March 2018 NOA2 ---> NVC thread

[baggles 60]

30 minutes ago, madelineshea said:

In case anyone else is in the same situation I am, I'm sharing this info;

Even though our case was "Ready" at the embassy on March 28th, I just received the email from NVC today (7 minutes ago, to be exact).

If you've scheduled anything but not gotten an email from NVC yet, don't panic.

Hey, I just read your message. Did it happen the same thing happened to me? Check my post right after yours. Did you have the case number though? 

[Madeline & Matt 252]

31 minutes ago, baggles said:

Ok so, little update. 

My fiance just received an email from Naples embassy (where I will have the interview) that our case is there and to follow the instructions in the attached. 

Yaaaaayyyy! 

The problem is we never called nvc for our case number (lazy fiance - scared me). We also never received an email/mail from nvc with our case number and in the embassy email there is not our case number. 

Is it normal? 

We basically found out our case is ready without ever knowing it was even assigned a case number to it in the first place. 

What should we do? Any suggestions is really appreciated. Thanks! 

 

6 minutes ago, baggles said:

Hey, I just read your message. Did it happen the same thing happened to me? Check my post right after yours. Did you have the case number though? 

I've got severe brain-fuzz today, so bear with me! I'm going to try and explain what I did and see if that gives you more information.

 

I called NVC on the 23rd of March and got our case number over the phone. I checked CEAC until I saw that it was "Ready."
My fiancé received his packet from the London Embassy today with a copy of the K1 packet and various other things in it today, but that didn't contain the case number. 
I received the email this afternoon that contained the case number, as well.

 

I would say that if you already have hard-copy mail/email with NO case number attached, then that's a little unusual, but it may depend on the embassy. My suggestion would be to call NVC, tell them you got an email/letter/whatever you got, but you don't have your case number. It's really not scary at all, just more annoying to potentially sit on hold! Give them your WAC number. They'll ask for some information for security checks, then give you the number and your invoice number.
Once you have that number, proceed as normal with your specific embassy instructions.

[ahmedahmadyar 41]

So I called yesterday and got our case number, is there anything else I need to do now or do I just wait until the case has been sent to the London embassy? The case tracker online tells me I need to follow these steps: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/after-petition-approved/begin-nat-visa-center.html

 

But I don't see anyone here mentioning anything about that. Maybe those rules don't apply to the K1 visa? Any help will be appreciated. Thank you

[baggles 60]

1 minute ago, madelineshea said:

 

I've got severe brain-fuzz today, so bear with me! I'm going to try and explain what I did and see if that gives you more information.

 

I called NVC on the 23rd of March and got our case number over the phone. I checked CEAC until I saw that it was "Ready."
My fiancé received his packet from the London Embassy today with a copy of the K1 packet and various other things in it today, but that didn't contain the case number. 
I received the email this afternoon that contained the case number, as well.

 

I would say that if you already have hard-copy mail/email with NO case number attached, then that's a little unusual, but it may depend on the embassy. My suggestion would be to call NVC, tell them you got an email/letter/whatever you got, but you don't have your case number. It's really not scary at all, just more annoying to potentially sit on hold! Give them your WAC number. They'll ask for some information for security checks, then give you the number and your invoice number.
Once you have that number, proceed as normal with your specific embassy instructions.

Thank you so much! 

Yeah i guess your situation is a little different. 

My fiance, the USC received an email from Naples embassy (even though I'm the beneficiary and always thought the email should be sent to me). In the email there was an attachment with all the instructions, packet 3 included. 

But we never received email/hard copy mail from nvc with our case number. We also never called for many reasons. So we didn't even know our application was received, then a number assigned etc etc. We found it out an hour ago thanks to the embassy email. That's why we're so confused and don't know if this is normal or not. 

[ahmedahmadyar 41]

@madelineshea for your Interview and medical appointment, did you choose the earliest dates available?

[Madeline & Matt 252]

1 minute ago, ahmedahmadyar said:

So I called yesterday and got our case number, is there anything else I need to do now or do I just wait until the case has been sent to the London embassy? The case tracker online tells me I need to follow these steps: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/after-petition-approved/begin-nat-visa-center.html

 

But I don't see anyone here mentioning anything about that. Maybe those rules don't apply to the K1 visa? Any help will be appreciated. Thank you

The K1 is a nonimmigrant visa with immigrant intent, so it's different than an immigrant visa.
https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancee-2/
^ This is your new religious text for the next few weeks. 
Check CEAC and wait until it says "Ready" with your case number and an 01 LND after it (for example LND2018000000 01LND),
Once ready:

1) Schedule Medical
2) Complete DS-160

3) Complete Applicant Readiness form on embassy website
4) Schedule interview with link on website & pay the fee

2 minutes ago, ahmedahmadyar said:

@madelineshea for your Interview and medical appointment, did you choose the earliest dates available?

We didn't. We picked April 24th. There were maybe 1 or 2 earlier ones? But too early to get from S. Yorkshire to London.

