Em&Sid

Status change to card being produced! Found out the same night as the Cubs winning the series - that's 2 long waits over

Official status change date was 10/31.

Hey everyone - we got our biometrics letter on Friday of last week. Of course now that I'm at work and easily able to update here, I can't remember what the exact date was - I just updated our info on the Google doc to say it's the 16th, but I'll have to double-check at home later - oops!

Fellow filers,

I need some advice. In my original I-751 submission, I did not include my tax return/account transcripts from the IRS (didn't know about them). Now that I have them, should I go ahead and mail them to the VSC along with a cover letter? My original submission arrived at VSC on 04/25/16 but as of 05/03/16, neither has my check been cashed, nor have I received the NOA. Will sending these documents separately push me to the back of the processing queue?

Thanks!

I don't have any official knowledge, but on the NOA notice I just received, it has a paragraph about submitting additional supporting documents and attaching a copy of the NOA if you do. So if I were you, I would wait until you get the NOA, and then send the tax info in along with a copy of the NOA so they can be assigned to the right case file. I would worry that if you do it now, since they haven't processed your file yet, that they would get lost in the shuffle.

Anyone have more official info on this?

NOA1 arrived in the mail yesterday!

VSC folks, I am feeling your pain - it's crazy how behind they are!

California Service Center (25 applicants, 0 approved - 0%)

VJName............Date of I-751....NOA1 Date.......Biometrics....Approved
M AND C.............04/01/16.......04/05/16........04/27/16......--/--/--
SHIHOON.............04/02/16.......04/04/16........04/28/16......--/--/--
GF1804..............04/04/16.......04/07/16........05/05/16......--/--/--
SNIDE707............04/04/16.......04/14/16........05/06/16......--/--/--
HOLLYDAY............04/06/16.......04/11/16........05/06/16......--/--/--
AYUMI_HAMASAKI......04/06/16.......04/08/16........05/04/16......--/--/--
SAMISEN.............04/08/16.......04/11/16........05/03/16......--/--/--
JACINTO72...........04/11/16.......04/19/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
RKAT................04/12/16.......04/22/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
CLIFFLIZ............04/13/16.......04/26/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
THEBEAT4C...........04/14/16.......04/30/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
THEAMERICANS........04/14/16.......04/18/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
DUST BUNNIES........04/15/16.......04/30/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
MISUZU..............04/16/16.......04/18/16........--/--/16......--/--/--

TICHI&RACHEL........04/18/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
EM&SID..............04/19/16.......05/02/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
PEDPED..............04/16/16.......04/19/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
SHEINA3.............04/21/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
SEER8...............04/21/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--

GCAJWN..............04/25/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--

ILLIRIA.............04/26/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--

BKGHOSH.............04/26/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--

LUISRX11............04/27/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--

BOOKWORM123.........04/29/16.......--/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

JOLYN69.............04/29/16.......--/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--


Vermont Service Center (27 applicants, 0 approved - 0%)

VJName............Date of I-751....NOA1 Date........Biometrics....Approved
MARIE&CURT..........04/01/16.......04/05/16.........05/03/16......--/--/--
FANIA&NELSON........04/04/16.......04/06/16.........05/06/16......--/--/--
PSV57...............04/06/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
BOS_LHR.............04/06/16.......04/07/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

NOBBIE..............04/07/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
SCOFF...............04/08/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
VTJOSEPH............04/08/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

AZABU234............04/08/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
MCUZIN1985..........04/09/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

COWFACE.............04/09/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

JSC n GOM...........04/11/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

MYRNA87.............04/12/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

RAJ101..............04/12/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

FODU................04/12/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

SHARONGILMORE.......04/12/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

REMOTECONTROL.......04/13/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
MIKE ESP............04/14/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
MYHEARTWILLGOON93...04/18/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

TKDWLS0131..........04/20/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
KAWAIIAKUREI06......04/21/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

ANGELBIJOI..........04/21/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

SUKIE...............04/22/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
TALHA_MK............04/22/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
NYC-AND-INDIA.......04/25/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

LAIECAROL...........04/25/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
HONEYPIE84..........04/26/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

LUCYBELLE...........04/27/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

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Found out today that our money order was cashed on the 28th. Crossing my fingers for the NOA early next week!

