Dear petitioners,

Our I-130 and K3 petitions were approved on June 8, 2007.

NVC still hasn't received these approved petitions for processing.

Is it normal to wait this long? All they have to do at this stage is mail them, correct?

OR is there additional processing in-between?

Sometimes the approved applications get held up at CSC for what appears to be a batch mailing to NVC. There were reports in april of people waiting up to three weeks I think.

It took exactly 3 weeks for my paperwork to reach the NVC from CSC.

Why does it take so long?

Why do they wait for a batch to accumulate?

More economical?

I got my NOA2 approval last week from the CSC...so I'm waiting on its arrival to the NVC.

To give you an idea of what others have experienced, use the "Timeline Search" under the "Immigration Timelines". Do a range search for the month your NOA2 was approved (i.e. 2007-03-01 2007-03-30) and the service center. Be sure to select "Detailed Results". This will give you a list of all the people during that time period. Scroll over and look for the columns "2nd NOA2" and "Received by NVC". That will give you the approx. date differential between leaving the service center and arriving at the NVC.

You can play all day with this search tool and refine as you deem fit...helpful with time estimations....but remember....its only approx.

Good Luck!

Anyone have any NVC approvals or status updates?? Its been REALLY quite lately. I'm still waiting...they haven't even got my file yet.

I received a letter with my new case # from NVC yesterday. The letter dated Jun 25 but they didn't say when they received it exactly so in my opinion, you just have to wait a little bit. It might be there already. I did not even expect the letter now, I was just waiting for an email notification but instead, I got the one I really needed.

I hope they receive your petition pretty soon

my i130 was approved on 6/13/07 at CSC and the nvc received it and assigned case number on 6/28/07
hope this helps and good luck to everyone

yes i vote for 3 weeks as being 'normal' if they are busy...

It does seem an awful long time but then you wait more for agent form generation etc etc - then they approve and wait for it to go to the embassy and then wait and then wait etc etc

in between times, they generate your stuff but it doesn't arrive because your national post office goes on strike the day you expect it !
yes 2 days ago !

then you miss your train to the embassy and your photos aren't not quite right and the visa is held up past your plane departure and then they send your green card out with the wrong name on it


so the answer is to put yourself in a catatonic trance and only start taking an interest in life when you finally get your correct green card in your hand - then you get mugged and someone takes your wallet with the green card in it

actually i am a half - full type secretly - I am doing this for the third time !!!! there again I could be a masochist


alan

He he, bad karma?

3 times!!!! Is this an annual thing for you? Or shopping around w/90-day return policy?

Return policy ? no her Ma won't take her back !

Let's just say circumstances - but I told Carolyn last night that I can't do this again - if we fail at some late hurdle then we either get divorced or we go live in a shack on the beach in the Canary Islands and live on sea fish.
Seriously, I couldn't do it - it is taking over my life with all the stuff that can and does go wrong - and now a postal strike and backlog of mail! 2 weeks since the IV was generated and nothing - haring down the stairs every time a letter comes - had enough....perhaps one morning I will slip on the stair carpet and be found deceased on the door mat with the IV bill wedged between the teeth of my cold body...
Once I get to the US I think I will live in the basement for 3 years until I get my passport - that way they can't say I have done something for which I should be deported...unless living in the basement is a crime in Florida ? The worry never ends !

to think of all the things you subject yourself to VOLUNTARILY........... I'd say that getting divorced and/or living in a shack on the beach of the Canary Islands sure sounds like a lot more fun! Unless you're a masochist, as you conjecture you may be, in which case, I bet you couldn't be happier!

Here you go,
NOA2 - 14 June 2007
Case received by NVC, number assigned - 29 June 2007.
Although I kept calling every day and this message only appeared today



Rika

PS Anyone wants to make a table - NOA2 - case # assigned - AOS bill received - 230 received - Case complete?

Our I-130 were approved last june 19, 2007 but NVC hasnt received yet! how long they will receive it?

SUPRISE!!! very few basements in Florida...the water table is too high in most instances....you will be relegated to the "screen Porch"

Hi Guys,

Well Our I-130 Petition was Approved on Jun 21, 2007 and was sent to NVC according to CSC and hasn't been recieved by NVC yet. Still waiting here as well, I have been calling then every other day to see if they recieved it. I hope they recieve it within this week can't wait anymore ... Hope the Same for everyone else as well. Good Luck Guys

Hello,

Guys did anyone get NVC's confirmation if Case is Recieved or they assigned a case#? Am still waiting and its been 3 weeks now and no idea whats going on.

Thanks.

I can always pump out the pool and put a roof on it ?

Seems ages since I did this post - I reckon it will be a week and a half before I can send the DS-230...

I bet the water table isn't as high as northern england right now - 6 weeks non stop rain and the birds can't fly coz they are too wet

I have never seen anything remotely this bad in my 59.5 years and Carolyn just wants to get out of here !

oh well 14th august is the target for 'case complete' and October 26th for interview... fly novmber 5th - we will see

Hi Guys,

Any Luck? I called NVC and Came to know that they have got something today, but they can't pull the status as to what it is, so i guess that Something = I-130 Petition/File.

Good Luck to Everything Else.

Thanks.

Got a letter via snail mail from the NVC saying they got my K-1 case and are forwarding it to the Consulate in Mexico

Nothing from NVC yet .. will try to call tomorrow ..hope they receive our case .... I pray for that!

Hi all,

See below info. from NVC web site to find out when your case number created.

QUOTE
Case Number: The National Visa Center (NVC) gives each immigrant petition a case number. This number has three letters followed by ten digits (numbers). The three letters are an abbreviation for the overseas embassy or consulate that will process the immigrant visa case (for example, GUZ for Guangzhou, CDJ for Ciudad Juarez).

The digits tell us exactly when NVC created the case. For example a case with the number MNL2001747003 would be a case assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Manila. 2001 is the year in which NVC received the case from the USCIS (formerly INS). The Julian date is 747 plus 500, so this case was created on September 4, 2001, the 247th day of the year. The 003 shows that it was the third case created for Manila on that day. This case number is not the same as the USCIS receipt number, which is written on the Notice of Action, Form I-797, from the USCIS. A consular section abroad cannot find a case if all you have is the USCIS receipt number.

UNQUOTE


zellda

Thanks for the information sir. And a Good News ... NVC assigned a case# to our I-130 Petition on July 13, 2007.

Congrats!!!!

Congrats!!!
Our I-130 has been assigned today ... Im very happy!!!

Congrats to everyone who have been assigned the NVC Case#.