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35 minutes ago, C90 said:

Yes, you should update her name as soon as she gets her EAD or GC, whichever comes first. Unfortunately they won't be able to do it at this time since her I-94 expired. 

 

I would also double check by calling the SSN (they have a national number) if the card was mailed or not. SSN is a very personal document and 'easy' to commit fraud with if someone else gets it. Once her name is corrected I don't think its that big of an issue anymore since the old card doesn't state her name right, but better be on top of it imo. Never really seen this before, maybe someone else didn't receive their card and has better advise.

Thank you, we will go back there as soon as we get her EAD or GC.

That is why we were so concerned about the card that we never received. Hopefully, it was not shipped at all. 

1 minute ago, C90 said:

If her I-94 is not valid for at least another 2-3 weeks, there's nothing you can do at this moment. If it is valid for at least another 2-3 weeks, they should be able to process her request for a SSN, but she might have to go trough manual verification. 

 

If her I-94 is not valid anymore, you can go back to the SSO once she has her EAD (I assume you applied for that?) or GC, whichever comes comes faster, and they should be able to request her SSN or a replacement card (if they already provided her with an SSN as some employees apparently said) They also should change her name, since they can't provide a SSN if her name doesn't match with the immigration systems.

Thank you. Not anymore, her I-94 expired Feb 12. She already have the number but we never received the card. 

Yes we just sent the forms today for GC, EAD and Travel Document. So we can request for update of name and correct her first name once we receive the EAD  or whichever comes first?

We are concerned that somebody else received the card?? We live in an apartment complex, we were told to either check the post office or the management if they by any chance received the card. 

Sorry if I posted in the wrong forum.

We applied for her SSN a week after her arrival (after Thanksgiving) in the US. We were told to call if we didn't hear from them after 4 weeks. So we waited and did not set the wedding date since we thought we needed it for marriage license application.

We did not receive anything in the mail so we called January 9th and were told that it has been sent but since her name is not on the mailbox then it was probably returned and shredded  but we can go to the office and they can give the number. We went, were given the number and were told a different story - it wasnt sent at all and needed a supervisor's approval before it would be sent out. Went home with the number and put her name on the mailbox.

We never receive anything so we went back to the office after our wedding, Jan 28 and was told by a different employee that she cannot check what the status of the card anymore and at this point there's nothing that we can do - we cant request for replacement nor update her name until she has her LPR card. We called the number on SSA website week after and worst, they spelled her name wrong! 

We need your advice on what to do at this point: should we just wait for her LPR card and update her last name and correct the first name? or update her first name now? would this be a problem if the card was indeed sent out and somebody else received it? or it wasn't shipped at all? we are so confused. No one can confirm if it was or wasnt sent at all.  Please help us. Thank you everyone for all your answers. 

Hi,

We found Send My bag but quite expensive to be honest. We didn't bring much of her clothes thinking we can just buy here but we were having hard time buying clothes that would fit her so we thought of shipping her clothes from the Philippines to here instead. Can you recommend any?  Thanks.

7 hours ago, Hello729 said:

Ours said issued as well, but we have yet to receive the visa 😞

Im sure it will be delivered soon. Ours got stuck on Ready status after the interview so we called today and minutes after we called, it changed to case received to administrative processing to issued. We hope it willl be delivered next week.

We are still bothered with this partial delivery lol our interview would be on the 29th! I hope the two missing are not ours.

I have been tracking DHL and the number of pieces changed from 14 to 12 - OMG does it mean they lost two other pieces/papers? lol this is too much overthinking. Our interview is booked on the 29th.

Our case shows Ready now in CEAC but when I checked DHL, it's still in the US and is expected to be delivered on Monday but we're so happy! This phase is almost over lol

10 minutes ago, kmza89 said:

Hi Everyone,

 

My NVC Status is still in transit but I wanted to get things rolling. Is it okay to pay for the visa fee ahead of time? I was hoping to schedule the interview immediately when the case status becomes ready.

 

Thanks!

yes - we paid ours rightaway after getting the MNL number.

1 minute ago, kmza89 said:

Yey! We In Transit!!!!!

Congrats!

OMG ours just changed to In Transit too!

