Checklist Received

[chrislily 2]

So frustrated. I received a Checklist email notification with the checklist attachment.

It stated that it wanted the applicants birth certificate and the Police Certificate from South Korea.

I created 4 identical packets before submission. Both documents were in the packet with an Avery label affixed that annotated the case number.

I have an ongoing Congressional regarding my case as well. I contacted my immigration advocate at the congressman's office and we set a plan into motion.

I submitted her birth certificate as issued by the embassy in Seoul. She is not Korean. The certificate from the embassy stated everything they require and it was in English. I am 100% certain this same type of certificate was accepted by mutual friends who had done direct consular filing. If its good enough for them then why not good enough for me.

I submitted her Korean Police Certificate as Issued by the Korean Police with the appropriate stamps in place.

Both documents were included in the original submission packet.

I am so frustrated right now. Any advice would really be appreciated right now.

Edited July 29, 2015 by chrislily

[NikLR 13,227]

~~moved to progress reports from process and procedures~~

[mallafri76 1,012]

I am 100% certain this same type of certificate was accepted by mutual friends who had done direct consular filing. If its good enough for them then why not good enough for me.

I am so frustrated right now. Any advice would really be appreciated right now.

It's not good enough for you because I assume you're dealing with NVC?! They are incompetent, inefficient and basically have no clue.

If it helps, know that you're not alone when it comes to having to deal with ridiculous issues and delays caused by NVC. One thing I've learned though is to just send what they ask and DON'T let them put your packet for supervisor review, that just prolongs the process. In our case, we got two wrong checklists, which I called NVC about and the NVC rep I spoke to put our case for supervisor review since she didn't know why we had gotten the checklists. Supervisor review takes about 45 days. If we had just ignored NVC's mistakes and just sent in the information they asked for, we would have had a case complete by now, like everyone else with a checklist scan date around the same time as ours. So whatever you do, don't let them put you on supervisor review. If the checklist tells you to send a specific document, just do it, even though you know you've already done it.

Good luck and hope you get cc soon.

[chrislily 2]

Yes my issues are with the NVC in the USA. I called them last night and they are clueless. They told me they did not know why I received a checklist. Even though the letter states to call that number if I have question. Their advice was to wait until Friday which is the 30 day mark of receipt and call then to see if it is a true checklist.

Basically the reasoning they proposed was that the person inputting my case in may have stopped at the end of their day before putting in all of the documents. I don't find that too reassuring because documents that were physically between the Birth Certificate and Korean Police check were not on the checklist (Marriage Cert. Divorce Cert, Photos, etc..)

The most frustrating thing is the checklist does not get specific.

1. If its "missing" then I know they lost it. Then I resubmit the lost documents with the checklist coversheet.

or

2. If they don't like the documents I submitted for whatever reason then that would be great to know as well so I don't resubmit the same previously rejected documents.

The NVC is a complete fail of an organization. I am stuck with no ability to take an action step right now and I already know they tack 30-60 days on every single thing they do so it truly sickens my stomach to know that the ball is on my side right now and I have no idea which step is appropriate.