ainsleyw

To be honest, it would be better for them to be together and struggling to support a child than to be apart and be struggling. A child in a poor family with a caring father is better off than a child in a rich family with a father who doesn't care about him, and makes no effort to teach him what actually matters in this world.

Hi guys, just thought I would write in to say that it appears they are working overtime. I called NVC this morning and the lady said my case was complete as of 31 May (Saturday) (my last package was scanned in on 7 May). When I called on Friday evening (after 5pm) they said they had not reviewed my last package yet, so they really must have been working outside normal business hours.
Also, I really think that the AOS payment thing changes from Paid to N/A on the CEAC portal when your case is completed. I checked the portal on Saturday night and noticed that it had strangely changed to N/A, whereas previously I am sure it was showing as Paid. Either the change to N/A means case complete, or it might mean that your AOS has been accepted, I can't confirm either way because I didn't check between AOS acceptance and case complete.
Just in case anyone wants info to compare time line:
My AOs package was scanned in on 6 May (I believe, although they told me it was scanned in on 2 May which was the same day it was received which is very unlikely).
My IV documents were scanned in on 7 May.
Got false checklist email on 29 May. When I called after 5 pm on the 28th they told me they had not reviewed anything yet.
If anyone from Queensland is reading this, I did not send any police certificate to NvC, I just sent them a copy of the page from the consulate saying that the police certificate will be sent directly to the consulate. Apparently it worked.
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To be honest, it would be better for them to be together and struggling to support a child than to be apart and be struggling. A child in a poor family with a caring father is better off than a child in a rich family with a father who doesn't care about him, and makes no effort to teach him what actually matters in this world.

To be honest, it would be better for them to be together and struggling to support a child than to be apart and be struggling. A child in a poor family with a caring father is better off than a child in a rich family with a father who doesn't care about him, and makes no effort to teach him what actually matters in this world.

To be honest, it would be better for them to be together and struggling to support a child than to be apart and be struggling. A child in a poor family with a caring father is better off than a child in a rich family with a father who doesn't care about him, and makes no effort to teach him what actually matters in this world.

I'm afraid you misunderstood what I was saying - I was saying exactly what you are saying: it is better that the child is with his father (and mother), who probably really cares about him. It is sad that the immigration system can sometimes force families apart, money is nothing compared to the value of a family being together. Sheesh!

To be honest, it would be better for them to be together and struggling to support a child than to be apart and be struggling. A child in a poor family with a caring father is better off than a child in a rich family with a father who doesn't care about him, and makes no effort to teach him what actually matters in this world.

Voted! Nice work by the way. Keep up the re-posting if they take it down again!