Waiting on the VSC to make a decision?

[MKCT 0]

Awesome!! Congrats to them!!!! So Melinda got her approval around a week after she sent her RFE??? Then Byron, I think 20 days and Diana and Alan 14 days........So ####### are they doing with Mel and Syl case????? Come on!!!!! Give them their approval!!!!!!!! :dance: Give us more and more and more approvals!!!!! :D:

Remember there is no hard and fast rule regarding how long it takes to adjudicate a petition after the RFE is returned. The adjudicator picks up where he/she left off. If there are no new complications the approval comes soon after the RFE is returned. On the other hand, if a new complication pops up (such as a bad guy name match for example) it could take quite a while to resolve, just like it would if there were no RFE.

Thus there is no accurate answer to the frequent inquiry regarding how long it takes to be approved after an RFE is returned.

Yea, I know that but there's this line: "You should expect to receive a written decision or written update within 60 days of the date we received your response"....which they aren't doing with Mel's case.

Thanks Sunnylight!!!! That would be the best gift ever!!!!! hehehe.

[diana&alan 0]

Hello VJ family ! Thank you for the support!! After 175 long days .. after delay of the rfe .. WE GOT APPROVED TODAY ! I admit last days and weeks were very hard for me but finally it is done! We wish to all get approved very soon .. here is a song for all of you

[diana&alan 0]

Diana & Alan. Sent 6-20. NOA1 7-10. RFE returned 11-28. Approved today. 12-12.

Big congratulations DIANA and ALAN :dance:

All the best on the rest of the journey !

Thank you sunnylight!!!

[Steph1973 0]

Another touch today..... Guys!!! I need your positive vibes!!!! It's been forever!!!

VSC, don't get too touchy on me....just gimme my approval!!! Please!!!!!!

Mirla,

I'm doing this right now for you:

Hopefully it'll help!!!!!

Well, I just got off with an extremely rude customer service person. I asked them why it has been a week and I still haven't gotten my RFE letter. They said I had to wait 15 days before they can do anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can someone PLEASE tell me how long after their RFE email did they recieve the letter??????

Steph-

Fifteen days from TODAY of fifteen days from the date they issued it? If its from teh day it was issued, it probably just to make sure that you actually did recieve it. Mail at Christmas time, especially, can be a little slower than usual. But if its 15 days from today than I'm more than happy to join in your outrage and go

This whole process sucks. I'm sorry you're stuck in it for even extra time. Mirla too.

Nah, it is 15 business days from the date they issued it which was December 5th. I just don't understand why they just can't $$##$ mail something without causing additional stress and unnecessary wait time. 15 days for mail! That is just ridiculous. It should take 3-4 days tops. I hate all of them. I really really hate them.

Hey Steph! The website said that ours was sent on Nov. 1st (thursday) but the next day I got another touch....maybe that's when they really sent it and Patrick got it Monday 5th....he lives in NY.....Do you live in NY too?? You must get it today or tomorrow!!!

Yeah, I think mine was really mailed on the 6th so I thought I would have gotten in yesterday. I live in NJ (1 mile from NY). I think I was fine until I called the "Useless Hotline" and they said 15 business days. Only they can screw up something as reliable as the mail. Ugh.

Congrats to you though!!!! I am sending positive thoughts your way. YOU NEED YOUR APPROVAL!

[Jason-Sasha 1]

Congratulations Alan and Diana!! Excellent news. Mirla, you sure are getting touched a lot lately. Its coming!!!!

[diana&alan 0]

Awesome!! Congrats to them!!!! So Melinda got her approval around a week after she sent her RFE??? Then Byron, I think 20 days and Diana and Alan 14 days........So ####### are they doing with Mel and Syl case????? Come on!!!!! Give them their approval!!!!!!!! :dance: Give us more and more and more approvals!!!!! :D:

Remember there is no hard and fast rule regarding how long it takes to adjudicate a petition after the RFE is returned. The adjudicator picks up where he/she left off. If there are no new complications the approval comes soon after the RFE is returned. On the other hand, if a new complication pops up (such as a bad guy name match for example) it could take quite a while to resolve, just like it would if there were no RFE.

Thus there is no accurate answer to the frequent inquiry regarding how long it takes to be approved after an RFE is returned.

Thank you Bill & bella and MKCT! Our RFE was about hard copy of previous marriage.

Congratulations Alan and Diana!! Excellent news. Mirla, you sure are getting touched a lot lately. Its coming!!!!

Thank you Jason-Sasha!

[Zee Bee 61]

Congratulations Diana and Alan!!!

[thejoz 0]

Hey Ya'll,

Do/have any of you end up calling NVC / DOS on a daily basis to see if your respective embassy has yet received your case yet?

I spoke to DOS yesterday about that whole aberration of them misspelling her last name, and the guy told me basically not to worry about it. But he also said that London hadn't received the case yet. From what everyone had been saying, it seemed to take only a few days to get from NVC to Embassy but as of today it's officially been a week...

If I call them daily will they start seeing 40 million records of me having called? Does this piss them off? Is there any written or unspoken rule that I shouldn't keep calling them?

If there was an online system I could just keep checking I'd do that, but unless my head was under a rock somewhere, I don't believe that's the case.

I would really like to know when London has gotten it so I can tell Amy to keep a sharp eye out for Packet 3, but yeah...kinda hard to do that when they don't have it yet.

[rae_and_scott 1]

Hey Ya'll,

Do/have any of you end up calling NVC / DOS on a daily basis to see if your respective embassy has yet received your case yet?

I spoke to DOS yesterday about that whole aberration of them misspelling her last name, and the guy told me basically not to worry about it. But he also said that London hadn't received the case yet. From what everyone had been saying, it seemed to take only a few days to get from NVC to Embassy but as of today it's officially been a week...