Hi, I recive my NOA1 letter today! It is dated April 18 so it the time when they got my package. Sorry I can't edit tiday I'm using mobile. Finally can go ssa change my name

Congrats Misuzu! That gives me some hope that we might get ours in the next couple of days. We cut it kind of close, filing only a month before his GC expires, so we're especially anxious to get that NOA1!

I added myself in, and fixed some of the different backgrounds. Haven't added other folks that have asked - didn't want to do that wrong!

California Service Center (20 applicants, 0 approved - 0%)


VJName............Date of I-751....NOA1 Date.......Biometrics....Approved
M AND C.............04/01/16.......04/05/16........04/27/16......--/--/--
SHIHOON.............04/02/16.......04/04/16........04/28/16......--/--/--
GF1804..............04/04/16.......04/07/16........05/05/16......--/--/--
SNIDE707............04/04/16.......04/14/16........05/06/16......--/--/--
HOLLYDAY............04/06/16.......04/11/16........05/06/16......--/--/--
AYUMI_HAMASAKI......04/06/16.......04/08/16........05/04/16......--/--/--
SAMISEN.............04/08/16.......04/11/16........05/03/16......--/--/--
JACINTO72...........04/11/16.......04/19/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
RKAT................04/12/16.......04/22/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
CLIFFLIZ............04/13/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
THEBEAT4C...........04/14/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
THEAMERICANS........04/14/16.......04/18/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
DUST BUNNIES........04/15/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
MISUZU..............04/16/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--

EM&SID..............04/19/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
PEDPED..............04/19/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
SHEINA3.............04/21/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
SEER8...............04/21/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
ILLIRIA.............04/22/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--
GCAJWN..............04/25/16.......--/--/16........--/--/16......--/--/--



Vermont Service Center (12 applicants, 0 approved - 0%)

VJName............Date of I-751....NOA1 Date........Biometrics....Approved
MARIE&CURT..........04/01/16.......04/05/16.........05/03/16......--/--/--
FANIA&NELSON........04/04/16.......04/06/16.........05/06/16......--/--/--
PSV57...............04/06/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
BOS_LHR.............04/06/16.......04/07/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
SCOFF...............04/08/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
VTJOSEPH............04/08/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
MCUZIN1985..........04/09/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
MYRNA87.............04/12/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
MIKE ESP............04/14/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
MYHEARTWILLGOON93...04/18/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
SUKIE...............04/22/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--
NYC-AND-INDIA.......04/25/16.......04/--/16.........--/--/16......--/--/--

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NOA Date = The Receipt Date on your original NOA letter.
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Approved = The Date your case was approved.

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Submitted last Monday to California Service Center - 4/18/16. It was received (according to USPS tracking) on 4/19, but no NOA yet. Can someone add me to the list?

Hey everyone - We're sending our package off this weekend, but we're quite late to the party. SO's entry date anniversary is only a month away - will that screw us up?

But my real question is a pretty simple practical one - with so many different forms of evidence, how did people assemble it? Send in the pile of papers with different sets of things clipped together? A notebook with dividers? Separate folders for bank statements/photos/affidavits, etc?

Thanks!

Step 1. Get the name changed with the local court in the US.

Step 2. Do I-90 and pay the fees for the new green card.

Step 3. When the time for removal of conditions comes (2yrs minus 90 days of the date on the conditional green card), you'll still do I-751 and all the evidence they want to see so start collecting papers as soon as he arrives in the US.

Thanks so much! So even though the I-90 page on the USCIS site says *not* to use it for a conditional green card, I still can?

Hi everyone - asked this question in the Interviews forum, but no one seemed to have an answer, so I thought I would try the larger crowd.

We're about 10 days away from the interview, and 20 days from POE. When we got married last year, my husband decided he would change his last name (he's a hip, progressive kind of guy, dontchaknow), but we didn't want to make any changes while the visa process was underway. Plus the German bureaucracy with things like that is even stricter than the US.

