ColGil

Woop! Congratulations!!!
I was wondering the same, as I've seen a few people have checklists "skipped over" and advised to take docs direct to the embassy.
That's because without you as our Immigration Fairy/Yoda/R2-D2 we'd be going around in circles during this process! You are an absolute star Saylin for all the help, support and advice you give.

Sounds like a false checklist to me. If you sent your AOS and IV invoices on different days, they review them in the order received, so if the AOS was sent it first, they review it first. They can see that more documents are waiting to be reviewed but they won't look at what they are so instead they send a checklist asking you to send them in. If you already did then you've completed all the actions on the checklist already, hence the false checklist.
You should go to your settings and add a signature. From here you can add in a timeline which will show on every post.

Just saw this on my Facebook feed:

I feel so special! And a little famous

CASE COMPLETE as of today! thanks to all for the help and support, Saylin you are an angel! what a great Canada day for me!

If you look at my timeline and others, you'll get an idea of when nvc receives the case, enters a cse #, etc.This wiki by Saylin:
http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process
Clearly explains what's next for you.
Do note that right now, nvc is running more slowly. Case #s are taking longer, as is everything else. I would try calling nvc about 2 weeks after your NOA2 date.
Good luck!

I'm very sorry! It's times like these I wonder why:
A) the cw can't look at the return and adjust it manually his/herself or
B) if it's clear the return puts you well within income guidelines, it can't just go to embassy for tweaking.
#bureaucracy

YES! CASE COMPLETE! It was only on hold for 5 minutes (Spanish option)
My AOS never changed to N/A.
Wow. I'm so relieved right now. It feels great!

So sorry to hear that. I got the same checklist and it sucks. Hang in there!

Case COMPLETE!!!
INSERT HAPPY DANCE HERE!!!

OMG our AOS just turned into N/A too!!!!1

so sorry to hear about the checklist! When I called and they told me about mine, I got the email later that day, so hopefully it should be soon. In my case, they definitely had the information on what the checklist was for, even read our which section of the form needed to be changed and, when asked about, how to do it. I guess you could call back and try to get more information or wait for the email and then call back to confirm with them exactly what the checklist means and what they need. I called back after receiving the email to do exactly this and it was helpful and made me feel more confident in what I was sending.
Good luck, and just know that it will end! I know how frustrating it can be but we got through our checklists, now have case complete, and are waiting for an interview. You'll get there too!

Called NVC, agent Carl informed me that my AOS Checklist was generated on July 27th. Hoping it's a false checklist. Haven't recieved the email yet, anyone know roughly how long it takes? (and please don't tell me 30 business day LOL)

I wish this rumor would die, no they are not working today. NVC is not working OT. If an Agent tells someone they are, they're flat out lying. One look at the spreadsheet will show that :/

I'll share my post to Facebook yesterday...my "immiversary"...
One year ago today, one day after Section 3 of DOMA was repealed, Julie and I started on what was supposed to be a 5-month journey through the US Green Card process for a spousal visa. Due to bureaucratic ineptitude, 365 days later, Julie is still in Australia without a Green Card. During this year, we've endured two major health scares, the death of a parent, the death of a dear pet, the costs of multiple trans-Pacific airline flights - and have spent more days apart in our separate countries than we have together.

It has been a long, frustrating process. I have never felt as impotent or as helpless or as angry as I have during this past year. The system appears to punish those of us who try to follow the rules and do things by the book. Who knew that every government department we've had to deal with has a different book of rules??? Who knew that one set of rules is out-of-date by five years, and still hasn't been corrected, and that it would cost us yet another month of being apart? Who knew that the thousands of dollars necessary to move through this process give you no assurance of ANY customer service?

The year has been a terrible one - but for those bi-national couples where one member is from a high-risk or high-fraud country such as Nigeria, Pakistan or Egypt, the wait could be far worse than 365 days. The process is so very broken.

The light is at the end of the tunnel. Julie and I will be at the US Consulate in Sydney next week for the visa interview. We hope that within another month, we will be able to walk through immigration at JFK together - and that we never have to worry about Julie being turned away again.

Prayers and good thoughts for a positive outcome on July 1st are welcomed!

They do email when the AOS invoice and DS-261 are available. I've heard of people having luck getting into the site before the email, I did, but only a couple of mins before the email so think it was just coincidence I logged in when I did. If you are getting error messages, this is normal (checks Saylin's wiki for more detail on the first post in this thread). If you wanted to double check the Invoice number I'd just call back each day and say that you think you've been given an incorrect case or invoice number can they please confirm it. Some of them don't like giving out the Invoice number over the phone though. Whatever you do, make sure they have both your email addresses so you both get notified of the AOS invoice and DS-261 form.
Oh, one last thing, your case number and Invoice number will be on that email.

