I-129F November 2016 Filers - Part 2

[fishe23a 240]

1 hour ago, isabelleyri said:

Mine is SGP for Singapore ?

 

So what is the next step? Do I submit DS160 or something else? Or just wait for their mail?

 

Hi isabelleyri - 

 

I struggled with this bit, too! The CEAC case tracking website is where you track what is up with your NVC case. It can be found here:

https://ceac.state.gov/ceacstattracker/status.aspx

 

So the next step is to be tracking your case, to see when it leaves the NVC, and arrives at the embassy or consulate. You can submit the DS-160 at any time after receiving a case number, but some people opt to wait to submit it until they know their NVC case has reached the embassy/consulate. Also, the CEAC tracking website is a few days behind - it'll be the middle of next week before you can actually find your case on the CEAC tracking (until then it will just say "invalid case number"), and it shows "in transit" or "arrived at embassy" also a couple days later than it actually is mailed or arrived. What I have found is the most accurate is to call the NVC every three days or so just to ask them has it been sent yet, or has it arrived at the embassy yet, and that person can look directly at your case online (you just provide your case number, you and your fiancé's names, and the beneficiary's birth date) and tell you a more current status than using the tracking link above.

 

Every country is different, so I can't tell you what to expect next for Singapore; for the UK, we needed the NVC number to schedule the medical. But the next thing you should get in the mail will be in several weeks, a letter from the embassy/consulate outlining the legal steps, and the American petitioner should also receive a letter from the NVC with the case number. Many people do things before they receive the letter (once they have the case number) - like schedule the medical, or submit the DS-160, etc. But it may be different country to country, so I would go check out one of VJ's Singapore-specific forums for the next steps following getting an official NVC case number.

[CM & VY 38]

16 minutes ago, kurt&eva said:

Case approved  86 days no rfes thanks to everyone for there support!!!!

Congratulations!!!!!!

[girly/ward 28]

Thank you Geo for keeping this thread alive.  

[Anthony and Bobby 170]

Hoping majority of the November filers have been approved already and that the others will get approved before the month ends. Come on USCIS!! GIve everyone their NOA 2s!!

 

Bobby

Edited February 25, 2017 by Anthony and Bobby

[Michael & Madelle 75]

9 minutes ago, Anthony and Bobby said:

Hoping majority of the November filers have been approved already and that the others will get approved before the month ends. Come on USCIS!! GIve everyone their NOA 2s!!

 

Bobby

Hi Bobby. Do you already have a schedule for medical exam?

 

Madelle

[audacieux89 256]

3 hours ago, fishe23a said:

Hi isabelleyri - 

 

I struggled with this bit, too! The CEAC case tracking website is where you track what is up with your NVC case. It can be found here:

https://ceac.state.gov/ceacstattracker/status.aspx

 

So the next step is to be tracking your case, to see when it leaves the NVC, and arrives at the embassy or consulate. You can submit the DS-160 at any time after receiving a case number, but some people opt to wait to submit it until they know their NVC case has reached the embassy/consulate. Also, the CEAC tracking website is a few days behind - it'll be the middle of next week before you can actually find your case on the CEAC tracking (until then it will just say "invalid case number"), and it shows "in transit" or "arrived at embassy" also a couple days later than it actually is mailed or arrived. What I have found is the most accurate is to call the NVC every three days or so just to ask them has it been sent yet, or has it arrived at the embassy yet, and that person can look directly at your case online (you just provide your case number, you and your fiancé's names, and the beneficiary's birth date) and tell you a more current status than using the tracking link above.

 

Every country is different, so I can't tell you what to expect next for Singapore; for the UK, we needed the NVC number to schedule the medical. But the next thing you should get in the mail will be in several weeks, a letter from the embassy/consulate outlining the legal steps, and the American petitioner should also receive a letter from the NVC with the case number. Many people do things before they receive the letter (once they have the case number) - like schedule the medical, or submit the DS-160, etc. But it may be different country to country, so I would go check out one of VJ's Singapore-specific forums for the next steps following getting an official NVC case number.

Thank you so much for this very comprehensive answer @fishe23a! Such a big help ?

 

Will go look for Singapore specific threads in the forums. Thanks again!!

[Chelleyandaaron 528]

11 hours ago, DianaLucena said:

Hi!

 

Yesterday my visa application status changed to "In Transit", but I'm trying to track the package in the DHL web page and it doesn't appear any package with destination to Venezuela. What can be happening?  Am I doing something wrong?

Not necessarily - sometimes the package doesn't register on the dhl site - or even leave the NVC until the day after - or - as happened in my case, when it showed as 'in transit' it had already arrived at the embassy!  As yesterday was a Friday it is possible that it might not show on dhl until Monday or Tuesday.

[Chelleyandaaron 528]

11 hours ago, pattyandvern said:

Guys I have a question as you are talking about flight tickets, and I see that the thread is very active and a lot of smart users are here. I am February filer (beneficiary) and I was in US when we send our petition to Uscis, but now I am back to my country. We filled the part of I-129F Form, which asked for my I-94 number and claimed that I am currently is US, which was truth because I was at the moment of filing. But they probably wont look at the petition until later, so my question is if we should send them my boarding passes as a proof that I left USA? Can that be a reason to RFE? Because my visa was valid until Feb25 and I came back on Feb20 so they may think I am still there, or maybe they can just check online by my I-94 number and check that I left already? What you think?

they can almost certainly check your departure in the system as you gave them your passport number on the i-129F if you were still in the country when you applied.  I don't think you have a problem.

