April 2018 NOA2 ----> NVC

[AnaUmo 419]

4 minutes ago, J❤️J said:

ありがとう ne-es. Lol . A Japanese English play on words. This answers my question 😊

I'm curious about the electronic case thing. Can you tell me how that works? Like what was done to make it an electronic case? Was there some difference in filing? Etc

Edited April 25, 2018 by AnaUmo

[Naes 12,205]

16 minutes ago, AnaUmo said:

I'm not familiar with electronic cases. I didn't even know that was a thing. How do you get an electronic case?

It depends on the embassy, they tell you if t is an electronic case. Simply put 7 is old system and 5 is new. So for I sample when you call 7 and they say they couldn’t find it in their system and they try the other system, that’s when they are hacking electronic system. 

[Naes 12,205]

Electronic cases are only sent through electronically: so it gets readied at the NVC and transit to embassy games less time (because it is only digital)

 

but apparently the system is really new so it is taking longer for the case to get ready. And they don’t give it a number till it is ready.

[AnaUmo 419]

1 minute ago, Naes said:

It depends on the embassy, they tell you if t is an electronic case. Simply put 7 is old system and 5 is new. So for I sample when you call 7 and they say they couldn’t find it in their system and they try the other system, that’s when they are hacking electronic system. 

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. Do you know why the electronic system takes that long just to have the case number assigned?

[Naes 12,205]

6 minutes ago, AnaUmo said:

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. Do you know why the electronic system takes that long just to have the case number assigned?

That’s the mystery of the century! I think (but this is just my assumption) t takes time to get the case ready with turning everything to digital scans etc.and they just don’t generate (or want to generate) the number. Cause I did hear them saying, it will be at NVC anyway, what will you do with the number..

I’ll ask tonight when I call (if I don’t get a coucou on the phone) 

[AnaUmo 419]

8 minutes ago, Naes said:

Electronic cases are only sent through electronically: so it gets readied at the NVC and transit to embassy games less time (because it is only digital)

 

but apparently the system is really new so it is taking longer for the case to get ready. And they don’t give it a number till it is ready.

Lol I'm so confused by the fact that it takes longer but to each his own.

[AnaUmo 419]

2 minutes ago, Naes said:

That’s the mystery of the century! I think (but this is just my assumption) t takes time to get the case ready with turning everything to digital scans etc.and they just don’t generate (or want to generate) the number. Cause I did hear them saying, it will be at NVC anyway, what will you do with the number..

I’ll ask tonight when I call (if I don’t get a coucou on the phone) 

I hope you don't lol I have so many questions about their processes and procedures because I'm almost certain there's A LOT of things that need fine tuning over there. The fact that it's electronic, it SHOULD have an electronically generated case number but who knows. Maybe they want to always include human intervention? They don't trust technology and to be fair I kinda understand that point of view.

[Mgdtime97 140]

22 minutes ago, Naes said:

Electronic cases are only sent through electronically: so it gets readied at the NVC and transit to embassy games less time (because it is only digital)

 

but apparently the system is really new so it is taking longer for the case to get ready. And they don’t give it a number till it is ready.

Just to add some information, I spoke with someone at the NVC last night, and they said that electronic cases get created and scanned and all information entered at the NVC.  They do their checks and audits to make sure everything is correctly entered, and scanned etc.  Then the embassy is notified and they have access to the case immediately.  This adds some time for the case at the NVC.  If you call and it is in "Admin Processing" this is what they are doing.

We got a case number 6 days ago, and it's still being prepared to send.  You can ask the NVC representative if there has been any activity on your case also.  They can see daily activity, but it hasn't been sent yet.

[Kat123 97]

I just called them,they got it today,she said it is up to 8 weeks for the number,well same story for everyone but they got it,20 days waiting

[Alabamak1 688]

5 hours ago, Mr & Mr said:

Can someone explain me difference between #5 and #7?

Ukraine is #5. Kiev embassy gets digital files

[AnaUmo 419]

23 minutes ago, Mgdtime97 said:

Just to add some information, I spoke with someone at the NVC last night, and they said that electronic cases get created and scanned and all information entered at the NVC.  They do their checks and audits to make sure everything is correctly entered, and scanned etc.  Then the embassy is notified and they have access to the case immediately.  This adds some time for the case at the NVC.  If you call and it is in "Admin Processing" this is what they are doing.

We got a case number 6 days ago, and it's still being prepared to send.  You can ask the NVC representative if there has been any activity on your case also.  They can see daily activity, but it hasn't been sent yet.

I figured they'd want to do some amount of auditing. Well, at least this clarifies the reasoning for the wait time of some persons.

[Alabamak1 688]

@Swissmiss82 is your POE Atlanta? if it is can you please post a detail of your entry? Thank you. My fiance is using ATL as POE on May 23

[Deehotstepper 230]

What is the Best POE? Is one place necessarily better than another? like should we be using Atlanta or Houston or New York.

[emekus94 1,125]

25 minutes ago, Deehotstepper said:

What is the Best POE? Is one place necessarily better than another? like should we be using Atlanta or Houston or New York.

I would assume you want a POE where your fiance person is. No need landing in New York if your person is in Utah! 
Some airports are known to be a little worse than others in terms of the harassment that custom agents might give but that's just life. 

 

It's good to read some reviews of what the POE procedure MIGHT be like where you're landing and just be prepared with answers to questions they might ask.

[Kswtangel 295]

I got excited about all the new cases NVC seemed to be receiving today so I called a couple of hours ago and the not so nice lady, whose name I can’t remember, gave me the same old spiel about the 6 weeks.  So, no luck unfortunately.  Sad day.    Then, I figured what the heck and decided to call back just now to check again.  This time I got the sweetest lady named Belle.  She checked again for me and this time she said they received it on the 25th.  Then she was like, oh that’s today!  Lol  I literally almost cried on the phone with her and she was just so sweet about it.  There was still no case number yet and she did say that it can take up to 8 weeks to generate but then she proceeded to tell me their office hours and said that I could call as often as I wanted, everyday even.  I was a little embarrassed to admit that I already call everyday and that I’d now moved up to calling multiple times a day!  🤣😂 Anyway, I’m so relieved that it’s finally arrived and I’m hoping that case number comes quick!

 

NOA2 hard copy date: April 3

NOA2 online date: April 4

Edited April 25, 2018 by Kswtangel