JWD531

I was calling NVC when my wife told me that NVC sent us the IL via email, it's for March 26th.

Woohooo....

I updated the list for mine and JWD531.

Congrats everyone and good luck!

Cool, thanks!

Congrats and good luck to everyone else as well!!

Since I saw you people saying you were calling to the NVC and getting the interview date, I did it too hehe I couldn't wait!!! And weeell I got my interview scheduled for March 28 at 7:15 am, that's what the lady on the phone told me.

I can't lie I was expecting an earlier date but who cares, finally we have a date!!!

I did the same thing!!! I just called after getting home from work, got an interview date for my wife for March 10th! WOOHOO!!!! FINALLY THIS IS ALMOST OVER!!!

Hey guys CASE COMPLETE AT NVC on 23rd JAN anyone can take a guess if the interview will be scheduled for march or possibility in FEB?

According to the NVC rep. They are required to send you the P4 letter/email 1 month before the interview. So if you haven't recieved a P4 letter or expedite then I would rule Feb out.

I made my daily call to NVC today, and they verified again that my complete date was 1/27/14 (dwheels, you can add me to your list). They also said that they weren't able to schedule an interview for me in February. So not sure if that means that they tried, or just that Feb is full. Either way, I expected Feb was full anyway. I asked if I could expect March and she said "I'm not sure," so no confirmation there. But hopefully if they "tried to schedule for Feb," that means that they'll try to schedule again and actually get an interview date soon, but I'm not getting my hopes up. That also somewhat makes me think that they're already done scheduling for now, and will have to wait until they get a new list of open dates from the embassy.

I called NVC today and they said my case is complete and now just waiting on interview appointment. I'll believe it when I see it, but that's what they told me.

Congrats!

Current thread is here though (November is long over ): http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/472916-nvc-filers-january-2014/

And if you do indeed have a case complete, you should join the case complete thread listed on post 1 of the above thread.

HAHA, I clicked the wrong bookmark on my computer, and didn't even give it a second thought. And ya, I've been following the other thread since I joined this one (my theory is that you can never look too many steps ahead in this process).

I called NVC today and they said my case is complete and now just waiting on interview appointment. I'll believe it when I see it, but that's what they told me.

I called NVC today and they said my case is complete and now just waiting on interview appointment. I'll believe it when I see it, but that's what they told me.

Do y'all ever get bored waiting?

For me in past 10 months.. It's been studying what is coming ahead, reading, getting documents, translations, getting extra documents, copies, writing emails to everyone, calling, and checking status. I even put together everything from I-130 to now just in case everything gets lost in the mail (even all originals) and sent to my wife. I even sent extra stuff that I didn't feel like I provided strong enough evidence. Now just sitting back and feel helpless. No point in calling NVC (waiting for interview and P4). No point in writing political officials (Nothing is wrong and I'm in processing times). No point in calling the embassy (they don't have case yet). Out of all this time, I have nothing to do or can do. I am itching to call the embassy but need to wait.......

I guess it just upsets me I'm going to miss our first anniversary together and there is nothing I can do on anything. Just sit and wait...

Bored is an understatement. I'm in the same boat, have everything lined up just in case, and my wife has all of that stuff also, we got double the originals/copies they asked for just in case. I'm still waiting on case complete but it should be coming shortly. I'm about two weeks behind your timeline while at NVC. I too will miss my first anniversary together (next weekend). But we'll be making up for it for sure and just celebrating it together later. (we'll be skyping all day the day of though).

Funny how the wait for interview date then the endless wait for the actual Interview seems the most nerve racking. Because its all out of your control.

You will get the fun if you choose to follow your petition to the embassy. I did that all the way to Ben Obi signing for it. hehe. I miss calling NVC 3 and 4 times a day i had good times and always learned good stuff that I help people with now.

Just hang on you will get to witness the joy and euphoria and pain of interview scheduling next week. When that first "I got a date xx/xx/xx" is announced its crazy fun.

I'm actually looking forward to THAT wait. I don't think ANY of these first parts have truly been in my control. I've been apprehensive since day one due to the vagueness of the entire process. So many different requirements from each country, dealing with customer service reps, professional services, and those who have experienced the process - which seems to change so often, even the "professionals" can't always seem to keep up. At least once I get the interview date I can REALLY start preparing for my wife's arrival.

