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i called nvc today. the lady said NVC schedules interview dates on the second week of each month but they can not guarantee which month urs will be scheduled:) The number of interviews per month is limited , they call the embassy and ask for the available dates, according to that info they schedule an interview date for each case.

NVC will not schedule a date in the same month even if there are dates available . you have to be notified 1 month advance so it has to be the next month the earliest.

No one is going to give me a life time number or since USA number of pizzas?

I wouldnt eat pizza in Germany. i would go for Doner lol

could someone explain me how to post polls?

I click on manage topics poll and creat the poll but what should i do next? when i hit submit post, they are gone , only title and the post remains.

Your mother wears army boots!

BTW remember what happens when you insult someone's mother

your mom goes to college

(lol still bored!)

Galatasarays 19yo midfield player Arda Turan did the exact move last week on champions league match against Bourdoux of France. Very well inspired from a very well player, but suprisingly this kids skills are very well inspired by Zinedine as well, had to see him play against Liverpool the second half. We will probably watch him in Serie A or Premier League in a few years. Very promising talent. But still missing Zidane:)

You tell her!

PS Thank God someone else was bored too

I have not moved to USA yet but before my marriage I had lived in the US for 6 years and went to college.

I lived in dorms most of the times and ordered in food almost everyday with friends:) I was thinking the other day and I estimated about 2500 pizzas in 6 years(large).

you alll probably noticed Pizza is the number one fast food and the first choice when you order in food in USA. I am sure many of you already have ordered many pizzas already.

You know hehe...too lazy to cook, but hungry. just dial the numbers and tell them what you want and its at the door in 30 mins:) I had felt this way about 3000 times in 6 years I guess lol

well I know you all have this in your mind I have put on like 100 pounds:) noooo... not even 1pound. Dont think I am too lucky hehe I just did a lot of sports (was in wrestling team at college).

SO what is your number? In how long? how many orders so far? what toppings?

My fave was bufallo chicken pizza mmm

I should have actually included chinese food as well. over the years I noticed people order in chinese as often as pizzas. But I have always been a pizza lover. my whole life count is about 5000 i think hehe

well actually didnt cancel it. It was a 5 year F-1. It expired when we came to Turkey to get married. We filed for I130 instead of renewing F-1. I didnt know it would take 1 year or so to get the visa, otherwise we would have taken a different route.

I have heard several ppl got closer dates thats why I was curious. I had thought the same thing too(everyone would ask for a closer date) but you are right I will take my chance.

Well that 4 month is from her the last day of her last visit, we had been apart before several times each couple months or so. No one could give us any guestimate about how long it would take(no one official) In january when we started this, we were thinking we would be done around may,june. when we were in june, our I130 was approved, we said probably in late august or early september. well in september we said probably late october or november . now we are in November and we say its going to end in late january or feb. we will see whats going to happen in january or feb. maybe i will get the visa maybe i will say probably march or april lol

this was the worst thing about this waiting. we could make no plans. as i said before i am stuck here. i have less than 1 year of college left so i am still high school graduate and no chance to get a decent job here, then again my school is there waiting , no progress in that either. i have a car(i miss it badly too, dont tell my wife lol ) an apartment and stuff that i am paying every month but not using. well basically the spring semester starts on late january and i wont make it usa in time. so i will have to wait 8 more months to start and finish school lol

those 8 months nothing to do, just spend time with my wife, this what motivates me:)

I agree with morocco4ever. just canceling the petition is not the solution.

I have a conspracy theory in mind but i wonder if the US embassy would do that.

After you call and let the US embassy know about the situation. She would go on the interview and have a big denial stamp on her passport for 10 years. (that also goes into US immigration records) That will not only keep her away from US consulates for so long, it will also warn the other countries embassies if she ever try to get a visa from them. A denial stamp from USA is a big disadvantage, most embasies ask about the denial and it has a big negative impression in the officers mind (basicaly lowers her chance to 30%). Its also bad at the point of entry.

