I hate VSC/NVC

[ashp 0]

Argh, so frustrated!

My NOA2 was granted Nov 29th, and I'm STILL waiting for the NVC to receive the application. They won't even look into it until 90 days have gone by, so once again I'm sat frustrated by the total inability to proceed. Nobody will let me talk to VSC to check they mailed it, they claim they don't keep records of what was mailed. How can they be so useless!

Just needed to vent, so frustrated.

[devblt 0]

Argh, so frustrated!

My NOA2 was granted Nov 29th, and I'm STILL waiting for the NVC to receive the application. They won't even look into it until 90 days have gone by, so once again I'm sat frustrated by the total inability to proceed. Nobody will let me talk to VSC to check they mailed it, they claim they don't keep records of what was mailed. How can they be so useless!

Just needed to vent, so frustrated.

Have you called the NVC and talked to someone in person? The automated messaging system will not have any records of K1 applications. NVC will assign a case number and send it directly to the appropriate embassy or consulate

Good luck..

[ashp 0]

Have you called the NVC and talked to someone in person? The automated messaging system will not have any records of K1 applications. NVC will assign a case number and send it directly to the appropriate embassy or consulate

Good luck..

Oh yes, I've spoken with several people by telephone and email but they all confirm they have received nothing from VSC and won't investigate until a full 90 days past nov 29th. They were sympathatic and even transferred me to someone more senior but they were absolutely useless in comparision to the frontline guys.

[devblt 0]

Have you called the NVC and talked to someone in person? The automated messaging system will not have any records of K1 applications. NVC will assign a case number and send it directly to the appropriate embassy or consulate

Good luck..

Oh yes, I've spoken with several people by telephone and email but they all confirm they have received nothing from VSC and won't investigate until a full 90 days past nov 29th. They were sympathatic and even transferred me to someone more senior but they were absolutely useless in comparision to the frontline guys.

Sorry to hear that.. it really does suck to be in that position. I hope they end up finding your petition fairly quickly.

[ELW 5]

WHAT?!! That’s TOOOO LONG! How ridiculous! How frustrating that you have tried and tried, and no one has helped. VSC doesn’t keep a record of what they mailed out? How can that be? That is one of the most senseless things I have ever heard. Grrrrrr… Anyway really sorry and hope that you get news on it ASAP.

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

Argh, so frustrated!

My NOA2 was granted Nov 29th, and I'm STILL waiting for the NVC to receive the application. They won't even look into it until 90 days have gone by, so once again I'm sat frustrated by the total inability to proceed. Nobody will let me talk to VSC to check they mailed it, they claim they don't keep records of what was mailed. How can they be so useless!

Just needed to vent, so frustrated.

Ashp, you may be in the same situation I'm in, my NOA2 was approved on the same date, 11/29 and I found out they stuffed my file in a storage facility. They are retrieving my file, so who knows yours may be being retrieved along with it. Here's the things I did. VSC has a fax: 802-527-4816, send a copy of your NOA2, and write a letter, with your Receipt Notice, and explain that you have no idea where your petition. I also wrote a letter to the VSC address on the NOA2, along with the NOA2 copy, also complained at USCIS-COMPLAINT@DHS.GOV

Good Luck!

[SamAndJulie 0]

It sounds pretty scary. Sam received NOA2 notice in the snail mail few days ago, in the notice said our packet had sent to my local consulate, hopefully it will all get here in 2-3 weeks, I can't wait to have it so I could start to work on it.

[ashp 0]

Ashp, you may be in the same situation I'm in, my NOA2 was approved on the same date, 11/29 and I found out they stuffed my file in a storage facility. They are retrieving my file, so who knows yours may be being retrieved along with it. Here's the things I did. VSC has a fax: 802-527-4816, send a copy of your NOA2, and write a letter, with your Receipt Notice, and explain that you have no idea where your petition. I also wrote a letter to the VSC address on the NOA2, along with the NOA2 copy, also complained at USCIS-COMPLAINT@DHS.GOV

Good Luck!

Fantastic, thank you for this! I'm glad they found your file, and I'm going to write a letter immediately and send it right away. If mine turns up then it looks like they didn't like us both! I wonder why on earth it went to a storage facility! Good luck with the rest of your process now it's been found.

[ashp 0]

Still waiting on my NVC number, CIS- haven't replied to my letter, fax and emailed complaint about us having to wait almost 2.5 months now. Looks like I have to go to the full 90 days then find and submit that form. Has anyone ever done this before? How long did it take, what options do I have now?

