NVC Filers - January 2017

[James-Bond007 6]

49 minutes ago, parthptl said:

Losing patience on the interview date!! ! !! !! ! ! IF we have to wait 2 more weeks. I am thinking of going to the NVC my self.. and waiting in line lol

i hear ya. i thought about driving to their office and drop off documents hand to hand once, since i only live few away hours from their office. lol 

[parthptl 9]

12 minutes ago, James-Bond007 said:

i hear ya. i thought about driving to their office and drop off documents hand to hand once, since i only live few away hours from their office. lol 

You want to ride share? LOL 

[Freedom4evr 6]

5 hours ago, AlexUA said:

Sorry, anybody just anybody with last dates of November or December Scan Dates ever got CC here? 

 

I fear we will never get March interview dates...

I did. Scan date 11/29. Cc: 1/20

[IA0217 3]

Hi everyone! 

Currently calling nvc and waiting for a over 30 mins now as usual. Just wondering if they have ever completed the case within 6 weeks? after reading all these comments it feels like they are taking 10-12+ weeks ? why nvc???????

 

Anyways good luck everyone! ??  we will be all there one day to see our loved ones ?

[TokyoHNL 25]

40 minutes ago, Freedom4evr said:

I did. Scan date 11/29. Cc: 1/20

my scan date is 11/28 and I'm still pending...WTH

Edited January 27, 2017 by TokyoHNL
Typo

[James-Bond007 6]

56 minutes ago, parthptl said:

You want to ride share? LOL 

of course; these people are playing with us. we shall have a mini van with the VJ sign all over it. i bet they will call the police on us lol.

[parthptl 9]

1 hour ago, James-Bond007 said:

of course; these people are playing with us. we shall have a mini van with the VJ sign all over it. i bet they will call the police on us lol.

hahahaha they won't know what's VJ lol  unless we spell it out 

[Agnes-IR5 3]

OMG!! Just got 3 NAs. I'm calling NVC to confirm! Praise the Lord!!! So happy!!!! Good luck to everyone waiting. Hope you get your cc soon as well!!!

Edited January 27, 2017 by Agnes-IR5

[Agnes-IR5 3]

Confirmed! Case complete!! Thank you Lord. good luck to everyone waiting. Yours will be next!!!

[mcgg 29]

Hi all,

I joined the forum to share my experience with NVC so far. I have benefited immensely from the information shared by others, so i am doing my bit to share my journey.

 

Filed I-130 for CR-1 and CR-2 for me and my daughter - 16 Aug 2016

I-130 approved - 29 Sep 2016

Scan date at NVC - 28 Nov 2016

Supervisor review - 10 Jan 2017

CC for CR-2 of my daughter - 26 Jan 2017

Checklist for my CR-1 - 26 Jan 2017

 

The reason given for the checklist was missing birth certificate/ no explanation given for the missing birth certificate. We enclosed an affidavit from both my parents in lieu of the birth certificate and supplemented it with my Secondary School certificate. When we called the NVC we were told that they also need a birth certificate non-availability from the local body of my place of birth. We tried to reason with the representative that we submitted secondary evidence in lines with the information available on the travel.state.gov but he was adamant that NVC will not complete the case till the time we submit the non-availability document and he hung up the phone. We called NVC again and were lucky to have a more civil and understanding person on the line and after listening to all the stuff above, the person sent our case to the supervisor for re-review but said we still would be getting the checklist abd asked us to ignore it for the moment. He did not committ on the time the re-review will take but said we might be lucky and the person re-reviewing it will agree that non-availability certificate is not required or if required can be carried at the time of interview and we will get a case complete in less than six weeks. If we do go ahead and arrange the no-availability certificate and submit it to NVC, we will have to go through the new scan date and the further waiting of six-weeks then supervisor review...

 

So that's the story so far.My daughter's interview will not be scheduled till my case is complete since both cases are linked!

 

I would appreciate if others have any information that would help me here!

[Fost04mach 21]

8 hours ago, FranLei said:

Good evening everybody, my case is completed.

3 N/A

 

2 SCAN DATE: DIC 02 /2016

SUP. REVIEW : JAN 13 /2017

DEPT. REVIEW : JAN 18 /2017

CC : JAN 26 /2017

 

 

Congrats!   I'm sitting at 11/25 scan date... supervisor review jan 06, dept review since the 13th as well... I hope I was in the same stack as you.. haha. 

5 hours ago, TokyoHNL said:

my scan date is 11/28 and I'm still pending...WTH

Yeah, it doesn't go in order just like at USCIS... go figure.  

