NVC Filers - March 2014

[dwheels76 5,468]

OMG, I'm freaking out! There's still a chance ours will be closed. We have 261 submitted and the AOS invoice is sitting there for payment. This is scary. It's saying on ceac that K3 is ready, just waiting for medical report. They'll have that by next Wednesday.

The thing that is messing up many people is you are trying to complete two paths. When your petitions get approved you have to decide what path. You already started the CR1/IR1 ball rolling so to the embassy you decided.

That's why they get closed. If you wanted K3 you should not be doing anything at NVC and let it sit. Sorry.

[LoveMyTico 999]

The thing that is messing up many people is you are trying to complete two paths. When your petitions get approved you have to decide what path. You already started the CR1/IR1 ball rolling so to the embassy you decided.

That's why they get closed. If you wanted K3 you should not be doing anything at NVC and let it sit. Sorry.

NoelAnne is only following the K3. Sh eis afraid they will cancel it mid-stream. She hasn't paid any NVC fees for he I-130

[Lakehouse 293]

Hi all!

Really excited to finally be able to post a question to the NVC thread...progress!!

My fiancé and I FINALLY received our NOA2 last week after an agonizing 6 months and 1 week and are waiting on some indication that our case has been shipped to the NCV. No NOA2 hardcopy yet...

My question is 3-fold:

1) what do we do with the NOA2 hardcopy once it arrives? Does my fiancé have to have it at his interview or just hang on to it for our files and send a scanned copy?

2) how should we receive the notification that our file has been shipped to the NVC? Another text alert? Change on the USCIS.gov website? Is it possible that we wouldn't receive any news but the case had already been shipped?

3) Anyone with any experience with requests to process an application at a different Embassy outside beneficiary's home country (fiancé is Moroccan but works in Qatar)? Can someone confirm that it is at the NVC stage that this request is considered? Any thoughts on the likelihood of that being honored?

Since our NOA1-NOA2 took AGES, we're anxious to keep these next steps flowing smoothly, so thanks for any info/insight you can offer!

Since this thread is for CR1/IR1, not all the processes are likely the same and you may benefit more from joining their threads.

1-the hard copy of the NOA2 is really just for your records and information but you shouldn't require it as not everyone even receives their hard copy.

2-NVC doesn't tend to notify you, you call to find out when it was received.

3-sorry, I don't know, but I have heard others discuss this topic, maybe someone else can answer:)

And your NOA1-NOA2 may have taken ages for a K1, but it doesn't compare to the wait seen by many filing for the CR1/IR1, we can empathize with the long wait;)

We are going to submit our IV packet tonight including our police report from canada, I know it expires after a year so does that mean if we have an interview date after the year has passed since we obtained the report we need a new one even though at this moment it is not expired and it is being submitted with the IV packet?

I would think you'd need a new one for the interview if it has expired prior to then.

[dilmera 124]

Wow, i hope our lawyer doesn't get mad when i tell them i called NVC this morning. I just want to get the case number and have so far resisted the temptation to interfere. She has only talked to someone once so far- and got the 30 days thing.

Maybe i won't tell them i called if i don't get it. Also not sure if i do get it, if i should give over our emails, because our lawyer is doing all the paying of everything for us. ARG I'm still gonna phone though hah

Hi smoddydana, I am in the same boat as you. I am highly anxious and want to call to know if our case was received by NVC, however, for some reasons I can't call and though my husband called some days back we received no info whether the case was at NVC. My husband wants to take it easy and call after some days and he won't call now even if I tell him to. Reading about the lawyers has got me worried too. Our lawyer doesn't plan on calling. He apparently told my husband he will receive an e-mail with the case numbers. In the meanwhile, he has gathered the tax information of my husband. If you phone the NVC, they will be asking for the beneficiary's e-mail ID, what will you be doing then?

[dilmera 124]

WOOHOO got our case number!! I got through at 7.04 and was talking to nice lady by 7.10am.

Seemed like they didnt turn off the office hours message until 7.04am.

I couldnt give my emails anyway as case was not quite ready for that.She said to call tomorrow or Monday for that. So i can tell my lawyer to call back. YAY! Thanks Gabe for pushing me fwd!

Saylin you can update me please.

Oh well, congratulations on receiving your case number. This answers my question about what you would do if they ask for beneficiary's e-mail address.

[Kaylara 814]

I think I would bite their living head off if someone said that to my spouse.

My husband let me deal with it myself, and backed me up, and then we cut the guy out of our lives.

We also had lots of people yell at me for speaking English with my kids because "they'll never learn Dutch" and when I wouldn't stop because damnit they're my kids and I want them to be bilingual, they went around my husband and I and harassed my daughter. Every time she was with them, they would tell her, "No, in the Netherlands we only speak Dutch, and in America you only speak English." We didn't find this out until months later when she refused to speak English to us at all. We're STILL having problems with this.

I have friends whose kids are bilingual (English and Dutch) and their kids get worse grades in school just because one of their parents is American. Every kid in the same classes as their kid who had a foreign parent gets worse grades, regardless of whether or not they actually did worse. They could have aced the test, and the teacher gives them the equivalent of a 'C' because they "felt" that was an appropriate grade.

