NVC Filers - March 2017

[zaiddiaz 7]

On 3/20/2017 at 3:45 PM, juliamccull said:

 

THANK YOU!!

You're welcome!

[zaiddiaz 7]

22 hours ago, R and KJ said:

congratulations.. good luck on upcoming interview

Thank you very much!

[chamma 382]

6 hours ago, Tanish said:

I do not quite understand what you are trying to convey. Please read my reply and ask whatever is missing from your original query.

 

I am an Indian citizen and my wife is the petitioner.

She filed as "married filing separately" because of the reason that you already mentioned (we did not want to wait for ITIN). As we chose the option for filing as "Married filing separately", we did not need to include information about my income. We will include that when we amend her 2016 return after I go there and have my SSN. By that time, I will also have filed my taxes.

 

My wife and I, both were working when she filed her taxes last month as "married filing separately" which we included in our AOS package.

 

I hope this answers your inquiry. Please point out if I missed any of your questions and also feel free to ask if there are any further queries you may have after reading this.

 

PS: just to be sure, "married filing separately" is still you (or your spouse) filing as "married". So, if you're worried about CO having queries regarding genuineness of your relationship, that is a false fear.

Thanks again, I mistook you to be a Resident Alien. Now I understand that you are a Non Resident Alien and you would be filing your taxes after you have paid your taxes in India and once you have your SSN..

 

 

[erg420 1]

Logged in and saw 3 N/A's finally ...  Called and confirmed  

 

My scan date was Jan 9. Waiting for confirmation email and interview date now 

[Thesmiths2016 117]

This whole new processing time of 11 weeks is doing my head in.  We are on a tight timeframe for me being able to join my husband when he goes back to the USA for a wedding early may ... with the 6 weeks it was doable, with the 8 weeks it was doable (we have an expedite for the interview for other reasons so it was possible to get through in time).  BUT if it turns out to be 11 weeks there's no way to get through everything in time.  
It's stressing me out. I've been pretty calm about it all til now.  But now if al this is true it seems I'm going to end up doing my interview on my own, moving countries on my own with a baby etc.  And missing our good friends wedding.

Praying for miracles. 

[R and KJ 180]

12 hours ago, Zebracakex said:

Hey...

 

I am not really tripping off of 11 weeks ** . Honestly speaking I am glad they are giving us a realistic time frame, 6-8 weeks was a complete JOKE !!

Its usually10-12 weeks for most of the cases I see around here. Looking at the last few CC's which are very random (January 5th , 9th , 13th and 17th) If I were to take a guess, they are working on second week of January so yours should be any day now. Don't stress. I just have this good feeling about CC by the end of this month for most of us January filers. Hopefully May interview for everybody

 

Stay Strong

thank you so much.. comforting words and moral support is badly needed.. i am praying for all of us for CC the soonest..

[R and KJ 180]

11 hours ago, TeeA10 said:

With a heart filled with joy i announce,that i now have a CC, after 13 weeks at NVC and 3 weeks shy of 2 years since the beginning of this process.

 

Long post alert!!!

 

I got a checklist about 3 weeks back for our birth certificate, based on the US dept of state, we shouldn't have got the checklist as the submitted docs were acceptable as alternate docs.

When i got the checklist, i came on here, to lament and seek advise and encouragement. This had somehow become a home of sorts to cope with the stress of this whole process. Unfortunately, i didn't get the advise or input i needed, as only one person commented on my situation. I was somewhat discouraged, but i do understand that everyone is dealing with their individual situation and may not have had the time to comment. Ya''ll, a checklist is a very lonely and depressing place. Let's encourage anyone with a checklist.

I'm sharing this, because it may help someone, i don't wish a checklist on any one, but things do happen, as some NVC staff are sometime not knowledgeable, as was with my case.

 

Basically, i've spent the past 3 weeks disputing and fighting the checklist as i was not going to send in a new doc and get a new scan date putting me back at the tail end of the queue. Even my attorney advised i do that, but i refused and instructed him not to send in any docs (What do they know), lol?

Anyways, i called NVC na d quoted the US Dept of state website, which got their attention and they agreed to do another review of my file. I didn't stop there i also, emailed NVC and explained why my birth certificate is acceptable, i also included a screenshot of the website with the list of acceptable docs, and re-attached the said birth certificate. I did all of this PRAYERFULLY.

Guess what, when i called back a few days later, i was told i had a new scan date because they received new docs for me. What??? I called in and requested for a supervisor, who said the same thing. I calmly explained it was not possible as neither my lawyer or myself sent in new docs. I kept calling on a daily basis and requested that they pull my file and tell me what new docs was received. Finally, after speaking with a supervisor again, i was told that a supervisor had requested my file for another review on Friday, as at yesterday morning they were waiting to receive the file from "the other department" and this morning when i called  to find out i have a CC and my file was in queue for an interview date at my embassy. Hopefully April dates will still be available. The rep told me she hasn't been informed that they were done with April scheduling. 

