NVC Filers - August 2015

[venice0709 10]

wow. was your case expedited? It seem to be moving really fast for you. Congratulations! you will soon have your interview. Good luck

Nope, our was was not expedited..were really blessed it went smooth and fast..ni checklist no nothing..)) were hoping for an interview real soon! ) thank you! Edited August 3, 2015 by venice0709

[tz.and.ed 7]

Anyone one here got checklist for the ds260 missing, and finally submited it first week of july , and have case complete yet ?

Nope. Still waiting!

[CallMeShams 34]

Hello everybody,

Today I received an email that our request for expedite was accepted and they will forward our case to the Dominican Republic immediately.

What can I expect next? They received our AOS and IV packages on July 27th but i still haven't been invoiced the IV fee. Will I have to gather all the documents again or will NVC forward everything to the embassy? When could i expect an interview date?

Thanks

I am very happy to hear you expediate request was accepted. If you don't mind sharing, how did you go about request the expedite processing and how long did it take for them to follow up?

[MargaYRob 0]

I am very happy to hear you expediate request was accepted. If you don't mind sharing, how did you go about request the expedite processing and how long did it take for them to follow up?

I initially sent them an email to request expedite July 24th, they replied saying that my request was under review on July 28; I called NVC July 31 and they said the embassy had responded they wanted some clarification about the request, and they had emailed me the day before. Up till now and I still haven't received the email, I didn't wait and Saturday Aug 1 I sent them another email clarifying my situation, I guess they look at their emails during the weekend because i had an approval email very early this morning. My reason was that I have a 2 year old daughter who suffers from extreme allergies (life threatening) and i am now pregnant. I have no one to take care of my little one so I am out of a job.

[CallMeShams 34]

I initially sent them an email to request expedite July 24th, they replied saying that my request was under review on July 28; I called NVC July 31 and they said the embassy had responded they wanted some clarification about the request, and they had emailed me the day before. Up till now and I still haven't received the email, I didn't wait and Saturday Aug 1 I sent them another email clarifying my situation, I guess they look at their emails during the weekend because i had an approval email very early this morning. My reason was that I have a 2 year old daughter who suffers from extreme allergies (life threatening) and i am now pregnant. I have no one to take care of my little one so I am out of a job.

Thanks for sharing, sorry to hear of the medical condition but thankfully there is hope for humanity and they have approved your request.

[draga 14]

Our DS-260 is available now!

[lyraandmia 0]

Hello everyone!

Good luck to everyone this month. I hope NVC will keep processing everything as quickly as possible!

Just needed some input from you guys regarding the I-864 form. My husband was not required to file taxes for 2014 due to his income being lower than the required threshold to file. I'm trying to fill out Part 6: Sponsor's Income and Employment (Question 13, 13.a, 13.b, and 13.c). Because he didn't file, we obviously can't check the box for question 13. I was thinking of leaving it unchecked and writing "NOT REQUIRED TO FILE, INCOME BELOW THRESHOLD. SEE ATTACHED IRS VERIFICATION LETTER AND WRITTEN AFFIDAVIT" in the space below it. Then for the follow up questions (13.a, 13.b, and 13.c), I would fill in 2012, 2013 and 2014 for the tax years but leave the total income blank. But I know that they usually send out checklists for leaving questions unanswered so I'm not sure this is the best idea... Anyone else with experience with this issue?

I really appreciate all the advice everyone on VJ has given me so far, thanks guys

[hardeep2801 0]

My wifes cases has been approved since july 10th still no interview date scheduled. ;( this wait is the worst one out of all of them.

[CallMeShams 34]

My wifes cases has been approved since july 10th still no interview date scheduled. ;( this wait is the worst one out of all of them.

I can only imagine. It would be nice if they would schedule interviews a little faster.

[jayisis 13]

My i130 case was approved, but my i129f has an RFE..july 30th. Do I need to follow through with i129f or let it expire?

So both our K3 and I-130 were approved on July 13 and yesterday (August 3) my husband received the case number and invoiced number letter stating:

"More than one petition was filed for this beneficiary. The NVC has combined the petitions under the case number listed below" with the case number, petitioner and applicants name, visa category, priority date, U.S. Embassy listed below.

BUT the visa category mentioned is only K3 - SPOUSE OF US CITIZEN (No mention of I-130)

What does that mean? Should we be expecting another letter in a few days for I-130?

Also, when I went onto the NVC site and put my case and ID number, it asked me to fill out DS-160 first which is a non-immigrant visa form.

So I have following qustions:

1. Should we be expecting another letter from NVC for I-130?

2. Is there anyway to close K3 application as I want to go through the normal immigration process now?

3. Should I fill out DS - 160 or wait for the availability of DS - 261 and forget about DS - 160 completely?

Please HELP!

I have also filed for k3 and i130 but only i130 was approved so far. I'm sending response to RFE to k3 today. I wonder if they are planning to combine them together.

Did you call them yet to ask about what action you need to take? What does the website tell you once you enter the case number? I thought the k3 might actually help you, so I don't think i would cancel it without knowing what they expect you to fill out. I would fill out whatever form is available Unless forms are equally expensive...

Edited August 4, 2015 by wadodude

[CallMeShams 34]

_{So the NVC seems to move pretty fast with the K-3 visa, just like the K-1 visa.}

_{Looks like it will go faster with the K-3 visa than the IR1/CR1.}

_{I take it this is what you wanted. I don't think you can do the IR1/CR1 anymore.}

[canuk2usa 7]

I submitted DS261 on July 13

On July 31st received this email "Thank you for being a valued U.S. Consular Electronic Application Center (CEAC) customer. Your online Choice of Address and Agent Form(DS-261) has been submitted." with confirmation pdf file attached.

Does this mean my DS261 was reviewed and processed? I still am not able to pay the IV fee, after i click on Pay Now.

[CallMeShams 34]

I submitted DS261 on July 13

On July 31st received this email "Thank you for being a valued U.S. Consular Electronic Application Center (CEAC) customer. Your online Choice of Address and Agent Form(DS-261) has been submitted." with confirmation pdf file attached.

Does this mean my DS261 was reviewed and processed? I still am not able to pay the IV fee, after i click on Pay Now.

I am not sure, we received the same e-mail, same day we completed it, July 31'st.

Please update us when you can pay your fees. Something odd happened when I called, someone at NVC said they are not ready for the DS-261 but it was available when I logged in. Hopefully they don't try to unnecessarily delay the process by waiting to invoice us.

[jayisis 13]

_{So the NVC seems to move pretty fast with the K-3 visa, just like the K-1 visa.}

_{Looks like it will go faster with the K-3 visa than the IR1/CR1.}

_{I take it this is what you wanted. I don't think you can do the IR1/CR1 anymore.}

Wow that sounds good. I would definitely want to breeze through NVC. Now hopefully uscis will fwd k3 when they get my rfe response this week.

[CallMeShams 34]

Wow that sounds good. I would definitely want to breeze through NVC. Now hopefully uscis will fwd k3 when they get my rfe response this week.

It is my understanding that if the I-130 is approved first then the K-3 petition would be closed.

See here: http://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/k3-k4-visa/k-3k-4-nonimmigrant-visas