NVC Filers - July 2014

[TAandNA 13]

Salyin adivce are always good !

Samreen you are Gold Member.. I think I have to be active here as well to be GOLD !

Salyin adivce are always good !

Samreen you are Gold Member.. I think I have to be active here as well to be GOLD !

[JeffNJazz 55]

Ok I did it I DID IT!!!!! I just clicked "SEND" on the email to NVCElectronic@state.gov. This was for my I-864 package, electronic processing. There is no more proofreading, no more double checking, no more overanalyzing anything anymore, it is all now in the hands of the NVC.

For the last week, I've been second guessing myself over every little detail, no doubt I'll be completely grey before we ever make it to the USA LOL!!!

[Jag & Ripu 23]

Ok I did it I DID IT!!!!! I just clicked "SEND" on the email to NVCElectronic@state.gov. This was for my I-864 package, electronic processing. There is no more proofreading, no more double checking, no more overanalyzing anything anymore, it is all now in the hands of the NVC.

For the last week, I've been second guessing myself over every little detail, no doubt I'll be completely grey before we ever make it to the USA LOL!!!

I suggest that you call and check if they received your email. We waited for 30 days to find that the checklist reply was never received ( or went to spam). My wife had sent it twice but NVC did not find it in their system. She had to resend it resulting in more than two months delay.

Jag

[JeffNJazz 55]

I suggest that you call and check if they received your email. We waited for 30 days to find that the checklist reply was never received ( or went to spam). My wife had sent it twice but NVC did not find it in their system. She had to resend it resulting in more than two months delay.

Jag

Good idea! How long should I wait before I call?

Our attachments were 8.6 mb (compressed from 40mb)... it is under the 10mb suggested in the EP wiki so I'm guessing we should be okay with that but you can never be sure. How big were your attachment files?

[Rebecca621 19]

Nvc scanned my AOS on 27/6 and till nw nothing did i have to call nvc to know if i have a checklist or they accpeted the AOS OR they tell my in email or what ?

I had a checklist and they received it 06/18...i'm still waiting..."30 business days" " we will e-mail you"...I'm getting so anxious!!

[Rebecca621 19]

Is anyone still waiting for a case complete? I think I'm the only one waiting and my case number was assigned April 29, this is so messed up. I'm still waiting for 2 checklist responses, that were delivered to them by the end of June.

I'm still waiting for case complete!! You're not alone. I had AOS checklist that they received 06/18.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Hello All,

It has been 3 months since I got my case number and still no IV invoice, I am really tired of this process. me and my wife can not take it anymore, I am leaving oversease tomorrow to stay with my wife and daughter untill the NVC start working on our case. 14months + since we started this process and still do not know when it is going to end, I quit my job and put my education on hold till who knows when. I am really frustrated right now, but what can we do!!! goodluck everyone and i will try to keep you updated if anything happen (internet slow oversease),,thanks

You quit your job? You do have a joint sponsor for I-864, right? I hope you do!

[Jag & Ripu 23]

Good idea! How long should I wait before I call?

Our attachments were 8.6 mb (compressed from 40mb)... it is under the 10mb suggested in the EP wiki so I'm guessing we should be okay with that but you can never be sure. How big were your attachment files?

You should call next week sometime to confirm. My wife's i864 was also around 8MB. We have two IR5 cases. NVC completed my case. We sent emails from same computer and wonder how could they not receive from one person. NVC is a mad-house. They don't care or listen to our side of story . You can resend the same email next week . I don't want to scare you. Some VJers had no problems. We received our NAO2 on Jan 29th and are still waiting. It is almost 6 months for us at NVC and still no case complete.

If I were you then would resend the same email sometime next week as it does not hurt and saves on time.

All the best!

Jag

[JeffNJazz 55]

You should call next week sometime to confirm. My wife's i864 was also around 8MB. We have two IR5 cases. NVC completed my case. We sent emails from same computer and wonder how could they not receive from one person. NVC is a mad-house. They don't care or listen to our side of story . You can resend the same email next week . I don't want to scare you. Some VJers had no problems. We received our NAO2 on Jan 29th and are still waiting. It is almost 6 months for us at NVC and still no case complete.

If I were you then would resend the same email sometime next week as it does not hurt and saves on time.

All the best!

Jag

Yikes you got your NOA2 in JANUARY!!!??? I'm so sorry you are still hanging around here, that must be awful!

I appreciate the heads up, it is definitely better to err on the side of caution with the NVC, thanks!

