borntorule

Hi

My mom's case is at NVC now. She is in the process of getting her documents ready for DS-230. An issue is her birth certificate. She was born in Indian before the partition in 1947 and then her family moved to Pakistan. She had no birth certificates from where she was born in India. The guidelines say that in such cases, an elder relative can write an affidavit. But she does not have an elder relative either.

Anyone in a similar boat. Any ideas?

Thank you all!

Some update:

I got the AOS payment instructions (invoice #) through regular mail and paid the AOS fee online last night. My wife has not received anything yet in her country (she should get DS-3032 according to the operator that i spoke with).

I asked my wife to send an email anyways based on NVC emails guidelines to designate me as an agent. Today she got this reply back, which is kind of vague to me. Does this mean they have accepted her request to designate me as an agent or something else? She did send all the required information (case #, dob's, etc)

Here is their reply:

Dear Sir/Madam:

Your inquiry has been received at the National Visa Center (NVC).

Please be advised our office has revised our guidelines for communication between the National Visa Center and the public. We are now required to verify case information each time we receive an inquiry.

According to U.S. law, the National Visa Center is only permitted to discuss details of a visa case with authorized representatives and when provided with all of the following information:

" NVC case number or CIS receipt number

" Petitioner's name and date of birth

" Beneficiary's name and date of birth

" Your full name

If you are corresponding regarding an I-140 petition you must provide the following information:

" NVC case number or CIS receipt number

" Name of the petitioning company

" Beneficiary's name and date of birth

" Your full name

Please resubmit your inquiry including the required information.

Please be advised that your inquiry and/or any documents submitted with your inquiry have been processed and placed into the case file.

If you wish to obtain case specific information, please submit the required security information requested above.

Any thoughts?

Hi all,

While going through various VJ time lines, I feel I am the slowest one at the NVC.

I got I-130 approval notice for my wife 2 weeks ago. And I have not received anything from the NVC. I called them up a couple of days ago to find out that we do have a case number assigned. I gave the operator my email address but I havent received anything. The operator however told me that AOS and D-3032 forms were mailed out already. Still it's been over 2 weeks already.

How come people get their forms in a couple of days through their emails and get the balls rolling.

AM I MISSING SOMETHING???

PLEASE HELP!

My second question is that I also filed I-130 for my mom at the same time. Havent received the approval from USCIS yet for that case. Do parents' cases take the same amount of time? Or do they take longer?

thanks all

I called NVC today...They operator told me that I had a case number assigned for my wife's I-130, which was approved last week. I gave her my email address as well..

I was under the impression that they would send me all the forms to my email. But she told me that AOS was already mailed to me and D-3032 was mailed to the beneficiary. Does this mean I won't get the forms to my email address?

Also I think it would be better for me to act as an agent for my wife. But what do people generally do? And does that mean my wife will have to send the agent form back to me first?

I had also applied for my mother at around the same time I applied for my wife (5 months ago). My mom's case has not been approved by the USCIS yet. Does it take the same amount of time at the USCIS and then at the NVC and the embassy?

Thanks a lot for the help!!

I got a questions guys,

I got the approval for I-30 for my wife on 2/23/10

I have not received any case # from NVC yet.

Do I need to call them myself? The I-130 approval notice says I should not call them before 90 days.

Thanks for the help

The oath date is May 7th. Everyone who got interviewed today got the same date. And there were a lot of people.

I had my interview today. It went very smoothly.

Got there an hour before my interview time. An officer took my civics and English tests immediately. And then asked me to wait in a room where many other people were also waiting. After about 1/2 an hour an officer came out and called my name. He basically went through my N-400 application line by line. I had not mentioned any traffic tickets in my application so I took the opportunity to let him know that I had one traffic ticket. He asked me if I had to go to court for that ticket. I said NO, I simply paid the ticket. He said then there was no need to mention it.

And that was it. He gave me a paper saying that he was recommending me for the approval and then said the his supervisor would have to verify the approval. He asked me to go back to the waiting area and that after final approval I would be given the oath letter.

So I waited and waited and waited. And finally they gave me the oath letter for the next month.

