I-130 May 2018 Filers

[MMatrimony 306]

On 5/4/2019 at 5:00 PM, AlexDRavn92 said:

Does anyone know if there is a thread for the next step?
For people who got their NOA2 in May?

Hey Search NVC filers May 

[Emgee 13]

Hi guys! I just got our case number from NVC today!

[Rosie88 17]

3 hours ago, Emgee said:

Hi guys! I just got our case number from NVC today!

How do you receive de notice? 

[ryu55 9]

On 5/3/2019 at 12:46 PM, Mike445 said:

 I received it via email. My wife also received it via email.

Mike

How do you register to receive the case number by email? Is there a form you are supposed to fill out? I received the approval by email. I am wondering if the NVC will do the same for the case number.

[Mike445 28]

4 hours ago, ryu55 said:

How do you register to receive the case number by email? Is there a form you are supposed to fill out? I received the approval by email. I am wondering if the NVC will do the same for the case number.

You are already registered. Since you received your approval by email you will receive your NVC info the sane way about a month after your approval. 

Mike

[Emily & Mohamed 6]

After waiting over 11 months, I got the text today saying there was a change made to my uscis account. I logged in and found out that my husband got APPROVED! We filed May 29th, 2018. NOA2 May 8th, 2019 🙏🏼👏🏻  

 

I inquired about my case being outside of normal processing time on March 13th and my case got a assigned to an officer for review on March 29th. 

I also contacted my congressman about my case at the beginning of April and I just heard back from my congressman’s office a few days ago about my case. USCIS gave no information out but just days after that I got the APPROVAL 😍

[ryu55 9]

6 hours ago, Mike445 said:

You are already registered. Since you received your approval by email you will receive your NVC info the sane way about a month after your approval. 

Mike

Thanks Mike!

[Emgee 13]

15 hours ago, Rosie88 said:

How do you receive de notice? 

Thru email both to me to the beneficiary

[sunrisecouples 74]

13 hours ago, Emily & Mohamed said:

After waiting over 11 months, I got the text today saying there was a change made to my uscis account. I logged in and found out that my husband got APPROVED! We filed May 29th, 2018. NOA2 May 8th, 2019 🙏🏼👏🏻  

 

I inquired about my case being outside of normal processing time on March 13th and my case got a assigned to an officer for review on March 29th. 

I also contacted my congressman about my case at the beginning of April and I just heard back from my congressman’s office a few days ago about my case. USCIS gave no information out but just days after that I got the APPROVAL 😍

Congratulations Emily & Mohammed on your NOA2. It's fulfilling to know that you are on to the next stage of the process. For me, it's 349 days since our NOA1 and after submitting 2 outside normal processing time case enquiries, there has been no approval for us yet but hopefully very soon. What is the process of contacting the congressman in Florida where my wife is? Do you think we should explore that option too??

[Emily & Mohamed 6]

5 hours ago, sunrisecouples said:

Congratulations Emily & Mohammed on your NOA2. It's fulfilling to know that you are on to the next stage of the process. For me, it's 349 days since our NOA1 and after submitting 2 outside normal processing time case enquiries, there has been no approval for us yet but hopefully very soon. What is the process of contacting the congressman in Florida where my wife is? Do you think we should explore that option too??

Thank you! 

 

I went to my congressman’s website and sent a message directly from there saying what I needed help with. I got a reply about a day later and then was given a few forms to fill out to authorize my congressman to get information from USCIS. USCIS did not reply until a month after my congressmans inquiry. So, I got the reply from that inquiry one day before I got my NOA2. I have no idea if that inquiry even mattered to be honest. It wouldn’t hurt for you to try though.

[gonzolux 82]

23 hours ago, Emily & Mohamed said:

After waiting over 11 months, I got the text today saying there was a change made to my uscis account. I logged in and found out that my husband got APPROVED! We filed May 29th, 2018. NOA2 May 8th, 2019 🙏🏼👏🏻  

 

I inquired about my case being outside of normal processing time on March 13th and my case got a assigned to an officer for review on March 29th. 

I also contacted my congressman about my case at the beginning of April and I just heard back from my congressman’s office a few days ago about my case. USCIS gave no information out but just days after that I got the APPROVAL 😍

Congrats! How did you know that your case was assigned to an officer for review? I did an outside of normal processing request on March 20th and I just got told to wait 60 more days. My PD is June 6th, 2018.

[CJO032418 100]

On 5/2/2019 at 8:40 PM, Emgee said:

Hi Mike445! how did you get your NVC case number? I got my NOA 2 mid March but USCIS sent it to NVC on April 10, 2018. Did you receive it by email or did you call NVC? Thanks!

 

You will get an email if you provided an email address prior. Expect up to 8 weeks to get a case number AFTER the NVC gets your file. Then expect being unable to log on to CEAC for 3 to 14 days to start payments and submitting documents. 

 

However, with all that said you should still call the NVC at every step. Because too often they assign a number but delay or never send you a notice telling you so. And you can’t sign in and they won’t elevate the log in issues if you don’t call to complain. 

 

If the NVC rejects any of your documents, no matter what notice or explanation they provide, call them and have them explain on the phone what’s needed to correct the problem. Because often their notifications is nonsensical or missing. And every reject adds up to 3 additional weeks of delay. 

 

Read  the state department website completely while you wait. And reread it at every step. It’s a lot of information. Most of it is convoluted .... who can afford week after week delays over missing a step in the NVC process. 

 

Do a Senate and congressional inquiry if you have any problems or severe delays because the NVC won’t do anything about their egregious broken processes. 

 

Emailing them will get a pre canned response 2 weeks later. 

 

Better to call. Expect having to make up to 40 back  to back calls before you finally get thru and to wait up to an hour to talk to anyone. Most of them are rude and uninterested and uncompassionate. 

Edited May 10, 2019 by CJO032418

[Team A Forever 59]

Today, with no text or email, I checked my mailbox and there it was... our NOA2 Approval dated for 5/7/2019

 

Pd: May 30, 2018 

Nebraska SC

[sunrisecouples 74]

1 hour ago, Team A Forever said:

Today, with no text or email, I checked my mailbox and there it was... our NOA2 Approval dated for 5/7/2019

 

Pd: May 30, 2018 

Nebraska SC

Congratulations Team A Forever. Finally the wait is over. 

[sunrisecouples 74]

Where is the May filer on here, with the same PD with me?  I mean May 25th 2018? I haven't heard anything from you in a while. Did you get your NOA2 already?  Reply soon.