DECEMBER 2018 K-1 NOA2 ----> NVC

[Greenbaum 12,259]

8 minutes ago, NicoleM said:

One last question before I drop this til next week (lol). USCIS told my fiance just now that it could take 90 days for an approved i129f to arrive at the NVC. So for the approved petitions on the VisaJourney timeline that arrive at the NVC after ~2-2.5 weeks of noa2, are those all expedited petitions?? Apparently there's nothing we can do to speed things along, we are just unlucky with this stage I suppose. Sigh. I will call the NVC maybe Monday for another inquiry.

You will always get the "standard reply" from a government agency. They don't want to commit to anything so it is always inflated. You can try the following to see if it budges your NOA2.

 

You might try both options below.

 

First try submitting an inquiry using this link from the Ombudsman; submit your request online.  If you have already submitted online but did not receive a confirmation email with your case number, the submission did not go through.  Please try again. 

 

If you have not submitted Form DHS-7001, Case Assistance Form, online or made other arrangements with our office to file on paper, we will not respond to any emails.

 

The Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Washington, DC 20528-0180

Email: cisombudsman@hq.dhs.gov

Web: www.dhs.gov/cisombudsman

 

Second try your U.S. representative's contact information can be found in this handy directory, and your U.S. senator's information is in this one.

 

If you receive a response and it contains anyone of these sentences this will be the meaning of that phrase.

 

If the CSC response is due to a congressional case worker inquiry, the service center will say "security checks"

 

If the CSC response is from a regular service inquiry from their website, the service center will say "adjudication"

[NicoleS 189]

7 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

You will always get the "standard reply" from a government agency. They don't want to commit to anything so it is always inflated. You can try the following to see if it budges your NOA2.

 

You might try both options below.

 

First try submitting an inquiry using this link from the Ombudsman; submit your request online.  If you have already submitted online but did not receive a confirmation email with your case number, the submission did not go through.  Please try again. 

 

If you have not submitted Form DHS-7001, Case Assistance Form, online or made other arrangements with our office to file on paper, we will not respond to any emails.

 

The Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Washington, DC 20528-0180

Email: cisombudsman@hq.dhs.gov

Web: www.dhs.gov/cisombudsman

 

Second try your U.S. representative's contact information can be found in this handy directory, and your U.S. senator's information is in this one.

 

If you receive a response and it contains anyone of these sentences this will be the meaning of that phrase.

 

If the CSC response is due to a congressional case worker inquiry, the service center will say "security checks"

 

If the CSC response is from a regular service inquiry from their website, the service center will say "adjudication"

ok we will look into these options if NVC doesn't have our case at the 5 week mark next week.

[O-J 174]

21 minutes ago, NicoleM said:

One last question before I drop this til next week (lol). USCIS told my fiance just now that it could take 90 days for an approved i129f to arrive at the NVC. So for the approved petitions on the VisaJourney timeline that arrive at the NVC after ~2-2.5 weeks of noa2, are those all expedited petitions?? Apparently there's nothing we can do to speed things along, we are just unlucky with this stage I suppose. Sigh. I will call the NVC maybe Monday for another inquiry.

When I rang I was told it could take up to 6 weeks for them to receive it. So that’s next week for you. Hopefully better news by then!

[brener69 114]

2 hours ago, NicoleM said:

ok we will look into these options if NVC doesn't have our case at the 5 week mark next week.

Have you called NVC or only USCIS? NCV will tell you if they have received your case or not you can also send an inquiry via message. Both links are on the first post from @Greenbaum

[NicholeT 157]

I'm a little confused as to when my fiance should schedule his interview. Is that something that is done once our case shows in transit to the embassy?

[met 106]

5 minutes ago, NicholeT said:

I'm a little confused as to when my fiance should schedule his interview. Is that something that is done once our case shows in transit to the embassy?

I believe that after fiance receives a letter from the Embassy. 

[O-J 174]

I completed step 1 from the first post in this forum to add my email for the NVC on this site. I received this email a few days later. For those concerned about theirs taking over 6 weeks the NVC advise to email the address shown below 

  

[Greenbaum 12,259]

31 minutes ago, NicholeT said:

I'm a little confused as to when my fiance should schedule his interview. Is that something that is done once our case shows in transit to the embassy?

