Eric10112021

Thanks!
 
I think if the beginning three alpha characters of your number are "MSC" that means it went to the National Benefits Center.  I would think you would see a status update of being forwarded to local field office if that's the action that was taken on your case...but I'm not any sort of expert.
 
Also, update, we got our I-797 notice of approval in the mail on Friday 3/23.  So it legitimately took almost exactly 2 months from our submission to receiving approval letter in the mail.  Unreal turnaround time in a good way for once!

This is so crazy that I had to share regarding our AOS timeline...but this also proves that there is no rhyme or reason as to order of how things get processed by USCIS.
 
- We mailed our AOS packet to Carol Stream Illinois on January 17th, 2023
- Marked by USCIS as received on January 25th, 2023
- Biometrics taken on February 21, 2023
- No interview was ever done
- Case went to approved status on March 17th, 2023
 
It took two months exactly from date mailed to AOS approval.  We live in Nebraska and it is marriage based AOS from K1.  Our case went straight to National Benefits Center and was never forwarded to local field office.
 
Good luck to everyone!!

Fiancé had he interview this morning and we were approved. She said it went super easy, the person conducting the interview was actually in a hurry so it seemed expedited, few generic questions, asked about an ESTA that had been canceled last year when we were traveling from Mexico to US, but other than that smooth sailing. She was calling me with the news less than 30 minutes from the start time of her appt. 
 
 

Congratulations, 

We reached out to VisaTallinn@state.gov and said our packet is on the way and asked if we can schedule a medical.

She provided the original document because she had it apostilled, not sure if it was required or not but did it anyhow.  Id just find a translator and they'll give you the instructions. she found them here https://www.just.ee/en/legal-services/sworn-translators
 
Also, it seems we have to make the appointment directly with the embassy rather than over the automated system. We confirmed with a friend that did it a few years ago that she emailed and said she's ready and they sent her back an interview date. I think we kind of messed up their normal process because we were reaching and pushing  them since before they even received the case, lol. So we have an email out to them since yesterday asking for appointment, I assume we'll hear monday.

She has police records for Estonia and Spain, both have been translated. I cant recall if she did it in person or online. I will ask and let you know. 

Case received today by Consulate. They wont let us schedule interview until after the medical has been completed. Medical was suppose to be tomorrow but they called earlier this week and had to move it to next thursday. 

Medical is next Thursday, no notice of receipt from embassy yet.

@Eric10112021  We emailed the Tallinn embassy to say to see if we could schedule the medical at this point and they said sure go ahead.

Go our NVC SENT to consulate email 10 minutes ago!

Thanks for the update!  We've also been working with our state Senator's office; honestly I think they helped us get the I-129F approval as our RFE response had just been sitting there for 75+ days.  They closed our case at the Senator's office after our I-129F approval on 7/22 but I just reached back out to them again on Monday to help again with an NVC inquiry.  The lady there has been extremely helpful and it'll be interesting to see if she gets the same information you got from your congressional rep.  And yes I agree on the "progress", it's the small victories for us at this point and it's just nice to have anyone express interest in helping.  That's sad to say but it's true.
 
Thanks again!

@Eric10112021
 
Earlier in the year I had good responsiveness from my congressional representative. He wasn't able to accomplish anything but he was at least trying.
 
I got impatient and reached out to him on Tuesday asking  him to try and get an update on our case at the NVC, he responded today that he said they have our case and we should expect a case number soon. He said our case was received on the 17th, and they are currently processing cases received on the 15th.
 
It's not a lot of progress but an update with any progress is really nice to hear.

Nothing. You guys will be the first to know, well second after my fiance 😛

Feels to me like theyre skipping an entire skip whee they notify of NVC receipt and generate case #,  and going straight to shipped to consulate. This seems very dependent on the consulate and the case load. Saw in the June thread someone just got their case number and "ready for appointment" 44 days after NOA2 which was in the end of July.  So some of us July filers could be seeing some progress early next week?

They had our RFE for 72 days and we were at 465 total!  Now another wait for NVC case number...

We have been waiting 48 days now...USCIS received our RFE response on 5/11/22.  It seems like we are, unluckily, one of the longest waits I've seen in regard to an approval from RFE.

I'm sorry...😑
 
Even smaller world, I was also there for 3 months and just got back the middle of May!  I plan on going back as well once we get approved at USCIS!  I think we started this process at the WORST time possible.  To think, if only we had submitted two months earlier we'd probably be done with this process.  Instead we're heading into month 15...I've never seen such an inept group when it comes to inventory management.  I work in that same type of field and it just drives me crazy how poorly they manage/work their inventory.  Every day is like Groundhog's Day refreshing the app and watching updates.  Very defeating.

I'm sorry...😑
 
Even smaller world, I was also there for 3 months and just got back the middle of May!  I plan on going back as well once we get approved at USCIS!  I think we started this process at the WORST time possible.  To think, if only we had submitted two months earlier we'd probably be done with this process.  Instead we're heading into month 15...I've never seen such an inept group when it comes to inventory management.  I work in that same type of field and it just drives me crazy how poorly they manage/work their inventory.  Every day is like Groundhog's Day refreshing the app and watching updates.  Very defeating.

If it makes you feel any better, we sent our RFE response on 5/11/22...47 days later and still nothing...
 
Also, small world, my fiancé is from Estonia as well!