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Update to this old post. I ended up buying a fully refundable ticket over 1 month in advance to get a good deal.  Interview went well and received our visa within 5 days after interview.  Glad we planned ahead to save a little time and money.  Wish everyone still waiting the best of luck.  Was a super long process, but glad it is over.  

4 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

It is strongly advised to avoid making ANY non-refundable expenditures prior to receiving and visually checking visa.  Too many things can happen.  

Yes, will make sure it’s refundable.  

What are the steps for purchasing a plane ticket for my fiancée thru the K1 visa.  Can we  purchase the ticket before she has the actual visa in hand or do we have to wait to have that before booking ticket?  Want to try and get ticket as much time in advance to be cheaper. We are in final steps of process and about to do interview. Thanks 

10 minutes ago, Mahmoud Kassab said:

good to hear that, my status changed to ready today, I am hoping for a reply tomorrow

for the CIB payment is the visa fee currently $265 and is paid in Egyptian pounds EGP 8745 according to current exchange rates 
you need to generate a DEPOSIT SLIP through creating account on https://www.ustraveldocs.com/eg/ and selecting new application and follow the instructions to access the payment slip
please note that you will need to do the DS160 before generating the slip as they will ask you to add the application ID
you can read more information on their website about paying the fees https://www.ustraveldocs.com/eg/eg-niv-paymentinfo.asp

I am confused about this part because after paying and entering the Receipt Number we should be able to select interview appointment date, but according to previous people on this forum the embassy should give you interview date and time on packet 4 email together with medical instructions, I can't see beyond this page so I don't know if we are able to schedule our interview date or not, please let me know
 

The medical instructions came with the email I received from embassy today.  Guessing this is packet 3.  Doesn’t have a title or anything, just an email with list of everything to do to move forward.

congrats on “ready” status

On 6/21/2023 at 4:26 PM, Mahmoud Kassab said:

 

hello,
previous people went through Egypt embassy, they said the embassy will not contact you, you need to send them an email to get packet 3 instructions from them
as @Mahmir said you need to send an email to cairoiv@state.gov asking for further instructions.
my papers are on route to the embassy still not ready yet, I sent them an email yesterday but still no response,
let me know if they respond to you

Just got a reply today with instructions to move forward!  I do have a question about the CIB payment.  How do we go about this?

24 minutes ago, Henriqueromao said:

Ah! Thank you!

Look into your specific embassy/region for interview instructions.  For mine you have to wait and schedule it.  Others schedule for you.  

1 hour ago, Henriqueromao said:

Hi!

I just put my NVC case number on the website and the status is “ready”. Can I submit the DS-160 already or I need to wait until I receive a mail from the Embassy?

I didn’t do the doctor part yet. 
Sorry. I’m confused. 😅

Thanks!!!

Yes you can submit your DS-160 form. You can’t schedule medical until you receive packet 4 with instructions from embassy. 

26 minutes ago, PakistaniRussian said:

I think the best thing to do is talk to a Tier 2 agent, if they don't help out, hang up and try again. Also get your Congress person involved if possible.

 

It varies, based on each embassy location. But from what I've read, its rather quick after its been received and marked as "Ready". I would e-mail your embassy and ask them to e-mail you the packet if possible. I'm still waiting for my case to go from "In Transit" to "Ready". Its been 14 days since it went into Transit. 

Hope you get some good news with a “ready” status update soon. 

2 minutes ago, ss & mj said:

Ahhh glad you found an answer! My question was more how long before it changes from at NVC to in transit on CEAC website… either way nothing I can do. It was either shipped or it wasnt yesterday.

Yes the regional forums are great for the embassy phase I’m seeing.  
 

Mine changed to “in transit” the same day I got my email with new nvc case number.  Hope you see some progress soon. 

14 minutes ago, PakistaniRussian said:

I think the best thing to do is talk to a Tier 2 agent, if they don't help out, hang up and try again. Also get your Congress person involved if possible.

 

It varies, based on each embassy location. But from what I've read, its rather quick after its been received and marked as "Ready". I would e-mail your embassy and ask them to e-mail you the packet if possible. I'm still waiting for my case to go from "In Transit" to "Ready". Its been 14 days since it went into Transit. 

