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Khaywood Apprentice

Khaywood   1

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Ghana
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Has anyone asked NVC about which days they are closed for the holidays? I'm wondering if they will be open this Friday and next Monday or not.

They are closed Monday the 26th

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geemummy
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You need to call NVC and find out when they received your documents. The date they acknowledge receipt is your scan date.

afortunada
afortunada

Her response makes NO sense. She thinks they will be less likely to misplace a paper file than an electronic one...? #######?? Remember, even though it doesn't seem like it, YOU are the one in charge

James-Bond007
James-Bond007

As I said earlier, supervisor review is a polite way of saying "yes, we know that you already hit the 6 weeks mark, we know, now go away."

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MianGee Apprentice

MianGee   2

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Filed: EB-3 Visa Country: Pakistan
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My six week ends today, should I just wait?? How can they say it will take another 6 weeks after they've been saying 6 weeks this whole time and now it finally arrives???

Called again today and was told the same thing, it may take up to 6 weeks for the supervisor review to complete.

Honestly I am not sure if you should wait, what I have understood reading through posts is that none of the cases are completing without supervisor reviews - though there might be a few outliers.

Saying that I am frustrated would be an understatement :(

  
USCIS
I-140 sent: 06/15/2016
NOA1: 06/17/2016
I-140 approved: 09/21/2016
Received hard copy NOA2: 09/23/2016
Sent to NVC: 09/28/2016

NVC
NVC Received: 10/07/2016
Case # and IIN#: 10/22/2016
DS-260 Completed: 10/22/2016
IV Fee Invoiced: 10/27/2016
IV Fee Paid: 10/27/2016
Sent IV Package: 11/04/2016
Scan Date: 11/08/2016
Supervisor Review: 12/20/2016
Case Complete:1/9/2017

Embassy
Interview Date:3/16/2017
Visa Approved:
Visa in Hand:

 

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laulholley   28

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Croatia
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It seems to me that everyone on this forum is having to go into supervisor review..... what are the first level officers doing if EVERY case goes into supervisor review? I have a sneaking suspicion that supervisor review really means that they will put your case on somebody's desk, not that it is actually going to a supervisor/review department.... unless everyone in the NVC is a supervisor :idea:

US Citizen Filing for Spouse - Married since January 2009, 2 Children

IR1 Visa - US Citizen living abroad, not DCF, Re-establishing Domicile, Joint Sponsor

12.April.2016 Filed I-130

22.June.2016 NOA1 (they entered my address incorrectly, therefore was not delivered until JULY)

07.Sept.2016 I-130 approved

07.Oct.2017 NVC welcome letter received

10.Nov.2016 Complete DS-261

10.Nov.2016 Payed AOS/IV Bill

19.Nov.2016 Complete DS-260

26.Nov.2016 Mailed AOS/IV Packet to NVC

29.Nov.2016 AOS/IV Packet Delivered to NVC

01. Dec.2016 Scan Date
13.Jan.2017 Checklist for  I-864 pages 10-12 BLANK FORM PAGES
02.Feb.2017 2nd Scan Date

14.April.2017 Case Complete (CC at exactly 10 weeks)

04.May.2017 Interview date scheduled/received email from NVC

10.May.2017 Medical
01.June.2017 Interview - APPROVED!

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Filed: EB-3 Visa Country: Pakistan
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It seems to me that everyone on this forum is having to go into supervisor review..... what are the first level officers doing if EVERY case goes into supervisor review? I have a sneaking suspicion that supervisor review really means that they will put your case on somebody's desk, not that it is actually going to a supervisor/review department.... unless everyone in the NVC is a supervisor :idea:

I also had the same suspicion and cannot agree more :)

  
USCIS
I-140 sent: 06/15/2016
NOA1: 06/17/2016
I-140 approved: 09/21/2016
Received hard copy NOA2: 09/23/2016
Sent to NVC: 09/28/2016

NVC
NVC Received: 10/07/2016
Case # and IIN#: 10/22/2016
DS-260 Completed: 10/22/2016
IV Fee Invoiced: 10/27/2016
IV Fee Paid: 10/27/2016
Sent IV Package: 11/04/2016
Scan Date: 11/08/2016
Supervisor Review: 12/20/2016
Case Complete:1/9/2017

Embassy
Interview Date:3/16/2017
Visa Approved:
Visa in Hand:

 

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James-Bond007   6

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: France
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As I said earlier, supervisor review is a polite way of saying "yes, we know that you already hit the 6 weeks mark, we know, now go away."

