chubbs

Hey Chubbs,

What is the progress of ur case? Last time u said that u have followed the checklist asked from NVC. Is your case completed and what abt medical and interview??

Nothing so far Puru. I called NVC they said that they will schedule his interview next, but no case complete email yet. Im just waiting.

Thanks Chubbs for quick response as always. Did they scheduled your son's interview.

I am waiting for Visa bulletin for May 2015 to see what is the progress in priority date for F2B. Your's is current but my daughter Priorty date is January 4, 2009 I do not know when it will become current

Few month months hopefully

Hi Hamida,

I was out of town, therefore the delay in response. No interview date yet for my son, I hope to get it for May definitely. The May 2015 bulletin has not really moved much, just 3 weeks. Hopefully, the next one will move. This time they have not given any prediction for further bulletins though. But you need not worry, because your daughter's PD is very close and the process has begun, so its just a matter of a few months. The worst is definitely over.

Chubb,

Please let me know how did you son saved the 2x2 pictures and emailed it to you so that I can do it for my daughter.

Hamid my son scanned the photos and uploaded them on his computer and then forwarded the same to me by email. I downloaded the file using a flash drive and took the drive to the photo studio and they did the needful. The original copies that my son took in Mumbai will be submitted at the embassy when he goes for biometrics and interview.

Also I think Puru, since your PD is Dec 2008, they will schedule your interview as soon as you are current.

Hey Chubbs,

I am done with the processing, sent both packages and paid both fees as well. Now, just waiting for case completion and interview letter. I hope they won't issue any checklist to me coz my father is coming to India next month if anything require from petitioner then it could delay the process. But, I think they won't take 60 days in our cases. There are few papers to file with them in our cases and not a bundle of documents that require to file with F3 and F4 cases where spouses and children come along with the main applicant. I wish that my case will be completed by the end of this month.

Hi Puru,

Is your dad the petitioner? If yes, then he better be in the USA when your procedures are going on. I read on the NVC website that the sponsor has to be in the US when the applicant sets foot on US soil. Please check immediately.

Exactly on which date did u send the packages first time to NVC??

The sequence is as follows:

Feb 17: Recd Welcome Letter

Feb 24: Sent documents (financial and supporting docs)

Feb 26: NVC recd docs, informed me via email

Mar 12: Email recd for IV fee payment

Mar 12: Paid IV fees

Mar 31: Checklist for I-864

Mar 31: resent new I-864 to NVC

Now I'm waiting to hear from them.

What happened about your case? Have you paid IV fees yet?

I think the F2B is going to move quick in the coming bulletins, coz NVC sent Hamida email that 2 of her F2B cases ( Nov 2015 & Jan 2016 PD) are being considered for processing.

Dang! I got checklist from NVC on my I-864. Missing information, just one small error. Hope they will not delay the case. Im kicking myself now. But I corrected it and sent the document the same day and they received it the next morning. Now waiting!!!!!!!

I had sent email to NVC in February 2015 to update the address for three petitions. I got email from them for all these petitions for 2 petitions

One with November 2008 priority date and one with January 4, 2009 priority date

This petition is now eligible for further processing. The petitioner, principal applicant, and/or attorney of record will receive an instruction package regarding further processing of this petition.

IMPORTANT:

Do not let more than one year pass without contacting the NVC concerning this visa petition. If a period of one year passes from the last date of contact (by telephone, mail, or e-mail) with the NVC, all submitted fees and documents expire. If this occurs, the fees must be paid again and documents must be resubmitted in order to continue the immigration process.

Preference Category: F2B

Your Priority Date: 04Jan2009

Foreign State Chargeability: PAKISTAN

The one with Priority date of March 2009 I got following email.

Unfortunately, we are unable to predict when this petition will be eligible for further processing. The petition is currently not eligible for further processing due to numerical limitations on immigrant visa issuance prescribed by law.

Good going! The first 2 petitions will become current soon and your paperwork will start over the next couple of months.

Please help!!!!. I got an email from NVC that I should resend ds-261 which I have filled before. What should I do?

Just do what NVC has asked to do. Even if you filled out the DS-261 earlier, NVC would not have acknowledged it, until you have an email from them. So just do it again, sign and submit it.

Please, must the petitioner be in US at the time of my interview? My mom needs to travel

The petitioner must be in the US until you land on US soil Vctrokoye. If it is a short trip thats fine, but if it can be avoided so much the better.

Has anyone received any communication this month from NVC to start the process. Last month people with priority date upto September 20, 2008 has received communication such as Chubbs

Mine was 20 July 2008 Hamida and the NVC email came in Feb.