But these are only if the US embasy wants to give a her a lesson, not canceling the interview but giving a nice stamp on her passport.

well about the woman, she is nothing new, there are many greencard hunters out there. American citizens should pay extra attention to get to know foreigners if they have marriage in their mind. I dont mean to offend foreigners(i am one of them) but there is a lot of fraud going on and this is also why these processes take so long. I have seen a lot of people paying money to american citizens to marry them for the greencard.(more than real marriages actually) And I have seen a lof of people who got married to an american had greencard in their mind instead of love and the american person thought he/she loved him/her

Would never buy an american.

only german(mercedes,porsche) and italian(ferrari)

she is 1/5 inch taller than me. we are both around 5'9''.

she is 4 years younger

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People at the NVC level and the ones who already got their greencards, How many of them doing /did K1? K3? Ir-1/Cr-1?

My I-130 was approved before I-129f(we filed it pretty late), SO I am going for IR1. My case was just completed last week, waiting for an interview date now.

I have a few questions, I didnt want to repost them again. Here is the link

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=43473

thnx

My case was completed on Novermber 22nd. I am a Turkish citizen . NVC schedules the interview dates for Turkey, Albania, Canada, Philippines, Lebanon, UAE and the continent of Africa. Could anyone from these countries tell me their experiences about what happens after this point.

I was told that NVC schedules the interview dates on the second week of each month. Mine will be scheduled someday in between December 8th and 14th. And the interview date has to be at least 1 month ahead of the day of notice. But I can call the US embassy in Ankara and ask for a closer date.

DO i need to know anything further or i am mistaken about anything above?

Please help

thnx

One more question.

should I go ahead and have my medical exam done? for how long is the medical exam report valid? seems like I will have my interview in late january or february.

Will I need anything other than the medical exam reports? NVC already have the originals of birth , marriage certificates, police report.

quote from internetcafe

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The Embassy does not give the applicant any notice. It is the NVC that does everything even setting up of the interview date. The Consulate does the interview part of the process only. You can e-mail the NVC and ask for a closer interview date stating your reasons convincingly and clearly as I did. However I ended up having to postpone my interview date because of job-related reasons and astronomically high prics for plane tickets in summer- especially if you are looking for flights a few day from that day. "

Hi,

My case was just completed on november 22nd. And I will have to wait for the second week of december to get an interview date obviously. This process took already too long and I can have the medical exam by december or the first week of december. So I have no reason to wait for another month or so. Could you give me some more info on rescheduling the interview for a closer date. How much of a chance I have? If I tell them I am done with the medical exam and everything they ask , would that convince them enough? or it has to be a convincing reason? (actually I dont know what would be convincing)

If you can share your experience about getting a closer date, if you dont mind. at least how long apart was the original date and how much closer date you got after you asked them to.

I really made a big mistake , canceled my student visa and married my wife in turkey and ended up stuck here for over a year. I had lived in the US since I was 17 and I really want to go back as soon as possible as I am having adjusting problems here in Istanbul. My wife ended up staying here with me because this waiting kept getting longer and longer but we last decided it would be better for her to go back and finish her school. Now we have been apart for the last 4 months of this 1 year waiting as well. So I really would like this interview happen someday in January so she has her christmass break and she can come here to go tru the interview with me then we can fly to USA together.

Well, I know your going to ask me why we did marry here in turkey hehe. Well first of all , we didnt know it would take over a year. secondly, she is turkish origin and we wanted to get marry in the city where we both were born(istanbul). Ohh again we were misinformed about the K3 visa at the beginning of all this, We were told K3 was a fiance visa, so we skipped that options but now deeply regret we didnt ask anyone else.

We first sent the I864 affidavit of support form along with the necessary documents in august. And sent the DS230 Part I and II in september. IN late september(about 3 weeks after we sent the packages) NVC sent us a checklist saying there are things missing ,needed to be sent. We sent the missing documents in the first week of october. Our case was completed yesterday about 6 weeks after we sent in the missing papers.

NVC does not do anything untill they have everything. I am assuming you sent I864 and preparing to send Ds 230 Part I and II. NVC will not touch your I864 before you sent DS230 part I and II. Once they have everything and they admit they have everything. It takes about 3-4 weeks to review them.

If you didnt not fill out I864 and DS 230 par I and II correctly or missing a document. They will send you a checklist telling you whats missing. AND again, they wont touch your case untill they get those missing documetns or corrections on the forms. THEN AGAIN, when you send the missing things, it takes 2-4 weeks to review all. But that 2-4 weeks starts after they admit they have the mail you sent.