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SMAlexander   7

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Trinidad and Tobago
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My "6 weeks" is up ton tomorrow.. have been calling since Monday and have gotten three different stories thus far. Day four of calling... Just was told that they have until Friday night midnight to review my case....ok... ill call back tomorrow anyway mam...staying on these people!!!

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parsha   163

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Taiwan
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just called NVC

my scan date is December 6th, the lady told me I should hear something around Jan. 17th

hummm...let's wait and see, finger cross!

 

N-400 Timeline

 

2022/03/01: 90 days filing window open

2022/03/20: Filed N-400 online

2022/03/21: Case received, no biometrics required

2022/03/21: Online status change to Case is being Actively Reviewed by USCIS

2022/08/15: Interview was scheduled

2022/09/20: Interview Date

2022/09/20: Citizenship Approved

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laulholley   28

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Croatia
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I emailed the NVC 10 days ago to find out my "scan date" (I received the info since then). This is the mail I received from the NVC today:

Your assigned embassy or consulate does not participate in the NVC's electronic processing program. Therefore, your documents do not receive a "scan date"

We received mail for this case. We are experiencing a high volume of incoming mail at this time. Please allow up to 6 weeks from the date we received your mail (Dec 1st) for NVC to review your documents. We are diligently working to reduce our review time and appreciate your patience. NVC will notify you after our review if there is additional information required or if we are able to schedule your case for an interview.

So maybe the correct term should be "received date"? I know that the packet was delivered on Nov 29th and the scan date given to me via telephone was Dec 1. I have this figured out, but maybe the confusion of scan date/receive date is causing some problems for others?

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US Citizen Filing for Spouse - Married since January 2009, 2 Children

IR1 Visa - US Citizen living abroad, not DCF, Re-establishing Domicile, Joint Sponsor

12.April.2016 Filed I-130

22.June.2016 NOA1 (they entered my address incorrectly, therefore was not delivered until JULY)

07.Sept.2016 I-130 approved

07.Oct.2017 NVC welcome letter received

10.Nov.2016 Complete DS-261

10.Nov.2016 Payed AOS/IV Bill

19.Nov.2016 Complete DS-260

26.Nov.2016 Mailed AOS/IV Packet to NVC

29.Nov.2016 AOS/IV Packet Delivered to NVC

01. Dec.2016 Scan Date
13.Jan.2017 Checklist for  I-864 pages 10-12 BLANK FORM PAGES
02.Feb.2017 2nd Scan Date

14.April.2017 Case Complete (CC at exactly 10 weeks)

04.May.2017 Interview date scheduled/received email from NVC

10.May.2017 Medical
01.June.2017 Interview - APPROVED!

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chel0524   82

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Timeline
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I emailed the NVC 10 days ago to find out my "scan date" (I received the info since then). This is the mail I received from the NVC today:

Your assigned embassy or consulate does not participate in the NVC's electronic processing program. Therefore, your documents do not receive a "scan date"

We received mail for this case. We are experiencing a high volume of incoming mail at this time. Please allow up to 6 weeks from the date we received your mail (Dec 1st) for NVC to review your documents. We are diligently working to reduce our review time and appreciate your patience. NVC will notify you after our review if there is additional information required or if we are able to schedule your case for an interview.

So maybe the correct term should be "received date"? I know that the packet was delivered on Nov 29th and the scan date given to me via telephone was Dec 1. I have this figured out, but maybe the confusion of scan date/receive date is causing some problems for others?

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the scan date is considered to be the day they scan in the information that they receive because they do scan it all in. That's my understanding at least. For example, we mailed our documents to them and they received them and scanned them in the same day we completed the online form. That was the scan date.

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afortunada   182

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Mexico
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Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the scan date is considered to be the day they scan in the information that they receive because they do scan it all in. That's my understanding at least. For example, we mailed our documents to them and they received them and scanned them in the same day we completed the online form. That was the scan date.

