Please help - Our lawyer says NVC have made an error and NOT her?

[Welsh girl 2]

Hi everyone,

This morning I received an email from NVC.

I was extremely excited seeing as we started our visa journey just over 10 months ago and I had been advised from our lawyer that everything had been submitted and our next step would be to receive our interview date in London.

You can imagine my disappointment when i continued to read the email from NVC which states that our case is now on HOLD due to missing/incomplete information??

I immediately contacted our Lawyer to express my concern regarding this email and her response is that everything she has submitted is correct and that this is a mistake on behalf of NVC who are apparently sending 'template' response emails to visa applicants. She said several of her other clients have also received this notice and she will contact NVC asap to 'let them know they are in error'

Obviously both myself and my husband have concerns over this and although i am constantly trying to contact the NVC myself to confirm if this is the case Im having a nightmare seeing as the lines are always engaged.

Has anyone else heard about this so called 'mistake' or received this email ??

Any information would be most appreciated.

Thanks everyone xxx

[Jon and Krissy 452]

Hi everyone,

This morning I received an email from NVC.

I was extremely excited seeing as we started our visa journey just over 10 months ago and I had been advised from our lawyer that everything had been submitted and our next step would be to receive our interview date in London.

You can imagine my disappointment when i continued to read the email from NVC which states that our case is now on HOLD due to missing/incomplete information??

I immediately contacted our Lawyer to express my concern regarding this email and her response is that everything she has submitted is correct and that this is a mistake on behalf of NVC who are apparently sending 'template' response emails to visa applicants. She said several of her other clients have also received this notice and she will contact NVC asap to 'let them know they are in error'

Obviously both myself and my husband have concerns over this and although i am constantly trying to contact the NVC myself to confirm if this is the case Im having a nightmare seeing as the lines are always engaged.

Has anyone else heard about this so called 'mistake' or received this email ??

Any information would be most appreciated.

Thanks everyone xxx

I can tell you that using a lawyer only slows things down. A lawyer is more likely to take their time, make mistakes, etc. There is nothing complicated about a spousal visa that calls for a lawyer.

I am in fact a J.D. You're wasting your money/slowing things down. Sorry.

[dwheels76 5,468]

Hi everyone,

This morning I received an email from NVC.

I was extremely excited seeing as we started our visa journey just over 10 months ago and I had been advised from our lawyer that everything had been submitted and our next step would be to receive our interview date in London.

You can imagine my disappointment when i continued to read the email from NVC which states that our case is now on HOLD due to missing/incomplete information??

I immediately contacted our Lawyer to express my concern regarding this email and her response is that everything she has submitted is correct and that this is a mistake on behalf of NVC who are apparently sending 'template' response emails to visa applicants. She said several of her other clients have also received this notice and she will contact NVC asap to 'let them know they are in error'

Obviously both myself and my husband have concerns over this and although i am constantly trying to contact the NVC myself to confirm if this is the case Im having a nightmare seeing as the lines are always engaged.

Has anyone else heard about this so called 'mistake' or received this email ??

Any information would be most appreciated.

Thanks everyone xxx

Go here to the NVC process wiki and read FAQ there's a section on false checklist. I am sure thats what it is. So before fingers get pointed and the poor lawyer gets the boot read it. many get it no big deal.

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

[Welsh girl 2]

I can tell you that using a lawyer only slows things down. A lawyer is more likely to take their time, make mistakes, etc. There is nothing complicated about a spousal visa that calls for a lawyer.

I am in fact a J.D. You're wasting your money/slowing things down. Sorry.

Thank you for your reply. I am well aware of how members feel on this forum in regards to hiring a lawyer for this process however that is the option we decided due to our hectic work schedules and eight hour time difference. I didn't post the above to receive criticism about hiring a lawyer but just to see if anyone else has received this email from NVC and believe it is a mistake? Thanks.

P.S - I'm currently on hold with NVC (its been 21mins so far ...)

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Did it specify the missing information? What did the email say, if you don't mind sharing it, omitting personal info?

[Welsh girl 2]

thanks for the wiki link, having read that now I'm even more concerned.

The email stated the following instructions for me -

correspondence instructions

financial evidence

great Britain police certificate

And then for my husband it is just a check list for the Affidavit of support.

Our lawyer is adamant that the Affidavit of support is completed and perfectly correct and this is a mistake on the NVC behalf. However I asked her previously when she would need my police certificate and she told me to hold off on it as she wouldn't need it anytime soon.

I'm not sure now if this is a general false checklist seeing as it says it requires my police certificate. Sounds like she made a mistake in thinking she would need it at a later date??

[dwheels76 5,468]

thanks for the wiki link, having read that now I'm even more concerned.

The email stated the following instructions for me -

correspondence instructions

financial evidence

great Britain police certificate

And then for my husband it is just a check list for the Affidavit of support.

