October 2018 K-1 NOA2 ----> NVC

[Greenbaum 12,259]

45 minutes ago, John951 said:

Applied for her social security card today after 3 weeks. She wasn't in the SAVE system so the employee have me a later saying it will be 4 weeks until I get a denial letter or the SS card @Greenbaum

Sometimes you don't appear in the SAVE system but those who have experienced what you are did eventually receive their SSN. Just have to wait.

[Tatjana&Velemir 119]

Hopefully I am in the right place here.  Just called USCIS and was told that our case was approved February 22nd!  I will update our timeline when I get the hard copy in the mail.  I am finally we finally got our NOA2!!

[Kdnal 1]

I could not find any reference on the internet about our case. But neither USCIS and NVC is telling us what's going on. We filed April 2018, got approved on October 2018, got our case number Novemeber 2018 and then our case hasnt reached Manila upto this day. NVC sent the file back to USCIS in December for "administrative processing." USCIS signed off on it and sent it back to NVC in January and then now its being returned to USCIS again. This will be the 3rd time USCIS will have our case and nobody is explaining why. We contacted a congressman already but was told they can only make enquires every 60 days and not advocate our case. So it didnt do us anything. We are stuck in this situation. Can anybody help or recommend a high powered lawyer to help us out? Thanks a lot.

[iwir 337]

On 2/25/2019 at 11:38 AM, Tatjana&Velemir said:

Hopefully I am in the right place here.  Just called USCIS and was told that our case was approved February 22nd!  I will update our timeline when I get the hard copy in the mail.  I am finally we finally got our NOA2!!

Congratulation!!! That must be very well anticipated news. After waiting for quite some time you finally heard something. Hope your next journey will be smooth sailing!

Edited March 2, 2019 by iwir

[Greenbaum 12,259]

22 hours ago, Kdnal said:

I could not find any reference on the internet about our case. But neither USCIS and NVC is telling us what's going on. We filed April 2018, got approved on October 2018, got our case number Novemeber 2018 and then our case hasnt reached Manila upto this day. NVC sent the file back to USCIS in December for "administrative processing." USCIS signed off on it and sent it back to NVC in January and then now its being returned to USCIS again. This will be the 3rd time USCIS will have our case and nobody is explaining why. We contacted a congressman already but was told they can only make enquires every 60 days and not advocate our case. So it didnt do us anything. We are stuck in this situation. Can anybody help or recommend a high powered lawyer to help us out? Thanks a lot.

Unfortunately background checks are a national priority and there isn't a lawyer anywhere that is going to USCIS to budge off their process's. No One.

 

If you higher a lawyer and they try and sue USCIS for a decision, 100% of the time they will close the case and send your lawyer a DENIED letter. I know this is frustrating and I have a little idea of your battle. But your case is being further adjudicated for some reason and NO ONE can tell you why and NO ONE is going to tell you why. You are in a tight spot but all you can do is wait.

 

There have been other "stories" from VJ'rs that waited more than a year, some two years even a case that took 4 years. I wish I had better news for you.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

On ‎2‎/‎25‎/‎2019 at 2:38 PM, Tatjana&Velemir said:

Hopefully I am in the right place here.  Just called USCIS and was told that our case was approved February 22nd!  I will update our timeline when I get the hard copy in the mail.  I am finally we finally got our NOA2!!

This is a better place to be as it has all the information for the next steps. Read the first post in this thread for TIPS.

[Tatjana&Velemir 119]

4 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

This is a better place to be as it has all the information for the next steps. Read the first post in this thread for TIPS.

 

Thank you!  I appreciate the help

[Kdnal 1]

7 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

Unfortunately background checks are a national priority and there isn't a lawyer anywhere that is going to USCIS to budge off their process's. No One.

 

If you higher a lawyer and they try and sue USCIS for a decision, 100% of the time they will close the case and send your lawyer a DENIED letter. I know this is frustrating and I have a little idea of your battle. But your case is being further adjudicated for some reason and NO ONE can tell you why and NO ONE is going to tell you why. You are in a tight spot but all you can do is wait.

