NVC Filers - April 2014

[Lakehouse 293]

Colg81, on 11 Apr 2014 - 4:01 PM, said:

Hi all,

I'm new to this forum have just recently received NOA2 on our I-130. We have an issue though, we received the I-797, Notice of Action, and it's saying I'm in the US and to apply for AOS. I'm not in the US so it's saying to file I-824 and pay $405 for the pleasure of their mistake. Anyone else experienced this? What was the outcome if so?

In the meantime we've raised another Service Request with USCIS.

Yikes, I wish I had some advice to offer, but all I have is well-wishes hoping this gets sorted out quickly for you!

Time to get on the phone I guess? I'm not sure if USCIS can help, but the NVC number is 603-334-0700 if you weren't already aware.

Good luck!!!

[Ivy. 113]

Okay, so...

NOA 2: March 20th, 2014

NVC received the case: April 7th, 2014

I called them today and got this information. I was told it is currently taking them up to 30 days to put the case in their system and get a number and that I should call on May 7th to inquire again.

I have a question I would appreciate your help with: Must I select an agent for my case that is in the US?

I understand that I am supposed to select someone in the US, normally the petitioner, to be agent and mail in all the documents. However, my husband will visit me in my country soon and he will stay here for nearly three months. My husband is coming over because our child is due in May. He will be with us until the end of July and we will fill out a CRBA for the child at the US Embassy. When his paternity leave is up, he will be going back to the US. The baby and I will follow some time after the summer, depending on when my visa is issued.

So, the point is that my husband will not be able to mail anything from the US and we can do it from my country just fine. I would prefer it if the two of us were doing this, rather than bugging his mother to do it for us from the US.

What should I do about this? Should I appoint him the agent and then have his mother pick up mail and read it out to us over the phone? Will anything be sent to him if we use email for correspondence?

Should I appoint my mother-in-law as agent as she will actually be physically present in the US?

Do I need to appoint an agent? Can I appoint myself? :/

What do you guys advise?

[Deep35472 130]

So After many up and down in my case..

I finally got my case number.

[Kalixto 2]

I have a question for you guys at NVC stage, so it takes about 60 days at NVC stage to complete, but does that start from the day the case arrives or from the day NVC gives you a case number and IIN?

[R<3S 97]

Thanks!

I wrote a very detailed cover letter for the checklist. (just like I had to do for USCIS when they said my certified marriage certificate was not registered) Guess I need to wait for NVC to actually email me the checklist though.

Hmm, on second thought, maybe you have to send the whole I-864 I got a checklist that says to send all 9 pages...which is what I did hmm, im calling NVC soon!

[LoveMyTico 999]

I think its disgusting how the NVC takes so long to receive and to assign case numbers....I don't think my K3 had anything to do with my case number being assigned so fast. Other people had K3's also. They just keep us all guessing..

Do you think they NVC is working this weekend?

Edited April 11, 2014 by LoveMyTico

[STACEY&MISHO 103]

So After many up and down in my case..

I finally got my case number.

Oh yay!! Thank goodness. I'm so happy for you! Did they say why they sent it back to USCIS ?

[Donkey81 7]

Okay, so...

NOA 2: March 20th, 2014

NVC received the case: April 7th, 2014

I called them today and got this information. I was told it is currently taking them up to 30 days to put the case in their system and get a number and that I should call on May 7th to inquire again.

I have a question I would appreciate your help with: Must I select an agent for my case that is in the US?

I understand that I am supposed to select someone in the US, normally the petitioner, to be agent and mail in all the documents. However, my husband will visit me in my country soon and he will stay here for nearly three months. My husband is coming over because our child is due in May. He will be with us until the end of July and we will fill out a CRBA for the child at the US Embassy. When his paternity leave is up, he will be going back to the US. The baby and I will follow some time after the summer, depending on when my visa is issued.

So, the point is that my husband will not be able to mail anything from the US and we can do it from my country just fine. I would prefer it if the two of us were doing this, rather than bugging his mother to do it for us from the US.

What should I do about this? Should I appoint him the agent and then have his mother pick up mail and read it out to us over the phone? Will anything be sent to him if we use email for correspondence?

Should I appoint my mother-in-law as agent as she will actually be physically present in the US?

Do I need to appoint an agent? Can I appoint myself? :/

What do you guys advise?

