NVC process for VSC filers from Aug 2013- Jun 2014

[Munafn 14]

Well NVC can take upto 25 days to respond after each correspondence with them. Give it another 2 weeks at least.

[Habel 5]

Hello Everyone,

Any news from any of you yet? Munafn and Dew as you guys are the first two who got approved at the begining, is there any update from your end? As the VB did not advance by that much it will give us a chance to have a CC before the next bulletin in my guess. What do you think guys? please share your ideas. Munafn did you manage to get answer for your questions if not can someone help aswering his question as I do not have any clue sorry mate. Maybe Sabi2000 can help. thanks in advance.

[sbai2000 31]

Hi everyone,

I have a bit of dilemma and was hoping for some opinions. As of the end of April, I am resigning from my job in order to temporarily leave to UAE to take care of my father due to his health condition. I am not losing domicile, as I'm only away for two months. That being said, I won't have a job for the next two months. My annual salary and past tax returns more than sufficiently cover the cost required for supporting sponsorship. Unfortunately I have to go and using a joint sponsor is unfortunately not an option either at this time.

My question is - can I submit only my W2 and past tax return documents along with everything else to the NVC and manage to get a case complete without a joint sponsor? I will be unable to produce an employment letter/employment verification letter during the two months I am out. I will most definitely have a job before the interview as I'd be back before then and I can submit whatever evidence is required to my wife at the time.

Any thoughts on the process or what I should do? and unfortunately I cannot postpone my trip to the UAE.

@ Munafn - my neighbor in MD!!

I've thought about your dilemma a lot and I wasn't going to say anything lest it be incorrect. But since Habel has conjured me up....I will share with you my thoughts: I would not submit my docs to NVC without current employment letter/paystubs or a joint sponsor....no matter what! you will not get case complete without one of those two things and there would be no point in going through the process if you don't have enough docs for case complete.

So what I would do is get all the information now from your current company (paystubs/letter of employment etc...) and submit it all to NVC tout suite! resign only after you have submitted your paperwork to NVC then go for your 2 months.

alternatively, you can resign, travel for the 2 months, come back, get a job and submit everything along with the new employment letter to NVC ...we're talking July 2015.

Munafn - honestly, if it were me, I wouldn't chance it ....and I will get a letter of employment from my current employer and use that to submit to NVC.

anyone else have any thoughts on this?

[Munafn 14]

@ Munafn - my neighbor in MD!!

I've thought about your dilemma a lot and I wasn't going to say anything lest it be incorrect. But since Habel has conjured me up....I will share with you my thoughts: I would not submit my docs to NVC without current employment letter/paystubs or a joint sponsor....no matter what! you will not get case complete without one of those two things and there would be no point in going through the process if you don't have enough docs for case complete.

So what I would do is get all the information now from your current company (paystubs/letter of employment etc...) and submit it all to NVC tout suite! resign only after you have submitted your paperwork to NVC then go for your 2 months.

alternatively, you can resign, travel for the 2 months, come back, get a job and submit everything along with the new employment letter to NVC ...we're talking July 2015.

Munafn - honestly, if it were me, I wouldn't chance it ....and I will get a letter of employment from my current employer and use that to submit to NVC.

anyone else have any thoughts on this?

Thank you for the response my MD neighbor

I have had some time to digest what you wrote and first of all thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. It means a lot. I've been thinking about what to do for a long time. Fact is, I can't postpone my Dubai trip. - I will be leaving on the 30th of April.

Also my company has recently transitioned over to a new system for employment verification. They don't provide letters anymore and they have a system where any one can call in for verification - it's supposedly a system tied in directly with immigration. So getting a letter is out of the question for the time being. However, my last paystub will most likely come in around May 8th and I should be able to submit paystub(s) until that point in time.

That being the case though, I still haven't heard from NVC or received a case number as of yet. I do have a few questions though:

1) Can I submit only paystub without the employment verification letter (along with tax info etc) and get away with it?

2) Can I submit an employment letter with a future start date (July1) to prove income and employment

3) If (1) is possible, can I submit all my documentation to the NVC ahead of receiving a case number?

4) If (3) is not possible, then once I receive the case number, Can I submit all my information, tax, paystub related info ahead of time before accessing DS-260 and AOS fees?

I'm just operating under this assumption that if I have access to the case number and just submit a package to them, then at least they are in receipt of it. I also remember reading somewhere that, determination is not made at the NVC level on whether the information is correct. They only check for case completeness and that final determination is made at the embassy level.