So now we're looking into how to do the name change after he gets here, but when I look up getting a name change on a green card, the USCIS form I-90 says at the top "don't use this for a conditional card". Does that mean we'll have to wait the 2 years before Removal of Conditions in order to do the name change? Or is there a way to do it sooner?

Any input would be appreciated - thanks y'all!

em

Hi everyone - haven't checked in in a little while, but I thought I would pass on hubby's experience with the medical, which he did earlier this week, plus I have a question for the VisaJourney hive mind.

Medical: He was worried going in about the Varicella vaccine (for chicken pox) because he hadn't asked his doctor about it beforehand, but that turned out fine - they just asked if he had it as a kid, and when he said yes, they checked it off. It did turn out that he had to get a second measles vaccine (he had gotten one in 2013, but it turns out they want 2 - it might have to do with his age, but that was a complete surprise). He was able to go back to his own doctor the next day and get it, and they faxed the proof to the medical office. Then they sent all the paperwork to consulate - all hubby has in hand is a CD-ROM with his x-rays on it.

Question: Because he's a hip, progressive kind of guy, my husband is planning on changing his last name to mine when he gets here (we've been waiting to do it until all this visa paperwork is done). Does anyone know about doing this with the Conditional Green Card? I've seen info on the USCIS site about the form I-90, but it says you shouldn't use this if you are on a Conditional Green Card. Dwheels or anyone else know about this?

Thanks - good luck to all, and congrats to the recent Case Completes!!

em

Interview date May 21st!!!!!!!??

Congrats!!!

Also, for those keeping score at home, we got the official interview letter e-mail around 12:30 am last night (about 14 hours after I had received the information by phone). So it seems like e-mails are going out sometime within 24 hours after the actual scheduling happens.

Which is pretty much what dwheels has been saying all along

Keeping my fingers crossed and thumbs pressed for all those still waiting to hear!

Got the date!! His interview is set for May 6 in Frankfurt. He's planning on getting the medical week after Easter, and we're booking his flight 10 days after the interview.

I got the information by calling earlier today. Haven't gotten the official e-mail yet.

Good luck to everyone!

em

I just called and nothing yet. Congrats to rickkant and SVL and anyone else who got dates today!

I called NVC a moment ago. Still no interview date.

Same here. Sigh. Another day of waiting, I guess.

Called an hour ago and nothing yet. C'mon NVC!!

i got this email today from NVC

I was also case complete March 21, and also got that e-mail early this morning. I'm hoping that means we'll see interview dates today or Monday, but who knows!

Good luck everyone!

em

Thanks so much! That's all really helpful.

And yes! I hope all of us get interviews soon, especially those whose spouses are in dangerous areas!

em

COMPLETE RECEIVED INTERVIEW

Your case complete date The date you received your interview date Date of interview

- The column "received" in your chart is when we actually receive written notice of case complete, right? Written or call. The case complete email comes a week later. Most of us have already called and got the date.

- My VJ timeline has slots available for Sent from NVC, and Consulate Received. Would I get that info by calling NVC again to confirm that it's been shipped out? Or do any questions now go to the Consulate? Yep only way to get it is call if you want to know. No calling or contacting Consulate until your file is actually there. Most who follow their casefile to embassy because they may want to get an earlier date.

- I know it won't be until later this week that we start hearing interview dates for those of us that got case complete in the last 2 weeks or so - does that process happen through each individual consulate, or through NVC? Yep and its in no order. So people just come and start posting they called NVC or they got letter. And way we go. Some may find out this week if they start which I believe they will Thursday or Friday and some next week. It's usually a quick affair for the busier embassies. And it's an NVC scheduling not embassy at all.

Just praying for my Egypt peeps here waiting so so long.

Hi dwheels and everyone else - I apologize if I'm asking questions that have been answered long ago, but I'm antsy waiting for our interview date, and I'm wondering a couple of things:

- The column "received" in your chart is when we actually receive written notice of case complete, right?

- My VJ timeline has slots available for Sent from NVC, and Consulate Received. Would I get that info by calling NVC again to confirm that it's been shipped out? Or do any questions now go to the Consulate?

- I know it won't be until later this week that we start hearing interview dates for those of us that got case complete in the last 2 weeks or so - does that process happen through each individual consulate, or through NVC?

