Get Human paid $9 for them to call about case number NVC..

[Arrow 25]

You must be more busy then the president of United States.

[trublubu2 62]

hi @walran,

actually, since nvc opens up at 7am, what i did was start calling like at 656am and kept redialing until i got in, put the phone on speaker on for the 20 minutes or so until i got the first recorded query asking me what i wanted to do, then pressed the correct button and waited the 20 minutes or so until a human answered.

on days when i couldn't wake up and function enough to do the above, and it was past 7, i just called it a wash for the day and tried again the next morning. i got in exactly when i wanted and got the info i needed--didn't have to spend days on the phone. all told, it was about a 40-45 minute wait when i called first thing in the morning.

gethuman is a great website for finding the real numbers where you can talk to a person, but i didn't know they offered pop-up, "concierge" services--at least they didn't in fall 2015 when i used it. i really hope it's legit, because, frankly--the whole coincidence of them suddenly popping up on vj sounds *highly* suspect, in my humble opinion.

i'm hoping everything works out okay for you both.

Actually there is a site that will handle these types of calls and waiting for you. Doing some research others here have said that it works very well.. And what could anyone do with an I797 or my name and DOB anyways? As for just a few minutes.. from what I have read people have spent days trying to get through to them.. $50 would be worth it to me rather than hours on hold or as it has been for me today not being able to even get through..

http://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-skip-through-corporate-phone-trees-with-gethuman/

One person on here said it was a lifesaver on a 2012 post..

I noticed here as well in this older posting... http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/454900-nvc-contact-number/

[Darnell 8,478]

ya, seems the pop up is a thingie any website owner can enable. then there's the revenue stream sharing..

[walran 24]

You must be more busy then the president of United States.

Time equals money...

I have more than 140 employees and several companies in addition to lots of real estate projects going on. I teach in my spare time investments at the community college and university here as well as running a charity and traveling for those projects, I exercise, work with boys as scout master in my area, and teach Sunday school at church on Sundays and so yes I am busy..

But I was busy when I was a UPS driver years ago and I would have been too busy working 12 hours a day there and unable to wait on the phone for hours..

Over the years I have learned that it is wise to get someone to do anything that they can do cheaper than your hourly rate i.e. if you make $50 an hour it is worth paying someone to change the oil at $30 an hour or mow the lawn at $20 supposing you can use that time profitably.. In the end it is a choice and I rarely tell people how they should choose or live their lives..

[aaron2020 11,651]

Walren,

Go ahead and do what you want. Why bother posting when all you do is argue with people who try to help you avoid pitfalls? Give out your personal information. Much better than having your secretary wait on the phone. You so important.

Best of luck

[Joshua@Tinz 52]

I called them at 10 am Central time today and waited on hold for 3 minutes (yes three), in fact I have called them maybe 20 times and never waited more then 45 minutes on hold. Always choose option 7, it seems to be the fastest and do not be afraid to call.

Edit: FYI if that service you pay to call for you says the wrong thing to the operator it could cause you to be put on supervisor review, I would think a few minutes on hold is worth more then a 42 day delay in your case, just my opinion

Edited January 19, 2016 by Joshua@Tinz

[walran 24]

hi @walran,

actually, since nvc opens up at 7am, what i did was start calling like at 656am and kept redialing until i got in, put the phone on speaker on for the 20 minutes or so until i got the first recorded query asking me what i wanted to do, then pressed the correct button and waited the 20 minutes or so until a human answered.

on days when i couldn't wake up and function enough to do the above, and it was past 7, i just called it a wash for the day and tried again the next morning. i got in exactly when i wanted and got the info i needed--didn't have to spend days on the phone. all told, it was about a 40-45 minute wait when i called first thing in the morning.

gethuman is a great website for finding the real numbers where you can talk to a person, but i didn't know they offered pop-up, "concierge" services--at least they didn't in fall 2015 when i used it. i really hope it's legit, because, frankly--the whole coincidence of them suddenly popping up on vj sounds *highly* suspect, in my humble opinion.

i'm hoping everything works out okay for you both.

