NVC Phase of CR-1 Visa - A Few Questions

[jg121783 3,909]

Try Friday night cuz they are backed up

I called them everyday

I don't know how you could put up with sitting on hold for that long everyday. Maybe it went faster for you.

[teddy k 35]

I think they keep track of how many times you call cuz when I called Monday morning I talked with a tier 2 supervisor and he said that I will have my case # by tonight cuz he tired of me calling

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Every call center, whether it's for credit, phone company, internet company or whatever company will document your phone conversation with what was talked about and what was rectified. This way when you call again, a new agent can check the call logs and quickly get up to speed on your problem. So your call got the same agent from precious calls and he saw that you called 1,500,000 times and he was tired of hearing from you and decided to expedite your case number..

[teddy k 35]

Hi xmaricrix when do you get to pay the AOS fee I've done the DS-261 the other day

[teddy k 35]

Hi greenbaum that's what you have to do to keep your journey moving forward cuz you know how things work here

[Brassballs 47]

FWIW: Or call at 7:00:02 ET to get into a shorter queue. Worked for me. My maximum wait was only 30 minutes.

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[teddy k 35]

Hi I called them everyday first thing in the morning and then before they close shop for the night sometimes you get the same agent and he knows what you want and he says to himself there goes that pain in the ### again. Cuz I called 7:01 this morning and they picked up right away

[Greenbaum 12,259]

7:00 am EST is the best time. Usually one ring and your call is answered.

[xmaricrisx 25]

Hi xmaricrix when do you get to pay the AOS fee I've done the DS-261 the other day

You're still not able to pay the AOS fee? No welcome email yet? That's usually always the problem... people get their case numbers early but NVC still locks them out of paying their fees until they want you to

[Brassballs 47]

7:00 am EST is the best time. Usually one ring and your call is answered.

Yeah, but in the summer you have to call at 7 EDT.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Yeah, but in the summer you have to call at 7 EDT.

Yes that's true. When I posted I said to myself some guy from Ohio will be confused and will tell me that it's daylight savings time. :-)

[Brassballs 47]

Don't want inaccuracies to creep into the historical dialog!!!!!!!

[teddy k 35]

Hi everyone I was able to pay the AOS today

[xmaricrisx 25]

Hi everyone I was able to pay the AOS today

That's great! Now just have your DS-261 reviewed over the phone and wait for your IV fee to be unlocked Hope your documents are all ready to go because you will probably be able to send them out next week!

...and as a side note: my husband went to his medical, and as expected he got the dreaded "for sputum exam." Such unfortunate news since things have been going so smoothly thus far, but I guess we just have to get over this bump in the road. The good news is, this only delays us a little over a month instead of the usual 2+ months since he got his medical done early (assuming the culture comes out negative, of course).

[teddy k 35]

Hi xmaricrix I just confirmed the ds-261 with NVC and he told me to wait for the IV EMAIL. Sorry to hear about your husband medical slow down I know it sucks but that's the Philippines for you all this burning in the yard for cooking cuz when I went there the first time the cooking smoke almost killed me so I bought them a stove. I have all of my paperwork ready to go. We have to be patient in this process so let's keep each other updated on the rest of our journey