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Sarah&Marc   22

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Hmmmmm....this worries me. I got a message that my husband was assigned an alien # right before my I-130 got approved. My NOA2 states the beneficiary's name and A#. I thought this WAS the alien registration number and included it on my I-864. Was that a mistake??

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Hmmmmm....this worries me. i got a message that my husband was assigne an alien # right before me I-130 got approved. My NOA2 states the beneficiary's name and A#. I thought this WAS the alien registration number and included it on my 1-864. Was that a mistake??

Did you write an A# for the beneficiary on the i130 or g325a?

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CanGirl   95

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My hubby never get an email about the approval, we just found out that the petition is approve when I check the status online. Is that normal? My hubby received email of NOA1 but no email for NOA2? I am just curious.

Its normal. My husband got the NOA1 email but not the NOA2 email. We only knew about it because of the status change online.

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Consulate: Montreal, Canada

02/14/13: Got Married

USCIS

10/16/13: i-130 Sent

10/25/13: NOA1

03/05/14: NOA2

NVC

03/11/14: NVC Received Case

04/10/14: Case Number and IIN Assigned

04/15/14: 4:07 PM: Received email from NVC that AOS Fee was ready to be paid

04/15/14: 4:28 PM: Received email from NVC containing Case number and IIN

04/15/14: DS-261 Available and Completed

04/15/14: AOS Fee Available and Paid

04/18/14: AOS Fee Shows PAID

04/18/14: EP ENROLL Email Sent (Received AutoReply)

04/21/14: IV Fee Invoiced

04/22/14: 4:23 PM: Received email from NVC that IV Fee was ready to be paid

04/24/14: IV Fee Available and Paid

04/25/14: IV Fee Withdrawn From Bank Account

05/02/14: IV Fee still "In Process" called NVC for supervisor to fix it

05/07/14: IV Fee Shows PAID

05/07/14: DS-260 Available and Completed

05/21/14: 10:29 AM: EP ENROLL Acceptance Email Received

05/28/14: AOS Package Emailed to NVC (Received AutoReply)

xx/xx/14: IV Package Emailed to NVC

xx/xx/14: Case Complete

xx/xx/14: Interview Scheduled

xx/xx/14: Schedule Medical

xx/xx/14: NVC Shipped Case to Consulate

xx/xx/14: Medical Complete

xx/xx/14: Interview at Consulate

xx/xx/14: Visa in Hand

xx/xx/14: POE

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NikLR   13,234

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Ok Thanks. How can I check if they already send the approve petition to NVC? Can I see it online?

Call the NVC.

Please check out the NVC Process wiki.

nope I'm not going to give you a link ;) search for it! :D Betcha you can find it!

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Abby&Mario   100

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Great attitude and mood you have. And thanks for asking cuz i am sure someone out there wanted to ask but didn't want to. Now phewwwwwwwwwww now the Case# wait, My bad Consular Casefile #. hehe :goofy:

Heh, thanks. The good attitude comes and goes. It helps that I had to deal with Argentine, Colombian and Spanish bureaucracy long before I ever had to deal with American bureaucracy. American bureaucracy feels much larger and more intense/strict/secretive, but I've done damn near all of this process from the comfort of my home, at least. Plus I got one of those freakishly fast approvals, so I really can't complain about this process considering the luck we've had.

Gosh, I do wonder how I was approved then! Hmmm.

I think the reason people urge others to be careful with N/A vs. none is because putting the wrong thing has caused problems for some in the past (RFE's, maybe?). No one is saying it happens to everyone, but if it's happened before, it could happen again.

Hmmmmm....this worries me. I got a message that my husband was assigned an alien # right before my I-130 got approved. My NOA2 states the beneficiary's name and A#. I thought this WAS the alien registration number and included it on my I-864. Was that a mistake??

I think getting the number assigned before approval is common. That's why I was concerned about not having it, because I'd seen so many people on the forum have one assigned before they got approved. If I had the NOA2 w/ alien registration # already, I'd have put it on the I-864 and not asked any questions on VJ! I'm clearly not an authority on the subject, but I'd be shocked if it caused a problem for you. If he has the #, it will be on file for him anyway, right?

Ok Thanks. How can I check if they already send the approve petition to NVC? Can I see it online?

Search for Sayling's NVC wiki here on VJ. The woman is incredible. My husband asked me if she gets paid for what she does! No, she's just that generous with her time.

USCIS (Priority date April 1, Approval April 17, no RFEs)

March 28, 2014: I-130 sent via FedEx from Bogotá to Chicago Lockbox

April 1, 2014: Delivered to Chicago Lockbox at 10:29 a.m. according to FedEx tracking; signed for by J. CHYBA (date confirmed by My Case Status)

April 4, 2014: NOA1 e-mail received at 12:17 a.m.; case accepted and routed to CSC for processing. Check cashed.