 That's what you will show to security when you go back tomorrow. Just bring that slip and passport, he will scan your fingerprint then it'll show on his computer if you are for sputum or immunization. 

14 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

The X-ray disk is now your personalized drink coaster as NO ONE is ever going to ask you for it. It can say anything it wants and it has no bearing on your visa. 

Thank you @Greenbaum we again overthink everything lol

Hi all,

We are K1 but the CD we got after the medical says CR1. Is this just the code they use or do we have to let them correct this? We just noticed this right now. Thank you everyone.

I also read about this from Facebook groups that they were asked to reschedule because they couldnt present this letter. I wonder if this is only for a certain type of visa. Keep us posted @Mark & Angelina

On 10/4/2018 at 12:02 AM, IandM1123 said:

HI Reyhan! I suggest to wait for the email from the embassy. I know 4 people went to the embassy without it and they were asked to reschedule their interview. Just make sure you have a week (or 2 weeks) allowance from "Case Ready" to interview date. 

I also read it from a Facebook group that the NVC letter/ eligibility letter (not sure what it really is) like the actual letter they will mail to the fiance in the Philippines, is required at the interview and were to asked to resched if they were not able to present this and that you cant set the interview or pay the fee until the status is Ready. Is this just for CR1? Or for a certain type of visa? Is this a new policy implemented? I dont find it on the official website yet but people were talking about it in Facebook lol

4 hours ago, crono_clone said:

Haha I'm not even ready! We haven't paid our embassy fee and my fiance was planning to go on Monday because we thought transit would take 2 weeks! Was totally not expecting it so fast!

Wow! Ours is still saying AT NVC😰 and we got the MNL number on the 28th but we are done with DS-160, visa fee and medical today. Hopefully we will be included in the next batch. 

2 minutes ago, LaPrincesa04 said:

Thank you! What should I put in priority date? 

We used the NOA1 date that is on the hard copy. That's what the NVC wrote on the email when they replied with our MNL case number. 

24 minutes ago, LaPrincesa04 said:

Is there someone here from the Philippines that's scheduling their Interview date? Would just like to know when is the earliest date available? Thank you!

You can check it here: https://cgifederal.secure.force.com when you create an account. You dont have to set the appointment right away though. I dont know how to check it right now since we already scheduled ours and couldn't view the calendar. 

Just now, Scott Br said:

Just called NVC.  They said case is in transit.  Website just not updated yet.

Great! Happy for you!!! They'll probably update it later. How long did it take you to get a hold of them over the phone?

Are they going to update the status per country since they are sending it to our respective embassies by batches? 

6 minutes ago, crono_clone said:

Mine still says At NVC, so I'll keep watch throughout the day to see if it gets pushed out.

ours too...

3 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

Have you payed your interview fee? Have you scheduled your interview date? Have you thought about completing your medical and CFO next week? If not then you are wasting time. I've posted many times links to important information on this topic. Scroll back one page at a time where you should find given to another Filipino applicants.

Yup, we will pay it on Monday since its a Saturday in the Philippines today lol we wish got our casw number on Thursday so she couldve paid it on Friday and go on medical Mon and Tue but she will do it on Thu and Fri since shes still working and needs to request for leave. Then we will set the interview on the 12th but not sure if that would be too soon. Cfo would after we have the visa on hand so it will just be one trip. We only need the NBI which is a pain because she always has a 'hit' but the rest of the requirements is ready. Thanks @Greenbaum

3 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

Have you payed your interview fee? Have you scheduled your interview date? Have you thought about completing your medical and CFO next week? If not then you are wasting time. I've posted many times links to important information on this topic. Scroll back one page at a time where you should find given to another Filipino applicants.

Yup, we will pay the fee on Monday since its a Saturday in the Philippines today😁 then medical on Thu and Fri since she is still employed and needs to ask for vacation leave from work. We thought of setting the interview on the 12th but not sure if that would be too early and then cfo once we have the visa on hand. As of now, we only need to gather nbi which is a pain because she always has a 'hit' but the rest is ready. Thanks @greenbaum

Just got our MNL case number this afternoon. The status says At NVC. Hopefully we will be included on 10/2 batch.