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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: South Africa
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NO idea if this applies to our situation, but someone planted the bug in my brain so I have to ask:

 

Our case is seated at NVC now for 15 weeks and during that time, we were issued two NOA2s, the dates updated in the second issuance two months later.  Someone suggested to me that this might be grounds for expediting the case, if USCIS made some kind of error.  I have no idea how that would be applied to a case at the NVC, but I am curious if this theory has legs.  We are looking for any reason to get our case picked to go to the consulate. Been over this so many times on these forums that I feel like a broken record, but watching other K1s head to our embassy after shorter times at NVC, has set me on wanting to explore every possible option to move this along.

 

FYI, our first NOA2 expires next week, and the later NOA2 is through mid-September, so I don't even know if I need to contact the embassy to extend.  It's just a weird situation but if there's a legitimate expedite request in there, we want to submit it.

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I don’t know the answer to your question, but I am at 12 weeks at NVC and waiting. Last week I got the “60 day notice” from NVC, but without any new dates included.  The notice said that my visa would be extended by the embassy, and that I didn’t need to do anything.


I wish you success in getting it expedited.  Myself, I have stopped checking online every day, since it was becoming demoralizing.  Good luck!

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This has slowed your case?

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Filed: AOS (pnd) Country: South Africa
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1 minute ago, Boiler said:

This has slowed your case?

Compared to other K1 timelines for Johannesburg, which is all I have for metrics at the NVC stage.  People have spent 2-4 weeks at NVC after getting case numbers.  And they certainly did not get new NOA2s from USCIS.

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15 hours ago, DBiddle said:

I don’t know the answer to your question, but I am at 12 weeks at NVC and waiting. Last week I got the “60 day notice” from NVC, but without any new dates included.  The notice said that my visa would be extended by the embassy, and that I didn’t need to do anything.


I wish you success in getting it expedited.  Myself, I have stopped checking online every day, since it was becoming demoralizing.  Good luck!

It's psychological warfare out here. Keep your head high. Your time will come! We've waited a long time already, it sure can be demoralizing at times when we feel like we should have seen specific progress. :)

I don't check any longer either. but the USCIS Case Tracker app checks regularly for me and I trust it will give me notifications when it's time.

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1 minute ago, JimmyX said:

I don't check any longer either. but the USCIS Case Tracker app checks regularly for me and I trust it will give me notifications when it's time.

USCIS has a tracker app?  Does it work for NVC cases though?

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1 minute ago, hplusj said:

USCIS has a tracker app?  Does it work for NVC cases though?

I'm not sure if they're official, but there are a few out there. I found them after I had case numbers for both, but it does track!

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46 minutes ago, hplusj said:

USCIS has a tracker app?  Does it work for NVC cases though?

No.   They are third party apps.

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1 minute ago, SalishSea said:

No.   They are third party apps.

All good, thanks!

 

Still curious about the expedite validity, if anyone knows.  Never did get any solid feedback on that.

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10 minutes ago, SneakyPete said:

3rd party Case Tracker app does work for NVC cases as well as USCIS as of now. 

Thank you!  I've found a tracker that works.

 

I am however curious about the expedite request.  Do you have any information on if USCIS errors are a reason to expedite and, if so, how do I go about pursuing that?

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8 hours ago, hplusj said:

Thank you!  I've found a tracker that works.

 

I am however curious about the expedite request.  Do you have any information on if USCIS errors are a reason to expedite and, if so, how do I go about pursuing that?

Aren't you past USCIS phase? They approved your case and it is NVC now. I would think if you have valid reasons to expedite you need to be contacting consulate at that point and have them request your case. 

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4 minutes ago, SneakyPete said:

Aren't you past USCIS phase? They approved your case and it is NVC now. I would think if you have valid reasons to expedite you need to be contacting consulate at that point and have them request your case. 

USCIS sent us an updated NOA2, so who knows where our case truly is.

Could you please illuminate me on what valid reasons exist, other than medical reasons?  As I queried in the OP, someone told me USCIS errors can warrant an expedite.  I'm looking for anyone to confirm or discredit this, as I'm skeptical but also desperate.

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*updated, not duplicate NOA2 since dates are changed

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18 hours ago, hplusj said:

USCIS sent us an updated NOA2, so who knows where our case truly is.

Could you please illuminate me on what valid reasons exist, other than medical reasons?  As I queried in the OP, someone told me USCIS errors can warrant an expedite.  I'm looking for anyone to confirm or discredit this, as I'm skeptical but also desperate.

It's free to try

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