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Thank you! It updated. Only one issue further: when "yes" is selected for if the embassy issues packet 3, it remains blank upon saving.

Done - thank you!

I'm trying to update the Consulate Info page on the France portal, but keep getting : Query failed : You have an error in your SQL syntax;

etc.

I'm trying to update the Consulate Info page on the France portal, but keep getting : Query failed : You have an error in your SQL syntax;

etc. Don't know who to contact

I tried doing that during the recording but it wouldn't interrupt it, so I waited until "press 1 now" and pressed 1 and 0 together but it did the same thing. It's happening from two different phones and two different services. I'm so curious what is going on.

Today's the first day I've tried calling DOS's new number (202-485-7600) and after the recording it says "for more visa info press 1 now" and right after I do it's just dead air. Been doing the same thing the last 3 hours. Anyone else having an issue getting through today?

Ah, thank you. Hopefully 8 more days *fingers crossed*

ok... i did a bit of digging - seems to also mean it's sitting on someone's desk waiting to be processed.

thanks

Hi guys,

I called the DOS this morning to ask about the case status of my K1 petition. It was electronically received at the embassy in Paris on 8/19, and the case status read "Ready" as of 8/23. The guy I spoke with said they haven't sent out the packet 3 yet, and further that the case was in Administrative Processing?? This caught me off guard, and I asked is this normal to be in administrative processing as soon as the file is sent to the embassy and he said yes.

Does anyone have any input? I don't really understand AP other than it's extra background for "hot" countries. My fiance is a French citizen and his dad is from Spain but that's it.

Every step of this process...

Yes, it's just standard text. You won't receive any instructions from the NVC. They should ship it out within a few days to the embassy.

In other news, had our interview yesterday and we were approved!

Many congrats!!

It took three days to get the petition from New Hampshire to FRANCE and 28 days to get it from Texas to New Hampshire. What a #%*$ joke.

Use your case number to check your status here:

https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Default.aspx?App=IV

Hi - just posted this in France forum too - so there isn't actually anything in the Packet Three that you need to send back, which you can't download? I know that when we got an RFE there was this gold top page included, that we had to send back with our response.

I mean, is it possible to just send the forms that we've prepared (DS-2001 - DS-230) around the right time and hope that they just cross in the post? We filed in December and we really need our interview date within the next 6 weeks.

I was wondering the same thing myself. No input from France members on a required extra slip of paper? Almost tempted to try it...

Jeannie & Al - thank you! You seem like a really positive person. Thank you for being uplifting!

I really wish I could help other petitioners battling not only the wait but the mistakes in the system

For those waiting months and months, I really admire and envy the strength of their relationships. I will not be able to rejoice like they will when they get to be with their loved ones

help-me plase, What I can make? I´m clinical depression, really!!!!

Most importantly, remember it's God's timing. Not ours. I try to take the time to become the person God wants me to be.

Try to think of it this way: even if that visa was ready tomorrow, what good would it be to you without your fiance? No good.

What good would it be if you were someone who was only defined by another person? No good.

What would you be doing if you weren't waiting on it? Becoming the person you were meant to be. You are not a person who only waits around all day

I hope this helps.

As usual, just as I reach the stage of clinical depression...

Took into consideration the 8 day time it's been averaging to receive a case number and waited (not so) patiently over the weekend... I just called the DOS and they JUST assigned a case number!!!!

Avoided the NRC hole of despair. My Senator is still getting a mouthful from me about that problem, and I can back my info up because of what you guys post. The information and recommended actions everyone shares here keeps me sane. Many thanks.

I think h_m was at the 4 week mark and still hadn't received a shipment notice but received positive feedback from the deputy director there since it was such a long wait:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/445265-may-tsc-transfers-with-noa2-around-73-not-yet-shipped-to-nvc/page-2

This Monday will make it 4 weeks since approval for us... As of yesterday at 4pm EST, NVC said they still haven't received our file.

(Notice of shipment 8/9.)

I could have DRIVEN to TX then DRIVEN to NH and delivered the file myself by now.

All this just to anticipate another month and a half long wait through the Paris Embassy...

aradeb, I read your post, and I immediately wanted to empathize, but then I had to laugh: you're right, EVERY step of this process IS SO frustrating! Every single step! Nothing about this has been quick, especially for all the horrors facing those with extreme delays. I hope you can find the humor, and just a little more patience. God's will, and not our own

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/445715-french-embassy/

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-HAW!

I've been doing so much math the last few weeks it's not funny. I've estimated approximate time from TSC to NVC as 2 weeks and 3 days. And I. Counted. Every. Day. And I counted everyone else's notices. And counted and counted.

I despaired yesterday after that mark, figuring mine would be part of the 3-5 week pile (if -egads- not "accidentally" lost), but TODAY at 5:01PM I got a text and e-mail with "Your blahbiddyblah has been sent to the Department of State"

YEEEEEEEEEEESSS Praise GOD.

It's OUT OF YOUR HANDS, SERVICE CENTERS. You can't touch this nooooo mo'!!!!!! I CAN SEE THE LIGHT!!

I've been following this thread forEVER. Thank you for keeping me sane! This process is a serious relationship test.

5PM today 8/9 received notice my case was shipped to NVC. I can't do anything on my own with the case number, but I CAN SEE THE LIGHT.

I would rather battle Sharknado. ...By myself.

You can get so confused
that you’ll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear toward a most useless place.

The waiting place…

...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.

Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.

"Oh! The Places (You'll Wait) To Go!" - Dr. Seuss

Dear weird, outside of work friends in whose company I spend several hours a day,

Word of encouragement to veteran VJers: The kingdom of Heaven is like this. Hang in there.

Gentle reminder to newbies: Please take the time to read through contributing posts to find an answer to your question. I guarantee you will find them. After you have done that and still need to ask, then please do!

Reminder to pre- AND post-approval petitioners: Don't stop with one letter to your Senator/Congressman/etc., if nothing more than a short note on their convenient online submission form they provide just for the purposes of contacting them! I'm not talking about help with YOUR petition; I'm talking about complaining about the system as a whole. Immigration reform, however greatly needed, doesn't just need a solution; it needs the resources to be enacted. And resources are obviously lacking. The pressure is helping - believe it!

Aaaaand in more important news:

3rd transfer notice this evening as well.

Rollin', rollin', rollin'
Though the streams are swollen
Keep them transfers rollin'
Rawhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide!!

(Thank you for putting the transfer info together, d3adc0d3.)