Approved April/May/June Filers waiting for NVC

[wintime 0]

AhmadGwen4evr & KingsleysPrinces & My_Honey

Congratulation

Very promissing news, now another homework is waiting, get your paper togather and send it ASAP to your beloved ones, we are all almost there.

[mbdesousa 0]

Ahmad and Gwen, thank you. i tried calling NVC only 2 times, and got through in less than 5 minutes. surprising, cuz it's friday and it seemed like it will take forever to talk to an operator. but what do you know!

anyway, while waiting for the kind lady to check my status, my heart was racing, because if I heard that our docs were sent to embassy, I would pass out!

but, sigh. nothing arrived there yet...

according to current timelines, looks like that next week they will receive it....

congratulations to everyone who got their papers to embassies. it's impossible to track individual names, because uscis processed cases in big batches.

[YGandMAT 0]

HELLO MY FRIENDS....THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONGRATS AND BEST WISHES. I ALSO WISH YOU GUYS THE BEST.

I'M ALSO VVEEEEEEEERRYYY HAPPY.

OUR CASE WAS SENT TO THE EMBASSY TODAY IN THE MORNING...SO WE ARE OUN OUR WAY TO CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO. YEAHHHHH

MY HONEY....WE ARE ON THE SAME TRACK. HOWEVER, I'M SURE YOU'LL GET THE INTERVIEW BEFORE US...I THINK THE WAIT TIME TO GET AN INTERVIEW IN CIUDAD JUAREZ IS 2 TO 3 MONTHS. BUT WE WILL SEEE, I'M SO HAPPY SO I'M WISHING FOR THE BEST.

[faith11 0]

CONGRATULATIONS to my friend My Honey, YGandMAT, AHmadGwen, Kingsleysprinces and the other ones who have already reached NVC. You are closer to your loves ones, less steps to be completed.

I guess is only MelissaHassam and me still waiting for NVC, is there anyone else from early november?

l keep positive here while l wait.

l want to have this part completed as my christams present.

Good luck to everyone.

[In Gods Hands 0]

I posted here also since we are keeping one another updated

I just called NVC to see if our K-3 petition was sent to Jordan Embassy yet. The rep told me that it is now held up in fraud prevention to be reviewed. I asked her what that was and why. She said they were doing this due to 9-11.......... I asked if this is normal. She said they do it to some cases and yes it had to do with beneficiary is middle eastern. I asked how long will this take, she said she didn't know but I could check back maybe once a week. She then said it was being done there and maybe it will be done at his Embassy too when it gets there but she didnt know.

So now my question is: Anyone familiar with this and maybe can help me understand it a little more. I'm really hoping it will not cause more delay and actually work in our favor somehow. Please shed some light on this for me.

Thanks-- gwen

I have to go to work right now.. but will check in again when I get home later.. hope for some good insight.

thanks to all

God bless ya

[wintime 0]

THANKS TO THE GOD

WAAAAAAAW

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE MY BELOVED WIFE :energetic:

MY CASE HAS MADE IT TO THE GREAT NVC... AND I GOT THE MY CASE NUMBER AND WAS TOLD THAT MY CASE WILL STAY IN NVC UP TO 2(TWO) WEEKS,

ONE MORE STEP (EMBASSY INTERVIEW) AND I WILL BE WITH MY WIFE CHELING

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw I can't sit down, somebody hit me to know that this is a realty ...ok I will come down

now just kidding ....I am still going WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW

Edited December 15, 2007 by wintime

[KingsleysPrincess 0]

Congrats to everyone who has made it to NVC and those who have made it to embassy!!! I am so excited I just about need someone to peel me off the ceiling here. I almost feel like I'm in a dream. I am really thanking God for bringing us this far and I have faith that HE will see us through.

[pechez 0]

Congratulations wintime!!! and to all those whose case are in NVC. I'm so excited now. Can't wait for my cas to arrive there too.,

[C and J 1]

Hehe, congratulations wintime It is a good feeling when you know you are finally out of the CSCs clutched

[wintime 0]

Congratulations wintime!!! and to all those whose case are in NVC. I'm so excited now. Can't wait for my cas to arrive there too.,

Thanks, but I thought you posted earlier that you had your case in NVC.... maybe I am mistaken, I hope yours will follow

Hehe, congratulations wintime It is a good feeling when you know you are finally out of the CSCs clutched

EXACTLY ...I am gald I am out of the cute CSC

[Urge To Race 2]

Wintime,

Congrats on making NVC. They tell everyone that it will take 2 weeks... call back on Tuesday. It should be on its way to the embassy!

