Yup what Diana said, (mononoke). Not sure about other embassys....I would try to get in contact with VJ members that have already went thru the process at your embassy to shed some light. There might be lots of helpful tips out there. I know i've found plenty.

Jenny,
Hope you get your NOA2 today!

You know, you'd at least like to be hopeful and think that since you're already half a month behind in number of days when compared to the people from last month, things will go faster when it gets to the embassy because they don't have a backlog. But the truth is, when people don't have mountains of work to do, they get really, really slow.

that's so cool!! i want a touch!
hope your approval is on the way soon!

OMIGOD!!! i had just checked my case status online right before i posted this. then i obsessively recheck and couldn't log in for a sec AND then when i did -- i had been updated to 4/30/07!!! whooo weeeee!! wow! who knew if felt so good to be "touched"?!?
(i just have to hope its an approval at the other end and not a RFE!)
for now WEEEEEEEEEE WOOOOOOOOOOO!!! yea!!!

Yes, I understand it the same way as you. USCIS has your file under one case number while they have it in their possession. When they are done with that file, they send it over to NVC and NVC assigns you a new number that stays until the consulate stage. But to inquire about the new NVC case number you need the USCIS number (besides the beneficiary name, DOB, etc) - at least that is how I understood it.

But again, I can be wrong...

You're right, Len & How. Our case number went from an WAC number to an LDN number (for London) at NVC and for the consulate. I got the LDN number by calling the NVC and giving them our WAC number (plus my fiance's full name, DOB and country of residence).

Good, I got the theory squared away..................
But give me that damn NOA2 so I can implement it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No, not yet ... sigh George

Oh my GOD!!! I got touched too!!!!!

Well, I hope they break the trend and just issue out some(all) of them earlier in the week...

I just saw in the other "January filers" thread that someone got their approval! (NOA1 date of 1/29/07) C'mon CSC, get the January filers approved allready! Us February filers are patiently waiting!

-P

Patience...that is an understatement...

In regards to this process, it definitely is an understatement. Its a wonder that any of us have any sanity left by the time our loved ones make it here.

-P

so, only three touches today?????...jennymc, reeses, and aes...

I've updated the page. We got 54 January filers with NOA2 now. Can we get 20 approvals this week CSC? C'mon get off yer ###!

The NVC is a top notch organization. They turn things around quickly and they are great on the telephone. After we got the NOA2 I waited a little while and called late at night to find out if they had received the approval. It didn't take long and the lady was very nice. She told me the package had been sent to Bogota the day before and she gave me the number.
Based on a lot of VJ info I suspect that CSC saves these approvals for a week or so and mails them together. If the NVC doesn't have it then I am sure that the CSC hasn't sent it.


The cutoff date for the Colombian Embassy is a VJ thing, not of DOS thing. That is based on the date that they post new dates on the web site. If you get your packet 3 returned to them on the day after this date you will be scheduled at the beginning of the following month as opposed to the end of the preceeding one. It is still first come, first served. If you live in Bogota everything moves quickly anyway. You will barely have time to assemble everything in time to make it happen. The packet 3 will most likely arrive before you have assembled everything. If you don't live in Bogota the mail can not be trusted. The embassy knows that and tries to give you time to get the letter for the interview and make travel arrangements.
I would never FAX back the packet 3 if I didn't KNOW that I was going to have everything together. I can not imagine what they would do if you showed up at the interview without the I134, police clearance. DAS certificate, or some other important step

kewl, thx...and a few touches as well...

Thanks!

Thanks Ken...

You know it girl! We are SO next!

Touched again today! Now I'm worried that I'll be like Timsdaisy with two touches then nothing. I want a NOA2 soon!!!

Jenny,

Hopefully your first touch meant NOA2 and they just didnt update their site correctly, and the second touch meant that it was mailed to NVC.

Hopefully....

I want you guys to get your NOA2 up and done...so us Feb guys can start going to bat...good luck guys...

Thanks Lucho, I hope so!

Hmm1, I can't wait to get out of your way:)

I got touched again this morning! I'm praying for an afternoon approval.

jenny and reeses...i am smelling noa2's in the air you!!!

yea! i got a touch this am too!!!

what's up?!?!?! timsdaisy doesn't have their noa2 yet?!?!?!? it's got to be coming very soon...and for carla-justin and furure mrs...

I got my NOA2 on April 12, and the NVC says they don't have any record of our case yet. NVC suggested calling back in two weeks.

Has anyone else who was approved from the CSC in April gotten word that they've been received/processed by the NVC?

Likely not, psho, because apparently the CSC has found an entirely new way to be incompetant - by sitting on approved petitions for weeks before sending them to the NVC...!

Still nothing.

The weight of the absent approval is crushing me.

psho,

Did you get a touch the day or days after the NOA2??

Remember - not everyone gets NOA2 emails or sees status updates online after approval.

That is true...I have seen it time and time again here...

I hope to hell everyday that I'll open my mailbox and find something . . . but there's isn't much comfort in knowing that I don't know if/when I'll get approved or if/when I'll know if I get approved.

That is probably the hardest part of the entire thing...the not knowing...maybe if the Service Centers had an accurate time line rather than the cover my ### timeline then the wait may not be so bad and we could anticipate it...

They do. They average 2.9 months processing time for the I-129F, per their own request for public comment issued in connection to their proposed fee increase.

Although what they post on their own site is the 6 month BS. Not sure who all would see that Adobe file that mentioned the 2.9 months.

I have a touch on April 13. Do you think that means that's when it was mailed to the NVC?

If it was, why hasn't it gotten there yet? Makes no sense.

:weep:

Actually, since my hard copy of the NOA2 is postmarked 4/13, that's what that touch is for, I reckon.

::sigh::

I'm sorry - I re-read that and noticed it seemed a bit insensitive. I was trying to have a go at the CSC and their utter incompetence more than anything.

It isn't an adobe file - it's a page from the federal register, a public document. Something that anyone getting sh*t from their congressional offices should copy and send to them with a big red circle saying "LOOK AT THIS, I'm telling you I'm no longer within the real normal processing times," if, in fact, they have exceeded the 2.9 month average.

I think it's partly our responsibility to make it known that we know this data is out here so they can't put us off longer and hope the problem rectifies itself. I appreciate that these offices must handle a tremendous amount of casework, but it isn't my fault congress is currently limited to 435 members while the population keeps increasing. Thems the breaks. Now WORK, offices, and don't assume we're morons who can't read or research!

Oh no no!! I am weeping that NVC doesn't have the form yet! I didn't perceive any insensitivity or snarkiness.

I'm hoping to have news next week.

Hummmmm...

I wish at least I'd get a touch. I'm worried I'll go to see my fiancee on May 13 still with no NOA2

-Tim

I have the exact same worry and about the exact same timeline. I have the touches, though. If they happen without actual action, however, they'll only make you feel good for about a day. Then you'll feel worse.

At least that's my experience.

no more touches since the 26th we're officially over the 3 month wait now. this waiting gets so frustrating at times, i just want to be with my fiance

Why do you feel worse???? At least you know your petiton didn't fall behind some filing cabinet. With 2 touches I think you will hear something very soon.

I was touched today! What a nice feeling, although there is a bit of anticipation given TimsDaisy's comment. I am sure it does feel worse to get touched and then not hear anything for awhile. But I'm going to bask in the moment and be happy that, atleast for the time being, my case emerged from the csc black hole.