NVC Filers - March 2014

[Saylin 1,605]

Actually you can. We ve asked. The answer was if you need to expedite your case, you can do it even with a USCIS receipt number.

Good to know!

[Kaylara 814]

Folks, if you want to be added to the spreadsheet, it'd be great if you made things easier for me and just gave me the data I needed (especially when you don't have signatures). Actually look at the spreadsheet (seems like some of you even haven't done that...) and the different columns. Don't give me dates I don't need (for the spreadsheet, I could care less when your NOA1 was). All I need is the following:

Service Center (which your I-130 was approved from)

NOA2 date

Date NVC received your case

Date case number was assigned

Date AOS package was sent out

Date IV package was sent out

Date DS-260 was completed

And before you request, make sure your timeline is filled out. I am no longer adding anyone to the spreadsheet that doesn't have a timeline filled out. And please keep it up to date (and matching with dates you give/that are in your signature). I'm doing this now as the data from your timeline is used in some of the functions of this website. And although I'd love to require signatures as well (since they're so much better than timelines when looking at time ticks as timelines don't have everything), data isn't pulled from them by the website.

We could do like they did with the transfer spreadsheets, and make a form that collects that info for you, and it gets sent to your inbox.

[bduong89 14]

AOS says "PAID" yay. planning on calling later today to find out if they have recieved my AOS package yet. hope everyone is having a wonderful morning, afternoon, or night.

[allswell 1]

1,Quick Question before i send the AOS documents. Do I have to send in the original pay stubs or is the copy ok, and is there anything that i have to send in the original.

2, Saylin please if you can add me , infos are on my timeline

Edited March 20, 2014 by allswell

[Kaylara 814]

Lucybelle,

I brought our dog over from the Netherlands last December (1 yr old Jack Russell) and it went fine. When you board the plane just ask the crew if they can double check if your dog in on board. They happily do that. I didn't have a lay over but was told that if you have a lay over for more then 3 hours, most airlines will let you dog out to relieve itself. And the airline (Delta) would not allow our dog on board if it had taken any tranquilizer so check the airline.

My dog is fell just within the rules to be able to bring her in the cabin. We actually chose flying United because she could fly in the cabin with us. (She has severe anxiety issues, especially separation anxiety. We didn't want to spent 8 hours on a plane listening to her hysterical howls. And she would have. The entire time.

[Thisislife 31]

Had nothing to do so I called NVC to check if any of my packages have been reviewed? The lady said it takes upto 30 days which sounds better than 30 business days..

[Peace500 28]

Hey, VJers

I am freaking out over DS 260. I think I switched month and year while filling out my moms passport info. How will this effect my case. OMG, its something new everyday

[Ja&Ka 10]

Good to know!

Hey, Saylin! Completely a different question:

I see a lot of people's signatures have "DS261 accepted", what does it mean? My original understanding was after the form being reviewed and approved (so to speak), but today we called NVC to ask for status on our DS261 and we were told it is in their system. This is not the same as acceptance right?

[rhianne17 0]

Actually you can. We ve asked. The answer was if you need to expedite your case, you can do it even with a USCIS receipt number.

My case was expedited at USCIS,when it arrived at NVC,we asked for another expedite but the agent told us that we need to wait for a case number to expedite and that's what we did.

[Saylin 1,605]

We could do like they did with the transfer spreadsheets, and make a form that collects that info for you, and it gets sent to your inbox.

Well, that sounds fancy

1,Quick Question before i send the AOS documents. Do I have to send in the original pay stubs or is the copy ok, and is there anything that i have to send in the original.

2, Saylin please if you can add me , infos are on my timeline

1. Copies are fine. For the AOS package, the only things that need to be original are the I-864 form and employment letter (and cover letter if you send one). Tax information and pay stubs can be copies.

2. Sadly, the timeline doesn't have everything (hence the reason for my post before). When was your case number assigned? Was your I-130 approved from NBC or was it transferred at some point and approved elsewhere? And your timeline says you're going through Armenia, which I'm thinking is not true, due to the country on your profile saying Nigeria.

[Saylin 1,605]

Hey, VJers

I am freaking out over DS 260. I think I switched month and year while filling out my moms passport info. How will this effect my case. OMG, its something new everyday

Well, first I'd suggest you figure out if you indeed switched them or not. Look at the printed review (which I'm hoping you did...). If you indeed made a mistake, call up NVC and see if they can do anything. If not, just mention it at the interview.

Hey, Saylin! Completely a different question:

I see a lot of people's signatures have "DS261 accepted", what does it mean? My original understanding was after the form being reviewed and approved (so to speak), but today we called NVC to ask for status on our DS261 and we were told it is in their system. This is not the same as acceptance right?

Well, I'd suggest calling back up and asking the operator specifically: "Is my DS-261 accepted?"

[lindystephan 20]

We definitely don't care about the work permit.. and we don't care about the cost of adjusting. K3 is the same as a K1 except you are already married. It was designed to speed up the process ( even though the process has changed over the years) Why would they say NO for a K-3? and not for the I-130? We have a waiver to file so we would prefer to bypass this NVC BS. If we go for an interview for K-3 or I-130 we will get the same result , we still need to submit the waiver before he can come home. So for us, the K-3 makes sense. If we didn't need the waiver, I'd go for the I-130 because the interview is the end of the road.

Waiver?? What do you mean by that?

[waiting_______ 92]

Hey, Saylin! Completely a different question:

I see a lot of people's signatures have "DS261 accepted", what does it mean? My original understanding was after the form being reviewed and approved (so to speak), but today we called NVC to ask for status on our DS261 and we were told it is in their system. This is not the same as acceptance right?

It's not the same. It's simply in their system now waiting review and acceptance. When it gets accepted or it's above to be accepted you'll see the yellow triangle on CEAC. After that you'll get a confirmation email for selection of agent and IV bill. Few hours after that the invoice will actually become payable.

Chceck out my signature, I have described all of the steps that were seen. It's consistent with what others have seen as well.

[Ja&Ka 10]

My case was expedited at USCIS,when it arrived at NVC,we asked for another expedite but the agent told us that we need to wait for a case number to expedite and that's what we did.

Wow...our case was expedited thru USCIS too. And before we got our case numbers, we were really worried cause we are on a tight time frame so we asked and explained our need to expedite our case, and we were told we could do it now, without case number and any of that stuff. But because of China's "special" customs rules, we decided to go thru EP cause the consulate will decide if they want me to file with paper or electronically, and we can't take that chance, so we decided (also on Darnell's advise) to wait for EP, so we didn't expedite it thru NVC.

[Peace500 28]

Well, first I'd suggest you figure out if you indeed switched them or not. Look at the printed review (which I'm hoping you did...). If you indeed made a mistake, call up NVC and see if they can do anything. If not, just mention it at the interview.

YOU....are a saint, Saylin

I will call NVC as soon as I get off work. If they say they cannot do anything, I will tell my mom to mention it at the interview. It wont have any impact on the processing, right ? I feel so dumb rightnow.

Edited March 20, 2014 by Peace500