NVC Filers - July 2015

[SiVin 8]

Saylin,

I would like you to add the below point in your wiki, so it will be useful for anyone like me in future.

For India, NVC will always expect to send regional passport office, but if we obtained PCC from consulate or District Police station as per their guidelines then in the cover letter we need to mention it clearly. Else it will ended up as a check list.

Obtain Indian Police Clearance Certificates as follows:

- All Indian nationals aged 16 and above, residing in India, should obtain police clearance certificates from the Regional Passport Office.

- Indian passport holders residing outside India should obtain a statement from their local Indian Embassy, Consulate, High Commission, or Deputy High Commission confirming they have no criminal record.

- Non-Indian applicants who reside in India and are Foreigner Regional Registration Ovvice (FRRO) registered should obtain police certificates from the FRRO serving their area of residence.

- Non-Indian applicants who reside in India and are not FRRO registered, such as foreigners holding Overseas Citizen of Indian status, should obtain police clearance certificates from the District Police Station serving their area of residence.

- Indian police certificates are not available for foreign (non-Indian) applicants residing outside India.

[gracybird25 0]

Just got an email from NVC case complete for us. Waiting for the schedule date. God speed!

[6999miles 13]

If you can sign in on CEAC, go for it and start !

Thank you We just submitted the DS-261. AOS fee is not available yet.

[smelimick1 3]

Paid IV fee on 7/26

Bank cleared payment on 7/28

Until today IV still shows in process ..... Should i call up NVC or give it a few more days to change to paid?

[PaddyGirl13 75]

I rang nvc to see if they'd review my ds261 over the phone. (I'm the beneficiary) they would review mine but not my son's, they said only my husband can request that. Sigh, I'll just have to wait.

[Saylin 1,605]

Saylin,

I would like you to add the below point in your wiki, so it will be useful for anyone like me in future.

For India, NVC will always expect to send regional passport office, but if we obtained PCC from consulate or District Police station as per their guidelines then in the cover letter we need to mention it clearly. Else it will ended up as a check list.

Obtain Indian Police Clearance Certificates as follows:

- All Indian nationals aged 16 and above, residing in India, should obtain police clearance certificates from the Regional Passport Office.

- Indian passport holders residing outside India should obtain a statement from their local Indian Embassy, Consulate, High Commission, or Deputy High Commission confirming they have no criminal record.

- Non-Indian applicants who reside in India and are Foreigner Regional Registration Ovvice (FRRO) registered should obtain police certificates from the FRRO serving their area of residence.

- Non-Indian applicants who reside in India and are not FRRO registered, such as foreigners holding Overseas Citizen of Indian status, should obtain police clearance certificates from the District Police Station serving their area of residence.

- Indian police certificates are not available for foreign (non-Indian) applicants residing outside India.

This is country-specific, which I don't put in a wiki meant for the GENERAL process. I do mention in the wiki to look at country-specific documents, where this would be listed for Indians on the NVC website.

[pamjohnson 2]

I received an email from NVC. It said US consulate/embassy is willing to expedite our case when NVC have all the forms, fees and ds260.

Ok..we submitted everything. Our checklist scan date is July 20,.. when I called earlier,the rep said my request for expedite is granted but they need to review our checklist first,and they will forward our case to embassy right away once the review is done...do ypu guys have an idea how long will I wait more for them to forward our case to embassy???..

[fatoosh13 2]

Finally third N/A I guess its a CC

[SabeehNajam 15]

Hey Saylin could you add a point about Tax Extensions in your Wiki? I had to go all over the internet looking for a solid yes or no to whether i can send tax extensions but didn't really find a clear answer. Most people here on VJ say it's not possible but that's wrong as i got through the NVC with tax extensions for the year 2014 even though my joint sponsor was self employed and had no pay stubs or W-2s.

[Saylin 1,605]

Hey Saylin could you add a point about Tax Extensions in your Wiki? I had to go all over the internet looking for a solid yes or no to whether i can send tax extensions but didn't really find a clear answer. Most people here on VJ say it's not possible but that's wrong as i got through the NVC with tax extensions for the year 2014 even though my joint sponsor was self employed and had no pay stubs or W-2s.

Shoot, I thought I had a section on tax extensions. I'll make a note to add something about tax extensions in the wiki when I get the chance as I have a couple other things to update as well. Thanks!

[SabeehNajam 15]

Shoot, I thought I had a section on tax extensions. I'll make a note to add something about tax extensions in the wiki when I get the chance as I have a couple other things to update as well. Thanks!

Your wiki is awesome! Helped me every step of the way! CC in 21 days! I cant thank you enough for taking out the time for these monthly threads and the wiki! God Bless you!

[kyrachos 11]

Our case complete date was July 20 (saw 3 N/As on 7/21, confirmed by a rep: CC 7/20). Yesterday, I received two emails saying "The U.S. Department of State's online Immigrant Visa Invoice Payment Center has been utilized to pay the fees associated with the immigrant visa application of XXXXXXXXXXX..." One was for the AOS fee (paid April 9) and the other for the IV fee (paid July 5), but I still haven't received an email/letter stating the case is complete.

Is it normal for it to take 10+ days to receive the CC letter? Should I be worried? I thought it would take a week or less.

[thewall 0]

Our case complete date was July 20 (saw 3 N/As on 7/21, confirmed by a rep: CC 7/20). Yesterday, I received two emails saying "The U.S. Department of State's online Immigrant Visa Invoice Payment Center has been utilized to pay the fees associated with the immigrant visa application of XXXXXXXXXXX..." One was for the AOS fee (paid April 9) and the other for the IV fee (paid July 5), but I still haven't received an email/letter stating the case is complete.

Is it normal for it to take 10+ days to receive the CC letter? Should I be worried? I thought it would take a week or less.

same here. Case complete on 20th July but no case complete email yet. Received email yesterday about DS260 confirmation page.

But its not big thing to concern, case is already in line to be scheduled interview.

[SiVin 8]

This is country-specific, which I don't put in a wiki meant for the GENERAL process. I do mention in the wiki to look at country-specific documents, where this would be listed for Indians on the NVC website.

That i understand, but I want you to keep is, NVC reps are used for one document, even though NVC guideline specify based on our scenario we can get the document from different offices. So when we provide a different document, they issue checklist. But this can be avoided if we mention it clearly in the cover letter.

If you take me as an example, NVC reps used to PCC from Regional Passport office in India, bt as per their guidelines when I sent PCC from District Police station, they issued checklist. Again I happened to explain this to a supervisor, do lots of follow ups to get the case completed. If I hv mention that as per the guideline I am providing PCC from District Police Station, this could have been avoided. Could have save 16days.

Its not county specific, NVC reps are used to one type of document, when we send something else even though they have it in their guidelines they issue checklist. I have seen its happening for many. So only thought if we add this in the NVC where you mention about cover letter, people will be more clear on what they send right?

If you think it will be useful, please add. Else you can ignore. I already created a topic for this, in that I ll keep it updated. So anyone like me get into such situations it will be useful.

[Kastrs 723]

Anyone else get a bunch of receipts emailed from the NVC (DS260, IV fee, AOS fee, IV Package, AOS package). I got them all today.....does this mean I should be expecting a CC?

Edited July 30, 2015 by Kastrs