NVC Filers - February 2015

[v4b 46]

Yup day 34 for me.....pure torture lol. At least at the beginning of NVC I could distract myself with all the prep, research, etc. Waiting with nothing to do is tough.

Good luck to you

To me I really don't care anymore about the day count, because NVC can just keep adding more days to the processing time, it used to be 60, now 67, they have no word.

But I encourage you to stay positive

[newtothelift 15]

Ya. I will just attach an explanation letter in case. Thanks buddy! Where are you at the nvc stage? 60 days wait for review?

Sorry to say but it's very unlikely you will hear back from them within 60 days. I am currently on day 65 and as of yet have heard absolutely nothing. Like others have said ignore the day count because the NVC is bound by no date and no time periods. They simply do what they can when

They can. The whole system is wholey inadequate and badly managed. This coupled with bad weather and strange holidays means it could be anytime.

Last CC I heard was 68 days I think.

I wish you all the very best though!

[shikimo 8]

I am also on day 64. I hope they have been reviewing our documents today!

Have you checked whether you have 3 n/a's yet?

Yes, I check once per day, thanks. If I start checking more often than that I won't get anything else done.

I just wish I could know whether the news will be good (CC) or bad (second ticky-tack checklist). "Could be!" is just NOT the definitive response I was hoping for.

Good luck to you too! Maybe we'll have CCs by the end of the week...

She's right you will hear from them soon because of your scan date... I did add you to the spreadsheet, please report back, my best guess is Friday.

Will do: hopefully it's good news!!

[mrs thb 331]

Thanks for sharing a great calculating tool. However, I work only 12hr/week right now. And my next quarter will pretty much depend on my class schedule. So i dont know how to calculate it because i dont know how many hour i would work naxt quarter. Can I just calculate it using pay rate * current 12hr/week * 10 weeks/quarter * 3 quarter/yr? Then i will just write an explanation letter for my situation? Any suggestion?

off topic...my daughter is backpacking through vietnam as we speak....she is so impressed, just loves the country!!! just thought i'd share that everyday she sends me messages telling me how much she loves it (better than Laos) and how nice the people are (very humble).

[Soloenta 2,218]

Hello Saylin I hope you don't mind me posting this thread here but it's very important. Please everyone check this thread out it has to do with cases that are denied and will also help those put in AP at their interview. One lady has been waiting since 2006 to get her husband home so please let's help pave the way for her and all of us just in case any of you are amoung the unlucky ones.

Yes, but I have heard of people being hit with misrepresentations for not responding to the first reason of denial and at CSC they just wait until you file again and then bring up then deny the second petition and ask why you were denied the first time. It is a hit or miss situation.

http://www.americanb...uthcheckdam.pdf

http://www.npr.org/2...foreign-spouses

http://www.visajourn...-6#entry7496063

This lady's court case is still pending. She has been trying to get her husband here since 2006. She won at the lower court level and DOS appealed. I have started emailing the Supreme Court telling them to repeal this doctrine, it only hurts U.S. citizens when we are not able to bring our grievances to the courts. They are denying us a constitutional right. You should do the same. Here is what I typed.

The Doctrine of Consular Non-Reviewability deprives U.S. citizens of one of their main Constitutional rights, the right to petition their government for redress of grievances. Lengthy, unnecessary delays and the denial of a visa for the spouse of a U.S. citizen directly affect the U.S. citizen. In everyday life this is called cause and effect. Every day, thousands of U.S. citizens are forcibly separated from their spouses and even children during this process of legally petitioning for their family members to join them in the U.S.

The Doctrine of Consular Non-Reviewability takes away the option of redressing the grievance of a U.S. citizen, especially for an individual who is unable to move abroad due to certain hardships.

All Visa petitions pass through the hands of humans, which creates countless opportunity for human error. Chances of Visa problems increase when Visa workers are burnt out, biased, discriminatory and so on. Human factors like these exponentially increase chances for losing, misplacing, or misinterpreting critical Visa paperwork. Consulates abroad are denying applicants mainly under two categories, non-bona fide relationship and misrepresentation. They understand these two categories are hard to overcome and there is no recourse.

Current laws protect the USCIS, DOS and our Consulates abroad, but these same laws fail to provide necessary protections to the U.S. citizens who are currently struggling or stuck in the legal immigration system. Every day, these struggling and stuck U.S. citizens are unable to receive even the most basic relief or hope from this immigration system. For these reasons, all Americans deserve the right to petition our government to promptly and fairly address these major and tortuous Visa issues

Please repeal the Doctrine of Consular Non-Reviewability.

Please repost were ever you can ty in advance.

Edited February 26, 2015 by Soloenta

[SGolds83 7]

Hi!

