Maverick64

May main objection (and it still is) was the letter they sent me when my case first arrived to NVC. That letter clearly said my case was approved and would be forwarded to the consulate within 7 days. I found out 2 weeks later it was still in NVC and it stayed there 2 weeks more after that. They should stop sending that misleading letter to people, and replace it with a letter saying simply "your case has arrived at NVC and is undergoing processing... we will notify you when there is a change in your status or if we require further documentation." That would solve a lot of grief.

Exactly, that is my main gripe!

The letter is from USCIS and should not mention the consulate but say case approved by us and has been sent to NVC.

I think I will send an email to the Ombudsman regarding the misinformation. That is who can best resolve the issue.

No, the NVC sends out a letter stating they have recived the application and will be sending it on to the Embassy.

May main objection (and it still is) was the letter they sent me when my case first arrived to NVC. That letter clearly said my case was approved and would be forwarded to the consulate within 7 days. I found out 2 weeks later it was still in NVC and it stayed there 2 weeks more after that. They should stop sending that misleading letter to people, and replace it with a letter saying simply "your case has arrived at NVC and is undergoing processing... we will notify you when there is a change in your status or if we require further documentation." That would solve a lot of grief.

Exactly, that is my main gripe!

The letter is from USCIS and should not mention the consulate but say case approved by us and has been sent to NVC.

I think I will send an email to the Ombudsman regarding the misinformation. That is who can best resolve the issue.

No, the NVC sends out a letter stating they have recived the application and will be sending it on to the Embassy.

I am unsure if everybody gets this letter from NVC, but I did and it is as we all know..not always true, if you are thrown into AP.

PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!!! WE ARE FINALLY OUT!!!!!!!!!!! :dance: :dance:

I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE.... SENT OUT TODAY!!!!!! 41 DAYS OF HELLISH WAITING OVER!!!!!!!

Wooo Hooo the good news keeps rolling! COngratulations. I hope more to come!

OMG！ I just called NVC. They told me I just got out of AP one hour ago. And they will send it to Guang Zhou Cons. soon. This is amazing feeling. I was crying and tell the operater that he is the bless of my day. lol. Hopefully, they will send it soon.

More great news! Congratulations! Soooo happy 4 U!

I just called and they said my file is shipping to Manila Today!!!!!!! OMG OMG OMG.

Checked DHL and there's a 60lb package to the Philippines.

I can't cry here at work...so I'll just save it until I call my fiancee.

Thank you all for your support...hope I'm not alone with the good news today :)

Well...ALL RIGHT! Darn good news bro. 60lb??? thats gotta be a bunch of other files right? Tell me you didnt submit 60lbs of documentation! LOL

This probably will be one of my ending posts here on this topic regarding the subject of being in AP. I say this because , as i knew it from last week, I'm officially out from AP.

Based on my experience with this unpleasant waiting period, i would like to make known for all those that are still in AP, that this topic is GREAT and my suggestion is "READ everything here".

Many posts that I've posted had a high accuracy, and i would recommend to learn from them. I put time and effort to make them easy to be understood, but also to benefit people that are still in AP by not wasting they time finding an answer.

With one thing i was wrong, I predicted that i will be out from AP tomorrow (Tuesday) but it happened today.

I would like also to thank you for all the people that give me they support, as i would not be able to get my self mentally prepared without them. I love them for they great mind and i wish them all the best!

P.S. I'm tracking my package from minute 1 of being out from AP!

Out of AP, Thank you Congressman Chris Murphy. I called NVC at 8:00AM this morning, still in AP. Sarah from Congressmens office calls me at 11:00AM (I faxed them last Wednesday) and says we are on way to Consulate.

20 Days at NVC

When I faxed Congressman Murphy's office I really didnt expect anything, but Sarah from that office was all over it apparently and kick started NVC.

Here we come Guangzhou

Wow, congratulations. One more out of AP hole. Hopefully, my congressman request will pull some chin over there, too.

Congrats! Glad you made it out in 20 days

My congressman called last week but that seemed not to have the desired effect I imagined a congressman would have LOL.

Dont be so sure, my Congresswomans office said to give it a week to work. You should call the State Dept...they can look at your file and see if the Congressional inquiry is there. Hang in there...it's coming!

Stupid question here..I thought NVC was part of the State Dept? Is there a number posted in this thread I definitely want to call.. although the supervisor last week said they did log a call from the congressman .

Thanks!

Yes there is a number you can call...I think Crazymazy listed it here. I believe it is this 1-202-663-1225 press 1 then 0

day 36 sigh..............................

