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Thank God.  Our visa was issued today.  Its time to party. WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW

It was issued today.  Thank God for everyones help.

Me and my fiance had our K1 interview on Feb 1 2017.  She brought in a copy of her birthcertificate and the embassy employee wanted the original.  We were told that we needed to deliver her passport and original birth certificate to MBE in Mega Cento Mall.  We did that 1 hour later.  Everything was turned in on Feb 1 2017.  It has been over 2 weeks, even though the employee said that we would have the visa within 14 days.  I check the ceac website like 10 times a day.  I have noticed that the dates have changed showing that it is updating.  This has happen about 5-6 times.  This is litterally driving me crazy.  I just do not understand why this is such a slow process, it honestly doesnt need to be.  I am basically asking for any advice.  I really dont know what to do.  Is there anyone that I can call? Everytime i email ustraveldocs I get this autoresponse email basically saying to please be patient.  this is BS.

I just check the ceac website last night and it shows an update for 2/6/17.  DOes that mean they recieved the document I turned in 2/1/17?  They said we were approved after they recieved my fiance orginal birth certificate.  They didnt like the copy?  How long do you think it will take to have visa in hand now?  It still says administrative processing.  I purchased a ticket for 2/14/17.  That is the longest I can wait before going back to work.  Man this is stressful.  Thank God they said approved.  Hopefully someone can shed light onto this subject for me.

Today we had our interview.  The woman told us that we were approved with the understanding that we produced a better copy of my wifes birth certificate.  We did that 2 hours later.  We were given an address to send the document into, my question is, If they were going to deny us they would have just done it right there correct?  I am asking because right now the status on the website says Administative processing.  I realize it will take a little time to have the mebassy recieve the new birth certificate.  Im just nervous, thats all.  You all know this is a crazy process.

Thanks for all input

Just now, soulstriker said:

apply for ap and greencard 

How long does that take?

Hello Everyone,

I have a quick question.  What do we have to do (Me and my Fiance) to allow her to travel back and forth to the Dominican Republic once the visa is approved to check on her grandfather?  He is very sick.

3 hours ago, soulstriker said:

got approved ! lost like several hours of sleep waiting for my fiance to call me after her interview , only 9 questions , she did notice elder applicants were getting denied but the younger applicants for immigrant visas all did fine , left a small review , will be checking the ceac status till it says  issued

Congrats.  i know that this is stressful.

The NVC finally released my case out of AP and sent it to the embassy. How long before it goes from in transit to ready? And what will be my next steps after that. Thanks. This has actually been very stressful. Wow. I am very happy now.

Just spoke to an NVC supervisor and they told me that they are super backed up and my case is not in AP. Why would people lie to me. This is horrible. They act as if I am being crazy simply because I want the truth. WOW. I feel like I am losing my mind. I will be patient, I have no choice, but it is very disappointing to know that my own country, or people that are working and representing my country are so comfortable with lying to me.

Honestly, I dont think anyone on this website truly has a clue whats going on. These are merely assumptions based off dated timelines people are refferencing. I believe that unless you are a special case, your file just sits. Come on, this is the American Govt., since when has anything here been efficient? NEVER. The reps at the NVC use the term AP simply because its a trump card, there is no way to dispute it or question them. Just think, if people were truly getting investigated like people on VJ think then why are all of the files basically leaving at the same times? It took exactly 21 days for 100 peoples backgrounds to come back. Hell no. The NVC is just like any other agency with no one to answer to, LAZY. They are sitting on our files, until there basically is no other reason to let them sit there. You can get a background check in minutes now a days, not weeks or months. Everything is done electronically, so postal mail can no longer be the excuse.

My case in SDOXXXXXXXXXX The X= digits

I changed some of the numbers for like 100 different combinations and I noticed that when the files were approved they were approved all the same day. In my case Nov 30 2016. And that was only like 6 out of the 100 i looked at. It would be almost impossible to push through a back log of applicants if your flagging 96% of them for some type of additional processing. I really apprieciate the input from this site, but in this case I think majority of people on here are incorrect. Odds are, the NVC is understaffed. They use the AP exuse simply so they do not have to answer to any of the applicants. They realize that everyone that is applying is walking on eggshells and nervious not to say the wrong thing for fear that we will be denied. I am not saying that I know what I am talking about like everyone else, but it seems as if the really fast approvals are coming from organized embassies. So add lazy government employees and unefficient embassies from 3rd world countries and you get what people are calling AP.

FYI: Yes I have too much time on my hands when it came to checking the different case numbers. And I am still waiting!!!!!!!!!!!

******SORRY FOR THE LONG POST

Ours is not even saying 'AP' or anything ....It just says 'AT NVC' and it's so nerve racking.We got approved by USCIS since Nov 1st.Called NVC last week and we got a case number though.Is that a good thing ?

I have been stuck there since Nov 15. The most frustrating part is calling and everyone acting clueless.

Still stuck in AP. SMH. NVC has had case since NOV 15

so u got your case number already and waiting for it to go to the embassy ?

YES. I have had my case number since the 17th of Nov.

How can my application possibly be getting processed for over 20 days? It doesn’t take that long. And I am basing this off other people’s timelines from this website. When I call the NVC I get the rudest people on earth. I was hoping to have my interview before Christmas. Everything was going perfect until the lazy NVC got my application. It does not make any sense to me why it could possibly take this long. When you call in no one has an answer, only please be patient and we do not have an estimated time frame when your application will be complete. This is BS. I want to know if there is anyone that I can call to get things finalized.

I can not understand what any of this means. To me it sounds like BS that the NVC just says to make themselves sound busy. The NVC received my case 11/15/2016. Case number 11/16/2016. It has been sitting collecting dust ever since then. I call 2 times a day and every employee is clueless. They tell me AP processing. My problem is that no one know exactly what it is and why it happen to me. I would just like an explanation of what's going on. Every answer I have gotten seems like a indirect way of telling me to shut up and wait.

you dont send anything to them

Do you thinks its a problem that they have had it since the 15th of November?

I have a quick question for someone who is knoweldgeable.

Was there anything specific I was suppossed to send to the NVC. I am worried that I may have a made a mistake, and that is why the NVC is so slow with sending my information to the DOminican embassy.

I have a quick question for someone who is knoweldgeable.

Was there anything specific I was suppossed to send to the NVC. I am worried that I may have a made a mistake, and that is why the NVC is so slow with sending my information to the DOminican embassy.

My case has been at the NVC for 7 days. Since the 17th. Is this a problem?

NVC was deliverd today. Thank God

Can someone explain the next steps.

I dont know if I am doing something wrong. I have yet to recieve confirmation that the NVC has my case. Wow. This is frustrating.

My NOA2 was approved 10/24/16.

That doesn't make any sense. We have to slow down because we were going fast. There literally is not any excuse. There honestly shouldn't be any hold up. The applications have been approved. They arent sending the information to new embassies. This is a process that should be very fluid by now. Literally nothing changes, not the addresses, not the information or any of the forms that are sent. Basically everyone's files are very similar. It doesn't make sense how it takes longer to send information then it took to approve it.

I do not understand why the NVC is so slow. This doesn't make a bit of since to me. Someone could get to the moon in 6 weeks. How does it possibly take that long to email something?

I received my NVC number today, have all the documents needed for my fiance, should I schedule an interview now?

How did you know your received your NVC number? How did they contact you?

My case got appriced Oct 24. But I'm getting text messages today about updates.

I got my NOA2 October 24th.

I thought it meant my info was received at NVC