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No expedite,just waited it out!.

Just got a message " New card being processed".Can't wait to make some money for my honey.

No expedite,just waited it out!.

Just got a message " New card being processed".Can't wait to make some money for my honey.

Our petition finally got approved on 01/29/2019. In the NAO2 received from USCIS, it states they have sent the original petition to the NVC. It then states to allow a minimum of 30 days before contacting the NVC. Never states business days. When we contact the NVC directly, they quote 6 weeks. When we've contacted USCIS, the agents quote the entire process from NAO2 to the NVC giving out a case number can take up to 90 days. It all just seems really inconsistent. We're at 22 days of just waiting for our case to be shipped. We've read multiple forums where either USCIS never ships it out to the NVC or the NVC takes weeks to process.
 
Does anyone know what timeline to trust and what the official timeline should be to contact for resolution that isn't just a copy and paste response?
 
Has anyone actually seen their USCIS account/receipt number status change when officially shipped?
 
 
 

It's taking around 30+ days just to receive a case number. The NVC send date to the consulate really just depends on when you received your case number.
 
Since they ship out cases to the consulate  every two weeks on Tuesdays and 3/05 was the next Tuesday scheduled, if we had maybe received our case number on Monday, 02/25 or Tuesday, 02/26...we probably would have made the 3/05 shipment and only had to wait a week. But instead, since they approved on Thursday, 2/28, we unluckily missed whatever cutoff they had established making our wait almost 3 weeks. It just comes down to luck and good timing.
 
So ours was 30 days to receive a case number, then additional 19 days just to get it sent to the consulate.

Our case finally left the NVC for the Mumbai Consulate. Originally was received by NVC on 02-28 (the wait has been excruciating since we somehow missed the cutoff for the 03-05 send date). We did not receive any kind of email today which we thought was odd, but go figure. Our case has updated on the ceac website as In Transit as of 9 a.m. this morning. Last week someone posted in the India NAO2-> NVC forum that they saw theirs go in the early morning too.

Our case finally left the NVC for the Mumbai Consulate. Originally was received by NVC on 02-28 (the wait has been excruciating since we somehow missed the cutoff for the 03-05 send date). We did not receive any kind of email today which we thought was odd, but go figure. Our case has updated on the ceac website as In Transit as of 9 a.m. this morning. Last week someone posted in the India NAO2-> NVC forum that they saw theirs go in the early morning too.

Our case finally left the NVC for the Mumbai Consulate. Originally was received by NVC on 02-28 (the wait has been excruciating since we somehow missed the cutoff for the 03-05 send date). We did not receive any kind of email today which we thought was odd, but go figure. Our case has updated on the ceac website as In Transit as of 9 a.m. this morning. Last week someone posted in the India NAO2-> NVC forum that they saw theirs go in the early morning too.

Shucks sorry, at least its only a 2 week wait versus the 6 months of waiting for noa2. Good luck

On the CEAC site mine says in transit as of a few hours ago.  My received date at NVC was 2/21. For ones that make the 3/5 shipment, it takes 24 hours to update on to DHL. I was reading that receipt dates from the previous week, including yours, there's a chance you'll make this shipment and if not you'll wait until the next one. They can update your status throughout today and also by end of day tomorrow. Hopefully you'll just have to wait until tomorrow. Good luck.

Well, 28 days so far that the NVC hasn't received our case. NAO2 date of 1/29/2019. Go figure. At this point, as an American Citizen, I know I'm not the only one who would love to throw more money at this process so different agencies can either have proper staffing or buy more stamps. K-1's could easily be a three to four month process total with all parties willing. In the digital age, most of that time would probably be getting medical reports, in-person interviews, or physical in-house police checks. It's easy to get frustrated with the current procedures in place. I don't know how many more times I'm going to have to hear the "USCIS TECHNICALLY HAS 90 DAYS TO SHIP YOUR FILE OUT" or "IT CAN ACTUALLY TAKE UP TO 6 WEEKS FOR THE NVC." Well, too bad...everyone is going to keep calling. You want to know why? Because with these timelines there's zero accountability, transparency, and trust in the process so people continue to use up call agents and various other resources. It's a vicious cycle.