I have to make my move accordingly in order to make the best of my situation at this time. In the mean time I am also looking at other forms of employment whereby I can maintain a US income and hopefully all this will be an issue of the past.

@Habel: No luck yet. I try calling at all different hours both morning and evening and it's really tough to get through. I thought now that the VB is out it would have eased up but nothing yet. I'll keep trying though. I'm coming up on that 3 week mark soon since approval. Also my wife left for the UK last night. It was very sad and upsetting. I hope this journey comes to a close for all of us really soon. It is the hardest thing having to deal with and I hope we can all feel that sigh of relief soon!

[Habel 5]

Thank you for the response my MD neighbor

I have had some time to digest what you wrote and first of all thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts. It means a lot. I've been thinking about what to do for a long time. Fact is, I can't postpone my Dubai trip. - I will be leaving on the 30th of April.

Also my company has recently transitioned over to a new system for employment verification. They don't provide letters anymore and they have a system where any one can call in for verification - it's supposedly a system tied in directly with immigration. So getting a letter is out of the question for the time being. However, my last paystub will most likely come in around May 8th and I should be able to submit paystub(s) until that point in time.

That being the case though, I still haven't heard from NVC or received a case number as of yet. I do have a few questions though:

1) Can I submit only paystub without the employment verification letter (along with tax info etc) and get away with it?

2) Can I submit an employment letter with a future start date (July1) to prove income and employment

3) If (1) is possible, can I submit all my documentation to the NVC ahead of receiving a case number?

4) If (3) is not possible, then once I receive the case number, Can I submit all my information, tax, paystub related info ahead of time before accessing DS-260 and AOS fees?

I'm just operating under this assumption that if I have access to the case number and just submit a package to them, then at least they are in receipt of it. I also remember reading somewhere that, determination is not made at the NVC level on whether the information is correct. They only check for case completeness and that final determination is made at the embassy level.

I have to make my move accordingly in order to make the best of my situation at this time. In the mean time I am also looking at other forms of employment whereby I can maintain a US income and hopefully all this will be an issue of the past.

@Habel: No luck yet. I try calling at all different hours both morning and evening and it's really tough to get through. I thought now that the VB is out it would have eased up but nothing yet. I'll keep trying though. I'm coming up on that 3 week mark soon since approval. Also my wife left for the UK last night. It was very sad and upsetting. I hope this journey comes to a close for all of us really soon. It is the hardest thing having to deal with and I hope we can all feel that sigh of relief soon!

Thanks for the update @Munafn and I hope we will hear something soon in God''s will. Stay strong and your wife is coming to a good weather as the sunshine here is lovely. Please let us know if you hear anything and I hope you will get an answer for your questions from other members soon.

Edited April 15, 2015 by Habel

[Habel 5]

@ Munafn - my neighbor in MD!!

I've thought about your dilemma a lot and I wasn't going to say anything lest it be incorrect. But since Habel has conjured me up....I will share with you my thoughts: I would not submit my docs to NVC without current employment letter/paystubs or a joint sponsor....no matter what! you will not get case complete without one of those two things and there would be no point in going through the process if you don't have enough docs for case complete.

So what I would do is get all the information now from your current company (paystubs/letter of employment etc...) and submit it all to NVC tout suite! resign only after you have submitted your paperwork to NVC then go for your 2 months.

alternatively, you can resign, travel for the 2 months, come back, get a job and submit everything along with the new employment letter to NVC ...we're talking July 2015.

Munafn - honestly, if it were me, I wouldn't chance it ....and I will get a letter of employment from my current employer and use that to submit to NVC.

anyone else have any thoughts on this?

Thanks for responding to @Munafn questions dear and please keep contributing your knowledge as they are really valuable to everyone here.

[DeW_DrOpS 21]

Hi guys..... Well NVC is a big pain to call... Yesterday I started dialing from 8:00 PM but no luck for 45 mins, then luckily my call went through but again for further talk with customer service I had to wait for 1 hour and 10 mins and .... Finally got with a representative

She told still my case wasn't in their system n that it takes 35 days to reach NVC... Blah bhah blah.....

I asked how will I receive notifications from NVC n she told if I provided email with my petition then NVC will send email and if not then paper mail....

