Lukadia

Called yesterday and heard the best news ever! She said i had a CASE COMPLETE as of yesterday!!!! It changed to N/A this morning! Scan dates were for the 20th of OCT and the 24th. God is good!

After spending what I hope is the last time on hold with NVC...we got a CC!!!! Interview is scheduled for Jan 22nd! I can't believe it.

I believe everyone that tries qualifying on assets alone gets this letter. It's basically just saying that at the interview, the consular officer will ultimately decide if what you provided is enough. I'd suggest bringing an updated AOS to the interview with your new job information, as well as having the assets section filled out. So, bring that as well as an employment letter and all pay stubs by that time.
By the way, the interview they're talking about in the letter is the standard interview everyone gets, at the consulate/embassy.

Hey! I did call them from time to time. Same thing they told you. Try to talk to a sup if he could help you out, a supervisor helped me out. It took us more or less 2 months for them to change it and it was a lot of convincing to do. They even asked me for more proof and thats the time I talked to a sup because I did submit a good proof for it.

Oh heeey, look at that. Just hit 14,000 posts due to the above response, and now I have another heart. And according to this VJ member rank wiki (http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/VisaJourney_Member_Ranks), I'm now a Mucho Elder Member Woohoo!

Thanks Lukadia! I appreciate your input.
We do have some other US based Business Income that we can claim.
So fingers crossed.
Good luck to you too.

If I were you I would send in IV packet now! About the fee I guess talk to a supervisor. That is entirely too long.

I just paid my AOS fee!!!! My IV fee was also unlocked at the same time as AOS and says PAY NOW but it's not available yet. Either way that one will have to wait until next week but at least it says PAY NOW!
So happy I am finally seeing movement.

Got married last Halloween, still waiting

Saylin, I was told by 3 NVC supervisors that I was supposed to get my IV bill by now, and since I didn't then they passed it on to a supervisor. Is that normal, have you ever heard of this before? They're not sure why I haven't gotten it yet, but they assured me in the next "few days" I should get it since they passed it to a supervisor. If this week goes by and I get nothing, is there something I can do? Thanks in advance. (AOS paid already)

I would call NVC first to make sure exactly what they want. I didn't call because the emailed checklist was self-explanatory, but I was screwed because NVC sent me the wrong checklist....which I didn't find out until we were already into September.
Fill out all new forms. Do not just fix the mistakes on the old form. But seriously call NVC first and ask for a supervisor to explain your checklist to you. Make sure you understand it before you get off the phone. All the supervisors I have talked to have been helpful and are willing to answer all my questions. Good luck! I hope you get to see the GNW soon!

Agreed total and utter BS that means when they review my AOS/IV and there is something missing not right I have to wait another 60days for them to review. When you pay them money the account is almost instantaneously withdrawn from your account but when it actually comes to doing the work and having common sense they seem to be lacking a lot in that department.
At a minimum since they increased the fees the processing should be speeding up the processing not slowing it down... /end frustrated pissed off rant

Hi all, I suppose I want to vent a little. NVC is so unorganized it is maddening. We arrived at NVC in May of this year, and waited till end of june for any bills to become available. For some reason we could only pay the AOS, my husbands DS261 was filled out, but this small questionnaire has yet to be 'checked' so that he can pay the DS260 and get on with this process. The AOS I sent was accepted July 7th (it took a week of sitting there for them to scan it in!)
Soooo, we are waiting for the approval (hopefully) of the AOS and the release of the bill for the DS260. We also had to change embassies from Tokyo to France because my husbands work ended and he had to go back to his home country. That alone took 3 emails and taking to 3 separate people to get them to start processing the embassy change. When I called to check on why we couldn't fill out the DS260 yet, they gave me this as an excuse....changing embassies.
And on top of it all two months after them receiving my AOS, they sent me an email saying it would be 60 more days to process it. Then the next day they sent me an email saying I hadn't contacted the NVC for more then a year and I had to refile my paperwork. Obviously they are not organized at all and blindly answering emails. We just got to the NVC in May. I just don't know how to get more info from these guys. I've tried being nice, I've tried asking for a manager, I've tried being nice again, nothing works.
I know you all are in my boat, just wanted to say hello and talk to fellow frustrated spouses. I hope you are all getting somewhere