NAO2 date of 01/29/2019. Called NVC today and got through in a record time of 7 minutes. They stated that they not only received my case today but also had the case number. Was kind of shocked. Yesterday, when I checked...looked like out of 33 cases or so from dates from 1/28 to 1/31, only 6 had been received (so around 18%).
 
Going to start to go through the Mumbai Embassy's example packet and fill out and do as much as we can.
 
@Greenbaum Would you consider (only as a suggestion) something like a paragraph/section on the first page of each of these monthly NAO2-->NVC forms on what you can do as soon as you get your case #? 

you need to extend the days out. for some reason when you search, if you set the dates from Monday to Friday it only shows Tuesday through Thursday. Set it to Sunday through Saturday and you'll see everybody. I think with you, there's 11 from your week now. 

NVC still hasn't received our case. Called this evening. NAO2 of 1/29/2019 for those trying to compare.

I would be too, that's exciting. I received at email yesterday, but it just said they had no record of it in the system. 
that is incorrect. they are sent FROM nvc on those dates, not TO. 

Well, 28 days so far that the NVC hasn't received our case. NAO2 date of 1/29/2019. Go figure. At this point, as an American Citizen, I know I'm not the only one who would love to throw more money at this process so different agencies can either have proper staffing or buy more stamps. K-1's could easily be a three to four month process total with all parties willing. In the digital age, most of that time would probably be getting medical reports, in-person interviews, or physical in-house police checks. It's easy to get frustrated with the current procedures in place. I don't know how many more times I'm going to have to hear the "USCIS TECHNICALLY HAS 90 DAYS TO SHIP YOUR FILE OUT" or "IT CAN ACTUALLY TAKE UP TO 6 WEEKS FOR THE NVC." Well, too bad...everyone is going to keep calling. You want to know why? Because with these timelines there's zero accountability, transparency, and trust in the process so people continue to use up call agents and various other resources. It's a vicious cycle.

Well, 28 days so far that the NVC hasn't received our case. NAO2 date of 1/29/2019. Go figure. At this point, as an American Citizen, I know I'm not the only one who would love to throw more money at this process so different agencies can either have proper staffing or buy more stamps. K-1's could easily be a three to four month process total with all parties willing. In the digital age, most of that time would probably be getting medical reports, in-person interviews, or physical in-house police checks. It's easy to get frustrated with the current procedures in place. I don't know how many more times I'm going to have to hear the "USCIS TECHNICALLY HAS 90 DAYS TO SHIP YOUR FILE OUT" or "IT CAN ACTUALLY TAKE UP TO 6 WEEKS FOR THE NVC." Well, too bad...everyone is going to keep calling. You want to know why? Because with these timelines there's zero accountability, transparency, and trust in the process so people continue to use up call agents and various other resources. It's a vicious cycle.

I wouldn't worry about social media. Could they check it? Sure. But it's the most unreal thing out there. I'm pretty sure if FaceBook content was the sole reason for approval alone, 90% of approved couples would be eliminated. Both my fiancée and I have no social media accounts. What I would say is more important (to make yourself feel more at ease) is preparing to answer any type of questions regarding why you would both leave your statuses as single. Religious reasons, cultural traditions, mutual decision...etc. There are other routes you could go as far as ample evidence. We have call records for cellular and skype, evidence of personal emails (just the approved non-offensive subject lines), and personal greeting cards for birthdays/holidays/random gifts. Re-print Airline Tickets and hotel rooms. I would focus less on what doesn't tie you together and start coming up with paths that do. The forums can have some great advice but some of it can be misguided or people can be misinformed. Society has been able to confirm marriages or relationships far before FaceBook. 

