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Hello everyone! Just wanted to post an update since I've had quite an interesting journey so far.

Got the NOA2 from USCIS on 9/6/22 and was excited. 2 months went by and I hadn't heard from the NVC. I emailed them, but they said they had not yet received anything from USCIS. I got my immigration lawyer to check in as well and ultimately the USCIS would not check on our case until the 90 day mark. They made us wait 3 months. I had to contact my local congressman to help us check in on it. This helped quite a bit and would recommend for anyone else with a lagging case. The congressman was proactive and gave updates and insights we would have never otherwise had. Turns out the USCIS had forwarded our case to the Miami Asylum Office. Why? I don't know. They eventually sent it back to California where it belonged.

Then the 90 days were up. I contacted UCSIS again, this time they put in a Service Request for our case. Basically just a note to check in on our case. If we didn't hear anything in 30 days, we were to follow up with another inquiry. 30 days later, still nothing. I called again and they put in another Service Request. At this point our Congressman is still following up also. Finally, at the end of that second 30 day period, after 4 months of waiting, the day before our NOA2 approval expires... the NVC received our case.

Since then it's been smooth sailing and our case has been given an ID number and has now arrived at the embassy. We will fill out the forms and schedule the interview soon! I write all this in case there is anyone else like me who hit a bump in the road and couldn't find a lot of info. Just keep up on it, be persistent, and it should get though the system. Hope this helps someone!

On 2/17/2023 at 4:27 AM, Cheddy said:

Interview went well, we were approved. My fiancé said they asked 5 really basic questions and the interview lasted 3 minutes. Her interviewer was a young man with glasses, it was in Russian, and she said he was extremely friendly and welcoming. My finance was basically disappointed by how easy it was, lol. She had stressed herself out and we both prepared so much, but the hard part is already done, the interview is just a formality. I printed out tons of pictures and mounds of proof of our relationship, as well as IRS tax docs, photocopies of everything, and so much extra stuff, that absolutely no one looked at. All they wanted was the DS confirmation page, the interview confirmation page, Medical results, Financial support doc, signed form from my fiancé of intent to marry, police form with translation, and birth certificate with translation. 

 

I have like hundreds of other pages, plus all the pages from the original submission that they gave back to us. 

 

Not sure your route to Poland, but we got a 15 day single entry Spanish visa. However, we didn't fly into Spain, she flew from Moscow-Istanbul-Paris. She got some grief from the person at the gate in Istanbul, asking a ton of questions why we have a Spanish visa and flying into France. Thankfully, I had her bring tickets from Barcelona-Istanbul-Moscow as well as a hotel booking in Barcelona, all of which I bought, printed out, and then immediately returned. The guy at the gate took pictures of all those forms and asked for her tickets from Paris to Barcelona, which she didn't have, but she just said we were planning on buy train tickets in Paris. He made a stink, but eventually let her board the flight.

 

At the Paris border, the guard asked her, her plan and she responded the same as above. The guard didn't ask for any proof and just let her pass easily.

 

We flew Paris to Warsaw, almost no one at the airport even looked twice at her passport. Like a half a glance to make sure her name was the same as on the ticket. At the door to the airplane in Poland, there were four policemen asking to check everyone's passports. I had a heart attack thinking they were looking for Russians entering illegally, but they only cared about checking the men and waved the women through without looking at their passports.

CONGRATS! You've come a long way and it finally happened. Thats great to hear and also very helpful. My fiancee is also super nervous about the interview but everything I read sounds very easy. Still we will prepare like crazy. Good to hear you had all the extra proof and documents on hand just in case.

On 11/27/2022 at 11:09 AM, ericdima said:

Yep same here. But based on the comment above its looking like 60 days and still no case numbers. Has ANYONE in this group reported case numbers yet?? I really want to know what kind of time frame to expect… 

I'm at day 82 since the NOA2 from USCIS with no case number yet from NVC. We emailed NVC, they said they have not yet received our case. We contacted USCIS, they will not look into it until the 90 day mark. Also contacted our local congressman to help us inquire.

On 10/27/2022 at 5:44 PM, Nat Dan said:

It’s been 51 days since I’ve heard from uSCI that we are approved and nothing after that. It is normal? I never heard anything from NVC 

I'm at day 88 since our NOA2 from USCIS and have not heard anything either. We contacted NVC, they have not yet received our case. We contacted USCIS, they will not look into it until the 90 day mark. We also contacted our local congressman to inquire. It's not supposed to take this long, but Im sure there's a few of us in that boat.

5 hours ago, Cheddy said:

Their lead times are here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html

But who knows how accurate that is

 

Email this email address and ask on the status: Include your USCIS #, Names, Date of birth etc.

NVCResearch@state.gov

 

They are quick 2-3 days you will have a response.

Thanks Cheddy! Much appreciated, I will try that email.

Our attorney sent an inquiry to the NVC a few days ago so hopefully they respond.

@biscoito1r Thanks for the doc! Helpful info in there.

@Lynxyonok I did check that link, thanks for the resource!

Hope everyone is seeing some good progress on their cases and hoping things speed up for everyone.

Anyone know if theres a way to check the NVC progress? Been just over 2 months since our NOA2. Wondering if that's normal.

On 9/10/2022 at 6:03 AM, JankoB said:

We got our I-797 form yesterday, 3 days after our approval on the 6th. What is interesting is that it is dated on 1st september (notice date). Seems that we were approved on the first, but it went into the system on the sixth of September.

Got the I-797C NOA2 this weekend in the mail, also a few days after the approval. Noticed it was dated the 6th but we were approved on the 8th.

24 minutes ago, Cheddy said:

Hey All, 

Sorry for the delay, I had some issues scanning tonight. Finally got it done, but it was a real slow process and a pain in the butt.

 

Today's Updates:
106500 - 7 Approvals 
107000 - 1 Approval, 5 RFESs
107500 - 3 Approvals, 4 RFESs
108000 - 2 Approvals, 1 RFES, 1 Name Was Updated
108500 - 3 Approvals, 1 RFES
116500 - 1 Approval
117000 - 1 Approval
08/30/22: 30 Total Updates: 18 Approvals, 11 RFESs, 1 Other (Name Was Updated)

These daily updates are much appreciated!! Thank you!

For those who got approved, did you get a letter in the mail or did you check the USCIS website? Hopeful we will start seeing some more Julyers approved soon!