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alepenaflor   92

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Hey guys, a week ago I received an email saying, wait 2-4 weeks for nvc to review approved case complete and that stuff, after that I received one saying 30 days, today we received one saying please allow your dearest friend nvc to work on your papers 60 days, wishing praying asking crying it wont be 60 days, good luck everyone

NOA1 I130 - March 20 2014 TSC
NOA2 I130 - August 20 TSC
Sent to NVC August 27 from TSC
Received - September 15
Case Number and IIN - September 17
AOS/IV FEE -Sept 17
PAID - Sept 17
Ds260 Complete- Sept 25
Package sent Sept 30
Scan Date Oct 2
Case Complete - November 25 :dancing:

Interview: January 28 APPROOOVEDDDD!!

Visa Issued: January 28

Finally Home (L) : Feb/7/2015

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CASE COMPLETE as of 10/02/2014 - Last scan date 08/12. Waiting on interview date now.....

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CASE COMPLETE!!!!!!!!!!!! CEAC website changed from Paid to NA....called and the wonderful Arthur gave me the good news...he said they are still scheduling for Nov!!! Thank you to the Good Lord and

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AOS just changed from Paid to N/A. But today is Saturday Our last scan date was 8/14.

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mofatsd   127

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Ugh - Just checking in everyone. We are (im)patiently waiting -- after thinking we had all the documents ready to submit to the NVC we found out we couldn't use the police certificate that we got from India, rather we needed the police certificate from the Embassy of our country that we currently reside in.

Clarify: My husband is an Indian national and we live in Switzerland - we had a police certificate issued from India (from this year) and after calling about 4 times I got conflicting information on whether this would be acceptable or not (on the website it states that Indian police certificates aren't available for residences outside of India - however my husband went there, got the certificate and came back for this reason). Anyways long story short some reps were saying that it would suffice others said that it wouldn't. So now we must wait an additional 4 weeks to even start our processing :cry:

I know I could 'take the chance' and send it off but to be honest we really need to head to the US before the end of the year (or at least heading that way) due to circumstances and I would just rather wait the additional weeks and not rush it to ensure we are doing it right.

Thought I'd share just incase others are around here in the same situation. Let's hope they process it fast but India and processing fast usually doesn't go hand in hand :oops:

IR-1/CR-1 Visa

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : Switzerland

Marriage: 2008-08-07

I-130 Sent : 2014-08-02

I-130 NOA1 : 2014-08-05

I-130 Approved : 2014-08-25

NVC Received : 2014-09-12

NVC Case & IIN Number Assigned: 2014-09-22

DS-261 Filled and Submitted: 2014-09-22

AOS Bill / Payment Made: 2014-09-23

Received IV Bill: 2014-10-02

Paid IV Bill: 2014-10-03

Sent AOS & IV: 2014-10-19

Package Received by NVC: 2014-10-22

Scanned Date into NVC (e-mail received): 2014-10-23

Submitted DS-260: 2014-10-23

Checklist received (AOS - missing check box): 2014-12-17

Re-submitted documents (received by NVC): 2014-12-30

Submitted expedite request: 2015-01-02

Expedite approved by embassy: 2015-01-05

Files shipped to embassy: 2015-01-07

Medical scheduled: 2015-01-13

Embassy received files: 2014-01-12

Processing
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* I-130 was approved in 20 days from NOA1 date.

* NVC received case in 18 days from NOA2 date.

* NVC assigned Case & IIN # in 10 days from NVC received date.

* DS-261 Filled out in 0 days from receiving Case number.

* AOS Bill paid in 1 day from filing DS-261

* IV Bill Received 11 days after filling DS-261

* NVC Scanned AOS/IV Package 3 days after sending

* Checklist received 55 days after sending documents

* Expedite approved 3 days after submission

* Files shipped to embassy 2 days after expedite approved

* Files received by embassy 5 days after shipped from NVC

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I feel completely sick :crying: I was check listed for my AOS, after hearing nothing for 93 days. I'm check listed for putting down my foreign income, rather than adjusted gross income from america, which is 0 because I was living and working abroad for nearly 3 years. Am I missing something or is that part unclear? I may not have read it properly but I can't see where it says 'must be income earned in america. I don't get it. I filed taxes every year and i submitted the three years of my foreign income. WHICH DOESN'T MATTER ANYWAYS because we are going with assets only.

It looks like it will be at least 5 more months without my spouse. This is so frustrating. Is there anyway to get checklists processed faster? It says 'please allow 60 days' but that's what it said for my AOS in July and it took over 90 days to review.

