Case took 11 weeks to go from USCIS to NVC - any tips?

[G & V 3]

We got NOA2 on 6/5/2013, but NVC did not receive our case from USCIS until 8/19. I called multiple times in between but they kept saying 8 weeks was standard, and they finally told me to email nvcresearch after I called in the 9th week. Now they say it will take 20 working days before the case gets into the system and a case number gets assigned. The wait is really hard to bear - I'm sure plenty here are familiar.

Is there any way to speed this up? If I call every day will that do anything other than possibly annoy them?

Also, I plan to have my wife send everything from the IV packet and the DS3032 to me now (we have everything for IV and AOS ready to send as soon as we get a case number). But we don't have anything from from NVC yet, I'm just going off of this page: http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/EZGuideSpouse Is there anything missing from the NVC Steps portion of that page that we need? Is there anything that they mail to us that we need before making the payment and sending the packet?

Thank you for your help

[Ryan H 3,795]

The 20 business days is the standard response, it may be inputted into the system sooner than that, it may not be. There is nothing you can do to speed it up and calling them everyday will not help.

Remember, you have to pay the bills first and the bills have to indicate PAID in the payment portal before you can send the AOS and IV packages.

You don't need to wait for the NVC to send you anything, just ensure the forms are filled out correctly and the appropriate documentation accompanies the forms.

[G & V 3]

The 20 business days is the standard response, it may be inputted into the system sooner than that, it may not be. There is nothing you can do to speed it up and calling them everyday will not help.

Remember, you have to pay the bills first and the bills have to indicate PAID in the payment portal before you can send the AOS and IV packages.

You don't need to wait for the NVC to send you anything, just ensure the forms are filled out correctly and the appropriate documentation accompanies the forms.

Great, thank you for the information. So calling every day won't speed up the process, but it will possibly get me the case and invioce numbers sooner if they are slow to mail it. Maybe I'll just call every other day.

[Ryan H 3,795]

if they are slow to mail it.

Don't wait on the NVC to mail you anything and don't expect to receive anything in the mail from the NVC. Call as often as you feel you need to, if that's every other day, so be it (just prepare yourself to hear the 20 business days line each time).

[dwheels76 5,463]

We got NOA2 on 6/5/2013, but NVC did not receive our case from USCIS until 8/19. I called multiple times in between but they kept saying 8 weeks was standard, and they finally told me to email nvcresearch after I called in the 9th week. Now they say it will take 20 working days before the case gets into the system and a case number gets assigned. The wait is really hard to bear - I'm sure plenty here are familiar.

Is there any way to speed this up? If I call every day will that do anything other than possibly annoy them?

Also, I plan to have my wife send everything from the IV packet and the DS3032 to me now (we have everything for IV and AOS ready to send as soon as we get a case number). But we don't have anything from from NVC yet, I'm just going off of this page: http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/EZGuideSpouse Is there anything missing from the NVC Steps portion of that page that we need? Is there anything that they mail to us that we need before making the payment and sending the packet?

Thank you for your help

Go to the NVC Filers thread and read Post #1 and #2.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/445228-nvc-filers-august-2013/

The DS-3032 doesn't need to be mailed in. You want it there the fastest follow the email template. Soon as you get case# send it off. No mailing.

So for your long wait it has happened numerous times this year with people. Go to that thread many just like you just waiting.

[GabbyBird 53]

NVC is a whole new world of frustration.

The current trend you may notice in the NVC threads is that documents are taking about 15 business days or so to be processed. So that could be 15-days for the case number, +15 to process AoS +15 to process IV +extra for any RFE or checklists you get.

Nothing gets priority from what I can tell (responses to RFE seem to take just as long as the initial filings) and there's nothing you can do to speed it up. Just be patient.

It is a fact that the phone CAN have more up to data information. For example, we got a checklist on our AoS form and was informed over the phone. The actual email took the rest of the weekend + monday to arrive in my email box. But until they actually review the documents, the best they can tell you is "we received something in the mail on xx/xx/13 please wait 20 business days (M-F) for us to process them.

It has been a very long road for all of us. Just stay patient and the only thing YOU can do to speed up your process is to act fast when you get requests and overnight everything by mail.

Edited August 28, 2013 by GabbyBird