February Filers Goin To NVC

[Captain Oates 911]

' I just want my husband to be happy - but how can he be happy when I don't have a huge ring ?

[natronic 0]

' I just want my husband to be happy - but how can he be happy when I don't have a huge ring ?

I didn't buy a huge ring. I just bought a 18kt white gold ring with a .55 Blue Nile Signature Series round diamond. I went for quality over size.

[SharynY 2]

we recieved our NOA2 yesterday.....

the letter said that it would take 3-4 weeks for NVC to send it all to my local embassy..... and someone else told me to wait 2 weeks before we call or email NVC to check on the status......

[hmm1 0]

we recieved our NOA2 yesterday.....

the letter said that it would take 3-4 weeks for NVC to send it all to my local embassy..... and someone else told me to wait 2 weeks before we call or email NVC to check on the status......

Just checking in, I am sure that I am way early here.

[Minya's wife 24]

Just an FYI for everyone. Approved K-1 petitions coming from USCIS never get entered into the NVC's automated system (they're never physically there long enough). In order to find out if it has been received @ NVC, other than the e-mail method posted earlier, you have to get a live person on the phone. Not sure what #'s you have to press in the automated menu, but get to talk to an operator and they will be able to best inform you. I would still wait about 2 weeks after NOA2 date to call though.

-P

[hmm1 0]

Just an FYI for everyone. Approved K-1 petitions coming from USCIS never get entered into the NVC's automated system (they're never physically there long enough). In order to find out if it has been received @ NVC, other than the e-mail method posted earlier, you have to get a live person on the phone. Not sure what #'s you have to press in the automated menu, but get to talk to an operator and they will be able to best inform you. I would still wait about 2 weeks after NOA2 date to call though.

-P

So, at this stage there are no real fees or papers to complete correct? We just call after about two weeks to track the status of them sending it to the embassy correct?

[Minya's wife 24]

Correct, for K-1's nothing to do now, but wait. Once NVC receives petition, they process it and it is sent via DHL to the beneficiary's consulate. Upon receipt of the approved petition from NVC, the consulate will send notification to beneficiary. This is the Packet 3, checklist, stating all the documents to be gathered in preparation for the visa interview.

While waiting, I will spend the time filling out the I-134, gathering the employment letter, financials and put together all the paperwork to send to my fiance for his interview. At least it'll keep me busy during this time.

-P

[Captain Oates 911]

Up at 5am yesterday to take Carolyn down the M6 to Manchester airport - she is going back to Milwaukee for a week to check on her dad who is very ill - then I drove to Yorkshire to help my daughter with some stuff and worked on my house there which is up for sale. Then to Harrogate, North Yorkshire to help my friend fix his computer - arrived home at our rented house in Lancashire at 1am and I tried so hard not to ring NVC but I was drawn to the phone and sat that bleary eyed just to get the 'never heard of it' answer. 17 days.

It's a real pity they dont have a website like the USCIS where you receive an email notification of each stage...

While I was doing the 50 mile drive at 1am down narrow, wet, country roads, there was an item on BBC radio that said 12 million illegals in the US are to get a green cards so that they can be 'brought out of the shadows'

Presumably they won't need medicals and police histories and a year's worth of forms and huge fees.

Isn't all this a little unfair for we who line up at the turnstiles to get into this ballgame while the others are climbing over the walls and getting in for free ?

Well if you can't beat em join em - I will feel less guilty at 'gaming' the system now I know the rules - or lack of them...

alan

[arwensun1965 0]

While I was doing the 50 mile drive at 1am down narrow, wet, country roads, there was an item on BBC radio that said 12 million illegals in the US are to get a green cards so that they can be 'brought out of the shadows'

Presumably they won't need medicals and police histories and a year's worth of forms and huge fees.

Isn't all this a little unfair for we who line up at the turnstiles to get into this ballgame while the others are climbing over the walls and getting in for free ?

Well if you can't beat em join em - I will feel less guilty at 'gaming' the system now I know the rules - or lack of them

Hi Alan

I read the BBC artical on this, these people by the looks of it have to apply for a new visa called a Z visa. They have to pay money and get sent back to there own country to await the visa. Please read the artical to put your mind at rest lol, it's interesting reading.

Janice

[Captain Oates 911]

Hi Janice - having to wait in your own country for the visa isn't being very nice ! We know !

Yes I have been doing some reading today and it seems the 'head of the family' would have to go back - all the little nippers will presumably be US citizens anyway having been born there......

Every time I give my kid an amnesty on the car loans he owes me - he is back for another one a year later - that's how amnesties work I reckon.... Same with amnesties for unfaithful spouses they say...

The poem has it right..

'So we will just pay you cash to go away-

and that's what's called paying the Danegeld

but we've proved it again and again

that once you have paid him the Danegeld

you will NEVER get rid of the Dane'

and it means an end to cheap motel rooms (MINIMUM WAGE NOW) which, if I was selfish, I would think of as a bad thing

All the illegal Irish bar workers in Boston (all the bar workers in Boston that is !) will welcome it , as many haven't been home for 7 years (I have spoken to em)

Now how much is a flight to mexico - somewhere near the border ..hum..oh ok then it will have to be Canada- lost in the woods officer and all that

alan

[natronic 0]

I know we are supposed to get a receipt from NVC with # we can call. If it is not there very long basically by the time we get receipt it's already on the way to the embassy??? I do not mind if that is the case. The less time there the better. I'm going to Peru for my fiancees interview so I will gather everything and just bring it to her in person

[Captain Oates 911]

I know we are supposed to get a receipt from NVC with # we can call. If it is not there very long basically by the time we get receipt it's already on the way to the embassy??? I do not mind if that is the case. The less time there the better. I'm going to Peru for my fiancees interview so I will gather everything and just bring it to her in person

Yes I did k1 and I didn't even notice NVC stage it was so fast...

After NOA2 I was giving the Embassy a hard time and didn't even bother with NVC

I told the London embassy I had done my medical and my police certificate and I was not working and could be there in a couple of hours if they had an interview cancellation - they emailed back and I was in there really quickly...that was the good old days in London a couple of years ago and they have changed it all now and made it so nobody gets a reasonable experience

Sounds exciting - you sound excited - it IS exciting ! yippee enjoy it all !

alan

[Mononoke28 135]

I know we are supposed to get a receipt from NVC with # we can call. If it is not there very long basically by the time we get receipt it's already on the way to the embassy??? I do not mind if that is the case. The less time there the better. I'm going to Peru for my fiancees interview so I will gather everything and just bring it to her in person

Some people in the Colombian thread kept calling the NVC every other day to find out when their cases where sent to the embassy. The NVC rep will let you know what day they sent it but not the DHL track # for you to check, it takes about 3 days or so to reach the embassy though.

[hmm1 0]

I know we are supposed to get a receipt from NVC with # we can call. If it is not there very long basically by the time we get receipt it's already on the way to the embassy??? I do not mind if that is the case. The less time there the better. I'm going to Peru for my fiancees interview so I will gather everything and just bring it to her in person

Some people in the Colombian thread kept calling the NVC every other day to find out when their cases where sent to the embassy. The NVC rep will let you know what day they sent it but not the DHL track # for you to check, it takes about 3 days or so to reach the embassy though.

Wow, this thread hasn't had much attention lately...just checking in to see how many people have made it since the NOA2's started coming for us.

[Dan J 277]

Yeah, me too. Just want to check if anyone's petition has made it to the NVC yet. Ours hasn't made it there yet.

-Gemvita