November 2019 K-1 NOA2 to NVC to EMBASSY

[Haydnator 274]

1 hour ago, RonAnn said:

So since last week was Thanksgiving I should wait the week of Dec 16 to see if NVC has received my case?

Can take up to 30 days. I think mine got there in about a week and a half. I would suggest calling after 2 weeks.

[Caitlin Kennedy 67]

We got our NOA2 approval the week before thanksgiving...are we supposed to be doing anything action wise? It says the package of our petition is now going to the NVC and we wait for another letter in the mail for our case number, then that would be mailed to the US embassy in London. I  am not sure if we are supposed to be doing anything yet...

[FreyandRyan 330]

tried calling NVC at 7 this morning but turns out they’re closed for half of today and they were sleep closed yesterday. How does USCIS send to NVC? Electronic or snail mail? Does snow and closures like this delay stuff?

[KittyKat3072 235]

47 minutes ago, FreyandRyan said:

tried calling NVC at 7 this morning but turns out they’re closed for half of today and they were sleep closed yesterday. How does USCIS send to NVC? Electronic or snail mail? Does snow and closures like this delay stuff?

I'm assuming that inclement weather and holidays would have delaying effects on receiving your petition. The longer it takes to get to them the later in the month it will be processed. I'm sure they are mailing the physical copy of it because they have to mail it to the embassy (most of them). If it was electronically then there would be nothing to track or mail later (DHL hack). Since it's going across the country and there's been heaps of snow it could be a possibility that it would be delayed a day or two, it really depends on how it's being shipped by air or by truck.

[Mrs Ryan Carreras 247]

1 hour ago, Caitlin Kennedy said:

We got our NOA2 approval the week before thanksgiving...are we supposed to be doing anything action wise? It says the package of our petition is now going to the NVC and we wait for another letter in the mail for our case number, then that would be mailed to the US embassy in London. I  am not sure if we are supposed to be doing anything yet...

Did you read through the pdf that is at the start. Do you have your LND number from NVC ? 
You can do your 160 but no you will get an email from London once it’s ready if I remember right. Ryan, the applicant, received everything after NOA 2 approval. 
I was the petitioner did not receive anything else until he arrived in the US. 🙏
Packet 3 and 4 are emails only between filling out the DS 160 than once they email the applicant they can do the medical and schedule interview, pay the fees. Etc. 

We just went through London in October. 
Good luck and Congrats ! 
 

1 hour ago, FreyandRyan said:

tried calling NVC at 7 this morning but turns out they’re closed for half of today and they were sleep closed yesterday. How does USCIS send to NVC? Electronic or snail mail? Does snow and closures like this delay stuff?

Also, it took 4-6 weeks for our packet to get from USCIS to NVC.

Almost two months to London Embassy due to the cut off dates of when they assign the number to when they ship the packets to embassy. 
Where you just approved two weeks ago ? 
Your not delayed in any way unless it’s finally sped up again.
I would keep following the pdf and make it your friend. I reread that thing probably 100 times while waiting but it’s very accurate. 
I get it.. easier said than done.

Good Luck to you both and YMMV. 

[Caitlin Kennedy 67]

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html

 

this is the link in the pdf - it says though this is to send in a question not update our email addresses -do we submit a question?

[Haydnator 274]

1 minute ago, Caitlin Kennedy said:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html

 

this is the link in the pdf - it says though this is to send in a question not update our email addresses -do we submit a question?

In the subject just put that you are updating your email address. Thats what I did

[Mrs Ryan Carreras 247]

Just now, Caitlin Kennedy said:

this is the link in the pdf - it says though this is to send in a question not update our email addresses -do we submit a question?

We put our names, DOB, email addresses again even though our emails hadn’t changed. 
Yes, it’s odd and yes they may have it but follow @Greenbaum packet. Works Wonders and was spot on. 

[Caitlin Kennedy 67]

1 minute ago, Haydnator said:

In the subject just put that you are updating your email address. Thats what I did

In the type in your question below?

[Haydnator 274]

Just now, Caitlin Kennedy said:

In the type in your question below?

Yes

[Caitlin Kennedy 67]

1 minute ago, Sarah n Ryan said:

We put our names, DOB, email addresses again even though our emails hadn’t changed. 
Yes, it’s odd and yes they may have it but follow @Greenbaum packet. Works Wonders and was spot on. 

Ok, so in the Type Your Question Below:*  put that we are updating our email addresses?

[Mrs Ryan Carreras 247]

2 hours ago, Caitlin Kennedy said:

We got our NOA2 approval the week before thanksgiving...are we supposed to be doing anything action wise?

I apologize. I misunderstood you were just approved NOA2 so if I confused you please disregard.
What I wrote you can do after it gets to NVC and once you get a NVC number. 
For now just update your address and such and follow your timeline on the pdf. 
Happy Holidays ! 

[Mrs Ryan Carreras 247]

2 minutes ago, Caitlin Kennedy said:

Ok, so in the Type Your Question Below:*  put that we are updating our email addresses?

Yes and input exactly how Greenbaum says to enter it into the email. Perfect. 

[Caitlin Kennedy 67]

Just now, Sarah n Ryan said:

I apologize. I misunderstood you were just approved NOA2 so if I confused you please disregard.
What I wrote you can do after it gets to NVC and once you get a NVC number. 
For now just update your address and such and follow your timeline on the pdf. 
Happy Holidays ! 

Yeah that is what I figured how you read it. We will use the link in the PDF and update our information I guess in on the question landing page and put in the box we are updating our email addresses, even though thats not really a question.

[Caitlin Kennedy 67]

1. How do I update my email address with NVC: Once you receive your NOA2 approval then

contact NVC via https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-
resources/ask-nvc.html to update your email address as well as your beneficiary's email

address. This will give you an email alert when your file arrives at NVC, your case is assigned
and when the file leaves for your Embassy. Enter the petitioner's information as well as the
beneficiary's in the "empty box". Full name, Date of Birth, (use DD/MONTH/YYYY, i.e.,
08/April/2019 for the DOB field) NOA2 receipt number and WAC number. We have found in
some cases that emails are never sent and in other cases this works well. So, your mileage
may vary.

 

Our NOA2 and WAC number are the same - is that correct?