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You can, you can reschedule up to twice without issue. We left almost 5 weeks space in between to allow for time to do medical, visit family, finalize affairs etc etc, but even 3 would probably be fine it seems. We moved ours up by a week without issue

You can hedge your bets and schedule it online before status says "ready", at least in Manila. The online appointment scheduler only requires an NVC case number and a payment receipt, so we just locked in a date a few weeks in advance and assumed it'd be there in time. 

nvcresearch@state.gov but if you call them and they don't have it, call USCIS and force them to escalate you to tier2. my tactic was to act all nice and concerned and tell the officer I was worried where my petition was because I'd read online some people got sent to the national record center instead of the national visa center and ask them to put eyes on your petition and tell you where it is. they very much have that capability. 

I had this happen as well. I constantly attacked it from both angles, USCIS and NVC. Even after getting the notice and before, I still called NVC daily, and I still called USCIS and escalated to tier2 at least twice a week to look up where the petition was and why it hadn't been sent. After filing a formal inquiry with tier2 USCIS, it got sent about a week later. Super annoying, but sometimes the squeaky wheel gets the grease. be a pest IMO. A nice, courteous one, but be a pest. 

It's just the NVC covering themselves I think. When I called to get our number, the gentleman said a week to ten days.

I don't mean to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but in many ways these delays feel like an artificial way of slowing immigration, given the political environment these days...

I don't mean to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but in many ways these delays feel like an artificial way of slowing immigration, given the political environment these days...

I don't mean to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but in many ways these delays feel like an artificial way of slowing immigration, given the political environment these days...

I don't mean to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but in many ways these delays feel like an artificial way of slowing immigration, given the political environment these days...

I don't mean to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but in many ways these delays feel like an artificial way of slowing immigration, given the political environment these days...

I don't mean to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but in many ways these delays feel like an artificial way of slowing immigration, given the political environment these days...

Ours is. May 15 NOA1, approved Nov. 9 NOA2, still shows received on website.
 
 

been pretty sick so I've been off the forums a bit. Just wanted to send a quick note, we got our NOA2 on Thursday in the mail, approved Nov. 9. NOA1 may 15.  I called this past Tuesday and no one had even known we were approved. Website and app still isn't updated. 

been pretty sick so I've been off the forums a bit. Just wanted to send a quick note, we got our NOA2 on Thursday in the mail, approved Nov. 9. NOA1 may 15.  I called this past Tuesday and no one had even known we were approved. Website and app still isn't updated. 

been pretty sick so I've been off the forums a bit. Just wanted to send a quick note, we got our NOA2 on Thursday in the mail, approved Nov. 9. NOA1 may 15.  I called this past Tuesday and no one had even known we were approved. Website and app still isn't updated. 

been pretty sick so I've been off the forums a bit. Just wanted to send a quick note, we got our NOA2 on Thursday in the mail, approved Nov. 9. NOA1 may 15.  I called this past Tuesday and no one had even known we were approved. Website and app still isn't updated. 

been pretty sick so I've been off the forums a bit. Just wanted to send a quick note, we got our NOA2 on Thursday in the mail, approved Nov. 9. NOA1 may 15.  I called this past Tuesday and no one had even known we were approved. Website and app still isn't updated. 

been pretty sick so I've been off the forums a bit. Just wanted to send a quick note, we got our NOA2 on Thursday in the mail, approved Nov. 9. NOA1 may 15.  I called this past Tuesday and no one had even known we were approved. Website and app still isn't updated. 

been pretty sick so I've been off the forums a bit. Just wanted to send a quick note, we got our NOA2 on Thursday in the mail, approved Nov. 9. NOA1 may 15.  I called this past Tuesday and no one had even known we were approved. Website and app still isn't updated. 

Software engineer and may 15 NOA1 petitioner checking in. @Shoegum, when your time comes and you don't have a reason to be active anymore, if no one else has taken over your scans, I wouldn't be opposed to buying some windows web space and modifying your script to do automated data dumps every few hours or so. Up to you, if someone else has already offered to take over the reigns, give them preference. 

Software engineer and may 15 NOA1 petitioner checking in. @Shoegum, when your time comes and you don't have a reason to be active anymore, if no one else has taken over your scans, I wouldn't be opposed to buying some windows web space and modifying your script to do automated data dumps every few hours or so. Up to you, if someone else has already offered to take over the reigns, give them preference. 

Software engineer and may 15 NOA1 petitioner checking in. @Shoegum, when your time comes and you don't have a reason to be active anymore, if no one else has taken over your scans, I wouldn't be opposed to buying some windows web space and modifying your script to do automated data dumps every few hours or so. Up to you, if someone else has already offered to take over the reigns, give them preference. 

Software engineer and may 15 NOA1 petitioner checking in. @Shoegum, when your time comes and you don't have a reason to be active anymore, if no one else has taken over your scans, I wouldn't be opposed to buying some windows web space and modifying your script to do automated data dumps every few hours or so. Up to you, if someone else has already offered to take over the reigns, give them preference. 

Software engineer and may 15 NOA1 petitioner checking in. @Shoegum, when your time comes and you don't have a reason to be active anymore, if no one else has taken over your scans, I wouldn't be opposed to buying some windows web space and modifying your script to do automated data dumps every few hours or so. Up to you, if someone else has already offered to take over the reigns, give them preference. 

Software engineer and may 15 NOA1 petitioner checking in. @Shoegum, when your time comes and you don't have a reason to be active anymore, if no one else has taken over your scans, I wouldn't be opposed to buying some windows web space and modifying your script to do automated data dumps every few hours or so. Up to you, if someone else has already offered to take over the reigns, give them preference.