Gianadoume

1 minute ago, CJlove said:

I’ve read somewhere in VJ community, two people from Greece had a similar issue. I remember their conversation about taking too long... I am sorry to hear that. I hope you hear some goodness news soon. It’s been way too long... I wish you the best. 

I was able to get some resolution. Thanks! Happy to chat with anyone experiencing a similar problem. 

Hi 

We have spent the last 6 months waiting for an appointment (green card through US citizen spouse) for an interview at the Embassy in Athens, Greece. NVC insists that the long wait is due to lack of availability. No matter what we do, we don't seem to able to get NVC to look into our case further. We know that the embassy does have availability and we are aware of cases that were behind us and have received appointments. We have also tried contacting the embassy in Athens. No luck there either. Their reply is that NVC does the scheduling.

Any ideas? We have tried lawyers, congressional liaison, calls, emails, contacts. We have talked to NVC supervisors. We have also tried expedite requests both to NVC and the Embassy.

Thank you!!

On 10/14/2018 at 3:50 AM, beachboy95 said:

Hello All. Stuck in Post visa interview processing in Athens. My wife's CR1 petition was conditionally approved and the officer said that in 
10-14 days we would have the visa in hand. I assume they meant business days because it has been about 2.5 weeks since the interview. The embassy told us last week that her visa was "pending adjudication" and that they need 10-15 business days to complete the whole process. Any thoughts?

Hi 

Did you wife get the green card? We have been waiting for an appointment with the Embassy in Athens for 6 months and NVCcontinues to claim that the wait is due to lack of availability in Athens. We were ahead of you and now I see that you were able to get an appointment faster!! We have contacted both NVC and the Embassy multiple times. Our lawyers are starting to give up and we are at a loss. I wonder if we can chat, if you could help us figure out what is going on.

Thank you, 

Stella

Hi 

Did you wife get the green card? We have been waiting for an appointment with the Embassy in Athens for 6 months and NVC continues to claim that the wait is due to lack of availability in Athens. We were ahead of you and now I see that you were able to get an appointment faster!! We have contacted both NVC and the Embassy multiple times. Our lawyers are starting to give up and we are at a loss. I wonder if we can chat, if you could help us figure out what is going on.

Thank you, 

Stella

12 hours ago, ramesesthe2nd said:

Is it too late to expect a July interview or is there still hope?

Too late. Next week they will start working on Aug appointments though so fingers crossed!

12 hours ago, skyzee said:

You'll be fine... I'll be surprised if you don't get an August interview unless you get a checklist.

What do you mean by "checklist"? Still waiting.. CC April 27.

Alas, we still don't have an interview date. Our case became "documentarily qualified" on April 27 and we were told that an interview would be scheduled.

CEAC shows our status as "at NVC." There's nothing that has the phrase "case complete."

I am wondering about others' experience. Did you actually get a "case complete" before receiving an interview appointment? 

I am trying to troubleshoot this. Our lawyer seems to think that NVC is causing the delay and not the Athens Embassy. He says they usually have appointments available immediately. So am I not sure what is going on here... 

I've called NVC multiple times and they insist that there's nothing wrong/ missing and that we just have to wait... 

Thoughts? 

Thank you all!! 

1 minute ago, JBapay said:

After almost giving up all hope about getting a July interview date - just got the best news ever via email!!! 

 

Interview date JULY 23RD! Dates can still come for those waiting!! Just FYI we had our CC on May 16th.

Unbelievable!! Fingers crossed for something like that for us too (CC April 27, Athens Greece Embassy)!! Thanks for sharing and good luck with the interview. 

5 hours ago, keshah said:

Is there anyone here who submitted their docs to the NVC without a police clearance and was able to get a CC and just bring it to the interview? We had an issue getting ours and our lawyer wrote a letter explaining and that we would bring it to the interview, but im wondering if anyone had any success in doing this? 

Yes, we did that. For Greece, the police sends the clearance to the Embassy. That's actually the only way it can be done and NVC is aware. We got a CC no problem but not an interview yet...