So again no luck but will not stop calling them ... Will try again on Friday ... It's now 15 days... At least they should get the petition... Let's see good luck all n don't stop calling....at least we will know what's going on with NVC... Munafn, Habel u guys do also try as u r also approved earlier...

[Habel 5]

Hi guys..... Well NVC is a big pain to call... Yesterday I started dialing from 8:00 PM but no luck for 45 mins, then luckily my call went through but again for further talk with customer service I had to wait for 1 hour and 10 mins and .... Finally got with a representative

She told still my case wasn't in their system n that it takes 35 days to reach NVC... Blah bhah blah.....

I asked how will I receive notifications from NVC n she told if I provided email with my petition then NVC will send email and if not then paper mail....

So again no luck but will not stop calling them ... Will try again on Friday ... It's now 15 days... At least they should get the petition... Let's see good luck all n don't stop calling....at least we will know what's going on with NVC... Munafn, Habel u guys do also try as u r also approved earlier...

Hello Dew_Drops,

Good to see you here again. I did called them the first week and the answer I got was not to call until it passed the 35 days as that is the time frame. I will try to call maybe next Friday as it will be more than three weeks from the date of approval. If I hear anything from our lawyer before hand I will notify everyone here as she will be the first person to get the email from NVC. Good luck and I hope we will hear something soon. P.S one positive aspect is that the VB did not advance by that much which will give us time to finish everything with NVC until the next VB comes out hopefully

Edited April 15, 2015 by Habel

[DeW_DrOpS 21]

Just to share some info..... i just talked with an operator at NVC and asked her to check but unfortunately my case wasn't yet in their system....

She asked how many days it has been since approval and i told 15 days...so she told if its more than 35 days and NVC hasn't contacted you, then scan a copy of ur Approval notice and send an email at nvcresearch@state.gov...but if its not yet 35 days then wait ...

I asked how many days it takes for them to enter a case in their system and she told it takes 4 weeks...So i think by next week end we should hear sumthg....She also told that they will email me if i have provided email with my petition to USCIS...So now the waiting continues.....

[nilx25 18]

I want to ask about my sister. Her DOB is March 17th 1994. Priority date is Nov 27th 2013 and aprroval date is April 1st 2015. Is she going to be in safe zone for CSPA because she already turn 21 and we are worried that she wont make it.

[DeW_DrOpS 21]

Yaayyyyy ... Guys just talked with a representative n finally he told that NVC received my petition today.. I.e 16th and further they will send me instructions within next couple of weeks... He told that it takes 4 weeks after petition is received at NVC to create case number n send instructions....

Munafn... Habel.... U guys can call n check whether they received ur file or not ... Don't wait....call them

[Habel 5]

Yaayyyyy ... Guys just talked with a representative n finally he told that NVC received my petition today.. I.e 16th and further they will send me instructions within next couple of weeks... He told that it takes 4 weeks after petition is received at NVC to create case number n send instructions....

Munafn... Habel.... U guys can call n check whether they received ur file or not ... Don't wait....call them

Congrats Dew_Drops and by reading your instruction I called them however, they told me the same answer by saying I have to wait the 35 days mark. I explained to the guy that a friend of mine who has got approved from the same service center around the same time as mine got told that NVC received his case, he said that person must be lucky to jump the queue and he told me to ring next week. I will try maybe end of next week and hopefully by then I will get the answer I am looking for. Thanks for your update and please let us know your progress in this process. We are nearly there in God's will.

[DeW_DrOpS 21]

Congrats Dew_Drops and by reading your instruction I called them however, they told me the same answer by saying I have to wait the 35 days mark. I explained to the guy that a friend of mine who has got approved from the same service center around the same time as mine got told that NVC received his case, he said that person must be lucky to jump the queue and he told me to ring next week. I will try maybe end of next week and hopefully by then I will get the answer I am looking for. Thanks for your update and please let us know your progress in this process. We are nearly there in God's will.

Yeah...Just don't stop calling them and just give it a shot every day when u get time....they will tell u if ur case is received or not......

So now i will call next week to get my case number and IIN....Hopefully by next friday they create my case .....

One more thing...once u know ur case number and IIN give them ur email address even though u submitted form G1145 with ur I-130 for email notification.....And the beneficiary's email too....its just to get things done pretty fast...Good luck....

[petareño 15]

Dew_DrOpS, what is the date of your NOA2?

[DeW_DrOpS 21]

March 31... Check my timeline