NVC Filers - September 2014

[jcruzazucar 131]

Update: Was able to pay my AOS Fees today - got the e-mail and within 20 minutes the portal was opened. Got excited to see the IV bill said pay now but realized it was NVC playing a prank on me

So AOS is paid - now just waiting for IV bill and we are set. Fingers crossed we can send out our papers by next week (IA).

Yay!! very happy for you. Thanks for keeping me updated. Hopefully IV will be ready very soon!!

I'm starting to think that b/c my case was "received" and case #/IIN assigned same day, I need to wait a few days to receive the welcome email (which I still don't have) and the email re DS-261 & AOS 9even though I already submitted DS-261). Guess the rep was right....

Edited September 23, 2014 by jcruzazucar

[intheline 5]

Thanks for the info. and yeah he just wanted to end the conversation was a bit rushed.

I have just one more question, I lived in Sydney (Australia), so the State would be New South Wales. I asked the rep If I should get the clearence from the Fedreal police there and he was like, sure you can ask them, but the link above directs me to the New South Wales police Dept. so which one should I contact. Also the link says If its through New South Wales police they will send the report directly to the U.S. Consulate in Syd, which would not be of any help because my case would go to New Delhi consulate in India. Any Suggestions?

Sorry, I do not know the answer to this except to say that I am pretty sure I would not trust anything that this particular rep said. Maybe somebody from Australia can chime in, or you may try emailing the US embassy in India with this question?

[mangool 13]

Thanks for the info. and yeah he just wanted to end the conversation was a bit rushed.

I have just one more question, I lived in Sydney (Australia), so the State would be New South Wales. I asked the rep If I should get the clearence from the Fedreal police there and he was like, sure you can ask them, but the link above directs me to the New South Wales police Dept. so which one should I contact. Also the link says If its through New South Wales police they will send the report directly to the U.S. Consulate in Syd, which would not be of any help because my case would go to New Delhi consulate in India. Any Suggestions?

My wife requested a police certificate from the Australian Federal Police. She lives in Victoria. The NVC operator were not helpful when it comes to these docs because they go by the NVC website. But if you check the website for the local police, which in our case was Victoria, it clearly states that they do not do background checks for foreign governments or for the purposes of immigration. I would read their websites and confirm this information.

We are still waiting for our approval so please confirm this information yourself.

[sappy12 1]

Sorry, I do not know the answer to this except to say that I am pretty sure I would not trust anything that this particular rep said. Maybe somebody from Australia can chime in, or you may try emailing the US embassy in India with this question?

My wife requested a police certificate from the Australian Federal Police. She lives in Victoria. The NVC operator were not helpful when it comes to these docs because they go by the NVC website. But if you check the website for the local police, which in our case was Victoria, it clearly states that they do not do background checks for foreign governments or for the purposes of immigration. I would read their websites and confirm this information.

We are still waiting for our approval so please confirm this information yourself.

Thanks, I think I will e mail the federal police there and see what they have to say, that ways even if it's a NO, I will have a written record of that.

Edited September 23, 2014 by sappy12

[SharksBelow 99]

Well, I got the email this morning saying that our AOS documents were received on the 19th of September and will take "at least" 60 days to be reviewed. Is that still seeming to be the case? Sigh.. Still no IV bill to be paid either. This sucks.

[mangool 13]

Thanks, I think I will e mail the federal police there and see what they have to say, that ways even if it's a NO, I will have a written record of that.

Sorry, I think I finished my comment too early. The Australian Federal Police does do background checks for immigration purposes. We got ours from the AFP. You should definitely contact them yourself. Good luck

[sappy12 1]

Sorry, I think I finished my comment too early. The Australian Federal Police does do background checks for immigration purposes. We got ours from the AFP. You should definitely contact them yourself. Good luck

Cheers

[sappy12 1]

Well, I got the email this morning saying that our AOS documents were received on the 19th of September and will take "at least" 60 days to be reviewed. Is that still seeming to be the case? Sigh.. Still no IV bill to be paid either. This sucks.

Yeah seems so, they received mine on the 18th sep and I got that email on 19th sep, although I called just now and the rep told me that they now have a tool to manually process DS 261, and they can invoice the IV fees in next 5 days. I think you should try and call them.

[brahimwaleilah 4]

whats the checklist for

the checklist was for putting the wrong amount in 13a. and not putting anything in part 6 where it asks you about total income amount. I corrected it and sent it back in today Alhamdulillah. Now I have to wait again . but it seems like the NVC is picking up on there cases a lot.

[SharksBelow 99]

Yeah seems so, they received mine on the 18th sep and I got that email on 19th sep, although I called just now and the rep told me that they now have a tool to manually process DS 261, and they can invoice the IV fees in next 5 days. I think you should try and call them.

I will call them tonight. I just hate calling so much, it's international for me and I'm always on hold for so long only to get some rude NVC person and feel intimidated into saying "no that's all" when I have more questions. And they talk over me and I think my questions are reasonable. I just hate it. But I know it's a part of the process.

Do you mean they can invoice the fees if they choose to do so? I submitted DS-261 like 37ish days ago.. I know it's nowhere near 60 days but others seem to be having theirs done faster.

[brahimwaleilah 4]

Sorry to hear about your checklist. On the other hand, NVC is now on to August packages.

Thanks dilmera yes your right I filled it out and sent it back in today so now i'm just going to wait . im thinking it will be November before his paper work will be complete now and a interview possibly in Jan. now , but Alhamdulillah

[sappy12 1]

I will call them tonight. I just hate calling so much, it's international for me and I'm always on hold for so long only to get some rude NVC person and feel intimidated into saying "no that's all" when I have more questions. And they talk over me and I think my questions are reasonable. I just hate it. But I know it's a part of the process.

Do you mean they can invoice the fees if they choose to do so? I submitted DS-261 like 37ish days ago.. I know it's nowhere near 60 days but others seem to be having theirs done faster.

I know what you mean, its international for me too and then there is a wait of 45 mins at least, it kills you. download google hangout on your phone, it lets you call US & Canada free.

And yeah they say 60 days to review DS 261 and they had mine for a little under 30 days, but when I called the rep asked me who would I want as my agent and I had my petitioner down as my agent, so he was like OK now that you have given me those details I can actually manually process that and you will get the IV invoice in 5 days and then DS 260 will be available once I pay the fees. Definitely worth calling.

[SharksBelow 99]

Wow! I will definitely call tonight (Australian time). Thanks so much for that tip!

[sunshine07 5]

Hi Saylin,

Welcome back and I am glad you had a great time. Sorry to bother you but I have a question. I just realized that on my I864EZ, amount on my current income space doesn't match the income on my employement letter. My AOS was scanned on Aug 14 and IV was Sep 15. Do you think I should wait for them to send me checklist or I should send them corrected version of my AOS to avoids waiting any longer? Or do you have any other sujjestion.

Thank you for everything you do for us.

[smile44 4]

I keep seeing posts saying that NVC is speeding up. They took 30 business days to review my AOS/IV packet on 8/22 and if they're on Aug 1 now that's 37 business days. Desperately want to believe they are speeding up but not seeing the evidence others are?