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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Belgium
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My case was approved on March 2, 2012. USCIS made an error and didn't immediatly forward to NVC. I spoke with a Tier-2 operator on March 2, 2012 and she stated that an oversight had been made and she was emailing the CSC to forward my application to the NVC. Well, here we are 3 weeks later and I have heard nothing. The NVC said that after tomorrow, I can scan my approval notice and they would research it.

I have spoken with my Congressman, he inquired on my file and received word back today that my I-130 is in transit to the NRC. I said wait, what is the NRC and he said the National Records Center. Now, why exactly would my file be going to the NRC? This is just crazy.

Does anyone out there have any ideas as to what I can do to get it where it needs to be? Every couple days, I call the NVC to check (they are the nicest and most informative) and then I call USCIS and they are just worthless. This is a USCIS error and its costing me valuable time.

Any ideas out there???

Thanks in advance.

Traci

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Egypt
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I think you are in for a long wait

Call a tier two and firmly tell them the file needs to be sent to NVC and not NRC

Also call your congressman again and ask them to please send a firm letter telling them to send the petition to NVC which is the correct place it should be

Good Luck

This will take 1-2 months to fix

Type in the search button for NRC and you will see many people went thru this LOST FILE thing and how long it takes to get your file back to USCIS so they can again forward it to the right place (NVC)

Edited by togetherforever13

May 24, 2011 NOA1

Sept 11, 2011 NOA2-took 19 days to get case number

Sept 30, 2011 NVC number and IIN received Friday-gotta wait till Monday

Oct 13, 2011 Case Completed- 13 days from receiving case number Took 32 days from NOA2

Nov 30, 2011 Notified of Interview date

January 19, 2012 Interview- 240 days from NOA1

INTERVIEW RESULTS-APPROVED WITH 14 WEEKS AP--but he got his visa in 56 days!!!!!!

PLEASE EDIT YOUR TIMELINE IN YOUR PROFILE SO OTHERS CAN LEARN HOW LONG EACH STEP TAKES IN THIS PROCESS

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Belgium
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I think you are in for a long wait

Call a tier two and firmly tell them the file needs to be sent to NVC and not NRC

Also call your congressman again and ask them to please send a firm letter telling them to send the petition to NVC which is the correct place it should be

Good Luck

This will take 1-2 months to fix

Type in the search button for NRC and you will see many people went thru this LOST FILE thing and how long it takes to get your file back to USCIS so they can again forward it to the right place (NVC)

So infuriating! Thanks for your input! My congressman is following up making it very clear it needs to go to the NVC. It is unbelievable how poorly these people do their jobs and that there is no recourse.

Edited by TraciB
Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Egypt
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I have good news-- i found one person who said it only took 2 weeks to fix it

Bad news-I found 2 people who said that since the file was sent to NRC they lost all the paperwork

So if I were you I would start preparing an entire new packet (hopefully you have a couple copies lying around) and just have it ready in case they say they lost it

Or maybe just offer to send in a whole new packet to a specific person so it will not take a month or more to fix their error

I am sorry this has happened.

May 24, 2011 NOA1

Sept 11, 2011 NOA2-took 19 days to get case number

Sept 30, 2011 NVC number and IIN received Friday-gotta wait till Monday

Oct 13, 2011 Case Completed- 13 days from receiving case number Took 32 days from NOA2

Nov 30, 2011 Notified of Interview date

January 19, 2012 Interview- 240 days from NOA1

INTERVIEW RESULTS-APPROVED WITH 14 WEEKS AP--but he got his visa in 56 days!!!!!!

PLEASE EDIT YOUR TIMELINE IN YOUR PROFILE SO OTHERS CAN LEARN HOW LONG EACH STEP TAKES IN THIS PROCESS

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Belgium
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I have good news-- i found one person who said it only took 2 weeks to fix it

Bad news-I found 2 people who said that since the file was sent to NRC they lost all the paperwork

So if I were you I would start preparing an entire new packet (hopefully you have a couple copies lying around) and just have it ready in case they say they lost it

Or maybe just offer to send in a whole new packet to a specific person so it will not take a month or more to fix their error

I am sorry this has happened.

Oh I have everything and would be more than happy to send them a new copy but I want it expedited. Would I send it back to the Chicago Lockbox and start from scratch with my approval letter? I will overnight it today if you think that is the right way to go.. thanks again!!!

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Egypt
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Do not send it to chicago

do not send it without permission and a NAME to send it to at the NVC or USCIS. Get it in writing from your congressman or email to you for the tier 2 person.

And yes after it is fixed then ask for the expedite

When you call again speak to the tier two person and offer a new packet to see if that will HELP THEM. lol

The hoops we have to jump through are incredible!

May 24, 2011 NOA1

Sept 11, 2011 NOA2-took 19 days to get case number

Sept 30, 2011 NVC number and IIN received Friday-gotta wait till Monday

Oct 13, 2011 Case Completed- 13 days from receiving case number Took 32 days from NOA2

Nov 30, 2011 Notified of Interview date

January 19, 2012 Interview- 240 days from NOA1

INTERVIEW RESULTS-APPROVED WITH 14 WEEKS AP--but he got his visa in 56 days!!!!!!

PLEASE EDIT YOUR TIMELINE IN YOUR PROFILE SO OTHERS CAN LEARN HOW LONG EACH STEP TAKES IN THIS PROCESS

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Belgium
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Do not send it to chicago

do not send it without permission and a NAME to send it to at the NVC or USCIS. Get it in writing from your congressman or email to you for the tier 2 person.

And yes after it is fixed then ask for the expedite

When you call again speak to the tier two person and offer a new packet to see if that will HELP THEM. lol

The hoops we have to jump through are incredible!

I just spoke with a supervisor at USCIS (the operator really didn't want to transfer me though). The supervisor said that she can see in the system that an email came through on March 9 stating that my file needed to be sent to the NVC. They can't do anything more for another 2 weeks. If the NVC does not have it by April 9, I need to call back and go to the next step. On Monday, I am going to email the NVC and have them open up a research case for it.

Yes, we jump through hoops and I am fine with that. My packet was clean and error free, I am willing to wait for them to do what they need to but the rest of these errors are just ridiculous. If I wasn't doing my job right, I wouldn't have my job...

Thanks again!

Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: China
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Moved from Process & Procedures to Progress Reports.

Our journey:

Spoiler

September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

 
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