NVC Filers - July 2017

[JBMG 890]

21 minutes ago, kshaheen said:

How long is it taking these days for a case to be in review? 

8-11 weeks.. Please read the first page of the forum. Lots of useful posts there. 

[JBMG 890]

21 hours ago, monica7777 said:

How long is NVC taking to review cases?

 

21 hours ago, Springrain22 said:

Up to 11 weeks.

 

32 minutes ago, monica7777 said:

Thanks!

 

Hi, @monica7777 and @Springrain22, you both can join this forum. Please read the first few posts in this forum.. Very helpful info. 

 

Meanwhile, check out the following. 

 

NVC Case Status Spread Sheet -  2017 (save this link in your browser) 

[argothiusz 6]

On 7/15/2017 at 5:38 PM, David-Liss said:

I have exactly the same issue with the iv fee.  Exactly the same thing happened. The next day I got a duplicate email to pay the IV fee. I logged in and my payment no longer said in process but said pay again. I tried to pay again and it said there was a payment pending. I called and the women stated that she could only see my AOS fee and if I  tried to pay like I described, I just need to leave it because it can take up to a week. I logged in to my bank and I can see the payment posted as of the day after i paid it the first time. I am still waiting for the website to reflect the payment. If I don't see paid by Tuesday, I'll call again. 

Same problem here. Money is gone from the bank but it's still saying "In Process". It has been 5 business days, I will give them a call in 2 days. 

[LaurenAndBrent 61]

So I called NVC this evening to see if they could approve my ds261 over the phone. I had submitted it and paid AOS fee on the 13th. The guy I spoke to said it had already been approved... Not sure how as I thought that it could take a few weeks without getting someone on the phone to approve it. Anyway, the AOS fee changed to paid today so my previous worry of us accidentally paying twice as we kept getting error messages is now gone. Just waiting on IV fee to be unlocked... 

 

P.s are we supposed to get email verification of having paid the AOS? so far myself and my husband (the petitioner) have received zero emails from NVC, including the welcome email. 

Edited July 19, 2017 by LaurenAndBrent

[argothiusz 6]

Just called them about IV In Process problem, they are aware of it and their technician is "working on it". I asked them when and the answer is that they don't know and just keep checking back  I guess all of us just have to keep bothering them with phone call until they fixed it

Edited July 19, 2017 by argothiusz

[Ulrica&Jesse 39]

Finally got my CC today! Now waiting for an interview date 

[Lifeisbeautiful03 9]

1 hour ago, Ulrica&Jesse said:

 

 

Edited July 19, 2017 by Lifeisbeautiful03

[cleon86 244]

1 hour ago, Ulrica&Jesse said:

Finally got my CC today! Now waiting for an interview date 

Congrats to you!! Here's hoping your interview date will be soon!! 

[Lacosta 40]

MY COVER SHEET HAS TO 4 SECTIONS:

1. COVER SHEET

2. PHOTOCOPIES OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

3. SIGNED AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT

4. OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

SECTION 2 IS CLEAR FOR ME BUT SECTION 3 WHERE IT SAYS PETITIONER'S CIVIL DOCUMENTS, WHAT DO THEY MEAN WITH THAT?

SHOULD I SENT MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE? OR WHAT?

[cleon86 244]

12 minutes ago, Lacosta said:

MY COVER SHEET HAS TO 4 SECTIONS:

1. COVER SHEET

2. PHOTOCOPIES OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

3. SIGNED AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT

4. OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

SECTION 2 IS CLEAR FOR ME BUT SECTION 3 WHERE IT SAYS PETITIONER'S CIVIL DOCUMENTS, WHAT DO THEY MEAN WITH THAT?

SHOULD I SENT MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE? OR WHAT?

I believe we sent a copy of my birth certificate and passport and my divorce papers from my previous marriage. 

[Lacosta 40]

1 minute ago, cleon86 said:

I believe we sent a copy of my birth certificate and passport and my divorce papers from my previous marriage. 

AH OK, THANK YOU, I WAS CONFUSE IN THAT ONE.

[Ulrica&Jesse 39]

50 minutes ago, cleon86 said:

Congrats to you!! Here's hoping your interview date will be soon!! 

Thank you! I hope it won't take them too long to set the date ..

[JOL 19]

1 hour ago, Lacosta said:

MY COVER SHEET HAS TO 4 SECTIONS:

1. COVER SHEET

2. PHOTOCOPIES OF SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

3. SIGNED AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT

4. OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

SECTION 2 IS CLEAR FOR ME BUT SECTION 3 WHERE IT SAYS PETITIONER'S CIVIL DOCUMENTS, WHAT DO THEY MEAN WITH THAT?

SHOULD I SENT MY BIRTH CERTIFICATE? OR WHAT?

Yeah, that also confused me, because every civil document for ME was already included in the packet in some other capacity (e.g. since my marriage certificate is also my wifes it was already included with the other photocopies of her civil documents in part 2; my US birth certificate was already included in part 3 to establish my legal US residency, etc.)  I called the NVC and the customer service rep basically said that as long as each of the mandatory documents is present in SOME section appropriate to it there is no problem.  If you want to play safe, I also asked whether included more copies of the same document in other places where it fits would be a problem (because I included the printouts from the IRS Interactive Tax Assistant both with I-864 letter explaining why I did not file in those years, as well as again in the section for tax transcripts) and the NVC representative said that will be no problem.  It is probably not a good idea to go overboard though, since I imagine review times are at least somewhat proportional to the amount of documents being reviewed (I am a bit concerned our submission may be too tomey, but when it comes to documentary evidence my general rule is "better too much than not enough.")

 

For the record, I overnighted it return receipt requested through the USPS last Thursday; despite the teller assuring me it would be out by 17.00 and arrive by 12.00 Friday, when I checked their online tracking it said it got to the Portsmouth post office Saturday, when they attempted delivery but "business was closed" (um, this is a federal office, so DUH!)  They did deliver it to the NVC Monday though, and the USPS tracking site even allows email confirmation, so I had them send me and my wife each an email, which consisted of a PDF of a letter stating the date and time of delivery, with photocopies of the written signature and address (apparently the NVC stamps received packages that require signatures.)  Hopefully tomorrow is not too soon to call and ask whether it has been scanned, but whether or not it is, that is what I will do.

[Renew17 4]

I just finished the whole process, and I am finally in the US. I thought I summarize the last end of the process, as that is something I was missing myself when I was getting close to being approved and not knowing what was next. I would still be in Norway if it was not for the fact that I called NVC almost daily the last two weeks before being approved (I knew I was getting close looking at other memeber´s timeline). NVC did claim at one point that pages were missing from the application. I knew for a fact that I had sent everything. Luckily I managed to catch the file before they sent it back (to another building), and they were able to review the file again and sure enough, they found that all pages were there. So, stay on top of it by calling NVC frequently when it is getting close to being approved. The interview at the embassy took less that 10 minutes. They focused on asking questions about my relationship with the petitioner (family member). I supplied two recent photos of us and an affidavit confirming that we had had continuous contact. I was able to fly out 13 days after my interview at the embassy. The process at POE was maybe the easiest of all. I was in secondary less than 5 minutes - able to come out in transit hall less than an hour after landing.

[aura009 1]

6 hours ago, argothiusz said:

Just called them about IV In Process problem, they are aware of it and their technician is "working on it". I asked them when and the answer is that they don't know and just keep checking back  I guess all of us just have to keep bothering them with phone call until they fixed it

 

 

Thanks for the update...I am in same boat. paid both aos and iv fees on july 13 and it still shows "in process". I however sent my package today...so as soon as ds 260 is up, will get on it right away.