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Woohoo just checked NVC and finally instead of saying I'm sorry we don't have your file in the system.. the operator asked for my fiancées dob I knew it right then! Happy happy joy joy.

Yeah it looks like you will receive a new noa2 soon.

Best of luck

I think thats great news. It seems to me they probably had requested your file from NRC and reprocessed it because you do have an expiration date on your i129f petition. Once they reprocessed it, you received a new expiration date, and they will now send it to NVC. Id say just keep checking but within 9 - 10 days it should be there. But this is just a guess, it seems what happened with other, but just a guess.

Congrats! You look like you know what your doing so I probably don't need to say it but keep checking on your application while it transfers from uscis to NVC. They had messed up on our documents and never sent it to NVC. I finally got it cleared with help of my very helpful senator fienstien. But never the less they wasted 2 months from my application and they are finally sending it to NVC. Im sure you'll keep on it

Congrats again!

Hi Guys,

Can you guys confirm about the automatic extension. Because USCIS just contacted me and said they found my application in the mailroom and are now forwarding it to NVC. But I still don't know what happened with the expiration date, if it was extended or not. Are you guys sure, in terms of have you seen or experienced this happening where its automatically extended?

Because the pace we're going right now, I doubt I will get an interview before two months (when the acceptance letter expires).

Thanks.

Well Great News! My senator just called me and said my application was found in the mail room and has been forwarded to NVC. Now one thing Im still a bit worried about is the expiration date. My i-129F application will expire in two months exactly and Im really worried that she wont get an interview before then. This Is The Life, did your application get extension? I know Rob & Rachel did but not sure if your's also did...

I just spoke with tier two and she said they are requesting my application from "records" ( which I got that its in NRC) and we will be sending your a notice soon. It's pretty much the same info I got from the letter.

I actually haven't been able to speak with tier 2, everytime I call the tier 1 the just tell me that I need to wait 90 days now before I can expect the file at nvc. If I ask then about my service request, they just respond by saying I need to wait for the response. How do you talk with tier 2? I've been able to talk with them before but that's only when I call and start yelling at them.

I actually haven't been able to speak with tier 2, everytime I call the tier 1 the just tell me that I need to wait 90 days now before I can expect the file at nvc. If I ask then about my service request, they just respond by saying I need to wait for the response. How do you talk with tier 2? I've been able to talk with them before but that's only when I call and start yelling at them.

Hi There,

I had my i129F application approved on May 20th, 2013 and have been waiting ever since for NVC to receive it. USCIS had continuously stated they have sent the application and NVC kept saying.. Nope, dont have it.

Okay, after 2 weeks, I just received a response to my service request from USCIS via a letter. I want to check if anyone has received this because this is very obscure information from them. Can you guys help me with what this states:

"On 06/28/2013 you, or the disignated representative shown below, contacted us about your case. Some of the key information given to us at that time was the following:

Information... such as case numbers etc...

The result of this service request is:

Based on your request we researched the location of your case. Your file has been requested. If you do not receive a notice of action from us within 60 days, please contact us again at the email address or through the NCSC at 800-375-5283"

Has anyone received this? They say my file has been requested... but my file was always at the USCIS center.. they're requesting it from themselves? What does this actually mean?

Okay, I just received a response to my service request from USCIS via a letter. I want to check if anyone has received this because this is very obscure information from them. Can you guys help me with what this states:

"On 06/28/2013 you, or the disignated representative shown below, contacted us about your case. Some of the key information given to us at that time was the following:

Information... such as case numbers etc...

The result of this service request is:

Based on your request we researched the location of your case. Your file has been requested. If you do not receive a notice of action from us within 60 days, please contact us again at the email address or through the NCSC at 800-375-5283"

Has anyone received this? They say my file has been requested... but my file was always at the USCIS center.. they're requesting it from themselves? What does this actually mean?

Thanks! I just got replies from my congressman he contacted NVC and they said they don't have my file on record and that I have to "wait 8 weeks because thats typically how long it takes to get it". Rob & Rachel, I remembered you when i was hearing this because you had a similar response (i think in your case it was 6 weeks). Anyways, so I asked him to please contact USCIS because I feel there may be an issue with them. He will contact them next but he asked me to wait another week. Which isn't big deal at this point.

