August 2017 I-129F Filers, Part II

[MCL 33]

1 hour ago, Jack013 said:

Hello fellow August Filers!

I'm new to the forums. I'm hoping you all might be able to answer a questions for me and I'd like to share our journey so far. Sorry in advance if this is a little long.

 

August 2017 I filed the petition for my fiance who resides in Germany.

Sept. 21st, 2017 I received via regular mail what I believe is termed our NOA1 saying it had been received.

April 4th, 2018 I received email saying the I-129F was approved and will forward the petition to Frankfurt.

     -We requested Munich but that's just a side note.

April 4th, 2018 I also received another email that stated :

     -The U.S. Embassy in Frankfurt, Ger approved your request for expedited processing of your immigrant visa application.

      The NVC sent your petition to the U.S. Embassy for their action. The Embassy will contact you soon to schedule a

      Visa interview.

     -Oddly we didn't request such a thing but sounds good anyway as the wait is already long enough.       

 

We waited throughout the month of April to be contacted, constantly checking our respective emails and mailboxes but we never received anything. At the start of May she called the Embassy there but was instructed to email instead which she did. Again we never heard anything back which is very stressful. 

 

May 11th, 2018 the status when checking the CEAC website now says Returned to NVC.

 

I have since called trying to get more information but they state they haven't received anything back yet so I'm stuck in limbo on that point which has us both quite nervous as it's been a month now since it changed. I spent 3 weeks with her in Germany last year in April and we meet all the other criteria as far as we can tell anyway. I have searched repeatedly for possible reasons it would go from approved and being sent to the Embassy to being sent back to NVC. All I can find however is bad news with that occurring after the interview. We never made it that far though. No interview was ever scheduled. Does anyone had or know of anything like this happening? It's very disheartening after being so excited we had finally made it to the final hurdles with the medical exam and interview only to have it mysteriously sent back.

 

 

I hope someone can respond to you! This is insane. 

[anna lucia 98]

On ‎08‎/‎06‎/‎2018 at 3:33 PM, emekus94 said:

I think like Naes said, it's highly embassy specific
I went from NOA2 to Interview in about 6 weeks but those RIGHT after my NOA2 went about 2-3 months
Because I dodged our embassy's busy period of Late April-Mid June holiday madness. 

Your August 16th will be VERY close-
Don't forget that sometimes AFTER the interview, it can take a while.
There's some folks from May 2017 that went to interview and were approved but waited an additional 6 weeks for their visa....

You just can never know
 I wish you luck girl! you have certainly shown a high level of patience for this process and I pray it all goes smoothly for you.
 

6 weeks for the visa is not that bad after 9 months waiting for the noa2...

At least im here in this rainy florida with him working out not stressed lets see! thank you.

[anna lucia 98]

On ‎08‎/‎06‎/‎2018 at 11:15 AM, Naes said:

I believe after NVC it highly depends on the country. did you try following others from same embassy? stalk their timelines It helped me a lot. 

 

Personally it feels like average 2-3 months.

Ok I Will do that thank you!

[MCL 33]

1 hour ago, anna lucia said:

Ok I Will do that thank you!

So as long as your interview at the embassy by the NOA2 expiration date then it's ok or do you have to be in the states by the expiration date?

[anna lucia 98]

34 minutes ago, MCL said:

So as long as your interview at the embassy by the NOA2 expiration date then it's ok or do you have to be in the states by the expiration date?

I have a tourist visa so I Will return anyway... I just wish the process could be done by the time i return or before. If its before I can anticipate my flight.

[MCL 33]

37 minutes ago, anna lucia said:

I have a tourist visa so I Will return anyway... I just wish the process could be done by the time i return or before. If its before I can anticipate my flight.

I wish it was easier too...But I'm also asking for myself... 

[MCL 33]

On 6/5/2018 at 11:43 AM, emekus94 said:

Augustines!!
hello again!

We have all gone radio silence 
How many of y'all are in the states yet?
How many at interviews?

Wishing everybody here in the states a nice transition with your new families
For those waiting for that finish line- I continue to pray for y'all!

  15 hours ago, anna lucia said:

Ok I Will do that thank you!

Question: As long as your interview at the embassy by the NOA2 expiration date then it's ok or do you have to be in the states by the expiration date? How does that work?

[emekus94 1,125]

10 hours ago, MCL said:

  15 hours ago, anna lucia said:

Ok I Will do that thank you!

Question: As long as your interview at the embassy by the NOA2 expiration date then it's ok or do you have to be in the states by the expiration date? How does that work?

the expiration date has nothing to do with when you have to be in the states. That's just something to help embassies know what is happening/how many cases are pending

For you to be in the states, you have 6 months from the time you have ur medical to enter the states.

[emekus94 1,125]

On 6/11/2018 at 11:48 AM, Jack013 said:

Hello fellow August Filers!

I'm new to the forums. I'm hoping you all might be able to answer a questions for me and I'd like to share our journey so far. Sorry in advance if this is a little long.

 

August 2017 I filed the petition for my fiance who resides in Germany.