In most cases , you send mails , it gets there in 1 or 2 days but NVC pick them up in 2-4 weeks due to very large volume of mails.(in our case it took 5 weeks)

So from my experiences, You should allow 3 months or so, after you submit the last form which is DS 230 part I and II.

this whats going to happen;

You will mail the Ds230

then in 1-2 weeks(sometimes more) NVC will admit they recieved it.

then 3 weeks and some days for them to review them and complete your case.

then your case will wait till the second week of the next month to get a interview date(nvc only schedules date on the second weeks of each month)

after this point, you may expect something like 40-70 days (from the time your case was completed and the interview)

summary= about 5weeks (give or take a few days) for your case to be completed+ then 1-3 weeks to get an interview date+ then 40-70 days from the day interview date scheduled to actual interview date= total of 3 to 4 months.

this is the best case . as i said any mistake in I864 and ds 230 will add 2 more months of waiting.

to give you how long it took for us. Our case was approved in may 28th. today is novermber 23rd. we just got done with NVC in 1 week less than 6 months.

OK I just called the NVC,

My case is completed and waiting to be scheduled for an interview date. NVC schedules dates on the second week of each months the lady said. So mine will be scheduled in December.

I asked her if i can reschedule it to a closer date. She said you can try but we dont guarantee that.

My case was completed yesterday(november 22nd). the lady said its waiting to be scheduled an interview date. NVC does that on the 2nd week of each months. I will have to wait till the second week of december to know my interview date. The lady also told me that I can call the US embassy in Ankara to reschedule the date to a closer date.

apperantly nvc was really fast in april. Loot at when they recieved I864 ds 230 and when the case was completed? in only 1 week....thats so very uncommon. I say she was really lucky.

well as i said before interview dates and how long apart from nvc completes the case varies a lot. but right now you can go to US embassy ankaras website and see all of the scheduled interviews. The site was updated on nov 21st. and most of the IR1 interviews are on late january and early feb. but remember these IR1 interviews were scheduled about a week or two ago since they update the site every 20 days. so from this info , i guesstimate mine late feb or early march.

and one more info(i think its valuable).....you know everyone talk about how fast things go depends on each case.....well i do not agree with that. here is my proof....My wifes brother got married to a none us citizen about 1 and half month before we did. HE basically used the same financial paper work(he also had his father as co sponsor) but his I864 was processed in no time , ours took 1 ages.(still being processed). SO i dont really think it depends on each case.. it should depend on the nationality of the beneficiary and how busy the nvc is.

DS 230 Part I and Part II

I-864

these are the forms that you submit after you are done with 3032 , AOS Bill , IV bill.

I864 is basically about the American applicant sponsoring the turkish beneficiary. From what you said what you just gave to your lawyer, I think you are at this stage.

DS230 is some biographic info and Part II is where you say you(the turkish beneficiary) are not a terrorist , drug addict or seller, etc...

Along with DS 230 , you will have to provide the orginals of the birth certificate, marriage certificates, police reports from turkey, etc...

then you should allow 2 to 4 weeks for nvc to review them(usually 3 weeks and couple days ).

If there is any of the above i exlained missing , you will recieve a checklist , which basically tell you whats missing and what you have to provide further. Once you send the missing documents, it takes about 2 months for nvc to complete your case.

I am at this stage right now..its been 2 weeks since NVC got all the papers and forms from me. (and they admited they got them) so i can not tell you anything about whats after.

but from my research , jannuary 15 is a slim to none chance.

My Ds230 and I 864 are being reviewed (been 2 weeks)called the nvc today and the lady told me its almost done , call back someday next week to know your interview date. Well, I wasnt really expecting such responce since they usually would say allow 2 to 4 weeks. BUt she sounded too certain as if she has seen whats been done already and could mostlikely be completed next week. Anyway, if her estimate is correct. When should I expect my interview date?

i have read some of the last posts and there are people who just started to this and asking for info. Along with the question, i can share my experiences so far.

