NVC Filers - September 2014

[britishinfusion 30]

We were at the Nebraska Service Center >>

NOA 2 June 4th
Case mailed to NVC from USCIS June 11th
NVC received June 23rd.

[demis346 47]

No news from NVC today??? No case number assigned yet? No invoice bill generated yet? No package review yet? No CC yet? No interview date yet? Common NVC ain't you tired of the long weekend and holiday? Another weekend is just right at the corner again!!!! Please NVC give us good news.

Trying to call them for more then an hour , but they arent picking up ....#######

I have a feeling that NVC employees have a 5-hour nap break every day.

LOL...... guess im calling them at the wrong time.... going to ask their nappy schedule whenever they pick up that damn phone

[ritbiv 95]

Got my NOA2 yesterday. Waiting for the file to be recieved by NVC. So, yes I think my NVC journey starts from now onwards. Already the 60 days time is making me sad. When should I start calling them for case number?

Edited September 3, 2014 by ritbiv

[IslAmy 122]

We were at the Nebraska Service Center >>

NOA 2 June 4th

Case mailed to NVC from USCIS June 11th

NVC received June 23rd.

Thanks for the info!

[Ahiday 2]

Guys I called NVC few hours ago, i really confused, i submitted DS261 July 28th,1st they said 30 business days for review, now they are telling me 60days for DS261 due to high volume of mails. This freaking goal post at NVC keeps moving and moving forward its freaking ridiculous

I guess you reached Sandy, she is the one telling that 60 days for DS-261. Because I asked to 4 different supervisors how many days for DS-261. And they all said 30 business days

[silverjetplane 34]

Aww! You're so lucky you get to see your hubby at least on the weekends, although a normal married life is so much better! NVC doesn't understand the urgency of everyone's situations ? I have a question though, maybe I'm unaware of all these package names like 'aos' and 'IV' because my attorney just asks me for what he needs and doesn't specify what for, but I don't understand? There's two packages that need to be sent in? We've only sent one, the one with all of our civil docs and we've filed ds261&260 already paid aos & iv fees, I mean we have to pay in order for our NVC to send usa checklist right? Ugh, so stressful. Scan date 07/22/2014, still waiting!!

AOS - Affidavit of Support - the documents sent in for DS-261 (tax and asset info, domicile, etc.)

IV - Immigrant Visa - the documents sent in for DS-260 (civil docs, etc.)

Edit: Even if you are using a lawyer, I would suggest reading the first post by Saylin. It has a link to the wiki she created, here: http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process. It's all about the NVC process and is probably the best thing on this entire website.

Edited September 3, 2014 by silverjetplane

[mvelaz 9]

Just called NVC, after a 27 min hold (I got lucky) a polite lady answered the phone and I asked her about my case... not been reviewed yet she says (not so lucky after all) & that it should be reviewed within the next couple of weeks since I am 40 days into waiting, she also said that its taking them 60 days MAXIMUM? Hmm... I also asked if she had any knowledge about what cases they were working on as of now and she said they don't have that kind of info... sadly! Just thought I'd share my experience, ohh... it took me about 2:30 hours to finally not get a busy signal when calling them. SO FRUSTRATED!!! ?

[NVC_2014 7]

Guys I called NVC few hours ago, i really confused, i submitted DS261 July 28th,1st they said 30 business days for review, now they are telling me 60days for DS261 due to high volume of mails. This freaking goal post at NVC keeps moving and moving forward its freaking ridiculous

I have asked the same question to 2 NVC reps yesterday :

One said 30 business days

other said 60 days....

super confusinggggggggg....am planning to call them next week when my 30 business days are over...I also fileed up on around the same time as you...

Funny part is that Reps dont see the DS-261 in their system...looks like it becomes visible after 30 business days or so....

[mvelaz 9]

AOS - Affidavit of Support - the documents sent in for DS-261 (tax and asset info, domicile, etc.)

IV - Immigrant Visa - the documents sent in for DS-260 (civil docs, etc.)

Edit: Even if you are using a lawyer, I would suggest reading the first post by Saylin. It has a link to the wiki she created, here: http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process. It's all about the NVC process and is probably the best thing on this entire website.

Thank you so much!! ohh, I read her post after I had posted my question, it answered almost everything!! ? I love this site

[Ketsuban 1,034]

I'm really glad to see people's senators and representatives helping them. We contacted our representative back when we had no IV invoice and she never got back to us, even to this day @_@ Thankfully we don't need her assistance anymore, but dang.

[goodwinandkate 28]

Just wanted to share a bit of information, even though we're no longer in the NVC process...

When we were working to get our interview expedited, I had reached out to my congresswomen (both senators and my congresswoman). I got no direct response back from the senators, but was working with my congresswoman's staff to try to get the date changed. I spent a few weeks communicating with the immigration specialist in my congresswoman's office to put together an expedite request. Despite this, the expedite was denied, so we had to wait for the NVC to finish their paper shuffling and got a late-September date.

