The NVC October Moral Support/Ranting Thread

[Soloenta 2,218]

Checking in for my second support thread! I hope we can all get good news soon.

Welcome back, I hope so to, just called NVC the supervisor is not at her desk. THEN WHERE THE H E L L IS SHE! They are making me really paranoid and I told Carry that. So two messages from me today. I'm sure she get's off or runs like a bat out of h e l l at three pm so I don't have much time for her to call me.

We all need to pray very hard and ask God for Mercy we are in h e l l and have now paid our dews.

Edited September 30, 2014 by Soloenta

[meg_654 84]

In addition to the moral support I also need mental support.

[jcruzazucar 131]

I am so irritated with NVC. They still have not unlocked my AOS fee and although I know they said 20 business days, I'm sick of waiting and want to pay it already! Seriously, how hard is it for them to just press the button to unlock so I can give them money?

Ugh....anyway, back to waiting I guess . . . also, they keep saying that they don't see my DS-261 on file b/c the case is too new....whatever.

I hope this week is better although it's been slow since yesterday.

[TargetNovember14 41]

So FCi Federal is in charge of NVC? It seems they won the contract in April, so are they now dealing with all the paperwork?

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Checking in for October

[Soloenta 2,218]

In addition to the moral support I also need mental support.

Oh we can help there so come right on in. (L)

I am so irritated with NVC. They still have not unlocked my AOS fee and although I know they said 20 business days, I'm sick of waiting and want to pay it already! Seriously, how hard is it for them to just press the button to unlock so I can give them money?

Ugh....anyway, back to waiting I guess . . . also, they keep saying that they don't see my DS-261 on file b/c the case is too new....whatever.

I hope this week is better although it's been slow since yesterday.

Awwww so sorry sweetie I know the feeling and they can do it right away they just don't why no one has a clue I think to slow us down. This process would drive a slightly unstable person off the deep end.

[Soloenta 2,218]

So FCi Federal is in charge of NVC? It seems they won the contract in April, so are they now dealing with all the paperwork?

Yup and someone posted that this is the reason for the backup which makes sense. (L)

Checking in for October

Welcome back sweet heart happy to see you with us.

[jcruzazucar 131]

Awwww so sorry sweetie I know the feeling and they can do it right away they just don't why no one has a clue I think to slow us down. This process would drive a slightly unstable person off the deep end.

Thank you Soloenta, I have no clue how you keep it together. I'm frustrated and I barely started my journey with NVC.

[Soloenta 2,218]

Thank you Soloenta, I have no clue how you keep it together. I'm frustrated and I barely started my journey with NVC.

Thank you and I have no other choice the alternative is unacceptable so between crying alone in my bedroom to posting here I try to do my best. Not always easy and I often fail but I keep trying telling myself the end will come then all this will be over. I fail all the time believe me.

[meg_654 84]

So FCi Federal is in charge of NVC? It seems they won the contract in April, so are they now dealing with all the paperwork?

You are correct. And I believe change of contractors handling NVC's workload is what caused our delay from May onward. Thank you State Department for the timely change and smooth transition, because waiting for a year on the DACA cases to get an approval before USCIS even touched our files was not enough.

[S. & A. 159]

Welcome back, I hope so to, just called NVC the supervisor is not at her desk. THEN WHERE THE H E L L IS SHE! They are making me really paranoid and I told Carry that. So two messages from me today. I'm sure she get's off or runs like a bat out of h e l l at three pm so I don't have much time for her to call me.

We all need to pray very hard and ask God for Mercy we are in h e l l and have now paid our dews.

I'm so sorry this is happening to you. I hope it is resolved soon. I can't believe it though, from what you're posting it seems like this supervisor hasn't been at her desk for the past week!!! I hope she comes back with good news for you.

I just received my welcome email, and got both my fees invoiced!!! I know I'm still very new to this NVC stage but YAY progress! Your good thoughts must have helped.

[S. & A. 159]

I am so irritated with NVC. They still have not unlocked my AOS fee and although I know they said 20 business days, I'm sick of waiting and want to pay it already! Seriously, how hard is it for them to just press the button to unlock so I can give them money?

Ugh....anyway, back to waiting I guess . . . also, they keep saying that they don't see my DS-261 on file b/c the case is too new....whatever.

I hope this week is better although it's been slow since yesterday.

Hey jcruzazucar, I just got my NVC email! I don't know if the fees are actually going to be unlocked soon... it still doesn't work but I JUST got the email. Both fees got invoiced though (as everyone said, because we have a lawyer and skipped the DS-261).

I hope yours gets resolved soon.

Edited September 30, 2014 by S. & A.

[jcruzazucar 131]

I'm so sorry this is happening to you. I hope it is resolved soon. I can't believe it though, from what you're posting it seems like this supervisor hasn't been at her desk for the past week!!! I hope she comes back with good news for you.

I just received my welcome email, and got both my fees invoiced!!! I know I'm still very new to this NVC stage but YAY progress! Your good thoughts must have helped.

Congrats!! That's wonderful news . . . your received date is the same as mine. . . I still have not received a welcome email and my AOS remains locked. I'm inclined to call but then I just don't want to be disappointed again. I'll decide later whether to call or not. . . so happy for you though, start on your stuff as quickly as you can.

SUGGESTION: check all of the docs that your attorney is submitting for you. I-864 form, what it says on the form, docs, IV docs, etc....You don't want to get a checklist b/c he/she was not thorough. Good luck!

[AustinCanada 681]

You are correct. And I believe change of contractors handling NVC's workload is what caused our delay from May onward. Thank you State Department for the timely change and smooth transition, because waiting for a year on the DACA cases to get an approval before USCIS even touched our files was not enough.

I think you're right! It looks like we got screwed because they needed time to train new NVC contractors.

Aren't we the lucky ones? DACA and NVC backlog (due to change of contractors)!

[AustinCanada 681]

You are correct. And I believe change of contractors handling NVC's workload is what caused our delay from May onward. Thank you State Department for the timely change and smooth transition, because waiting for a year on the DACA cases to get an approval before USCIS even touched our files was not enough.

I never bought their story of NVC is backlogged because they were getting tons of applications from USCIS.

They were actually assigning case numbers faster (It means they were getting fewer applications) in April, May, June, and July compared to back in Feb and March so their story didn't make sense. Maybe they didn't need to train anyone for that task since it's fairly straight-forward?

I also checked Saylin's spreadsheet and there were fewer people at the NVC stage in April, May, June, and July compared to Feb and March. I know it's a small sample of people since not everyone is on VJ. But... I was wondering where exactly NVC was getting tons of applications from USCIS.

Edited September 30, 2014 by AustinCanada