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Approved March filers - petitions forward to NVC

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LvivLovers Proficient

LvivLovers   39

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Just in case this may help someone from Ukraine or another country. The embassy in Kyiv recently set up a call center where you can ask questions and also you must make your interview appointment at this call center for K3 visas. (Of course they charge $12 for 8 minutes at this call center which is just cruel to people from Ukraine in my opinion, but I digress....) Anyway, we had tried to call a few times the last week and they had not received our case. Same thing today...hadn't recieved our case yet.

My wife moved during our visa process so we also asked a couple times about changing her address so she would receive her packet 3. They told us we don't need to do this really that we could download the same thing from the embassy website. This made me a little nervous so I had my wife ask again about changing her address (you know how you always get different answers from these people). Today, they gave her an email address for the embassy instead (you can find this on the embassy website but it is a little hard to find). Anyway, my wife emailed them with her new address and also asked about our case. They told us that they had in fact received our case and emailed her the packet 3 documents too within about 5 minutes! I was shocked to see such a quick response! This contained our welcome letter for our interview too so we just need to wait until Monday when the call center is open again to schedule our interview.

So I just wanted to share our experience in case other embassies use the same system or in particular if you are going through the Kyiv embassy on a K1/K3 visa (CR-1 I think are handled differently and scheduled through the NVC instead so this probably doesn't apply). But in short, I think the main lesson here for everyone is....be pro-active. Don't wait for responses. You need to call this people and keep checking and double-checking in every way possible if you want to get done as quickly as possible. Don't just wait for the process to do it's thing because often these systems are set up in a very inefficent manner and don't reflect where you really are in the process. You need to find the right person to tell you your status. And if you don't like what one person tells you, hang up and call back until you get someone with human emotions! I'm serious...some people just hate life in my opinion and are of no help at all. They want you to be as miserable as they are. Some people are also just flat-out idiots! Call until you find the normal person that's been around a while and really knows what's going on! Chances are it's going to help save you a lot of time, effort, and frustration!

Ok. That's all I have to say! I'm still thinking of all of you that are behind us and wishing you all the best! Good luck and Godspeed!

Wife's visa journey:

03/19/07: Initial mailing of I-129F.

07/07/11: U.S. Citizenship approved and Oath Ceremony!

MIL's visa journey:

07/26/11: Initial mailing of I-130.

05/22/12: Interview passed!

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neel06   0

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31 days since our approval and the case is still at CSC :crying: :crying: :crying:

Kalina.. give CSC a call. mine was transfered in 31 one days as well...but still u need to call and ask what is happening using the RFE trick.

I-130

Sent:03/02/07

NOA1:03/06/07

Touched:03/09/2007

APPROVED: 07/31/2007 (151 Days)

I-129

Sent:03/14/2007

NOA1:03/20/07

Transfered CSC:04/05/07

Touched:04/06/07

Touched:04/09/07

Touched:04/25/07(received pending email)

Touched:04/26/07

Touched:04/27/07

APPROVED:07/31/2007

NVC received: 08/30/07

Consulate forward: 08/31/07

Consulate received: 09/10/2007

Submitted DS-230: 09/18/2007

Interview: 11/06/2007

Visa received: 12/14/2007

AOS

Mailed packet: 01/17/2008

Delivered: 01/21/2008

Check cashed: 02/05/2008

NOA1: 02/04/2008

Biometrics appt: 02/20/2008

Request for initial evidence: 02/25/2008 (yikesssss)

RFE mailed: 03/03/2008

RFE received: 03/12/2008 (case processing resumed)

EAD ordered: 3/19/2008 (Thank God)

EAD received: 3/28/2008

Interview: 07/23/2008 (AHHHHHH- they request full medical)

07/25/2008 (medical submitted)

08/08/2008 (CRIS email- card production ordered)

08/19/2008: Green Card Received.

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I just talked to CSC and was told that my file was sitting on the transit dock since Sept 4th ready to go but give it at least 2 more wks for it to leave the bldg to go to NVC. It would seem that its sitting there ready to go they would just send it. If they are waiting for a certain number of files to be ready before they ship no wonder it takes so long to get to NVC at the speed they approve things.

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yup yup! mine is sitting on some pallet as well. guy told me that it will go out in few days and call NVC in two weeks to check on it.

He also told me that they hired some contractors to do the job and they are behind on almost all cases.

They need to hire Indians. We are fast and efficient.

Wait continues.....

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Parachute4U   1

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Now that I'm finally on to the next step ( transfir to NVC ) I'd thought I'd browse the approved March filers thread. In my horror I see Kalina still waiting to leave the death grip of the USCIS :angry: :angry: !! I guess I can expect mine to collect dust for another four weeks or so at the USCIS. Hey, if we can have the USCIS put all of our approved petitions on one pallet I know a long distance truck driver who will deliver them to the NVC in four days :dance: :dance:!!!