[Fost04mach 21]

7 hours ago, TokyoHNL said:

So I'm still waiting.....482 days into this MFing process........  and today I heard back from the Senator's office with the message I knew I would get. sorry to be the bearer of bad news but for those hoping your Senator can do something..... nope... not the case.  

 

I've contacted Senators

I've contacted Congresswomen

I've contacted Lawyers who said my case is normal and it just takes a long time......

 

What's the key to getting out of this ......

 

>Thank you for contacting Senator Brian Schatz regarding the delay in obtaining an immigrant visa for your wife. We received your email and privacy release form.  
>Although members of Congress are unable to influence agency determinations or response times, as a courtesy to you our office has submitted an inquiry with the National Visa Center (NVC) and asked for a case >update. We will be back in touch with you when we have information to share. 

Jesus man, sorry to hear... You're the only one I've seen with a longer wait than me so far.  You're lucky your senator even sent a letter back.  My two worthless senators - John McFail and Flakey Flake whatever his first name is, never even messaged me back about USCIS. My congresswoman actually had a staffer call me back and said they contacted the USCIS and supposedly I'll hear something in a month.  About 3 weeks later I had the approval (after waiting 8 months+).  So no clue if it actually helped or not (I had also wrote up an Ombudsman complaint), but whichever helped it helped... I was bummed to see there's no ombudsman office/complaint for NVC...  I am gonna try writing to the congresswoman again - come to think about it I don't even know if she won in november... Hopefully she did.  

 

When I was stressing out about the USCIS I found out there is one more option... though it's got issues.  It's filing a writ of Mandamus lawsuit.  Its basically forcing them via a judge to give you a response to your case in a given period of time (usually 45? days I think, I don't remember).  The problem is, if they don't have all of the required documents - at least in USCISs case, they flat out reject it and you start over.  At the USCIS it's worse, because even if they have the documents from you, if they're waiting for a background check from the FBI and you do a mandamus lawsuit, they will reject it... and you start over.  Not sure how that would play out at the NVC, but maybe a 1 hour consultation with a lawyer to see if there are any options these forums don't know about that you may pursue...

 

At your waiting time I think I'd set my travel trailer in their parking lot and play eye of the tiger on repeat to motivate them... Sigh.

[TokyoHNL 25]

1 hour ago, Fost04mach said:

Jesus man, sorry to hear... You're the only one I've seen with a longer wait than me so far.  You're lucky your senator even sent a letter back.  My two worthless senators - John McFail and Flakey Flake whatever his first name is, never even messaged me back about USCIS. My congresswoman actually had a staffer call me back and said they contacted the USCIS and supposedly I'll hear something in a month.  About 3 weeks later I had the approval (after waiting 8 months+).  So no clue if it actually helped or not (I had also wrote up an Ombudsman complaint), but whichever helped it helped... I was bummed to see there's no ombudsman office/complaint for NVC...  I am gonna try writing to the congresswoman again - come to think about it I don't even know if she won in november... Hopefully she did.  

 

When I was stressing out about the USCIS I found out there is one more option... though it's got issues.  It's filing a writ of Mandamus lawsuit.  Its basically forcing them via a judge to give you a response to your case in a given period of time (usually 45? days I think, I don't remember).  The problem is, if they don't have all of the required documents - at least in USCISs case, they flat out reject it and you start over.  At the USCIS it's worse, because even if they have the documents from you, if they're waiting for a background check from the FBI and you do a mandamus lawsuit, they will reject it... and you start over.  Not sure how that would play out at the NVC, but maybe a 1 hour consultation with a lawyer to see if there are any options these forums don't know about that you may pursue...

 

At your waiting time I think I'd set my travel trailer in their parking lot and play eye of the tiger on repeat to motivate them... Sigh.

Thanks  - when I spoke to the lawyer, he did say that I could sue the government, but, it would cost over $10,000 and even if I won they wouldn't pay my fees and would still take their time to complete the case.. meaning don't bother.  That was the best advice a lawyer could offer. fun!  oh well, I know it will be over soon - just wish it really was FIFO.  Seeing cases complete in 1/3 or less my time with really short relationships really irks me.

 

[Talumepa 15]

Good morning I just spoke with one of the NVC rep next week Will start to schedule interview or Maybe later today .... Have a good day 

[bubu1981 3]

14 hours ago, parthptl said:

Giving NVC a call *fingers crossed* for an interview date. 

 

positive energy... Fingers crossed for us all !!!!!