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Any turk wants to share information about the process in nvc and after?

I-130 was approved in may 22nd. Got the approval letter on june 2nd. Then we recieved the 3032 and Aos bill in mid july. We made the payment on the same day i think it was july 14th. and mailed the 3032 a few days later. then heard nothing from them for a month. We called 603 334 0700 and tried to know whats going on. they told us they mailed the I864 form on july 22nd. My wife told them it was august 11th and she still havent gotten it. then the person said she is going to send it again the next day , our IV bill was also generated a couple days before so we should expect it soon as well.....well again some 2 weeks later , still no I864 and IV bill. I called the NVC again and told them still recieved nothing. the person said My I864 was send on august 11th and Iv bill a week before that. a couple days after this call, we recieved the IV vbill and paid it on the same day again but still no I864.

My wife got so pissed . She lives in Massachusetts , only 1 :30 hour away from the NVC building in NH. She drove up there and tried to get the papers herself. But there was this security guy didnt let her get in. He said no one can help her. there is no helpdesk or anyone she can talk to. no one other than people work there can walk in there. and she cant pick the papers or return paper to there, she should wait for the mails and mail them back. My wife started a fight with the guy but no use then she started crying but no use again. She drove all the way back home and no gain . Only thing we found out was its a huge building and some thousand people working in it and they work from 7 30 to midnight. unfortunately no help desk.

I am very well convinced that there is no way to make things go faster. I just have to wait. even the posts takes weeks to get to my wife. they dont pick up the mails you sent them from their mail box very often either. Most of the papers were picked up a week or more late. When we sent the 3032, it took them 3 weeks to put the info in to the system so we called the post office and ask when they delivered our mail. it was the next morning at 9 am. but it took them 3 weeks to pick it up from the mailbox and enter it to the system.

right now i am waiting for the Ds-230 and I-864 forms. they said its another 1 to 5 weeks for them to complete the case after i return them to NVC and who knows when the interview will be after they complete the case. I am from turkey and NVC assings the interview dates for turkey. only thing good is i know the embassy in ankara is not so busy. so i say its probably another 4-5 months for me untill the interview.

how about Ankara , Turkey?

Why is DS-230 part 2 required for only Albania, Canada, Lebanon, Turkey, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, The Continent of Africa? more terrorists there? lol

what are these DS-230? and I-864 packages?

My consulate will be Ankara Turkey. I heard there are some different procedures for Turkey.

When should I expect my interview date?

aos bill paid last week and 3032 sent this week.

I-130 approved on june 2nd. since then we recieved DS-3032 , filled it out , paid the 70 dollars fee( july 12th) and mailed it today(july 19th).

what should we expect now?

Your wife/husband can visit USA with their EU passport for 3 months without ever stopping by an embassy.

Just imagine other people from other countries which the US requires a visa. And when they apply for the visa, they hear " you must wait for your immigrant visa to be issued"

So pleasee people, dont cry too loud. If someone has to cry, those are the ones from poor countries which the INS does heavy research on them and much harder give them their visa. And definitely no visit during this wait.

Ohh especialy Canadians, pleaseee. You guys are only hours away from the US border. And most of the time, they wouldnt even ask you for a visa for the passage.

I know I am being rude but crying here in front of peole who are actualy in worst positions is mean as well.

My wife recieved the email that says your case has been approved on june 2nd and the mail is on its way.

What do we do now?

We got this email on the same day she came to visit me and her return ticket to USA is on August 9th. Do you guys think I can make it to USA on the same plane? or the process after the approval of I130 is longer than 2 months 9 days?

Thanks

I went to university in the US and while attending the 4 year program , they provided me a social security card with a number issued on it. it says " not valid for work" " institutional work only" on it. I could work on campus or places that my school authorises(such as internships etc..) for 20 hours a week.

My wife and I applied both for I129f and I130, so which ever comes first. I already have a ssn issued for my name, will I still have to wait 3 months for work permit thing or its going to take much shorter for me, since they only have to change the status from" institutional wok" to usuall ssn ?

we filed the form I130 in the first week of feb 2006. We recieved the recipt and date on it was Feb 13th 2006. When I check the latest update on my case on the online system the date is Feb 16th 2006, 3 days after they issued the Noa1. Since then no updates, no nothing.

is this a good thing or bad? I have seen people with later noa1 dates recieved their noa2 weeks ago. is it possible they just took a look at my case on the 3rd day and threw it down to the bottom of the other cases as they found it one of the least piority cases.

do you think they do this kind of organising and numbering files, which one first which later on?

I dont see any reason checking my case on the 3rd day and then silence for 4 months.

I wouldn't be too alarmed yet. Ours took aprox. 90 days to get through USCIS. I have heard of others sailing through and some that took longer.

it has been 100 days since the receipt date as of today. still waiting.

Relax...

