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Cathi   5,639

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Just thought I would let people know that here in New Hampshire today and tomorrow, where the NVC is, we are having a blizzard, potentially the worst in over 100 years. With hurricane force winds and over 2 feet of snow, we are expecting widespread and prolonged power outages. All non-essential government workers have been ordered to stay home, and everyone else, except emergency workers, have been ordered to stay off the roads. So for those of you trying to get through to the NVC, I am afraid that until at least Monday, there will be no NVC. Stay warm everyone in the Northeast!! cool.gif

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JTB11   1,079

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:thumbs: thanks for the news, stay safe !

GC received on the 28th of February, 2014 - no interview, no additional RFE's

Divorced as of September, 2014

NOA1 for ROC 14 October, 2014

Life goes on, my ex-husband is a moron.

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MeredythB   38

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Damn! I was really hoping to get my case number and IIN today. :bonk: Oh, well. Stay safe, everyone! Put on a fire, roast some marshmallows, and sip on something warm!

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11/23/12: Package Mailed to Chicago Lockbox from Ireland
11/28/12: Arrived at Lockbox, Signed for by JOHN
11/30/12: NOA1; Transferred to NBC
12/06/12: NOA1 Hard Copy Received
12/19/12: Touched
01/16/13: NOA2 (47 days after NOA1)
01/21/13: Approved petition mailed to NVC
01/22/13: NOA2 Hard Copy Received
NVC
01/25/13: Petition arrived at NVC
02/11/13: Received Case#/IIN from NVC
02/11/13: Received DS-3032/AOS Bill Invoiced
02/11/13: AOS Bill Paid/DS-3032 Emailed
02/15/13: AOS Package sent to NVC
02/25/13: DS-3032 Accepted
02/26/13: AOS Package Accepted
02/26/13: IV Bill Invoiced
02/26/13: IV Bill Paid
02/27/13: IV Package sent to NVC
03/11/13: RFE: Irish Police Cert. (It's there, Idiot Stick just can't read Irish. "Garda" means "Police". Fool.)
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Cathi   5,639

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Hopefully they will be open again by Monday. Stay safe!!

Stay warm and safe my friend - hope all is well :)

All is well sweetie. I hope you are hanging in there. I know your approval will come soon!!! heart.gif


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Grace2013   2

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I paid my AOS bill online yesterday and early this morning it showed IN PROGRESS status online. Then I saw your post, thought they're closed, not gonna do anything. But later this noon, it showed status PAID. I'm glad. Seems although NVC is closed, collecting money will never stop, hehe :lol:

Or maybe it's closed, no employee there, but the machine is still operating automatically there. :innocent:

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Ms Hogan   295

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I paid my AOS bill online yesterday and early this morning it showed IN PROGRESS status online. Then I saw your post, thought they're closed, not gonna do anything. But later this noon, it showed status PAID. I'm glad. Seems although NVC is closed, collecting money will never stop, hehe :lol:

Or maybe it's closed, no employee there, but the machine is still operating automatically there. :innocent:

There's definitely a lot of heavily automated tasks going on. All of my emails have come through in the middle of the night. I'm in the same timezone. I don't think anyone is actually there sending me emails at 1:48am But maybe! Who knows!?!

I was on the phone with DOS this morning and they let me know NVC was closed as well.

USCIS - 40 DAYS
2012-10-30: FedEx delivered I-130 to Chicago Lockbox Mail Room
2012-11-01: NOA1 by email - MSC
2012-11-02: $420 (x3) debited from our account
2012-11-05: NOA1 hard copies received, Priority Date 2012-10-30
2012-12-11: NOA2

NVC - 26 DAYS
2013-01-02: Rec'd case#, IIN, BIN & OPTIN emails for EP sent
2013-01-03: Submitted DS-261 (x3)
2013-01-07: AOS bills invoiced and paid & OPTIN for EP accepted for each of us
2013-01-08: AOS bills appear as paid & AOS packages sent by email
2013-01-08: IV bill invoiced & paid (kids' only)
2013-01-09: IV bill appears as paid (kids' only)
2013-01-09: IV Package emailed & DS-260 submitted online (kids only)
2013-01-11: AOS received -notified by email
2013-01-11: IV bill invoiced & paid (for me)
2013-01-14: IV bill appears as paid (for me)
2013-01-14: IV Supporting Docs received for kids - notified by email
2013-01-14: IV Package emailed & DS-260 submitted online (me only)
2013-01-18: IV Supporting Docs received for me - notified by email
2013-01-18: Son#1 CASE COMPLETE - Son#2 checklist - saying $ on I-864 don't match tax return (but they do)-resubmitted
2013-01-23: AOS 2nd submission for Son #2 received - notified by email
2013-01-25: My CASE COMPLETE
2013-01-28: ALL 3 OF OUR CASES ARE NOW COMPLETE
2013-02-06: Packet 4 Received by email

