NVC Filers - December 2014

[anya2013 5]

Thank you!!! I hope u next.

It took them 12 days to review it (I dont know how that happened) however I recivied email said 60 days story on Dec 10.

So they might review yours shortly. Wish u the best inshallah ?

inshalla , please let me know when u got the interview date

[Perez2012 15]

ugh finally got the checklist email. the stuff they told me over phone was incorrect. so sad

-they want my passport biographic page (which i already sent). Over the phone (two times) they said they needed my passport picture (which i already sent as well)

-They need the joint sponsors proof of employment. Over the phone they told me they needed my wifes proof of empoyment.

UGH I dont even know what to do now. I am just done with this.

Omg! Did you already send what they said over the phone? Try to get a supervisor review and explain they mislead u and your passport page was already submitted maybe you can take proof of joint sponsored employment to interview.

[Oaltawel 5]

inshalla , please let me know when u got the interview date

I think they will start scheduling first week of January. I'll let u know as soon as know

[SharksBelow 99]

CASE COMPLETE !!

Verbal confirmation by NVC Supervisor 18th Dec, 2014

Initial AOS/IV Scan Date: Sept 29th

Verbal Checklist items from NVC agent: 26th Nov

NVC delayed Checklist email for 3 weeks - in that time I was able to get Supervisor to review case as the information requested in the Checklist already existed in the original documents submitted.

Supervisor reviewed while on phone and confirmed case complete!

Is it likely I would get a January interview?

Good luck to all !!!

So happy for you! Did I see you had a Dec 11 scan date for checklist documents?! Same as mine #######! How did you manage that?! But I think we sent the wrong things, still need to call NVC which I will try to do tonight (my time).

ugh finally got the checklist email. the stuff they told me over phone was incorrect. so sad

-they want my passport biographic page (which i already sent). Over the phone (two times) they said they needed my passport picture (which i already sent as well)

-They need the joint sponsors proof of employment. Over the phone they told me they needed my wifes proof of empoyment.

UGH I dont even know what to do now. I am just done with this.

Mate I'm sorry. I am in the same boat. Read the thing and went "#######! that's not what they told me over the phone!" So I am going to talk to a supervisor tonight.

[BatmanFlow 481]

Call and ask them if you can take it with your to interview. They might let you do it. Sorry to hear that man. I know it sucks.

Omg! Did you already send what they said over the phone? Try to get a supervisor review and explain they mislead u and your passport page was already submitted maybe you can take proof of joint sponsored employment to interview.

I will call and see if i can speak with a supervisor. Yes I did, on dec 8. Does anyone know if supervisors are there late night?

So happy for you! Did I see you had a Dec 11 scan date for checklist documents?! Same as mine #######! How did you manage that?! But I think we sent the wrong things, still need to call NVC which I will try to do tonight (my time).

Mate I'm sorry. I am in the same boat. Read the thing and went "#######! that's not what they told me over the phone!" So I am going to talk to a supervisor tonight.

ugh i am so sad. let me know how it goes

[SharksBelow 99]

ugh i am so sad. let me know how it goes

I know. I feel your pain so much. But we're in it together ok?

[mccartna 19]

Hi,

It's the beneficiary here. We just got another checklist email so we were wondering if somebody could help us here.

When we sent the AOS package the first time we used my parents-in-law as co-sponsors and they didn't fill the I-864 and I-864A forms properly. I don't blame them since they are just trying to help us. They made some mistakes like filling and signing both forms by the same person and we got an AOS checklist on October 17th.

After that we decided to use just my father-in-law as unique co-sponsor since he makes enough money for it so we call the NVC and got a representative to confirm that we could do that and to include a letter stating so when submitting the new AOS package and so we did. We sent the checklist back with JUST the I-864 form filled by my father-in-law, the cover sheet and this letter stating that we are using just him for the AOS.

Last Saturday we got our case complete and today we got another checklist asking us to bring the corrected AOS to the interview. Now here's the kicker: The new checklist is basically pretty much the same as the previous one, like if we submitted again both forms filled just by my mother-in-law (which we didn't do - we sen't just the I-864 filled by my father-in-law and a letter stating why).

Here's the damn checklist we got today:

We are planning on bringing to the interview what we sent on the last AOS package. That's the I-864 form filled by my father-in-law and his letter stating why we are just using him as co-sponsor. We think we should be OK with that but we are still worried about it. Does anyone have any suggestion about what we should do? Thank you so much!

[armenma 10]

Can someone who had a case complete CC tell me which N/A I am looking for. I attached a picture. It sais N/A but not sure if that's what I am looking for?

[Not a Tailor 1,370]

Got my welcome email today. Tried to log into CEAC. It says I can't. Does anyone know how long it'll take to be able to log in to CEAC? I'm trying to get hold of NVC to ask now.

[Amanda4964 202]

Saylin kindly replied to a PM I sent her, asking about this. Saylin thinks that they're probably asking for W2s /transcripts of my mother-in-law, the joint sponsor's wife, even though we stated that they are jointly filing tax returns and are both separately self-employed.

The second part is more understandable, it's the part that we left blank when we shouldn't have.

But they told us that it was my HUSBAND'S W2 that was missing. At no point is my husband even mentioned apart from being the addressee.

The other thing they checklisted us for is my police certificate, as I have mentioned before. The first person we talked to at NVC didn't even mention it, the second person said to just ignore that part because it gets sent to the consulate (confirmed by emailing the Sydney consulate that it's okay to bring my AFP certificate with me to the interview even).

Sigh.

PS. OH my god I'm now joining the ranks of finding it really hard to be happy for people

OMG, NVC is a nightmare!!! We all want to provide what they need, but they make it so bloody difficult.

