January Filers

[Len & How 0]

The USCIS case # will be on the NOA2 or is it the old # that is on the NOA1? I'm getting too pumped up now.

I think you only have one USCIS number throughout the process. That should be the WACxxxxx one. Not sure though, not there yet.

[JenandBarney 0]

Hello all,

I received my NOA2 notification on friday the 27th. I also got touched on saturday the 28th. I have not received the hard copy yet.

The touch on saturday could be that CSC mailed my approval to NVC???

Also what is needed to get my case # from NVC? Do I have to wait to receive hard copy of the NOA2 to give NVC my approval number?

I have packet 3 ready to go, just waiting for NVC to send off my approval to the embassy in Colombia.

Thanks!

Lucho,

If you don't already have the number for NVC: 603-334-0700. I don't see any harm in trying before you get your hardcopy, however I doubt if they have your case yet. But let me ask you something. So, your going to send packet 3 off before you actually get it in the mail from the embassy? Can you do that?

[JenandBarney 0]

The USCIS case # will be on the NOA2 or is it the old # that is on the NOA1? I'm getting too pumped up now.

I think you only have one USCIS number throughout the process. That should be the WACxxxxx one. Not sure though, not there yet.

Lenka and Howard,

I thought you got a new (maybe visa) case number at the NVC. Thats the way I understood it anyhow.

[kari lina 0]

The USCIS case # will be on the NOA2 or is it the old # that is on the NOA1? I'm getting too pumped up now.

I think you only have one USCIS number throughout the process. That should be the WACxxxxx one. Not sure though, not there yet.

Lenka and Howard,

I thought you got a new (maybe visa) case number at the NVC. Thats the way I understood it anyhow.

You do get a new case number from NVC and that will be the same case number used at your embassy. The USCIS is ran by a different department of the government than NVC and the embassies, so they give you a different case number.

Karoline

[lucho562 0]

Jen/Barney,

I was told by everyone in the Colombian club thread that it is OK to send them the packet 3 as soon as they receive the approval from NVC. I do not have to wait for the embassy to send me packet 3. Packet 3 is available online at the Colombian embassy website. This is great because it speeds up the process by weeks. Because once packet 3 is faxed/mailed to the embassy. They will reply with packet 4 & the interview date which is about a month or so later.

Check the U.K. embassy page for their packet 3. It's good to get a jumpstart on this.

[JenandBarney 0]

Jen/Barney,

I was told by everyone in the Colombian club thread that it is OK to send them the packet 3 as soon as they receive the approval from NVC. I do not have to wait for the embassy to send me packet 3. Packet 3 is available online at the Colombian embassy website. This is great because it speeds up the process by weeks. Because once packet 3 is faxed/mailed to the embassy. They will reply with packet 4 & the interview date which is about a month or so later.

Check the U.K. embassy page for their packet 3. It's good to get a jumpstart on this.

Thanks Lucho!!!

[TimsDaisy 0]

Jen/Barney,

I was told by everyone in the Colombian club thread that it is OK to send them the packet 3 as soon as they receive the approval from NVC. I do not have to wait for the embassy to send me packet 3. Packet 3 is available online at the Colombian embassy website. This is great because it speeds up the process by weeks. Because once packet 3 is faxed/mailed to the embassy. They will reply with packet 4 & the interview date which is about a month or so later.

Check the U.K. embassy page for their packet 3. It's good to get a jumpstart on this.

Thanks Lucho!!!

If you check some threads in the UK forum: general wisdom/advice there is not to send the packet 3 forms until you are SURE they have entered your file into the system - which means waiting for it to get from NVC to the London Embassy. You can, of course, start collecting the documents requried and checking out the forms that will need to be filled out, so you can send them back as soon as you're in the system.

There was concern that getting your materials there before you were entered would land them in the bin. Check the UK forum for more. (The checklist is on the London Embassy site and scans of actual packet 3 documents are available in the "gallery" section here on VJ)

[JenandBarney 0]

Jen/Barney,

I was told by everyone in the Colombian club thread that it is OK to send them the packet 3 as soon as they receive the approval from NVC. I do not have to wait for the embassy to send me packet 3. Packet 3 is available online at the Colombian embassy website. This is great because it speeds up the process by weeks. Because once packet 3 is faxed/mailed to the embassy. They will reply with packet 4 & the interview date which is about a month or so later.

Check the U.K. embassy page for their packet 3. It's good to get a jumpstart on this.

Thanks Lucho!!!

If you check some threads in the UK forum: general wisdom/advice there is not to send the packet 3 forms until you are SURE they have entered your file into the system - which means waiting for it to get from NVC to the London Embassy. You can, of course, start collecting the documents requried and checking out the forms that will need to be filled out, so you can send them back as soon as you're in the system.

There was concern that getting your materials there before you were entered would land them in the bin. Check the UK forum for more. (The checklist is on the London Embassy site and scans of actual packet 3 documents are available in the "gallery" section here on VJ)

Thanks Daisy. I have searched on the UK forum, not with much luck though. I must not be doing my search correctly. There is like 65 threads to go through. I will try again. I have downloaded the required forms...I'm headed for England in three days so Barney and I will be spending some time getting them ready.

[Jennymc11 2]

Hey everybody (especially Jan 29th crew),

Got touched today! So exciting! Anybody else??

Jenny

[lucho562 0]

Every embassy is different. I'm not sure how the UK embassy runs things. I will be faxing and snail mailing immediately. I will not wait until I receive packet 3 from the embassy, when I can just get it from the website right now.

If we get packet 3 in by May 15th (Bogota's cutoff date) we are assured a June interview. I wonder if other embassys work with this same cutoff date???

[mountaingirl 0]

Hey everybody (especially Jan 29th crew),

Got touched today! So exciting! Anybody else??

Jenny

Yay! I hope you'll get approved soon too.

FutureMrs we're next!!!

[JenandBarney 0]

Every embassy is different. I'm not sure how the UK embassy runs things. I will be faxing and snail mailing immediately. I will not wait until I receive packet 3 from the embassy, when I can just get it from the website right now.

If we get packet 3 in by May 15th (Bogota's cutoff date) we are assured a June interview. I wonder if other embassys work with this same cutoff date???

I've never heard of a cutoff date? Did you find that on the embassy website? If so, where at? I know it would be different for UK, but just curious???

[Mononoke28 135]

It's all info about the US embassy in Colombia where previous members have said that if you mail packet 3 to the embassy between the 16th-20th of the month, they schedule the interview for the next month. If not, then you get the interview for the following month.

[Arnt 0]

Hey everybody (especially Jan 29th crew),

Got touched today! So exciting! Anybody else??

Jenny

nothing here yet since NOA1

[TracyTN 237]

Every embassy is different. I'm not sure how the UK embassy runs things. I will be faxing and snail mailing immediately. I will not wait until I receive packet 3 from the embassy, when I can just get it from the website right now.

If we get packet 3 in by May 15th (Bogota's cutoff date) we are assured a June interview. I wonder if other embassys work with this same cutoff date???

I've never heard of a cutoff date? Did you find that on the embassy website? If so, where at? I know it would be different for UK, but just curious???

To my knowledge, London doesn't work off some 'cutoff date'.