NepaliDreamer

Confusing and cryptic response to our emailed DS-3032:

The body of my DS-3032 was attached to that reply.

Would have rather read something like, "We can cannot accept your DS-3032 at this time"

Has anyone thought of cataloging these responses and there meanings? Possibly another wiki is in order.

Will call NVC now and see what they have to say, late here.

Gee, it's sure quiet during the day on this forum. Kinda spoooky…

*Saylin, lower case

And there's a question/answer about this on post 2. I'd recommend sending it again, just like Roosha suggested.

Saylin,

I did send the DS-3032 as an email again with "Supervisor Review" in the subject line. I got the same response as before:

Two responses in one day, via email. Very fast and efficient. I am thinking we all should let a day or two pass before sending in DS-3032 email using "Supervisor Review". Maybe send it in without "Supervisor Review" in the subject line first as that will put it in the three or four day email queue. Reason being "Supervisor Review" seems to be the only avenue for people who are seriously delayed. Unnecessarily flooding NVC agents we are further delaying others who may have serious issues with lost or very late paperwork, etc.. I just got our case number and I sent in the DS-3032 - I almost felt guilty taking up their time considering the workload they must have. If they can't do anything why encumber them with more work. Still, after hearing two agents tell me to wait 30-45 days for it to come in the mail to our mountain in Nepal - I feel a little less guilty.

I also wanted to try out my Shiny New NVC case number on the DOS website. This is what I found. The AOS was listed under my name as "Not Invoiced" and while there was a spot for the IV info too, my wife's name was not there and neither was there a checkbox or invoice status of any kind - that must happen once/after the DS-3032 is generated. Later in the day I tried to login to the DOS website and I got the infamous "RED BOX". I can only guess our case is being updated and we aren't allowed access during that process.

So, Saylin what do you think? Lessons learned? Don't send an email the same day you get your case number using "Supervisor Review" you will only be rejected and take time away from other cases and that slows us all down. Wait at least a day or until your DOS webpage shows the beneficiary's name under IV? You have far more experience. I defer.

Roosha & SayLin,

Roosha, you are just ahead of me in this process. I am guessing a week. So, if you don't mind, I will be asking another question. I did send the DS-3032 as an email and in a four hours I got a response:

According to SayLin, in a post from last year, this is what you get when you email your DS-3032 too soon. Should I wait a few days or just send it in again in 24 hours. What does "eligible for further processing" mean if they won't accept our emailed DS-3032? I don't want to annoy these people. But I really want to get all of this paperwork out of the house so I can think about something else for a month.

Roosha, congrats on your progress.

Yes def ignore that! Use the template and also if you can scan and attach the actual form DS-3032 and send the email. You should get an email accepting your choice of agent in about a week. Always ignore NVC operators and their timelines!

Also, make sure you add both yours and your wife's email addresses!

Roosha,

I called again and the operator asked me if I wanted to add an email address. I did. Then he said to wait until we received our DS-3032 in the mail, 30-45 business days - yikes, before doing anything else. Guess I should ignore that and send it in now as an email, right? That's what I am going to do.

John

Call back in the morning, they should have taken your emails and also verified your address and your wife's address on the same phone call! NVC operators You're right, the email needs to be associated with the case before you can move forward with processing.

Am I the only one?

Called today and was so happy to finally get our NVC case number, Invoice ID, and Beneficiary ID. But when I tried to give them our email addresses they said they couldn't attach anything at this point because the case number had just been created. He suggested I send an email with our email addresses. What do you think? Email or call back in the morning? Also, it seems pointless to send the DS-3032 via email if they can't even attach our email addresses to the case yet.

Comments anyone?

Still we're very happy just to have our case number and things are moving. I've been calling everyday for two weeks straight.

Roosha,

I think if you had a family member go to the school for you it could get done. Just explain your situation and ask what you can do to make it happen. I sent in our children's grades and immunization records plus their SSA numbers. If you have social security number for your son, I don't see why you couldn't fill out a school registration form? Maybe each state has it's own requirements.

How did you manage to register your kids? I'm jealous, our county won't register my son until we're physically there

I agree about the DCF, I've been overseas for the past 8 years, it just makes more sense for the embassy here to process my case, they "know" us better anyway with all the paperwork and procedures (passport renewals, CRBA, etc) I've had to do through them!

Dreamwarrior,

Thank you for your advice. One question which I can not find a clear answer for: my wife and I were considering choosing my mother as the agent on DS-3032 only because she has a US mailing address. Is this wise? I have read that once/if the case gets to the Embassy they might send all correspondence to whomever you have chosen as agent, even if the petitioner and beneficiary both live in-country. That would obviously slow this process down.

We are going to submit our email address as soon as we get our NVC case number (I've been calling every day - 9 days straight) and also send the DS-3032 as an email. After registering for correspondence via email, does anyone know if the NVC still sends snail mail? Some people say that they do, and others say, "no, they won't." If they don't, then I don't have any reason to use my mother's mailing address on DS-3032, do I? If they do send snail mail some of it will eventually come to or remote village, and be opened by who knows who, after we have moved. I really don't want people here having access to that information.

