JANUARY 2019 K-1 NOA2 ----> NVC

[Carpe Vinum 2,330]

2 minutes ago, itsjustcassiee said:

That gives me hope! Honestly, it isn't the waiting, I just wish I had something to do in the meantime. My fiancé talked to the people at the embassy today and they're going to see if someone can send us a copy of the requirements for the p3, so at least that will give me something to do while we wait!

The waiting without being able to do anything about it is the worst part. I always think I should be able to pick up the phone and solve any problem in five minutes)). There isn't much information on the forum about Iceland so you are kind of flying solo))  I wish you the best of luck...

[Celie 793]

20 minutes ago, itsjustcassiee said:

Sigh. Called NVC again and they still haven't received our case. I know I'm just being impatient. I just have a hard time waiting. I refuse to call USCIS anymore because everyone I've talked to has given me different information and the people at the NVC are so nice. I was hoping we'd be in the February 19th batch, but it's starting to look like it'll be the beginning of March. Our NOA2 date is January 26th according to the paper, but January 28th according to the people on the phone at USCIS.

You have almost the same date as me. My NOA2 date is 1/25 but the new site says 1/28. Today marks the 17th day so I'm gonna wait for the afternoon after the mail usually arrives and call. If not, I'll try again Friday. I feel ungrateful for feeling this way but I feel we got lucky with NOA2 being so early for us only to make up that time on wait in NVC lol 

[itsjustcassiee 127]

Just now, boris64 said:

The waiting without being able to do anything about it is the worst part. I always think I should be able to pick up the phone and solve any problem in five minutes)). There isn't much information on the forum about Iceland so you are kind of flying solo))  I wish you the best of luck...

Yeah apparently everyone in Iceland wants to stay there 😂 I definitely think it bodes well for us in terms of the requirements and interview. Since it's so uncommon, I don't think they'll be super nit-picky, not that we're planning on giving them a reason to nitpick. 

[itsjustcassiee 127]

5 minutes ago, celie&joseph said:

You have almost the same date as me. My NOA2 date is 1/25 but the new site says 1/28. Today marks the 17th day so I'm gonna wait for the afternoon after the mail usually arrives and call. If not, I'll try again Friday. I feel ungrateful for feeling this way but I feel we got lucky with NOA2 being so early for us only to make up that time on wait in NVC lol 

Our timelines are really similar! Our NOA1 was the 20th (or 25th, depending on which place you look) of September. And I feel really lucky that it was approved so fast. But I'd like it to stay at that pace 😂

 

I'm hoping that, since immigration from Iceland isn't super common, my fiancé will be able to get an interview pretty quickly once they receive our case.

 

What time does the mail usually arrive there!?

Edited February 13, 2019 by itsjustcassiee

[Celie 793]

16 minutes ago, itsjustcassiee said:

Our timelines are really similar! Our NOA1 was the 20th (or 25th, depending on which place you look) of September. And I feel really lucky that it was approved so fast. But I'd like it to stay at that pace 😂

 

I'm hoping that, since immigration from Iceland isn't super common, my fiancé will be able to get an interview pretty quickly once they receive our case.

 

What time does the mail usually arrive there!?

Agreed! I may be wrong but I'm basing it on regular mail and here it usually arrives around 10-11am. But since they had bad weather yesterday maybe that's delayed too a bit today.

 

Good luck! I hope he gets his embassy interview in quickly! That would be awesome!

[SunflowerHoneybee 19]

Sent 'packet 3' 4 days ago, haven't heard back from the Sydney Consulate besides the confirmation of it being received a few hours after sending, although everyone I've seen, hear back in 1-3 days with an interview date. 😵

[Greenbaum 12,259]

12 hours ago, Eric&Mirella said:

Oh , I'll try but it sucks that after all the wait now I have to do other things too. And the process in Caracas seemed much straightforward than in Bogota. I'll keep my fingers crossed. 

Do you know if something like this has happened before recently? 

There has always been work arounds for strife in the world that affects the Embassy's missions. Those in Cuba have to go to Guyana and it wouldn't surprise me if EU countries have problems as the world is always revolving in chaos it seems. This is something you'll have to except and deal with. I see no other way unless of course you can claim that you are living currently in a country for more than 6 months which will allow you to use that Embassy.

[BB Family 299]

Only 10 hours until my interview... I'm so excited and so nervous.....

[Marcela Palomino 53]

27 minutes ago, SunflowerHoneybee said:

Sent 'packet 3' 4 days ago, haven't heard back from the Sydney Consulate besides the confirmation of it being received a few hours after sending, although everyone I've seen, hear back in 1-3 days with an interview date. 😵

What does packet 3 contains? 

[Lana&Ivy 215]

1 hour ago, boris64 said:

It took 17 days for mine to get there but NVC was very quick to ship mine out to the Embassy.

Boris, did your case # get assigned the day the NVC received it or did you just get all the info from them on the same day?

[Olichka 186]

NOA2: January 21

 

Called and got my case # today 😁

[Jay Jones 261]

1 hour ago, boris64 said:

I got the same email. Did you send them an email saying you had completed the 160? I don't think it is necessary......but)) It would help if I read the letter all the way through)

I plan to send them the email a little bit later

[VikaShew2017 150]

36 minutes ago, Barker Family said:

Only 10 hours until my interview... I'm so excited and so nervous.....

Good luck!!! 

Mine will be in Friday!

[Jay Jones 261]

1 hour ago, itsjustcassiee said:

Sigh. Called NVC again and they still haven't received our case. I know I'm just being impatient. I just have a hard time waiting. I refuse to call USCIS anymore because everyone I've talked to has given me different information and the people at the NVC are so nice. I was hoping we'd be in the February 19th batch, but it's starting to look like it'll be the beginning of March. Our NOA2 date is January 26th according to the paper, but January 28th according to the people on the phone at USCIS.

Hopefully you will get it by the 15th and it might make the 19th batch.  Think positive.

[Carpe Vinum 2,330]

1 hour ago, Lana&Ivy said:

Boris, did your case # get assigned the day the NVC received it or did you just get all the info from them on the same day?

It's hard to tell. I called them on January 30 and they told me they did not have it yet.  I called them back on Feb 4 and they told me that they received my case on January 31 and had assigned the case number.  I have heard of people being informed that NVC has their case but the # doesn't get assigned for a day or so later...