gw-lh

Our application only arrived at the consulate last week (check my timeline for exact dates) due to issues with NVC

jumping on this bandwagon. 

in my scenario, our lawyer only spotted a mistake in the dates for the I-797 after the case was sent back to USCIS (annoyed that they did not spot this when the NOA2 was issued and waited so long). now here's to hoping it won't take a month for them to correct it and wait another 60 days for them to send it back to NVC.

35 minutes ago, SandyR said:

Ya I know this all sucks.  Delay after delay.  I’ve noticed that cases seem to be sent back quickly so hopefully that is the case with yours.  

hoping for that too, thank you for your kind words!

25 minutes ago, SandyR said:

Sometimes USCIS forgets to mark the I-129f as approved and NVC has to send back.  Not a big deal just a delay.  Hopefully that is all it is. Hang in there. 

yeah, really hoping it's something as simple as that. Just frustrated that it took 60 days for our petition to get sent over and then was sent back to USCIS in a week. Now we're really worried about how long USCIS would take to process it again as we are on a tight timeline 

So our petition arrived on 15th April and when I called in today to check, they said it was sent back to USCIS on the 26th. Any idea why our petition would have been sent back? We didn't even get a case number

Sitting on a 12-Feb NOA2 and NVC said they still have no received my case from USCIS. Submitted an inquiry and now I guess it's time for more waiting while they reach out to USCIS 😟

Hello, has anyone recently gone through the K1 process in Singapore? Specifically from getting Packet 3 to Visa Issuance.

1. Am curious to know if the Embassy in Singapore still sends the physical Packet 3 or is it issued electronically now
2. Is the interview date given to you or are you allowed to schedule it yourself?

Thanks!

22 hours ago, Karabast39 said:

Thank you for that. 0888 is for non-immigrant (K-1s are non-immigrant visas).  I am now on hold. 

0700 is for Immigrant, so this makes sense. Sadly, they post a call center time for the 0700 number even though it will never lead to an actual person.  Thanks again for the 0888.  

Try calling right before they close, I’ve done this the past week daily and the wait is never more than 5 minutes

1 minute ago, slavaskii said:

Really? Do you know if your petition was 'in the building,' at least? I called yesterday morning and was told it had arrived 3/8 and they were waiting to assign a number, but I need to change my beneficiary's mailing address quickly so I'm trying to get a hold of them (as it seems like Warsaw takes cases relatively quickly and may send a physical letter). Also - can we schedule medical now, or do we need to wait for the case number? I tried looking at the medical provider in Warsaw and it looks like I actually have to call them, which is a tad difficult. 

Congrats! The guy I spoke to doesn't even know if it is "in the building", so that's that.

Just now, slavaskii said:

Interesting, thank you for the insight - I'll be up another hour anyway lol, so I'll start trying them again in roughly 30 minutes. Regardless, though, they still do open promptly at 7am?

from what I've tried, yes, they do.

FYI, I think our timelines are quite similar and when I called yesterday, they said that my case is not in their system yet, so I don't even have a case number

1 minute ago, lb119397 said:

This totally makes sense! I just stopped trying after 10:00pm because I figured that their hours changed. 

I've tried a few days in a row between 10PM - 11:30 PM and it's pretty much always that unavailable recording. Couple times where I've got through was right when they were about to close. But the best for me was right when they opened

6 minutes ago, slavaskii said:

Thank you! So they are actually open now, they just hit you with the auto-response when overwhelmed? 

Pretty much, every single time I hear the guy say "customer service representative are not available...", I just hang up and redial.   

3 minutes ago, lb119397 said:

In my experience, calling at or after 10:00pm EST would say that they were closed. I think that their times changed with covid and they never updated the recording or any publications.
 

As for phone number, I always got the fastest response calling the nonimmigrant visa line, which is the 0888 number. I do believe that those are their only two numbers. 

Sorry, but this not true, they did adjust for COVID but are back to the regular stated hours, I managed to get a hold of them at 11:56PM EST yesterday

7 minutes ago, slavaskii said:

Question: when are NVC's real call center hours? They claim to be open 7 to midnight but I'm calling them now (10:30PM EST) and they say they're closed... right before saying they work until midnight. Is there something I'm missing here? Are the only two phone numbers 603-334-0888 and 603-334-0700?

when they are overwhelmed, you're going to get that standard response that their agents are not available at this time. you can only keep trying at a later time. I called 57 times yesterday before I got through to an agent and there was no wait at all (the one that got through was at 11:56PM EST)

Just called into NVC today and they said that my case is not in their system yet, advised us to check back in a week.

20 hours ago, gw-lh said:

Just approved as well when I decided to keep sane by not compulsively checking. NOA2 of 14th February, talk about a valentine's day present

An update: the I-797 was received in the mail today and the notice day on it is 12th Feb, which is a Saturday. So I'm guessing it was approved on the 11th but the system only sent out the NOA2 the following day