We've already registered our children for school this fall in the US and would like them to have some time to adjust to life in the US first.

Moaning and complaining - I really think that people who have been married eight years shouldn't have their paperwork sent to the NVC. Direct Consular Filing should be an option after the I-130 is approved, especially if both husband and wife are living overseas. That's what I was led to believe when speaking with the consular… apparently that's not the case.

John

You can email your DS-3032 after NVC has received your case. Read the links above. USCIS/NVC will contact you through e-mail for everything (in addition to snail mail) so there's no need to wait for snail mail.

Darnell,

Thank you for clearing this up. Ever since I spoke with the US Embassy Consular (before we started this process) I have been laboring under this false impression of their usefulness, thus my continued confusion. It seems that calling on any of the government offices for information is counter productive at this point. This is not the way it was before the 2011 shakeup; in 2011 I actually had a long and productive conversation with a consular officer. At that time she advised me to get moving on my wife's immigration visa before the switch.

so yer paying that 88 dollar fee.

Hi all,

Thank you all for your help… really. Without this group who would have a clue.

Will we need a document scanner if we opt-in to email communication with NVC?

I have more than one question… I have read on Form I-864 that when filling affidavit of support overseas there is no $88 fee. However, what I have read on VJ seems to suggest that I have to pay the AOS fee bill before NVC will ship the case to the Embassy. Which of course suggests we have to pay $88 because you have to pay first. I thought with Consular Processing the I-864 and DS-230 were given to the Consular at the embassy along with supporting documents, etc.. for processing?

Before I started this process I went to the US Embassy. I was told at the embassy that they no longer processed the I-130, but they didn't tell me they no longer process any of the DOS documents. Does Consular Processing even exist anymore?

My head is spinning.

Hi,

I don't think we need to file Adjustment of Status (AOS) because she will be coming to the US with me after she gets her Visa packet from the consular at the embassy. She is not coming on a K visa (non-immigrant visa) she is coming on an immigrant visa, therefore no adjustment of status. I thought that consular processing was automatic if the petitioner and the beneficiary were living overseas and applied from overseas.

What does IV stand for. Can't find a page here for acronyms.

I am curious how do I give NVC my email address for all future correspondence? Do they have a website similar to USCIS where we can track the progress of our case?

Thanks Roosha!

Good news is that once you have your case number and you've given email addresses to the NVC all correspondence will be by email so don't worry about changing your address. Start getting together your IV and AOS packages to send them to NVC, and make sure you have a joint sponsor if your income is not from a US source.

Good Luck! I'm also a USC filing from overseas, would be happy to help with any other questions!

I was told this is the easiest type of immigration visa but I am not finding it so because we seem to have a case that doesn't fit in an "immigration channel." I have called USCIS/NVC/DOS/Embassy - No Help. Married and living overseas with "Alien" wife and two children with CRIBA and US passports for seven years now. We want to move to US. Wife needs IR-1 visa.

In retrospect I should have asked when filling out our I-130 what address to use, a useful mailing address or our actual village address. It said "Home Address" on the form so I filled it out as accurately as I could. Mail doesn't get delivered to the mountains of Nepal in 30 days, not even in 60 days. Most often it never shows up. Being naive I used our actual village address when it asked for our home address. I guess in most cases the petitioner lives in the US or they both come to the US on a K visa and get it done in the US.

Ironic thing is,,, we do have internet.

Our I-130 was approved and shipped to the Department of State and no I-797c has arrive in the mail. In fact our I-130 was approved before they even registered the case number in case status online. The only reason I even knew our case number was because I filled a G-1145 E-notification. The case was registered in case status the same day they approved it and it was shipped two days later to DOS. I had no time to contact USCIS and ask what address they were sending correspondence to. Now I have contacted them and they say they don't have access to the case because it was shipped to DOS. DOS hasn't received it yet so can't take any action on it.

I am concerned that I won't be notified in a timely manner, or at all, if they continue to snail mail me all correspondence. How can in interrupt this process and get them to mail correspondence to the US Embassy in Nepal or if not there to another mailable address. Can I request courier delivery like FedEx? Or, I have heard that you can "expedite" the process which essentially puts the case in the hands of the US Embassy instead of the DOS/NVC.

The DOS website explains that I can't assign an agent until they send us, IN THE MAIL, a form DS-3032. DOS even acknowledges that sending mail overseas is time consuming, inefficient and unreliable and then they go on to say you should wait to get DS-3032 in the mail,,,,, what?!

Next question. Isn't this supposed to be handled via consular processing. Why was it shipped to the DOS/NVC?

Any help or suggestions. I have looked around but most stuff relates to the standard scenarios: US Citizen/Spouse brings fiancé to US or US Citizen/Spouse in US while wife waits overseas.