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1 minute ago, SerbUS said:

We are so happy. Interview scheduled at the Belgrade embassy in Serbia on July 21!

Congrats!!!

What time did you receive email? 

1 minute ago, Lyssalou said:

I only got the number because I called them. I do have to call as soon as the clock strikes 7 am EST, otherwise I won't even get through to hold. Even then the hold is at least 25 minutes. Hopefully you find your number out soon! 

Yes, I know. That is how we did it when we called and found out that they received the case.  But they did tell you your number and invoice ID over the phone?

Were you able to log in on CEAC yet?

On 1/24/2020 at 3:14 PM, Lyssalou said:

I called the NVC today and they had assigned a number, though, they were not able to tell me when the number was assigned.

Hi @Lyssalou! Our NOA2 is Dec 27th and NVC received our case on Jan 13th.

I see we have similar dates and you got your case number. Did they tell you your case number over the phone or you still have to wait for the email?

We tried calling on Friday but it was busy for too long and we didn’t reach them in the end. 

On 12/3/2019 at 12:31 AM, KartineeKartoons said:

We are done with the process. You absolutely don’t need a lawyer at NVC stage. Fired ours when she delayed us 3x. 3.5 months. 🤓

NVC stage is very easy. All you need is upload whatever is being asked. Upload straight and clear copies. Do not merge/upload two documents as one. Example:

1. W2 only

2. Tax return/tax transcript only

 

One mistake our attorney did was uploading multiple document as one (w2+tax). 3weeks delay. After 3 weeks another mistake of her, she did not upload all W2s. More weeks of delay. 

Hi! Can you please tell me do you upload W2 separately for each year? Or you upload all W2 forms for the last three years as one file?  

2 hours ago, Tsp11022019 said:

Yaay yaayy!!! Heartiest congratulations! Our status still hasn’t changed to “case sent to DoS”. It still shows as “approved”. We got lazy after we got approved. But it looks like we’ll have to call and chase USCIS once again to ensure that they’ve sent the case to NVC. We haven’t received anything from nvc either. Hoping to hear something soon.
Heartiest congratulations once again! Get ready for some more waiting now..

Thank you so much! I know we have to wait more, but I am so happy we are done with USCIS (hopefully). 

Our online status never said “case was approved”, it was changed to “case was sent to the Department of State on Jan 2, 2020” so I thought that was our NOA 2, but yesterday we received notice in the mail and Notice date is Dec 27 so I am hoping it did leave USCIS on Jan 2.

I would recommend you give them a call, they should have sent it to NVC by now.

Thank you once again I wish you this 2020 to be the best year!

3 hours ago, shallot343 said:

Congratulations!!! Hopefully it will all be smooth sailing now 🤞

 

we are still waiting but I'm hopeful now that we are seeing another March approval! did you receive the letter or receive a text/email or just check your case status online?  The official USCIS  site says they are processing early March, but I really hope we don't have to send in an "out of processing times" request because I know that only results in more waiting. 

Thank you!!! Online status changed, we still haven’t received notice in the mail. 

I really hope you hear the good news soon. I felt completely left out since many couples who applied at the same period as us are now in their final phase, waiting for an interview. But I am still so happy! I was afraid something was missing, but now I guess they maybe had to do large background check for me since I used to be a foreign exchange student in the US for a year back in 2010. I don’t know any other reason why this took so long.

On 12/3/2019 at 9:36 AM, Tsp11022019 said:

Hey guys!

Is there any site where I can see the average number of days taken by NVC to process the case? (Just like uscis at approval stage).

Also, where can I know how much time it is taking them to schedule interviews for my specific country?

I need some estimate on how much more time is this going to take. I’d be grateful if you guys could share some inputs. Thanks!

Hi @Tsp11022019 !

We finally got approved today, after 287 days. Did you receive your case# from NVC yet? Did your online status change to “case was sent to the Department of State”? How long did it change from “case was approved” ?