At some point, it just wears you down. My husband is awesome, but I couldn't deal with the rampant and growing racism, sexism, and xenophobia where we lived in the Netherlands. I started hating leaving my house because I'd get nasty things yelled at me every time I left the house. If we allow the little acts of hatred to pass un-checked, we are paving the way for greater acts of hatred.

No one should be subjected to that treatment. No one deserves that. If you're against one kind of immigrant because of their accent, or language, or perceived immigration status, and think it's okay to be nasty to them because of it, then what must you think of my husband? My children were born in the Netherlands and were dual citizens. They're smart kids, they might not understand the words but they'll understand the sentiment and hatred leveled at foreigners. And they're going to internalize it and apply it to themselves.

Forget that #######. Treat every one decently and we're cool. Start being a jerk, and I'm going to call you on it.

[dwheels76 5,468]

NoelAnne is only following the K3. Sh eis afraid they will cancel it mid-stream. She hasn't paid any NVC fees for he I-130

Oh good. DO NOT PAY if you want to go the K3 route. Make them send you that way. Why not make the K3 alive again. Put your foot down people.

Just stating this for future readers. Not singling you out NoelAnne. Thank you LoveMyTico. Great to have your knowledge here.

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

My husband let me deal with it myself, and backed me up, and then we cut the guy out of our lives.

We also had lots of people yell at me for speaking English with my kids because "they'll never learn Dutch" and when I wouldn't stop because damnit they're my kids and I want them to be bilingual, they went around my husband and I and harassed my daughter. Every time she was with them, they would tell her, "No, in the Netherlands we only speak Dutch, and in America you only speak English." We didn't find this out until months later when she refused to speak English to us at all. We're STILL having problems with this.

I have friends whose kids are bilingual (English and Dutch) and their kids get worse grades in school just because one of their parents is American. Every kid in the same classes as their kid who had a foreign parent gets worse grades, regardless of whether or not they actually did worse. They could have aced the test, and the teacher gives them the equivalent of a 'C' because they "felt" that was an appropriate grade.

At some point, it just wears you down. My husband is awesome, but I couldn't deal with the rampant and growing racism, sexism, and xenophobia where we lived in the Netherlands. I started hating leaving my house because I'd get nasty things yelled at me every time I left the house. If we allow the little acts of hatred to pass un-checked, we are paving the way for greater acts of hatred.

No one should be subjected to that treatment. No one deserves that. If you're against one kind of immigrant because of their accent, or language, or perceived immigration status, and think it's okay to be nasty to them because of it, then what must you think of my husband? My children were born in the Netherlands and were dual citizens. They're smart kids, they might not understand the words but they'll understand the sentiment and hatred leveled at foreigners. And they're going to internalize it and apply it to themselves.

Forget that #######. Treat every one decently and we're cool. Start being a jerk, and I'm going to call you on it.

That sounds horrendous, no surprise you wanted to return to the US!

[Saylin 1,605]

Saylin please update the spreadsheet. Thank you.

aos package received at nvc on 03/17/14

iv package received at nvc on 03/27/14

ds 260 submitted on 03/27/14

When were the packages sent out though (not when they were received by NVC)?

[Jorge&Viry 1]

Hello everyone,

Maybe can answer my question: I have AOS and IV packages ready to go (thank you to the awesome instructions from Saylin), now, I wanted to send in evidence of our marriage before the interview. Where and when do I send those?

[BOS_LHR 829]

Hello everyone,

Maybe can answer my question: I have AOS and IV packages ready to go (thank you to the awesome instructions from Saylin), now, I wanted to send in evidence of our marriage before the interview. Where and when do I send those?

If you want to send additional evidence to NVC, you should send it with the IV packet.

[Jorge&Viry 1]

If you want to send additional evidence to NVC, you should send it with the IV packet.

Thank You! Should I just list the evidence on the cover sheet?

[BOS_LHR 829]

Thank You! Should I just list the evidence on the cover sheet?

Yup, I'd put it in at the end since it's not part of the required documentation. Maybe separate it out with a statement explaining you've elected to include additional relationship evidence and then list the items.

[dilmera 124]

That's good to know. Thanks LoveMyTico!

I will NOT start the I-130 process process then even if I get a case #!!!!

Waiting to see how NoalAnne's K3 process is going. Their medical is scheduled for tomorrow.

Don't worry we didn't have high hopes for K3. That's why we started with CR-1 anyway. The explanation in the mail is that since our I-130 is approved, they can't issue K3. So approved I-130 petition means cancellation of K3. Probably when NVC received they didn't saw or have our I-130 approved by USCIS. That's my opinion maybe I'm wrong.

[ankit1420 0]

Hi Saylin,

i have a quick question that i have paid AOS feed and mailed out the AOS packet , now the second fees seems to be available but when i am trying to pay that fees it goes to next page and doest give me option to select payment and pay the 2nd fees. what should i do now will they going to send me another invoiice for the the 2nd fees, if they do can i just send the iv packet before paying the fees as my IV packet is ready

please help me on that....