And ya, witnessing the perseverance of everyone else in this 'community' has helped keep me strong as well. I love reading everyone else's comments, and sometimes it's just nice knowing I'm not the only person going through all this - because surely no one that ISN'T experiencing any of this really has no idea what we're all going through.

You are so right! I and my housband are waiting for this moment 9 years ... I waited until he took the green card then the passport .... Then all this procces and now we are waiting for interview. When I took the email P4 after a 10 weeks of waiting ( after case complet at NVC) I was with him and we did cry together we were at one party .... ? I couldend' stop crying was ..... I can't explain my selfe what feeling was. Now I am afraid because is somthing that we don't know ,but all I know is if you love someone more than yourselfe you can do some things that was impossible to possible. ❤ I wish all the best for you all!

This last year of waiting has tested my patience, and I can't even begin to imagine how it would feel waiting 9 years. Godspeed with the rest of your process.

Thanks for your responce,are you doing EP?I hear that will make things a little Faster,I don't know,but the waiting is just CRAZY!!!

Unfortunately, no. My wife is from the Philippines and they don't allow EP yet. Yes, the waiting is very long. And USCIS taking 8-9 months instead of 3-5 months (CR-1) definitely didn't get us started on a good note. I know there are also still a lot of people that have same PD as my wife's case, or even earlier, that are still waiting on USCIS.

Is this Accurate?..3-4 Months? Oh My..this is CRAZY!..I hope it's not that long of a Process.

They tell you 1-2 months back when you submit I-130 and find out about the process. They don't tell you about the extra dead time spent waiting while packages sit in stacks; or cases and supporting documents sitting in the mail room for months at a time, before they're touched. So yes, at least 3-4 months. I was approved I-130 in November, and it's been over two months already, and my docs are just sitting at NVC in the mail room. Will probably be 2-3 months before my wife's here (after approval, we still have to wait for package to be sent to embassy, then wait for an appointment, then hope everything goes well there).

Nice! You need an "auto-response" like USCIS has, so that when people ask certain questions, your profile automatically just posts this. OR, you could have it 'auto-respond' twice a day, once in the morning, and once in the evening. LOL.

My husband and I got approved on Dec 31 at TSC and we still have not been transferred to NVC yet. We called once and they said it has been taking four to six weeks, but that I should call them every week just to check.

Hi, was just approved last night. PD 3/22/13, transfer to TSC 11/15/13. Anybody know about how long it's been taking texas to transfer cases to NVC after noa2?

In same boat as lot of people here

from TSC approved Dec 13

email shipped to NVC Jan 7

called Jan 10 no packet received at NVC yet

waiting for NVC to receive packet - ?

IIN issued from NVC- ?

Mine took 2.5 weeks from CSC to NVC, another 2 weeks to get fees generated, sent packages about 1.5 - 2.5 weeks later after all the fees approved/cleared bank.

Hi all, my wife in the US called NVC several times last week to try to get our case number and received a 'busy' signal instead of getting through to the automated answer service. Anyone had the same or knows why this is?

I sometimes get busy signal (just means someone probably is calling at the exact same moment as you. Many times I've hung up and gotten someone immediately after that, sometimes after hanging up and trying again 5 times lol.

Is it, really?..

LOL, no, not at all (worse than USCIS, that is).

I got case number, sent in DS-261 online, then AOS and IV were available to pay online. I selected AOS fee, paid it, and now I can't seem to select IV to pay for. Do I have to wait for one payment to clear the bank (or show as paid) before I can send the other one? I thought that I could pay them both at the same time. Thanks.

i am asking everyone this question because some of them are not puting an exact dates of when they sent their packages only the dates of paying the fees and without stating if they received a checklist or not so we can understand the process that much better and some of them are not filling their timelines that much clear to understand...i am hoping that everyone would put a signature and explain his\her journey through the NVC so anyone who is going through this would come and see how much time it took each one that is the reason why i ask i am keeping myself updated by where exactly the NVC reached into the process...i hope everyone would fill out their timeline for the VJ users to look at and count the time frame for each case and each step.

Ya, I try to fill out in my signature EVERY step in the process, when I called someone, when I learned ANYTHING about my case. It's very helpful to see all the interim steps.

I got my NVC case number today. Just called them and they said it was input into the system last night. Now I'm just waiting for the DS-261 and invoices, etc. to be available online, and I'll go from there. (timeline info below)

Just got off the phone after waiting for like 25 minutes. This lady was rude as ........ She was like do you have your approval notice, i was like yes i do...and what is the date on it, i said Dec 7...she was like can you read down where it says give us 30 days....i'm like yes i see that, i'm just calling because i know it can take a week, two or a month.