We're both really upset, so unfair to have another 3 month delay.

[~Chad~ 0]

Good Luck to both of you guys!! And keep us post

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

Still waiting on my NVC number, CIS- haven't replied to my letter, fax and emailed complaint about us having to wait almost 2.5 months now. Looks like I have to go to the full 90 days then find and submit that form. Has anyone ever done this before? How long did it take, what options do I have now?

We're both really upset, so unfair to have another 3 month delay.

Ashp, M & N, and whoever else maybe frustrated with VSC right now, don't really know what to say here, this is pure frustration! It hasn't even been 30 days since I got that infamous letter from VSC and its already felt like years.

Has VSC lost our petitions, I really am starting to wonder? But the fact is that our NOA2s were approved, so since this is USCIS's error, would they allow us the Embassy interview anyway, or do we have a chance of getting expedited processing, if we were to go the K-3 route now?

I'm going to give it the full 60 days and take it from there. If they find my petition, I hope some of yours are found with it so they can resolve your cases also. Who knows maybe all the snow and winter havoc is just slowing things down iat VSC and NVC.

Good luck all!

[lion_lioness 0]

I can't believe this has happened.....I would be furious!!! Have any of you tried contacting your local government to make a call on your behalf? Or fax/email an inquiry at least? Maybe that would help. Sorry I don't have anything else comforting to say except good luck and I'll keep you in my prayers.

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

I can't believe this has happened.....I would be furious!!! Have any of you tried contacting your local government to make a call on your behalf? Or fax/email an inquiry at least? Maybe that would help. Sorry I don't have anything else comforting to say except good luck and I'll keep you in my prayers.

Thanks lion_lioness, yes I think 3 of us, which includes me, are getting quite furious. One is already working on drafting a letter to their Congressman, the other is waiting to see if they get a response from VSC, and I already got a response from the VSC director, mostly a canned letter, telling me to allow them 30 to 60 days, to request my files, from an 'Offsite storage facility', for another NOA. For me I know it won't help to contact a Congressman or Senator until the 60 days are over, cause they'll just tell me I have to wait that 60 days.

I hear the Government inquiries can take from 30 to 60 days too. I had a little conversation with one lawyer and she told me they have just as much power as we do on something like this.

Well thanks for the prayers!

[LookyWhatIFound 38]

Anybody else with NOA2 Approval on November, 29th, 2006 through VSC have problems? I wonder if VSC was just having a real bad day on 11/29???

[mmarlo 1]

I think I'm having the same problem, although I received my NOA2 December 26 and applied through the CSC. My fiancee changed her address after the NOA2 was received, so I called USCIS and they told me to fax the updated info to NVC. I did this 01/09 but got a letter back from NVC dated 1/19 saying they have no record of my application on file. I also emailed them around the same time and heard back 1/25 again saying that they have no record of my petition. I have not tried talking to an agent or emailing since then (because I was mistakenly under the impression that the automated service was giving me accurate information when it said it had no record of my case number), but I will try again tomorrow.

The letter I got from NVC asked me to provide them with a copy of my NOA2, which I would love to do, but somehow out of all the documents I have on file for the petition, I cannot find that one. In the event that I don't have a copy of the NOA, the letter says to contact CIS. So I called CIS and they told me to file a I824 to have CIS resend the approved petition to NVC. I did this a few weeks ago, sending in the cool $200 filing fee along with the application, and got a Receipt date back on that application of Feb 2. Naturally, it's still pending, with no idea how long it will take to process.

I decided to call CIS back yesterday (Feb 12) to complain again and see if I could get any additional information on the original application, but this time I got a different story (I didn't tell them about the I824 application). This time the lady told me, "Well, NVC shouldn't have your petition; it should have been sent directly to the US Embassy". I couldn't believe this could be the case, and it did not seem consistent with with I have read online or with what the NOA2 said (before I lost it). The CIS lady told me to contact the US Embassy in Nairobi and see if they have the case on file and to update my fiancee's address through them. So I've asked my fiancee to contact the US Embassy and DHS in Nairobi to find out ####### is going on. So I guess I could get some good news tomorrow, or I will find out I was mislead (the latter being what I think has happened).

Whatever the case, it's extremely frustrating, and I feel so helpless, and I'm sorry to hear that some of you with an earlier Approval date are still suffering in the same way.

Anyone else with a similar experience?