Our lawyer is adamant that the Affidavit of support is completed and perfectly correct and this is a mistake on the NVC behalf. However I asked her previously when she would need my police certificate and she told me to hold off on it as she wouldn't need it anytime soon.

I'm not sure now if this is a general false checklist seeing as it says it requires my police certificate. Sounds like she made a mistake in thinking she would need it at a later date??

Yes the police report is a requirement with the IV package. Not a false checklist I am afraid. But doable since you say you have it have her send in with the checklist cover sheet and it may take 20 to 30 days to review. Sorry

[Welsh girl 2]

Yes the police report is a requirement with the IV package. Not a false checklist I am afraid. But doable since you say you have it have her send in with the checklist cover sheet and it may take 20 to 30 days to review. Sorry

Thanks,

yeah the more I read the email we were sent the more specific it appears to be to us and our case so i really don't see how it can be a false check list.

Thanks for your help. I think I'm going to have to meet with our lawyer tomorrow morning. x

[Ryan H 3,812]

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[Caryh 5,206]

I immediately contacted our Lawyer to express my concern regarding this email and her response is that everything she has submitted is correct and that this is a mistake on behalf of NVC who are apparently sending 'template' response emails to visa applicants. She said several of her other clients have also received this notice and she will contact NVC asap to 'let them know they are in error'

It appears your lawyer made the same mistake on all the cases she's done, yet prefers to blame the NVC.

Hope you get this straightened out quickly.

[TYorke1 9]

Thanks,

yeah the more I read the email we were sent the more specific it appears to be to us and our case so i really don't see how it can be a false check list.

Thanks for your help. I think I'm going to have to meet with our lawyer tomorrow morning. x

The Affadavit of Support may have been filed correctly but it seems as though the IV package which accompanies the DS260 has been neglected.

In this package you need to provide the following.

Original Police Certificate and a copy

Original Marriage Certificate and a copy

Original Birth Certificate and a copy

Copy of Bio Data page of passport

2X US passport style photo's with Name, case number and date of birth written on the back.

NVC will not complete your case until they have received these civil documents.

Police Certificate's in the UK can only be obtained by ACRO. You will need to complete the application form and mail it to them. It cannot be done online. You will need to provide them with 2 forms of official correspondence (phone bill, bank statement etc), and an endorsed UK size passport photo. Here is the link http://www.acro.police.uk/police_certificates.aspx

It takes 10 working days to receive the certificate using the standard service which is £45, and 2 working days for the express service which is £80.

[enlijoe 20]

Before you and everyone else goes and blames the attorney I did it all my self. Double checked and triple checked everything and know I sent in everything to USCIS. I got an RFE for missing G-325a's. I know I sent them as they were in both the packet I give to my fiancee and the packet I have. When she was with me we verified that each packet was the same and had everything in it yet USCIS says I did not send it.

USCIS can and will loose things. Do not worry you attorney will sort it out and get them what they lost. I was all upset about this myself and it actually only delayed me by 30 days and in the end for the total process it does not seam to effected my final date by much from what I predicted.

Good luck

[Ryan H 3,812]

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[Den/Tan 1]

Hi everyone,

This morning I received an email from NVC.

I was extremely excited seeing as we started our visa journey just over 10 months ago and I had been advised from our lawyer that everything had been submitted and our next step would be to receive our interview date in London.

You can imagine my disappointment when i continued to read the email from NVC which states that our case is now on HOLD due to missing/incomplete information??

I immediately contacted our Lawyer to express my concern regarding this email and her response is that everything she has submitted is correct and that this is a mistake on behalf of NVC who are apparently sending 'template' response emails to visa applicants. She said several of her other clients have also received this notice and she will contact NVC asap to 'let them know they are in error'

Obviously both myself and my husband have concerns over this and although i am constantly trying to contact the NVC myself to confirm if this is the case Im having a nightmare seeing as the lines are always engaged.

Has anyone else heard about this so called 'mistake' or received this email ??

Any information would be most appreciated.

Thanks everyone xxx

I found out that if the phone rings more than 4 times hang up and redial. I haven't had trouble getting in contact with them. Might take some time, but I always seems to get in contact within an hour.

[Jeremy12095 8]

NVC does make mistakes.. They lost my wife's passport pictures, they rejected my Affidavit of support co signer's Puerto Rican birth certificate because they claimed it was invalidated. It took me several days and several hours of arguing with the Department of State and supervisors and when I finally got the right person to verify the actual invalidation date was pushed farther out and that the birth certificate was technically still valid and they accepted it. Just to be safe I had him order a new pr birth certificate online through vitalcheck and we had the new one ready should they ask. So long story short though rare they do make mistakes, everyone makes mistakes. Lawyer or NVC. The biggest thing is to respond to the RFE ASAP.