I-129F May 2017 Filers

[Summer123 35]

Thank you so much @Shoegum

[logisticamente 152]

4 hours ago, AnaMolina said:

@mcs oooh that sounds so tempting hahahahyeah at least they received it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

 

@logisticamente it's really not a big deal, call after 6pm EST, they are not busy at all and you wont wait one minute, seriously. So, you will call and press 1 for english and I usually press 7. Then the person on the line wont even give you the chance to say anything and she/he will ask your case number and country you are immigrating from.

 

and thats it. They will tell you if they received your case or not, and give you the number if they have it.

yeah that doesnt sound bad at all!! Thanks

Good luck on your journey!

[Scarface3684 5]

9 hours ago, mcs said:

Thanks! 

Sorry im new to this and confuse. Is NVC the one that gives us the MCN? 

[bcoakley06 280]

16 minutes ago, Scarface3684 said:

Sorry im new to this and confuse. Is NVC the one that gives us the MCN? 

Once you get NOA 2 the NVC gives the next set of numbers.

[Kirin2002 257]

5 hours ago, Hey Jude said:

I am hoping this week or at the latest next week for us. I will be happy with a Christmas wedding

328067. I hope woohoo but I'm not expecting to be there before January at this point 

[Cristina24 122]

CSC: May 15th. Does that mean they are working on us may 15 filers??   Someone please tell me how accurate this is? 

Edited October 17, 2017 by Cristina24

[Swissmiss82 1,620]

3 minutes ago, Cristina24 said:

CSC: May 15th. Does that mean they are working on us may 15 filers??   Someone please tell me how accurate this is? 

 what I would like to know:

so when the cases get sent to CSC or other centers.. do they split the visa type already so maybe team A works on I-129F, team B works on I-130 and team C on I-751? is that how it works?

[Kween 167]

Hello everyone.. sorry to intrude on the May family.I am a June Filer ,Noa1 was June 26th, and I am hoping to get 2 questions answered from different May followers that have already received their Noa2. My question is, was the VJ timeline for your noa2 accurate? If not how many days or weeks was it off?...Thank you

[LabOz 915]

36 minutes ago, Kween said:

Hello everyone.. sorry to intrude on the May family.I am a June Filer ,Noa1 was June 26th, and I am hoping to get 2 questions answered from different May followers that have already received their Noa2. My question is, was the VJ timeline for your noa2 accurate? If not how many days or weeks was it off?...Thank you

Hi Kween,

As time goes by the estimate for approval changes for each person. Mine changed so many times during the process because approvals went from 90 days up to 160 days or so.

Our NOA 2 took exactly 5 months. The estimate times are based upon the amount of time it took for prior approvals of VJ members.

I can't tell you if the last estimate was accurate as i stopped looking at the estimate after about 4 months of waiting.

Hang in there.

Steven

[LabOz 915]

Looks like FOUR approvals for VJ members for 10/16.

Down from the average of 5-6 but normally there are late inputs as the night and early mornings wear on.

 

Just a quick update

Our NOA 2 was 10/4

NVC received the case 8 days later on 10/10 

We received our NVC case number yesterday 10/16

So it took 12 days from approval to NVC number.

Visa payment has been made just waiting for it to post and we can select an interview in Manila later today.

 

I'm not sure about other countries but for the Philippines it turns out you do NOT need the NVC number in order to generate the deposit slip and make the $265 visa payment (in pesos) to the BPI Bank.

As long as you have your NOA 2 you can make the deposit right away and this should save you from waiting the 4 or so hours for deposit to clear.

 

You do of course need the NVC (MNL for Manila) number in order to apply for visa and schedule the interview.

 

Any other thoughts on this from past Manila filers let us know.

 

Let it Rain NOA2's.

