Vamp.nz

On 1/5/2022 at 5:40 PM, EKT said:

@Vamp.nz did you get your visas and passports back??

Yes got back at a huge courier expense last night at 9pm to find they spelt my name wrong on both kids visas…. Like serious how can you f*%k something like that up?

all a waste of time and money and stress I’ve had to cancel all flights hotels, RV and cats going today as  My partner in NC tested positive to covid and is very unwell. I have to wait it out as I cannot go now and do it all on my own. I just hope he will be okay as he is immune compromised and was already ill prior. Totally gutted and emotionally strung out at this point and hate the incompetence and drama filled delays the embassy caused me, my partner and kids. Time that I will never get back ever. 

4 hours ago, EKT said:

Covid-wise I think it'll be fine. Auckland is moving to orange tonight as planned and even if there is an omicron outbreak it will take a week or two for things to ramp up. Plus the consulate has been open during red (for our visa categories anyway). When are your flights? Fingers crossed they managed to sort it today.

 

On a side note, I am blown away you are moving 11 cats. The cost to ship our one dog is eye watering... about the same as the cost of flights for our entire family just to get her to LAX.

Who are you sending your dog with?  I got a great price for my cats 

Heard from them late today after five emails Their excuse last week was short staffed. This week it’s computer issues. They were working yesterday and today closed now till next Wednesday, not holding my breath. I suspect Cindy will attempt to shut Auckland down again due to omicron and the embassy will jump at the chance to close again 🙄

Has anyone had an interview in Auckland since 22nd dec. Have you got your passports back. Mine was approved pending medical. They have had medical now for a while and refuse to respond to their emails for updates even tho they suggested I did so today, while holding onto my passports. To say this is distressing is a huge understatement as my fiancé is really not well at all and things could go south really quickly. I’m at panic point as my house shipping and flights for myself kids and eleven cats are coming close to me losing all my deposits at least. Just an ongoing nightmare of excuses and incompetence. 

Hey urgent help needed. I know kinda off topic not really. 
I desperately need to know what to do

im at Nz post right now paying for my visa interview thing.  I am

a K-1 and I have two K-2 kids coming with me. My receipt only shows one payment of $397.50 nzd but I understand I need to pay for three in Total. Is this correct before I go blow a stack of cash????? 

We are going to use Rako testing. They do the spit test and it comes back fast. Fully accepted. I won’t subject my kids to a nasal brain scrape. 
they have two options on timeframe but all feedback have been positive. 
https://www.rakoscience.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5NGb8ObT9AIVmx0rCh3LUAbdEAAYASAAEgJFZ_D_BwE

Congrats everyone that got interviews. Hoping I actually get a response from the embassy this week like they promised but not holding my breath 🙄 so I can books my kids and my interviews - Two years and Four months since I have seen/been kept separated from my fiancé.. and this whole bloody process extended by the pandemic has seriously affected my health.  
I’m so seriously jaded about the whole system now. I don’t trust much  that’s said any longer as the empathy doesn’t exist. 
 

18 minutes ago, EKT said:

 

I guess that good news but doesn't really explain why your husband's interview hasn't been scheduled... Maybe the December dates are full. The craziest thing about the whole document arrival date thing is that I never would have known we needed to send them in at all if I hadn't been on this thread. Every other source says the documents get sent in a week prior to the interview for CR-1/IR-1s. We were DQ in late July and only finally got the info about needing to send our documents in order to reschedule the interview last week after I brought it up with B.

We were also waiting on our packet three. We should have got it late august. B failed to email it, According to Elle from Auckland, she was under the assumption B had sent it even tho we had sent at least three emails saying we were waiting on packet three.. we did not get packet three until I put the police reports in, cause I got sick and tired of waiting And being mucked around and told contradictory information.  They have received all our paperwork and it’s sat there since  15th nov. they contacted me yesterday with this… 

We’ve received your documents and I will go through them next week when I am next in the office to see if everything is in order.  

 

Once, I can confirm you have everything ready for an interview, I can send you the instructions to schedule an interview appointment.

 
 

*obviously still very vague but at least a response of sorts. 

