NVC Filers - July 2017

[JBMG 890]

8 hours ago, Mano said:

Hi everyone!

I have send my AOS and civil documents last week to NVC and i have called NVC last night they said they haven't received our documents still :/

Can anyone please tell me how many days it takes to issue scan date???

Did you include your barcoded checklist cover letter with your case number on it? If so, then they should process it within 2-4 days from receipt.. 

[kshaheen 1]

Does the status of the application only change to "At NVC" when you have a CC? Also, how does one know that his/her case is under review? 

[applerose 94]

13 minutes ago, JBMG said:

Read the first page of this form, start with dwheels76, then my posts. 

 

Thank you.  

 

[aura009 1]

3 hours ago, JBMG said:

 

 

 

 

To everyone, you don't have to wait for your ds260 to be paid before mailing out your NVC package. And you don't have to complete it before sending it out either. In fact I completed my ds260 the day after the NVC confirmed receipt of my documents. 

 

Awesome. Once the welcome letter comes in, that fee opens up.  And the NVC is able to approve the ds261 over the phone. 

 

I did the same thing...sent my package 2 days ago and seems like nvc received it today on fri. Will call monday to get SC. I am still stuck like other people where payment shows "in process" even though i pad both fees 2 weeks ago.  

 

btw, do you think its good idea to call nvc after about few weeks instead of 11 weeks period to check status on case? I don't want to wait 11 weeks just to find i may have checklist. checklists sucks just to make myself clear. lol

Edited July 21, 2017 by aura009

[Ninahuanca 53]

I am so happy  thank you to everyone for the support keep calling and ask to talk with supervisor latest scan date July 13 case complete July 21 a Supervisor help me and complete my case

[JBMG 890]

1 hour ago, Ninahuanca said:

I am so happy  thank you to everyone for the support keep calling and ask to talk with supervisor latest scan date July 13 case complete July 21 a Supervisor help me and complete my case

That's wonderful news. Congrats to you. :-) Another example of it working. 

[JBMG 890]

3 hours ago, aura009 said:

 

I did the same thing...sent my package 2 days ago and seems like nvc received it today on fri. Will call monday to get SC. I am still stuck like other people where payment shows "in process" even though i pad both fees 2 weeks ago.  

That's crazy, but good thing you sent your file in. They've had this problem since May... think they would fix it by now.. 

 

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btw, do you think its good idea to call nvc after about few weeks instead of 11 weeks period to check status on case? I don't want to wait 11 weeks just to find i may have checklist. checklists sucks just to make myself clear. lol

Once you confirm your scan date, you can start checking your status online, please read the first few posts in this forum. Also read my recent post here. I explain how to verify if you have a Cc, and when/how you should contact the Nvc. 

 

 

[JBMG 890]

6 hours ago, kshaheen said:

Does the status of the application only change to "At NVC" when you have a CC?

Yes.

 

6 hours ago, kshaheen said:

Also, how does one know that his/her case is under review? 

By calling the NVC, but not advisable. See this post and read all the posts on the first page of this forum.

 

 

[LaurenAndBrent 61]

Posted our paperwork this evening - woo! Luckily im in the USA at the moment with my husband so I was able to make sure all the documents were present and in order! But man, no matter how many times I checked over everything I still have that worrying feeling that I forgot something or did something wrong! Ahhhh! Fingers crossed it all goes smoothly. Just have to wait for the ds260 to open up now! Ups guarantees delivery of our packet on Tuesday so I'll give them a call that evening when it's easier to get through to an agent to see if they got the docs. 

[trininurse 79]

well finally got my pc sent in again on thursday let the waiting begin again

[JBMG 890]

4 hours ago, vbjohn said:

Let's keep each other posted.

 

@vbjohn here is the right forum for you to join other July NVC filers. You can also check out the following which is all about India.

 

 

[JOL 19]

Turns out last Thursday was NOT too soon to call for our Scan Date, because the NVC operator told me they scanned it the previous day:  19 July.  That was from the time the USPS showed the NVC received and signed for it Monday, 17 July (and the green card just arrived back in the mail yesterday, showing the same.)  So 3 days from NVC receipt to SD.  

With that in mind, I would like any and all feedback on what we included in our packet (since there will be NVC feedback until they either CC or, heaven forbid, checklist us; in the case of a checklist, I would like to preempt that if at all possible.)  I will include the list as a spoiler in the interest of saving space:

Spoiler

 

Inside a flip top two-hole file folder with my wifes case number and full name; all documents are photocopies and have my wifes name and case number at the bottom, unless otherwise noted:

     

     I. Blank page to hold "Document Cover Sheets" tab

          A. Barcoded Document Cover Sheet Checklist, with each item marked "Enclosed" or "Not Applicable" as appropriate (Proof of Assets is                 marked as both.)

