My fiance and I were not certain who receives the NOA's after the I-601 is submitted. Is it the USC or the Alien?

Thanks

For Canadian filers it might be different but DHS in Cd Juarez doesn`t send any NOAs. You have to call DHS to find out if/when the waiver was entered into the system, usually three to six weeks after submitting it. Then they don`t say anything until the case has been decided, then they send a letter with the decision to the address you give them on the "Agent of Choice" form. Finally (if the case was approved), the consulate sends a packet with an appointment date and information regarding the interview.

I know our case is slightly different because we have a lawyer but all of the info is sent to them and than the law office contacts me. I am the NON-USC. You wont receive anything in the mail about your NOA for the waiver. I had my husband call the Vermont Service center that deals with waivers to get our EAC number. We finanlly get that in the middle of January and our case was sent to Vermonet in October. When did you have your interview? Not to be too bold but what is your waiver for and when was is submitted. We do have a thread here for Canadians waiting on waiver approvals. I can tell you this though- Canadian have the longest wait times for waiver approvals. Good luck in your journey.

Our interview was November 16th, we did not return the waiver application until 3rd week of Jan. The waiver was for a CMT which resulted in restitution and a discharge from her records about 13 years ago, and as we all know, the US does not recognize the discharge. All police searches turned up nothing on her records. We have done much research and are fully aware of the inordinate amount of time it takes to get an approval or even a denial from Vermont, which of course only adds to the stress of this whole mucked up process.

Thanks for your input...

I have some contact info from another VJ member for contact Vermont. The number doesn't work for me from Canada but my husband is able to call from the States. That's how we got our EAC number.
You're right, it is very stressful. Submitting a waiver from Canada seems to take way too long to process. From the UK, the waivers seem to about 17 to 20 weeks. I wish our Canadian waivers moved as quickly. The info will be in the next post. Joanna

[quote name='bucknekkid' post='732113' date='Feb 18 2007, 01:53 PM']My fiance and I were not certain who receives the NOA's after the I-601 is submitted. Is it the USC or the Alien?

you're already over the 90 day window. So try calling Vermont using the following info.

here's the contact info.

I have listed a detailed process to follow to contact the Vermont Service Center. Call when your case in outside the 90 day window past your NOA for your I-601 - After you have spoken to the Customer Service Agent you will be directed not to call for another 30 days --- sometimes I would call closer than that, sometimes not --- sometimes they were nice, sometimes not --- I always say what you will get all depends upon your approach --- if the answer you get is something like it is Pending just ask, Where in the pending process is it --- because there are several steps it needs to go through --- to get to the officers desk that will make the decision on your case ---

1-800-375-5283

listen to a few words then select (1)
listen to a few words then select (2)
listen to a few words then select (2)
listen to a few words then select (6)
listen to a few words then select (1)

Key in your complete receipt number for your I-601
this number should begin with EAC

Make sure you listen to the entire recording to the end and then when the recording goes into a selection mode again, (yes even after the recording says the Service Center has no other information than the information you have just heard) then

listen to a few words and select (3)
listen to a few words and select (2)
listen to a few words and select (1)

at this point you will hear a recording that states you have reached the Vermont Service Center and you will be connected to the next VSC Customer Support Representative --

When you get a person make sure you state your situation and that you are the petitioner of the original Visa petition - on the Waiver you are not really supposed to get information because you are not considered the petitioner but your spouse or fiance is of the actual I-601 --- but they have given me information when I ask the right questions. The story line was in direct connection with what actually ended up happening --- that was refreshing --

At the end of your call they will ask you not to call again for 30 days and with your timeline it appears you are certainly in line for some current "real" status -- they have access electronically to your case at least the tracking system which gives you some information on the step of the process your case in in ---

Here is the simplified process (I gave the detailed process above because in the past, several people have tried to call and were unsuccessful when they didn't wait for a few words to be spoken before they keyed in the next number in the series ---)

1-800-375-5283
1 then 2 then 2 then 6 then 1
Reciept # to the end of the recording
then 3 then 2 then 1
(you have now reached the Vermont Service Center)

I hope this helps

Feel free to email me for more information of some specific questions to ask --- but this usually is dependant upon the type of response they give you --- do not accept the word Pending --- you already know that ---

bucknekkid,
wondering if you've been able to find anything out about your waiver?