Keithn85

Please try to limit your posting to one thread rather than posting it in multiple places.  I understand this is a stressful process but we all want to contribute to answering and it is easier when it is in one place.  
I would be happy to help, but I do need some additional information.  And it might be good if your petitioner makes an account on here so they can research and ask questions also!  My beneficiary is not on here because we are working together and I told her I would handle everything on the petition side leading up to getting any information for her for the visa interview process.  
Alright so:
-Does your petitioner already have the NOA-2 approval from USCIS?  Your timeline is not filled out so anything I give is an estimate
-If you answered yes to the first question, then have the petitioner call/email the NVC in about 4-6 weeks for a case #.  If the petitioner calls, then they should be able to give the case # out at that point.
-As far as the Nigeria embassy/consulate,  https://ng.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/fiancee-visa/the-interview/  This is the Lagos website.  It looks like you schedule it after it shows ready on the CEAC website.  The links at the beginning of this thread show the different websites you need for this part of the process!  Best wishes!

I'm soooo excited!!  I feel invigorated having to make plans to get ready for her interview.  After 8 months of watching the "digital" paint dry, anything feels like progress!!!

All settled in and put in the inquiry for the email addresses to be updated.  Not sure if it will work in time but it is definitely worth a shot!  I saw on NVC's site that it shows about a month to respond to inquiries and a few days to assign a case #.  I will call NVC in a couple weeks to get the Kyiv case #.

I received the paper NOA-2 in the mail 22 OCT.  It does not really have a bearing on anything in the future, but at least I know it took about a week to receive from the notification.  And more than likely, they either sent it out Friday night or possibly Monday morning.  It definitely looks more official and I also realized it includes her alien registration number, which is pretty neat.  I kind of want to frame this because of the official look to it.  

Oct 15th must have been an approval day!  I checked my status an hour ago while we were cooking breakfast and it said the case was approved!.
15 January 2021 - NOA-1
27 August 2021 - RFE Notice
23 September 2021 - RFE reply received
15 October 2021 - case approved!!!
Exactly 10 months from start to finish with petition approval!  Have faith for everyone!

Yeah it was an eye opener for me.  Basically on the right side of the NOA-2, you will see the beneficiary's name.  Right above this in smaller font is the A#.  Pretty awesome.

Yeah it was an eye opener for me.  Basically on the right side of the NOA-2, you will see the beneficiary's name.  Right above this in smaller font is the A#.  Pretty awesome.

Hi! We were approved Oct6th, our case was forwarded to NVC on Oct12/13th,  and then yesterday we received a notification that our case is getting forwarded to Tokyo, the status was 'In Transit', and then upon checking a few hours later it updated to 'Ready'. NVC phase has been quick and painless! Hope everyone is receiving good news regarding your cases as well!

Earlier this morning I send a request to US Embassy in Poland to transfer my case. After that I called and they told me they will forward my request directly to IV Unit. They accepted our request two hours after. I still need to wait for my nvc case number to change from MOSxxx to WRWxxx but I’m so glad almost this whole NVC stage took us just 2 weeks

Thank you! I started filling it out. I think Montreal has a huge backlog too. Still hoping for our case to be in transit soon. 

I received the paper NOA-2 in the mail 22 OCT.  It does not really have a bearing on anything in the future, but at least I know it took about a week to receive from the notification.  And more than likely, they either sent it out Friday night or possibly Monday morning.  It definitely looks more official and I also realized it includes her alien registration number, which is pretty neat.  I kind of want to frame this because of the official look to it.  

Sweet!  That is hopeful for at least receiving it a week after it is sent.  Your sending time would have been last week so that is awesome!

Got my Nvc number and invoice id. Right after two weeks of noa2. I was shocked when they told me they have my case lol

Yeah that makes sense.  If you try on day 29, their system will probably not let you do it then.  I guess my difference was my first inquiry was documents missing for the RFE and 2nd was outside of processing time and it was about 30 days later.  I still see it as a game though.  Don't lose hope on it!

By the way, for anyone who calls.  This is a good rule of thumb to follow, even if you dont have an RFE and are literally waiting for some form of communication since the NOA-1.  I was able to use this each time I called.  I told my fiancee when I was in Ukraine that "I am going to be a robot for a couple minutes so just ignore me."  She was very understanding and muted everything while i was on the phone as she wanted to hear my answers also.  It was exhausting each time but yeah just dont get discouraged.  I was the first couple times as in balled fists but after the 3rd or 4th call I made in September, it was much better.  Just think of it as a game and the uscis is the game master watching you go through all these puzzles.

Hang in there.  Even if you get an RFE, at least you will get something to go by.  

Thanks so much. Honestly at this point I just want to an answer either RFE or approval

Yeah the number is 800-375-5283.  When the automated system asks what you need, just say "deadline for RFE." She will go through a 30 second speal (feels like 2-3 minutes) about an RFE and what it is and then asks if you want her to send the link to create an account, you reply with "deadline for RFE."  You will know if it works because she will give the information on who can be on the phone when they talk with a rep and then give the wait time and ask for your approval to connect.  Then once you get a real person on the line, tell them exactly what is going on.  Unfortunately as I had to do because I could only call after 5pm CT, you will be sitting on hold for probably 1-2 hours.  I just put my phone on speaker, talked to it a couple times to ensure I would not be disconnected and just went about my evening.  Don't leave the phone though because "a watch pot never boils" will happen and they will answer.  If it disconnects you, dont be discouraged.  Instead, plan that you will call the next evening.  I will say also that the lines open at 7am and close at 7pm CT.  When I was in Ukraine, I would call at 7:15am and it was usually at most a 10 minute wait time.  
If you call sooner than next week, you can probably get them to put in the inquiry for you for being outside of processing time.  When i put it in myself, I explained how it shouldnt take long for the RFE I had because it was literally 3 pieces of paper.  And then I had to hound them with calls after 1 week of the inquiry being in there until I finally received a valid answer.

Was looking for this thread. I’m joining. Our noa2 is October 7th. I really need to get number from nvc asap since I need to transfer our case to Poland 

Hello! Im joining. Our NOA2 was 10/12 but we just recieved the letter yesterday. 

Oct 15th must have been an approval day!  I checked my status an hour ago while we were cooking breakfast and it said the case was approved!.
15 January 2021 - NOA-1
27 August 2021 - RFE Notice
23 September 2021 - RFE reply received
15 October 2021 - case approved!!!
Exactly 10 months from start to finish with petition approval!  Have faith for everyone!

I am joining as my NOA-2 was 15 OCT.  I am traveling back to the US in the morning from Ukraine so I will be more active after Monday evening!  

Oct 15th must have been an approval day!  I checked my status an hour ago while we were cooking breakfast and it said the case was approved!.
15 January 2021 - NOA-1
27 August 2021 - RFE Notice
23 September 2021 - RFE reply received
15 October 2021 - case approved!!!
Exactly 10 months from start to finish with petition approval!  Have faith for everyone!

Oct 15th must have been an approval day!  I checked my status an hour ago while we were cooking breakfast and it said the case was approved!.
15 January 2021 - NOA-1
27 August 2021 - RFE Notice
23 September 2021 - RFE reply received
15 October 2021 - case approved!!!
Exactly 10 months from start to finish with petition approval!  Have faith for everyone!

I am joining as my NOA-2 was 15 OCT.  I am traveling back to the US in the morning from Ukraine so I will be more active after Monday evening!