Legal Marriage: 10/10/13

Ceremony in Japan: 10/13/13

mailed I-130 from Japan: 11/05/13

Received NOA1 e-mail: 11/15/13

Received NOA1 hard copy: 11/21/2013

**case sent to Nebraska Service Center**

Received NOA2 from website: 05/08/14

Received NOA2 hard copy to foreign address 5/12/14

**177 days from NOA1 to NOA2**

NVC received case 5/21/14

Called to get case number and they couldn't assign it yet: 6/12/2014

Called and talked to supervisor to get assigned case# and IIN (after calling 2x and having trouble with one particular representative saying my case number could not be given yet: 6/24/14

Email from NVC and completed AOS fee payment: 6/27/14

DS-261 completed: 6/27/2014

Mailed AOS package 6/30/14

E-mailed change of embassy request (this is a major setback, they said this was the reason we couldn't pay IV bill): 7/20/2014

Change of embassy request accepted: 10/7/2014 *49 days to get approved embassy change*

**Was told 2x to call back in two weeks to see if IV is available to pay**

AOS Checklist via email, 2 mistakes to fix: 10/7/2014

AOS Corrections mailed: 10/10/2014

IV bill became available and paid: 10/24/2014

IV bill showed as paid in NVC system: 10/27/2014

IV package mailed by husband in France: 10/30/2014

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well i called NVC….so the checklist my lawyer sent on sept 7….its NOT in their data base…so i need to send it again…..YES I am feeling sick right now…..lot a whole month….a WHOLE WONTH>>>>.. apparently my lawyer sent the documents again…today…so i will call them every day until i get a confirmation….

i would suggest you call them everyday until you get a confirmation…i am going to.

i cannot even think straight…i am so angry and frustrated….

Hello targetnovember14 yes my aos checklist i received Sept 5 but I sent in docs on Sept 10 and they can see them in the system but the birth certificate they wanted a different one so I sent an email with that attachmt on Sept 25 and I have called everyday and they dont see it so I resent it on oct 3 and I calked again and they cant confirm the email for sept 25 or Oct 3 so I am worried where are they if they are EP? At this point I do not know what to do???? I am worried that the will look at the Sept 10 docs and dont see anything else and they will release the aos but put back another 60 for the bc thst i have sent and they dont see. The operatirs give this lame stories of how they are behind but everyone that sends EP you can see what is sent on the next day or day after. Has this happened to any body at all. Thanks targetnovember14 for responding

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Nick&Diane   32

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Just phoned NVC and got really good news :)

CASE COMPLETE - 30th September (day 53)

Interview - 17th November

YEEE HAW !!

(IV and AOS packets rec'd by NVC - 8th August.)

(False AOS checklist - 11th August.)

(60 day wait email - 20th September.)

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There's so many people going to Seattle! I should start a Seattle forum! :ot:

USCIS
09/03/2013 - Sent I-130
09/13/2013 - NOA1

04/23/2014 - I-130 Approval/NOA2

NVC

06/02/2014 - DS -261 & AOS invoice Available

06/03/2014 - AOS invoice paid & DS-261 completed
06/04/2014 - DS-261 received by NVC

06/10/2014 - AOS Package sent
​06/16/2014 - AOS received/scanned by NVC
08/01/2014 - AOS checklist via email*
08/04/2014 - AOS checklist packet sent
08/06/2014 - IV Package sent with AOS barcode coversheet
08/07/2014 - DS-261 reviewed by NVC

08/09/2014 - IV Bill invoiced

08/11/2014 - IV Bill paid
08/12/2014 - AOS checklist scanned at NVC

08/13/2014 - DS-260 Completed online

08/13/2014 - IV Package scanned at NVC

09/09/2014 - AOS checklist hard-copy*

09/11/2014 - "Real" AOS checklist packet sent*

09/15/2014 - "Real" AOS checklist scanned at NVC

10/03/2014 - NVC received emailed expedite request, forwarded to Belgrade Embassy (financial)

10/09/2014 - Belgrade Embassy denied expedite (financial)

10/16/2014 - Emailed expedite request to NVC, forwarded to Belgrade Embassy (NVC error)

10/17/2014 - Expedite ACCEPTED!!! (NVC error)

10/23/2014 - NVC shipped case to BLG

11/07/2014 - Called BLG, inquired about case and received interview date, interview packet was mailed 11/6/14, never received any email
11/13/2014 - Received interview packet, postmarked 11/10/14 even though BLG said sent on 11/6/14

Embassy
11/13/2014 - Medical
11/19/2014 - Interview- APPROVED!!

