NVC Filers - September 2014

[stackeria 280]

I would love some advice, lovely people. Right now hubster and I are pondering two courses of action in regards to our AOS package. Just as a reminder, we are both living together in Australia and we received the i-864 and i-864a as well as tax returns and all that jazz from my husband's parents but there are some errors and it needs to be done again. So our options are:

1. Ask them to send the forms corrected again to us in Australia. The fastest possible way is Fedex but this, according to their site, is like $180! Not sure we want to ask them to do that. They could send it USPS again but that was a disaster and took a full 9 business days to get to us and I'm dying just thinking of that interminable wait again just to send the goshdarn package!

2. Put all our stuff together with CLEAR instructions as to what needs to happen with it, then send it to PIL in New Hampshire, have them add their stuff and then send it on to NVC for us. Our issue with this is that we are both control freaks and we would be more comfy with our hands being the last hands to touch the package so we can check that it's right. But this might be silly and us being overprotective.

What would you do, NVCers?

$180 seems like a lot. I was in Melbourne last year and had some paperwork express mailed from LA via DHL. Both Fedex and DHL were about the same price and both were something like $80 with 2 or 3 business day delivery. I don't recall the exact price but it was definitely less than $100.

Personally, I wouldn't risk rocking a relationship with family or friends over this. Things go wrong at NVC all the time. From your PILs point of view, can you imagine how bad they will feel if you get a checklist, even if it's due to an NVC error?

I trusted my attorney to put my packages together and received a checklist for a missing 2013 tax document. It's a good thing my attorney is not family or a friend. If there's one piece of advice I have for anyone at the NVC stage it is to put your AOS and IV packages together yourself! If anything goes wrong, you'll have no one but yourself and NVC to blame. It's better that way.

[EOC 440]

Since everyone else is saying what number they're at for NVC threads, I thought I'd chime in too. If I counted right, this is my 44th one... Although, that's starting from when my case actually got to NVC. I had been silently reading previous NVC threads before that

Thanks for hanging out with us, thanks for creating this monthly thread, thanks for helping us out, thanks for all the assistance you have given to each and everyone. We really appreciate you :star:

[stackeria 280]

You know I'm hanging on with you. I'm absolutely dying to see some progress for these dates.... NVC has been working on July 7th through 11th for going on 3 weeks now.

Yeah. The last couple weeks have been kind of ridiculous. I'm at 30 business days now. You're at 32, right? I hope you get your CC this week!

[Soloenta 2,218]

Since everyone else is saying what number they're at for NVC threads, I thought I'd chime in too. If I counted right, this is my 44th one... Although, that's starting from when my case actually got to NVC. I had been silently reading previous NVC threads before that

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[Soloenta 2,218]

interview schedule for oct 27, got on phone today its far away bt am happy

can u tell me when will i get the email from them about interview?

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Congrats and NOOOOO it's not far away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Soloenta 2,218]

There is nothing rude about my post! Read the thread again - there were profane comments on there and I will say it again! And in case, you missed it - I acknowledged the frustrations!!! And thanks I do know what profanity means!!! I will find out how to put the people who use profanity on ignore. Thanks for the advice!

Nighty night!

And I will restate with out meaning to be rude that I disagree because we have great moderators here and they would have posted a warning and banned the person from the thread. That is my proof. Sleep well.

[demis346 47]

NVC is still at July 11th right?

We're on July 24th for IV package, so today marks 41 days...at this rate, it doesn't even seem like they'll be done within 60 days! :cry:

WOW..... how long are they going to stay on july 11th.. ???????? i hear this the past weeks

déjà vu .... USCIS TOLD THE SAME THING ALMOST A YEAR AGO..... TAKES A LIFETIME TO GET TO YOUR OWN SCAN DATE

Edited September 3, 2014 by demis346

[Soloenta 2,218]

Thank you so much Solenta, we are cool but I just don't think my post was rude!

Yes we are cool and then again just might be my mushy USCIS brain I now blame everything on it hahaaaa

[Soloenta 2,218]

Saylin,

Thanks for sticking around after your process to help lost and confuses folks like outselves. I am pretty sure that majority of us find VJ through google search of clarifications! LOL :joy:

Yup, yup Google search brought me here And I second Godalone!!!!

[Soloenta 2,218]

I would love some advice, lovely people. Right now hubster and I are pondering two courses of action in regards to our AOS package. Just as a reminder, we are both living together in Australia and we received the i-864 and i-864a as well as tax returns and all that jazz from my husband's parents but there are some errors and it needs to be done again. So our options are:

1. Ask them to send the forms corrected again to us in Australia. The fastest possible way is Fedex but this, according to their site, is like $180! Not sure we want to ask them to do that. They could send it USPS again but that was a disaster and took a full 9 business days to get to us and I'm dying just thinking of that interminable wait again just to send the goshdarn package!

2. Put all our stuff together with CLEAR instructions as to what needs to happen with it, then send it to PIL in New Hampshire, have them add their stuff and then send it on to NVC for us. Our issue with this is that we are both control freaks and we would be more comfy with our hands being the last hands to touch the package so we can check that it's right. But this might be silly and us being overprotective.

What would you do, NVCers?

Just my opinion, I would transfer the money they need to send the corrected forms that way it's not out of their pocket and you can continue to be control freaks and know the paper work you sent is correct and you wont get a checklist. I don't call that being control freaks by the way I call it the 60 extra day fear factor.

[Soloenta 2,218]

WOW..... how long are they going to stay on july 11th.. ???????? i hear this the past weeks

déjà vu .... USCIS TOLD THE SAME THING ALMOST A YEAR AGO..... TAKES A LIFETIME TO GET TO YOUR OWN SCAN DATE

Boy you said it.

[EOC 440]

WOW..... how long are they going to stay on july 11th.. ???????? i hear this the past weeks

déjà vu .... USCIS TOLD THE SAME THING ALMOST A YEAR AGO..... TAKES A LIFETIME TO GET TO YOUR OWN SCAN DATE

Only God knows when they will get to July 31 scan date. I hope all my strength and patience won't be long exhausted by then.

[Amanda4964 202]

Hi VJ friends. Just checking in to say hello! I hope this week the NVC gets through some more dates and gets everyone closer to the magical CC!

I got my CC email yesterday, almost exactly a week since case complete. Then I got it again today. ha ha. NVC and their crazy automated emails. I was so excited to get another email today thinking it was an interview date, but no such luck. I can't say that I will ever get tired of reading that I have a case complete so they can send it to me every day if they like.

Well, I hope you are all hanging in there and I love coming back over to this thread to keep posted on everyone's progress! I will keep my eye out for msc13, AustinCanada, Soloenta, EOC4ever, Stackeria, dilemma, nicholemariev and I am sure i am forgetting many more! (sounds like I am accepting an academy award)

[Godalone 24]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Congrats and NOOOOO it's not far away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS SOLOENTA, WAY TO GO! I AM SO ANXIOUS TO GET WHERE YOU ARE, I ACTUALLY DREAMTS ABOUT IT LAST NIGHT! LOL -

[C and S 9]

NOA2 on July 30th, still waiting for NVC case #.

Hoping to have the case # within 2 weeks.