4-5 month wait until noa2?

[ignacio 1]

hello everyone...I just got noa1 yesturday. From what I've read and been told is that 4-5 months is average time befor I will receive noa2 from the vermont center? Is there anyone who has had better luck and received noa2 faster than 5 months? Or is 5 months what everyone is having to wait? I know patience is the name of the game but 5 months seems like an eternity....

[Dante & Geor 36]

5 months is USCIS time. Some get it sooner, some get it later. I've read here from people waiting like 10 months. So just sit back, and relax, it's going to be a loooong wait!!

Best wishes!!

[Andie 147]

5 months is a rough estimation and what you should be expecting though some are earlier and sometimes the wait is longer. Just a bit of a waiting game so all the best with your journey and welcome to VJ.

[MatthewNCarolina 73]

This is USCIS processing time, every case its different, you can receive an RFE (request for evidence), or not... Our NOA2 didn't take long at all, and I was ready to wait more, thank God we got it sooner than we expected. Patience is the key, even though sometimes you lose it lol

[cmoore25 4]

Settle in for some waiting. 5 months does seem like a long time - and right now VSC seems to have slowed down again - they were on a roll for a bit! I am currently on month 4, however, I have a friend who is on 5+ months. It varies. My best suggestion (or at least what works for me) is to keep as busy as possible, talk as much as possible and find a way to enjoy the process (I like surprising my fiance by mailing him random letters & care packages)...good luck!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I have seen some here waiting 6-7 months for VSC, but 5-6 has been the going rate for the last few months. It changes from time to time but has been holding this way since early 2010. I got my NOA2 from VSC in 58 days and in late 2009 they were turning them around in 30 days or so. VSC is currently in the process of moving the rest of their operation from St Albans to Essex Junction, VT. They moved about half the operation in late 2008.

From then until your interview, figure 1-3 months, depending on how the load is at Kiev. We got our NOA2 on May 15, 2008 and did not have our interview until August 8, 2008 almost 3 months, and we had no AP at the NVC. In 2009 the consulate was scheduling interviews for 3 days after the the case was entered in the system. I think they are running about 1 month lead time or so right now.

It took us 6 months from NOA1 until Alla arrived, I would add 2-3 months to that right now for an estimate.