I wish they would provide checklists online instead of letting the phone operators tell you one thing and then weeks later send something different. If everything was online, we could interpret for ourselves and only call if we need clarification. No wonder their phone lines are so busy because people call to find out if they got a checklist because there is no way to check on their own.

It's like their goal in life is to suck the life out of us before they let us "pass". I remember going into NVC so hopeful and coming out so bitter. It will sometimes be hard to be happy for others, but it doesn't make you a bad person. When I would get like that I would just have to stay away from VJ for a few days until my positive attitude returned. It's hard to get used to all of the hurdles they throw at you, but you will get through.

Perhaps they make it so hard so we have to prove we are serious about immigration. Nobody in their right mind would go through all of this on a whim!

Keep your chin up and I am here to talk if you ever need to.

[SharksBelow 99]

OMG, NVC is a nightmare!!! We all want to provide what they need, but they make it so bloody difficult.

I wish they would provide checklists online instead of letting the phone operators tell you one thing and then weeks later send something different. If everything was online, we could interpret for ourselves and only call if we need clarification. No wonder their phone lines are so busy because people call to find out if they got a checklist because there is no way to check on their own.

It's like their goal in life is to suck the life out of us before they let us "pass". I remember going into NVC so hopeful and coming out so bitter. It will sometimes be hard to be happy for others, but it doesn't make you a bad person. When I would get like that I would just have to stay away from VJ for a few days until my positive attitude returned. It's hard to get used to all of the hurdles they throw at you, but you will get through.

Perhaps they make it so hard so we have to prove we are serious about immigration. Nobody in their right mind would go through all of this on a whim!

Keep your chin up and I am here to talk if you ever need to.

Thank you! That is so sweet

And I agree. Why do they want us to suffer so? I don't understand.

People who have talked to a supervisor: is this hard to do? Do they hate having to put you through to a supervisor? Are the supervisors usually helpful? If I talk to a supervisor, will they be able to check and see whether in fact my mother-in-law's i864a is correct seeing as how taxes were jointly filed and return+all schedules was indeed included? Or will they tell us to just send it all in again?

[Amanda4964 202]

Thank you! That is so sweet

And I agree. Why do they want us to suffer so? I don't understand.

People who have talked to a supervisor: is this hard to do? Do they hate having to put you through to a supervisor? Are the supervisors usually helpful? If I talk to a supervisor, will they be able to check and see whether in fact my mother-in-law's i864a is correct seeing as how taxes were jointly filed and return+all schedules was indeed included? Or will they tell us to just send it all in again?

I think it depends which operator you get and why you ask to speak to a supervisor. It can't hurt to try, but some operators will be like gatekeepers. I have heard a lot of people report they will just say the supervisors are in a meeting or just "not avaialable". Some people report never getting through to a supervisor and others appear to get through easily.

I only asked to speak to a supervisor once at the very end when I was at day 67 with no checklist or case complete. I was beyond distressed at this point so I think the operator felt sorry for me and put me through after first saying a supervisor was not available and I burst into tears and all of a sudden someone was available!

Back when I called a very helpful supervisor, Octavio worked 4pm-midnight Mon-Friday, not sure if that is still his schedule, but maybe you could try calling and asking to speak to him? Perhaps if you ask for him by name they will think he is expecting your call? ha ha. Another supervisor I have heard is good is Sylvia, and I think she worked the morning shift.

Best of luck in sorting this out.

[BatmanFlow 481]

I know. I feel your pain so much. But we're in it together ok?

yea we are, eerly similar checklist situation and our checklist dates. I hope we are out of this nightmare soon

[SharksBelow 99]

I think it depends which operator you get and why you ask to speak to a supervisor. It can't hurt to try, but some operators will be like gatekeepers. I have heard a lot of people report they will just say the supervisors are in a meeting or just "not avaialable". Some people report never getting through to a supervisor and others appear to get through easily.

I only asked to speak to a supervisor once at the very end when I was at day 67 with no checklist or case complete. I was beyond distressed at this point so I think the operator felt sorry for me and put me through after first saying a supervisor was not available and I burst into tears and all of a sudden someone was available!

Back when I called a very helpful supervisor, Octavio worked 4pm-midnight Mon-Friday, not sure if that is still his schedule, but maybe you could try calling and asking to speak to him? Perhaps if you ask for him by name they will think he is expecting your call? ha ha. Another supervisor I have heard is good is Sylvia, and I think she worked the morning shift.

Best of luck in sorting this out.

I will try that. I may even turn on the waterworks! If I can't get onto one this evening my time, I will try tomorrow morning again. I need to sort this out because if they checklist me again I will be beyond devastated.

yea we are, eerly similar checklist situation and our checklist dates. I hope we are out of this nightmare soon

I know! I promise to take copious notes and make sure that I pass on any pertinent info.

[SharksBelow 99]

Saylin kindly replied to a PM I sent her, asking about this. Saylin thinks that they're probably asking for W2s /transcripts of my mother-in-law, the joint sponsor's wife, even though we stated that they are jointly filing tax returns and are both separately self-employed.

And:

The second part is more understandable, it's the part that we left blank when we shouldn't have.

But they told us that it was my HUSBAND'S W2 that was missing. At no point is my husband even mentioned apart from being the addressee.

The other thing they checklisted us for is my police certificate, as I have mentioned before. The first person we talked to at NVC didn't even mention it, the second person said to just ignore that part because it gets sent to the consulate (confirmed by emailing the Sydney consulate that it's okay to bring my AFP certificate with me to the interview even).

Does anyone have any brilliant input into this checklist? It almost looks like they want an I-864 for my mother in law and not an i864a?? But she is the wife of the joint sponsor so I don't know why they would want a full I-864...