I-130 Process

3-20-07 NOA 1

3-23-07 Touched

9-12-07 Touched ( because of phone call )

9-13-07 APPROVED

9-19-07 NOA 2

I-129f Process

4-06-07 NOA 1

4-09-07 Touched

4-17-07 Transferred to CSC

4-18-07 Touched

4-19-07 Touched

4-23-07 Hard copy transfer NOA

5-07-07 Pending at CSC

9-12-07 Touched ( because of phone call )

9-13-07 Touched

9-14-07 APPROVED

9-19-07 NOA 2

10-22-07 NVC received

10-24-07 NVC left

10-31-07 Consulate received

11-28-07 Medical

12-04-07 Interview

12-06-07 Visa pickup

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kalina   0

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My husband called CSC and they said that our case was sent to mail room as of 5 September instead of 15 August when we were approved. So the petition now is sitting at the mail room and waiting to be sent with cases approved at the beginning of September. Normally we should wait additional 3 weeks to be received at NVC :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying: I am so upset. It is our seventh month waiting with CSC. :crying: :crying: :crying:

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LvivLovers Proficient

LvivLovers   39

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kalina

all i can say is best of luck..........

Thanks for the support Sau. I feel really very bad.

Hang in there folks! I want to tell you it is MUCH faster once CSC lets you go. We have our medical scheduled for Sept. 20 and have our K3 interview scheduled for Oct. 29! Once you get away from CSC you won't sweat it any more. The last 2 weeks we haven't had any of that stress like we did while waiting at CSC! I wish you all the best of luck and a swift journey!

Wife's visa journey:

03/19/07: Initial mailing of I-129F.

07/07/11: U.S. Citizenship approved and Oath Ceremony!

MIL's visa journey:

07/26/11: Initial mailing of I-130.

05/22/12: Interview passed!

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kalina

all i can say is best of luck..........

Thanks for the support Sau. I feel really very bad.

Hang in there folks! I want to tell you it is MUCH faster once CSC lets you go. We have our medical scheduled for Sept. 20 and have our K3 interview scheduled for Oct. 29! Once you get away from CSC you won't sweat it any more. The last 2 weeks we haven't had any of that stress like we did while waiting at CSC! I wish you all the best of luck and a swift journey!

congrats LvivLovers... for the interview date.

I-130

Sent:03/02/07

NOA1:03/06/07

Touched:03/09/2007

APPROVED: 07/31/2007 (151 Days)

I-129

Sent:03/14/2007

NOA1:03/20/07

Transfered CSC:04/05/07

Touched:04/06/07

Touched:04/09/07

Touched:04/25/07(received pending email)

Touched:04/26/07

Touched:04/27/07

APPROVED:07/31/2007

NVC received: 08/30/07

Consulate forward: 08/31/07

Consulate received: 09/10/2007

Submitted DS-230: 09/18/2007

Interview: 11/06/2007

Visa received: 12/14/2007

AOS

Mailed packet: 01/17/2008

Delivered: 01/21/2008

Check cashed: 02/05/2008

NOA1: 02/04/2008

Biometrics appt: 02/20/2008

Request for initial evidence: 02/25/2008 (yikesssss)

RFE mailed: 03/03/2008

RFE received: 03/12/2008 (case processing resumed)

EAD ordered: 3/19/2008 (Thank God)

EAD received: 3/28/2008

Interview: 07/23/2008 (AHHHHHH- they request full medical)

07/25/2008 (medical submitted)

08/08/2008 (CRIS email- card production ordered)

08/19/2008: Green Card Received.

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congrats on the interview date honey....

AOS---Mailed 6/6/2008

Check cashed---6/16/2008

Noa's received--6/18/2008 (date of 6/13/2008)

Biometrics appt--7/9/2008

RFE's received--7/12/2008

Resubmitted information--8/11/2008

EAD Card production ordered--10/2/2008

EAD approved--10/10/2008

Work card received in mail--10/11/2008

Applied for SSN--10/15/2008

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kalina   0

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kalina

all i can say is best of luck..........

Thanks for the support Sau. I feel really very bad.

Hang in there folks! I want to tell you it is MUCH faster once CSC lets you go. We have our medical scheduled for Sept. 20 and have our K3 interview scheduled for Oct. 29! Once you get away from CSC you won't sweat it any more. The last 2 weeks we haven't had any of that stress like we did while waiting at CSC! I wish you all the best of luck and a swift journey!

Congratulations for the interview :thumbs: Your family is a step closer to be together.

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