DSBeijing

MAY 1, 2023: Entry in the US with K1 Visa

MAY 6, 2023: Married 

MAY 19, 2023: AOS+AP+EAD Packet Mailed

MAY 30, 2023: Receipt Notices Date

JUNE 19, 2023: Biometrics Appointment

AUG 4, 2023: RFE for Medical

AUG 13, 2023: Response to RFE

AUG 24, 2023: I-485 Approved

SEP 5, 2023: Green Card in hand

3 hours ago, June 9 said:

I filled up DS-160 as soon as status turned "Ready"

Most of the embassies don't send anything.

It seems that case turns ready, at the moment it has been accepted by embassy.

Our case was send 3 days ago and has arived yesterday, at that moment I was able to full DS160.

On 10/6/2022 at 4:21 AM, Chancy said:

 

Incorrect.  Those NVC messages in the FAQ refer to review messages for documents submitted for immigrant visa cases via CEAC portal.  Note that the CEAC FAQ makes it clear that invoice ID is for immigrant visa cases -- https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-2-begin-nvc-processing/ceac-faqs.html#ceac1

 

K1 is technically a non-immigrant visa, although it is processed by the IV unit.  K1 cases do not need to submit documents via CEAC.  Hence, nothing for NVC to review, no review messages to be sent, no need to log in, and no need for invoice ID.

 

You are correct. But just for clarification for others. 

ID number exists, we contacted our Congresswoman, and asked for help. We got our NVC number.

But when you try to log in to the system, you get message that you need to fill DS160 and not DS260.

To fill DS160 you only need NVC case number and not ID.

32 minutes ago, Ako & Rich said:

From this comment, K1 visas don’t seem to have Invoice ID. 

It seems that they do, I since I need it to log into CEAC System.

We just got informed that our case got forwarded to Guangzhou Consulate. We got only message with Case Number, we are missing Invoice ID number.

Does anyone knows how to get Invoice ID? does it come in separate Email or per normal Mail? Or should we call NVC to get it? 

11 minutes ago, atcnaydn said:

Thanks for sharing the reply. How long did it take for your representative to get back to you? 

We contacted her on last Tuesday (20th Sep). She confirmed that she will contact the agency on our behalf on Thursday(22nd Sep).

She informed us today about the status 

So around 7 days for everything

We got feedback from our Congressional representative. We recived NOA 2 on 28th

The National Visa Center (NVC) received this immigrant visa petition on September 8, 2022. Currently we are working on cases received from USCIS on September 2, 2022.  Once this case has been entered into our system the NVC will contact all case parties with further processing instructions.

Just now, atcnaydn said:

Nope, no news today. I sent an email to my representative’s office, we don’t want to miss the next shipping date.

We did the same, lets hope process our cases soon.

11 hours ago, atcnaydn said:

Congrats! We are the same NOA2 date, waiting anxiously today!

Any news for you? 

We are 28th and didnt get anything.

2 hours ago, javierdpvelez said:

July 29th NOA2 here...still no communication from NVC.

 

I reached out to NVC with an inquiry on 9/7 but it looks like that will take 2 months for them to reply to...

 

How long is it taking to these days to hear back from NVC once you get NOA2?

We got our on 28th also 0 communication for NVC. 

Also hope to hear something soon

9 hours ago, EdwinShinobi said:

Thank you so much for this information. 

 

Seems they finally got some employees to move a bit faster.

 

Can I post this in the July 2021 thread?

 

Or if you want, you can post it.

 

I don't want to take credit for your work.

 

Thanks again.

sure do what ever you want with that

On 9/10/2022 at 4:16 AM, Mari_Justin said:

I got my case number and invoice number today from my congressional representative. I’m not sure What I can do from here, just wait till I get notice that it’s sent I suppose, is there a page I can check status at this point ?

Hi 

How did you contact you Congressional Representative? Did you do it per Email, or some other way? 

And did you ask them to help you with USCIS or NVC?

Thank you in advance

48 minutes ago, DSBeijing said:

Actually Trump didn't slow down anything.

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/historic-pt

 

If you check historical times, during entire Trump presidency, times were very stable (even during highs of COVID). 

 

Total collapse of USCIS started in 2021, when Trump was out of office.

To add not defending Trump or anything, but president doesn't have anything to do with situation in USCIS. So nither current or old president has anything to do with oversight of USCIS. But congress  

https://judiciary.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=3145

20 hours ago, Nikobe said:

Yes, as much as Trump had the power to slow down processes, the Committee on Homeland Security oversees the activities of the USCIS and can propose legislation to literally force USCIS to meet targets, like they do for emoployment based visas. So yes, it’s part of the job, specifically it is Rep. Bennie Thompson’s job.

Actually Trump didn't slow down anything.

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/historic-pt

If you check historical times, during entire Trump presidency, times were very stable (even during highs of COVID). 

Total collapse of USCIS started in 2021, when Trump was out of office.

Just now, Xiaova said:

Their website seems to be very slow for me right. I wonder if they are making more changes or just general maintenance...

Lets hope that they wont close it completely of, that would be really d*ck move even by USCIS standards.

48 minutes ago, Xiaova said:

They just updated the url from a GET to a POST request so it's fairly trivial adjustment. I'm hoping they don't change more in the future.

Strange, when I was looking at it this morning, POST was also not functioning.

But it is strange change to make, 

1 minute ago, EdwinShinobi said:

Awesome man.

 

Congratulations. Really happy for you.

 

If it's not too much to ask, can you pass by atleast once a month to drop those beautiful monthly graphs you show.

 

Atleast until the interview process is complete for you. 

 

I know you won't be in these forums forever 😁

 

As you know, I'm a September 2021 filer.

 

Thanks in advance. 

Hi I will try to post it if I manage to get it updated, it seem that USCIC has made change to its website (change is not visible to the user, but on technical side), making current method of download not possible.

I hope it is only temporary, and that it will continue to work.

6 minutes ago, Etherial said:

Can i share this with May group on fb?

shure

24 minutes ago, Etherial said:

Any idea of how many cases are left per month and how far back or if i can check that somewhere myself without looking for all months sheets?

These are only NOA1 cases that are still open for each month. (as of today)

2 minutes ago, Etherial said:

I even saw a February case approved today 😂

That is good news. But sadly there are plenty of cases that get denied after months of waiting. Last week there was one case from September 2020 that got denied. No RFE nothing, just got swiched from NOA1 to Case denied. That must be heartbreaking for those people. 22 Months of waiting pure horror.

31 minutes ago, Etherial said:

Don't forget march and April there might be more there

Sadly not, there is significant drop in processing this month, around 25% less than last month across all ranges. Last two weeks have be abysmal, and are 2 slowest weeks in last 3 Months.

Probably people on holidays.

But on bright side, there are new cases that just got approved/processed after working hours. so there is more than in earlier scans