Clayera

Update: they received on April 18. Norice date April 21. Only arrived this week due to being overseas at a military base

On 5/2/2022 at 10:19 PM, n8blogg said:

I just received my notification a little bit ago, so it looks like I can stop worrying now haha. I had to check the dates again, it looks like mine was actually received there on 4/21, so it actually only took about a week and a half for the notification. 

Which center did you send into? I sent into Phoenix AZ, received on April 18...but crickets :( They have cashed the checks though.

For those of you who were granted emergency interviews try to schedule your medical well in advance. The embassy received my Medical Exam on 1 May, interview was on 5 May and they confirmed that they received my Medical. My case is still under administrative processing (was changed to "refused") due to the consular section not having paired my Exam with my application. This has been the consulates response thus far “Currently, our mail intake process may take up to 1-3 days from when mail arrives at our office until it is delivered to the consular section and is paired with your application. This delay and the discrepancy between post being marked "received" and it being paired with your file is routine, especially at the present time.” 

As of right now its been 7 business days since they received my medical and 5 business days since my interview, we don't know how much a missing medical on the day of your interview will delay your case. 

13 hours ago, Cilllah said:

I don’t want an emergency interview. Just one when they resume again as I don’t want to fly with my three year old in current conditions. So I’m curious if they’ll give me a date soon that’s far off or I’ll be waiting for a reply as generally they hand out dates fast after the email reply.

I got an e-mail saying they've delayed all  scheduled  interviews until May 31, possibly later. Sit tight!

Interviews in Australia cancelled due to COVID :(. Was scheduled for this Tuesday! If anyone gets a reschedule letter, please let me know!

Scheduled for March 24 and cancelled with no reschedule. Please update when you guys get rescheduled for interviews!!

3 hours ago, Iamtheyeti said:

Can I call the Embassy/Consulate to find out if they have received my expedite request from the NVC?

I did, and they replied with the answer a few days later.

Feb 4: expedite requested

Feb 11: emailed Australian embassy asking for expedite update

Feb 12: email back from NVC acknowledging expedite 

Feb 17: email from AusItalian embassy saying my expedite is under review

March 3 morning: called NVC to check on status

March 3 afternoon: expedite APPROVED!

Now to wait for my interview letter from Sydney...I'm guessing in about 2-4 weeks time? Sorry if this has been asked before, but are we allowed to do the medical without an interview date?

On 3/3/2020 at 11:04 AM, Uiyl said:

Sorry if this has already been addressed in previous posts,  but can someone help me with this? Do requests for an expedite after DQ is to be sent to the consulate directly or to NVC? 

Email both. That's what I did! But the officual way is to email NVC.

1 hour ago, Iamtheyeti said:

Does it normally take a month to get an expedite approved? I think it was more like a week or so. I just requested an expedite today.

Myself and @Duke & Marie both requested expedite around the same time and it's taken us both a month. I know someone who put in expedite at the Japan embassy before me and got approved in a week or 2, but he called every few days asking for a supervisor to review and give him an update. Maybe it's dependent on the embassy too.

1 hour ago, Ma Isabel said:

Has anyone here requested an expedite from NVC?  If so, how long before they answer your request?

Requested Feb 4. Acknowledged Feb 12. Embassy emailed me Feb 17 saying its under review. Called NVC today and they said they have 'no updates'. So...over a month

7 hours ago, Duke & Marie said:

Hey @Clayera just wondering if you’ve heard an outcome back from Sydney yet? 

 

I called to nudge them, seems it worked I got an email, 4 hours later saying they’d received it and to wait on NVC response 

Got a reply on 17 Feb saying to wait for NVC response. Still nothing from NVC all week.

3 hours ago, hannahjsf said:

Did you skip emailing NVC altogether and contacted the Embassy directly or did you email NVC first and chase up the outcome with Sydney?

I emailed NVC, then my embassy around a week later cos I got no reply from NVC!!!

12 hours ago, Duke & Marie said:

So, just got off the phone with US Embassy in Canberra... 30 mins of my life wasted.. If your thinking to do this, don’t waste your time and just keep banging your head on the wall.

note, outsourcing to call centres overseas continues even with the US Embassy.. 😐

Why did you call them? I emailed Sydney IV last week and they emailed back that they received my expedite case and will send the result to NVC to forward to me. Try emailing them perhaps???

