goonergirl

Congratulations!!! And good luck!

Saylin, you were right and you now have another example to quote. Our case was complete last Monday (26th) but I was being patient and wasn't going to start calling for an interview date for a week or two. But after I saw on this thread that iamalmond had got his date I asked Trevor to call and sure enough ... 8 November!! And that was on the last day of the month. Sooooo exciting!!

Just heard from NVC operator that our AOS was approved! Took 4 weeks to get a case number and 2 days to approve AOS. Nice change of pace!

Yeah, you'll have to wait for NVC emails. I was able to sign in on the first day I received the case number, but then it was "Sign in Failed" until immediately after I received the AOS bill and DS-3032 via email. Same with the IV bill. I was checking constantly, but wasn't able to pay until I received the email.

Won't let me pay. I guess I have to wait a couple of days?

Congrats!!! That's great news!

Our IV bill was marked paid in about 18 hours! So I'm off to post it soon. Yaay! Hope our case is closed as quickly as yours! I'll be interested to see when you get scheduled for an interview.

P.S. We have the same wedding anniversary

I just called the AVR - our case was completed on 26th!! Woop whoop! I needed some good news after the last couple of days of non-visa related bad news.

Never mind, just got it and paid! Hooray!

Yesterday the DS-3032 was accepted, AOS bill marked paid and AOS packet mailed off! Yaaay! The IV fee bill changed from "Not Invoiced" to "Not Paid" but I still can't pay it. how long should that take to be available? I'm driving myself crazy checking the invoice page. Will an email come before the bill can be paid? Thanks!

Yesterday the DS-3032 was accepted, AOS bill marked paid and AOS packet mailed off! Yaaay! The IV fee bill changed from "Not Invoiced" to "Not Paid" but I still can't pay it. how long should that take to be available? I'm driving myself crazy checking the invoice page. Will an email come before the bill can be paid? Thanks!

Also, for us, I had a LOT more trouble going into the UK than he ever had coming into the US...

My husband is British and we got married in the US. We filed immediately and he left a few weeks after but he's been coming and going since then with no real issues. It all depends on your own circumstances (are you employed with significant ties to the UK?) and also on who you get at the immigration desk whether they let you in. Hubby is always a bit nervous going through immigration but hasn't had any problems. Just make sure you have evidence of your pending visa petition/application.

My vwp doesnt expire until 2013 i have already visited the usa an whilst there i got married but wasnt sure what we had to do so thought best way was to return home

That's why I'm confused. My AOS bill is still in process but there is already a button that says "Print Document Cover Sheet" that lets me print a barcoded sheet that says... "You MUST RETURN THIS COVER SHEET with the Petitioner's completed forms and supporting documents etc etc..."

This is the first time I hear that, I didn't submit any receipt, I just place the cover sheet on top of all my documents and that's it. The cover sheet should only be available after the payment though.

Thanks for the reply!! I wasn't aware that I had to submit the actual payment receipt at all since the lists on this site just say "Barcoded cover sheet"... I'm glad I asked!

The cover sheet is good to use right away. But you also need to submit the payment receipt. The payment receipt generated immediately only shows in processing, not paid. Wait till it says paid to use the receipt. Or else you may get a RFE for not having the payment receipt. I know it's lame as they should have just check the computer record and know that the payment has been made. But I actually got a RFE for pre-mature payment receipt submitted.

So I just paid my AOS bill last night and immediately there was a barcoded Document Cover Sheet available to print. Is that cover sheet going to look different after the bill is marked "Paid" or can I just use that one? I'm just wondering because everything I've read here indicated that the cover sheet wouldn't even be available until it was marked "Paid." Obviously I will wait to send everything until it's paid, but just curious about this. Thanks!

Finally able to pay AOS bill! Hooray! But they had the beneficiary email address wrong so operator told us to email DS-3032 again. Hope that means all will be sent off by the end of the month!!

Does this response mean NVC accepted the emailed DS-3032?? I still can't log onto website to pay AOS bill...

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

This petition is now eligible for further processing. The petitioner, principal applicant, and/or attorney of record will receive an instruction package regarding further processing of this petition.

Thanks!!! So glad I learned about this with plenty of time! I'd be surprised if they wanted it on the day, but best to be prepared.

I am now impatiently waiting to pay the AOS bill - still says Sign in Failed...

I don't know why they need it, maybe it is to track name changes as you say. But I came across it in this thread: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/329952-anybody-else-have-this-happen/page__p__4907568__fromsearch__1#entry4907568 where someone was denied at interview because they didn't have theirs and from that I saw that it is on the London Embassy list http://london.usembassy.gov/application_documents.html.

Marriage Certificates: Married applicants must obtain an original marriage certificate, or a certified copy, bearing the appropriate seal or stamp of the issuing authority. A certificate is required for all marriages, including those that were dissolved.

I have ordered one from the General Records Office: https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/default.asp. It costs ￡9.25 and will be shipped in 15 business days. You can pay extra for an expedite but I got an extra birth certificate earlier in the year and that arrived well within the time frame they gave.