MEDICAL ~ CONSULATE ~ POE REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS - 160 DAYS NATURALIZATION
2013-02-13: Medicals 2014-12-17: Delivered to California Lockbox 2015-12-15: Delivered to Phoenix Lockbox
2013-03-06: Interview 2014-12-19: 1 I-751 + 3 Biometrics Fees debited from our account 2015-12-16: Fees charged to Credit Card
2013-03-08: Visas in-hand 2014-12-22: Received NOA1 by mail. Receipt Date: 2014-12-17 2015-12-17: NOA
2013-03-12: Paid USCIS Immigrant Fee 2014-12-24: Received Biometrics Appointment Letter 2016-01-02: Biometrics Letter 2016-01-11: Biometrics
2013-03-14: POE 2015-01-06: Biometrics 2016-02-15: In Line for Interview 2016-02-19: Letter
2013-03-25: SSNs arrived 2015-05-27: Approved 2016-03-22: Interview
2013-04-01: Green Cards arrived 2015-06-03: New Green Cards arrived 2016-04-15: Oath Ceremony

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There's definitely a lot of heavily automated tasks going on. All of my emails have come through in the middle of the night. I'm in the same timezone. I don't think anyone is actually there sending me emails at 1:48am But maybe! Who knows!?!

I was on the phone with DOS this morning and they let me know NVC was closed as well.

I saw your timeline and you're way ahead of me! You also OPTIN, I wonder how you sent your DS-3032. The NVC guy told me do not attach DS-3032 when I sent the OPTIN email. But I saw people here all did attach that form. And in other forum people did the same thing. And the NVC agent also told me to send DS-3032 to NVCInquery@state.gov, I don't know why not to NVCElectronic@state.gov. NVC had no explanation on that, and I kinda feel hard to trust these agents. I ended up with sending four OPTIN emails, with and w/o DS-3032 attached, from both petitioner and beneficiary's account. Hope will OPTIN successfully and the DS-3032 will be accepted. There's no clear instruction from the official site or from the NVC emails. sigh~

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I saw your timeline and you're way ahead of me! You also OPTIN, I wonder how you sent your DS-3032. The NVC guy told me do not attach DS-3032 when I sent the OPTIN email. But I saw people here all did attach that form. And in other forum people did the same thing. And the NVC agent also told me to send DS-3032 to NVCInquery@state.gov, I don't know why not to NVCElectronic@state.gov. NVC had no explanation on that, and I kinda feel hard to trust these agents. I ended up with sending four OPTIN emails, with and w/o DS-3032 attached, from both petitioner and beneficiary's account. Hope will OPTIN successfully and the DS-3032 will be accepted. There's no clear instruction from the official site or from the NVC emails. sigh~

With EP we don't send DS-3032. We send DS-261 form which is available to fill out online through the online forms portal. It is my understanding that a lot of the agents don't understand the EP requirements. Have you read the guides here on VisaJourney for EP?

USCIS - 40 DAYS
2012-10-30: FedEx delivered I-130 to Chicago Lockbox Mail Room
2012-11-01: NOA1 by email - MSC
2012-11-02: $420 (x3) debited from our account
2012-11-05: NOA1 hard copies received, Priority Date 2012-10-30
2012-12-11: NOA2

NVC - 26 DAYS
2013-01-02: Rec'd case#, IIN, BIN & OPTIN emails for EP sent
2013-01-03: Submitted DS-261 (x3)
2013-01-07: AOS bills invoiced and paid & OPTIN for EP accepted for each of us
2013-01-08: AOS bills appear as paid & AOS packages sent by email
2013-01-08: IV bill invoiced & paid (kids' only)
2013-01-09: IV bill appears as paid (kids' only)
2013-01-09: IV Package emailed & DS-260 submitted online (kids only)
2013-01-11: AOS received -notified by email
2013-01-11: IV bill invoiced & paid (for me)
2013-01-14: IV bill appears as paid (for me)
2013-01-14: IV Supporting Docs received for kids - notified by email
2013-01-14: IV Package emailed & DS-260 submitted online (me only)
2013-01-18: IV Supporting Docs received for me - notified by email
2013-01-18: Son#1 CASE COMPLETE - Son#2 checklist - saying $ on I-864 don't match tax return (but they do)-resubmitted
2013-01-23: AOS 2nd submission for Son #2 received - notified by email
2013-01-25: My CASE COMPLETE
2013-01-28: ALL 3 OF OUR CASES ARE NOW COMPLETE
2013-02-06: Packet 4 Received by email

MEDICAL ~ CONSULATE ~ POE REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS - 160 DAYS NATURALIZATION
2013-02-13: Medicals 2014-12-17: Delivered to California Lockbox 2015-12-15: Delivered to Phoenix Lockbox
2013-03-06: Interview 2014-12-19: 1 I-751 + 3 Biometrics Fees debited from our account 2015-12-16: Fees charged to Credit Card
2013-03-08: Visas in-hand 2014-12-22: Received NOA1 by mail. Receipt Date: 2014-12-17 2015-12-17: NOA
2013-03-12: Paid USCIS Immigrant Fee 2014-12-24: Received Biometrics Appointment Letter 2016-01-02: Biometrics Letter 2016-01-11: Biometrics
2013-03-14: POE 2015-01-06: Biometrics 2016-02-15: In Line for Interview 2016-02-19: Letter
2013-03-25: SSNs arrived 2015-05-27: Approved 2016-03-22: Interview
2013-04-01: Green Cards arrived 2015-06-03: New Green Cards arrived 2016-04-15: Oath Ceremony

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With EP we don't send DS-3032. We send DS-261 form which is available to fill out online through the online forms portal. It is my understanding that a lot of the agents don't understand the EP requirements. Have you read the guides here on VisaJourney for EP?