          B. Barcoded AoS Cover Sheet

          C. Barcoded IV Cover Sheet

 

     II. Blank page holding "Copies of Supporting Documents" and "Passport Photo" tabs

          A. Biometric page of Beneficiarys passport

          B. Norwegian page 1 of Beneficiarys birth certificate, showing her surname change to mine at marriage, and English page 2

          C. Norwegian page 1 of our marriage certificate, and English page 2, BOTH showing her surname change to mine at marriage

          E. Beneficiarys police certificate, in English

 

     III. Blank page holding "Signed Affidavit of Support(s)" tab

          A. Sponsors ORIGINAL signed dated I-864, with barcodes on each page, but without beneficiarys case number at bottom (because it is                 an unaltered original)

               1. Sponsors signed dated Letter of Explanation for 2017 income estimate, including a current paystub showing year-to-date earnings                      and weekly earnings as well as the final paystub from my previous employer showing year-to-date earnings to that point.

               2. Sponsors signed dated Letter of Explanation for not filing 2014 nor 2015 IRS returns, with printouts of IRS Interactive Tax Assistant                    results stating, "You are not required to file a tax return for 2014" and the same for 2015.

          B. Household Members (i.e. mothers) ORIGINAL signed dated I-864A without beneficiarys case number at bottom (because it is an                       unaltered original)

               1. My Household Members signed dated Letter of Explanation for why her 2014-2016 income exceeds the amount listed on Line 22                       "Total income" of IRS Form 1040:  Specifically, listing her taxed pension income, untaxed pension income and untaxed Social                             Security retirement income, and the total, for each of 2014-2016.

          C. Proof of US Status

               1. Sponsors US birth certificate

               2. Household Members US birth certificate

          D. Proof of Domicile

               1. Sponsors

                    a. Current signed voter registration card

                    b. State drivers license

                    c. Multiple 2016 Forms W-2

               2. Household Members

                    a. Current signed voter registration card

                    b. State drivers license

                    c. Loan payment statement from US Department of Agriculture

          E. Proof of Relationship

               1. Sponsors US birth certificate (again) stating my Household Member is my mother

               2. Household Members divorce decree stating I am my Household Members son

               3. Household Members pension statement stating I am a beneficiary as her son

          F. Evidence of Income

               1. Sponsors signed dated employment letter, from Human Resources on company letterhead that includes both address and phone                        number, and stating my name, current wage and length of employment

               2. All 2017 paystubs from Sponsors current employer

               3. All 2017 paystubs from Sponsors current employer (i.e. from mid-February until my current job began)

               4. Household Members 2017 Social Security monthly benefits statement

               5. Household Members pension statement (again) listing her monthly income in perpetuity

               6. My Household Members bank statements showing monthly pension deposits to her account since March 2015

          G. IRS Tax Transcripts

               1. Sponsors 2016 IRS Tax Transcript

               2. Household Members 2014-2016 IRS Tax Transcripts

          H. Federal Income Tax Returns

               1. Sponsors signed dated Letter of Explanation (again) for not filing 2014 nor 2015 IRS returns, with printouts of IRS Interactive Tax                        Assistant results (again) stating, "You are not required to file a tax return for 2014" and the same for 2015 

          J. Proof of Assets

               1. Sponsors

                   a. End of June bank statement

                   b. Statement of first life insurance policys cash surrender value

                   c. Statement of second life insurance policys cash surrender value

               1. Beneficiarys start July bank statement

 

     IV. Blank page holding "Other Supporting Documents" tab

          A. Various photos of Sponsor, Household Member and/or other members of Sponsors family with Beneficiary and/or the biological                            daughter of Sponsor and Beneficiary during Beneficiarys visit to Sponsor and Household Member Christmas 2016, including birthday                  party of Sponsor and Beneficiarys biological daughter at the home of Sponsor and Household Member

          B. Screen shots of computer showing dates and times (but few contents) of Skype calls between Sponsor and Beneficiary

 

I do have (far) more evidence of our relationship, but included most of it with our I-130 submission, and am working on the basis of what several people have said here about the NVC not reviewing that data, instead leaving it to the USCIS and consular officers, so I thought it redundant to include that large volume of documentary evidence in what was already a rather lengthy NVC submission.

 

Again, all feedback is welcome and encouraged, in the hopes any errors we might have missed can be detected and corrected without waiting for the NVC to notice them, send a checklist, us to receive it, then provide the necessary missing documents, the NVC to receive them and, finally, creating a new SD after which we must await the whole 8-11 week process all over again from the start.  In particular, I am concerned that

1) "Proof of Assets" is marked as both "Included" AND "Not Applicable," something I only just now noticed, and 

2) My wifes name and case number is printed at the bottom of every page EXCEPT all those of the I-864 and I-864A, because I feared submitting copies rather than orginals of legally binding contracts would itself produce a checklist (as I recall, the I-130 instructions explicitly state it MUST be an original, not a photocopy.)