Also, after hounding the staffer for my senator's office, I finally got a response from her today and she said she submitted a request to USCIS and i should wait a couple days to see what comes out of it. I dont think she expected how much annoying I could get. Her office being on the way to work also helped my cause because I would just stop by and bother them by asking to speak to her... she was always "busy" lol

Funny thing is, out of no where, I get these replies from NVCRequest (saying "we dont have it, bla bla bla, well contact uscis on your behalf") and from CSC-NCSC-FollowUp who didnt even answer my question of why havent you sent my applciation to NVC, but said I need to wait 15 days before I check the status of by Service Request i submitted to USCIS, if I dont get a status until then they will follow up on it. Im not sure what kind of information I should get from them but none the less, I finally did get some responses.

So now, Im going to wait and contact my congressman probably next tuesday to see if hes contacting USCIS and also recontacting NVC. And I will check in with the Senator if she received any responses from USCIS. Hopefully by then I also get some kind of response from this "service request".

I called USCIS again today and after the guy tried to talk down to me by referring to me that im wasting my time by contacting them and NVC, I should be contacting the Embassy directly because my files probably already there... I kind of had to give him a lesson on his job about how there is a case number assigned by nvc, before going to an embassy and the embassy uses this case number to track the application and doesn't involve in the WAC receipt number from USCIS... I got the impression from him that he still thought I didn't know what I was talking about...

You think I can send the USCIS customer "support" an invoice for the time i took to instruct this representative?

Yeah this is really insane. Did you call uscis and make a service request With them? If you haven't, please do so immediately. Let me know If you need more info about that.

I'm also trying to get some help from the senators office but they're just giving me the old well work on it. Not sure where it's going to go.

Wish you all the best and keep on these people, they don't care and they also want you to just forget about it. Keep on them!

Take care.

Im glad to see everyone's ordeal with USCIS has been resolved. Unfortunately, my application was accepted on May 20th and so far, I'm still in a limbo state. NVC telling me to send them emails at their NVCRequest address... 4 already sent in the last three weeks without responses.

USCIS is just another comedy. Sometimes I find myself also teaching the customer reps that all I-129f applications have to go through NVC prior to getting to a consulate ... Yes, I know what the letter states but trust me.. then they just reply sir you have to keep waiting. Right now Ive filed my "service request" on June 30th and really hoping I can get some results from it, if not, waiting another 6 weeks until I can file another request would be way too much.

I contacted my senators office but really dont know what they can do. Ive been bugging them every two days with calls and emails. Im glad their office is on my way to the office so Im gonna make sure they continue getting bugged until they give me an answer.

Im kind of sad (but happy for others) to see that Im the only in this situation. Just thinking whats wrong with my application? what did I do wrong on it?

Waiting game continues I guess. Rob & Rachel - thats a million for that great article and all the help!!! best of luck in the remainder of the process to everyone!

Geez looks like Im not the only one on a longer wait to get their application to NVC. Our I-129f was accepted May 20th and we're still waiting for it to get to NVC. Both agencies keep saying go to the other. I just opened up a "service request" with USCIS which I doubt would result in anything and currently contacting my senators office which also isn't too hopeful.

Worst experience in my life! - but worth the end result

Hi there,

Im currently in a limbo between USCIS and NVC, USCIS computer monkeys reading their scripts saying they have accepted my application and sent it to NVC & NVC folks stating they have yet to receive the application. Its been more than 8 week now and I have contacted my elected officials, anyways .. to my question...

I see my approval will be expiring in mid August and after doing some calculations and checking the average time the Islamabad embassy is scheduling interviews (obviously depending on my file actually being found), it looks as though the I129F will pass its expiration date prior to my fiance getting her interview. I wanted to see if this is an issue I need to be aware of? Im certainly going to bring this to my elected official so they bring this up when the file is passed to the embassy, but is there something I should do. The last thing I wanna do is try to resolve another issue though USCIS "customer support".

Has anyone experienced this before?

Thanks, Ill connect with these people in 2 weeks.. They just opened some case with USCIS .. a "service request", they said they will contact me in 2 weeks... If they contact me in two weeks it will be a miracle, I mean I would be amazed if I get any contact back from them. Im just hoping the senators office can get them to move something around and check where the file is.

Thanks stevie,

Just sent in a request to senators and made a "case" for omnibudsman. At this time, im gonna side with Rob & Rachel and suspect omnibudsman wont do much, I've lost all confidence in this organization working for the people. But we will see what happens with the senators, I have much more hopes there, but this is probably my last hope, I mean.. who to go to if neither works? These guys are so frustrating.