Then she goes, you are calling the right number sir, but it can take up to 8 weeks before we get your petition.I'm like ok whatever....

So instead of me wasting time and calling, when would you guys suggest that i should start calling NVC ?

You're not wasting your time. Call every day if you want. I call every day. Just know that some people are nice, and others can be very rude. Just ignore the rudeness, and keep on going. I can usually tell from the minute they say "thank you for calling NVC this is ..." whether they have a bad attitude or not. If they sound rude, I start off by saying "I know it's not been 8 weeks yet, and you may take that long, but I am calling just because I can, and my USCIS receipt number is ...." The rude people have stopped giving me the 'canned response' in return when I start my sentence basically telling them that I already know that. The nice people seem happy I called, and when I call and they tell me I still don't have a case number yet, they usually say "Well, is there something I CAN help you with since you've got me on the phone?" And they usually say "Just keep calling." Just like calling customer service with your cable/internet/phone/etc service, there are plenty of rude people, but that shouldn't stop you from calling for service. Just be patient.

I'm going to be in the Phillipines for a bit soon, and I'm waiting on my case number though. I have all my documents ready to go once I get case number and bills for AOS and Part IV etc, but I'm not sure if I should mail from PI using FedEx or if I should let someone here mail for me. I always heard it's better and more reliable to mail from US address to NVC, so I didn't want to risk it, but wanted to get others' opinions as well - maybe everyone has had good experiences, or maybe some horror stories. Just want to be sure before I take all my documents with me on vacation, or leave them here with friend/family/etc. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Two questions:

1 - For those of you that bring photos to the embassy interview of you and your spouse together, how many photos would you typically take? And if they're digital, what's the best way to present those? Most of my photos are digital and so I could just print them out on paper as color copies, but didn't know if that was a good idea, or if there are better ideas out there for that. Any better ideas?

2 - For anyone that has chat logs on Facebook or Skype, is there an easy way to download that information to take to embassy interview? Or better ideas on how to share that information with embassy for interview?

Thanks!

For anyone that has chat logs on Facebook or Skype, is there an easy way to download that information to take to embassy interview? Or better ideas on how to share that information with embassy for interview?

How long does it take to get a case number from NVC

I was approved on Nov 22 from CSC

I call NVC but they're telling me my case is not transfer yet

Our timelines are pretty similar. I got NOA2 18 Nov, and when I called NVC today 12-5-13, they said they received it yesterday 12-4-13 (to be honest, yesterday was the FIRST day I had NOT called NVC to check status, and that's the day something changed - maybe I'll NOT call them more often LOL). So expect within a week or two. Even though they tell you 8 weeks, it's more like 2-3 weeks to receive the case (like another user said, it waits in the mail room until they scan it into their system), then another 2-4 weeks to assign a case number.

For those of you that bring photos to the embassy interview of you and your spouse together, how many photos would you typically take? And if they're digital, what's the best way to present those? Most of my photos are digital and so I could just print them out on paper as color copies, but didn't know if that was a good idea, or if there are better ideas out there for that. Any better ideas? Thanks!

My wife completed her interview at the Paris embassy today, and the CO told her that she is approved.

The interview went well and was relatively quick (2 hours total). Thanks again to so many of you for all of your help with this process!

Was she asked any non-standard questions (not listed on the 'expected/typical interview questions' lists that are provided)?

I keep seeing different answers online about police certificate. My wife is in the Philippines, and she got Korea Police Certificate at Korean Embassy there in Philippines (I think that's where she got it). Do we need to mail to NVC the ORIGINAL? Or is a certified copy alright? And will she need to bring the original to the interview if we mail in certified copy?

Thanks for the information bro. I found out today that my case was received yesterday at NVC, and hope they assign case number next week. Good Luck

Was your file transferred to a local or another service center from the NBC or was it processed only at NBC? And it took 8 full weeks to get from NBC to NVC for your case?

OMG i just got approved from my i130 and i realized im not as up to date as i should be with what i have to do with NVC im a lil scared...

First, just take a deep breath. Even when you think you know everything, you probably don't (as all of us can probably verify), so the best is just to not get too stressed (doesn't help the process). Read carefully through the first two posts here, and many of the comments, and you should be fine. :-) Good luck.