Cannot Update my VisaJourney Timeline

[Mychal 41]

As the title says, I cannot update my timeline. I have just received notice from the NVC that they received my petition from the USCIS, provided me my case number, and said they have sent my petition to the embassy in my fiance's home country all in one response email. This was on July 3. However when I go to update my timeline in my profile it will not accept the date I enter, and puts "ERROR" on both my "Date I-129F NOA2 Approved" box  (March 24, 2023) and "Date Package Received By NVC" box (July 3, 2023. I don't know exactly the day the NVC got my petition because I was never told when they got it).

 

Are the two dates too far apart or something? I'm entering in the date using the calendar provided by the site. I'd like to keep my timeline up to date just to keep the record.

[powerpuff 6,697]

~~ Topic moved from K1 forum to Site related discussion as the topic is about a technical issue with the site ~~

[Mychal 41]

I messed around with the dates. It appears that it will not let you set an NVC Package Received date if it is 2 months or more after the NOA2 approved date. I set it for 1 day before the 2 month anniversary of my NOA2 date and it let me save my timeline.

I have no idea why the system would not allow this to be a free-to-set date. Seems weird. If it took 14 weeks then it took 14 weeks. I shouldn't have to lie and say it only took 8 weeks just to update my timeline. 😅😐

[GinoNiña 182]

Im having same issue. I had to lie 1 day short of 2 months for the  system to accept. In reality, it took more than 2 months.

Are we the only one having this technical  issue? 

 

 

[Mychal 41]

On 7/13/2023 at 7:06 AM, GinoNiña said:

Im having same issue. I had to lie 1 day short of 2 months for the  system to accept. In reality, it took more than 2 months.

Are we the only one having this technical  issue? 

 

 

Yes, apparently we are the only ones. I have looked into this a little more but found no information. 😑

[Bh_sarah 942]

I filled the contact form for VJ to let them know about this issue, but since I see other people did it too and never got a reply, I wanted to create a topic here about it. I see you were quicker!

 

I don’t think VJ ever considered that NVC would take more than 60 days. Well, almost 90 now. Should be fixed asap so the NVC processing timeline is accurate!

[Captain Ewok 1,891]

12 hours ago, Bh_sarah said:

 

I don’t think VJ ever considered that NVC would take more than 60 days. Well, almost 90 now. Should be fixed asap so the NVC processing timeline is accurate!

 

yep.  Will update.

[Captain Ewok 1,891]

So which is the issue?  The time to ship it from the SC to the NVC or processing time at the NVC?

[Bh_sarah 942]

8 hours ago, Captain Ewok said:

So which is the issue?  The time to ship it from the SC to the NVC or processing time at the NVC?

First one. The difference between NOA2 and NVC received dates seems to be limited to 60 days. Should be higher or have no limit. 

[Mychal 41]

On 7/16/2023 at 8:38 PM, Captain Ewok said:

So which is the issue?  The time to ship it from the SC to the NVC or processing time at the NVC?

Just seconding Sarah's post. It is the "Date Package Received By NVC" box.

 

Thank you Capt!!!!!

[Captain Ewok 1,891]

14 minutes ago, Mychal said:

Just seconding Sarah's post. It is the "Date Package Received By NVC" box.

 

Thank you Capt!!!!!

 

How are you getting the receipt date (just want to ensure I'm aligned) versus the "approved date"?  60 days to mail it there is a long time.  Are you using a later notice date for them (or is there no indication of received date until a later activity occurs)?

[Mychal 41]

9 hours ago, Captain Ewok said:

 

How are you getting the receipt date (just want to ensure I'm aligned) versus the "approved date"?  60 days to mail it there is a long time.  Are you using a later notice date for them (or is there no indication of received date until a later activity occurs)?

There was no indication of received date until later activity occured.

 

I'm not sure what was going on between the USCIS and the NVC. In my actual NOA2 approval letter (which I received March 23 or so) they said they had sent my petition to the NVC, but for about 100 days the NVC always responded to me saying they hadn't received it from the USCIS yet. It's as if it was in transit for the entirety of that time.

 

Then suddenly all at once on July 3 they notified me that they received my petition, processed it, gave me a case number, and then sent it off again to the embassy in the Bahamas.

[Bh_sarah 942]

18 hours ago, Captain Ewok said:

60 days to mail it there is a long time. 

 

It is. But USCIS doesn't seem to care at all. NVC processing is starting to get faster but for March and April NOA2s, it's taking almost 80 days for NVC received, and 100 days for case number or leaving NVC. May NOA2s experienced faster processing (my NVC received was 52 days from my NOA2, so I was able to input it). June NOA2s are getting it at around 30-40 days, so it's returning to normalcy. 

It's not an isolated case at all. We just want the timelines to be able to reflect this delay.

[Captain Ewok 1,891]

Can you try now?  I increased the time limit to 120 days (from 60).

[Mychal 41]

6 hours ago, Captain Ewok said:

Can you try now?  I increased the time limit to 120 days (from 60).

Yep! I was able to make the correct changes. Thank you!