2 minutes ago, Tsp11022019 said:

We finally got approved today. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. But yes, we’re very happy and very grateful! 
we didn’t receive any mail. We checked online and the status still shows in process. But in the documents section, we could see the approval notice. 
Any comments on what should we be expecting now? 

Congrats!!! I am happy for you! We are still waiting  

Hi. Our PD is March 21st and we are still waiting. We are now at exactly 8 months and no updates so far.

1 minute ago, shallot343 said:

Unapproved March filers-- any updates? Still nothing for us, and it looks like late April filers are receiving approval now. Is it possible for a file to get lost after NOA 1? I can't fathom what else could have happened since we are over a month out from predicted approval time. 

We are still waiting.   No updates so far.

I saw one approval NOA 2 November 8 with PD March 25.

Does anyone know long does it take for a case to be issued RFE or approval once Imigration officer starts working on the case?

4 hours ago, Tsp11022019 said:

That’s amazing! Heartiest congratulations! It’s so good to see you guys getting approved. Finally gives us a little bit of hope. I pray that all of us stuck in March get approved soon now! 
Do keep us updated with your progress!

We are in the same boat. I think only you and us are from March without RFE or approval. Good luck!

22 hours ago, shallot343 said:

That's helpful! I am going to call again in a few weeks when we are officially in the "8 month" territory. We haven't attempted an expedite so that might be part of the issue? I explained that I knew March and April filers were already approved and wanted to check that our case was still actively being processed and that it hadn't been lost or misplaced. The woman was adamant that she simply could not check our case until we were out of normal processing. I even asked if there was a supervisor I could speak to and she said no. Unlucky I guess. I am just going to have to assume that the website is inaccurate and that our letter is in the mail, otherwise I will start to go crazy! 

 

 

Hey! Our PD is March 21 so I am planning to also call them, we are currently at 229 days without approval or RFE. 

Our online status changed to “name was updated” on May 10 and since then no status changes on the website were made. When we first filed application they rejected our G-28 (which is authorization for our lawyer that she could present us) so she sent corrected form right after we received rejection note.

I don’t know if this “name was updated” has to do anything with that, but I will try to use that to see if some officer will look into case since they say that if any status change was made in the last 60 days that means that someone is working on the case actively, but that doesn’t seem to be case with us, otherwise we would get some answer by now.

Can you please tell me how did you get to speak with an officer as my husband only gets automated machine when he calls USCIS?

4 hours ago, Tsp11022019 said:

Hey! We tried calling them up. But all they do is tell us that our case is still within normal processing time and that we can file a query after the date mentioned online. 
 

Curious thing - the date has moved BACK to December 7th. So I don’t really understand what is happening. 

People from April and May are starting to get approved now, and we are getting really concerned and anxious. How many of us March filers are yet to be approved ?

I saw that today and it doesn’t make any sense. I was expecting this time to be decreased... has you status changed at all since NOA1?   

1 hour ago, shallot343 said:

Same here! PD 03/26. The USCIS official site says they are processing December 18 2018, which would mean another 3 months until they get to March but that can't be correct--so many March filers here are approved and already at NVC. Has anyone called and gotten an answer other than "you are still in normal processing time"? 

I wonder the same thing. They change these offical time on their website each month (they normally change it around 15th), but they haven’t change it in a while now. These 8-10.5 months has been there for the last 2 months. 

I was hoping that they will at least decrease that time range (due to so many March applications already approved) so in worst case scenario we are able so submit “outside of normal processing time” sooner than to wait another three months.

I am also interested if someone else called them so lets hope someone replays.

On 10/20/2019 at 4:14 PM, sflm said:

Did anyone call and receive a different answer?

Did you call them and what did they tell you? I see we have similar NOA1 dates, our PD is March 21st (Texas SC) and still no news. I am starting to worry as most March filers received approvals.

Did you check it today? I think yesterday their site didn’t work as that same thing happened to me, but today I was able to see our case status (which is unchanged of course).

But we filed in March so we still have couple more months.