hey usmsbow, I think I have some good news for the two of us. I learned from my backdoor USCIS contact that any I129F cases which were "sent" from the CSC in the second half of December didn't actually leave the building until the 5th of January. It usually takes 2 to 3 weeks to get to the NVC after that. Hope that helps explain the situation for the two of us. He also was insistant that the cases would not be rejected by the NVC due to the I797 being expired.
My case was also finally sent out on December 17th after retrieval from NRC. The congressional liaision office at the CSC actually called my congressional case worker on December 15th and said it would be shipped in 1 to 3 days and to allow two to three weeks for delivery. I got the exact ship day of December 17th because I work for DHS and so I have a USCIS liaision officer who i have a direct line with. (unfortuneately I only found out about this contact a couple weeks ago, otherwise I could have saved a lot of waiting on hold). If you add three federal holidays into the mix, three weeks adds up to this coming monday, so Im very hopeful we all get good news soon. as for the 42 days, that only applies to visas processed at the NVC. K1 visas dont get processed there. they only receive a case number and then are sent to the overseas embasssy/consulate to finish processing. Hope this helps.
personally, I'm in a sticky spot right now bacause my NOA2 expires Jan 16th. If it gets to the NVC before that I'm alright, after that and I think it gets sent back to the CSC for reapproval. Which, considering they use a three legged tortoise to mail files back and forth, will extend my timeline by another few months, assuming they dont screw up again. Although on the expiration stuff i haven't gotten a firm answer on that yet, just rumors from this website. My congressional case wroker is going to look into that issue tomorrow.
jjsmol got a reaction from usmsbow in NVC- CASE NUMBER