We don't have DS-261, but DS-3032, that's the country difference. I've read wiki for Ep many times and thanks to the experts. :thumbs:

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Ms Hogan   295

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We don't have DS-261, but DS-3032, that's the country difference. I've read wiki for Ep many times and thanks to the experts. :thumbs:

That's too bad. I did DS-261 which was very easy. Sorry I can't help you with the 3032. Hopefully yours will be accepted soon. Good luck!

USCIS - 40 DAYS
2012-10-30: FedEx delivered I-130 to Chicago Lockbox Mail Room
2012-11-01: NOA1 by email - MSC
2012-11-02: $420 (x3) debited from our account
2012-11-05: NOA1 hard copies received, Priority Date 2012-10-30
2012-12-11: NOA2

NVC - 26 DAYS
2013-01-02: Rec'd case#, IIN, BIN & OPTIN emails for EP sent
2013-01-03: Submitted DS-261 (x3)
2013-01-07: AOS bills invoiced and paid & OPTIN for EP accepted for each of us
2013-01-08: AOS bills appear as paid & AOS packages sent by email
2013-01-08: IV bill invoiced & paid (kids' only)
2013-01-09: IV bill appears as paid (kids' only)
2013-01-09: IV Package emailed & DS-260 submitted online (kids only)
2013-01-11: AOS received -notified by email
2013-01-11: IV bill invoiced & paid (for me)
2013-01-14: IV bill appears as paid (for me)
2013-01-14: IV Supporting Docs received for kids - notified by email
2013-01-14: IV Package emailed & DS-260 submitted online (me only)
2013-01-18: IV Supporting Docs received for me - notified by email
2013-01-18: Son#1 CASE COMPLETE - Son#2 checklist - saying $ on I-864 don't match tax return (but they do)-resubmitted
2013-01-23: AOS 2nd submission for Son #2 received - notified by email
2013-01-25: My CASE COMPLETE
2013-01-28: ALL 3 OF OUR CASES ARE NOW COMPLETE
2013-02-06: Packet 4 Received by email

MEDICAL ~ CONSULATE ~ POE REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS - 160 DAYS NATURALIZATION
2013-02-13: Medicals 2014-12-17: Delivered to California Lockbox 2015-12-15: Delivered to Phoenix Lockbox
2013-03-06: Interview 2014-12-19: 1 I-751 + 3 Biometrics Fees debited from our account 2015-12-16: Fees charged to Credit Card
2013-03-08: Visas in-hand 2014-12-22: Received NOA1 by mail. Receipt Date: 2014-12-17 2015-12-17: NOA
2013-03-12: Paid USCIS Immigrant Fee 2014-12-24: Received Biometrics Appointment Letter 2016-01-02: Biometrics Letter 2016-01-11: Biometrics
2013-03-14: POE 2015-01-06: Biometrics 2016-02-15: In Line for Interview 2016-02-19: Letter
2013-03-25: SSNs arrived 2015-05-27: Approved 2016-03-22: Interview
2013-04-01: Green Cards arrived 2015-06-03: New Green Cards arrived 2016-04-15: Oath Ceremony

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Stay warm and safe....

Just thought I would let people know that here in New Hampshire today and tomorrow, where the NVC is, we are having a blizzard, potentially the worst in over 100 years. With hurricane force winds and over 2 feet of snow, we are expecting widespread and prolonged power outages. All non-essential government workers have been ordered to stay home, and everyone else, except emergency workers, have been ordered to stay off the roads. So for those of you trying to get through to the NVC, I am afraid that until at least Monday, there will be no NVC. Stay warm everyone in the Northeast!! cool.gif

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Will NVC open on Monday 2/11 (if weather allows)? Next Monday, 2/18 is a holiday, correct?

Hope all is well and safe with everyone.

Just thought I would let people know that here in New Hampshire today and tomorrow, where the NVC is, we are having a blizzard, potentially the worst in over 100 years. With hurricane force winds and over 2 feet of snow, we are expecting widespread and prolonged power outages. All non-essential government workers have been ordered to stay home, and everyone else, except emergency workers, have been ordered to stay off the roads. So for those of you trying to get through to the NVC, I am afraid that until at least Monday, there will be no NVC. Stay warm everyone in the Northeast!! cool.gif

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