PeterCrist

Hover to the very upper right of your screen that says your name and click. Click on My Timeline > Edit / Add My Entry > Edit Timeline.

Is your NOA2 date early Sept (the 6th), have you contacted NVC through public inquiry or NVCResearch@state.gov? From your previous posts, it looks to me that you may have already gotten your Immigrant Visa Case Number(?) By the way, filling out your timeline would do us a huge favor..

Considering that you have exhausted all possible actions like calling USCIS and/or NVC, contacting ombudsman and reaching out to your Congressman/woman to no avail ..has anyone had experience with Mandamus Lawsuit?

Your case in my opinion is very concerning. Because, I might be wrong but, as far as I know, NOA2 (approved petition) is only valid for about 4 months. Yours is way over the valid date. Check the valid date on your I-797 Approval Notice. Have you contacted USCIS to bring attention? I'm thinking they prob should revalidate your approval status.

Looking at your timeline ..so you just had information today that NVC received your petition on 2022-09-19? If my math is right, it's been 24 days and NVC has yet to put it in the system let alone send your case to embassy.

Yes, I believe the number is what you have there (800) 375 5283. I have tried calling through that number. Didn't quite understand how to get to live agent. You might want to try out @Mbfernandes's suggestion if you want to go this route. 'Tricking' the system by saying infopass to be put through to an agent. Ganbatte!

@TTCJ, sure. To be clear, I reached out to USCIS, was trying to confirm whether or not my petition had been sent to NVC by USCIS. It is my understanding that you want to call NVC not USCIS to inquire NVC case number. So I need to confirm beforehand that NVC has my case before I contact them for case number. First things first, you want to make sure that you're reaching them out during normal business hours, Mon thru Fri 8 am to 8pm EST. I chatted at around 9 am. I went to USCIS website. There's little chat box that says ..Need Help? Ask Emma. I clicked it and typed in Has my case been sent to NVC? Emma (bot) then would list some suggestions but at the end of the list there's an option for Live Chat with representative. I chose that option. It asked for my case number and less than a minute later I was connected to a live agent. Usual drill, she asked for name, address, phone, email to verify. I explained what I was looking for. At first she gave me generic answer saying that on 9/26/2022 my petition has been approved and that I should expect to get the approval letter by 10/14/2022 etc etc. Basically the same information we got from the approval letter. But then I reiterated that I already had that information and that I was reaching out to get confirmation from her (USCIS) that my petition had indeed been sent to NVC and on what date. I also explained to her that she should be able to look it up in the system as many people did manage to get this information from USCIS. About 3 mins later she confirmed that my case had not yet been sent to NVC. I asked whether there's a time frame we could expect it to be sent to NVC. She answered that there's no timeframe that she knew of unfortunately, she could only say that it may take 90 days for me to receive something from NVC. My plan is to reach them out weekly. I will most likely do it in chat since to me it seems to be more intuitive to get to a live rep than calling, it's more convenient and faster too. Again, my own personal opinion. I do get that some people are more comfortable talking directly with customer service. G'luck!

I was able to get my case's USCIS to NVC confirmation from Live Chat this morning, just now. Emma definitely only gives generic information. But I was able to connect to live agent through chat and got answers specific to my case. The reason I prefer chat is I just can't bare the wait time on the phone, based on personal experience in the past. The never-ending loop of the call to speak to an agent was horrific and irritating. But hearing from some of you, it sounds like it has improved.

Do you think I could get the information from them (USCIS) via chat instead of calling, would it make a difference?

USCIS Case Tracker shows I was approved 2022-09-29. I have not received the physical approval letter yet. Should I 'update' my email addresses through Public Inquiry Form now or wait till I receive the approval notice in the mail? Ref: Public Inquiry Form: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html

I am most likely the 1 approval from the 106500 group today. Case number 106717. Received Date: 2021-06-11 Notice Date: 2021-07-03 RFE (Initial Evidence): 2022-08-02 RFE Received (Reply): 2022-08-09 NOA2: 2022-09-29 (today) I won't deny that it's been frustrating. Still have to wait for NVC, embassy, etc. Best of luck to all especially June 2021 filers! Big shout out to @Optimist19 , thank you for the daily tracker!

The approvals have been pretty low in the last few days.. What is the difference between Request for Initial Evidence and Request for Additional Evidence, could someone experience both for the same case, if so any example of the circumstance?

I'm not sure to be honest. It has a lot to do with Notice Date if I have to guess. My Received Date is 2022-06-11 with Notice Date (NOA1) of the following month 2022-07-03.

What does it mean ..in progress, how do we know if our case is in 'in progress' status?

I missed Part 3 - 4.a. Have you ever been arrested.. I didn't check/indicate that one line.