Yes appoint yourself as agent. I did this (I am the beneficiary), I live with my husband in Australia so we are both outside of the US. After waiting the full 30 days for our case # to be assigned which was frustrating, we have found the process at NVC to be quite speedy. We paid, filed and sent in our civil docs in less than two weeks. My point being it's a pain to have to wait so long for a number, but once you get it if you have everything in order then you can move quick. The only time we're losing which can't be helped is the time it takes (a full 4 business days) to get post to the US from Australia at a ridiculous cost as well. But that's out fault no one elses! Good luck!

[STACEY&MISHO 103]

I have a question for you guys at NVC stage, so it takes about 60 days at NVC stage to complete, but does that start from the day the case arrives or from the day NVC gives you a case number and IIN?

It's usually calculated from the time you get your case #. On average it's about 40-50 days providing you have no checklists. Good luck.

[smoddydana 48]

So After many up and down in my case..

I finally got my case number.

congrats! i know that was scary there for a while!

[ya_cma 19]

It's usually calculated from the time you get your case #. On average it's about 40-50 days providing you have no checklists. Good luck.

Does it take that long if you have a lawyer? I thought that having a lawyer cuts off like 4 weeks because you don't need to designate an agent. You just pay your fees and mail it in.

[NikLR 13,227]

Hi all,

I'm new to this forum have just recently received NOA2 on our I-130. We have an issue though, we received the I-797, Notice of Action, and it's saying I'm in the US and to apply for AOS. I'm not in the US so it's saying to file I-824 and pay $405 for the pleasure of their mistake. Anyone else experienced this? What was the outcome if so?

In the meantime we've raised another Service Request with USCIS.

I would call the USCIS and speak to a tier 2, ISO, and make sure your case is headed to the NVC!

Okay, so...

NOA 2: March 20th, 2014

NVC received the case: April 7th, 2014

I called them today and got this information. I was told it is currently taking them up to 30 days to put the case in their system and get a number and that I should call on May 7th to inquire again.

I have a question I would appreciate your help with: Must I select an agent for my case that is in the US?

I understand that I am supposed to select someone in the US, normally the petitioner, to be agent and mail in all the documents. However, my husband will visit me in my country soon and he will stay here for nearly three months. My husband is coming over because our child is due in May. He will be with us until the end of July and we will fill out a CRBA for the child at the US Embassy. When his paternity leave is up, he will be going back to the US. The baby and I will follow some time after the summer, depending on when my visa is issued.

So, the point is that my husband will not be able to mail anything from the US and we can do it from my country just fine. I would prefer it if the two of us were doing this, rather than bugging his mother to do it for us from the US.

What should I do about this? Should I appoint him the agent and then have his mother pick up mail and read it out to us over the phone? Will anything be sent to him if we use email for correspondence?

Should I appoint my mother-in-law as agent as she will actually be physically present in the US?

Do I need to appoint an agent? Can I appoint myself? :/

What do you guys advise?

OKay, so you won't get any mail. The NVC doesn't send anything via snail mail if they have your email addresses. You can appoint either person to be the agent. Doesn't matter really as everything goes through email. The NVC likes to have a US address on hand in case they do mail something, but since they don't, it's moot.

The form itself is not a big deal, is pretty pointless and don't resend it if you make an error because the only thing this form does is initiate the IV bill to be invoiced. That's it. It's silly and they shouldn't use it anymore.

[CanGirl 95]

Hi all,

I'm new to this forum have just recently received NOA2 on our I-130. We have an issue though, we received the I-797, Notice of Action, and it's saying I'm in the US and to apply for AOS. I'm not in the US so it's saying to file I-824 and pay $405 for the pleasure of their mistake. Anyone else experienced this? What was the outcome if so?

In the meantime we've raised another Service Request with USCIS.

Same thing happened to me. Our NOA2 stated that I was in USA and needed to file form i-824, I was in Canada and I knew that it was 100% wrong. My husband (petitioner) called USCIS and the first customer service rep had no clue, just kept saying to file the form. So he asked to talk to a supervisor and after waiting on hold for 3 hours the supervisor finally told him that our file had already been sent to the NVC.

So I would ask for a supervisor right away when calling.

If your curious I will post a link to my thread that I started when this happened to me. You can read the advice I was given.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/486338-uscis-thinks-im-in-the-us-split-topic/?fromsearch=1

[Deep35472 130]

Oh yay!! Thank goodness. I'm so happy for you! Did they say why they sent it back to USCIS ?

NVC were missing some documents when they got my approved case from Uscis. ( they never told me which documents)

So USCIS got case back from NVC on 4 or 5th and sent back to NvC on same day. ( very lucky )

[LifeOnHold 186]

So After many up and down in my case..

I finally got my case number.

What a relief for you! Congrats! Now the fun begins...