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Abby&Mario Enthusiast

Abby&Mario   100

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Colombia
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is that normal?

Thirty business days is normal. We are at exactly one month, but it has not yet been 30 business days. Don't forget that tomorrow is a holiday, so don't count it.

USCIS (Priority date April 1, Approval April 17, no RFEs)

March 28, 2014: I-130 sent via FedEx from Bogotá to Chicago Lockbox

April 1, 2014: Delivered to Chicago Lockbox at 10:29 a.m. according to FedEx tracking; signed for by J. CHYBA (date confirmed by My Case Status)

April 4, 2014: NOA1 e-mail received at 12:17 a.m.; case accepted and routed to CSC for processing. Check cashed.

April 17, 2014: Changed mailing address with USCIS Tier 2 representative. He also confirmed that our case had arrived to the CSC and that our NOA1 date is April 3.

April 18, 2014: NOA2 e-mail received at 12:30 a.m. Case status online changed to post-decision activity; date of "last updated" changed to April 17. Change of address e-mail received at 3 a.m. Status changed back to initial review on e-mail and online. Date of "last updated" now April 18. Called and spoke to two Tier 2 reps; both were useless.

April 21, 2014: Approval confirmed verbally by Tier 2 rep. Order put in to send second NOA2 hard copy to new address. Instructed to ignore online case status.

April 25 or 26, 2014: NOA1 hard copy arrives to old apartment in Bogotá. Priority date actually April 1. (April 3 was the notice date.)

May 16: USCIS change of address e-mail received

May 19: USCIS e-mail received saying a duplicate notice was mailed on this date. Case status now set to "Acceptance."

May 22: NOA2 duplicate hard copy arrives to U.S. address

NVC

April 29, 2014: Case received

​May 22, 2014: Case number and IIN assigned. Asked operator about our move from Colombia to Argentina and received instructions.

May 24, 2014: E-mails about embassy change/address change sent to nvcinquiry@state.gov at 4:36 p.m. NVC time

​June 3, 2014: Payment portal message "This case is in the process of termination" appears. DS-261 appears, submitted. E-mails received from NVC concerning case number and AOS bill.

June 4, 2014: AOS payment invoiced, paid; DS-261 received by NVC

June 6, 2014: AOS payment shows as PAID in payment portal

June 17, 2014: Response received from nvcinquiry@state.gov. "The correspondence submitted is currently under review. An appropriate action will be taken once this review is completed."

June 24, 2014: AOS package sent via FedEx overnight shipping from Houston to NVC

June 25, 2014: AOS package delivered at 9:43 a.m. according to FedEx tracking; signed for by F.FNU

July 1, 2014: AOS package scanned

July 18, 2014: Checked payment portal and saw: "CASE NUMBER CHANGE: The applicant's case number, [bGT#], has been changed to [bNS#]." Called and confirmed. Also said today marked 30 business days since NVC received DS-261; operator said she would have that reviewed and make IV payment available ASAP.

August 5: E-mail sent to nvcinquiry@state.gov concerning changing our embassy BACK to Bogotá at 6:41 p.m. NVC time

August 6: IV invoice e-mail FINALLY received at 2:13 a.m. NVC time

August 7: IV payment made available on payment portal; paid

August 8: IV payment shows as PAID in payment portal; DS-260 becomes available

August 14: Checklist received; errors on sponsor's I-864 form and on joint sponsor's I-864A

August 15: DS-260 submitted

August 29: Checklist response and IV package sent via FedEx ground from Houston to NVC

September 4: Checklist response and IV package delivered at 11:21 a.m. according to FedEx tracking; signed for by GPETERS

September 8: Checklist response and IV package scanned

September 10: DS-260 accepted; false checklist received

September 17: E-mail response received from asknvc@state.gov (30 business days/43 calendar days later): Correspondence under review

September 26: Embassy change approved; new case number assigned

October 30: CASE COMPLETE

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Interview scheduled: Nov. 10 -- Medical: Nov. 25 -- Interview: Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m. APPROVED! -- Visa in hand: Dec. 5 -- POE: Dec. 29 in Houston

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hargur2014   4

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
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Is it 30 business days yet because this was the customer service rep's question when I'd called on 07/01/2014 after my one month was over. I'd filled out DS261 on 05/28/2014 so from that date we need to allow 30 business days before the IV fee can be invoiced.