11/21/2014 - BLG posted visa packet through DHL to Čačak (has tracking number)
11/24/2014 - Visa in hand (picked up in Čačak at DHL)
11/28/2014 - Goodbye Serbia!
11/29/2014 - POE in Seattle

*On 08/01/14 I received a checklist via email and responded right away. Over a month later, on 09/09/14, I received the hard-copy in the mail. Upon reading the hard-copy, I found that NVC made a mistake and emailed me the wrong checklist. I contacted a supervisor at NVC and she instructed me to write a letter of explanation to accompany my "real" checklist response. She also told me this may not help me and that we may be back in line. Lord help us!

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There's so many people going to Seattle! I should start a Seattle forum! :ot:

Hi, so it looks like you got check listed. I was wondering, I was check listed for 2 things...do I redo the paperwork with changing those two things only, or because we are doing assets only which requires me to put the contents of our savings, should I do an updated version of that, too? Basically do I just do what was asked?

Just curious what you did :goofy:

Legal Marriage: 10/10/13

Ceremony in Japan: 10/13/13

mailed I-130 from Japan: 11/05/13

Received NOA1 e-mail: 11/15/13

Received NOA1 hard copy: 11/21/2013

**case sent to Nebraska Service Center**

Received NOA2 from website: 05/08/14

Received NOA2 hard copy to foreign address 5/12/14

**177 days from NOA1 to NOA2**

NVC received case 5/21/14

Called to get case number and they couldn't assign it yet: 6/12/2014

Called and talked to supervisor to get assigned case# and IIN (after calling 2x and having trouble with one particular representative saying my case number could not be given yet: 6/24/14

Email from NVC and completed AOS fee payment: 6/27/14

DS-261 completed: 6/27/2014

Mailed AOS package 6/30/14

E-mailed change of embassy request (this is a major setback, they said this was the reason we couldn't pay IV bill): 7/20/2014

Change of embassy request accepted: 10/7/2014 *49 days to get approved embassy change*

**Was told 2x to call back in two weeks to see if IV is available to pay**

AOS Checklist via email, 2 mistakes to fix: 10/7/2014

AOS Corrections mailed: 10/10/2014

IV bill became available and paid: 10/24/2014

IV bill showed as paid in NVC system: 10/27/2014

IV package mailed by husband in France: 10/30/2014

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Hi everyone my DP august 29 2013 my case completed at NVC just waiting for the interview date my question is now my wife is pregnant what is gonna happen if baby will born before interview date will he be added at this case or everithing start over ? how i can add a baby after case completed

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well i called NVC.so the checklist my lawyer sent on sept 7.its NOT in their data baseso i need to send it again..YES I am feeling sick right now..lot a whole month.a WHOLE WONTH>>>>.. apparently my lawyer sent the documents againtodayso i will call them every day until i get a confirmation.

i would suggest you call them everyday until you get a confirmationi am going to.

i cannot even think straighti am so angry and frustrated.

Whatttt I cant believe that something is happening with our docs but who do we talk too. Like I said I have sent twice and they still cant see it in there system. I have called everyday. For sure we will continue calling but one thing is to wait and another is to not even know whats going on. Call call and call

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Hi, so it looks like you got check listed. I was wondering, I was check listed for 2 things...do I redo the paperwork with changing those two things only, or because we are doing assets only which requires me to put the contents of our savings, should I do an updated version of that, too? Basically do I just do what was asked?

Just curious what you did :goofy:

I would call NVC first to make sure exactly what they want. I didn't call because the emailed checklist was self-explanatory, but I was screwed because NVC sent me the wrong checklist....which I didn't find out until we were already into September.

Fill out all new forms. Do not just fix the mistakes on the old form. But seriously call NVC first and ask for a supervisor to explain your checklist to you. Make sure you understand it before you get off the phone. All the supervisors I have talked to have been helpful and are willing to answer all my questions. Good luck! I hope you get to see the GNW soon!

