa 0]

We are in the same boat !! our NOA2 was approved on August 6th !! till now they haven't received our petition from USCIS , one email was sent to NVCINQUIRY@state.gov on Aug 13, 2013 and after 2 weeks they responded to our email :

______________________________________________

Dear Sir/Madam:

Please be advised that the National Visa Center (NVC) has received your

inquiry. Unfortunately, we do not have any record of receiving your

petition. If your petition was approved more than 15 days ago, please

email a scanned copy of your I-797 or I-171 Notice of Action - Approval

Notice to NVCResearch@state.gov. Please type the receipt number in the

subject line of your email and include one attachment/case per email. We

will contact U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on your

behalf to locate your petition.

If you received the form I-797 or I-171 Notice of Action - Approval

Notice indicating that your petition has been retained by USCIS, or

another type of the Notice of Action that is not an Approval notice,

please contact USCIS at 800-375-5283 or visit their web site at

www.uscis.gov for additional information.

National Visa Center

Written Inquiry Unit

Serco Inc, Support Contractor

NVCInquiry@state.gov

____________________________________

then another email was also sent to NVCResearch and they responded with

____________________________________

Dear Sir/Madam:

The National Visa Center (NVC) has not yet received this petition from U.S. Citizenship Immigration Service (USCIS). Please allow at least eight weeks from the date that your petition was approved, for your petition to be received at the NVC.

Sincerely,

National Visa Center

Written Inquiry Unit

Serco Inc., Support Contractor

NVCResearch@state.gov

____________________________________

Did they really contact USCIS on your behalf? Any word from them? I'm wondering now if USCIS screwed something up and it's still sitting there and the NVC isn't even who I should be dealing with.

Would appreciate knowing any updates you may have heard from them.

[emjkitazawa 0]

Hello!

I just hung up with the NVC (after several busy tones and a 30 minute wait, which actually wasn't as long as I was expecting), and the woman informed me that they have NOT received our NOA-2 petition approval yet and that it will take 8 WEEKS.

I have never heard that the wait would be 8 weeks. The USCIS does not even state this long of a wait, I believe. I'm curious if anyone knows if this is the normal amount of time or if I just wasn't speaking to a very informed person.

Basic info:

Our petition was approved August 12th, It being September 5, that's almost 4 weeks waiting. Any advice? Should I call back and ask a different representative?

Thank you!

Update 9/13/13:

Called NVC again today and they said our case was just forwarded to the consulate in Japan TODAY, and she gave me our new case number. Woo hoo! I hope this will be helpful to everyone else who received NOA-2's around the time we did. Soon I hope you will get good news!