Remember the links I supplied to you for your Embassy? Everything is contained in that P3 letter. just follow the instructions from the top to the bottom and you should be okay.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ERecgo5v-dxtBw0bhvjHbq6u64IW0-5w/view?usp=sharing
http://www.visajourney.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=22474

[NicoleS 189]

1 hour ago, brener69 said:

Have you called NVC or only USCIS? NCV will tell you if they have received your case or not you can also send an inquiry via message. Both links are on the first post from @Greenbaum

Yes, I've called the NVC 4 times in the last 2 weeks (with them saying it takes up to 6 weeks for them to receive approved petitions), and USCIS today (with them saying it takes up to 90 days for them to send them, lol). I also emailed the NVC twice and have yet to get an emailed response from the NVC either time. I'll just continue to wait a bit longer before trying again.

Edited January 9, 2019 by NicoleM

[Greenbaum 12,259]

26 minutes ago, met said:

I believe that after fiance receives a letter from the Embassy. 

Each Embassy is different on how they process the individual. Some are different and some are not. The best thing for her to do is follow the links that I posted for her. 

[NicholeT 157]

3 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

Remember the links I supplied to you for your Embassy? Everything is contained in that P3 letter. just follow the instructions from the top to the bottom and you should be okay.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ERecgo5v-dxtBw0bhvjHbq6u64IW0-5w/view?usp=sharing
http://www.visajourney.com/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=22474

Yes, I remember. Okay, as always thank you!!

[H&YP 57]

P3 for Haiti @Greenbaum, please!!!

[Greenbaum 12,259]

7 minutes ago, H&YP said:

P3 for Haiti @Greenbaum, please!!!

Here is what I have on Haiti.

Start by completing and submitting the DS-160. Print out the confirmation page. Then follow the instructions on how to pay your visa fee ( http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ht/ht-niv-paymentinfo.asp ) After you pay the fee at SogeExpress,  The next day you will be able to schedule the interview. From then once you have the confirmation sheet for your scheduled interview you can provide that to one of the listed DR's to schedule your medical. This link is very helpful http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Haiti&cty=Port-au-Prince   Also contact the embassy and have them email packet 3 to you but start the process as outlined above while you are waiting for the P3, Although there is nothing special in it but you still need it for medical and apparently for the police certificate also because for some reason they ask for that the embassy letter to get you the certificate.

You probably won’t be able to get medical done without packet 3, the embassy will probably send it to you through mail or email depends on what info they have. What I recommend is call the embassy from the US it's +17035447842 and from Haiti +50928122929. When you call they will probably tell you if they have your case and will tell you to wait 2 weeks to call back if you don’t receive packet 3.  Or you can send an email to support-haiti@ustraveldocs.com what that will do is create an inquiry where they will answer in 1-2 days and most likely will send you packet 3 in that response. Just make sure you put case number, petitioner and beneficiary’s name and birth date.  Just tell them you want the packet 3 by email and specify the email you want them to send it to in your email to them. 

Medical is expensive and with vaccines the cost is $440. The prices are listed on packet 3 and it is $265 without vaccines, but should always take with vaccines to save money later, because you will have to take them eventually and are way more expensive in the U.S. Check the P3 letter for updated costs.
 

[H&YP 57]

17 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

Here is what I have on Haiti.

Start by completing and submitting the DS-160. Print out the confirmation page. Then follow the instructions on how to pay your visa fee ( http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ht/ht-niv-paymentinfo.asp ) After you pay the fee at SogeExpress,  The next day you will be able to schedule the interview. From then once you have the confirmation sheet for your scheduled interview you can provide that to one of the listed DR's to schedule your medical. This link is very helpful http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Haiti&cty=Port-au-Prince   Also contact the embassy and have them email packet 3 to you but start the process as outlined above while you are waiting for the P3, Although there is nothing special in it but you still need it for medical and apparently for the police certificate also because for some reason they ask for that the embassy letter to get you the certificate.

You probably won’t be able to get medical done without packet 3, the embassy will probably send it to you through mail or email depends on what info they have. What I recommend is call the embassy from the US it's +17035447842 and from Haiti +50928122929. When you call they will probably tell you if they have your case and will tell you to wait 2 weeks to call back if you don’t receive packet 3.  Or you can send an email to support-haiti@ustraveldocs.com what that will do is create an inquiry where they will answer in 1-2 days and most likely will send you packet 3 in that response. Just make sure you put case number, petitioner and beneficiary’s name and birth date.  Just tell them you want the packet 3 by email and specify the email you want them to send it to in your email to them. 

Medical is expensive and with vaccines the cost is $440. The prices are listed on packet 3 and it is $265 without vaccines, but should always take with vaccines to save money later, because you will have to take them eventually and are way more expensive in the U.S. Check the P3 letter for updated costs.
 

Thank you very much 🙏🏽

[Croatiausa 17]

@Greenbaum do you have the p3 packet for croatia?