Have you called NVC and talk to the sups?

yup.. have asked 4 times so far... only once did they finaly get a supervisor.. he answered..."may i help you" then the line went dead... the other 3 times there was none available... but the operator was kind enought to tell me each time that the sup. couldnt tell me any more that they could...

so i went to see my congressman thursday... wrote a nice letter before going.. the congressmans aid called mr back on friday...

so still waiting

Have faith , you should be very close...I bet by the end of this week.

Out of AP, Thank you Congressman Chris Murphy. I called NVC at 8:00AM this morning, still in AP. Sarah from Congressmens office calls me at 11:00AM (I faxed them last Wednesday) and says we are on way to Consulate.

20 Days at NVC

When I faxed Congressman Murphy's office I really didnt expect anything, but Sarah from that office was all over it apparently and kick started NVC.

Here we come Guangzhou

Wow, congratulations. One more out of AP hole. Hopefully, my congressman request will pull some chin over there, too.

Congrats! Glad you made it out in 20 days

My congressman called last week but that seemed not to have the desired effect I imagined a congressman would have LOL.

Dont be so sure, my Congresswomans office said to give it a week to work. You should call the State Dept...they can look at your file and see if the Congressional inquiry is there. Hang in there...it's coming!

Out of AP, Thank you Congressman Chris Murphy. I called NVC at 8:00AM this morning, still in AP. Sarah from Congressmens office calls me at 11:00AM (I faxed them last Wednesday) and says we are on way to Consulate.

20 Days at NVC

When I faxed Congressman Murphy's office I really didnt expect anything, but Sarah from that office was all over it apparently and kick started NVC.

Here we come Guangzhou

Congratulations..now on to hopefully the quickest and easiest part!

If they are actually doing something, checking names, etc. (which I thought was what was supposed to have taken place during the almost six months we were at VSC) then great, but they should communicate this and provide a time frame and then the whole process wouldn't be neary as frustrating. But I highly doubt there is anything organized taking place. As someone said on here--just imagine if we let the government get control of the health-care industry!!!

Lost at Bureaucra-Sea.

EXACTLY!

I personally don't buy into the whole "AP at NVC is additional background checks" theory. First because why would it only be on K visas? And then why random? If it is so important that you have to do ADDITIONAL checks at NVC, then shouldnt it be all of the K visas? And why would issues not be caught at USCIS..after all THEY are a part of Homelanf Security. Sure would look bad for NVC to find something that USCIS couldn't. i dunno...and I guess noone will ever know the truth about AP. But we do know one thing....IT BLOWS

starlight-Congrats on the approval!!!! :dance: :dance:

Anyone heard anything from Ken yet? Hope everything went well for him. So happy to be hearing some good news!

Maverick, I can't remember if I said congratulations yet or not, but if not...Congratulations! I hope that the rest of the process goes smoothly!

To everyone still waiting, hang in there a little longer. I'm here to cheer you guys on

Thanks to Attaya and others...I haven't been in this forum for awhile as I was hanging out in the NVC AP thread. My file was received at the Embassy this morning!

Good morning all.

Boghy, looks like today is day 40 for you. Really this week should be your week. Based on what happened this past Friday, I think they push to have alot of these done by Fridays. If this Friday comes and goes without your being released, you need to get on the horn to your Congressman. I can't say for certain it helped me, but it was definitely registered in their system as being received on Monday Sep 28th...and then I was out on Friday. But really I hope today or tomorrow is it for you.

dhc and Waiting4him...you both are close, hopefully this week is yours too...I am hoping for good news soon 4 both of you

Steve S...what is your NVC receive date?

Czazymazy...my son LOVES your avatar!

To anybody else I may have missed....hopes and prayers for all of you to exit this ####### soon.

Hello all .. thanks everyone for the support and congrats ... we appreciate it and we can't wait to congrat the rest of you all as well soon !

Attaya - No we won't be traveling together, I am currently working on some really important projects for work and have not been able to take time off ... I do have a couple days off when she flies to the US ( Hopefully on Oct. 10 ) ... her and I talked and weighed out our options and decided to take a few days off when she is here rather than taking the time off for the interview and flight.

Maverick - Congrats ... finally out of AP ... and it's great Panama is said to be a fast embassy !! Not too much longer than !

Starlight - I am pretty confident that touch is your approval ... from my experience with our RFE I am fairly confident to say it was your approval. You could call and ask to be escalated to find out ... but ... it might not be updated in the system until Monday ... that is what happened to me. I seen the touch on the day we got our approval and called .. and was told it was still in processing, but in reality it was a approval .. but when I called a couple days later I was told we were approved on that date of the last touch. Good luck Star !!! We have you in our prayers !