 

There have been other "stories" from VJ'rs that waited more than a year, some two years even a case that took 4 years. I wish I had better news for you.

Thank you @Greenbaum. Appreciate your response. One more question, will it be okay to withdraw this case and get married, then file for marriage visa instead? Will that change anything somehow? I mean we dont mind waiting if it takes years but we dont know whether we should wait or NVC/USCIS is just letting our case die down. 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

8 hours ago, Kdnal said:

Thank you @Greenbaum. Appreciate your response. One more question, will it be okay to withdraw this case and get married, then file for marriage visa instead? Will that change anything somehow? I mean we dont mind waiting if it takes years but we dont know whether we should wait or NVC/USCIS is just letting our case die down. 

You can do that but at this stage I recommend waiting for the outcome of the K1.. JMHO

[Samcik 7]

On 3/1/2019 at 6:22 PM, Kdnal said:

I could not find any reference on the internet about our case. But neither USCIS and NVC is telling us what's going on. We filed April 2018, got approved on October 2018, got our case number Novemeber 2018 and then our case hasnt reached Manila upto this day. NVC sent the file back to USCIS in December for "administrative processing." USCIS signed off on it and sent it back to NVC in January and then now its being returned to USCIS again. This will be the 3rd time USCIS will have our case and nobody is explaining why. We contacted a congressman already but was told they can only make enquires every 60 days and not advocate our case. So it didnt do us anything. We are stuck in this situation. Can anybody help or recommend a high powered lawyer to help us out? Thanks a lot.

What's your first NOA2 and second NOA2 dates? I'm also in similar situation.

[Kdnal 1]

7 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

You can do that but at this stage I recommend waiting for the outcome of the K1.. JMHO

Thank you

[Kdnal 1]

3 hours ago, Samcik said:

What's your first NOA2 and second NOA2 dates? I'm also in similar situation.

NOA1 is April 26. 2018 and NOA2 is October 18, 2018...

[Samcik 7]

8 minutes ago, Kdnal said:

NOA1 is April 26. 2018 and NOA2 is October 18, 2018...

Looks like there was some type of mistake with October 18 NOA2s'. Mine also was October 18th and there are at least 5 others I spoke with. You mentioned that NVC returned case again. What's is the timeline on that? When did USCIS reapprove the case and send it to NVC?

[Kdnal 1]

15 minutes ago, Samcik said:

Looks like there was some type of mistake with October 18 NOA2s'. Mine also was October 18th and there are at least 5 others I spoke with. You mentioned that NVC returned case again. What's is the timeline on that? When did USCIS reapprove the case and send it to NVC?

Our NVC case number was given to us November 24, around this time we filed for g884 to get some of our original documents back to be used for the Manila interview. So we thought the first return could be because of that. USCIS first requested our file back on December 11 and NVC sent it to them December 14. We called USCIS several times to ask for update until they told us they sent the file back to NVC on December 28. This is where the problem started. We called NVC several times in January and they have given us different dates on when they received the file back from USCIS. And lastly, end of January we were told USCIS is requesting it back again. We called USCIS and we were told they already approved us and its not gonna change, and also that they did not request our file back. We asked help from the office of the congressman and  NVC told them our file is "being prepared for a return to USCIS" two weeks later after they told us its been shipped back there already. 

[Samcik 7]

24 minutes ago, Kdnal said:

Our NVC case number was given to us November 24, around this time we filed for g884 to get some of our original documents back to be used for the Manila interview. So we thought the first return could be because of that. USCIS first requested our file back on December 11 and NVC sent it to them December 14. We called USCIS several times to ask for update until they told us they sent the file back to NVC on December 28. This is where the problem started. We called NVC several times in January and they have given us different dates on when they received the file back from USCIS. And lastly, end of January we were told USCIS is requesting it back again. We called USCIS and we were told they already approved us and its not gonna change, and also that they did not request our file back. We asked help from the office of the congressman and  NVC told them our file is "being prepared for a return to USCIS" two weeks later after they told us its been shipped back there already. 

My petition also was reapproved in December but instead of NVC it was send to NRC. I'm still waiting