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Ketsuban Experienced

Ketsuban   1,034

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: United Kingdom
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Very normal at the moment! They have a lot of cases to process.

ROC from CR-1 visa (Green Card expiration date was Nov 24th 2016)

 

Link to the evidence I submitted. Be sure to send evidence spanning your entire marriage (especially for K-1) or as far back as you can. Just one or two bank statements will not cut it. I primarily focused on the two years of living here since I came in on a CR-1. If you don't have the fundamentals (i.e. joint accounts/policies), you can explain why in the covering letter. E.g. "While we do not have joint utilities, we both contribute to them from our joint bank account".

 

September 26th 2016: I-751 package sent to CSC

September 28th 2016: Package delivered
September 30th 2016: Check cashed
October 3rd 2016: NOA1 received with receipt date of 09/28/16
November 3rd 2016: Biometrics received with appointment date of 11/14/16.
November 14th 2016: Attended biometrics appointment
October 30th 2017: Infopass appointment to get I-551 stamp
February 26th 2018: I-751 case number (aka the NOA1 receipt number) becomes trackable
March 14th 2018: Submitted service request due to being outside of processing time.

March 15th 2018: ROC approved. 535 days (1 year, 5 months and 17 days)

March 29th 2018: Card being produced

April 4th 2018: Card mailed out

April 6th 2018: Card in hand. Has incorrect "resident since" date. Submitted service request on I-751 case (typographical error on permanent resident card) and an I-90 online.

April 2018 - August 7th 2018: Tons of service requests, emails and now senator involvement to get my corrected green card back because what the heck, USCIS. Also some time in May I sent a letter to Potomac telling them I want to withdraw my I-90 since CSC were handling it.

August 8th 2018: Card in production thanks to the direct involvement of Senator Sherrod Brown's team

August 13th 2018: Card mailed

August 15th 2018: Card in hand with correct date. :joy:

October 31st 2018: Potomac sends out a notice stating they have closed out my I-90 per my request. Yay for no duplicate card drama.

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NikLR Grand Master

NikLR   13,227

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Canada
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is that normal?

Actually it's been 23 business days.

30 business days is the norm right now.

Do not count weekends or holidays (aka memorial day or 4th of july as they are holidays and the NVC will not be open.)

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.  - Dr. Seuss

 

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SUBHANI Rookie

SUBHANI   4

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Pakistan
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Finally got my Iv invoice today.

I-130 Sent : 4-Jun-13
I-130 NOA1 : 28-Jun-13
I-130 Approved : 25-Mar-14
NVC Received : 11-Apr-14
AOS Bill : 17-May-14
Submit DS-261 : 17-May-14
Pay AOS Bill : 19-May-14
Send AOS Package : 3-Jun-14
AOS Package Scanned 21-Jun-14
Receive IV Bill : 10-Jul-14
Pay IV Bill : 10-Jul-14
DS-260 FILLED 18-Jul-14
IV PACKET SENT 24-Jul-14
AOS Check list received 28-Jul-14
IV PACKET Delivered 29-Jul-14
AOS Check list sent 1-Aug-14
AOS Check list Delivered 1-Aug-14

2nd Checklist received 23-Sep-14

Case Completed 26-Sep-14

Medical 05-Nov-14

Interview 26-Nov-14 :dancing:

Visa Issued 28-Nov-14 :dancing: :dancing: :dancing: :dancing:

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kostohryz Newbie

kostohryz   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Mexico
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Finally got my Iv invoice today.

SUBHANI:

Thanks for keeping us posted. Our situation is about the same as yours. We have been waiting 54 days from the submittal of DS-261 and still waiting. I was first told that the problem was overload and about a week ago they said there was a systems problem. According to your timeline we have a little while to wait.