I have yet another question regarding the documents that we send in to NVC. I am getting worried about the section asking for my husbands address. In My husbands country it is uncommon for people to get mail to a physical address. Most of the houses and streets don't have numbers or names even. I called NVC and they told me not to worry about it and put my address but I don't think that is right and I don't want a checklist over that. They use mail services like EMS, but I just have a feeling NVC would checklist us if I put that or a PO box on the form.

Any advice?

Thanks!

[mrs thb 331]

Hello Saylin I hope you don't mind me posting this thread here but it's very important. Please everyone check this thread out it has to do with cases that are denied and will also help those put in AP at their interview. One lady has been waiting since 2006 to get her husband home so please let's help pave the way for her and all of us just in case any of you are amoung the unlucky ones.

Yes, but I have heard of people being hit with misrepresentations for not responding to the first reason of denial and at CSC they just wait until you file again and then bring up then deny the second petition and ask why you were denied the first time. It is a hit or miss situation.

http://www.americanb...uthcheckdam.pdf

http://www.npr.org/2...foreign-spouses

http://www.visajourn...-6#entry7496063

soloenta,

first 2 links did not work for me....could they be defective?

[mrs thb 331]

Hi!

I have yet another question regarding the documents that we send in to NVC. I am getting worried about the section asking for my husbands address. In My husbands country it is uncommon for people to get mail to a physical address. Most of the houses and streets don't have numbers or names even. I called NVC and they told me not to worry about it and put my address but I don't think that is right and I don't want a checklist over that. They use mail services like EMS, but I just have a feeling NVC would checklist us if I put that or a PO box on the form.

Any advice?

Thanks!

can you try to get in contact with other fellow members from tanzania to ask them what they did? try to do a search here in vj....or put a call out on the facebook page.

[TwoChickies 105]

soloenta,

first 2 links did not work for me....could they be defective?

I think she just copied/pasted the post and so it copied the links as they appear, which isn't a real link being in the format of "http:...........com/"

I hope she sees this and can direct us to the right ones, I'd love to read what I can.

[QM&TD 2]

off topic...my daughter is backpacking through vietnam as we speak....she is so impressed, just loves the country!!! just thought i'd share that everyday she sends me messages telling me how much she loves it (better than Laos) and how nice the people are (very humble).

Haha. I've been there with my wife for almost three months last summer. Can i ask you something if you dont mind? So for your case number, do you call in and get that or you just wait for their instruction? I ask because the rep at nvc told me that even i have my case number, i still have to wait for their instruction to be able to fill out ds-261 and she said that it may take up to 28 days. It is so annoy when i have case number in hand but can't do anything.

[ItsGonnaBeWorthIt 191]

Hi!

I have yet another question regarding the documents that we send in to NVC. I am getting worried about the section asking for my husbands address. In My husbands country it is uncommon for people to get mail to a physical address. Most of the houses and streets don't have numbers or names even. I called NVC and they told me not to worry about it and put my address but I don't think that is right and I don't want a checklist over that. They use mail services like EMS, but I just have a feeling NVC would checklist us if I put that or a PO box on the form.

Any advice?

Thanks!

No addreses in my husband country either so he set up a po box and thats what we use . My friend that went through the process also used a po box and had no issues so thats how we learned to get one . We got it at the uscis stage and used it then and it was fine so think its fine now as well.

[jeavgar 1]

We finally got our case number, have paid the AOS fee, and waiting for the IV fee to become available. We called up to confirm and we're so glad that we are eligible for electronic processing too. But, our joint-sponsor bailed and now we're basically stuck because we can't meet the Affidavit of Support requirements. So frustrating!

[Saylin 1,605]

We finally got our case number, have paid the AOS fee, and waiting for the IV fee to become available. We called up to confirm and we're so glad that we are eligible for electronic processing too. But, our joint-sponsor bailed and now we're basically stuck because we can't meet the Affidavit of Support requirements. So frustrating!

Your timeline says Australia, which is NOT a country eligible for electronic processing. You can only snail mail packages in.

[QM&TD 2]

We finally got our case number, have paid the AOS fee, and waiting for the IV fee to become available. We called up to confirm and we're so glad that we are eligible for electronic processing too. But, our joint-sponsor bailed and now we're basically stuck because we can't meet the Affidavit of Support requirements. So frustrating!

Hi jeavgar,

Do you know what date your case number was assigned? They also received my case on jan 23rd which is same date as yours. I have case number already but no ds-261 and AOS fee invoice yet. Thanks

Edited February 26, 2015 by quocmy

[jeavgar 1]

Your timeline says Australia, which is NOT a country eligible for electronic processing. You can only snail mail packages in.

Yes, Australia. Eligibility has just recently been granted to Australia, thankfully. The US Visa website has updated to reflect the change. I was skeptical too, Saylin, which is why I called to confirm. According to the NVC, I AM eligible for electronic processing