August 2017 I-129F Filers, Part II

[MandW 310]

Fiance asked me do we need the letter from the NVC?? I already sent her all the documents, lawyer never mentioned any letter coming from NVC and I never got one either. So.....I don't think this applies am I right? I thought NVC's job was to send the approved petition to the embassy 

[Shelfar 12]

I'm sooooo frustrated. I was approved for NOA2 on 2/26, my status has not been updated on website, and still no letter or anything from NVC. 5 weeks now  Is this happening to anyone else? 

[MandW 310]

10 minutes ago, Shelfar said:

I'm sooooo frustrated. I was approved for NOA2 on 2/26, my status has not been updated on website, and still no letter or anything from NVC. 5 weeks now  Is this happening to anyone else? 

did you get the NOA2 letter from USCIS?

[Shelfar 12]

1 minute ago, MandW said:

did you get the NOA2 letter from USCIS?

No, but I just called and got my number. The lady was really nice and said they have not sent out the letter yet. She said they did send to Albania on 3/23. I guess I should have called them first lol

[Carotaro16 1]

Hello, 

 

I am wondering if someone could help with some questions i have regarding my case. Looks like the case is ready for interview according to the CEAC website. My questions are the following

1) Can i make an appointment right away or do i need to wait for a letter 

2) throughout many forums and online instructions it says that a confirmation letter will come with the appointment date and time. we have an issue in that my fiance has moved since the time of the original application. Will we be able to update his address when we go online to schedule the interview.

3) Does the confirmation of interview date come by email as well? Will i get a copy of this interview date? 

3) Similarly, will i also receive a packet of instructions just as he will from the embassy? 

4) Is this the same packet of instructions that can be found online... any reason to wait for them to come in the mail? 

 

any help or guidance appreciated. @Naes do you have any insights? 

 

Thanks, 
Caroline 

[MandW 310]

First off you have no timeline and second you didn't mention which embassy. Different embassies is different proceedures

[emekus94 1,125]

16 minutes ago, Carotaro16 said:

Hello, 

 

I am wondering if someone could help with some questions i have regarding my case. Looks like the case is ready for interview according to the CEAC website. My questions are the following

1) Can i make an appointment right away or do i need to wait for a letter 

2) throughout many forums and online instructions it says that a confirmation letter will come with the appointment date and time. we have an issue in that my fiance has moved since the time of the original application. Will we be able to update his address when we go online to schedule the interview.

3) Does the confirmation of interview date come by email as well? Will i get a copy of this interview date? 

3) Similarly, will i also receive a packet of instructions just as he will from the embassy? 

4) Is this the same packet of instructions that can be found online... any reason to wait for them to come in the mail? 

 

any help or guidance appreciated. @Naes do you have any insights? 

 

Thanks, 
Caroline 

Please update your timeline
It's hard to give advice when we don't know what you're referring to.

(1) it depends. Some embassies (like mine) you do everything yourself after case is ready. others like Canada, they do everything for you and you must wait for instructions before proceeding. 
So I will suggest that you look up your embassy forum under VJ and follow the instructions there. You don't want to proceed and have everything be voided afterwards. 

(2) Is this the beneficiary or the petitioner that has moved? if petitioner, does not really affect this stage in the game. Beneficiary, you WANT to change that whilst your case is still at the NVC. It causes you a lot of issues if beneficiary has moved (particularly if to another country) and your case has left NVC

(3) See (1) above

(4) see (1) above. If your embassy delivers everything to you, it will either be via e-mail or snail mail. Very few embassies do snail mail tho. And for some, yes, the same packet being e-mailed is the same as one found online. 

Edited April 2, 2018 by emekus94

[emekus94 1,125]

1 hour ago, Shelfar said:

No, but I just called and got my number. The lady was really nice and said they have not sent out the letter yet. She said they did send to Albania on 3/23. I guess I should have called them first lol

Wait a minute...
U got a number from USCIS or NVC?

USCIS doesn't give numbers...
I thought u were saying you didn't get an approval letter from USCIS?... 

[Penny&Lee 338]

10 hours ago, Vholde346 said:

I was okay until Christmas just gone, where I couldn’t help but cry on my mums shoulder. It’s going to be hard and you will get home sick but so long as your fiancé is there for you and supporting you, and you are dealing with your emotions in a healthy manner, you’ll be okay. My mum has already booked a flight to visit me in January 2019. Heck, I haven’t even been approved yet. Knowing my luck, she will be out there before me. 

Yeah! It’s getting so real & like I said I definitely am ready but it scares me so much at the same time haha. I’ve never left home before this and moving 3300 miles away from home will be so rough. 

[Penny&Lee 338]

Received NOA2 letter in the mail this morning!! 4 days after approval via the app! Now to wait for our petition to be sent to the NVC! 

 

Fingers crossed for all still waiting. Come on USCIS... finish the August filers!

[Shelfar 12]

1 hour ago, emekus94 said:

Wait a minute...
U got a number from USCIS or NVC?

USCIS doesn't give numbers...
I thought u were saying you didn't get an approval letter from USCIS?... 

From NVC, sorry for the confusion

[MandW 310]

USCIS to NVC CASE NUMBER 6 TO 8 WEEKS is the current times

CASE NUMBER to TRANSIT - 2 WEEKS

TRANSIT to READY  - 1 to 2 DAYS (Except Philippines which is 2-4 weeks because petition is mailed and emailed)

Edited April 2, 2018 by MandW

[AndyAspen 46]

Just got off a call with a tier 2, she informed me that my case was assigned to an officer on March 27th! yea! even the slightest movement is delightful. although I'm worried to get myself too excited.  Has anyone else heard this and how long before you got a response, whether approval / denial / RFE ? 

they told me 30-90 days....elation deflated when i heard that one.

[MandW 310]

30-60 days is the normal spu , so expect something within a week.

[emekus94 1,125]

4 minutes ago, AndyAspen said:

Just got off a call with a tier 2, she informed me that my case was assigned to an officer on March 27th! yea! even the slightest movement is delightful. although I'm worried to get myself too excited.  Has anyone else heard this and how long before you got a response, whether approval / denial / RFE ? 

they told me 30-90 days....elation deflated when i heard that one.

LOL

Don't worry. That's quite common. The standard they say is typically 45 days, so your 30-90 days number is right around there.

We read from a former adjudicator that reviewing a case is like 15 mins but these days at USCIS, we can't tell what's going on down there  
Case being assigned means most likely your background checks have cleared which is good. But we don't know how many other cases are sitting by your adjudicators desk so we can never say for certain when your 15 mins starts. LOL
Fingers crossed you hear something by week end!! Hang on. Approval is coming soon no matter what