ToddT

Thank you Saylin.

Since neither your signature nor timeline are up to date, when did you send in the AOS package? The IV package? The DS-260?

It's currently taking around 30 days from when you last submitted something for them to review it.

AOS Fee Paid 14 Feb 2014

IV Fee Paid 10 Mar 2014

AOS mailed in mid April - right after taxes.

IV mailed in mid May

DS-260s completed the first week of June except for one child that was completed June 25th

I don't have the exact dates here unless they're online some place I haven't looked.

So does this mean that my NVC timeline might complete in around 3 weeks?

Our case has been at the NVC a while but I'm just now posting in one of these threads...

Our online IV status changed as of either Friday or Monday. Here's our current statuses:

DS-261 COMPLETED

AOS: PAID / NA

IV: PAID / COMPLETED / N/A

Does this generally mean they should be wrapping up our case in a few business days?

Ok, I only had to wait around 15 minutes and the online payment was accepted.

My wife will go to Bangkok this weekend to apply for her police certificate and I also just now recieved our AOS Processing Fee Bill from the NVC. I've tried to pay online but so far, it's erroring out. I think I'll give it a few hours and try again before calling.

Yes, they are on speed dial. I've been calling them 2-3 times a week since June. lol

I'll find out and can get them again if needed. My wife has to do the police report and couldn't start that without the BNK numbers. So I can get the birth certs again at that time.

When I talked to them last time via an infopass they said they would send me all docs they didn't need and forward the rest to the NVC.

Which packets? The ones you sent to USCIS with the I-130?

Yes, those.

The packets have originals of the Marriage and Birth certs already.. They'll need them again?

The NVC assigned case numbers today so we're finally starting that process.

Hello,

I haven't posted in a few months and thought it might be time for an update. I filed an I-130 that was accepted back in early February. It was for my wife and her kids. In early June, I received our NOA2 letter of approval. I started contacting the NVC around two weeks later and continued for two months without any update that they had received our package. That's how long they asked me to wait before contacting NVC Research. Once I contacted the NVC Research, they advised me that it would take up to 30 days to get a reply. It took all of the 30 days plus a few more. The research had found that my packet was sitting in the Dallas Field Office of the USCIS still. (During this time I had also phoned the USCIS a few times and been told that our case was approved and should be at the NVC.)

I immediately tried to make an InfoPass appointment at the Dallas Field Office. Unfortunately, they had no appointments even showing in the system for the first 2-3 weeks of my attempts. Finally after almost 3 weeks, they had one appointment opening. It was for 30 days later but I made it any way. I kept checking for earlier appointments but never found one so waited the 30 days. When I finally met with an agent at the Dallas Field Office, I was told initially that my case had been mailed to the USCIS back in June. I advised him that NVC Research found it to be sitting in Dallas and to please investigate further. This was early morning and he asked me to return to the office that afternoon. He was going to check with the last case officer who had accessed our case.

That afternoon, I found that the officer had decided to hold my case because she wanted better interpreted birth certificates for the children. I had never received a RFI or any other letter except the NOA2 approval. To say the least, this was disheartening. After all of the wasted months waiting and then another two to get translated birth certificates from Thailand to me and another Infopass to turn them in, 6 extra months had been added to our timeline. I turned the second set of birth certificates in at an Infopass in November. The agent said he would put my case at the top and it would be looked at by the next available agent. He also said that since it was being held just for the birth certificates that I could expect it to only take about a week before it was mailed to the NVC. He looked over the birth certificates before I left and said they looked good to him.

November and December passed without an email, update or any indication that anything had changed. I had started calling the NVC after Thanksgiving. I had the NVC Research looking again since the 2nd week of December and I contacted my Congressman's office on January 3rd. On January 8th, my Congressman's representative email me that my case was at the NVC. I phoned them that day and the agent said it had just been received but needed to be input into their system. Soooo now I'm waiting on my "BKK" numbers. I call almost every day to check but get the same 6-8 week answer.

Once I get the BKK numbers, around how long am I looking at. I've been reading and it appears that I have about 2-3 months left once I have that. Does that sound right to those who've recently received VISAs?

My case has sat at the NVC since June 3rd and they still haven't given me a NVC number. When I called today the agent suggested that I had at least one more week to wait. I asked him why they stopped working and he said he didn't have that information. He could only say that it's taking approximately 8 weeks to do the initial in-processing.

Probably the same one that didn't pay his date's fee.

Grand Prairie is the next city over from me - It's maybe a 20 minute drive to the furthest part of that city from our home.

Mine has told me she wants me to help her get a garden started, but otherwise, she'll take care of the house. I don't know anything about gardens so I guess I'll be learning soon.

Yes, I've been calling 3 times a week.

Congrats!

Our case has been at the NVC a month plus a couple of days and still no case number. I hope we will get it in the next few days.

Where did she make that statement?

Good idea - Maybe try to turn on subtitles for the Food Network and create a gourmet chef while she learns English better.

Good luck and let me know please... I'm behind you by about 3-4 months.

No update from NVC yet. No case number yet

I've called every weekday afternoon since my wife's NOA2 and every time they tell me to wait at least 15 business days before calling again.

When we were married, we used a translations business directly across the street from the embassy on the 2nd floor. I don't recall the name but my wife thought they were reasonable and quick.

omg. you cant be serious!

Yes, they approved my wife's I-130, but they have reconsidered our kids I-130s, which they initially approved. Evidentally, they decided that they weren't satified with either the birth certificates or the translations of the birth certificates. They sent an RFE to have originals with translations resubmitted. Note: I submitted originals with translations to begin with.

The RFE is for the original birth certificate with translations. I sent those with the I-130 packet and they were translated so I'm not sure what the trouble really is... I'll have to have my wife send originals from Thailand again - all I have here now are copies.