USCIS
09/03/2013 - Sent I-130
09/13/2013 - NOA1

04/23/2014 - I-130 Approval/NOA2

NVC

06/02/2014 - DS -261 & AOS invoice Available

06/03/2014 - AOS invoice paid & DS-261 completed
06/04/2014 - DS-261 received by NVC

06/10/2014 - AOS Package sent
​06/16/2014 - AOS received/scanned by NVC
08/01/2014 - AOS checklist via email*
08/04/2014 - AOS checklist packet sent
08/06/2014 - IV Package sent with AOS barcode coversheet
08/07/2014 - DS-261 reviewed by NVC

08/09/2014 - IV Bill invoiced

08/11/2014 - IV Bill paid
08/12/2014 - AOS checklist scanned at NVC

08/13/2014 - DS-260 Completed online

08/13/2014 - IV Package scanned at NVC

09/09/2014 - AOS checklist hard-copy*

09/11/2014 - "Real" AOS checklist packet sent*

09/15/2014 - "Real" AOS checklist scanned at NVC

10/03/2014 - NVC received emailed expedite request, forwarded to Belgrade Embassy (financial)

10/09/2014 - Belgrade Embassy denied expedite (financial)

10/16/2014 - Emailed expedite request to NVC, forwarded to Belgrade Embassy (NVC error)

10/17/2014 - Expedite ACCEPTED!!! (NVC error)

10/23/2014 - NVC shipped case to BLG

11/07/2014 - Called BLG, inquired about case and received interview date, interview packet was mailed 11/6/14, never received any email
11/13/2014 - Received interview packet, postmarked 11/10/14 even though BLG said sent on 11/6/14

Embassy
11/13/2014 - Medical
11/19/2014 - Interview- APPROVED!!

11/21/2014 - BLG posted visa packet through DHL to Čačak (has tracking number)
11/24/2014 - Visa in hand (picked up in Čačak at DHL)
11/28/2014 - Goodbye Serbia!
11/29/2014 - POE in Seattle

*On 08/01/14 I received a checklist via email and responded right away. Over a month later, on 09/09/14, I received the hard-copy in the mail. Upon reading the hard-copy, I found that NVC made a mistake and emailed me the wrong checklist. I contacted a supervisor at NVC and she instructed me to write a letter of explanation to accompany my "real" checklist response. She also told me this may not help me and that we may be back in line. Lord help us!

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Hi guys i will start to fill out the DS-261..

Question:

After filling out DS261 and print it... should i need to send the print out to my husband or i just keep it to use on the interview?? Thanks in advance.

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Hi guys i will start to fill out the DS-261..

Question:

After filling out DS261 and print it... should i need to send the print out to my husband or i just keep it to use on the interview?? Thanks in advance.

He doesnt really need a copy since you will be interviewed. Just skim through everything before you go in to be interviewed. And make sure you fill everything out accurately before submitting.

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Hi everyone my DP august 29 2013 my case completed at NVC just waiting for the interview date my question is now my wife is pregnant what is gonna happen if baby will born before interview date will he be added at this case or everithing start over ? how i can add a baby after case completed

the baby will be a US citizen. You don't need to add him/her. Just register the birth and get a passport for the baby.

Married March 9, 2013
NOA1 I-130 April 12, 2013
Transferred to TSC Nov 27, 2013
APPROVED March 18, 2014 FINALLY ! ! ! !! 11 MONTHS & 6 LONG DAYS FOR MY NOA2
Case shipped from TSC to NVC March 21, 2014
Rec'd NOA2 hard copy March 22, 2014
Case rec'd & Case Number assigned April 1, 2014 AMAZING !!!
PAID IV and AOS fees online April 5, 2014
Fees show paid/DS 260 avail. /DS260 submitted/AOS&IV pkg sent April 9, 2014
FEDEX delivered @ NVC April 11, 2014
Revised AOS pkg delivered April 15, 2014
AOS & IV rec'd& scanned in @ NVC April 15, 2014
Revised AOS scanned April 18, 2014
AOS checklist for income and IV pkg April 30, 2014 (checklist expected due to Lawyers mistakes)
DS260 accepted April 30, 2014
Checklist for Birth cert/police cert May 1, 2014
AOS accepted May 5, 2014
Birth cert scanned MAY 8, 2014

CASE COMPLETE JUNE 4, 2014 CC letter received via email June 11, 2014

INTERVIEW JULY 15, 2014

Waiver finally FedEx'd to Phoenix Lockbox August 21, 2014

WAIVER APPROVED December 17, 2014

Received Instruction Letter via email December 23, 2014

Final Embassy Appointment January 5, 2015 YAY !

Visa ISSUED January 12, 2015

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He doesnt really need a copy since you will be interviewed. Just skim through everything before you go in to be interviewed. And make sure you fill everything out accurately before submitting.

Thank you :)

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