Again, sorry if I seem totally confused...

em

Hi everyone! I haven't been on here much the last week or so, but wanted to pop in and say...

CASE COMPLETE!!!

I had called NVC last Thursday and nothing, and then called today as a matter of form, not expecting anything, because we hadn't hit the 3-week mark from when our checklist materials were received. But it turns out our case was completed on Friday!!

Now we just wait for our interview date - hoping we get it soon, so my husband can give notice at work before the 30th.

Thanks and good luck to everyone on the forum. And special thanks to Saylin for all your hard work and putting up with all our crazy questions!

em

Just got off the phone with NVC operator - looks like I was right. Our IV packet has been reviewed and approved!! Woohoo!!

And they registered receiving the packet I sent them earlier in the week. Now I just hope they don't wait the full 30 business days to look it over. I am really hoping for a late April/early May interview date.

Hey everyone - I just had a little panic attack because we received another e-mail from NVC entitled "Checklist Cover Letter". But looking at the list itself, I think it's actually good news. Here's what it says:

______F - FINANCIAL EVIDENCE:______________________________________

The NVC has received the requested Immigrant Visa Application (DS-230). However, we are still

waiting for the response to the checklist letter for the Affidavit of Support (Form I-864). Please return

the requested information so that we may complete the processing of your case.

When responding to the National Visa Center, please include the bar code sheet that came with this

letter. Failure to include the bar code sheet may cause a delay in the processing of your case. The bar

code sheet should be placed on top of all documents being submitted for this case and mailed to the

address provided.

So basically, this is saying "Hey, your IV documents have been reviewed and approved - we just need that stuff we asked for the other day." Which I sent in on Tuesday. Does that sound right to other folks looking at this? It just seems weird that we would get two checklists so close to one another.

I'm calling NVC now to try and confirm my suspicions/hopes, but of course I keep getting a busy signal.

em

Hey everyone - I just had a little panic attack because we received another e-mail from NVC entitled "Checklist Cover Letter". But looking at the list itself, I think it's actually good news. Here's what it says:

______F - FINANCIAL EVIDENCE:______________________________________

The NVC has received the requested Immigrant Visa Application (DS-230). However, we are still

waiting for the response to the checklist letter for the Affidavit of Support (Form I-864). Please return

the requested information so that we may complete the processing of your case.

When responding to the National Visa Center, please include the bar code sheet that came with this

letter. Failure to include the bar code sheet may cause a delay in the processing of your case. The bar

code sheet should be placed on top of all documents being submitted for this case and mailed to the

address provided.

So basically, this is saying "Hey, your IV documents have been reviewed and approved - we just need that stuff we asked for the other day." Which I sent in on Tuesday. Does that sound right to other folks looking at this? It just seems weird that we would get two checklists so close to one another.

I'm calling NVC now to try and confirm my suspicions/hopes, but of course I keep getting a busy signal.

em

I was hoping for a smooth process but got a checklist yesterday via e-mail - urrrrr.

It sounds like it's similar to TYorke1's problem - I also misread the instructions about which income to enter.

The instructions on the I-864 say "My total income (adjusted gross income on IRS form 1040EZ)" - but that means (apparently) that since I filed a 1040, I need to put in line 22 - Total income. I had entered Adjusted Gross Income from my tax transcripts.

Luckily, I have the last 3 years of tax returns stored on my computer, so I got that all adjusted, and I'm overnighting a packet this afternoon with: bar code sheet; adjusted I-864EZ; and my 2012 tax return with line 22 circled.

We also got a false checklist for all the IV documents, but thanks to this forum, I could tell my husband not to freak out about that.

I am really still hoping for a case complete before the end of this month - keeping fingers crossed and thumbs pressed for all of us!

em

Anyone else here that sent in both packages and payed everything, filled out online forms,

still waiting to hear back from NVC about their case being complete??

Yup yup. This week will be week three since they registered receiving our AOS packet. I figure I'll try calling later this week and see if that's been approved. But the IV packet was a week after that, so I don't expect to hear any good news until at least next week if we're really lucky.

em