April 17, 2014: Changed mailing address with USCIS Tier 2 representative. He also confirmed that our case had arrived to the CSC and that our NOA1 date is April 3.

April 18, 2014: NOA2 e-mail received at 12:30 a.m. Case status online changed to post-decision activity; date of "last updated" changed to April 17. Change of address e-mail received at 3 a.m. Status changed back to initial review on e-mail and online. Date of "last updated" now April 18. Called and spoke to two Tier 2 reps; both were useless.

April 21, 2014: Approval confirmed verbally by Tier 2 rep. Order put in to send second NOA2 hard copy to new address. Instructed to ignore online case status.

April 25 or 26, 2014: NOA1 hard copy arrives to old apartment in Bogotá. Priority date actually April 1. (April 3 was the notice date.)

May 16: USCIS change of address e-mail received

May 19: USCIS e-mail received saying a duplicate notice was mailed on this date. Case status now set to "Acceptance."

May 22: NOA2 duplicate hard copy arrives to U.S. address

NVC

April 29, 2014: Case received

​May 22, 2014: Case number and IIN assigned. Asked operator about our move from Colombia to Argentina and received instructions.

May 24, 2014: E-mails about embassy change/address change sent to nvcinquiry@state.gov at 4:36 p.m. NVC time

​June 3, 2014: Payment portal message "This case is in the process of termination" appears. DS-261 appears, submitted. E-mails received from NVC concerning case number and AOS bill.

June 4, 2014: AOS payment invoiced, paid; DS-261 received by NVC

June 6, 2014: AOS payment shows as PAID in payment portal

June 17, 2014: Response received from nvcinquiry@state.gov. "The correspondence submitted is currently under review. An appropriate action will be taken once this review is completed."

June 24, 2014: AOS package sent via FedEx overnight shipping from Houston to NVC

June 25, 2014: AOS package delivered at 9:43 a.m. according to FedEx tracking; signed for by F.FNU

July 1, 2014: AOS package scanned

July 18, 2014: Checked payment portal and saw: "CASE NUMBER CHANGE: The applicant's case number, [bGT#], has been changed to [bNS#]." Called and confirmed. Also said today marked 30 business days since NVC received DS-261; operator said she would have that reviewed and make IV payment available ASAP.

August 5: E-mail sent to nvcinquiry@state.gov concerning changing our embassy BACK to Bogotá at 6:41 p.m. NVC time

August 6: IV invoice e-mail FINALLY received at 2:13 a.m. NVC time

August 7: IV payment made available on payment portal; paid

August 8: IV payment shows as PAID in payment portal; DS-260 becomes available

August 14: Checklist received; errors on sponsor's I-864 form and on joint sponsor's I-864A

August 15: DS-260 submitted

August 29: Checklist response and IV package sent via FedEx ground from Houston to NVC

September 4: Checklist response and IV package delivered at 11:21 a.m. according to FedEx tracking; signed for by GPETERS

September 8: Checklist response and IV package scanned

September 10: DS-260 accepted; false checklist received

September 17: E-mail response received from asknvc@state.gov (30 business days/43 calendar days later): Correspondence under review

September 26: Embassy change approved; new case number assigned

October 30: CASE COMPLETE

Embassy

Interview scheduled: Nov. 10 -- Medical: Nov. 25 -- Interview: Dec. 1, 9:30 a.m. APPROVED! -- Visa in hand: Dec. 5 -- POE: Dec. 29 in Houston

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T&T&T   31

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Yesterday I called to see what's going on. Tier 2 said that our zip code wasn't showing up for him on the screen. I told him that we had received the change of address notice and a notice that said we'd get the approval notice soon ( :rolleyes: ), but just not the actual approval notice. Both of these documents showed the complete new address, with zip code. He said he would fix the zip code problem and file a request to have them send another approval notice. (I still don't understand the supposed zip code problem if the other two letters got to their destination with no problem AND HAD THE ADDRESS COMPLETE WITH ZIP CODE.) Sigh.

Write none...... by the way not having a zip code will not keep a letter from reaching its destination, it will only slow it down.

8-16-13 Married

9-16-13 I-130 Mailed

9-20-13 NOA1

3-04-14 Transferred to CSC

3-12-14 NOA2

3-26-14 Received NVC

5-3-14 Received DS-261/AOS bill

5-3-14 Paid AOS bill

5-3-14 Submitted DS-261

5-8-14 Mailed AOS Package

5-8-14 Received IV bill

5-8-14 Paid IV bill

5-9-14 UPS documents to NVC

5-10-14 Sent DS 260

6-12-14 Case complete

9-8-14 interview---- approved

 
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