 

Steven

 

[smilei 381]

Hey, my lovely MAYers! Sorry, I've been MIA lately. Been really busy after I flew here to Manila! Anyways, we got our MCN 10/12 and flew here on 10/14. Went to medical 10/16 and 10/17. NVC status of my medical was still AT NVC. Philippine folks, you can take your medical at SLEC even if you just got your MCN. (Especial thanks to @etteniMTtocs of April filers who shared this technique with us). Just make sure to do the online pre-registration ahead of time. Do it here: www.slec.ph. 

@Alma Dela Vega and I got there around 3:30ish in the morning. The queue was long already around that time. The gate opened around 5:30am and the guard checked our documents, make sure to bring:

•passport

•passport biopage

•printed SLEC pre-registration form

•printed screenshot of NVC status showing At NVC.

•if available, NVC letter and interview appointment (in my case I don't have those yet)

 

The security officer said that he's not sure if they'll accommodate me because of the NVC status (but don't worry, because if we got through it, you can too!).

The lady on the ground floor said the same thing to me when she's checking my documents but Idc, I know for sure they'll let me do the medical. Hehe.

 

We paid Php17,025.00 at the cashier and from there everything went so fast. Just a tip, use the stairs not the elevator so you can move quickly to different floors and finish everything early.

 

We finished around 8:45am and was told to go back the next day (which is today) at 8am for the results. Oh such an agony we have to endure! So scared to get that "for sputum" stamp on our receipts!

 

We were scheduled to go back at 8am but we went there around 5:30ish am because we know the queue will be so long again. Aha! We were right. They started letting people in before 6am. The security officer will then stamp your receipt with whatever is written on his computer. The fun begins here! Haha. @Alma Dela Vega was stamped "For Immunization" and we all know that this means she passed! Yay! Meanwhile, I got the "For Counter A, Medical on Process". I was so shocked. I wasn't prepared for it. I didn't know what it meant because all I researched is whether you'll be stamped "For Immunization" or "For Sputum Test". Anyways, Counter A opened at 8am. I waited there for ages for my name to be called. So, when you or your fiancé get this, it means that your medical results are not yet finished. Either they haven't read the blood test yet, the physical exam, or the urinalysis. After few hours, my name got called and was told to go to the immunization room. I got two shots. Yay. During this time, my status at CEAC tracker went from At NVC to In Transit! Yay!

Our payment from the previous day at BPI for the visa fee amounting to Php13,780.00 was validated too! Got validated for about 24 hours later. We got out at SLEC about 1:30ish pm already.

 

@Alma Dela Vega and I have scheduled our interview on the 24th. @krizia will go with us as well for moral support hehe.

 

 

[LabOz 915]

9 minutes ago, smilei said:

Hey, my lovely MAYers! Sorry, I've been MIA lately. Been really busy after I flew here to Manila!

@Alma Dela Vega and I have scheduled our interview on the 24th. @krizia will go with us as well for moral support hehe.

 

 

Welcome back and thanks for the update. Sounds like major progress. Once in a life time experience. 

Good luck in advanced with your interviews.

Will you do CFO next or already done?

 

Steven

[smilei 381]

Just now, LabOz said:

Welcome back and thanks for the update. Sounds like major progress. Once in a life time experience. 

Good luck in advanced with your interviews.

Will you do CFO next or already done?

 

Steven

Oh, was about to edit my post to include it! Hehe. Alma and I will do our CFO seminar on the 25th and once we receive back our passports from the embassy, we'll just go back to get it stamped. We booked this around September. hehe. 

[LabOz 915]

3 minutes ago, smilei said:

Oh, was about to edit my post to include it! Hehe. Alma and I will do our CFO seminar on the 25th and once we receive back our passports from the embassy, we'll just go back to get it stamped. We booked this around September. hehe. 

Well in that case Welcome to America in advance haha

You ladies are not messing around.

 

Steven

[smilei 381]

5 minutes ago, LabOz said:

Well in that case Welcome to America in advance haha

You ladies are not messing around.

 

Steven

Hehe! Good luck on your journey! Tell your fiancé to fly here already to get her medical done!