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Truth is, gun control is right now a trending topic, so people like to talk about it, yet they have no idea what they are talking about. 

Their main point is mass shootings, which account only a tiny portion of gun related deaths. 

Give it some time, gun control will stop being the trending topic and people will stop talking about and will get back to the usual stuff.  Meanwhile everyone demands (gun control) what everyone else is repeating over and over again.

It just shows how big of a deal social networks have become for many, some even consider it "their life". 

Unless you have something to hide you shouldn't worry at all, right?

10 hours ago, Dianalorena said:

it's incredibly frustrating, but it is what it is. We filed in February 2017, it took 311 days just for USCIS approval and we started NVC in January, so I know I still have 3 months to go or so, sigh. Do I have to call frequently? because that idea gives me anxiety! 

 

Yes, frustrating is the exact word i would use to describe the process. 

My advice would be for you to call every last 5 days of the month, and the first three days of the month, those are the days that CDJ assigns appointments.  They also assign dates any day of the month when someone cancels an appointment, but  are very unlikely,  don't get frustrated at all, just call those days.  

I called the 28th and they told me and interview date was just set, email was received like 6 days later and no NVC case status update for like 10 days.

Ciudad Juarez is currently taking on average 90 days from CC to interview, ours took  more, but as you said, there is no real order of "first in first out" when giving out interview dates,  users with a CC 14 days after ours got the interview one month before ours, so you never know. 

Hopefully you'll get your interview scheduled the last days of April for June.

Our interview took 525 days from NOA1 to Int.

Well, as a Mexican National living in the Border (Juarez, right where the Consulate for Green card interviews is), i can tell you right away that the current family chain immigration policy is being abused way beyond control.  A lot of people who have US visas go and give birth in the US (15 minute drive), with the excuse of "giving their child a better future", but the reality is that they do it with the intention of immigrating themselves as parents of a USC when the time comes.  This is not exclusive of people from Mexico, a lot of people from different countries that live here (We have a huge variety of manufacturing companies from around the world) do the same. 

All this problem goes beyond abusing the immigration system, it goes from giving birth by abusing the Medicaid program and never paying a single penny, to people that i know that are on welfare, get food stamps, enroll in multiple state welfare support programs, while in reality they actually never need it. And most of this people, who usually own a GC, they don't even live in the USA, they pay no taxes on the US, and take advantage of cheap rent here in Mexico. 

As i said this is not exclusive of Mexican Nationals, people from all over the world abuse the system, I've traveled a lot, and people from around the world agree that this is the way everybody tries to abuse the system, that in the end, the ones that end up paying for all of this are regular tax payers.

My opinion is, chain migration is out of hand, you don't need your parents here in the US to live (most countries don't allow this), much less your siblings.    It's better to make the system much more efficient for spouses or children that really need to be reunited with their families.

We got our case complete in  approx 4 weeks.

Try small regional banks, they ask for less requirements to open a joint account.

Ohh and we sent 3 affidavits, but as everyone has mentioned they have very low importance in your application. Just send the 3 you have. 

That's what probably happened, they misplaced them or someone at nvc messed up due to separate packets. That's why they advice to send a single mail containing both IV and AOS.

November 1 was probably when they had all documents together.  I agree you should try to change your scan date to september

That is so unfortunate, did you send separate  IV - AOS packets?     Have you tried talking to a Supervisor

You can go ahead and mail your packet (AOS & IV) asap.   

If you have paid every fee and completed all forms, on the CEAC your status  should be at "Submit requested documents".

Call them, and add both of your emails so you can both get updates by email.

I believe if you get your police certificate with "keine eintragung" you don't need the translation.  All this  if you're having your interview in Germany. 

Check with Frankfurt consulate, i'm pretty sure they are valid for 12 months, if that's the case order it ASAP, you should have it in as little as three days in your mailbox.

12 hours ago, Amarylis said:

How do I do that?

Top right corner, click on your user name, select "My timeline", then "add/edit timeline"

You need to start calling NVC 1 week after they forward your case so you can get a case number and update your email so they can send you all the info to both of you.   In our case after 10 days they where able to give us our case number.

It depends, case by case, there are people stuck at "Waiting for NVC to receive their case" for months.

On 9/7/2017 at 9:39 AM, geowrian said:

Keep in mind when that was last updated...

"Field Office Processing Dates for Potomac Service Center as of: May 31, 2017"

It's over 3 months out of date.

It's actually just one month behind from the other service center updates, the date "as of" is used to show that as of that date, they started working on those cases. So when you're past that date and you haven't received a decision, you're out of normal processing times. 

Two weeks is way too much, ours took one week to change from in process  to paid.  I would go ahead and send your documents as you said. By the time they look at them the issue is hopefully solved.

You should expect case approved in several months (Texas is around 5 months approx.) if everything is correct, or an RFE if something is missing in your application.

Right now all you can do is wait, or start looking into documents needed at NVC stage.

7 hours ago, TabeaK said:

3-4 weeks if memory serves. Where are you know, i.e. where are they supposed to send the document?

I'm currently in Mexico, the thing is that mail form Germany usually arrives very very fast, i have no way of contacting them. 

Hi.

I sent my application for a Police certificate of good conduct from Germany, it's been three weeks since the application was sent to Bonn, is there a way to contact the Bundeszentralregister besides calling?  How much time does it normally take to arrive?
 

Ours took 6 business days to show as paid, in our case if we tried to click on pay IV again it would not allow us, it's kind of a glitch. Wait a week, if nothing comes up call NVC.

I have US health insurance  through my wife's work benefits, i have no SSN, i'm still waiting for my green card (CR-1), at first they might tell you it can't be done, but it is possible. We've already changed insurance three times  and i've always been added with no problems.

we got our NOA1 in the mail 4 days after USCIS received it. 

That letter is usually obtained from the State offices, in Chihuahua you get it from "Fiscalia General del Estado", it costs $82 pesos.

http://fiscalia.chihuahua.gob.mx/inicio/?p=546