CR1 interview TOMORROW but CEAC status still "in transit"

[Darnell 8,478]

Well Apparently I should have been even MORE concerned than I was considering I got there and they DIDN'T HAVE OUR CASE.

Wow - that massively sucks.

I hope the Vice-Consul took the appointment letter,

and hand-wrote a new appointment date on it,

and gave it back to yer foreign spouse.

Seriously !

[HoussemAnna 20]

Hi, I am in the same situation. Nice to hear I am not the only one. According to DHL, it was sent 12/3/14 and arrived on 12/9/14. When I called the embassy last week I was told they had not received it. When I called though FYI they had someone who normally is in Paris working there because it was around the holidays. Clearly they are just not working a lot over the holiday season.

Then, randomly, two days ago it changed from "in transit" to "at NVC" which freaked me out. So I called NVC, and by that time it had already magically changed back to "in transit." They said they had no idea why....

So it is VERY good to read this thread, thank you for starting it.

Anna, what type of congressman did you get involved? Unfortunately my fiance doesn't know people at the embassy.....

My fiance is heading to Tunisia from Libya on January 25th and not going back because this is the estimate I gave him, I want him to have his interview the first week of February!

Each state in the USA had two congressmen and or woman which you can look up their contact info via internet search and request them to help and they will request your contact info and send a paper you have to sign for them to get involved. I sugeest everyone to do this and call them and keep them updated. I was lucky to contact a hardworking lady in my congressman's office who always helped push things through. I hope it helps

[HollyDaniela 6]

UG!!! We live right across the street from the Embassy, it's literally a 15 minute walk for us to get there and we are super frustrated by this situation. How much worse it must be to have to coordinate travel from another country and be turned away.

Wow. I filled out the forms to contact the senators, I do not have time to deal with that B.S. He is leaving Libya in 2 weeks.

Let me know if you figure out any secrets! Pleaaaaase.

Each state in the USA had two congressmen and or woman which you can look up their contact info via internet search and request them to help and they will request your contact info and send a paper you have to sign for them to get involved. I sugeest everyone to do this and call them and keep them updated. I was lucky to contact a hardworking lady in my congressman's office who always helped push things through. I hope it helps

Thank you dear I figured this out for the two NY state senators. Appreciate your help a lot.

[JulieJulie 3]

Looks like they must have found our case. We just received an email from the Embassy with a new appointment date for this Thursday.

[JulieJulie 3]

PS at least your got your package already! We have received Zilch.

That is because the NVC schedules the interviews for the Spouse visas BEFORE the forms even leave the NVC. For the fiance visas the EMBASSY schedules them after they log the packages as received into their system. Once they "find" your case they'll send you your package and should be smooth sailing from there. Who knows, maybe they found your case when they were looking for ours.

Also, I emailed them with the complete DHL information on Friday so that they couldn't keep pointing to the NVC for losing the package. I highlighted for them the part that showed "Received by: CO Stamp" and that it was received in TUNIS, TUNISIA. I also emailed to them the actual DHL tracking number for our package so that they could have no doubt that THEY HAD THE PACKAGE somewhere in their facility.

[HollyDaniela 6]

Thank you

I am going to do that! But they don't reply to my emails!

That is because the NVC schedules the interviews for the Spouse visas BEFORE the forms even leave the NVC. For the fiance visas the EMBASSY schedules them after they log the packages as received into their system. Once they "find" your case they'll send you your package and should be smooth sailing from there. Who knows, maybe they found your case when they were looking for ours.

Also, I emailed them with the complete DHL information on Friday so that they couldn't keep pointing to the NVC for losing the package. I highlighted for them the part that showed "Received by: CO Stamp" and that it was received in TUNIS, TUNISIA. I also emailed to them the actual DHL tracking number for our package so that they could have no doubt that THEY HAD THE PACKAGE somewhere in their facility.

[JulieJulie 3]

My husband had his interview today and was approved! Fortunately they found his case quickly and we didn't have to spend any time and money making travel arrangements back and forth to the embassy since it is just right across the street from our apartment. Could have been a LOT worse than just a week delay and a bit of inconvenience.

[TBoneTX 45,361]

Congratulations!

This is now a "case progress" thread, so thread is moved from Embassy/Consulate forum to the CR-1 Case Progress subforum.

[Al422 221]

The CEAC website requires a human to input new data, so it does not always show changes as soon as they happen. Give it a few days.

[JulieJulie 3]

The CEAC website requires a human to input new data, so it does not always show changes as soon as they happen. Give it a few days.