@Duke & Marie just got my expedite acknowledgement email, as well as finally a change of interview location email too.

Late Dec 2019: requested interview change to Sydney

12 Feb: Interview location change approved

4 Feb: Expedite request sent

12 Feb: Expedite request acknowledged by NVC

Hoping for that expedite approval soon!!!!!

1 hour ago, Duke & Marie said:

Does anyone know how long the average Expidite request takes to get a response?

 

we requested - unreasonable processing delays due to NVC error... not that their likely to admit anything is their fault, it’ll be a damn miracle if they accept it 🙄

Omg was just about to message you asking about your request. We requested LAST TUESDAY and still no reply even acknowledging they received it. Maybe someone who recently filed for NVC expedite could give us some pointers?!

Looks excessive! You should maybe reel it in on #6, #7, #8 and #9 on your list. We recently got approved with screenshots of about 3 conversations about getting married/engaged, maybe 20 photos of when we first started dating, engaged, then married.

CEAC will automatically ask you for a Pol Cert for every place 12 months+once your wife is done filling her addresses since she was 16. A way she could do it could be to just make sure to break it up (ie. living in Singapore for 3 months between Jan-Mar 2010, Vietnam April 2010, Singapore May-Oct 2010)...as an example. Hope that is a way around it!

31 minutes ago, Duke & Marie said:

I’d double check to be sure, don’t believe NVC saying it’s not the right one.. I’m having heaps of problems with AFP certificate and it’s been the correct one all along. 

You finally got it accepted?!?!

3 hours ago, TheChheavFamily said:

Anyone else CEAC not working? I received 2 emails from from the NVC one says Document Qualified, the other, sent a minute later, says to login and check the messages. I have logged in and see incomplete under my AOS, but when I click on it to see what is the problem it gives me an Application Error and kicks me out of the site. When I click on messages, nothing loads. 

 

I tried it on 2 devices, 2 internet browsers. My attorney’s office gets the same errors. 
 

Tried calling NVC and can’t get through. Guess I’ll try again tonight. Anyone have an overseas calling app that’s better than Skype? This is costing a fortune to call and get the automated message and call dropped. 
 

At least they drank their coffee this morning, but the web tech people went a little

overboard and broke everything. lol. If you don’t laugh, you’ll cry. 

Viber is super cheap. $3 for 157mins to USA!

On 1/16/2020 at 10:14 AM, aka_taz said:

I have one question, how do you guys are calling NVC. Whenever I call at 603-334-0700, I always get a automated voice saying all customer reps are busy and call get hanged up after that. How do you guys are getting a hold NVC customer service representative?

Hey,

The voice message is different when you get through. I called about 8-12 times in a row before I got a different one (literally hang up, call again within like 10 minutes)!!! He will say something like "select your language"! Good luck.

3 hours ago, F1990X said:

Hello all,

 

To revive this topic again I would like to understand something.

 

I am currently have a ESTA visa which is valid for 2 years. I applied for this visa in September 2019 however, me and my wife have submitted the I130 petition in November 2019 which is currently pending. As the visa is valid for 2 years, am I allowed to use this still? or do I need to re-apply for the ESTA visa due to submitting the I130 application after? Please advise. 

You're 100% allowed to use it. I got my ESTA in Oct 2019, married in USA Oct 2019, went back to home country, applied for i-130 Nov 2019 now back here in the USA visiting for 3 months on ESTA. 

Good luck with the i-130!!

20 hours ago, Gaiden79 said:

Hi guys,

 

I'm the US Citizen and just received my NOA2 for my wife in the Philippines. They forwarded our case to the NVC as of Jan 8, 2020. 

 

My question is, what will happen next and how soon? I wasn't clear on if they will be sending paperwork to me here in the US or both me and my wife. Thanks! 

My i-130 got approved late December, I got my NVC case ID 3 weeks later via email (emails were sent to my husband's email as well as my own), as well as paper mail sent to his address in the USA with the case ID. 

In the meantime you can prepare your civil documents!

28 minutes ago, aabd1987 said:

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Thanks!  In regards to scanning your civil documents and all paperwork, did you use a regular scanner or did you use an app on your phone or tablet?  I don't have access to a regular scanner easily, so I thought I'd ask about specific apps.  

Used a regular scanner! Good luck with the app search.