Thanks again.

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kostohryz   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Mexico
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Very normal at the moment! They have a lot of cases to process.

Thanks Ketsuban,

The note that I wrote to Subhani also applies to you:

Thanks for keeping us posted. Our situation is about the same as yours. We have been waiting 54 days from the submittal of DS-261 and still waiting. I was first told that the problem was overload and about a week ago they said there was a systems problem. According to your timeline we have a little while to wait.

Thanks again.

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malenliam Enthusiast

malenliam   18

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Philippines
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its been more than 30 business days since we filed for our ds 261. im hopeless with this journey. since USCIS processing its backlog, now in NVC backlog again. its been 1 year and 2 months now since we started this journey. im missing my husband...and my son had his second birthday without his dad.

June 2 2013 priority date
december 2013 Rfe
february 2014 sent Rfe
March 2014 approved at USCIS
june 2014 NVC received
march 2 2015 sent aos and iv package
march 8 i emailed nvc request to expedite my case
march 13 approved expedite request
march 17 in transit status in CEAC
march 19 case file at US embassy
march 23 first day of medical at Slec
march 29 personal evaluation...passed!
April 6 immunization
april 13 interview at USEM. under Administrative Processing Reason; Medical result was still not forwarded by SLEC.
After my interview i called SLEC they told me they forwarded it at USEM same day of my interview.
July 29 I emailed SLEC to confirm again when did they forwarded my Medical Result at USEM. They replied...forwarded April 13.
July 30 status update date change FINALLY.
September 2015 went in US embassy to withdraw my passport coz I've waited for how many months and no approval yet. Only to find out my case file has been sitting in the corner ...no one reviewed my medical result. to make the story short, I took medical again for the second time , then after a my medical result released, I have my visa on my hands.

October 28 2015 POE Sam Francisco
November 7, 2015 SSN
December 2015... 10 year green card arrived
December 2015 Driver's license issued..yay! <p>




NATURALIZATION N400 SECTION 319B
January 29,2016 Application for N400 section 319b sent at Phoenix AZ
February 1 Priority date
February 9 NOA
February 23 Biometric done, walk in (March 2 original schedule
February 28 Inline for interview
March 30 interview was scheduled
May 4, 2016 INTERVIEW APPROVED


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EOC   440

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Nigeria
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its been more than 30 business days since we filed for our ds 261. im hopeless with this journey. since USCIS processing its backlog, now in NVC backlog again. its been 1 year and 2 months now since we started this journey. im missing my husband...and my son had his second birthday without his dad.

Its really a frustrating process, Why not call NVC again. Though they are notorious now because they are quoting 60days to get each step done.

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kostohryz Newbie

kostohryz   0

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Mexico
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70 day wait from DS-261 submittal to the IV Processing Invoice

I hope others will be more fortunate.

After an approximate 70 day wait, my invoice for DS-260 and the Immigrant Visa process were finally posted.

We had submitted the DS-261 on 17 June 2014.

I had called NVC a couple times along that journey and was told to keep waiting. After approximately 64 calendar days of waiting, the NVC agent told me that something was wrong because it was taking too long. She wrote a memo to her supervisor concerning the problem.

On about the 70th calendar day of waiting, the bill finally appeared on the CEAC webpage.

I am not sure if the memo did the trick or if it is the first signs of extended waits in their bogged down waiting lists.

I am beginning to feel like we are now over the hump in our own journey to my wife's permanent residence.

Fortunately my spouse and I are together, but I do hope that those of you that are in separate countries will find the strength to bear out the wait. Hopefully you will find distractions to make the time go by faster.

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ElaineDo Newbie

ElaineDo   0

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Vietnam
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Submitted DS-261 on jun 28, and finally got IV invoice on the 22 of august. Paid IV invoice on 26 and get email from NVC for "Checklist Cover Leter" 4 hours later :huh2:

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