March 2018 NOA2 ---> NVC thread

[Just-in-case18 160]

2 hours ago, Swissmiss82 said:

may i quickly ask - at what stage at NVC does the petitioner or beneficiary receive the NVC email? 

( or is it regular mail? ) when in Transit? 

I just received our email today which is when the case changed over to “In Transit”

 

only took 4 days from the date I received the case number  

Edited April 10, 2018 by Just-in-case18

[RevGreen 86]

8 days later and it's now marked ready!

[emekus94 1,125]

2 hours ago, Swissmiss82 said:

may i quickly ask - at what stage at NVC does the petitioner or beneficiary receive the NVC email? 

( or is it regular mail? ) when in Transit? 

I got mine like 2 weeks after case was already at the embassy. It was an e-mail
Not sure what the standard is here but I have heard of people saying they never got anything so... 

[Loyal Empress 30]

2 hours ago, emekus94 said:

Are you sure the picture meets the requirements?
An issue with the DS-160 is that it is very sensitive. Make sure the picture has the proper background (basically has to be the equivalent of something USCIS will accept as passport photos)

Thank you after fighting with it I finally got it. Thank you!

[emekus94 1,125]

20 minutes ago, AnPhil said:

Hi guys,  I'm totally freaking out right now. My US Embassy Manila interview will be in 8 hours. I just checked the fedex package that my Fiance sent to me, but i realized he forgot to send me the original form I-134 with his wet signature :/ I heard and read that the US Embassy Manila consuls usually don't ask for it. Could anyone help me? I mean who among you guys were already done with the interview (at US Embassy Manila) and weren't asked about the form I-134 or Affidavit of Support? 

I can't verify if the Manilla embassy will ask for it, but I I thought the standard is that all embassies need an Affidavit of support- whether the signature is wet or scanned depends on embassy. It is always better to be safe than sorry. So I'll probably see if he can send it to you via e-mail and you print it. It will be a scanned signature but that's probably better than not going with an affidavit at all in case they do ask for it.

[qliu 36]

Hi guys! We just called NVC and got the case number (NOA March 27)! The website states that our case is in transit to the Consular and my interview date was provided to me by NVC. Any idea what this means? Will the consular assign the interview date instead of me picking one myself? Many thanks! 

[AnPhil 36]

56 minutes ago, emekus94 said:

I can't verify if the Manilla embassy will ask for it, but I I thought the standard is that all embassies need an Affidavit of support- whether the signature is wet or scanned depends on embassy. It is always better to be safe than sorry. So I'll probably see if he can send it to you via e-mail and you print it. It will be a scanned signature but that's probably better than not going with an affidavit at all in case they do ask for it.

Hello, thank you for your response. I already printed out the scan copy of the form I-134 with his signature. I hope I'll do well later. 

[John & Rose 7,239]

1 hour ago, emekus94 said:

I can't verify if the Manilla embassy will ask for it, but I I thought the standard is that all embassies need an Affidavit of support- whether the signature is wet or scanned depends on embassy. It is always better to be safe than sorry. So I'll probably see if he can send it to you via e-mail and you print it. It will be a scanned signature but that's probably better than not going with an affidavit at all in case they do ask for it.

It is hit or miss if they ask for it.  Worse case scenario will be a 221 where they ask for the file.  Not a deal breaker at all.  Try to get a scanned copy and make sure a wet signature copy is on its way (if they ask).

 

Good luck with the interview.  Let us know how it goes.  Ours is next Tuesday.

[Ls511271 4]

6 hours ago, Just-in-case18 said:

Super excited ! We finally scheduled the medical for April 30th at Knightsbridge  

 

they had sooner appts but my fiancé wanted to make sure he was prepared.. now just need to wait til NVC send the case to London to schedule the interview 

Hi! When did you schedule your medical? My fiancé called Knightsbridge today and said May 9th was the earliest he could get. 

[AnxiousCitizen 41]

My case finally changed from AT NVC to IN TRANSIT after 4 weeks. YAY! Should I be expecting an email for next steps soon?

 

 

Your case is in transit to the Consular Section. Your interview date was provided to you by the National Visa Center. (Does this mean they've scheduled this interview already?)

Edited April 10, 2018 by AnxiousCitizen

[emekus94 1,125]

19 minutes ago, AnxiousCitizen said:

My case finally changed from AT NVC to IN TRANSIT after 4 weeks. YAY! Should I be expecting an email for next steps soon?

 

 

Your case is in transit to the Consular Section. Your interview date was provided to you by the National Visa Center. (Does this mean they've scheduled this interview already?)

No. That is common verbiage.
Check with the forum from your country and know what to expect once your case is "ready." For some countries you do everything from here on out. Others, they do it for you.

[Just-in-case18 160]

1 hour ago, Ls511271 said:

Hi! When did you schedule your medical? My fiancé called Knightsbridge today and said May 9th was the earliest he could get. 

I called this morning at around 630am so 1130 in the UK because my fiancé was in work. The woman I spoke to said there was an appt for 04/25 at 1:30 but that was too soon for us so we scheduled for 04/30. 

 

I’m surprised that the earliest date they had 😱 could they possibly change it to sooner if someone cancels? 

[Just-in-case18 160]

1 minute ago, h&y said:

So I did my daily call to see what's up. Here's the newest answer: "we are just waiting for the system to send it out to the embassy." Now I'm thinking a human provides the case number when uploading our info and then their system scans for errors and availability to the embassy ? Possibly who knows lol 

I’m surprised yours hasn’t gone out yet since you got your case number a day or so before me. 

 

This entire process baffles me. 

[Corgi11 18]

We just scheduled our interview!! May 16th!!! So excited

[Just-in-case18 160]

4 minutes ago, h&y said:

Yeah I know. I've just been calling to see if someone could actually go outside the standard answer box and provide some insight. But no. Same thing. 

 

One guy said that K1 Visas are scrutinized because it's the easiest way to get into the US. I was like well, that's englightening !

That’s interesting to know lol 

 

I’m assuming it was another “it takes 8 weeks blah blah”