That is correct! For me, my package was sent via overnight mail on Wednesday. The NVC received my documents on Thursday. The NVC did not scan in the contents of my documents until the following MONDAY due to a holiday weekend.

Yes, maybe scan date isn't the correct term, but it's still technically not a received date either. Oh well!


Married: 5-July-2015
I-130 Petition Sent: 11-May-2016
NSC Received (Our Priority Date): 12-May-2016
NOA2 Received: 30-September-2016 141 days for I-130 approval
NOA2 Hard Copy Received: 06-October-2016
Petition Sent to NVC: 17-October-2016 17 days for petition to be sent to NVC
NVC Received: 21-October-2016 4 days to be received at NVC
NVC Case Number Assigned: 31-October-2016 10 days for case number to be assigned
NVC Welcome Letter Received: 3-November-2016 @ 12:10 AM 3 days from case number assigned until Welcome Letter received and invoices unlocked
IV and AOS Fees Unlocked: 3-November-2016 @ 7:00 AM
IV and AOS Fees Paid: 3-November-2016
DS-260 Unlocked: 7-November-2016 2.5 business days for DS-260 to be unlocked
DS-260 Submitted: 8-November-2016
AOS and IV Documents Sent: 9-November-2016
Scan Date: 14-November-2016 5 days to receive scan date due to a holiday/weekend
Medical expedite requested: 14-December-2016
Medical expedite approved at consulate: 19-December-2016 Expedite approved with consulate but denied at NVC; still need to wait for case complete
Case on Supervisor Review: 22-December-2016
Case sent to the Review Department: 13-January-2017
Case Complete: 24-January-2017     10 weeks and 2 days at NVC before case completed
Case arrived at consulate/CEAC status "Ready": 1-February-2017
Interview: 21-February-2017   We scheduled our own interview because we had an approved medical expedite with the consulate. By sheer luck we got such a quick interview date because someone cancelled their appointment less than 20 minutes prior
Interview Result: Approved!!
Visa Issued: 21-February-2017     Visa issued same day as interview
DHL tracking information received: 22-February-2017     DHL tracking number appeared 28 hours after interview, scheduled for delivery the next day
Visa in hand: 23-Feb-2017
US POE (Minneapolis): 26-Feb-2017

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afortunada   182

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Mexico
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I was put on supervisor review today, even though our six week mark isn't up until Monday. The lady I spoke to was so dang friendly and polite and said she felt bad that the holidays were delaying everyone so much.

It's too bad that supervisor review doesn't really mean anything anymore :no:

I hope we get a flood of news tomorrow from tons of CC's being pushed through before the holiday weekend!!


Married: 5-July-2015
I-130 Petition Sent: 11-May-2016
NSC Received (Our Priority Date): 12-May-2016
NOA2 Received: 30-September-2016 141 days for I-130 approval
NOA2 Hard Copy Received: 06-October-2016
Petition Sent to NVC: 17-October-2016 17 days for petition to be sent to NVC
NVC Received: 21-October-2016 4 days to be received at NVC
NVC Case Number Assigned: 31-October-2016 10 days for case number to be assigned
NVC Welcome Letter Received: 3-November-2016 @ 12:10 AM 3 days from case number assigned until Welcome Letter received and invoices unlocked
IV and AOS Fees Unlocked: 3-November-2016 @ 7:00 AM
IV and AOS Fees Paid: 3-November-2016
DS-260 Unlocked: 7-November-2016 2.5 business days for DS-260 to be unlocked
DS-260 Submitted: 8-November-2016
AOS and IV Documents Sent: 9-November-2016
Scan Date: 14-November-2016 5 days to receive scan date due to a holiday/weekend
Medical expedite requested: 14-December-2016
Medical expedite approved at consulate: 19-December-2016 Expedite approved with consulate but denied at NVC; still need to wait for case complete
Case on Supervisor Review: 22-December-2016
Case sent to the Review Department: 13-January-2017
Case Complete: 24-January-2017     10 weeks and 2 days at NVC before case completed
Case arrived at consulate/CEAC status "Ready": 1-February-2017
Interview: 21-February-2017   We scheduled our own interview because we had an approved medical expedite with the consulate. By sheer luck we got such a quick interview date because someone cancelled their appointment less than 20 minutes prior
Interview Result: Approved!!
Visa Issued: 21-February-2017     Visa issued same day as interview
DHL tracking information received: 22-February-2017     DHL tracking number appeared 28 hours after interview, scheduled for delivery the next day
Visa in hand: 23-Feb-2017
US POE (Minneapolis): 26-Feb-2017

