NVC Filers - August 2014

[megwin 57]

CASE COMPLETE! Scan date 6/23!

CONGRATS!!! What a good start to the week

[EOC 440]

Hi EOC, I would love to add my name or contribute, but the link doesn't work for me... does the group have a name I could search for?

The name is: I-130 Filers group.

[EOC 440]

CASE COMPLETE! Scan date 6/23!

Congratulations!!!! Its exactly 30business days today.

[Jenny_USCIS 27]

CASE COMPLETE! Scan date 6/23!

congrats!!!

did you get the 60 day email thing? just wondering. cause mine is 6/25 and I got 60 days email on friday

[Cupcake23 90]

congrats!!!

did you get the 60 day email thing? just wondering. cause mine is 6/25 and I got 60 days email on friday

I did. I got it on Friday and proceeded to call up a supervisor and complain.

[Jenny_USCIS 27]

I did. I got it on Friday and proceeded to call up a supervisor and complain.

Nice, then that means that 60 days is not really going to be 60 days.. I got the email on friday night.

I was so worried over the weekend.. but still congrats!!

[megwin 57]

I still haven't gotten the email...

[EOC 440]

WoooooW I just got my own 60days email. I guess NVC is sending the email batch by batch.

[TargetNovember14 41]

Sorry to hear that….we waited 6 months to the day (180 days) before our I -130 got approved. We also went through NSC .. and saw people after us got approved before us and vice a versa. Its like a cruel lottery system.

Having a lawyer at NVC helped for us, as we didn't have to file DS261 and went straight ahead with the two packets required in the same time and they are under review currently. So it shaved off the 30 days. Though, this was last month, NVC keeps coming up with new creative ideas to delay every step. I would like to think they are being responsible and going their jobs effectively. Ofcourse due to the backlog created by 2011 and 2012 in I-130s is now creating a bottleneck at NVC phase.

Ofcourse if we get a checklist this means we have 30-60 business days more before we can even think of a case complete.

In the meantime, (I don't know your financial situation), but I go there every other weekend. Its hard but it definitely provides some relief to be able to spend time with your spouse.

My husband has been waiting in Canada for over 6 months, NOA1 received 1/28/2014. I phoned the USCIS yesterday and asked the Immigration Officer if they could give me any information, nothing after a 95 min. wait. The USCIS told us (6 times) in April that he could cross the border (Peace Arch) with his household and our dog and file a I-129f when he arrived. Nope, it was incorrect information and turned away at the border. I am ready to throw up my hands and give up. It took us 17 years to get married after DOMA was struck down, this process feels like another 17 years.

Our file is an NSC (people have been approved that filed after us) with no extenuating circumstances.

Would an attorney help this process or should I just keep waiting?

Thanks,

Frustrated Mark!

[JeffInMX 157]

I am getting panic attacks for making my husband write n/a all over the 1-864 form since Nvc started issuing checklist for that. The AOS that were recently accepted u guys wrote n/a all over right? Austin Canada and EOC4ever got AOS approved I think this week.

I am wondering the same thing! Has anyone else RECENTLY had their AOS package approved, filed the I-864 (not EZ), put N/A in all blank spaces, and NOT received a checklist?

[jsumner86 403]

I did. I got it on Friday and proceeded to call up a supervisor and complain.

Congratulations!!!

[Jenny_USCIS 27]

WoooooW I just got my own 60days email. I guess NVC is sending the email batch by batch.

I think so too...first batch i believe was friday.... I got it Friday!!!

[DanielHiroshi 7]

I just got a 60 day today. Perhaps i should call them and say I have been at the NVC for 6 months now............... utterly p******* off, nothing more I can say, what a nightmare this process really is.

Recently I only seem to experience extreme anger or utter despair. I am really messed up right now.

Edited August 4, 2014 by DanielHiroshi

[jsumner86 403]

One thing I can say about the NVC is at least they tell you they are backlogged. They're upfront about it. Where USCIS, it took people waiting for ages to send letters and campaigns to get an answer from USCIS. I'm sure they really are trying. I can understand it's frustrating. I'm not saying people shouldn't complain, I'm not defending the NVC. I'm simply just stating at least they are notifying you that it could take 60 days from the day they received your mail for it to be reviewed. At least they are more efficient than USCIS was during the process. How many times were we all tired of hearing "you're within processing times". At least they get to your file within 60 days rather than sitting in a box at a USCIS for up to almost a year.

I think the letter is just to cover themselves and to prepare people that it could take up to 60 days. I really hope people don't have to wait the full 60 days. Right now it looks like its about 30-40 business days for them to review packages. Good luck to everyone going through this hard time. It's not easy, it never was..!

[DanielHiroshi 7]

I think the letter is just to cover themselves and to prepare people that it could take up to 60 days. I really hope people don't have to wait the full 60 days. Right now it looks like its about 30-40 business days for them to review packages. Good luck to everyone going through this hard time. It's not easy, it never was..!

Unless what I got is a standard generic email designed to break your spirit and heart. Then I can confirm I am over the 30 days and way over the Jun 16th they quoted in the email to me. The email said 60 days from Jun 16th therefore it is not 30-40. So I think we should discount that false hope.