If I call them daily will they start seeing 40 million records of me having called? Does this piss them off? Is there any written or unspoken rule that I shouldn't keep calling them?

If there was an online system I could just keep checking I'd do that, but unless my head was under a rock somewhere, I don't believe that's the case.

I would really like to know when London has gotten it so I can tell Amy to keep a sharp eye out for Packet 3, but yeah...kinda hard to do that when they don't have it yet.

I called DOS today and got a recording that they're closed!

But I emailed the Montreal embassy and they got back to me today with what date they received my case. Took 5 days, even though the DHL package I tracked that I'm pretty sure was mine said it arrived in just 1 day. Probably sat in their mail room. They also told me they sent out our Packet 3 yesterday, so at least I know to tell my SO to look out for it.

So, you could try to contact London directly, maybe? Not sure how they work things.

And I'm not sure, but it seems from what I've read that DOS are pretty nice, and it's not going to count against you to call every day if you want to.

BTW, does anyone know if Packet 3 will go to my SO in Canada or to our lawyer here or possibly both??

[Bobalouie 0]

I just got off the phone with the USCIS because i needed to make an address change for my fiancee. i did the RFE trick and it transferred me to an officer at Vermont!!! i made my change (she also told me to check with the NVC to make sure the change sticks) and chit chatted with the lady (very nice) and she confirmed that her processing report says that they are currently working Late june/early july petitions now. She also was way off base about how long the process takes once it hits NVC. She said 30 days and no problem plenty of time for checking with them after the approval. See below for their response.

OsLoraTamm, it is time for you to get jiggy with the cust service folks. They are blowing mega smoke to you now!

I also just got off the phone with the NVC 9the USCIS told me I should call them after my approval to make sure the change gets recorded because they are the ones setting up all that kind of stuff for the consulate) I wanted to find out how much time I would have once my approval came thru to talk to them about the change of address. She told me I needed to be ON THE STICK. She said that they are turning out all K1's in a matter of days and I needed to get with them as soon as I knew about the approval or it would be too late. This pretty much confirms what we already know about their processing times.

[ric 0]

I just got off the phone with the USCIS because i needed to make an address change for my fiancee. i did the RFE trick and it transferred me to an officer at Vermont!!! i made my change (she also told me to check with the NVC to make sure the change sticks) and chit chatted with the lady (very nice) and she confirmed that her processing report says that they are currently working Late june/early july petitions now. She also was way off base about how long the process takes once it hits NVC. She said 30 days and no problem plenty of time for checking with them after the approval. See below for their response.

OsLoraTamm, it is time for you to get jiggy with the cust service folks. They are blowing mega smoke to you now!

I also just got off the phone with the NVC 9the USCIS told me I should call them after my approval to make sure the change gets recorded because they are the ones setting up all that kind of stuff for the consulate) I wanted to find out how much time I would have once my approval came thru to talk to them about the change of address. She told me I needed to be ON THE STICK. She said that they are turning out all K1's in a matter of days and I needed to get with them as soon as I knew about the approval or it would be too late. This pretty much confirms what we already know about their processing times.

..... on the stick?

[Bobalouie 0]

I just got off the phone with the USCIS because i needed to make an address change for my fiancee. i did the RFE trick and it transferred me to an officer at Vermont!!! i made my change (she also told me to check with the NVC to make sure the change sticks) and chit chatted with the lady (very nice) and she confirmed that her processing report says that they are currently working Late june/early july petitions now. She also was way off base about how long the process takes once it hits NVC. She said 30 days and no problem plenty of time for checking with them after the approval. See below for their response.

OsLoraTamm, it is time for you to get jiggy with the cust service folks. They are blowing mega smoke to you now!

I also just got off the phone with the NVC 9the USCIS told me I should call them after my approval to make sure the change gets recorded because they are the ones setting up all that kind of stuff for the consulate) I wanted to find out how much time I would have once my approval came thru to talk to them about the change of address. She told me I needed to be ON THE STICK. She said that they are turning out all K1's in a matter of days and I needed to get with them as soon as I knew about the approval or it would be too late. This pretty much confirms what we already know about their processing times.

..... on the stick?

Sorry, its an Oklahomanism. It means the same as on the ball

[OsLoraTamm 0]

I just got off the phone with the USCIS because i needed to make an address change for my fiancee. i did the RFE trick and it transferred me to an officer at Vermont!!! i made my change (she also told me to check with the NVC to make sure the change sticks) and chit chatted with the lady (very nice) and she confirmed that her processing report says that they are currently working Late june/early july petitions now. She also was way off base about how long the process takes once it hits NVC. She said 30 days and no problem plenty of time for checking with them after the approval. See below for their response.

OsLoraTamm, it is time for you to get jiggy with the cust service folks. They are blowing mega smoke to you now!

I also just got off the phone with the NVC 9the USCIS told me I should call them after my approval to make sure the change gets recorded because they are the ones setting up all that kind of stuff for the consulate) I wanted to find out how much time I would have once my approval came thru to talk to them about the change of address. She told me I needed to be ON THE STICK. She said that they are turning out all K1's in a matter of days and I needed to get with them as soon as I knew about the approval or it would be too late. This pretty much confirms what we already know about their processing times.

..... on the stick?

Sorry, its an Oklahomanism. It means the same as on the ball

OK I need the number and the whole trick again......I am so depressed today......anyway Oscar moved so I do need to change his address

[OsLoraTamm 0]

Does anyone know the ref trick .......I really do have a change of address and Virgillionaire and Ric and I are all in the same situation with this......It is like they forgot us.......If I can only get someone to listen to us .......

[mox 298]

1-800-375-5283, 1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 1, case number, 1, 1.