Jessica and Umar

Hi! We are in similar situation and in Boston! My husband arrived on K1, and we submitted AOS in June. Just received RFE asking us to submit I-693 with a completed vaccination record section. What was the outcome of your case? And who was the civil surgeon you used (as I would not like to use the same one!)

We requested expedite from USCIS before getting 2nd NOA2 (right after our case status changes to 'Department of State Sent to USCIS"). Actually, once I got second NOA2 things moved very fast. In less than one month, our case was transferred to embassy (faster than others who received a 'first' NOA2 at the same time).

Keep hanging in there! We had to wait 2 months. We never got an answer from USCIS or NVC on what happened, we just received a new approval notice about 2 months after NVC sent back to USCIS. In total this was 4 months after our original NOA2. I do think reaching out to a senator's office helped, if you haven't done that already.

Yes, eventually. My fiance' just arrived in US last week. We ended up reaching out to my senator's office to submit an inquiry with USCIS. We also submitted an expedite request to USCIS based on 'USCIS error'. About a week before USCIS's deadline to get back to my senator's office, we received a new NOA2. It took about 3 months for a new NOA2, and then a few weeks after we received the NVC case number and the process continued as usual. In total this whole issue delayed our case 4-5 months. Hang in there. Keep following up with USCIS and your senator / congress rep offices.

If you don't mind me asking, I am curious about your experience at IOM with TB test. Did they inquire if you had a history of TB or did they just notice an abnormality with the chest x-ray? How long did it take to take the sputum culture? Did you have to go back to IOM frequently?

Did you get a new NOA2 letter? How did you know the case was reaffirmed and sent back to NVC?

Thank you for giving us some hope! We are on Day 11! I hope NVC sends your case to the embassy ASAP and the rest of the process goes smoothly for you.

What happened in your situation? Same thing with my case

Thanks for the response. I will follow your advice. I've already called USCIS (person on phone cannot give me an answer as to why our case was sent back); and I've corresponded with NVC via email (NVC confirms they sent back the case on Sept 5). My senator's office submitted an inquiry to USCIS last week, hoping that can provide more information. Its so frustrating, using the online case tracker, as I was able to identify 12 cases with the same NOA1 date and similar approval dates (NOA2) - all cases approved within a week (from July 27 - August 4)- all sent back to USCIS for review on the same day (Sept 5). This makes me believe it may be some sort of error when USCIS sent our batch of cases to NVC? Or USCIS forgot to check something with our cases? It doesn't make sense!

Wow, thank you. Did USCIS provide any reason why your case was sent back then reaffirmed? And did you end up submitting an inquiry with USCIS or anything?

Hello, this same situation happened to me. How did yours end up?

Hello. This same situation happened to me. Did you ever get any feedback from USCIS or NVC? Has your case proceeded?

Any update yet?

Hello everyone. My NOA2 is August 3. I wrote to NVC research on Wednesday to see if NVC received my case yet. I received a response the same day saying my case was not yet received and that NVC would follow-up with USCIS. The next day, my USCIS case status was updated to: 'Department of Sate sent case to USCIS for review'. I wrote back to NVC to inquire; but no information yet. I have not received any communications about this from USCIS or NVC. From different social media platforms, I came to learn this same thing happened (on the same DAY) to four other cases who have the same NOA1 date as me; and received NOA2 in late July / early August. Has this happen to others? Any ideas what could be happening? Its so strange to me that NVC would say that they have not received my case, but then, less than 24 hours later, I get a notification that NVC sent my case back to USCIS? The timing doesn't make sense!