According to the dates.. Vermont are still processing Dec 05 for I-130.. so you wont have recived your NOA2 yet... I believe (and could be wrong)... that the most of the petitions that have been approved faster will be people that DCF....

The NOA 1 just means that your case has been entered into the system and that they will be working on your case...

processing times explains why i am still waiting....ok i got that point.

what I dont get is , how come people with much later noa1 dates could get their case approved much before mine.

stop making us jealous

we filed the form I130 in the first week of feb 2006. We recieved the recipt and date on it was Feb 13th 2006. When I check the latest update on my case on the online system the date is Feb 16th 2006, 3 days after they issued the Noa1. Since then no updates, no nothing.

is this a good thing or bad? I have seen people with later noa1 dates recieved their noa2 weeks ago. is it possible they just took a look at my case on the 3rd day and threw it down to the bottom of the other cases as they found it one of the least piority cases.

do you think they do this kind of organising and numbering files, which one first which later on?

I dont see any reason checking my case on the 3rd day and then silence for 4 months.

I wouldn't be too alarmed yet. Ours took aprox. 90 days to get through USCIS. I have heard of others sailing through and some that took longer.

it has been 100 days since the receipt date as of today. still waiting.

we filed the form I130 in the first week of feb 2006. We recieved the recipt and date on it was Feb 13th 2006. When I check the latest update on my case on the online system the date is Feb 16th 2006, 3 days after they issued the Noa1. Since then no updates, no nothing.

is this a good thing or bad? I have seen people with later noa1 dates recieved their noa2 weeks ago. is it possible they just took a look at my case on the 3rd day and threw it down to the bottom of the other cases as they found it one of the least piority cases.

do you think they do this kind of organising and numbering files, which one first which later on?

I dont see any reason checking my case on the 3rd day and then silence for 4 months.

well my wife and i alredy filed for i130 and i129f some months ago. but it seems like its gonna take a while untill i will be able to enter the US( i am turkish, visa is required to enter the us)

my wife is currently going to college in the us and that is why she cant stay with me but she comes here in every break including short 1 week breaks(like spring break lol) And she is coming again on june 2nd for the whole summer.

well I dont think i will get my visa in late august when she has to return to the us ( we filed i130 on feb 10 and i129f on may 1st)

so i was thinking if my wife and i go to the embassy with all the paperwork we have done and ask for a tourist visa, what would the officer say ? lol

i mean its a real marriage , they are gonna give me my visa in sometime anyway lol just the officer how much we love each other and ask for a short term visa ?

would it be so stupid? i dont really want to work or stay on untill i get my greencard....i just want to be able to see her more often.

well recieved noa1 on feb 10th 2006... still waiting ...havent heard anything yet. Our service center was Vermont. It was supposed to be faster than any other. There are people who got later noa1 dates than mine but recieved their noa2 a couple of weeks ago. I dont know what to do.

what does this" touched" means anyway?

well as a summary .....no emails... no mails ...no phones calls recieved...only have noa1 date of feb10th 2006 and still waiting.

I think they lost my file lol

otherwise if anything was missing or bad, they would have asked for rfe or something already.

any opinion on this is appriciated and also any advice.

thanks in advance

anyone have answers for these?

well. I have my noa1 (I130) dated feb10th 2006......i go on the link above which says processing times then go on to vermonth service center. and there I 130 for spouse parents child and now processing december 10th 2005 as of may 8th. and it has been december 10th for 2 months.

now i come here to these forums and see people who has noa1 of feb and march got their noa2 in the first or second week of may 2006. is this processing times list not accurate? or i am looking at a very wrong place?

and my wife was directed wrongly at the town hall near her place...the person said K3 was for fiance visa not already married...we found out it was also good for us last month...so filed the form pretty late....we were married on oct 20th 2006 ...filed I130 on feb 10th and may 1st for i129f. now its been 3 weeks we still havent received noa1 for i129f. we also never heard or recieved any anything about the i130 which we filed like 4 months ago.

and one more questions about whats next after recieving noa2 for I130 or I129f(whichever comes first)?

i know its difficult to estimate the wait time for noa2 but is there any estimation for whats after noa2?( when i can enter the US) my consulate will be ankara turkey. and they say things go pretty fast there. and not many people waiting on the list from turkey. well these are all positive i guess but being born in turkey will probably slow down the process.

well recieved noa1 on feb 10th 2006... still waiting ...havent heard anything yet. Our service center was Vermont. It was supposed to be faster than any other. There are people who got later noa1 dates than mine but recieved their noa2 a couple of weeks ago. I dont know what to do.

what does this" touched" means anyway?

well as a summary .....no emails... no mails ...no phones calls recieved...only have noa1 date of feb10th 2006 and still waiting.

I think they lost my file lol

otherwise if anything was missing or bad, they would have asked for rfe or something already.

any opinion on this is appriciated and also any advice.

thanks in advance