Approved March filers - petitions forward to NVC

[zolanden 0]

Just wanted to wish everyone luck this week in moving on to the next part of your process.

Thanks and let's hope that our will be received and sent to embassy soon. We are waiting 41 days :crying:

Best of luck to you kalina!

We are waiting too.Got approved a month ago.So depressing.

[kalina 0]

Just wanted to wish everyone luck this week in moving on to the next part of your process.

Thanks and let's hope that our will be received and sent to embassy soon. We are waiting 41 days :crying:

Best of luck to you kalina!

We are waiting too.Got approved a month ago.So depressing.

Thanks Zolanden! Wish you luck too. :thumbs:

[RobinAtAileen 0]

I spoke with USCIS CSC just a minute ago. Like others I'm very disappointed at yet ANOTHER significant delay in my paperwork. I wanted to understand why it is taking so long to ship the I-129F to the NVC. This is what the kind Chinese lady told me.

For an I-130 application, they can simply send the application "as is" to the NVC. Therefore, shipping the I-130 is pretty quick.

For an I-129F, K-3, application, the paperwork has to be physically manipulated by hand by pulling certain documents and putting them into new file pouches. Then the I-130 application has to be filed and stored to be held for the AOS. This is what they are referring as the staging area.

I asked how long this should take. She replied saying they don't have a good estimate, since they are new to this process. (As we all know by now.)

So it looks like we are being held up by the huge backlog or surge in applications. We just jumped in at the wrong time for "quick" processing. She said it's been taking about a month.

It now doesn't seem to me that we are just sitting around waiting to be shipped. Instead we are again finding ourselves waiting on low resources to deal with the surge they have experienced. Funny, you would think they could keep up with the pace of adjudication. But that would be too logical of an assumption.

Hope this helps. For me, IF THEY WOULD SIMPLY EXPLAIN THE SITUATION AND TRUTH OF THE MATTER, I wouldn't have been as frustrated. Although, I have thankfully handled this much better than I anticipated.

As my mom says, "Don't pray for patience. The way you learn patience is by waiting." I have not been praying for patience, but I still received a nice, long wait.

Sorry if this is common knowledge. I don't remember hearing these specific handling details.

[Parachute4U 1]

I spoke with USCIS CSC just a minute ago. Like others I'm very disappointed at yet ANOTHER significant delay in my paperwork. I wanted to understand why it is taking so long to ship the I-129F to the NVC. This is what the kind Chinese lady told me.

For an I-130 application, they can simply send the application "as is" to the NVC. Therefore, shipping the I-130 is pretty quick.

For an I-129F, K-3, application, the paperwork has to be physically manipulated by hand by pulling certain documents and putting them into new file pouches. Then the I-130 application has to be filed and stored to be held for the AOS. This is what they are referring as the staging area.

I asked how long this should take. She replied saying they don't have a good estimate, since they are new to this process. (As we all know by now.)

So it looks like we are being held up by the huge backlog or surge in applications. We just jumped in at the wrong time for "quick" processing. She said it's been taking about a month.

It now doesn't seem to me that we are just sitting around waiting to be shipped. Instead we are again finding ourselves waiting on low resources to deal with the surge they have experienced. Funny, you would think they could keep up with the pace of adjudication. But that would be too logical of an assumption.

Hope this helps. For me, IF THEY WOULD SIMPLY EXPLAIN THE SITUATION AND TRUTH OF THE MATTER, I wouldn't have been as frustrated. Although, I have thankfully handled this much better than I anticipated.

As my mom says, "Don't pray for patience. The way you learn patience is by waiting." I have not been praying for patience, but I still received a nice, long wait.

Sorry if this is common knowledge. I don't remember hearing these specific handling details.

Thanks RobinAtAileen. It looks like you actually got a lot of info out of them. If it's accurate I can expect another 2 to 3 weeks at CSC. I was hoping I would have " lucked out " and it would've gone out with a batch of earlier petitions to NVC. Have you seen any touches on your petitions since they've been approved ?

[mdpo 0]

Guys,

My wife just received our NVC receipt notice via snail mail and have already gotten my NVC Case number.

My question is how do I check with Manila US embassy when my interview date is?

Don't lose hope guys you will be receiving yours pretty quick soon.

Regards.

[irene 0]

Guys,

My wife just received our NVC receipt notice via snail mail and have already gotten my NVC Case number.

My question is how do I check with Manila US embassy when my interview date is?

Don't lose hope guys you will be receiving yours pretty quick soon.

Regards.

just dial the manila embassy at 19091017878 using PLDT tel and u give ur NVC case nub to check if it arrived there , how ever the call will cost 50 pesos per minute , i advise u call maybe after a wk , coz my husband just received noticed from NVC telling my papers was sent to manila yesterday im gonna check tom if they already received the NVC sent it last sept 19 .

[jade2004 0]

Okay guys...i got a notice from the NVC in the mail saying that my approved petition would be forwarded within a week...it was dated September 12th...i called on September 21st and it is still in administrative processing. What in the world did they send this letter for??? I thought they only sent a letter when they actually sent the paperwork to the embassy????

Can someone clarify???

[ApprovalPlease 0]

NVC recieved my case yesterday,...wohooooooooooo Finally

[Urge To Race 2]

Congrats

NVC recieved my case yesterday,...wohooooooooooo Finally

[zolanden 0]

NVC recieved my case yesterday,...wohooooooooooo Finally

Congrats!

[Lilikoi 0]

Okay guys...i got a notice from the NVC in the mail saying that my approved petition would be forwarded within a week...it was dated September 12th...i called on September 21st and it is still in administrative processing. What in the world did they send this letter for??? I thought they only sent a letter when they actually sent the paperwork to the embassy????

Can someone clarify???

I would write an e-mail every week, that is what I did, and they answer. It will take always 10 to 14 days but so you know excacly where your paper is. My 130 approval was July 11, it is showing at the web STILL pending.and than it took 3 weeks to the NVC.You also can call the automatic service it is pretty much correct. At least you will find out when your case has arrived.Good luck.

[Lilikoi 0]

Hello Zolanden, I was not on this page for a while and wonder if your daughter has her approval already and also if your paper is already by the NVC. If not so, hang in there, I know this waiting is so frustrating..but I am sure you will be back home for Christmas.I wish you all the best and of course all the other March filers. I had to move to the CR-1 filers.

[zolanden 0]

Hello Zolanden, I was not on this page for a while and wonder if your daughter has her approval already and also if your paper is already by the NVC. If not so, hang in there, I know this waiting is so frustrating..but I am sure you will be back home for Christmas.I wish you all the best and of course all the other March filers. I had to move to the CR-1 filers.

Tschüß Lilikoi,

I am still waiting for her approval and the transfer to NVC too.

I PM ed you.

Z.-

[irene 0]

HELLO JUST WANT TO UPDATE MY STATUS I JUST CALLED THE MANILA EMBASSY THEY ALREADY RECEIVED MY PETITION SEPT 25 , IM JUST WAITING FOR MY PACKET TO ARRIVED .. i JUST IT WILL NOT TOOK LONG ... GOOD LUCK TO THOSE STILL IN NVC , IM SURE U WILL HAVE UR LUCK ..

[neel06 0]

NVC recieved my case yesterday,...wohooooooooooo Finally

congrats WISH... but its not fair that its already been 195 days..some people from india get their interviews in that time. i am going through the same thing.....its been over 200 days for me..and i have seen people from india get their CR interviews around 240-250 days.