Well my I130 took exactly 120 day to get approved , then about 30-35 days for NVC to admit they recieved my case. Couple weeks after I recieved 3032 AOS and mailed it back . It took 1 month for NVC to admit they recieved it. then about couple weeks after I recieved the IV Bill, paid on the same day. NVC recieved the check on the same week(they recieved the AOS bill on the same week too) Then a long wait till we got I864 (about 1 month) and after a week we got ds230. We filled them out well and mailed them back. AGAIN 1month for nvc to admit they recieved them and about 2 weeks after they sent us a checklist for missing documents( we sent the certified copies of the birth and marriage certificate, they wanted the originals) well , we mailed the certificates and it took them exactly 5 weeks to admit they recieved them. and now its been 2 weeks since they got everything . we are waiting for our case to be completed.

So...if you want to be done with NVC in shorttime , one should be very carefull and fast. May consider James shortcuts. Any mistake results in a delay of 5-8 weeks. Especially make sure you handle ds 230 and 864 well , if there is somethig wrong or missing, that will cause you 2 months delay.

If you have questions about your case, email nvc instead of calling them. the operator can only tell you what she/he sees on the computer, but if you email , they can go through your case and answer you back with much accurate and detailed info.

Also how fast nvc works varies depending on the month and volume of the cases. For example, they would recieve mails and send out forms quicker in september but they almost came to a complete halt in late october and november. ( they dont admit it but I think thats because of the lottery winners cases are also being reviewed in these months as most have their interviews in the following months) I have heard several k3 applicants had their interview dates about 2 months or so ahead in the last 2 months however I have seen 3 people had their K3 interview happened 7-13 days after they submitted all their paper work to ankara.

as of now , i have not seen anyone got rejected, including k3s. but i have heard a few people got rejected for k1 in the last a few years. Most of the reasons why they got rejected was female american applicant was older than the male turkish beneficiary. I know thats against the human rights telling ppl who to marry or not but thats how it is, you simply have no rights in the immigration process. one can expect some questions which can emberasse you. DS230 Part II is emberassement itself, signing the bottem of the form in front of the officer , simply saying " I am not a terrorist, drug addict, criminal, etc...."

OK some more updates....

My mails finaly made it to NVC (or they made it to nvc way back but nvc just picked them up) on the 9th of november. Now they have everything they needed and processing my case. I was told I should allow 2 to 4 weeks for them to review them. Its already been 2 weeks almost, so i should hear from them soon(hopefully). Well all of the extra stuff they ask for turkish citizens, which makes everything take longer and harder, there is one good thing they do, they schedule the interview dates right on the same day they complete the case. So i can know my interview date when my case completed by calling NVC.

And i have just gotten some info from the US embassy in ankara. there are about 70 K3 applications and 7-8 Cr-1/Ir-1 applications per year. Which is not bad at all. But they still schedule the interview dates 2 months or so ahead.

Ok some updates

NVC sent out a check list on OCTOBER 3RD , that our I 864 package was incomplete. I called NVC on OCTOBER 5TH and asked them whats missing and mailed the missing documents on OCTOBER 6TH.

then NVC sent out another checklist on OCTOBER 14TH, the originals of birth and marriage certificates were missing( i gave them certified copies in the package) so i sent the originals on OCTOBER 18th.

Now it has been 4 weeks since i mailed the missing documents for I864 and over 2 weeks for DS 230.

Still they havent gotten them or they are not entered into the system yet. The officer told me they would wait for both mails to reach them then they would process them which is an additional 2-4 weeks process.

the officer also said they recieve 1000s of mails everyday in their mail box, but it takes 2 to 4 weeks for them to get to officers due to high volume of mails.

So in these cases. they have the missing documenst for I 864 already(since it has been 4 weeks) but they are waiting for the missing documents for ds 230 to get to them(probably in anyday next 2 weeks). then they will process them together.

I asked the officer how long would it take to process such documents, he didnt give me any clue.

here is what i think . I mailed the documents on the october 18th, in the morning. It reaches to NVC on the same day or next morning, so lets say its in the mail box on 19th for sure. then maximum of 4 weeks for them to recieve it . thats novermber 18th. then 2 to 4 weeks process time. anywhere between december 1-18th.

Does any of you has anything to add to this ? any opinions? or any part you think i am wrong?

any info will be apriciated

thanks

what is a certified copy then? if not noterised? noterisation is the most accepted way in all around the world.