As long as you don't reach case closed before the change is approved, it doesn't necessarily have to elongate the process. It took us from sending an e-mail May 24 all the way to July 18 (a couple days ago) to get my husband's change of embassy approved, but we continued with the process normally, as instructed. You can see more details in my signature. It did not delay the process for us at all, but his work contract here (in the new country) is up in mid September, so we were getting to the point where we were thinking of calling and trying to cancel the change! That's how damn long it took. But to change it back to Colombia, ugh, I don't even want to think about it. So it's looking likely that we'll have a month or two (or three?) here in Argentina using the savings that were intended for our new life in the U.S. to pay rent and twiddle our thumbs as we wait before he's actually able to do the interview. :/
Maybe you could call and see if there's evidence you could include for him before he actually moves, so you can get that e-mail in now? I wish there were a separate e-mail address for important stuff like this that has to be done by e-mail. Instead, we have to use the same one everyone uses for questions they could just as well ask over the phone. I'd call and ask about your situation as it is, just to make sure you get the proper instructions. Good luck!

Hello boys and girls, I come here to say thank you to all of you specially Saylin, for all the help and support.
My interview was on the 17th of July (here is the review http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/view-dos-cis-reviews.php?entry=14870 ) at Paris - I GOT APPROVED!
And on the 18th CEAC showed the Visa as Issued.
I waited 458 days and it was worth it, long tedious but now it is done!
THANK YOU!

Seriously I don't think we mind these posts! I actually feel sad when I come to read the thread and it's dead! So better to have some life on it even it's just chit chat. If u don't like the post just skip it. It's not hard to tell difference from personal post and posts regarding Nvc at a glance. I do it all the time! But everybody is really frustrated here and we understand each other real well, sometimes better than our family! So if someone feels better when they whine or chat here let it be.

I will only say this once, if you don't like what your reading then stop reading it. Don't come and tell us what we can and can not post. There are a lot of things I don't like but it's not my business and people have the right to express how they feel when they feel it. End of comment!

The part in bold - yes, that is correct. It's currently taking about 25-35 business days between NVC receiving your DS-261 and receiving the IV fee invoice.
The second part, you should send your husband's I-864 and your joint sponsor's I-864 all together in one package. Since the number of pages starts to add up in these situations, I think it's a pretty good idea to attach a cover letter outlining the contents of the package. So it would be bar-coded cover letter first, then your cover letter, then the rest of the contents.
Hope that helps!

I feel your pain and think the same about this process!
At least now he won't have to get his birth certificate, French police certificate translated...If it is not yet done!

Remember it's 30 BUSINESS days, which (if there are no holiday's) is 6 weeks.
As far as I'm aware there was only the 1 Saturday worked on May 31st to make up for the holiday May 26th
I remember the forums were inundated that Saturday and Monday with people who had received emails on the Saturday and when people called on the Monday were told they had case complete on the Saturday so I'm pretty sure this was the only weekend worked, as I've not seen anyone else having weekend activity since, but perhaps I've missed this.
I did receive an email the day the DS-261 and AOS fee was available. I also received an email for the IV fee. I understand you will also get an email for a checklist (real or false). The only time I call is to find out the date they scanned my package, if there's any updates they can provide me in general, and I'll be checking for Case Complete when the time comes.
Thats correct. Remember the date you submitted it might not be the date they are showing as receiving it, you would need to call to confirm that detail.

My case was approved in Nebraska May 19 and NVC received it June 3... when you are calling NVC at that 603 number you will get a busy signal 30 or more times until you get through, then you will get a phone automated menu and spend anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour on hold before you get a person. The trick is to be persistent, keep hitting redial until you finally get connected and do not give up. Then have your USCIS number ready to give to the operator to ask them if they have received your paperwork yet. From May 6 I would think they should have it by now.
Good luck!!!

Thank you! I did read it but i'll do that again. Good luck to everyone!

Congrats, and welcome!!
Hmm... not sure.
What did the exact language state?