Not to be rude but I have to say that you're walking into this process by a wrong mindset. This process will try your patience to its fullest. This isn't any process you may have experienced with a state authority or any other application. To say "these people move at a snails pace" would be an offense to all snails. I also remember when I first applied my K1 visa, I had really high hopes and would wait on a daily basis. Don't think on a daily basis the process is long, there are applications that are processed within 3 months and then there are others (like mine) that take 7 months. And these guys dont process files in order they were received. There were so many peoples whose files were processed and approved well before mines was. Just keep checking and even checking you wont get much help because they usually give you their scripted answers USCIS reps are "trained" to give.

Right now my application was approved by USCIS and they were supposed to send the application to NVC which usually takes up to 2 weeks... So far, Ive waited 1 month and 3 weeks and still NVC has no record of my application. USCIS just says to wait... People whose applications were approved weeks after mine have been processed by NVC and gone to the Pakistan embassy and Im still waiting for NVC. Im going through my Senator to get some help with this.

Best of luck to you but please be patient.

My younger brother applied for K-3 for his fiance. When he was a minor as you were, he also had a small problem with the police, it may have been bigger problem then yours. His was was accepted and no issues came up. You should be good to go!

Best of luck to ya!

We got our NOA2 notice on May 20th and NVC still hasn't received out application but my situation is probably out of the norm. NVC asked me to wait 15 business days and call back, which I did, they then requested to email their NVCRequest email with my I-797 form, which I have 3 weeks ago without any response. Im checking on a daily basis with NVC and calling USCIS is probably the most useless thing to do in the world. All they respond by is scripted responses which dont answer the question I asked of WHO LONG WILL THIS TAKE?

So today, I was finally able to talk to tier-2 rep (after literally a 2 hour hold...literally, listening to their old ### renaissance era hold music), and was able to put in a "service request", which if I know USCIS as much as I do now, nothing will come out of it, and no response will be given to me. The tier-2 operator said to wait "about 2 weeks" and if I dont receive a response, then to call them back.

I've just contacted the senator's office and my house of rep's office to assist me, so hopefully something can come out of this.

All I can tell you is to please keep checking and be on top of these people. This might be coming out of anger but these people do not care if your app is processed on time or not processed at all! So, keep checking; Im sure you wont have the same issues as I did because the situation Im in occurs infrequently.

All the best!

Did calling your senator help your case? right now my case has been stuck in the same limbo, I received my NOA2 about 5 weeks ago and still waiting. NVC keeps saying they dont have it, and USCIS keeps giving me their scripts everytime i call...

My NOA2 was dated May 20th. Ive been calling NVC everyday, Ive send an email to NVCResearch twice without any responses other than the initial email. So far its been 5 weeks for me. What kills me is there is another person with K1 that posted his NOA2 posting a few days after, and his petition is already at the embassy (same embassy as mines will go to). His petition also was passed from the same center, CSC.

Right now, I dont know exactly what I should do either... Did you petition go through yet? I call USCIS and they keep telling me to wait. So right now I dont know how long these people want me to wait.

I guess I need to contact an elected official but it seems like i need to wait another week (6 weeks) before they can do anything ... Any advice would be appreciated.

Hi There,

After waiting 7 months our K1 application was finally accepted and our NOA2 was received on May 20th. I had called NVC a few days after and they stated they didn't receive the app and to wait 15 business days and after waiting they stated to email them a copy of i-797, which I have done over a week ago. They still havent gotten back to me and its been more than 30 days. Right now, Im not sure whats going on, I call NVC daily, they keep telling me they dont have it; and calling USCIS is further frustrating, because they just give me a pre-generated script which doesn't even answer my question of when it was mailed and when should NVC except it, and when I ask them again, they just state wait 30 days... It seems like these guys know absolutely nothing of whats going on except for some pre-generated scripts to tell applicants.

Right now, I dont know what to do? Should I just let the process proceed and keep waiting or what? I also contacted another VJ member whose application was accepted 3 days after mine, his application has been received by NVC and already going to the Islamabad embassy (same embassy as my file will eventually go to)... This is so frustrating that I just dont know what to do.

I can call up my congress senator but I dont know exactly what they can do that I cannot...

Can someone else tell me if they also went through this situation and what I can do to help (or should I just sit back and wait...)

thanks!

Hello,

I wanted to check of the outcome of this topic. Did they receive a visa, and how long did it take? I am also in the same situation, except not marrying a relative.

Thanks.