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Just spoke with NVC. I swear I'm going to crush my phone with my bare hands one day. Our 6 weeks was up Monday. Sent to supervisor review yesterday and told it could take another 6 weeks. Still hasn't been looked at.

Why in the hell do they not say 12 weeks to begin with instead of 6 weeks and then dumping another 6 weeks on us? Grrrrrr.......

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afortunada   182

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Mexico
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Just spoke with NVC. I swear I'm going to crush my phone with my bare hands one day. Our 6 weeks was up Monday. Sent to supervisor review yesterday and told it could take another 6 weeks. Still hasn't been looked at.

Why in the hell do they not say 12 weeks to begin with instead of 6 weeks and then dumping another 6 weeks on us? Grrrrrr.......

I'm so sorry :( :( :( I've wondered that, too. Saying twelve weeks would be much better and perhaps calm people down. Or if there was a way to track it like on the USCIS app where you could watch cases close to yours...

No one has found an app like that for the NVC, have they?!


Married: 5-July-2015
I-130 Petition Sent: 11-May-2016
NSC Received (Our Priority Date): 12-May-2016
NOA2 Received: 30-September-2016 141 days for I-130 approval
NOA2 Hard Copy Received: 06-October-2016
Petition Sent to NVC: 17-October-2016 17 days for petition to be sent to NVC
NVC Received: 21-October-2016 4 days to be received at NVC
NVC Case Number Assigned: 31-October-2016 10 days for case number to be assigned
NVC Welcome Letter Received: 3-November-2016 @ 12:10 AM 3 days from case number assigned until Welcome Letter received and invoices unlocked
IV and AOS Fees Unlocked: 3-November-2016 @ 7:00 AM
IV and AOS Fees Paid: 3-November-2016
DS-260 Unlocked: 7-November-2016 2.5 business days for DS-260 to be unlocked
DS-260 Submitted: 8-November-2016
AOS and IV Documents Sent: 9-November-2016
Scan Date: 14-November-2016 5 days to receive scan date due to a holiday/weekend
Medical expedite requested: 14-December-2016
Medical expedite approved at consulate: 19-December-2016 Expedite approved with consulate but denied at NVC; still need to wait for case complete
Case on Supervisor Review: 22-December-2016
Case sent to the Review Department: 13-January-2017
Case Complete: 24-January-2017     10 weeks and 2 days at NVC before case completed
Case arrived at consulate/CEAC status "Ready": 1-February-2017
Interview: 21-February-2017   We scheduled our own interview because we had an approved medical expedite with the consulate. By sheer luck we got such a quick interview date because someone cancelled their appointment less than 20 minutes prior
Interview Result: Approved!!
Visa Issued: 21-February-2017     Visa issued same day as interview
DHL tracking information received: 22-February-2017     DHL tracking number appeared 28 hours after interview, scheduled for delivery the next day
Visa in hand: 23-Feb-2017
US POE (Minneapolis): 26-Feb-2017

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Taiwan
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Anyone know the average length of time cases are normally in Supervisor Review?

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August 7, 2022: Wife filed N-400 Online under 5 year rule.

November 10, 2022: Received "Interview is scheduled" letter.

December 12, 2022:  Received email from Dallas office informing me (spouse) to be there for combo interview.

December 14, 2022: Combo Interview for I-751 and N-400 Conducted.

January 26, 2023: Wife's Oath Ceremony completed at the Plano Event Center, Plano, Texas!!!😁

February 6, 2023: Wife's Passport Application submitted in Dallas, Texas.

March 21, 2023:   Wife's Passport Delivered!!!!

May 15, 2023 (about):  Naturalization Certificate returned from Passport agency!!

 

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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