More ignorance and questions

[irish44 0]

Thank you all for answering my previous questions!

I called the NVC yesterday and they verified that they have indeed sent the application off to Moscow 10 days ago.

I emailed the Consulate and they responded with:

"As of today, we have not received the case from NVC, please contact us in 1- 2 weeks for updated info."

Should I be concerned and spend the money to call them?

Also, is an interview scheduled only after a packet is sent to Tanya and received back?

By the way, it looks as if they finally updated the interview dates online.

Thanks again!

Edited March 12, 2008 by irish44

[Jason-Sasha 1]

I think you shouldn't worry about it and try to call them in a week or better have Tanya do that because it's just so much cheaper.

When I first called the embassy it was a week after NVC had sent the documentation to the them. They told me that the consulate hadn't received it yet. I called again two weeks after and they told me that they had the douments and that my interview was scheduled and in 5 days I got my packet 3. So, to answer your question, they schedule the interview right when they receive the docs and you can find out the date of the interview before you actually get the packet.

Sasha

[irish44 0]

Thanks, Sasha.. great advice as always.

By the way, I see you have only 12 days till you are here.. awesome!!!

Edited March 12, 2008 by irish44

[Jason-Sasha 1]

Thanks, Sasha.. great advice as always.

By the way, I see you have only 12 days till you are here.. awesome!!!

You are very welcome.

Yeah, i'm very impatient now. It's 12 days left but i already packed everything, just want to go now.

[irish44 0]

Thanks, Sasha.. great advice as always.

By the way, I see you have only 12 days till you are here.. awesome!!!

You are very welcome.

Yeah, i'm very impatient now. It's 12 days left but i already packed everything, just want to go now.

I bet you are ready! Tanya tells me that Alina, who is 13, already sits on her suitcase and asks "When are we going to America?"

[Don E 0]

I agree with Sasha that you shouldn't worry about them not acknowledging receipt of the approved petition. They may even have it and just don't have it "logged" yet. Either way, I don't believe that there is any point to calling them. I've always had good luck with email correspondence with the Moscow Consulate.

According to the DOS, the way the process should work is like this....

> embassy receives approved petition

> embassy sends out packet 3

> beneficiary returns completed forms

> upon receipt of visa application, embassy sets interview date and sends out packet 4

If they are scheduling the interview before they even get the visa application from the petition beneficiary, I would be a little surprised, but not shocked. And of course, that is great if they are. From what Sasha and some others have written, that would appear to be the case.....

Don't worry......you're getting close!

[mox 298]

I agree with Sasha that you shouldn't worry about them not acknowledging receipt of the approved petition. They may even have it and just don't have it "logged" yet. Either way, I don't believe that there is any point to calling them. I've always had good luck with email correspondence with the Moscow Consulate.

This is true. Using the "DHL trick" I was able to track my petition being sent from NVC to the consulate. The consulate received the DHL package on March 5th, but they still have not "received" it into their system.

Another thing that may or may not be worth knowing is that on the same day NVC send your physical packet, they transmit an electronic copy. I don't know what all is in the electronic copy, but if NVC tells you that the consulate has received your packet, make sure they distinguish between the electronic copy and the physical copy. I fell for that the first time I called. The electronic copy, from your perspective, is worthless. They won't schedule an interview or send out the packet until they have the physical copy received into their system.

Also note that NVC doesn't seem to realize that it takes DHL 3 days to deliver your petition to the consulate. The lady I spoke with this morning said that it was much too early for me to be checking on status, as my petition was certainly still in the mail. I don't bother arguing with them anymore.

According to the DOS, the way the process should work is like this.

> embassy receives approved petition

> embassy sends out packet 3

> beneficiary returns completed forms

> upon receipt of visa application, embassy sets interview date and sends out packet 4

NVC told me the same thing, but I believe they are misinformed. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but there is only one packet that goes to the beneficiary. Once Moscow physically receives your petition into the system they schedule the interview and send the packet out at the same time. There are no completed forms the beneficiary has to send back. She just has to bring the forms with her to the interview.