Sept. 21st, 2017 I received via regular mail what I believe is termed our NOA1 saying it had been received.

April 4th, 2018 I received email saying the I-129F was approved and will forward the petition to Frankfurt.

     -We requested Munich but that's just a side note.

April 4th, 2018 I also received another email that stated :

     -The U.S. Embassy in Frankfurt, Ger approved your request for expedited processing of your immigrant visa application.

      The NVC sent your petition to the U.S. Embassy for their action. The Embassy will contact you soon to schedule a

      Visa interview.

     -Oddly we didn't request such a thing but sounds good anyway as the wait is already long enough.       

 

We waited throughout the month of April to be contacted, constantly checking our respective emails and mailboxes but we never received anything. At the start of May she called the Embassy there but was instructed to email instead which she did. Again we never heard anything back which is very stressful. 

 

May 11th, 2018 the status when checking the CEAC website now says Returned to NVC.

 

I have since called trying to get more information but they state they haven't received anything back yet so I'm stuck in limbo on that point which has us both quite nervous as it's been a month now since it changed. I spent 3 weeks with her in Germany last year in April and we meet all the other criteria as far as we can tell anyway. I have searched repeatedly for possible reasons it would go from approved and being sent to the Embassy to being sent back to NVC. All I can find however is bad news with that occurring after the interview. We never made it that far though. No interview was ever scheduled. Does anyone had or know of anything like this happening? It's very disheartening after being so excited we had finally made it to the final hurdles with the medical exam and interview only to have it mysteriously sent back.

 

 

So this is complicated and am not sure what exactly is going on

1) If the embassy did not contact you after NVC said your case was at the embassy, then it might have been your responsibility to contact them. Did you ever contact them during that period asking for an interview/medical to be done?
2) I think I have heard of 2 cases where a case was sent to NVC after it was sent to embassy?
For both, it was basically that NVC sent the case files to the embassy prematurely- as in not all the background checks were done correctly at the USCIS stage and the case had to be re-reviewed from scratch.

My suggestion to you- you need to call NVC ASAP and figure out what is going on
Their number: NVC - (603)-334-0700

Edited June 12, 2018 by emekus94

[Jack013 1]

6 minutes ago, emekus94 said:

So this is complicated and am not sure what exactly is going on

1) If the embassy did not contact you after NVC said your case was at the embassy, then it might have been your responsibility to contact them. Did you ever contact them during that period asking for an interview/medical to be done?
2) I think I have heard of 2 cases where a case was sent to NVC after it was sent to embassy?
For both, it was basically that NVC sent the case files to the embassy prematurely- as in not all the background checks were done correctly at the USCIS stage and the case had to be re-reviewed from scratch.

My suggestion to you- you need to call NVC ASAP and figure out what is going on
Their number: NVC - (603)-334-0700

Although our email specifically stated they would contact her,  yes she called the embassy during that time frame and was told to email instead. So she did that although we never got a reply, likely due to it being mysteriously sent back. I have been calling NVC for the last couple of weeks but it hasn't arrived back there yet so they have no information until it does unfortunately.

[MCL 33]

23 minutes ago, emekus94 said:

the expiration date has nothing to do with when you have to be in the states. That's just something to help embassies know what is happening/how many cases are pending

For you to be in the states, you have 6 months from the time you have ur medical to enter the states.

Thank You! That helps! The interview does have to happen by the NOA2 date? Hes having passport issues..

[emekus94 1,125]

50 minutes ago, MCL said:

Thank You! That helps! The interview does have to happen by the NOA2 date? Hes having passport issues..

this is complicated- technically, yes
But not really. the NOA2 date is basically a guideline. If he's worried he won't be ready for interview by that date, just e-mail the embassy.
they normally push that date for a few months until interviews are done.

Basically, its nothing to worry about
Just e-mail the embassy and some will either tell you not to worry about it, or others will just give you a new date, typically is like 3/4 months ahead of the current date. 

[emekus94 1,125]

1 hour ago, Jack013 said:

Although our email specifically stated they would contact her,  yes she called the embassy during that time frame and was told to email instead. So she did that although we never got a reply, likely due to it being mysteriously sent back. I have been calling NVC for the last couple of weeks but it hasn't arrived back there yet so they have no information until it does unfortunately.

okay
then you seem to have taken the proper steps. Give them a few more weeks/call them once a week until case is there and then take it day by day based on what they tell you. 

I hope it's something relatively simple and you all can move on with the process!

[MCL 33]

45 minutes ago, emekus94 said:

this is complicated- technically, yes
But not really. the NOA2 date is basically a guideline. If he's worried he won't be ready for interview by that date, just e-mail the embassy.
they normally push that date for a few months until interviews are done.

Basically, its nothing to worry about
Just e-mail the embassy and some will either tell you not to worry about it, or others will just give you a new date, typically is like 3/4 months ahead of the current date. 

Thank U so much!! A relief

[RevGreen 86]

Checking in this thread one last time. Fiancee finally arrived in the USA last week almost exactly a year to the date that I moved away actually. Thank you so much to everyone here for the help and kind words, and a special thanks to @Naes for doing those scans which helped so very much.