Thank you I do too! I am not a nervous Nellie but hope that nothing untoward would happen. I just got a message saying that "ed" from Get human would call later tonight as right not is peak calling time for the NVC. Hoping this is something that works well enough to share here.. If not.. Lesson learned

I called them at 10 am Central time today and waited on hold for 3 minutes (yes three), in fact I have called them maybe 20 times and never waited more then 45 minutes on hold. Always choose option 7, it seems to be the fastest and do not be afraid to call.

What number are you calling? I called the 603-334-0700 & 0800 today and was either cut off after the message or couldn't get through.

[SunflowerSweet 1,321]

Legitimate or not, you really paid $9 for someone to make a phone call for you?

The nice thing about NVC is they take calls from 7:30am to 12:00am EST. That's a pretty impressive window. I understand you and/or your significant other may have busy lives but that's almost 17 hours? Surely one can fit a call in at some point?

My longest on-hold time with the NVC was 20 minutes. I called closer to the end of the day. Make yourself some dinner, dial the number, set your phone on speaker and sit down and have a nice meal and relax while on hold if you have to. That's what I did.

Edited January 19, 2016 by MorganandMichael

[Joshua@Tinz 52]

0700, just hang up and call back until you get the recording saying "this call may be monitored bla bla bla"

[walran 24]

I wonder if I am dialing the correct number? I have tried more than 10X today... Either it is busy or it hangs up after their message in English and Spanish..

[Joshua@Tinz 52]

Im like you in the respect that I would also rather pay someone to do something cheaper then I would value my time, but no one is more important then my wife, and I am not going to trust a service to call the very orginization that can deny her entry to the Usa, for me

603-334-0700

[mallafri76 1,012]

Actually NVC do state that they can only give out information to the petitioner, the beneficiary or the lawyer you put on your choice of agent, if you have one. Once NVC picks up the phone, they will actually ask if they're speaking to the petitioner or the beneficiary, so the person calling on your behalf (if this is even real and not just a scam) would have to lie. Honestly, I wouldn't play around with it. US immigrations are pretty darn sensitive when it comes to misleading them and in this case it would be down right lying.

Our case was stuck at NVC for eight months, so trust me, a LOT of calls where made to NVC. You just have to call when they open first thing in the morning or late at night and then call and hang up until you get through. We waited everything from 45 minutes to less than a minute. Calling first thing when they opened always gave us the shortest waiting time.

[Ortolan 381]

I've called them maybe 12 times over the past 3 years, and usually do it either late in their day or first thing in the morning when they open, and never waited more than 10 minutes when I got connected, and never had to try more than 4-5 times for each call.

There's a little button on your phone that will redial. LOL!

It makes me nervous even giving all my personal data and bank account numbers, credit card statements, etc. to USCIS; I'd never ever pay someone to do this stuff for me. Ever.

[Arrow 25]

Time equals money...

I have more than 140 employees and several companies in addition to lots of real estate projects going on. I teach in my spare time investments at the community college and university here as well as running a charity and traveling for those projects, I exercise, work with boys as scout master in my area, and teach Sunday school at church on Sundays and so yes I am busy..

But I was busy when I was a UPS driver years ago and I would have been too busy working 12 hours a day there and unable to wait on the phone for hours..

Over the years I have learned that it is wise to get someone to do anything that they can do cheaper than your hourly rate i.e. if you make $50 an hour it is worth paying someone to change the oil at $30 an hour or mow the lawn at $20 supposing you can use that time profitably.. In the end it is a choice and I rarely tell people how they should choose or live their lives..

Wow what a point you made.you are such a busy person but you have no time to call NVC for your case and have all this time posting here going through the comments reply them.

[Joshua@Tinz 52]

Wow what a point you made.you are such a busy person but you have no time to call NVC for your case and have all this time posting here going through the comments reply them.

Sounds kinda like you are downing the guy for his decision, I don't agree with it, but that is no reason to throw snide remarks at him. I have seen way more deserving posts on here then this one. You seem a bit jealous of his hypothetical success, he may be a millionare or a middle class working man, you and I dont know. Either way he made a decision, right or wrong as it may be. He could have thought it would take 5 hours on hold to get an answer, as many posts here imply.