[Jag & Ripu 23]

Good idea! How long should I wait before I call?

Our attachments were 8.6 mb (compressed from 40mb)... it is under the 10mb suggested in the EP wiki so I'm guessing we should be okay with that but you can never be sure. How big were your attachment files?

Also make sure that the PDF file is not password protected. We had our petitioner's job letter in PDF and were not aware that it was password protected. I am also not sure about compressed files. As per Wiki you can send your i864 in parts. NVC would read all emails received. You can put part 1,2,3 etc. Edited July 20, 2014 by Jag & Ripu

[Jag & Ripu 23]

Yikes you got your NOA2 in JANUARY!!!??? I'm so sorry you are still hanging around here, that must be awful!

I appreciate the heads up, it is definitely better to err on the side of caution with the NVC, thanks!

Thanks. We are not in a rush to move to US as both have jobs here but still the process has caused undue stress.

I hope that the EP process for you goes smoothly. NVC is back logged now and it is taking 30 business days for each step.

All the best!

[myjourneytoo 49]

Hi Everyone,

Finally got my 261 unlocked but cant pay the fee yet....

Mine was unlocked on the 17th of July, and I could pay right away. just give it some time it will be available soon.

best of luck.

[JeffNJazz 55]

Also make sure that the PDF file is not password protected. We had our petitioner's job letter in PDF and were not aware that it was password protected. I am also not sure about compressed files. As per Wiki you can send your i864 in parts. NVC would read all emails received. You can put part 1,2,3 etc.

I read about that before, so I checked the files on my husband's computer and on my work computer before sending them. I didn't zip them, just shrunk the file sizes by making the images a lower resolution (I used smallpdf.com since I don't have a full version of Adobe Acrobat like Saylin used in her wiki)

Thanks. We are not in a rush to move to US as both have jobs here but still the process has caused undue stress.

I hope that the EP process for you goes smoothly. NVC is back logged now and it is taking 30 business days for each step.

All the best!

I definitely understand the undue stress... we both have jobs here too and haven't sold our house yet, the main pressure is the dread of interviewing and moving in the dead of Winterpeg Canadian winter, that and the slowly rising house prices in our intended city of Raleigh, NC. I guess it is what it is and we will just deal with it as it comes. It will be so nice to live closer to my family after 12 years of living close to his family.

[Soloenta 2,218]

Definitely love yourself, VJ family loves you! (L)

Awwwwwwwwwww thank you , love the VJ family also.

[Soloenta 2,218]

Hi Everyone,

Just a little vent because, well, just because this is so frustrating.

Why is the NVC so messed up right now? We were approved through USCIS in early May. I called NVC to see what was taking so long to get an email and they said it was scanned in on May 21st, and it would be 30 business days. I think I talked to that jerk Parker someone mentioned a few days ago. He wasn't so nasty on the phone with me on this call, although I felt rushed to get off the phone, but I has waited 45 min to talk to someone so i had a lot of questions. This was June 12th.

So end of June rolls around and I call back and get the same guy I talked to originally. This time he says 30 business days from the day I called the 1st time (june 12). I said nooooo, you told me 30 biz days from May 21st when the petition was scanned in and he argued with me to the point that he put me on hold about 2 times in the middle of me speaking and pretty much yelled at me. I asked to talk to a supervisor who was nice, and about 2 days later we were able to pay the AOS bill and my hub submitted the DS261.

I overnighted the AOS after paying the bill and waited about 2 weeks to call. I called and talked to a really nice guy this time. He said they just scanned in the AOS...it took over a week to scan in something I overnighted. UGH.

So, then of course the guy said it would be 30 biz days to get to reviewing the AOS and the same for the DS261.

We can't even fill out the DS260 until the bill becomes available and that won't happen until they review the DS261. It has like 3 questions on it!! I asked why it took so long to move past the 261 and he said that this 5 min process (his words) is now taking 30 BUSINESS DAYS. WHAT??

Needless to say this is very frustrating. To top it all off my husbands contract in Japan is now ending and we have to change the embassy from Japan to his home country of France. Another process that is going to elongate this process.

We applied in November thinking this process would take less then a year but it is not looking likely. I asked the last NVC guy when we would likely get an interview if we are approved and he said probably November. This is putting our lives on hold!

Is there anything else I can do to get this moving? I have called NVC about 4 times to check on things, but I don't think that is helping at all.

Yes there is, find and shoot every applicant in front of you. I have thought of this, but I would have to get up off my chair to do it.

Believe me we feel your pain.