Change embassy on NVC stage

[BPCW 17]

Hello everyone,

we sent our application back in October 2020 (sent Oct 29th and NOA1 date is Nov 2nd 2020). We are still waiting for our NOA2 that might be in the next 2-3 weeks. I am croatian living and working in Germany (hence why we put Germany as our whised interview destination in our I129f). Because of the backlog in Frankfurt, I would like to transfer our case to the embassy in Croatia. I already contacted them to see if they want to take my case when the time comes and they responded me that they don´t see any problem with it. I also contacted NVC because I was not sure what else do I need to do except contacting croatian embassy, but the only answer I got from them was :"Thank you for your inquiry. Our records do not show that we received your petition."

 

Do you guys have any idea what should I do?

 

Thanks a lot in advance. :)

[JeanneAdil 6,491]

petitioner , the USC ,  can send letter or email to USCIS office that has the case 

it is not yet at NVC  /as it says the records do not show it is there /  that is only after the NOA2 2nd stage of the petition

and your case is dated November 2nd so there is still a long wait for NOA2

 

before the immigrant returns to Croatia get a criminal report from Germany if the time spent living there is a year or more

[BPCW 17]

15 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

petitioner , the USC ,  can send letter or email to USCIS office that has the case 

it is not yet at NVC  /as it says the records do not show it is there /  that is only after the NOA2 2nd stage of the petition

and your case is dated November 2nd so there is still a long wait for NOA2

 

I´ve read somewhere that contacting USCIS won´t bring too much. Especially now when we´re 2-3 weeks from getting our NOA2 (according to the VJ estimate and they´ve been  massively approving Oct 2020 since 3-4 weeks now, what gives me confidence that we might get our soon).

 

Thanks for the police clearance. I definitely have to get it.

[powerpuff 6,697]

You have to wait until you receive your NOA2 and then it transfers to NVC (additional 4-6 weeks). Only then you can request the consulate change. It makes no sense to contact USCIS. We wrote a different consulate on I-129F than my current residence and NVC still sent it to the wrong one. NVC doesn’t care what USCIS writes/says. They will automatically assign it to the one where you currently live. 

Edited May 31, 2021 by powerpuff

[BPCW 17]

1 minute ago, powerpuff said:

You have to wait until you receive your NOA2 and then it transfers to NVC (additional 4-6 weeks). Only the. You can request the consulate change. It makes no sense to contact USCIS. We wrote a different consulate on I-129F than my current residence and NVC still sent it to the wrong one. NVC doesn’t care what USCIS writes/says. They will still send it to the one where you currently live. 

That´s what I´ve been thinking too. So after getting NOA2 and waiting for 4-6 weeks, do you think I can call the NVC and ask them to change the embassy? I guess calling them before the transfer of 4-6 weeks won´t do anything since they won´t have our case in the system, right?

[JeanneAdil 6,491]

5 minutes ago, BPCW said:

 

I´ve read somewhere that contacting USCIS won´t bring too much. Especially now when we´re 2-3 weeks from getting our NOA2 (according to the VJ estimate and they´ve been  massively approving Oct 2020 since 3-4 weeks now, what gives me confidence that we might get our soon).

 

Thanks for the police clearance. I definitely have to get it.

right now USCIS has the case 

and 3-4 weeks from NOA2???

[powerpuff 6,697]

1 minute ago, BPCW said:

That´s what I´ve been thinking too. So after getting NOA2 and waiting for 4-6 weeks, do you think I can call the NVC and ask them to change the embassy? I guess calling them before the transfer of 4-6 weeks won´t do anything since they won´t have our case in the system, right?

That’s what we did. They took 2 weeks to reply to my inquiry that we submitted on NVC. I guess you can try to take a gamble and email them like 2 weeks after getting NOA2 but there’s no guarantee this will work. We called NVC about 3.5 weeks after getting our NOA2 and they just received the case. Add +2 weeks to that and our case was assigned to a new consulate. 

[BPCW 17]

Just now, powerpuff said:

That’s what we did. They took 2 weeks to reply to my inquiry that we submitted on NVC. I guess you can try to take a gamble and email them like 2 weeks after getting NOA2 but there’s no guarantee this will work. We called NVC about 3.5 weeks after getting our NOA2 and they just received the case. Add +2 weeks to that and our case was assigned to a new consulate. 

Awesome!  That was my plan from the begining we found ot about the backlog but I wasn´t sure if there are some additional things I have to do. Thank you so much. 🥰

[Crazy Cat 41,834]

4 hours ago, BPCW said:

do you think I can call the NVC and ask them to change the embassy?

I would make written requests to NVC and both consulates with the DOS case #.

Edited May 31, 2021 by Lucky Cat

[payxibka 10,045]

7 hours ago, BPCW said:

 

I´ve read somewhere that contacting USCIS won´t bring too much. Especially now when we´re 2-3 weeks from getting our NOA2 (according to the VJ estimate and they´ve been  massively approving Oct 2020 since 3-4 weeks now, what gives me confidence that we might get our soon).

 

Thanks for the police clearance. I definitely have to get it.

Don't send anything to the USCIS,  wait for petition approval and change venue at NVC 

[payxibka 10,045]

7 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

right now USCIS has the case 

and 3-4 weeks from NOA2???

And uscis does nothing with consulate selection 

[BPCW 17]

11 hours ago, Lucky Cat said:

I would make written requests to NVC and both consulates with the DOS case #.

I think writing to the both embassies would make sense only if my case already left NVC and is on the way to Germany instead of Croatia. I think I´ll do the way @powerpuff did. Thank you for your response, I appreciate it..  🙂

[Crazy Cat 41,834]

4 hours ago, BPCW said:

I think writing to the both embassies would make sense only if my case already left NVC and is on the way to Germany instead of Croatia. I think I´ll do the way @powerpuff did. Thank you for your response, I appreciate it..  🙂

Your choice.. NVC has been known to send cases to the wrong consulate anyway.   I've been around here for 6 years, and your situation is pretty common.  It makes sense to contact everyone involved.... which is both consulates.  Contacting both can certainly do no harm.  Have a pleasant journey.

-Lucky Cat out

Edited June 1, 2021 by Lucky Cat

[powerpuff 6,697]

@BPCW also don’t forget to attach a scan of your Croatian passport when submitting an inquiry at NVC. 

[BPCW 17]

31 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

Your choice.. NVC has been known to send cases to the wrong consulate anyway.   I've been around here for 6 years, and your situation is pretty common.  It makes sense to contact everyone involved.... which is both consulates.  Contacting both can certainly do no harm.  Have a pleasant journey.

-Lucky Cat out

Yea, it definitely won´t harm to contact them. Thank you.