Hey people,

Let me thank each one of you here for the support and info provided to me from time to time, during the long, arduous wait. ( we are all in the same boat ) But we will all make it!!!! So be strong and just keep your kind support going for the others. I will do my best to help with whatever info I have. Hugs!!!

Hey Chubbs,

I am glad that ur son's case is in progress. I think NVC will finish with ur papers very soon, usually they say 60 days but I think that's a standard language or reply for every case including F4 where spouse and derivative beneficiaries are come along with the main applicant.

But, in F1 and F2B there won't be many papers to file. I hope your son will receive the interview letter very soon

All the best and don't worry about this horrible waiting time. Golden days are coming ahead!!

Thanks a ton Puru. Your comments and emails were a source of strength and encouragement during those tough early days on here.

As you said, the extra time they ask is for those categories that are not limited by numbers and PD, whereas it is not so in F2B and some others. According to the US immigration laws, once a person's PD is current, they cannot be kept waiting, unless there is some problem with the documents submitted by the applicant/petitioner/sponsor.

Please, can someone be denied visa if he is not working? I graduated in December but have not got a job. However, I live in Canada where I will be interviewed legally.

They will ask you about ur education and job when you fill out your DS-260. But that should not be an issue even if you are unemployed because once you come to the US you will be supported by your sponsor/petitioner. Thats what the AOS is for, to tell the authorities your sponsor is financially ok to provide for you until such time that you start earning.

hi chubbs

u process is going on good.

a question for my friend. he fill out his child ds260 n it is asking for passport # at the end who # to put the child or his?

Thanks Jahmekya. The applicants/immigrants passport number has to be filled. He is sponsoring his child right? so the child's passport number.

please when did your son pay for AOS? I paid mine since 8th March but have not been invoiced for ds-260

The AOS fees was paid first and the IV fees much later, only after his PD became current. 7 days after you pay IV fees you will be able to fill out the DS-260.

Hey folks,

My son has finished filling out DS-260 online and now I have to just wait it out till I receive an email from NVC letting me know that the papers are in order (fingers crossed) and the interview has been scheduled. The wait is horribly unbearable towards the end.

If case will be current in May, when will I go for interview? I live in Canada

Hey Vctrokoye,

You better make your travel plans, as soon as you fill out your DS-260 online. If you miss the interview date scheduled by NVC, you may have to request them for another date, which can cause delays. That will depend on how busy the US consulate in your home country is.

Chubbs,

My daughter priority date is November 5, 2008 (F2B). When do you think I will hear from NVC

Hi Hamida,

You can expect it to be current by June or latest by July 2015. This is because the F2B category moves forward by 4 to 8 weeks each month. Currently it is at 22 Aug 2008 thats why Vctrokoye will be current next bulletin ( his PD is 20 Sept 2008). So if you are lucky and the F2B category moves 2 months in the June 2015 bulletin, your daughter will be current then. You can expect to hear from NVC over the next couple of months.

Hey you will be current in the next bulletin.

Hi April,

I have the same question...my son PD is Dec2010 and we haven't heard from NVC since two years ago telling us our visa is not available. I look up NVC's "one year contact requirement" again, it says.

Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 203(g) provides that the Secretary of State shall terminate the registration (petition) of any alien who fails to apply for an immigrant visa within one year of notice of visa availability.

I think that means only when the visa become available starts to count for 1 year??

qoo

Hi Qoo,

Don't worry, your son's PD is quite far off as the NVC is only looking at cases with PD of Sept -Oct 2008. These are likely to become current in the next visa bulletin i.e. the May 2015 bulletin. Your visa availability depends on your chargeability area which means if it is under China, India, Mexico, Philippines, or Rest of the world. You can call NVC or email them and they will definitely reply.

Hey You will be current in the next bulletin, I'm sure.

Great, I know NVC requests copies of civil/financial documents; NVC requested original BC for someone I know. Are you planning to submit originals or copies to NVC? If you submit originals to NVC, would NVC forward all those documents to consulate or return to Agent and/or discard it?

I think NVC requests originals for certain visa categories, but rarely for F2B. I was asked to submit only copies (which I did) and the original birth certificate, police verification certificate & passport should be taken to the interview. NVC no longer asks for originals.

20 Sept 2008. Paid status began to show today.

Congratulations Chubbs!!! I, too, am excited to know that your son's immigration odyssey is almost over.

Thanks Limenita! The wait is getting unbearable now lol! I am already imagining how it will be when I see him walk out at the airport.