Thank you for your reply.  I just emailed my embassy, hoping to hear something soon.  I asked for further instructions for packet #3 and for scheduling interview.  Will update when I hear a response.  My timeline is updated now.

23 minutes ago, ss & mj said:

I think that depends on your embassy…did you try the regional forums for your consulate?

 

But I came here to ask how long after your case was shipped did the CEAC status change to in transit? I saw two cases that went to my consulate but hard to know if we are among them 😓😓 as CEAC still says “at NVC”.  
 

anyone know?

Thank you for your reply.  I did look in my regional forum and received an answer. In my embassy’s case you have to contact them.  My case was “in transit” for 8 days before it changed to “ready.”

34 minutes ago, Mahmoud Kassab said:

 

hello,
previous people went through Egypt embassy, they said the embassy will not contact you, you need to send them an email to get packet 3 instructions from them
as @Mahmir said you need to send an email to cairoiv@state.gov asking for further instructions.
my papers are on route to the embassy still not ready yet, I sent them an email yesterday but still no response,
let me know if they respond to you

Can’t thank you enough.  I just sent email.  Will keep you updated. 

My status on ceac has changed to “ready” any idea how long it takes the embassy to contact you with packet #3 once they have received case?

My status on ceac has changed to “ready” any idea how long it takes the embassy to contact you with packet #3 once they have received case?

Any idea of timeline from embassy receiving application to scheduling interview?  

8 hours ago, Mahmoud Kassab said:

hello,
we are doing K1 too, approved Mar 17, NVC received June 5, waiting case number

Great!  Let’s keep in touch then.  Hopefully you get your case number soon.  We just got word our case got sent to embassy in Cairo a few days ago.  

3 hours ago, IWander said:

Which country?  

Saudi Arabia.  Work related.  

3 hours ago, Bloomingdale said:

 

Update, day 104 since NOA2 and multiple pokes and inquiries to USCIS, NVC, and my congressman, NVC emailed me this.

 

Crosses fingers

Congrats!  Great to see progress for you.

Thanks everyone for the responses.  Much appreciated.  

30 minutes ago, Kristina582 said:

If you change it to an Immigrant Visa(IV) you will not need an invoice #. That’s how I check mine. 

Thank you, yes I figured it out. There are 2 different ceac portals for nvc.  

When logging into ceac it asks for an invoice number in addition to the nvc case number.  Where is this invoice number found?  Not seeing anything on the email I got from nvc with case number.  Won’t let me log in without it. Thanks

On 5/3/2023 at 7:16 PM, Bongskie08 said:

Hello and happy day to all! I'm new here, and I could need some help with my situation. My wife submitted my F2A on my behalf. She has a green card and is currently employed in the USA. Getting police clearance in every country I've worked with is one of the difficult prerequisites. Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Macao, and Dubai are the nations. First, I'd want to talk about Saudi Arabia because it's quite challenging since I don't have my iqama copy already and KSA is a very strict country as we all know. I am confident that this is achievable, but because I am currently in the Philippines, could you kindly advise where I should begin? advice me, pls.

Did you write an affidavit and get notarized about not being able to obtain the Saudi certificate of police clearance?  I am at this stage right now and just read about not being able to get a certificate there if not a resident.  Thanks

If a country you lived in doesn’t provide a police clearance certificate, you have to fill out an affidavit and get it notarized stating that the certificate can’t be obtained.  Basically I’m curious if anyone has dealt with this and if there is some sort of template to use to write the affidavit? Thanks

1 hour ago, Saeid said:

Please let us know when you got a call back from Tier 2. I am in week 3 and haven't heard anything yet. 

With the way timelines seem to be going for most people you will wait between 60-90 days before your case even leaves uscis after noa2.  Then another 3 weeks once case is received by nvc before you get a case number.  

1 hour ago, Pangoleen said:

Same boat. We got approved after almost 15 months, and now the additional 3 for NVC transfer. Which I could accept if I didn't have to worry about being left behind entirely without any help like poor @Bloomingdale

 

What's got me worried is that NVC research has not bothered replying to any of our inquiries (we've sent two since mid May, NOA2 and general information included of course), and all the USCIS keeps telling us is that our case hasn't been sent out. The deadline for Tier 2 to call us back is approaching fast too, wonder if that'll happen.

Hope you hear something soon.  I would send another inquiry to nvc.  Keep on them until you get a response.