I had ALREADY given it two weeks from when DHL said they delivered the package. I was asking the question just three days before the interview and when I got to the interview they didn't have our case and sent us away so I was right to have been concerned. Anyone going to the Tunisian embassy should call and verify that it was received before arranging travel to the embassy this has happened to many people.

[HollyDaniela 6]

The CEAC website requires a human to input new data, so it does not always show changes as soon as they happen. Give it a few days.

Likewise, I have already given it 35 days since it was received. There is a problem with this embassy.

My husband had his interview today and was approved! Fortunately they found his case quickly and we didn't have to spend any time and money making travel arrangements back and forth to the embassy since it is just right across the street from our apartment. Could have been a LOT worse than just a week delay and a bit of inconvenience.

Wohoo! Congratulations!!!!

[HollyDaniela 6]

This was me on the phone at 2:00am calling the embassy tonight.

The best part is she thought she was going to get me off the phone with taking my case number and saying she'd contact my fiance if she had our case. Ha ha ha. I said excuse me, I just stayed up until 2am to call, you better at least pretend like you are going to look for it.

She told me the DHL tracking stamp....."CO Stamp" just means it is received by the immigration. Is that ACTUALLY true? I told her I thought that was BS and they needed to find my case and enter it into their system! I told her I knew about other people who had similar problems and she said oh well other people don't always have the best information! And I said oh yes they do mam!

Ok I needed to vent, I am so annoyed.

This was me on the phone at 2:00am calling the embassy tonight.

The best part is she thought she was going to get me off the phone with taking my case number and saying she'd contact my fiance if she had our case. Ha ha ha. I said excuse me, I just stayed up until 2am to call, you better at least pretend like you are going to look for it.

She told me the DHL tracking stamp....."CO Stamp" just means it is received by the immigration. Is that ACTUALLY true? I told her I thought that was BS and they needed to find my case and enter it into their system! I told her I knew about other people who had similar problems and she said oh well other people don't always have the best information! And I said oh yes they do mam!

Ok I needed to vent, I am so annoyed.

[JulieJulie 3]

This was me on the phone at 2:00am calling the embassy tonight.

The best part is she thought she was going to get me off the phone with taking my case number and saying she'd contact my fiance if she had our case. Ha ha ha. I said excuse me, I just stayed up until 2am to call, you better at least pretend like you are going to look for it.

She told me the DHL tracking stamp....."CO Stamp" just means it is received by the immigration. Is that ACTUALLY true? I told her I thought that was BS and they needed to find my case and enter it into their system! I told her I knew about other people who had similar problems and she said oh well other people don't always have the best information! And I said oh yes they do mam!

Ok I needed to vent, I am so annoyed.

This was me on the phone at 2:00am calling the embassy tonight.

The best part is she thought she was going to get me off the phone with taking my case number and saying she'd contact my fiance if she had our case. Ha ha ha. I said excuse me, I just stayed up until 2am to call, you better at least pretend like you are going to look for it.

She told me the DHL tracking stamp....."CO Stamp" just means it is received by the immigration. Is that ACTUALLY true? I told her I thought that was BS and they needed to find my case and enter it into their system! I told her I knew about other people who had similar problems and she said oh well other people don't always have the best information! And I said oh yes they do mam!

Ok I needed to vent, I am so annoyed.

Co stamp means it was received AT THE EMBASSY. That's how they sign for it with the post office.. Tell them you tracked it TO TUNISIA... and TO THEIR FRONT DOOR. Tunisians will tell you anything just to sound like they know what their talking about. You have to be more confident than them. Ask to speak with the consul general.

[HollyDaniela 6]

Co stamp means it was received AT THE EMBASSY. That's how they sign for it with the post office.. Tell them you tracked it TO TUNISIA... and TO THEIR FRONT DOOR. Tunisians will tell you anything just to sound like they know what their talking about. You have to be more confident than them. Ask to speak with the consul general.

She straight up told me that "CO" meant it was delivered to customs. She sounded American not Tunisian.

To make matters even better, I just had him pay for the visa today so I could book the interview online on ustraveldocs, and then I get the notice "there are currently no appointments available." Did you schedule yours online?

[JulieJulie 3]

She straight up told me that "CO" meant it was delivered to customs. She sounded American not Tunisian.

To make matters even better, I just had him pay for the visa today so I could book the interview online on ustraveldocs, and then I get the notice "there are currently no appointments available." Did you schedule yours online?

When you track the package it shows clearly that it was already transfered out for delivery. Just hold your ground and tell her that she has been misinformed and that the package clearly tracks with the shipper that it has been DELIVERED to their facility.

As for scheduling the interview, we did the CR1 so the scheduling process is different for us. We pay all of our fees BEFORE the NVC even reviews anything and then the NVC schedules the interview before they even ship the case to the embassy.