 

I am soo overjoyed and just relieved to be done with NVC. I will now patiently wait for my interview date.

Speaking with supervisors do help, speak calmly and respectfully but firmly ask for what you want and oh the best time to get a supervisor easily is at 7am or from 9pm in the evening, (the later the better). I'm glad that my case ended with good news. Sorry for the long post, hopefully, it helps someone.

 

I-95 filing at USCIS: April 2015

NOA 1: September 2016

NVC Received Case: Dec 2016 (Took 105 days for our case to get to NVC from USCIS)

NVC Scan Date: December 22nd 2016

Sup Review: Feb 3rd 2017

Checklist received: March 6 2017

CC: March 20th 2017

 

 

first congratulations on your CC,

second, thank you for your detailed post, (each post may help other VJ'ers)

we appreciate every comments/posts as most of the time it encourages us to stay strong and be patient.

 

good luck on upcoming interview

[R and KJ 180]

11 hours ago, Phoebe&Seva said:

Just logged in and saw 3 N/As!! Called the NVC and got a CC...so happy!  Good luck to everyone who is still waiting!! 

Scan date: January 13

wow.. congratulations!!

[MrsEmm 12]

30 minutes ago, Thesmiths2016 said:

This whole new processing time of 11 weeks is doing my head in.  We are on a tight timeframe for me being able to join my husband when he goes back to the USA for a wedding early may ... with the 6 weeks it was doable, with the 8 weeks it was doable (we have an expedite for the interview for other reasons so it was possible to get through in time).  BUT if it turns out to be 11 weeks there's no way to get through everything in time.  
It's stressing me out. I've been pretty calm about it all til now.  But now if al this is true it seems I'm going to end up doing my interview on my own, moving countries on my own with a baby etc.  And missing our good friends wedding.

Praying for miracles. 

I am in a similar situation. My sister in law is getting married this summer too so I'm hoping to have my interview before then. I'm on week 9, I had high hopes that I would get a CC sometime this week and when I called this morning I had a rude rep tell me about the 11 weeks. I'm just hoping it's not more than that. Since it seems like they're taking longer than they're estimating. It's such a nerve wrecking  and frustrating stage 

[R and KJ 180]

10 hours ago, sparker42 said:

UPDATE: Just called the NVC the agent asked me when did I submit ds-260 I said November 2016, she said your case is overdue can you hold please and when she returned she said she put in an order for her supervisor to look at this case and they will notify you thru email. She was very uninformative because I asked her when my scan date was and she said what do you mean scan date, we received your docs on dec22 and the supervisor will be looking at your case. I simply said thank you that will be all. 

try calling again, hoping youd get a chance to hold on to a kind representative,

your scan date is dec 22

[R and KJ 180]

6 hours ago, Charlie_AnaLynn said:

Got a checklist item for a Birth Certificate because it didn't follow the correct format. Sent in the same but now original one and they received it on March 7th. Been calling twice a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) for an update and each time they said it should be within 30 days. Just called today and they told me that as of yesterday all reviews taking 11 weeks! I'm so exhausted and frustrated and needed to vent somewhere... wife is still asleep.

 

Good luck everyone.

yes was told same thing. anyway, hoping for your speedy CC.

good luck

[Tanish 197]

2 hours ago, chamma said:

Thanks again, I mistook you to be a Resident Alien. Now I understand that you are a Non Resident Alien and you would be filing your taxes after you have paid your taxes in India and once you have your SSN..

 

 

If I understand correctly, your situation is also the same, right? You are in India and your husband is looking to file his 2016 returns, right?

[chamma 382]

30 minutes ago, Tanish said:

 

If I understand correctly, your situation is also the same, right? You are in India and your husband is looking to file his 2016 returns, right?

Yes Exactly!!

 

I mistook 2 things

1. that you were a resident alien, which you aren't
2. & you actually being a non-resident alien have already filed your taxes in US; which you haven't yet.

I am now clear on both these things. Many Thanks

[Kate_ 9]

Hey guys! It looks like yesterday were a lot of CC's! Congratulations to all!!!

My husband also called NVC yesterday evening, and we got CC!!!! FINALLY!

However I do not see any changes PAID to N/A on the ceac web page...

My scan date is Jan 6, and it took them 10 weeks and 5 days to complete the case.

Good luck to all who still waiting, it will be done eventually! stay strong!

[R and KJ 180]

19 minutes ago, Kate_ said:

Hey guys! It looks like yesterday were a lot of CC's! Congratulations to all!!!

My husband also called NVC yesterday evening, and we got CC!!!! FINALLY!

However I do not see any changes PAID to N/A on the ceac web page...

My scan date is Jan 6, and it took them 10 weeks and 5 days to complete the case.

Good luck to all who still waiting, it will be done eventually! stay strong!

congratulations