14 minutes ago, T.R said:

The link is www.ceac.state.gov 

type in your case number to check your case status.

I see. Mine says "At NVC." Does this mean that no appointment has been scheduled and so the paperwork is still with NVC? Thank you!!

2 hours ago, Abies said:

From when it says In Transit is the day it left the NVC and the day it turns to Ready is when the consulate received it

where do you see all that? which website?

53 minutes ago, kendraf said:

When I called last night they said no consulate is done booking ....so I am still hopeful! They said for sure Canada will keep booking til June 15..

Thanks for letting me know!! 

Plus thank you to @Hondatphcm who posted that he just received an interview date which means that they are still scheduling!

Anybody else waiting for an interview in Athens, Greece, out there?

Also, in general, do you think that there are still assigning July appointments or are they done and we are looking into August... ?

Awesome! Thanks a lot. Best of luck with the rest of the process!

45 minutes ago, KSJO said:

 

Thank you! Do they notify the beneficiary or the sponsor?

9 hours ago, No-Where-Man said:

Now you wait until the USCIS send your petition to the NVC. Usually the online status will be updated to (On (date) we sent Your case receipt no------------------ to the department of state). There has been different times frames for when the USCIS send the petition to the NVC. some was sent within a week, and some waited for a month. It depends on the service center and when they send mail out in patches. 

 

Once you get updates it was sent to the department of state (either online or by calling USCIS), it takes a week and up to 6 weeks for NVC to receive the case and enter it in their system to generate a case number.

 

Usually, you should start calling NVC a week after the case was sent from the USCIS to see if NVC received it. Once they receive it and have a case number, give them an email so this would be the way of communication which is faster and more secure.

 

Thanks! This is super helpful!

6 hours ago, HariMS said:

Congrats! Don't know why TSC is taking this long to process petitions  Hope mine also happens soon. 

You submitted mid June from what I see in your timeline. You are fine. It will come soon!!

We finally received the I-130 approval!! Our NoA1 was May 30th and NoA2 Jan 29. (I updated my timeline). Now, do you know how NVC notifies us? Via email or mail? Thank you and best of luck to everyone!

Texas Service Center. NoA1 May 31 and still waiting for 1-130 approval (i.e. NoA2). Any others out there who are still waiting? Would getting a lawyer involved help?

5 minutes ago, Gianadoume said:

 

On 12/26/2017 at 8:51 PM, MahiAS said:

Hi everyone,

 

I received the approval letter today!!! 

 

PD: May 30, 2017

Approved: December 21, 2017

Approval letter received in the mail: December 26, 2017

 

No status updates on the website yet. 

 

Waiting is the hardest part but hang in there guys. Yours is coming! All the very best to each and every one of you!

5 minutes ago, Ana M. said:

Yes, i130 for spuse , i’m us citizen and live in MA .

Ok so very similar. MA as well. I wonder if they divide up the work geographically and some officers are more backed up than others. Just trying to make sense of things and stay calm...

17 hours ago, SashaFiERCE24 said:

Same here my priority date is May 31st Texas Service center still haven't heard anything..Smh the wait is killing me. 

Is this for an i-130 approval for a IR-1/CR-1 Spouse visa through a spouse who is a citizen? I just want to make sure that our cases are similar. What state does your beneficiary live in? We are filling from MA. I see one more MA that hasn't received responses (plus you from NYC) and i am wondering whether geography plays a role. 

10 hours ago, Ana M. said:

My PD is May 30 and waiting and waiting and waiting 😞

Is this for an i-130 approval for a IR-1/CR-1 Spouse visa through a spouse who is a citizen? I just want to make sure that our cases are similar. What state does your beneficiary live in? We are filling from MA. I see one more MA and NYC that haven't received responses and i am wondering whether geography plays a role. 

PD May 31st, Texas Service Center. Still waiting... Any other May fillers out there that still haven't received NoA2? Any ideas on how and when to act? Does calling customer service help at all put pressure on them?