Everything was fine on Thursday...I didn't call on Friday during business hours...called after hours and boom, RFE, and probably on our DS230. Weird thing is that AVR says NVC sent a letter on Sept 15th...on the 19th the operator told me everything was fine.

So...do they mail the RFE info to the petitioner or to the spouse overseas?

DS-230: check.
Marriage Cert: Original with translation, check.
Birth Cert: Certified copy with translation, check. Could it be that the notary information has to be certified somewhere as well, like Apostille?
Police Cert: Orig with translation, check.
Photos: Check.
Internal passport: uncertified copy with translation, check.
Foreign passport: uncertified copy with translation, check.

What else am I missing?

Sounds like the old "False RFE".
If they review your AOS before your IV (or IV before AOS) you will get an AVR that says,
"The NVC has reviewed your documents and found missing or incomplete information...a letter was sent to the (pause) "petitioner/beneficiary/attorney/agent" on DATE..."
So if you just sent in your DS-230, it takes a couple of days for it to get from the mailroom into your case file, and then about a week or two for it to be reviewed.

Good luck.

Err, let's see:
All bills paid.
Sept 4th: mailed 864 package.
Sept 5th received.
Operators telling me that "we received something, don't know what, it's in review".

Sept 11th: mailed DS-230.
Sept 12th: received DS-230.

Operator on Thursday told me that the "864 has completed review a couple of days ago" which puts it dead smack around the 15th, when AVR says they sent me an RFE. So AOS was reviewed just around the time DS230 arrived, and this causes a false RFE?
Also, the message does not actually say who the RFE was sent to. It just goes "a letter was sent to the (pause) on September the 15th".

Thanks,
Andrei

Definately sounds like the false one, especially since the operator confirmed nothing was wrong. . Took the NVC a day after receipt for them to enter most of our packets in the system, so your DS-230 was probably not entered until the 15th, which is probably the day they finished reviewing your AOS. They just need another day or 2 to finish reviewing the DS-230 and complete your case.

Cheers,

Hope that it was a false RFE but if not the RFE letter will go to agent of choice - also maybe its too early in am for me, but what about mention of employment , tax scripts, aff of support etc., heck i dont remember, maybe different form for at this point they just all blend in together , but that is one item that they will need.

Good Luck - also you can find out if and again...if it is a True RFE prior to receiving the checklist letter from NVC exactly what they want or need and have it ready to go by the time the letter arrives.

Suz

So I called this morning...
The operator told me that all the documents finished review on Thursday the 18th, and they are now undergoing "final review, putting documents in order and scheduling the interview" and that the case should be closed by next week.
No word on RFE at all. So I'm thinking this is good news and the case might actually be closed soon.

Regarding the interview.
I'm going to send my wife copies of I130, I129 and I864 packets. She has copies of other docs. Do I need to send her originals for NOA2 for I130?
Thanks.

You do not have to send her these. These documents and forms will be with the US consulate once they receive from NVC.

You send her all the documents pertaining to proof of on going relationship....telephone bills, letters, emails...etc.

Good Luck.

Thanks for replies.
Grrr....more delays.
Operator today told me that case is now awaiting assignment of the interview date which wouldn't happen until first two weeks of next month. Is that true? I'm just hoping that NVC gets around to assigning the date and Moscow receives the papers before October 29th which is our K3 interview date, so we can switch visas there.