Thank you everyone. And good luck to all.

guys i have a question.

i have two traffic tickets.

a speeding ticket ($50) a couple of weeks before i filed my n-400

a parking ticket ($100) in 2004.

i did not mention any of these tickets in my application because:

1) i was under the impression that only tickets with fines over $500 needed to be mentioned (honest mistake).

2) i had simply forgotten the 2004 ticket and only recently remembered it.

now the question. what should i do when i go for the interview. i obviously should tell them. i have the proof of payment for my recent ticket. for 2004 parking ticket i only have a carbon copy of the check that i had written. would that be enough?

thanks for you help

guys. i have a question.

i have two traffic tickets.

a) speeding ticket ($50) a couple of weeks before i filed my n-400

B) a parking ticket ($100) in 2004.

i did not mention any of these tickets in my application because:

1) i was under the impression that only tickets with fines over $500 needed to be mentioned (honest mistake).

2) i had simply forgotten the 2004 ticket and only recently remembered it.

now the question. what should i do when i go for the interview. i obviously should tell them. i have the proof of payment for my recent ticket. for 2004 parking ticket i only have a carbon copy of the check that i had written. would that be enough?

thanks for you help

I have received my interview notice. Adding my date.

Question: It says Request to appear for Initial Interview. Initial?? does everyone get the same notice?

NSC

UserName........ Sent...........NOA1.......Biometrics....Int letter rec.....Interview.....Oath.............Office

YamSam.........01/10/09......01/25/09......--/--/--........--/--/--.........--/--/--....--/--/--......Chicago, IL

murukun........01/12/09......01/26/09......02/12/09........--/--/--.........--/--/--....--/--/--................?

TSC

UserName........ Sent...........NOA1.......Biometrics....Int letter rec.....Interview....Oath..............Office

eltemp.........01/05/09......01/16/09......02/06/09........--/--/--.........--/--/--....--/--/--......Atlanta, GA

tabta..........01/12/09......01/26/09......--/--/--........02/12/09.........03/23/09....--/--/--................?

oklahoma.......01/23/09......02/05/09......02/19/09........--/--/--.........--/--/--....--/--/--..........OKC, OK

VSC

UserName........ Sent...........NOA1.......Biometrics....Int letter rec.....Interview....Oath..............Office

borntorule.....01/01/09......01/10/09......01/30/09........02/19/09.........04/07/09....--/--/--.......Boston, MA

Lappa..........01/02/09......01/15/09......02/04/09........--/--/--.........--/--/--....--/--/--.........Wash. DC

yorker123......01/03/09......01/17/09......02/03/09........--/--/--.........--/--/--....--/--/--.......Newark, NJ

awaterlily.....01/12/09......01/21/09......02/09/09........--/--/--.........--/--/--....--/--/--................?

Marchlyne......01/12/09......01/23/09......02/17/09........--/--/--.........--/--/--....--/--/--.......Newark, NJ

Couille Molle..01/15/09......01/31/09......02/17/09........--/--/--.........--/--/--....--/--/--.....New York, NY

cHiQy..........01/20/09......01/31/09......02/19/09........--/--/--.........--/--/--.....--/--/--...Baltimore, MD

Sarara.........01/22/09......02/02/09......02/23/09........--/--/--.........--/--/--....--/--/--.......Boston, MA

Ahuacatl.......01/31/09......--/--/--......--/--/--........--/--/--.........--/--/--....--/--/--.......Boston, MA

USCIS Lockbox Arizona

UserName........ Sent...........NOA1.......Biometrics....Int letter rec.....Interview....Oath..............Office

buckeye6976....01/22/09......02/02/09......02/19/09........--/--/--.........--/--/--....--/--/--.....Columbus, OH

nocturnalbeat..01/28/09......02/05/09......02/24/09........--/--/--.........--/--/--....--/--/--..Los Angeles, CA

USCIS Lockbox Texas

UserName........ Sent...........NOA1.......Biometrics....Int letter rec.....Interview....Oath..............Office

GTMo...........01/21/09......01/26/09......02/24/09........--/--/--.........--/--/--....--/--/--......Houston, TX

Goran..........01/31/09......02/10/09......--/--/--........--/--/--.........--/--/--......--/--/--....Norfolk, VA

Here is my information

i am in boston. sent the application to vsc but received notice from national benefits center:

sent 1/1/09

notice 1/10/09

fingerprints 1/30/09