40 days since NOA2...still waiting for next notice :(

[Aspen7 10]

After waiting only 6 weeks between NOA1 and NOA2, we were so excited. The next step in this process seems to be stuck in the mud though. The NOA2 was August 23rd. Here we still are, with nothing else happening. The only information I can get tells me what I already know, "Your last notice of action was August 23, 2013." How long should we wait before we start trying to take some sort of action (other than just email and calls to the NVC) to find out where our visa petition went!?

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

Not much else you can do but wait and keep checking back to see if they have your case# and if it was sent to the consulate yet.

~ Moved from K-1 Process to K-1 Progress Reports-topic is case status ~

[kimbaljl 10]

My fiance and I are in almost the exact situation. Where do we check to see if we have a case number and if it's been sent to the consulate?

[kmiami15 8]

check this out....

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1flow

good luck..

[Michele1003 12]

You have to call them. I've been waiting for a notice and called them today and the NVC gave me my case number and that it had been sent to the consulate on September 18th! And I've been waiting this whole time. Now I have no idea what is next

[mmwahugz 1]

to michele when was your noa2

[Michele1003 12]

September 5th. Then September 9th I received an email that it was being transferred to the department of state. I read on here to call the NVC so I called them. They told me my case number and that it had been sent to the consulate in Juarez.

[rshree 16]

After waiting only 6 weeks between NOA1 and NOA2, we were so excited. The next step in this process seems to be stuck in the mud though. The NOA2 was August 23rd. Here we still are, with nothing else happening. The only information I can get tells me what I already know, "Your last notice of action was August 23, 2013." How long should we wait before we start trying to take some sort of action (other than just email and calls to the NVC) to find out where our visa petition went!?

We are in same situation.

We got our NOA2 approval in 38 days.. since then waiting... It has been a month. Called NVC twice but got same answer .. 8 weeks bla bla..

We know how frustrating it is!..

Unfortunate for us thru California Service center that neither NVC nor USCIS notify us when it is sent to NVC or consulate etc..

we keep on calling them to get a damn case # with a hope that the process goes smoothly from there after..

I am trying very hard not to complain but really can't help it

[kmiami15 8]

We are in same situation.

We got our NOA2 approval in 38 days.. since then waiting... It has been a month. Called NVC twice but got same answer .. 8 weeks bla bla..

We know how frustrating it is!..

Unfortunate for us thru California Service center that neither NVC nor USCIS notify us when it is sent to NVC or consulate etc..

we keep on calling them to get a damn case # with a hope that the process goes smoothly from there after..

I am trying very hard not to complain but really can't help it

Please do so.... Also, I have noticed that CSC is taking longer to submit the approvals from USCIS to NVC... TSC is taking longer in approving the I129F applications but is moving faster as it regards to sending those approved application to NVC... do I make sense? it is interesting... but at least you are over with the USCIS side.... good luck to you all!

[Aspen7 10]

According to CNN this morning, all US visa processing stopped in its tracks as of 12am. Nothing else is going to happen for any of us until the government shut down is over. Since I work for the government, my income stopped today too. October is my favorite month, but this year? Not so much.

[raflen 1]

I think this government shutdown will not affect

[reneegh724 14]

CSC is taking an incredibly long time (6-8 weeks) to transfer cases to NVC. They are pumping them out so fast, NVC just cannot catch up. So don't worry, there is a lot of us in the same boat you are in. My NOA2 out of CSC was on Aug 21 (approved in 58 days) but the backlog is just creating problems. And the State Dept/NVC will keep processing these as usual, I've spoken to one State Dept. official and one NVC employee in the past week about the shutdown and its effects on processing (and of course my file ) and both said the same thing- it will have no effect (this doesn't seem right to me but I guess we will see). Another VJ member told me that the USG has been using private contractors so the same 'nonessential shutdowns' do not apply to them, just furloughs, which many I suppose have already been through this year... Sooo you should be through soon, Good Luck to you!!

[gizzyboo 6]

Aspen,

Here is what happened to our case for your reference.

- Our NOA2 date is Sep 11.

- I called NVC a week later on Sep 18 and was told to wait for 8 weeks, you know the standard answer.

- I called NVC again on Sep 23, they told me they "just" received our case that morning and gave me our case #.

- Sep 25, I received an email from NVC as below:

"The NVC completed its processing of this visa petition, and recently forwarded it to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in ALGIERS ALGERIA. Please allow some time for the file to reach its destination."

By checking this web site https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?, it told us:

"Your case is in transit to the Consular Section. Your interview date was provided to you by the National Visa Center."

Confusing much right? What interview date? I didn't receive any interview date from NVC.

I have been emailed Algiers Embassy twice so far with no response but it has been only a week so I will give them some more time. My advice would be keep calling NVC until you get a case number!! Best time to call is between 11pm to 12am Eastern time.

Good luck and feel free to keep in touch to exchange our journeys.

[Aspen7 10]

Aspen,

Here is what happened to our case for your reference.

- Our NOA2 date is Sep 11.

- I called NVC a week later on Sep 18 and was told to wait for 8 weeks, you know the standard answer.

- I called NVC again on Sep 23, they told me they "just" received our case that morning and gave me our case #.

- Sep 25, I received an email from NVC as below:

"The NVC completed its processing of this visa petition, and recently forwarded it to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in ALGIERS ALGERIA. Please allow some time for the file to reach its destination."

By checking this web site https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?, it told us:

"Your case is in transit to the Consular Section. Your interview date was provided to you by the National Visa Center."

Confusing much right? What interview date? I didn't receive any interview date from NVC.

I have been emailed Algiers Embassy twice so far with no response but it has been only a week so I will give them some more time. My advice would be keep calling NVC until you get a case number!! Best time to call is between 11pm to 12am Eastern time.

Good luck and feel free to keep in touch to exchange our journeys.

Thank you!

This information is really helpful.

I'd be freaking out if I got a notice saying they'd given me an interview appointment, but I had no idea what they were talking about.