Foodie_cpl

Yes, the NVC because consulate doesn't have that info until NVC forwards it to the consulate.

3 hours ago, teslafan said:

can you please tell me after how long the NVC schedule an interview for you? I have submitted my docs about a month ago to NVC and have not heard anything yet. Would appreciate your response

It was about 2-3 weeks if I remember correctly after I submitted DS 260 and the supporting docs. 

They might be backlogged further because consulates are more active now. But you should be able to give them a call to check on it. 

Thank you everyone for your replies! I decided not to email the consulate and give it a few days.

And today, the visa status was changed to "Issued"!!! I'm so happy 😃

1 hour ago, designguy said:

Did your spouse receive a sheet mentioning any missing documents by the CO? If not I would disregard what the worker said

Thanks for your reply!
CO just said that visa was approved and didn't give any sheet about missing documents. 

I am also inclined email the consulate and check if there is anything else needed on our side. In any case, hopefully next week the visa would be ready according to CO.

First of all, we are beyond happy that the visa have been finally been approved. We filed back in November of 2019 and sent documents to lockbox (before online processing was available), and it took almost 13 months from the filing date (would've been 12 if we had prepared affidavit and civil documents beforehand) to get to this step and the process has been not easy, but everything went smoothly except right before actual interview.

Before the interview started, a consulate worker has collected my spouse's documents and then told her that we didn't upload a petition. Consulate worker has said that I-130 petition wasn't uploaded (presumably to NVC). My spouse was very confused since I-130 was filed with USCIS and approved by them, so they definitely have it. We also filed all required documents (I-130 wasn't listed as required nor optional) with NVC which approved and forwarded it to consulate.

Despite what was said about missing petition they proceeded to interview and my spouse was approved. The consul himself didn't mention anything about missing petition and just said that visa will be ready within a week. They gave her a pamphlet with her rights and that was it. 

We are very confused about the "missing petition". Has anyone encountered that and should we upload any additional documents at this stage (and where) ?

Thank you