Well, 28 days so far that the NVC hasn't received our case. NAO2 date of 1/29/2019. Go figure. At this point, as an American Citizen, I know I'm not the only one who would love to throw more money at this process so different agencies can either have proper staffing or buy more stamps. K-1's could easily be a three to four month process total with all parties willing. In the digital age, most of that time would probably be getting medical reports, in-person interviews, or physical in-house police checks. It's easy to get frustrated with the current procedures in place. I don't know how many more times I'm going to have to hear the "USCIS TECHNICALLY HAS 90 DAYS TO SHIP YOUR FILE OUT" or "IT CAN ACTUALLY TAKE UP TO 6 WEEKS FOR THE NVC." Well, too bad...everyone is going to keep calling. You want to know why? Because with these timelines there's zero accountability, transparency, and trust in the process so people continue to use up call agents and various other resources. It's a vicious cycle.

Well, 28 days so far that the NVC hasn't received our case. NAO2 date of 1/29/2019. Go figure. At this point, as an American Citizen, I know I'm not the only one who would love to throw more money at this process so different agencies can either have proper staffing or buy more stamps. K-1's could easily be a three to four month process total with all parties willing. In the digital age, most of that time would probably be getting medical reports, in-person interviews, or physical in-house police checks. It's easy to get frustrated with the current procedures in place. I don't know how many more times I'm going to have to hear the "USCIS TECHNICALLY HAS 90 DAYS TO SHIP YOUR FILE OUT" or "IT CAN ACTUALLY TAKE UP TO 6 WEEKS FOR THE NVC." Well, too bad...everyone is going to keep calling. You want to know why? Because with these timelines there's zero accountability, transparency, and trust in the process so people continue to use up call agents and various other resources. It's a vicious cycle.

Well, 28 days so far that the NVC hasn't received our case. NAO2 date of 1/29/2019. Go figure. At this point, as an American Citizen, I know I'm not the only one who would love to throw more money at this process so different agencies can either have proper staffing or buy more stamps. K-1's could easily be a three to four month process total with all parties willing. In the digital age, most of that time would probably be getting medical reports, in-person interviews, or physical in-house police checks. It's easy to get frustrated with the current procedures in place. I don't know how many more times I'm going to have to hear the "USCIS TECHNICALLY HAS 90 DAYS TO SHIP YOUR FILE OUT" or "IT CAN ACTUALLY TAKE UP TO 6 WEEKS FOR THE NVC." Well, too bad...everyone is going to keep calling. You want to know why? Because with these timelines there's zero accountability, transparency, and trust in the process so people continue to use up call agents and various other resources. It's a vicious cycle.

Well, 28 days so far that the NVC hasn't received our case. NAO2 date of 1/29/2019. Go figure. At this point, as an American Citizen, I know I'm not the only one who would love to throw more money at this process so different agencies can either have proper staffing or buy more stamps. K-1's could easily be a three to four month process total with all parties willing. In the digital age, most of that time would probably be getting medical reports, in-person interviews, or physical in-house police checks. It's easy to get frustrated with the current procedures in place. I don't know how many more times I'm going to have to hear the "USCIS TECHNICALLY HAS 90 DAYS TO SHIP YOUR FILE OUT" or "IT CAN ACTUALLY TAKE UP TO 6 WEEKS FOR THE NVC." Well, too bad...everyone is going to keep calling. You want to know why? Because with these timelines there's zero accountability, transparency, and trust in the process so people continue to use up call agents and various other resources. It's a vicious cycle.

No, that thread is for people who have NOA2 dates in January that are currently waiting for their packets to make it to NVC. it is where you should be hanging out right now, it's everyone in your position. So far, nobody with your date or even days before it have made it to USCIS so you're not alone. give it another week. Go follow that thread. 

Have you called NVC and got your NVC case number? 
The timeline you quoted are the standard responses given by tier 1 agents, who are clueless. NOA2/approved 129F has 4 months/120 days expiration days since moment it is issued. To tell you "it can take up to 90 days!" is asinine. But, yes that is "official" USCIS answer. At this point, you should be calling NVC daily and asking them "My WAC number is .... Can you please provide me with my NVC case number?" Ignore any answer that starts with "It can take up to ... whatever weeks" Listen for answer that goes "We got your case, but we do not have case number yet" OR "We got your case, and your case number is ..." write that down. From that point on you can use CEAC site to track shipment from NVC to embassies.