October 2013 I-130 Filers

[JayBabay 29]

Called NVC today and I received my Case Number and IIN. It had just arrived to them today, I had a feeling something was up because the man prompty asked me, just after giving him my USCIS number, what the beneficiary and petitioner information had been. Names and DOB. It took 27 days total from case received to case number.

[AMT7565 5]

Cool!

Did you have to call USCIS to make sure they sent the package to NVC on time?

[BabyDolly 9]

Hi Guys! Yesterday we received our case number and IIN. DS 261 is acceptance and Aos Bill pay

Good Luck for everyone!

[JayBabay 29]

Cool!

Did you have to call USCIS to make sure they sent the package to NVC on time?

No, I received an email stating that it was shipped over. But I did have to call NVC to confirm it arrived.

[chumi 27]

I called to NVC from Japan n our case has arrived there on May 2. But no case number yet.

NOA2 April 15. Good luck everyone!

[AmberG 23]

I've been seeing quite a bit that those who filed for a K3 visa have been getting case numbers assigned to them faster then if the I130 was filed alone? Any truth to that? Just curious to see how soon I can expect a case number. I'm shooting for the middle of June as the best bet, but I hope for some reason we get it sooner because of our K3 application....any merit to that rumor?!

Well for me that was true. I filed both and it seems I was assigned the case and IIN right away. Only thing is I have no idea when my case was sent and received. The date I put as my case number assigned was a random day I called up and they gave it to me. It may have been assigned sooner. I am waiting for the DS260 to become available and I didn't send in my IV packet yet as I'm waiting for my husband to send some documents from Egypt...but otherwise I was able to progress pretty quickly. Here's my timeline so far:

04/11/2014 -- I130 NOA2

??? – I130 Shipped to NVC

NVC

???-2014 -- NVC received

05-02-2014 -- NVC case number assigned case

05-05-2014 -- Completed DS-261 online

05-08-2014 -- I-864(AOS) Bill Generated and paid

05-12-2014 -- Sent I-864(AOS) Package

05-06-2014 -- DS-261 accepted

05-12-2014 -- IV bill invoiced and paid

XX-XX-2014 -- DS-260 completed online

XX-XX-2014 -- IV packets sent

XX-XX-2014 -- Case completed

XX-XX-2014 -- Interview scheduled

Edited May 14, 2014 by AmberG

[AmberG 23]

As an update, my DS 260 came available today, as the IV bill went through my bank account.

[Cilian7 1]

Glad to see so many October filers passing swiftly through the NVC process. Hoping to get my case number in the next week. What is the current relative estimate for completion of the NVC process (for Canadian beneficiaries, if it matters relative to interview dates)?

[twincletoes 18]

Oh god... I remember reading about that bunch of people who were sent to NRC instead of NVC. What a balls-up

Hey so yesterday i called the NVC to ask about the case if recieved and when possibly be assigned case number and iiiN number (BTW, my case was shipped to NVC on April 14th) so after 25 minutes on hold the woman replied and told me that the case was recieved on April 25th! and after 30 days will be sent an email about case number and iiin number and how to do the payments and stuff!

which means it should be around May 25th! yayyyy! so excited to start the real prosses at NVC

btw, once the case number is assigned how long does it take to complete the case at NVC?? is it a month??

cheers!

[BabyDolly 9]

NVC received our case on April 8th. We called in this day but not case number yet. We get our case number and IIN May 13.

[AmberG 23]

If we can have some NVC discussion here, that would be great. The NVC thread is impossible for me to follow and I've tried going through it a few times when I needed to ask something. But it is just far too difficult when you have limited time.

[Colombo123 5]

I agree. It's hard to follow. I haven't signed up for May thread yet. ...I'm just looking at the spreadsheet to analyse the the data to see how long it's taking to have the case complete from NOA2

[ameriturk 27]

If we can have some NVC discussion here, that would be great. The NVC thread is impossible for me to follow and I've tried going through it a few times when I needed to ask something. But it is just far too difficult when you have limited time.

It is pointless go there if my case hasn't been activated. I don't even know if the case will be activated this month, yet.

I call every 3 days. I was told that it would be received in 2 weeks!

[AmberG 23]

It is pointless go there if my case hasn't been activated. I don't even know if the case will be activated this month, yet.

I call every 3 days. I was told that it would be received in 2 weeks!

You were at VSC, right? I think mine took almost 3 weeks until it got there and showed up on their system. I don't know for sure since USCIS never sent me an email about when it was sent and I was just calling randomly at NVC once a week to see if it got there. But I am estimating about 3 weeks.

The only thing I would say, though, is read the NVC Wiki and prepare your AOS and IV documents now while you're waiting because once you get your case and IIN number it moves super fast. After you get the numbers you can finish everything in less than 2 weeks. I paid and filled out everything as of today, however I don't have all the IV documents to send in yet and I wish I did. My husband is Fedexing them early next week, but I honestly should have been prepared before. I guess I saw how slow the USCIS moved and thought NVC would be more of the same, but was not the case. There's always the chance I could get checklisted, however the actual paying and submitting can be done super fast once you have your numbers.

[ameriturk 27]

You were at VSC, right? I think mine took almost 3 weeks until it got there and showed up on their system. I don't know for sure since USCIS never sent me an email about when it was sent and I was just calling randomly at NVC once a week to see if it got there. But I am estimating about 3 weeks.

The only thing I would say, though, is read the NVC Wiki and prepare your AOS and IV documents now while you're waiting because once you get your case and IIN number it moves super fast. After you get the numbers you can finish everything in less than 2 weeks. I paid and filled out everything as of today, however I don't have all the IV documents to send in yet and I wish I did. My husband is Fedexing them early next week, but I honestly should have been prepared before. I guess I saw how slow the USCIS moved and thought NVC would be more of the same, but was not the case. There's always the chance I could get checklisted, however the actual paying and submitting can be done super fast once you have your numbers.

Yep. VSC and their site still not updated. NVC got my papers april 25th, so I am hoping to get my case and IIN next week. I call every other day.

I got everything needed for NVC stage. police records, birth cert and have our original marriage cert etc... Just going to translate police records and birth cert.

Hopefully I get done within 2 weeks of time of receiving case and IIN number. Plan on submitting everything ASAP.