[JOL 19]

On 7/19/2017 at 4:49 PM, Renew17 said:

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.

This is helpful and encouraging, since my wife is also in Norway (as is our daughter, but I flew down to Oslo with her and got her Consular Report of Birth Abroad of a US Citizen, plus her US passport and SS Card, when she was ~6 months old; actually included copies of those in our I-130 packet as relationship proof.)  It is especially reassuring that your timeline shows you arrived in the US ~9 weeks after your CC, though less reassuring that it looks like your CC itself took nearly a full 11 weeks after you sent the IV packet.  I will definitely take that advice about calling daily once we near the point where we "should" expect a CC; thanks.

[JOL 19]

On 7/14/2017 at 6:30 AM, vilkim said:

Does anyone recently has used the "service" emailing NVC? I need to send them a proof of paid fees, because the bank says the payments went through (AOS and IV), but NVC don't have it on their system. So does anyone have had an experience these days? How long does it take them to respond? Thanks!

On 7/14/2017 at 11:31 AM, LaurenAndBrent said:

Hey,

 

Hoping someone can put my mind at ease on this one. Our AOS fee was available to pay this morning (I submitted choice of agent yesterday afternoon) My husband filled in the payment info and when he sent the payment it took ages for the website to respond. It finally came up with a message to say there was an error and to try again later. (He's a computer guy, he said it was a typical server error) He went to submit the payment again and the same error message appeared, but when he went back to the main payment page the status of the payment is "in process". Anyone experienced this? Have we actually sent the payment successfully? And have we potentially submitted it twice seeing as both times we got the same error? 

 

Thanks in advance 

I had a similar, though slightly different, experience trying to pay the AoS and IV fees in May:  When I hit the submission button it gave me an error screen, but when I went back to the payment screen it showed "IN PROCESS" and had a receipt, invoice and bar coded document cover sheet I could print and/or email for BOTH payments.  So I thought it must have gone through despite the error messages, but (and this is where my case was different) after the standard 2-3 business days neither fee had been withdrawn from my account, so I emailed the NVC inquiry address.  I then (i. e. same day) called the NVC, where an operator told me the CEAC site had been sending payments to the wrong server, but the issue had been resolved and the tech instructed them to tell anyone who had made a payment during the problem that it would process within 2-3 more business days, though the operator also put in a request for a supervisors review at the same time.  After 2-3 more days I called back and another operator told me that the techs had revised the information they were previously given, and that all payments attempted during the server problem had instead been discarded and would have to be reattempted.  I did that, but either the CEAC or I mistakenly tried to send the deductions to my savings rather than checking account, so I had to wait about another week for that to get straightened out, though both fees did change to "PAID" in the interim so we could go ahead and complete the DS-260.  All told, it took nearly a month to actually have the payments deducted, and about the time my wife finished navigating other problems with the DS-260 logging her out all the time and finally submitted it--I finally got an email back on that NVC inquiry email I made a month earlier when all this started.  So no, I would not hold out much hope of a timely response via email.

 

On 7/14/2017 at 1:30 AM, kshaheen said:

It has been 4 weeks since my SD.

 

I am unemployed and dependent on another person, who is already supporting 7 people, including himself, the 7th person just immigrated and it is becoming tough. I am also having a hard time finding a job myself. I really need to start my life soon and that is only possible if my husband immigrates faster and finds a job here and then supports me. 

 

Is this a legitimate reason to get my case expedited? Also, if the expedite request is denied, does the case take longer to process?

Just my opinion, not based on any experience (firsthand or otherwise,) but:  Ensuring your sponsor has enough income to support both you and all other dependents without need of government aid is evidently a, if not THE, determining factor in the rest of this process.  So if it were me (which of course it is NOT) I would hesitate to ask the case be expedited on the grounds the sponsor is already at or perhaps even beyond the limits of their financial means support dependents.  The NVC is asking if your sponsor has enough income to take care of you, all other dependents and another intending immigrant; you would basically be outright saying your sponsor does NOT have that much income--then asking your case be expedited for that reason.  If you are already in the US yet remain unemployed, what reason would they have to expect your husband to get any US job any sooner?

 

Not saying "don't do it," only that I would not do it; good luck to ya'll either way.

[monica7777 40]

Hi everyone,

 

New to this forum. We are working on my son's GC and his case is currently at NVC. We paid all the fees and sent the documents. I called NVC a couple of weeks ago and they said they received the package on June 26. The officer said NVC is taking up to 11 weeks to review cases. So if everything is complete we may receive a response - case complete until September and an interview date in November. I wanted to check base on other's cases if this is the current timeline. I also wanted to ask what is the scan date? I am currently using  https://ceac.state.gov/IV/Login.aspx  to track my son's case. Is this the correct one? or are there other sites?

 

Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!