Thanks for your reply Steve but I’m asking specifically about New Zealand and no they are not the same. I was quoted $800 per person in Wellington just for the medical no extras and $350 in Auckland per person. So a very different end price when you have three people going.

Hey can anyone advise me the cost of recent medicals in nz with the Auckland doctors  versus Wellington doctors. I’ve been quoted a horrendous price in Wellington and I’m sure I’m being ripped off.  Anyone done a medical in the last few weeks??

On 11/2/2021 at 9:17 PM, rycilla said:

I also sent an email, and even quoted how they said they would begin at level 3 step 2. But it was completely brushed off and I received nearly the exact reply this morning sans the “as soon as the dept…” section. 

Yeh that’s just a cop out. The dept of state has been dealing with covid since beginning of 2020 they have consulates open around the world, they have an operating procedure for every issue that arises. It will be Nz govt keeping them shut I’m sure 

24 minutes ago, kas & jewel said:

Bumping this, has anyone heard anything after the announcement yesterday? Not sure if they are only going to open once the traffic light system hits. I was really hoping they would open once Auckland moved down to Step 2, but I can't see anything on their website 😕 very frustrating  

Yesterday I received a couple of emails from them, after them ignoring all my fiancé’s and my correspondence over the last month or not answering our questions by giving us generic or copy paste answers, we actually got personalised responses. 

I’ve been waiting since august for packet three. Turns out their incompetence is amazing. They failed to email it….🤬

they couldn’t give me an ‘open for interview date’ but from a previous email I received I was told once they were closer to opening they would be contacting people to line up interviews.

Yesterday  they contacted me out of the blue so I’m hoping this is a sign things might get moving very soon. 

fingers crossed for everyone waiting. 

1 minute ago, Jorgedig said:

I really doubt OP needs an immigration lawyer.  Most of us here have done our entire processes as DIY.

Well if I had a good immigration lawyer at the beginning I could have been there now and cut all the BS in between. Wasted a year of my fiancé and my time doing what we thought we had to do to find out we could have done things better and been together sooner. 

My fiancé is trying to contact NVC so far he has emailed with no response so he called (603) 334 0888 was told The number above can’t discuss immigration and the number they provide is an answering dead end … same statement all day, no chance to speak with anyone 

anyone have any advice or other way to contact NVC please?? 

My fiancé just spoke to Someone as USCIs and was told a case officer was assigned to our petition today. Does anyone know how long or had experience of how long this is likely to take. (I know it’s a guess) once they have it. 

Right now it feels like Hell will freeze over before my Noa2 arrives

What did you figure out?  Which one did you need?? 😉

10 minutes ago, Charlie_SK said:

I'm a Nov 12th filer and my number is higher than yours it's after 30000. Haven't received NOA2 yet. I think they're going by received date.

I’m nov 23rd and my number is in the 31000 some of dec and jans are lower numbers than mine 

7 hours ago, J&J2021 said:

my thoughts exactly.

 

I'm also in the same boat like many other in this process i also have not seen my fiance since March 2020 :(.

I have not seen my fiancé since august 2019

they need to get their act together. 

K-1’s are classified as non immigrant visas. 
You don’t become an immigrant until you are married within those 90 days and file for AOS. 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wait-times.html?#
 

24 calendar days according to this 

6 hours ago, Meliodas said:

We got our case approved today. 

Timeline: DD/MM/YY format

File First Posted on: 23/10/2020
USCIS Lockbox received on 28/10/2020

Received NOA 1 on: 16/12/2020 (As per USCIS it was posted from there end on 04/12/2020)

Case Approved: 15/06/2021

California Centre

 

 

Congrats. Nov 23rd here - New Zealand too.

doing my best to hang in here. 

I’m in NZ too waiting on my NOA2

have you heard backfrom the embassy yet?

Can New Zealand be added please??  

2 hours ago, AishaniA93 said:

Australia is, probably New Zealand too. European countries may have to deal with the backlogs from the embassies being closed so they may still be issuing interviews and visas to people who are waiting from last year

Yes New Zealand is processing, they never really stopped.  However I would suspect the European countries will have significant backlogs as many were closed for a long time.