November 2014 Interviews

[Sukie 1,460]

We plan to fly with a fair amount of luggage, including my wife's jewelry. I intend to write the following in the customs form without declaring a value:

"First time immigrants' personal belongings, owned for more than a year (Duty Free)."

Would that suffice?

MoBar, when I moved back from Hong Kong, the official term was "household goods". I don't think the Customs people would appreciate your telling them it's Duty Free. That's up to them to determine. I would say "household goods and clothing". And it might be good to have things like your previous insurance riders to show that the jewelry is not new.

Sukie in NY

[MoBar65 520]

MoBar, when I moved back from Hong Kong, the official term was "household goods". I don't think the Customs people would appreciate your telling them it's Duty Free. That's up to them to determine. I would say "household goods and clothing". And it might be good to have things like your previous insurance riders to show that the jewelry is not new.

Sukie in NY

Thanks Sukie... I'll adjust the wording. We also have the original receipts/certificates for the main jewelry pieces.

[EOC 440]

Please l need clarification.

Once the embassy receives the package, how long does it take for them to scan it in and how long does it take the CEAC site to update to READY.

[Quriyat 1]

08.13.2014: Case Number & IIN assigned

08.13.2014: Received DS-261 / AOS Bill

08.13.2014: DS-261 Form Completed

08.14.2014: Pay AOS Bill

08.18.2014: AOS Payment Status "Paid"

08.30.2014: Send AOS Package

09.02.2014: Received AOS Package

09.04.2014: Scan AOS Package

My case completed. Passed interview on 10/16/2014. POE: BOSTON. Good luck to you all. Truth is NVC PLAYING GAMES.

[StrawberryKiss 170]

No "in transit" for us but did get the P4 Letter! No cc email but prob won't now. No Problem! Congrats and excitement for yall that have in transit...ours should be soon!

My interview (London) was scheduled last Friday and got the p4 this morning, (overnight). No CC email.

Woohoo Congrats! I also received my P4 this morning. What a wonderful thing to wake up to Now I don't care about a CC email anymore

[Soloenta 2,218]

08.13.2014: Case Number & IIN assigned

08.13.2014: Received DS-261 / AOS Bill

08.13.2014: DS-261 Form Completed

08.14.2014: Pay AOS Bill

08.18.2014: AOS Payment Status "Paid"

08.30.2014: Send AOS Package

09.02.2014: Received AOS Package

09.04.2014: Scan AOS Package

My case completed. Passed interview on 10/16/2014. POE: BOSTON. Good luck to you all. Truth is NVC PLAYING GAMES.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CONGRATULATIONS SO VERY HAPPY FOR YOU.

You bet they're playing games big time. I'm thrilled your done with NVC God Bless you and I pray you'll have smooth interview and great POE!

[stackeria 280]

Please l need clarification.

Once the embassy receives the package, how long does it take for them to scan it in and how long does it take the CEAC site to update to READY.

According to an earlier post from k.dlg, it can take a couple of business days for the status to change to Ready after the DHL package is delivered. I would imagine it depends on the embassy and their current workload.

Since it takes 1-3 business days on average, it will probably take about 3 weeks for me.

London "In Transit" peeps: The DHL package en route to London is currently out for delivery. It should be delivered imminently. I hope our case files are in there and that the USEM scans them in on Monday.

Edited October 17, 2014 by stackeria

[LRKO 53]

Woohoo Congrats! I also received my P4 this morning. What a wonderful thing to wake up to Now I don't care about a CC email anymore

Excellent! You have everything falling into place now! I'm waiting to see that "in transit" phrase then we will have everything ready! Good luck all!

[Raven4dragon 12]

good morning all i have been hearing mixed things lately about Montreal interviews, do we still go early and line up or are they making us wait till the hour before the scheduled time? any help with this would be greatly appreciated as our interview is on oct 23rd.

[ya_cma 19]

We just got our interview letter and the interview is on November 3! Only like 2 weeks away!

[zamsha 10]

Thank you dweels76. I was just hoping if they could.

No you can't. Karachi does not do Immigration Visa interviews only Islamabad.

[alaskabound 42]

I just realized that it could take up to 2 weeks to reach Montreal if Canada Customs held your package (but it usually takes 1 day via Express).

I noticed your interview is in 2 weeks from next Monday.

You may want to call NVC and talk to a supervisor to see if they can send your package to Montreal ASAP.

I'm not too concerned about mine since my interview is more than 3 weeks away.

I will be calling them today. Why do they have to make it so stressful and painful right up until the last possible step. I thought my days of calling the NVC were over!

I have not seen any waybills headed to Montreal lately, and I have not seen any Canadians post that their case is in transit. Just Mandiimoose who did e-filing. Getting an interview booked on Oct 3rd, for Nov 3rd, and getting the P4 letter 1 business day later, I really did not expect this. NVC never ceases to dissapoint me.

Oh wait, it took them only 56 days to process my last document I sent in July, instead of the alotted "60" they had advised. One small victory.

[Ken Adams 41]

Collected Visa .. Happy.png

[LRKO 53]

We just got our interview letter and the interview is on November 3! Only like 2 weeks away!

Congratulations! We are 3 days later! Good luck!

[britishinfusion 30]

Just wanted to update the group on Post NVC to the London Embassy, so others have an idea on the timeline for this process.

CEAC Site changed to "In Transit" on Wed. 10/15
CEAC Site changed to "Ready" this morning Fri. 10/17

I read a post on FB last night that someone said the NVC actually ships your docs the day before your CEAC updates to "In Transit". I think that is the case

Happy Friday everyone! Have a great weekend.