I-130 March 2018 filers [merged threads]

[LAY & ADR 73]

My case was sent to department of state : December 7th 2018 

NVC Received : December 13th 2018

So it took 6 days for them to receive it. 

[Mmefall 62]

Case approved 11/30

Sent to NVC 12/10 

Called nvc today and they said they received my case on 12/13 and may take up to 8 weeks for me to get case #

NVC waiting game begins 😬

[alannah_rose 39]

Does anyone know roughly how long it takes for the entire NVC process? And how long it takes to get an interview date?

[LAY & ADR 73]

1 hour ago, Mmefall said:

Case approved 11/30

Sent to NVC 12/10 

Called nvc today and they said they received my case on 12/13 and may take up to 8 weeks for me to get case #

NVC waiting game begins 😬

They’ve received your case the same day they received mine!!! (12/13/2018) So we’re nvc buddies lol!! Let’s keep each other posted!! Can’t wait!! ☺️

[LAY & ADR 73]

14 minutes ago, alannah_rose said:

Does anyone know roughly how long it takes for the entire NVC process? And how long it takes to get an interview date?

For what I’ve seen people are getting things done in a month or so. Now the interview depends on your country’s embassy. For example , my husbands in Cuba , our embassy is Guyana. It’s taking 6 to 9 months for an interview 😒. But all embassy are different. ☺️

[Mmefall 62]

38 minutes ago, Layanis J said:

They’ve received your case the same day they received mine!!! (12/13/2018) So we’re nvc buddies lol!! Let’s keep each other posted!! Can’t wait!! ☺️

Yes please lets!! 🤗 keep me updated and ill do the same 

37 minutes ago, Layanis J said:

For what I’ve seen people are getting things done in a month or so. Now the interview depends on your country’s embassy. For example , my husbands in Cuba , our embassy is Guyana. It’s taking 6 to 9 months for an interview 😒. But all embassy are different. ☺️

How did you find out how long uts taking for an interview at your husband's embassy?

[mrsgeorge1 43]

10 hours ago, Mmefall said:

Case approved 11/30

Sent to NVC 12/10 

Called nvc today and they said they received my case on 12/13 and may take up to 8 weeks for me to get case #

NVC waiting game begins 😬

aww how nice.. u guys are leaving me behind..i called NVC on December 10th and yesterday December 17th.. they havent received my approved 1-130 yet.. remember we have the same approval date of November 30th..

[mrsgeorge1 43]

10 hours ago, Mmefall said:

Case approved 11/30

Sent to NVC 12/10 

Called nvc today and they said they received my case on 12/13 and may take up to 8 weeks for me to get case #

NVC waiting game begins 😬

am gonna call again maybe before year end..meanwhile am gonna learn from u guys since u seem to be ahead of so far..

[nastra30 2,239]

3 hours ago, mrsgeorge1 said:

am gonna call again maybe before year end..meanwhile am gonna learn from u guys since u seem to be ahead of so far..

Haha. It's you and I again. I called yesterday, and they haven't received my case too. I will be watching you again. 😁

[Jae-sha 9]

Does anybody know how long after everything is complete at the NVC (affidavit of support,beneficiary documents, etc.) I will get an email regarding interview date? I called but they couldn’t give me an estimated time. 

[CarlosSeoanes 189]

18 hours ago, Mmefall said:

Case approved 11/30

Sent to NVC 12/10 

Called nvc today and they said they received my case on 12/13 and may take up to 8 weeks for me to get case #

NVC waiting game begins 😬

For me:

Case approved (Nebraska): 11/28

Sent to NVC: 12/10

Called NVC today and confirmed they received it yesterday 12/17

 

I tried to expedited since I am in the US Air Force and the lady said "NO" as is only for emergencies. Blah! She did said the reason is taking so long is because they are short of "data entry" employees to populate the case in the system. We just need to wait for 8 weeks or so...........

[CarlosSeoanes 189]

38 minutes ago, Jae-sha said:

Does anybody know how long after everything is complete at the NVC (affidavit of support,beneficiary documents, etc.) I will get an email regarding interview date? I called but they couldn’t give me an estimated time. 

I believe after everything is approved on the system you schedule the interview in the system that works best with your schedule. That's what I was told by our US lawyers. 

[rbzdjyummy 32]

1 hour ago, CarlosSeoanes said:

I believe after everything is approved on the system you schedule the interview in the system that works best with your schedule. That's what I was told by our US lawyers. 

Nope, the embassy schedules the interview for you.

[CarlosSeoanes 189]

7 minutes ago, rbzdjyummy said:

Nope, the embassy schedules the interview for you.

But I would think that they give you date options and not just randomly schedule it. Especially for people that don't live close to the embassy. For example, here in Brazil we live in Sao Paulo (Brazil's biggest city) but the immigrant visas are done at the consulate in Rio de Janeiro only. So we need to fly there. There is another case in this forum where the person in in Cuba and the visa interview is done in Guyana. 

 

Maybe the consulate in Rio does it differently where we get to choose a date of the interview from the consulate/embassy system. 

Edited December 18, 2018 by CarlosSeoanes

[D & T 115]

1 minute ago, CarlosSeoanes said:

But I would think that they give you date options and not just randomly schedule it. Especially for people that don't live close to the embassy. For example, here in Brazil we live in Sao Paulo but the immigrant visas are done at the consulate in Rio de Janeiro only. So we need to fly there. There is another case in this forum where the person in in Cuba and the visa interview is done in Guyana. 

 

Maybe the consulate in Rio does it differently where we get to choose a date of the interview from the consulate/embassy system. 

Carlos, in Brazil they also give you the date randomly. If you can't attend, then you can ask to reschedule it. Only for K-1 visas you can choose a specific date for your interview.