June 2016 I-130 filers

[phillamb168 19]

Been a while since I posted, have been busy! I went to France to spend some time with the family, unsure how long NVC approval would take, but then we got our notice that the expedite was approved. Our interview was yesterday, I stayed home with the kids. The officer asked a total of zero questions about our relationship, etc - he asked if we had ever been married before, and if she had ever spent more than six months outside of FR or US. Then he just looked at our paperwork, saw that everything was in order, and said she was approved. We should receive her visa sometime in the next few days!

[cake68 6]

now that the case has been sent to NVC what are the next steps?

 

ive been told to send a declaration via email but im not sure where or what i am declaring.  i have not received anything in the mail as yet.  i received an approval message from the USCIS app.

 

is there another thread just for NVC filers?

[Tanish 197]

3 hours ago, phillamb168 said:

Been a while since I posted, have been busy! I went to France to spend some time with the family, unsure how long NVC approval would take, but then we got our notice that the expedite was approved. Our interview was yesterday, I stayed home with the kids. The officer asked a total of zero questions about our relationship, etc - he asked if we had ever been married before, and if she had ever spent more than six months outside of FR or US. Then he just looked at our paperwork, saw that everything was in order, and said she was approved. We should receive her visa sometime in the next few days!

Congratulations!

[Tanish 197]

2 hours ago, cake68 said:

now that the case has been sent to NVC what are the next steps?

 

ive been told to send a declaration via email but im not sure where or what i am declaring.  i have not received anything in the mail as yet.  i received an approval message from the USCIS app.

 

is there another thread just for NVC filers?

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/627294-nvc-filers-march-2017

 

[YoungRL 4]

10 hours ago, phillamb168 said:

Been a while since I posted, have been busy! I went to France to spend some time with the family, unsure how long NVC approval would take, but then we got our notice that the expedite was approved. Our interview was yesterday, I stayed home with the kids. The officer asked a total of zero questions about our relationship, etc - he asked if we had ever been married before, and if she had ever spent more than six months outside of FR or US. Then he just looked at our paperwork, saw that everything was in order, and said she was approved. We should receive her visa sometime in the next few days!

That's fantastic news!  Congrats to you and your family!

[phillamb168 19]

Visa status changed to AP today.

[maolga 1]

55 minutes ago, phillamb168 said:

Visa status changed to AP today.

This is great news! Everything you did payed off!! Congrats! 

[R and KJ 180]

On 2/18/2017 at 10:46 AM, inloveVEN said:

I is taken almost 10 month, taking in account that they received in jun 2nd, and the interview will be in MArch 24th. we call uscis at the beginning of the year and the operator told me they were processing Jan 18th 2016. So i was expecting june as a date for the interview and was 2 month earlier than january´s statistics.

Hi, when did your case completed? Scan date means, after you sent your documents to NVC and they scanned it to their system, 

[phillamb168 19]

Visa status changed to Issued yesterday. We went ahead and bought our tickets :-)

[R and KJ 180]

On 3/18/2017 at 10:03 PM, maolga said:

 

Hi everyone! Has anybody got an appointment date??? Just wondering how long does NVC take to review the case and write back.... 

 

Congrats NBA 16! Great news! 

 

Reviewing case recently took about 10-15 weeks 

nvc writing back took about 2 weeks. 

[inloveVEN 46]

9 minutes ago, R and KJ said:

Hi, when did your case completed? Scan date means, after you sent your documents to NVC and they scanned it to their system, 

hello

i sent on May 28, 

they received on jun2nd

biometrics was like month later.

i received the EAD and AP in September.

no any other notice till Feb 15.

March 24th interview approved March27

 

[phillamb168 19]

It’s been almost two weeks since my wife’s visa status changed to ‘issued.’ We were getting concerned, so I contacted the (outsourced) contractor company who handles visa logistics. A rather abrupt fellow who sounded Romanian told me that I should read all of the emails that were sent to me before calling them next time. I dug around a bit and found a couple different email addresses hidden in various FAQs, and sent off a few emails asking what was going on with the visa issuance. In what I’m _certain_ is coincidence, I received a tracking notice an hour after sending those emails (although another coincidence, the label print date was today). We receive her visa tomorrow!

[Tanish 197]

2 hours ago, phillamb168 said:

It’s been almost two weeks since my wife’s visa status changed to ‘issued.’ We were getting concerned, so I contacted the (outsourced) contractor company who handles visa logistics. A rather abrupt fellow who sounded Romanian told me that I should read all of the emails that were sent to me before calling them next time. I dug around a bit and found a couple different email addresses hidden in various FAQs, and sent off a few emails asking what was going on with the visa issuance. In what I’m _certain_ is coincidence, I received a tracking notice an hour after sending those emails (although another coincidence, the label print date was today). We receive her visa tomorrow!

Congratulations!!!!

 

That's great news....We are still stuck at NVC. Our 6 weeks will be up tomorrow. 5 more weeks to go as per their current processing time, which is 11 weeks.....🙁

[maolga 1]

We are on week 8.... counting the seconds now... 

 

Plus, our expedite request was denied! How did you do it phillamb168?

[phillamb168 19]

20 hours ago, maolga said:

We are on week 8.... counting the seconds now... 

 

Plus, our expedite request was denied! How did you do it phillamb168?

NVC expedites are at the discretion of each embassy. I was told in-person by a consular officer a year ago that, for Paris anyway, most expedites are approved if all the paperwork is in order. But keep in mind that my first request was denied. Only after filing a second expedite through my Senator's office was it approved.