AP at NVC?

[Phreedom 0]

I called NVC today. I finally got a case number - yay!

I was told by the rep on the phone my case is in AP and it could take several weeks. I've searched around and this doesn't seem too uncommon but I can't help but be a little worried. Can anyone chime in and ease my mind a little?

Those of you with cases pending at NVC from CSC hang in there. My NOA2 was on 9/27

Edited November 6, 2013 by Phreedom

[makulit909 4]

Congrats.. maybe AP means that they are processing it to be sent or mailed to your consulate. Thank you for sharing..

[apple21 953]

I called NVC today. I finally got a case number - yay!

I was told by the rep on the phone my case is in AP and it could take several weeks. I've searched around and this doesn't seem too uncommon but I can't help but be a little worried. Can anyone chime in and ease my mind a little?

Those of you with cases pending at NVC from CSC hang in there. My NOA2 was on 9/27

There's a thread about that here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/83-national-visa-center-dept-of-state/

[cdneh 3,112]

I called NVC today. I finally got a case number - yay!

I was told by the rep on the phone my case is in AP and it could take several weeks. I've searched around and this doesn't seem too uncommon but I can't help but be a little worried. Can anyone chime in and ease my mind a little?

Those of you with cases pending at NVC from CSC hang in there. My NOA2 was on 9/27

Check out the thread titled Stuck at NVC of AP part11. At the moment, this is taking on average about three weeks. It's a totally random thing, we were stuck there ages ago, and I was told at interview it was random. The FOIA request came back with the same story. All you can really do is wait it out, and get your bits and bobs ready for when you are sent on to the consulate. Good luck!

[Phreedom 0]

Check out the thread titled Stuck at NVC of AP part11. At the moment, this is taking on average about three weeks. It's a totally random thing, we were stuck there ages ago, and I was told at interview it was random. The FOIA request came back with the same story. All you can really do is wait it out, and get your bits and bobs ready for when you are sent on to the consulate. Good luck!

Yea I was reading that thread. There seems to be a number of possible reasons for AP at NVC. The one that sticks out is a backlog of case preparation for the consulate. Given that CSC is letting the cases pile up after NOA2, then sending them in large batches to NVC, stands to reason this is the cause for AP. I can only hope at this point it'll pass quickly.

The waiting game sucks.

Edited November 6, 2013 by Phreedom

[Hin-d 16]

Good luck, man! Hope it goes quickly!

[Phreedom 0]

Wow. I'm blown away. One day later and the case status is changed to:

Your case is in transit to the Consular Section. Your interview date was provided to you by the National Visa Center.

Am I correct in that the case has been forwarded to the Embassy?

[Colorado2013 0]

Hello, Phreedom,

Did you get an email from the NVC stating this, "The NVC recently received this petition. This petition is currently undergoing necessary administrative processing. You will be notified with further instructions when the processing is complete"? When I called the NVC a couple days ago for my case number they gave it to me. The gentleman on the phone told me that he "sees a little administrative processing on our case." So I asked him, "what kind of administrative processing?" He told me that it was just the usual background checks. So I asked him if they perform this administrative processing on all K1 visa petitions, and he replied yes. Furthermore he also told me that I would be receiving this email. So I feel what you felt, a little worried. Did your case status change that quick? Did they assign your beneficiary an interview date?

[MRS.MONTILLA 4]

I qas in ap for 20 days and now I'm in transit so just give it a lil bit more. I know its annoying but u will be ok.

[Phreedom 0]

Hello, Phreedom,

Did you get an email from the NVC stating this, "The NVC recently received this petition. This petition is currently undergoing necessary administrative processing. You will be notified with further instructions when the processing is complete"? When I called the NVC a couple days ago for my case number they gave it to me. The gentleman on the phone told me that he "sees a little administrative processing on our case." So I asked him, "what kind of administrative processing?" He told me that it was just the usual background checks. So I asked him if they perform this administrative processing on all K1 visa petitions, and he replied yes. Furthermore he also told me that I would be receiving this email. So I feel what you felt, a little worried. Did your case status change that quick? Did they assign your beneficiary an interview date?

I haven't received any email from them. I called them every few days to check since a week after NOA2. As of last Friday, they finally told me they have the case but it isn't in the system yet. They finally gave me the case number as of Tuesday but told me it was in AP. I checked the status online anyway and it said:

Please follow the instructions you received from the National Visa Center (NVC) for the next step in the processing of your visa petition. If you have misplaced the instructions sent to you by the NVC or did not receive them, please contact us at http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3177.html for additional information.

As of today (Wednesday), that message changed to:

Your case is in transit to the Consular Section. Your interview date was provided to you by the National Visa Center.

I will call tomorrow to confirm but I'm pretty sure I read somewhere else that means it is on the way to the Embassy.

You can check your case status here (it only gives basic info)

https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx

Edited November 7, 2013 by Phreedom