[Chelleyandaaron 528]

11 hours ago, DianaLucena said:

Well I found at the DHL tracking tool that NVC sent a package to Venezuela on Wed 02/22. Hope its mine. Do you guys think that maybe they send the package on Wednesday 02/22 but the just update the status yesterday 02/23? It's the only explanation I can think of

Yes very possible!  That's what happened to mine.

[Michael & Madelle 75]

11 hours ago, pattyandvern said:

so my question is if we should send them my boarding passes as a proof that I left USA? Can that be a reason to RFE? Because my visa was valid until Feb25 and I came back on Feb20 so they may think I am still there, or maybe they can just check online by my I-94 number and check that I left already? What you think?

I was in the US too when we submitted the petition. I stayed only for 3.5 months and I could stay until this month. There were no RFE's. You're fine. ?

[Chelleyandaaron 528]

Thngs I have learned since NOA2 approved in case tracker: (or 'what to do now')

 

1) Ignore the information to wait a month before calling NVC.  Call them about 12 days after your NOA2 approval.  This might be before the hard copy of your NOA2 arrives.

 

2) Ignore the NVC person who tells you to wait at least six weeks before calling again.  Try again the next morning. Or the evening. And the next one. And the next one.

 

3) Ignore the status in the CEAC case tracker.  It is probably two days behind your case.  Your case is alreaady sitting in a pile at the Embassy by the time Fred at the NVC has fired up his Dell and typed 'In Transit'.  Gloria at the Embassy is already looking at your case number and your package  and wondering how long it is until her next tea break.

 

4) Ignore the information on dhl case tracker for cases on the date that your case shows as 'in transit'. Use the DHL package tracker to track parcels going to your country but remember this won't be on the day you think it was despatched because Fred went home early to watch the hockey and your case update was still on his desk.  Then he was sick the next day - (must have been a bad beer) - and your case won't be updated on the case tracker until he is back at work and has fired up his Dell two days after your case left the NVC. By which time your case is already away on its holidays.

 

5) Ignore the advice to wait for package 3/letter from the embassy to do anything else.  You can fill in your DS-160 and file it now.  In fact you could have filed it before Fred went to the hockey.

 

6) Ignore the advice to wait for package 3 to schedule your medical.  You can do this with your NVC case number.

 

7) Ignore the information from the clinic that says you need the letter from the embassy at your medical. You need the case number, your vaccination records, a letter from your doctor outlining major medical history, your passport style photographs, your police record.  And a very fat wallet.

 

8) You should have requested your police record already. Probably around the time you got your case number and before Fred went to the hockey game.

 

9) You should have requested your vaccination records and the letter from your doctor already.  The sooner the better.  But after you have had the shots you need. And you need those shots.  Or you'll need a fatter wallet. (This is UK specific - variations will apply according your country).

 

10) You might be able to register online for your interview.  You might also get a big red message on the screen telling you YOUR CASE IS NOT READY!  WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? DID YOU READ ANYTHING ON THE PREVIOUS SCREENS ASKING IF YOU HAD YOUR LETTER FROM THE EMBASSY YET? NO YOU DIDN'T! GLORIA IS STILL ON HER TEA BREAK AND HASN'T EVEN WRITTEN THE LETTER YET SO WE KNOW YOU HAVEN'T GOT IT.  GO AWAY AND COME BACK WHEN YOU CAN READ THE SCREEN BEFORE THIS ONE! Or something like that.

 

 

Good luck!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 25, 2017 by Chelleyandaaron

[CmAndS 68]

Hello everyone  Is it okay to undergo medical exam one month prior to the interview schedule? I was seeing from forums that it should be at least a week before the interview. 

[Chelleyandaaron 528]

2 minutes ago, CmAndS said:

Hello everyone  Is it okay to undergo medical exam one month prior to the interview schedule? I was seeing from forums that it should be at least a week before the interview. 

yes - as long as it is within the time frame before the NOA2 expires and is AT LEAST one week before your interview it doesn't matter if it is longer than that

[Chi&Clint 203]

52 minutes ago, Chelleyandaaron said:

 

10) You might be able to register online for your interview.  You might also get a big red message on the screen telling you YOUR CASE IS NOT READY!  WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? DID YOU READ ANYTHING ON THE PREVIOUS SCREENS ASKING IF YOU HAD YOUR LETTER FROM THE EMBASSY YET? NO YOU DIDN'T! GLORIA IS STILL ON HER TEA BREAK AND HASN'T EVEN WRITTEN THE LETTER YET SO WE KNOW YOU HAVEN'T GOT IT.  GO AWAY AND COME BACK WHEN YOU CAN READ THE SCREEN BEFORE THIS ONE! Or something like that

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your experience. It was fun to read. Haha. 

So the number 10, we can just tick in the "yes" box or something? I havent approved yet so I cant do the ds160...

[CmAndS 68]

2 minutes ago, Chelleyandaaron said:

yes - as long as it is within the time frame before the NOA2 expires and is AT LEAST one week before your interview it doesn't matter if it is longer than that

Thank you very much, chelley. I was just worried that it's gonna be too early and i would be advised to retake medical. Lol