We were exactly the same. We filed our I-130 on June 28th 2013, so figured we'd have the approval at the end of November, interview in December. Like you we didn't realize there was an NVC stage. When we didn't have approval in November, then December, then January, I started to worry and it was around this time I noticed the NVC stage. I told my husband and he freaked saying it can't be true, I must have missed something. Both our hearts sank when we understood this was only the first step of a very long process. Anyway, we are nearing the end now!!!
I see lots of people have answered and you have already submitted so instead I'll say: Yaaay! Now it's just waiting on CC!!!
You won't find out unless you call. They have different terminology though, they used to say "received" now they seem to say "reviewed." Also they can't tell which documents were scanned/received/reviewed, only that something has been.
This should be covered on the DS-261, to be honest, they don't actually snail mail anything, choosing instead to email. Call and make sure they have both petitioner and beneficiary email addresses so you can be notified together of any invoices and progress etc.
I seem to be answering this question on a daily basis, have you read any posts in this thread and/or people's timeline signatures? They are taking approx 4 weeks to review docs, so providing you have already sent in your AOS docs separately then 4 weeks from the date they scan your docs into the system (which is taking approx 1 week from the docs arriving in the building) you will likely get either a checklist or case complete. You'll then need to wait however long it takes to get an interview, it varies. The best way of keeping up with the date range they are working on is to read the posts in this thread. People have recently said that documents from 23rd May through to 30th May have been reviewed, so this is likely the date range they are working on at the moment. The NVC may start to work faster than 4 weeks, or (God forbid) they may slow down, so it's important to follow theses threads if you want to have a true indication.

Read post 1.

I, for one, am not looking forward to ROC. For starters, I hate the concept of the cliff at the end of the 90 day window. That's a guaranteed 2 years of nightmares where you wake up in panic not remembering if you've forgotten and missed the deadline. I'll probably check my wife's green card expiry date not less than 10 times. Then my wife has to travel for up to a year on an expired green card with nothing more than an "excuse note" from USCIS that they may or may not mail on time. Really? You gotta be freaking kidding me! Between USCIS's unequaled timeliness and my wife's ability to misplace her keys, driver license, ATM card, and paperwork like it's her job, what could possibly go wrong? Finally there's the USCIS documentation and interview process. There's nothing like a lengthy bureaucratic process designed to lift the suspicion of fraud on your part -- for the second time in as many years -- to really make you feel valued as a law abiding citizen and taxpayer! But then again, considering we're still waiting for CC, ROC can't come soon enough. I take it all back. Bring on ROC!

Thanks! Good to hear the operators are saying the same thing as the website.
And those auto-reply messages were always a hit and miss, even years ago.
Thank you for the kind words!
And I'll gladly still take your money

Also I want to thank you so much for all the work you do, I wish I have known this forum before hiring a lawyer. I would have paid you instead gladly!

We were exactly the same. We filed our I-130 on June 28th 2013, so figured we'd have the approval at the end of November, interview in December. Like you we didn't realize there was an NVC stage. When we didn't have approval in November, then December, then January, I started to worry and it was around this time I noticed the NVC stage. I told my husband and he freaked saying it can't be true, I must have missed something. Both our hearts sank when we understood this was only the first step of a very long process. Anyway, we are nearing the end now!!!
I see lots of people have answered and you have already submitted so instead I'll say: Yaaay! Now it's just waiting on CC!!!
You won't find out unless you call. They have different terminology though, they used to say "received" now they seem to say "reviewed." Also they can't tell which documents were scanned/received/reviewed, only that something has been.
This should be covered on the DS-261, to be honest, they don't actually snail mail anything, choosing instead to email. Call and make sure they have both petitioner and beneficiary email addresses so you can be notified together of any invoices and progress etc.
I seem to be answering this question on a daily basis, have you read any posts in this thread and/or people's timeline signatures? They are taking approx 4 weeks to review docs, so providing you have already sent in your AOS docs separately then 4 weeks from the date they scan your docs into the system (which is taking approx 1 week from the docs arriving in the building) you will likely get either a checklist or case complete. You'll then need to wait however long it takes to get an interview, it varies. The best way of keeping up with the date range they are working on is to read the posts in this thread. People have recently said that documents from 23rd May through to 30th May have been reviewed, so this is likely the date range they are working on at the moment. The NVC may start to work faster than 4 weeks, or (God forbid) they may slow down, so it's important to follow theses threads if you want to have a true indication.

I don't mind you sharing my blog at all! In fact, I'm quite touched that you shared it! :-) Thank you both so much for reading and for the kind words!
After the USCIS Community Idea fiasco (my first blog post), I had to start doing something, I was driving myself and my husband b-a-n-a-n-a-s. I realized all my Facebook posts were just becoming immigration woe manifestos and decided to channel my energy to writing. I never expected so many people to read it! I'm very humbled!!!

Hahaha! I love that "immi-versary" is catching on and being used in everyday conversation. lol

They should give us some sort of cool badge once we hit the 1-year wait mark.

Your the kindest person thank you so much. I did go to Congresswoman's Napolitano's office and face to face spoke with them but nothing was ever done, called, e-mailed them and nothing. Then I called Barbara Boxer and one of her snots did send a letter which said I had to wait but Napolitano had me hanging for four months kept saying they were looking into it. It seems to be such a joke seems Immigration is above the law and more so the Embassy counselors and our lives are in their hands. Mommy and Daddy will decide our lives.
Thank you for understanding and I feel the same way as you do when I see filers from my second filing date the one USCIS changed it was heart breaking but what can we do.
Thank you my friend for always understanding and being so kind. God bless you and your family and I will pray you get your CC very soon. OMG I love the animated writing Emote with my ID hahahaaa Adorable ty so much.

Awwwww thank you, so many of us deserve CC like you, ColGil and so many more wouldn't it be nice to put everyone's name that have been waiting more than a year to get CC soon. They need to put us in a special category to speed us up.
I second this