Wow, this is the first I've heard of needing previous marriage certificates. NVC doesn't ask for them so why does the London Embassy care? It is standard practice to turn them in when you get divorced in the UK. Does this have anything to do with tracking a name change? Otherwise I don't really see why they want it.

Fingers crossed.

By the way, in case there are any other UK beneficiaries out there who have been married before, London requires the original (or certified copy) marriage certificate from all marriages. I didn't realise that until I saw this: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/329952-anybody-else-have-this-happen/page__p__4907568__fromsearch__1#entry4907568

I'm not sure if it is a requirement for any other embassies. I don't have mine because I had to hand it in when I was divorced so I have had to order a copy.

Thanks!!

Oops! Sent it the right way to NVC though!

Grats on finally getting the case number!

And it's DS-3032, by the way

It might get accepted, it might not. But it definitely didn't hurt sending it. If it does get rejected, then just re-send it again.

Got our NVC case number last night!! Yaaay! Sent the DS-3023 email also, but guess there is some possibility that it won't be accepted because its so soon?

Yaaay! Congrats! I hope that means I get mine next week... finally! (Today is 3 months since approval!) I've heard conflicting reports about when they actually received our file though. Sometimes NVC says they received it August 22nd and sometimes they say August 26th...

If I get my case number Monday (knock on wood!), what do you think the chances are of paying and sending everything by October 1st? I'll be out of the country for 2 weeks and don't want to have those extra few weeks of nothing happening on our case! Our packets have basically been ready since May!

I guess I can post here too now Got our NVC case number today, finally!! took them exactly 4 weeks.

We're so ready for this to go a little faster from now on.

Thanks! It just goes to show you how much of this is out of our control. My situation is very rare though - somebody really fell down on the job!

National Records Center?!!!! what the hell ...sorry but it sounds kind of funny. i am glad its fixed and i hope everything from this point goes on well without any hiccups.

i hope this doesn't happen to me.

Never thought I would finally get an NVC operator to tell me the case is in the building!!! Woohoo!! You can see in my signature that it has taken us more than 2 months from approval to get here because the idiots at USCIS sent my file to the National Records Center. If it weren't for help from my congressman's office I'm sure I'd still be waiting! Hoping this goes smoother....

Thanks for your response and the encouragement to contact my congressman. I was a bit weary to do so, but I guess that is part of their job to help the people in their district. Anyway, today somebody from his office contacted USCIS on our behalf. They said that USCIS has 30 days to respond to them now. It feels a little more comforting knowing that somebody else is on our side trying to get them to fix this. Although I will be skeptical and anxious until our case is finally received by NVC. I just hate not knowing where we stand!

I am so frustrated with USCIS!!! They screwed up and didn't send my approved petition on to NVC (they thought we were adjusting status but we clearly put his foreign address and foreign embassy, which they confirmed was the correct way to do it and so they admit it was their error). It has now been 37 days since I asked them to fix this (with a service request that said wait 30 days for response). When I called back 10 days after the first service request to check they said it should have been expedited so they put in an expedite request, but that came back saying wait 45 days from that second date! Now they are saying they must do the "expedite" one first even though they haven't even dealt with the first request which is beyond the response time! How can 45 days be expedited when 30 days was the initial waiting time???

Do you think I should get my congressman involved? August 1st will be 5 months since we filed and even though it was approved they still have not fully dealt with our case.

I feel lots of sympathy for everyone who is also waiting because expectations were that things move quickly after approval. At least I know that if USCIS hadn't made this stupid mistake on our case I would probably still be awaiting delivery to NVC.

Yes NOA2 approved on or after 6/16 are all waiting.

An update on our case: Next week it will be 30 days from my service request asking about the approval notice that wrongly said my husband was in the US and would adjust status. I have called several times to check the status and received drastically different answers from Tier 2 officers. One lady was very informative about the whole process and thought it was probably just a typo in which case it would have been forwarded to NVC automatically. Another very rude man said tough luck it could take months!! Both did say that I filled it out correctly by putting in the name of the embassy for Question #22 so it is 100% an error by USCIS!

Unfortunately, USCIS is being very very slow to send things on to NVC and it doesn't look like many people who were approved around the same time as me (June 16) have been received at NVC yet either so I am still in limbo also. And I have no way to know if the nice lady was correct and NVC should be receiving it because NVC says they don't have it and can't make inquires since the official approval notice says USCIS will handle it. Ugh!!!

It is looking like I will have to resort to sending an email to the USCIS followup email after the 30 days have passed. Fingers crossed it gets resolved before that though!

Great news!!! Did this update come in the mail or email? I called USCIS for an update yesterday and Tier 2 officer just said they had pulled my case and were reviewing it. Fingers crossed!

I received an update on my case today:

So, it looks like they've made some errors on the approval notices, and we're onto the NVC! Good news; I'm very relieved.