April Filers - NVC to Interview

[SpiritAlight 1]

More news to share with April filers from NVC to interview:

I emailed the Montreal U.S. Consulate with my new MTL number to ask, blah blah blah, and almost immediately got the following as a response. It must be a auto-answer thingie.

Thank you for your inquiry. If your inquiry concerns a case where

the I-130 petition was filed at a U.S. Consulate in Canada, please be

aware that there is a high volume of cases waiting to be scheduled for

appointments. Resource shortages may delay processing for 4-5 months

after we receive notification that you have all of your required

documents. Thank you for your patience.

In order to serve applicants faster, we do not respond to

inquiries requesting confirmation of receipt of documents or faxes, nor will

we be able to answer multiple inquiries about the same issue. Some

applicants call on the phone, send an e-mail and a fax to ask the same

question or a variation of the question. We have a small number of

employees who respond to all the inquiries. It only delays the service we

can provide if you make multiple inquiries. We will not respond to

multiple e-mail inquiries asking a duplicate question.

If NVC sent you a letter stating that your file is complete and it

has been sent to Montreal for scheduling, the file has NOT actually

been sent to Montreal but it is waiting at NVC until an appointment can

be scheduled. We currently have a 4-5 month wait for scheduling

appointments after receipt of the OF-230 part 1. You will receive an

appointment letter in the mail when your appointment has been scheduled by NVC.

You can expect to receive this appointment letter several weeks

before your appointments. Please remember to bring ORIGINAL documents of

birth, marriage, divorce certificates, etc.

If your inquiry is regarding processing of an immigrant visa for a

case where the petition was filed in the U.S. and it has not been

scheduled for an appointment, please send your inquiry directly to the

National Visa Center (NVC). To contact NVC, please forward your inquiries

by email to: NVCInquiry@state.gov. If you have been informed by USCIS

that your petition has been approved and forwarded to the Department of

State, please contact NVC directly.

If you are inquiring about a new family member whom you wish to

add on to an approved petition stored at NVC, please contact NVC in

writing providing petitioner and beneficiary's names and dates of birth,

case number, receipt number, and copy of birth certificate. To contact

NVC by phone, you must call between 8:00 am-8:45 pm, Monday-Friday,

Eastern Standard Time (EST). It may be easier to reach NVC during the

morning. Follow the prompts to speak with an operator. Telephone:

603-334-0700. You may also inquire via facsimile - Fax: 603-334-0791.

You can learn more about immigrant visas, in general, and the National

Visa Center, in particular, at

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/ty...types_1309.html.

Thank you.

IV Unit Montreal

Well la di da...we wait and we wait.

Come one universe and help us all!!

Get us with our sweeties by Christmas...this year. Ha!

[etripke 0]

We're approved!

Flight scheduled for November 5th.

Best of luck to all of you, and you'll be together before you know it.

[SpiritAlight 1]

Congrats!!

[rambaldi 0]

We're approved!

Flight scheduled for November 5th.

Best of luck to all of you, and you'll be together before you know it.

CONGRATS!! Yay! Another approved April filer!

Best of luck for a new life together, and keep us posted on how the POE went ok!

[Arinola 0]

We're approved!

Flight scheduled for November 5th.

Best of luck to all of you, and you'll be together before you know it.

Congratulations.

[RosemarieL 0]

We're approved!

Flight scheduled for November 5th.

Best of luck to all of you, and you'll be together before you know it.

Congratulations :dance:

[trip 0]

We are approved also! I went to the interview with her, I've submitted my review and will post regarding it, overall very happy but had an issue with the name check not going through the first time, and they didn't check it until we arrived.

For those of you waiting on your interview, I would call ahead and ask them to check on this, it would have saved us about 4 days of additional hotel expenses, not to mention lost time we could have been spending with her family.

Just a little tip.

We fly to the U.S. on Friday, the 26th.

Good luck to all!

[SpiritAlight 1]

Congratulations, and safe journey.

[rambaldi 0]

We are approved also! I went to the interview with her, I've submitted my review and will post regarding it, overall very happy but had an issue with the name check not going through the first time, and they didn't check it until we arrived.

For those of you waiting on your interview, I would call ahead and ask them to check on this, it would have saved us about 4 days of additional hotel expenses, not to mention lost time we could have been spending with her family.

Just a little tip.

We fly to the U.S. on Friday, the 26th.

Good luck to all!

CONGRATS!! Have a safe trip home! And don't forget to update us on how your POE went!

[Blues Fairy 0]

Count me in fellas! I went to my interview today and was approved for K1 around 9:45 am. The whole thing was a breeze!

I plan to fly at the end of November.

[Deron 0]

Count me in fellas! I went to my interview today and was approved for K1 around 9:45 am. The whole thing was a breeze!

I plan to fly at the end of November.

Congrats Blues Fairy and trip. It's great to finally see this process wrap up for so many of us April filers. It's about time!

[SpiritAlight 1]

Congrats Blue Fairy!

Not all of us April people are done quite yet...tic toc tic toc.

It's coming...

[rambaldi 0]

Count me in fellas! I went to my interview today and was approved for K1 around 9:45 am. The whole thing was a breeze!

I plan to fly at the end of November.

CONGRATS Blues Fairy, my fellow April 10 NOA1er!! So happy that we have another one down!! Best of luck for your upcoming trip! Keep us posted yeah!

Edited October 25, 2007 by rambaldi

[Eka_&_Pyrrhic 0]

Congrats Blues Fairy - hope everything goes well with POE and good luck with the rest of your journey.

[roverdriver 0]

You can see our timeline in my signature.