[Jason-Sasha 1]

I agree with Sasha that you shouldn't worry about them not acknowledging receipt of the approved petition. They may even have it and just don't have it "logged" yet. Either way, I don't believe that there is any point to calling them. I've always had good luck with email correspondence with the Moscow Consulate.

This is true. Using the "DHL trick" I was able to track my petition being sent from NVC to the consulate. The consulate received the DHL package on March 5th, but they still have not "received" it into their system.

Another thing that may or may not be worth knowing is that on the same day NVC send your physical packet, they transmit an electronic copy. I don't know what all is in the electronic copy, but if NVC tells you that the consulate has received your packet, make sure they distinguish between the electronic copy and the physical copy. I fell for that the first time I called. The electronic copy, from your perspective, is worthless. They won't schedule an interview or send out the packet until they have the physical copy received into their system.

Also note that NVC doesn't seem to realize that it takes DHL 3 days to deliver your petition to the consulate. The lady I spoke with this morning said that it was much too early for me to be checking on status, as my petition was certainly still in the mail. I don't bother arguing with them anymore.

According to the DOS, the way the process should work is like this.

> embassy receives approved petition

> embassy sends out packet 3

> beneficiary returns completed forms

> upon receipt of visa application, embassy sets interview date and sends out packet 4

NVC told me the same thing, but I believe they are misinformed. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but there is only one packet that goes to the beneficiary. Once Moscow physically receives your petition into the system they schedule the interview and send the packet out at the same time. There are no completed forms the beneficiary has to send back. She just has to bring the forms with her to the interview.

Correct.

[mox 298]

Correct.

Good. The first time I called DoS, they gave me the packet 3/packet 4 explanation, and I explained that Moscow does things different.

Did you ever see that episode of Star Trek where the evil robot had taken over the Enterprise, and Captain Kirk made it destroy itself by putting it into some kind of endless logic loop? Yeah, well that's apparently what almost happened to the DoS lady when I explained that. She just kept correcting me, and you could hear her voice get a little hysterical. So I just let it drop before her head exploded. I mean, I'm sure she has family, so I'd hate to do that to them.

[slim 1,514]

Plus, if we were minus one more DoS lady, who knows how long it would take then?

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

Oh, I remember that one, "Must destroy what is not perfect." or something like that. Since the robot was created by a human it had to be imperfect itself.

Did you ever see that episode of Star Trek where the evil robot had taken over the Enterprise, and Captain Kirk made it destroy itself by putting it into some kind of endless logic loop? Yeah, well that's apparently what almost happened to the DoS lady when I explained that. She just kept correcting me, and you could hear her voice get a little hysterical. So I just let it drop before her head exploded. I mean, I'm sure she has family, so I'd hate to do that to them.

[irish44 0]

Thanks again.

As she lives in Sochi (Krasnodar), where can she go for the Medical exam, and how far ahead can she do this? Do we need to wait for the interview date?

[eekee 182]

Thanks again.

As she lives in Sochi (Krasnodar), where can she go for the Medical exam, and how far ahead can she do this? Do we need to wait for the interview date?

only at special clinics in moscow--AOM is one of them. i think there is a certain timeframe but i don't remember it, but obviously she'll want to do it right before her interview because from sochi to moscow is quite far.

[irish44 0]

One last question and I'm done.. really!

The Consulate Website says that I must file a separate I-134 for Alina (13 y.o.) as well. Is this true? I lsted her on Tanya's I-134.

Thanks.

[irish44 0]

One last question and I'm done.. really!

The Consulate Website says that I must file a separate I-134 for Alina (13 y.o.) as well. Is this true? I lsted her on Tanya's I-134.

Thanks.

Sorry folks.. I posted before I had my morning coffee.. pls. disregard the last question.