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On 9/15/2022 at 3:41 PM, ariendj said:

The service center is Nebraska. 

 

How long does it take to get the NVC case number after the USCIS approval?

We got approved a few months ago on a Thursday afternoon, received the NVC welcome email on Sunday night. So very quick! BTW, got approved by NVC less than 2 months after we submitted all documents.

We submitted the documents to NVC on Jul 26, and got approval on Sep 22. Now waiting for interview to be scheduled.

Got the approval from USCIS on Thursday at 6pm. They sent me an email on Sunday afternoon today that they sent the files to NVC. At 7:52pm the same day on Sunday, we received the case number from NVC! I'm very impressed with the efficiency in this step! Good luck to everyone!

My mom's case was approved today on July 14th. It was transferred to Texas Service Center. Now waiting to hear from NVC.

I submitted for my mom on September 21st, Potomac. Got an update on Feb 22 2022 and it says actively reviewing the case

6 hours ago, Leo7777 said:

Those of you VSC filers for April 2017 who have not yet received 10 year Green Card are officially  "Outside Normal Processing Time."

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/home

 

You can now officially file to inquire about the status of your case.

 

For those who have filed this 'Inquiry' before, what is the typical response and result?

 I don't get it. I filed at the end of April 2017 to VSC. I was officially out of normal processing time like several months ago!!!!! Not now! Several months ago!

I filed my inquiry on a Friday and they responded that they were working on the inquiry on Monday and the Friday that week I received a mail stating the reason.

I waited about 2+ months and got my 10 year card a few months ago.

So I don't know why people are just outside normal processing time.

10 hours ago, fayriebaby said:

My dhs is not updating, i just check the status thats it

felt it was arbitrary which site would update case status

24 minutes ago, fayriebaby said:

when did your dhs account updated the status?

First on Tuesday I remember for approval..It just updated to mail the card one yesterday

I received my new card in the mail today, along with another mail that has the approval letter.

5 minutes ago, OmSaiRam88 said:

I qam April 2018 filer. Do I still call them

No...I thought you were 2017 since this is the 2017 April filer thread lol...Wait till next year lol it is too early for you.

39 minutes ago, OmSaiRam88 said:

Fingerprints received. If any decision is made, we will inform you.

You should submit an inquiry and call USCIS right away.

4 minutes ago, OmSaiRam88 said:

When did you file your I-751?

April 25th or 27th 2017..Forgot the exact date

5 minutes ago, OmSaiRam88 said:

When did you file your I-751?

But my case was special...They forgot to look at it and shipped my files to storage and didn't find out until I submitted a case inquiry.

1 hour ago, OmSaiRam88 said:

I check my status here https://myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov

Got you. I check that one and egov together. Mine didn't tell me the same stories! I use egov to submit inquiries and check processing time.I just got approved yesterday and status was from egov. Checked my account.uscis.dhs.gov yesterday and it still said they received my case. But today it got updated to say approved..But egov said card in production... Better to keep an eye on both. My case inquiry result never showed up on the dhs site account, but showed up in egov account.

14 minutes ago, OmSaiRam88 said:

 

 

whom to call? can you elaborate..im so losing my mind and nervous how long would it take

Go to your egov account. Set one up if you don't have it. Add in your case number and submit an inquiry. They normally work on it right away. Or call the USCIS number also available on egov.uscis.com. don't tell us you never checked your case status?!!

1 hour ago, OmSaiRam88 said:

anyone who filed in VSC and got approved? Just want to know whats the processing time at VSC

Most people did a while ago, right? If you are a vsc filer from last April, you are out of normal processing time since July! Call them!

37 minutes ago, AlluringSoul said:

Typical that they take their time. I don't understand how they can put something in storage without reviewing it and making sure it can be placed there. I'm glad it was processed! 

 

Similar thing happened to me with AOS but they forgot to clip together my previous case, so in order to approve my GC, they had to request a file from a different office. The officer told me it would take up to 30 days and if not, asked to come back with infopass. So not only I went to infopass, I also called Tier 2 and they got it together. It is true, if you don't call and make inquiries, they won't do it.

That was exactly what I learned during my AOS! Each step from biometric to combo card to the actual card! 

For ROC, I was also told my case was transferred to local office, to NBC, or enroute to some other offices, these different answers were from online status, tier 2, and info pass!! Only when I inquired after being outside of normal processing time did I hear from VSC! And VSC eventually worked on it.

So, their status updates are not to be trusted

1 hour ago, AlluringSoul said:

File N-400!!! 🙂  Did you find out what happened to your case? Did they really put it in storage?

 

Congratulations on finally having this resolved! 🙂

Thanks! Their responses to my 2 case inquiries both said that they found that my files were sent to an offset storage facility and they requested to transfer back to their office.

The asked me to wait 60 days for them to process. And it is now a week before the 60 day period. They really did take their time!!

OMG, I have to share the news you all of you. After a year and almost 6 months with them moving my file into a storage facility without looking at it first, I'm approved (i assume).

This morning, I received a text saying my case was updated. Looked at the egov site, it says on 10/9/2018 new card is in production. Of course the my uscis account is not updated, and still says my case is received at local office.

But I think this means that my ROC is done. Now I'm debating if I should file N400

16 minutes ago, TMDM said:

And you can’t submit one of these inquiries until it is outside of normal processing is that correct?

That's correct. However, this system is not smart enough, even though it asks for the case number, one still needs to put in the receipt date...Not sure if they would look at your inquiry if you put in a different date.....Good luck. Hope that yours wouldn't be like mine that was sent to "offsite storage facility" the entire time.

For any of you who is still waiting, let me share with you the response I got from my case inquiry!

This is absurd! Make sure to call, submit request, and do anything you can to push them.

Otherwise, your case may end up sleeping in a offsite storage facility eternally without being processed! And those tier 2 officers all had absolutely no clue, misinformed me about my case transferring to another service center!

I have this in my USPS email:

Looks a bit different from someone else's mail scan last week...It has the statue of liberty and some ribbons....

Now I'm nervous and can't wait till the end of day today....Could it be a ref? The 18 month extension ? Or approval?

But tier 2 last week said my case was transferred to another service center...sooooo confused!

14 minutes ago, frontgear said:

I also got a "case received", last updated was Feb 26, 2018 like yours, and I just received the 18-month extension letter this Tuesday. However, I am a CSC filer and it looks like you're VSC.

I am VSC...Somehow I never really gotten any real updates on my case, which is suspicious and annoying. I got the "case received" update 5 times, and no email or text notification lol.

Hope we all get approved soon! Good luck

 I was officially out of normal processing time as of yesterday. However, I tried to submit an inquiry today, egov website was saying inquiry may not be created because my case is still within normal processing time.

I have a suspicion now: 

On myaccount.uscis.dhs.gov site, my case status was updated 5 times. They are all "case received", last updated was Feb 28 2018! I'm afraid that USCIS's system is treating my case as filed in Feb 2018!!! And that could explain why I cannot submit an inquiry and why nothing updated in my account and I never receive anything regarding the 18 month extension!!

I'm going to call and complain on Monday first thing in the morning!

I called USCIS yesterday. A tier 2 officer told me my case was transferred to National Service Center on June 27th. Different from what the other tier 2 officer who I talked to in mid July saying my case was at VSC as of July. Fun! I really hope this time I got the accurate info.

1 hour ago, mrkrabbs said:

Congrats! We are a same sex couple too so I was getting worried if they are singling out minorities now

Doubt that. It feels really arbitrary. I have to wait one more week before I can officially push them..I will make sure to give them a call and file an inquiry!