Ian and Lisa - Are you expecting to hear soon of a interview date? How long is the UK embassy running out right now? I hope soon for you two !

SS you were so right about my touch. I got the approval email in the evening yesterday. My eyes could not believe it.

Wooo hOOO! Congratulations!!!

Maverick - I am so happy for u guy - I was so worried about you

Good luck to everyone - and to all the people who come here after us - I think most of the people that were stuck in AP and are out will remain here on this forum for long time as is still much to go though - these are just small baby steps in this process

But if you find yourself stuck in AP - and want to talk or cry or whatever - just send message - you r never alone

Thanks for the thoughts...it feels like we are all friends here on this forum..and it helps some getting through it.

My thoughts tonight....first I sincerely hope nobody here currently in AP has to wait 40 days like I did. When I called NVC today and asked "am I finally out of AP", and the lady said "you certainly are and your file is on it's way to the Embassy right now" I was so overcome with emotion that I really dont remember what I said to her, but I remember she started laughing. And I could tell she was tickled and happy for my happiness. They are just workers there and have nothing to do with our being there or getting us out, so please people be nice when you call.

I have to say I have enjoyed posting in this forum MORE than the K1 month forum for when I was waiting for NOA2 approval...it really is kinda like a family...bonded by despair, frustration and misery. To those still in AP ...you really will get there...it just SUX waiting to get there. Mav

Day 40 of AP...and I am OUT! DHL shipping today! Wooo Hoooo

Wow! That was a long time, but the funny thing is that this delay may not delay you much, depending on how speedy your embassy is. Good luck!

Another member here says the Panama Embassy is very fast...his was completed in one month of receipt. God, that was the longest 40 days of my life!

Ok - A has over 75 - I keep getting time out on the "next" after # 75

B - has about 25

c - is nothing

correspondence has over 100

all for 01 OCT 2009

DHL SURE made their monies today!

Okay gang, Im out of here, you all take care, and thank you for letting me share your thread here while in AP. Best wishes to all, and CrazyMazy, your email and phone number on U-Tube is sure getting the hits, LOL

Call ya when you least expect it, thank you for making my stay here pleasant. (((((HUGS))))))

Beth

C-YA Beth! Thanks for being part of our little family in misery. Best wishes to you in everything!

Day 40 of AP...and I am OUT! DHL shipping today! Wooo Hoooo

OMG, I saw one to Panama City, but didn't want to get excited..but I called ..AND IT"S MINE! I AM FREE!!!!!!!! Really, I am a man, but I have tears in my eyes right now!

Day 40...don't even care anymore

Just called NVC ... We're free! We're free! Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ! They said they're sending our case out to the consulate today !!!!

MOre great news...congratulations!!!

yepeey..i just called nvc now..and i was out of ap and it will send it today to manila consulate... :dance:

Wow, great news...congratulations!!!!

Oh, and today is day 39 for me. I have decided I am only going to call on Wednesday and Friday evenings. I can't take the hearing the same depressing news EVERY day from the zombies at NVC. And it also seems that congressional inquiries mean NOTHING to them.

Is AP lasting only a few days for anyone these days, or is it always a month or longer? I have found no way to track data like on Igor's list for USCIS.

It is really unfair that some people get 75 days at USCIS, others with similar cases get 120 days at USCIS then 30+ days of AP.

It seems that AP now is running around 35+ days...just 1 month ago people were getting out at about 28-34 days.

Just received a call from my Congresswoman's office. They received a reply back from NVC. What the NVC had to say was AMAZING...and I felt all of you need to know what they had to say, it said...

We received the approved petition on Aust 24th, it is currently undergoing additional processing and will be forwarded to the Embassy upon completion.

WOW!

Well the Panama shipment was not mine called the number provided to Dept. of State and also called NVC...day 38 in Hell

do you mind me asking what the dept of state said ?

Well, the person I spoke with was very nice and sympathetic about my situation. He told me that all he can see on the computer is that my petition is still at NVC in processing. He also told me that he can see on it also that there was an inquiry by my Congresswoman. I told him that I had contacted her twice about this and even faxed a letter to the Assistant Secretary of State For Consular Affairs. He told me "you are doing all the things that can be done". I think I have never felt as low as I have been feeling the past week, I am in a very very dark depression. I feel this is MUCH worse that the wait for USCIS to approve. Really dont know how much longer I can tolerate this.

Sorry maverick - i know this sucks - but keep hope alive - I know sounds weak - but is best we can do right now **hugs**

Thanks for the support...I know I am not the only one dealing with this, but I have now lost 2 & 1/2 months since the approval. Dont understand why I am being jerked around for no reason