Good to know...what happens to these files AFTER approal? They get scanned to leave vermont? I noticed some were sent FAST...and some are still waiting that were approved around same time???

i noticed that people who were approved from VSC the same day as me were also sent to NVC on the same day as me...they must send them in clumps...nice word, ey? clumps? lol

quick side note: i love how SO MANY of us have been approved, yet we refuse to leave this thread...i feel like its my home now, i cant just pick up and leave!!!!!!! lol and everyone is so familiar, its been so freaking long

lets get the hell outta here y'all!!!!

To the tune of I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS

I'll be home for Christmas,
Here online with you,
There's no snow, no mistletoe,
Just approvals under the tree,
Christmas eve will find me,
Where I want to be,
I'll be home for Christmas,
On VJ I will be.....

ESPECIALLY your Mum!

Yea, I got the last touch a day after my RFE and I think it means they have sent it...

That came out great!!!!!

Well, I just called DOS and talked to the most helpful and friendly guy!! He gave me the LND # but also told me it hasn't left NVC yet. He also told me all kinds of stuff about what happens next - stuff I already know, but hey - he was so nice I couldn't admit I knew all of that already! I just let him ramble on! He also told me he had petitioned for a fiance himself and that it took him 4 moinths to get her the visa and he thought that was bad! He felt bad I'd had to wait so long to get approved!

Finally, he said to feel free to call back to verify the petition was sent to London and to get interview date, etc.

My first call at all during this process was a resounding success!!!

Woooooooohoooooooo!

That's the DOS number. They can provide the NVC package status? I thought they needed the new case number that is assigned at NVC to be able to help.

Edit:
Whoops. According to Julezabelle they must be able to cross reference the case numbers. Will wonders never cease?

I didn't get another touch, but its there at NVC right now!

Oh thank god. I wasn't going to say anything, but...

She asked for my old case number and was able to verify NVC didnt receive it yet...was toooo easy to get someone LIVE to answer....and she said to call their that they weren't as busy and could give me all that information as well..I call BOTH numbers and the DOS number was the easiest to get a live person with and MUCH more friendly than the rattled off information I got at NVC.




Dont go buy anything...i have TWEEZERS you can borrow.....

Good question; that prompted me to look again. I have a touch on 11.30, one day after my NOA2. I'm not sure if my case is at NVC yet but I have a sneaking suspicion it was sent on the 30th.

Wonder how often they send them...mine hasn't been touched since we were approved...but im sure its going to go faster now...MUCH faster...God Willing...

Okay I think I need some knitting needles to pierce my eyes or something...ok jk...or I need to stop checking the uscis website to see if there is any activity on my case...beginning to make me crazed........................ Lets hope for the rest of us still waiting...NOA2s are awaiting us this week...forget this week, tomorrow:)

Have there been no approvals today? That's kind of disheartening.

I think there were 2 announced today, but one of the two never updated their timeline.

Check my time line

OK, back to the important stuff!

Mace & Herrera (Jose_A) Sent 7-24. NOA1 8-1. Approved 12-5.

Thank God! One more

Wow, things do go faster after NOA2!
11.29.07 - NOA2
12.03.07 - NVC Received
12.05.07 - NVC Left

Yay... now I get to wait like 6 more months for our Montreal interview.

Well, at least *something* moved quickly.

Anybody else have experiences with getting staffers of your u.s. reps or senators to help? Mine fed me what uscis is feeding them that they are 'frontlogged' due to the price increase. So why are they skipping ahead then? Duh?
I told her july is getting approved mostly now and she listened and said she would mail me the result of her inquiry. But I have a bad feeling she'll write something brilliant like vsc is up to may 20 or that they are doing in order they receive!!
It's funny I emailed a few months ago about another issue with the case and they were eager to help even though I didn't need it, now it felt like I was somehow wrong to feel I'm overdue.
Oh well, guess I'll try the ombudsman's complaint form.
Can't fight city hall I guess, what a country

Okay guys help me out here!

I just got off the phone with NVC, and the woman told me our case had been forwarded to London already!

...What now?!

How can I track it? Can I even track it?

so this is our new home?



isn't that awesome? you only got approved - what? within the last week?

A week ago last Thursday!

Ahh! What wonderful feelings!

It is difficult to track without DHL's tracking number. However, it normally takes around 3 business days to get to the embassy. Forget NVC now and start calling DOS at 202-663-1225 x1, x0. They will be able to tell you if your package has been received at the embassy. Call them once a day until they receive it.

I can pull the several out of my eyes and the 2 in my heart to use but I will need them back......I have gotten attached to them.......It is like an accessory to my outfit..........even my humour is sour....God help me........CAN ANYONE HERE US IN VERMONT>>>>>>PLEASE DO SOMETHING FOR US>>>>A TOUCH WOULD BE NICE.........I can not even bear to look at the website......augh

Hey Dude is it just you and me left here unapproved and untouched.......like a virgin....hahahahahahahahahaha....that has been a long time.....hahaha...o.k. now I have sick humour......OMG....OMG....OMG.....what the he11 is this crap.......augh

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

I think Ric too? U know, at least before I got to 6 months I figured, oh well it will be over by 6 month commit time.
Now it's like open ended and there is no help even like from this staffer. It's like the twilight zone or '1984' with the VSC speak - you're in our commit timeframe even after 6 months cause we're processing only May 19 or was it April 22 even though website says 6 months and we are approving late july.
Hehe I should call them and tell them to 'go touch yourself!'

The guy I spoke with at DOS said I could call back in a few days to verify that my petition gets to London (as of now its just there) and also to find out interview date and stuff in the future. I'm planning on calling again Monday as I don't want to get greedy!