With the embassy now in possession of our application, I sent yet another request to move our interview date. To our surprise, it was granted (even though our circumstance wasn't much changed). While baffled, we took it to be just a sign of how entirely arbitrary expediting can be.

Then, just this week, I get an official letter from one of my senators indicating that they had reached out to the embassy to expedite our case, and the response was the change in interview date that we were granted. So, we find it is clearly effective to get in touch with a senator. While it took longer to get a response, I only had to send one letter to my senator (privacy release form and explanation of my request), the senator's office seemingly had more impact.

It all still seems like a mystery how it all works, but I thought I'd let everyone know about our experience trying to expedite our process.

[bdrew612 1,071]

Just wanted to share a bit of information, even though we're no longer in the NVC process...

When we were working to get our interview expedited, I had reached out to my congresswomen (both senators and my congresswoman). I got no direct response back from the senators, but was working with my congresswoman's staff to try to get the date changed. I spent a few weeks communicating with the immigration specialist in my congresswoman's office to put together an expedite request. Despite this, the expedite was denied, so we had to wait for the NVC to finish their paper shuffling and got a late-September date.

With the embassy now in possession of our application, I sent yet another request to move our interview date. To our surprise, it was granted (even though our circumstance wasn't much changed). While baffled, we took it to be just a sign of how entirely arbitrary expediting can be.

Then, just this week, I get an official letter from one of my senators indicating that they had reached out to the embassy to expedite our case, and the response was the change in interview date that we were granted. So, we find it is clearly effective to get in touch with a senator. While it took longer to get a response, I only had to send one letter to my senator (privacy release form and explanation of my request), the senator's office seemingly had more impact.

It all still seems like a mystery how it all works, but I thought I'd let everyone know about our experience trying to expedite our process.

Was it Senator Boxer or Feinstein? One of them was a SUPER STAR in obtaining the e-mails between USCIS officials a few months back (through an FOIA request). You're very fortunate to live where you do! My Senators and Representative are totally useless.

[BOS_LHR 829]

Just wanted to share a bit of information, even though we're no longer in the NVC process...

When we were working to get our interview expedited, I had reached out to my congresswomen (both senators and my congresswoman). I got no direct response back from the senators, but was working with my congresswoman's staff to try to get the date changed. I spent a few weeks communicating with the immigration specialist in my congresswoman's office to put together an expedite request. Despite this, the expedite was denied, so we had to wait for the NVC to finish their paper shuffling and got a late-September date.

With the embassy now in possession of our application, I sent yet another request to move our interview date. To our surprise, it was granted (even though our circumstance wasn't much changed). While baffled, we took it to be just a sign of how entirely arbitrary expediting can be.

Then, just this week, I get an official letter from one of my senators indicating that they had reached out to the embassy to expedite our case, and the response was the change in interview date that we were granted. So, we find it is clearly effective to get in touch with a senator. While it took longer to get a response, I only had to send one letter to my senator (privacy release form and explanation of my request), the senator's office seemingly had more impact.

It all still seems like a mystery how it all works, but I thought I'd let everyone know about our experience trying to expedite our process.

Just a note that expediting a case through NVC and requesting a different interview date from the embassy aren't the same thing. You don't have to meet any criteria to ask for an earlier interview, and London in particular has been very good about granting those requests. It may not have had anything to do with your senator, but I'm glad you got the earlier date. Congrats!

[goodwinandkate 28]

Was it Senator Boxer or Feinstein? One of them was a SUPER STAR in obtaining the e-mails between USCIS officials a few months back (through an FOIA request). You're very fortunate to live where you do! My Senators and Representative are totally useless.

It was Boxer's office. Feinstein never even responded to my initial outreach. And, yes, I did feel fortunate that I had a couple prominent senators and Nancy Pelosi as my congresswoman.

Just a note that expediting a case through NVC and requesting a different interview date from the embassy aren't the same thing. You don't have to meet any criteria to ask for an earlier interview, and London in particular has been very good about granting those requests. It may not have had anything to do with your senator, but I'm glad you got the earlier date. Congrats!

Yeah. It may have just been the fact that I was out of the NVC that made things easier. That said, my senator's letter included the actual correspondence back from the embassy that said that they would reschedule our interview based on the case brought forward by my senator. Not sure if it's entirely true, but it feels nice to think so.

[jbry 24]

I guess you reached Sandy, she is the one telling that 60 days for DS-261. Because I asked to 4 different supervisors how many days for DS-261. And they all said 30 business days

Haha I got Sandy last week and that's what she told me too for the DS-260. I love how we know which agent we all talked to depending on the response.