Gwen,

Sorry to hear about your hold up. Did you post this in a thread on the MENA forum, I am sure there are more people who have experienced this over there that can give you some ideas. Hopefully this will be a short delay. Keep us posted.

[KingsleysPrincess 0]

Did you know they are increasing the fee for Non-immigrant visa from $100 to $131? Here's the link: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/dec/97384.htm

[amrssnowangel 0]

I posted here also since we are keeping one another updated

I just called NVC to see if our K-3 petition was sent to Jordan Embassy yet. The rep told me that it is now held up in fraud prevention to be reviewed. I asked her what that was and why. She said they were doing this due to 9-11.......... I asked if this is normal. She said they do it to some cases and yes it had to do with beneficiary is middle eastern. I asked how long will this take, she said she didn't know but I could check back maybe once a week. She then said it was being done there and maybe it will be done at his Embassy too when it gets there but she didnt know.

So now my question is: Anyone familiar with this and maybe can help me understand it a little more. I'm really hoping it will not cause more delay and actually work in our favor somehow. Please shed some light on this for me.

Thanks-- gwen

I have to go to work right now.. but will check in again when I get home later.. hope for some good insight.

thanks to all

God bless ya

Im in the same position...we got to NVC fast...and others for egypt were approved day before and after me..and they have already been forwarded...while we are stuck in AP. Something came up in the initial screening input they do..so its forwarded to another unit there and we have been forced into a security check. No one can say how long..could be weeks, months or over a year..depends on what they find. Also, once we go to the Embassy..yes they can order additional security checks via different departments and systems....yes this can hold you and I up for a LONG time. However...once they finish this security screening...its up to the embassy weather they want more...so we do have a chance of missing AP after the interview. Im sorry the news isn't better...I was able to talk to a supervisor at NVC who was VERY helpful..very sympathetic but didn't give me news I wanted to hear...good luck...we should keep in touch...

God Bless,

Faith

[NANDA 0]

VERY IMPORTANT FOR US:

Application Fees for Non-Immigrant Visas to Increase On January 1, 2008

Effective January 1, 2008, the application fee for a U.S. non-immigrant visa will increase from $100 to $131. This increase allows the Department to recover the costs of security and other enhancements to the non-immigrant visa application process. This increase applies both to non-immigrant visas issued on machine-readable foils in passports and to border crossing cards issued to certain applicants in Mexico.

Applicants who paid the prior $100 application fee before January 1 will be processed only if they are scheduled and appear for a visa interview before January 31. Applicants who paid the prior $100 application fee and appear for visa interviews after January 31, 2008 must pay the difference -- $31 -- before they will be interviewed.

The Department is required by law to attempt to recover the cost of processing non-immigrant visas through the collection of the Machine-Readable Visa application fee. Because of new security-related costs, new information technology systems, and inflation, the $100 Machine-Readable Visa fee is lower than the actual cost of processing non-immigrant visas. In fact, the $100 fee was already lower than the cost of processing non-immigrant visas when the fee was reviewed as a part of the cost of service study in 2004. The Department has been absorbing the additional cost. We are now collecting 10 fingerprints from each applicant, and the cost charged by the FBI to review those fingerprints no longer allows us to do this. The application fee has increased twice since September 11, 2001, the last time in 2002.

2007/1133

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2007/dec/97384.htm

[wintime 0]

I have few questions about what's coming in the next step

1-

In form DS-156 question number 32 it says :

Do you intend to work in the US? (yes and no question)

I am bringing my wife with K3 visa, what should I answer to this question, yes we will later apply for green card, so should all K3 visa answer Yes to this question?

2-

One of the support evidence document is the tax transcript, I see folks here mention that it takes a week or two to get the transcript from IRS, I called IRS and I got the transcript with 48 hours, put I noticed that the envelope was prepared manually meaning the clerk wrote my address in an envelope and sent it,

More over the report/transcript seem to be printed out of the internet, with margin hiding last character of the number or some words, do you thing this is normal and the embassy will accept?

3-

One last question, I have the Marriage Certificate with me here, and my wife has only copy of it, is the embassy going to ask for the original to see and verify with the copy? Or they will only take the copy my wife has?

Thanks a lot in advance for all your help

Edited December 17, 2007 by wintime