THANKS...I can use the extra ones....very trying waiting.......lets hope soon for us all:)

don't worry Mel, you'll get your approval very soon....Byron got his approval 20 days after he sent his RFE!!! I'm sure we all are gonna be as lucky as he was

Thanks yes lets hope:)

I would love to see the Customer disservice reps face when you told them to do that....hahahahahahahaha
that we are not getting touched because they are touch themselves too much.......wow......maybe we can bring that up at the Congressional hearings...hahahahaha...I really think I am loosing it

What happened with all the GO VSC GO VSC and positive cheer for VSC........hey, they did approve 88 applications in the month of November - and they are still approving in December so Let's go for another 88 approvals or MORE in December......Let's end the year on a good note!!!!!!!!!

I asked my congressional representative for assistance and his staffer returned me a nice letter that said it had been given to an officer the previous day. I had called a few days before, and they had told me it had been assigned to an officer (some unspecified time previously). I pointed this out to the staffer in my return email but recieved no response to that point. But the general idea was, its with an officer, you're just going to have to wait. They also let me know that if I haven't heard by THE NEW YEAR i was more than welcome to submit my query again. So, that was no help whatsoever.

One of my senator's website has posted the following:

Unfortunately, USCIS is experiencing a large influx of applications and is therefore
unable to respond immediately to our inquiries. Please allow 12 weeks for
processing. We will notify you by letter or telephone as soon as we receive
a response from USCIS. I thank you in advance for your patience and cooperation.

They also require that you present your plea via SNAIL MAIL (seriously not even a fax).

I'm going to wait until 180 days before I go to my other senator. Maybe a presidential hopeful will think of constituent assistance a good motive at the polls?

Until I hear, or until 180 days I'm just going to continue taking my frustration out on kneeding bread and christmas music.

Hi Mirla,

I was approved 11/15, my petition left NVC on 11/21 and arrived in Lagos on 11/27.

I have received the hard copy NOA2, I was home for Thanksgiving when I returned it was here. That time was between 11/20 to 11/25.

I hope that everything will work out in your favor with your resubmission of your RFE.

Hi Faith,

Congratulations on your approval. I never received a touch at all. The only update was 11/16 and it stated that I was approved 11/15. Guess that's a touch.

did anyone get approved today? also, did any august filer get approved yet?

Well I did go to both Sentators and my Congressman and was told 1....my petition was assigned to an officer.....Nov 1....then I was told they found my petition and a supervisor was going to do it...then I was told my petition was assigned to an officer Nov. 27...then I was told they can do nothing else until 207 days have past unless they change the date of processing back again at which time I would have to wait some more..............because I would not be outside of there service times.........It is all bullsh*t

I got mine in the mail yesterday. i called NVC today. they received our case on the December 1st. It was sent to Moscow on December 4th!! Yay!!!!!

Hey Lora and Virgil,

My congresswoman's staffer has been nice but not willing to go beyond "protocals" and so she says that we must wait until the end of this month do "take the next step" - whatever that is. My two senators have not gotten back to me for over a week now since I first wrote them. I am begining to believe that we are hostages to the system. Learned helplessness? Perhaps so.

On the bright side, I finally received a touch this evening at about 5 p.m. EST. When I checked the screen for the 10,000th time today my eyes almost fell out of my head when I finally saw a change. I am very p!ss@d off that I am still waiting but it is nice to know that there is some movement over there. I still cannot believe that the USCIS is working on July when there are filers like us still out here. I truly hope that we are in the same crate so that you can get at least a bit of relief as well.

I cringe when I think that we will have to deal with these bozos again down the road. I am not going to let up on my congressional officials until they lift the cover on this debacle.

That sounds like a positive sign! Let's hope for more good news for you soon.

Thanks - I truly hope so. Something has gotta give, right?

Great I hope you get your approval from the touch....I have looked at 6/10/07 date as the last update for so long that it is seared into my retina.....I probable will see it for the rest of my life.....I am pushing big time for a Congressional hearing using the theme of....this is where most of your constituents are asking for your help and ithere are a lot more of me coming along so for your own workload and sanity it will behove you to force them to explain an change because this will not change unless you force them to do it.....I want to see them sit in front of me and tell me how this is a fair system and how customer friendly they are........there is absolutely no excuse from this wait and there ineptness......I hope Mr Gonzalez looses his job........that at this point is the only thing that I think will make this thing change.......you know sh** rolls downhill........

So I have to wonder. I believe some of you all said I was supposed to get a new case number when calling NVC, right?

I didn't actually get a new case number...

Is that a problem? Should I call again for a new case number? Or just not even worry about that, and just focus on getting my fiance' the required info for Packet 3?

Wow! We ran the thread up so large they had to transition to a new one, impressive

Congratulations amrssnowangel on your NOA 2.

How about some of the other old timers in here? Mel & Syl, Mirla, Virgillionairre, etc...come on USCIS take care of these folks.

Good luck to you all. I haven't forgotten you and wish you the very best. My fiancee passed her medical exam so we are celebrating right now.

You should be doing both.

You can call DOS at (202) 663-1225 x1, x0 from now on. They can provide your new number and tell you when the package arrives at the embassy.

You should also be researching to see if there are any London shortcuts you can take that will get you your interview date as soon as possible. I assume there is a London forum on here but have not looked.

So calling DOS will give me a new case number to? I don't have to call NVC as well too? That would make things easier.

Actually, for those who wish to try tracking, I'll point you to this thread that was posted several days ago.....

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=98172

You know folks, you ought to get out and mingle a little. There is lots of interesting stuff out there.