NVC (November 2017 Approvals)

[Charlesvb12 61]

12 hours ago, AZSunshine78 said:

Ohhhhhhhhhhh!!!! 

 

And yesterday day they said they didn’t even have s case number yet?!!!

yes so something definitely is wrong for over a week they said they had my  case but didnt put it in the system. I called everyday, then I call and they have my Case # and its gone and at the Consulate already.

[Charlesvb12 61]

15 minutes ago, Joel Schmidt said:

Do you know at what time of the day it is better to contact the NVC in order to obtain the case number ?

You can call anytime, earlier will be quicker to get thru though.

[Ivan D 46]

14 hours ago, rolshine said:

Wow! Thank you so much Ivan D this is so informative.

You're welcome

[Ivan D 46]

Hi everyone, I thought I'll post a little update. As of today, my case is at the embassy. It was in transit since 1/17, late night, and is was received today early in the morning. Hooray!!

[John & April 88]

Hello everyone! Would just like to ask how long it might take for the NVC to receive the approved petition from the USCIS. My fiancé called the USCIS yesterday and told him that our file was sent to NVC last Jan 09 and called NVC and said they don't have it yet.

 

Thank you!

 

-April-

Edited January 19, 2018 by John & April

[Lilly2302 302]

34 minutes ago, John & April said:

Hello everyone! Would just like to ask how long it might take for the NVC to receive the approved petition from the USCIS. My fiancé called the USCIS yesterday and told him that our file was sent to NVC last Jan 09 and called NVC and said they don't have it yet.

 

Thank you!

 

-April-

Mine was sent Jan 08, and is in transit to the embassy. You should call NVC.

Edited January 19, 2018 by Lilly2302

[Lilly2302 302]

2 hours ago, Lilly2302 said:

Good morning, good news!

 

Cases says IN TRANSIT 

Case just changed to READY!!!!

[John & April 88]

32 minutes ago, Lilly2302 said:

Mine was sent Jan 08, and is in transit to the embassy. You should call NVC.

My fiancé will call later today and ask if NVC received our approved petition. I also sent an email to NVC research 2days ago. Probably will receive a reply early next week. Hope they'll receive and scan it soon.

 

Thanks for your reply.

[Lilly2302 302]

8 minutes ago, John & April said:

My fiancé will call later today and ask if NVC received our approved petition. I also sent an email to NVC research 2days ago. Probably will receive a reply early next week. Hope they'll receive and scan it soon.

 

Thanks for your reply.

Hopefully it will be almost ready when your fiance call.

 

[John & April 88]

3 minutes ago, Lilly2302 said:

Hopefully it will be almost ready when your fiance call.

 

Praying for that so much!🙆

[Lilly2302 302]

1 minute ago, John & April said:

Praying for that so much!🙆

if it was mailed the 8 it will be.

 

keep us posted  

Edited January 19, 2018 by Lilly2302

[John & April 88]

4 minutes ago, Lilly2302 said:

if it was mailed the 8 it will be.

 

keep us posted  

I definitely will. And oh, it was mailed on the 9th. Praying for the best!👍

[Lilly2302 302]

Just now, John & April said:

I definitely will. And oh, it was mailed on the 9th. Praying for the best!👍

Ah ok sorry. Like I said mine was mailed same week and we are ready since today lol

[John & April 88]

5 minutes ago, Lilly2302 said:

Ah ok sorry. Like I said mine was mailed same week and we are ready since today lol

Lol. I'm happy for you. You're almost there. All the best!

[Paul & Mallory 1,398]

Just thought I'd share my experience last night with the NVC.

 

Our NOA2 was received 12/1/17 (valid 11/30/17 through 3/29/18). Since it's been almost 2 months, I decided to give NVC a call myself despite the conflicting reviews from different people ranging from super helpful, to not very helpful at all.

 

I called around 6:19pm local time (Eastern). When I called, I selected the option from the automated menu for confirming if a case was received (I forget which numerical option that was). I spoke to a gentleman by the name of Hank who was not only very polite and friendly, but very quick with information and very helpful. If we got call surveys for these people, he'd have gotten all 5s.

 

I told him our NOA2 date and receipt number (I also had to provide both mine and my fiancé's full names, as the petitioner/USC, and also provide my fiancé/beneficiary's DOB). I explained that it's been over a month and a half now, and with our expiration date of 3/29/18 and medical requirements/interview still needing to be done, we were getting a bit anxious that we hadn't heard anything yet. As soon as I gave him this information (he must have been pulling us up while I was giving him my spiel), he said "Oh, we just received your papers yesterday! (1/17) It will be mailed to the embassy in Stockholm, which will take about 1 to 2 weeks."

 

I asked him if Paul would be able to go ahead with his medical requirements and see about scheduling an interview. He was honest and said he wasn't sure about the medical requirements, since it varies by country, but that the beneficiary should wait until he receives the paperwork from the embassy, which will be sent to him once they receive our information in Stockholm. These papers will contain information about his interview, so he should wait until he receives that.

 

He also provided me with our case number and an invoice number, which it's my understanding (in some countries), the beneficiary can go ahead with completing any required vaccinations, physicals, etc. as long as they have the case number from the NVC.

 

I'm not sure if I called at a good time of day, or the stars were just aligned well. Perhaps they weren't that busy that late in the evening (I didn't have to hold for a representative at all).

 

Good luck to all still waiting and trying to get information from the NVC! I hope anyone else who tries to give them a call will also have a pretty helpful convo. Ask for Hank maybe? Not sure if you can do that with the NVC or not.