[CaptainAmerica 115]

57 minutes ago, madelineshea said:

In case anyone else is in the same situation I am, I'm sharing this info;

Even though our case was "Ready" at the embassy on March 28th, I just received the email from NVC today (7 minutes ago, to be exact).

If you've scheduled anything but not gotten an email from NVC yet, don't panic.

We just received our email today too... I had to chase last week to ask for it, so I was curious if that triggered it. It sounds like NVC are still catching up with a backlog (our case was READY on 21st March). 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

1 hour ago, hq990 said:

Hi guys, October 6 filer got approval today , what next??

Did you go to your Embassy's website and try see if you can find out what's next. That would be a logical next step. 

[ahmedahmadyar 41]

6 minutes ago, madelineshea said:

The K1 is a nonimmigrant visa with immigrant intent, so it's different than an immigrant visa.
https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancee-2/
^ This is your new religious text for the next few weeks. 
Check CEAC and wait until it says "Ready" with your case number and an 01 LND after it (for example LND2018000000 01LND),
Once ready:

1) Schedule Medical
2) Complete DS-160

3) Complete Applicant Readiness form on embassy website
4) Schedule interview with link on website & pay the fee

We didn't. We picked April 24th. There were maybe 1 or 2 earlier ones? But too early to get from S. Yorkshire to London.

Thank you so much. I'm in the States right now and booked my ticket to go back for the interview. I got a round trip for $300 as opposed to a one way ticket which for some reason was $2000+. I chose 10th May for the return date and I thought I'd left sufficient time for everything to be completed, but seeing your dates now I think I may have cut it a bit too close. NVC received our case on 29th March so lets hope by some miracle of god I can complete this process within the next 5 weeks.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

56 minutes ago, baggles said:

Ok so, little update. 

My fiance just received an email from Naples embassy (where I will have the interview) that our case is there and to follow the instructions in the attached. 

Yaaaaayyyy! 

The problem is we never called nvc for our case number (lazy fiance - scared me). We also never received an email/mail from nvc with our case number and in the embassy email there is not our case number. 

Is it normal? 

We basically found out our case is ready without ever knowing it was even assigned a case number to it in the first place. 

What should we do? Any suggestions is really appreciated. Thanks! 

 

 

If you want a hard copy then send off an email. Here is the information needed.

 

Email address: NVCINQUIRY@state.gov
Subject: Your receipt #
Body: Petitioner's Complete Name Birthday ; Beneficiary's Complete Name Birthday and the request for a hard copy of your case number.
 

[Madeline & Matt 252]

3 minutes ago, ahmedahmadyar said:

Thank you so much. I'm in the States right now and booked my ticket to go back for the interview. I got a round trip for $300 as opposed to a one way ticket which for some reason was $2000+. I chose 10th May for the return date and I thought I'd left sufficient time for everything to be completed, but seeing your dates now I think I may have cut it a bit too close. NVC received our case on 29th March so lets hope by some miracle of god I can complete this process within the next 5 weeks.

You need at least 5 working days for your medical to get couriered to the embassy, and around 2 weeks to get your passport back with the visa and packet. I'm the US petitioner. My fiancé and I played it safe and left 2 weeks between medical and interview JUST in case, by some act of God, that medical results didn't arrive in time, and potentially avoid more delays.

It's always better to leave more breathing room than less when it comes to all this.

[baggles 60]

4 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

 

 

If you want a hard copy then send off an email. Here is the information needed.

 

Email address: NVCINQUIRY@state.gov
Subject: Your receipt #
Body: Petitioner's Complete Name Birthday ; Beneficiary's Complete Name Birthday and the request for a hard copy of your case number.
 

Thank you! I would also like just an email with the CN. Do you think they will answer with it? 

The hard copy isn't sent anyway? I didn't know you had to ask for it! 

[Shav 107]

Hey everyone 

Do we have to wait for status change from

’IN TRANSIT’   To ‘READY’ to fill and SUBMIT ONLINE FORM DS160 ?? 

Or we can submit it online and then wait for nvc to send packet 3 ?? 

[Madeline & Matt 252]

7 minutes ago, Shav said:

Hey everyone 

Do we have to wait for status change from

’IN TRANSIT’   To ‘READY’ to fill and SUBMIT ONLINE FORM DS160 ?? 

Or we can submit it online and then wait for nvc to send packet 3 ?? 

You have to wait until it says "Ready" for DS-160.
It only took my case 5 days to go from "At NVC" to "Ready," and two of those days were weekend days. Just hang tight!

 

[Shav 107]

Just now, madelineshea said:

You have to wait until it says "Ready" for DS-160.
It only took my case 5 days to go from "At NVC" to "Ready," and two of those days were weekend days. Just hang tight!

 

Ohhh 😮 but we already submitted ds160 online yesterday night 🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐🤐 it gave us application id🤐 now it shows from in transit to no status 😳