ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
National Visa Center (Dept of State)What's going on at NVC!?

Thanks for responses guys. Yeah I tried calling them again today. Still nothing. >_<



i had problems with the damn NVC too. one dumb operator also told me that fiancee petitions go straight from the CSC or district center to Guangzhou, which is true in no case. it took over 3 months for my package to get sent from CSC to NVC. the operators are really no help at all, and even many weeks after my packet got approved and sent to Guangzhou, their online computer was still saying they hadn't received my file. heh. i got my local senator's office involved and i recommend you do the same. if you call your local congressman/senator's office and tell them the situation, they can send you a form to fill out. they'll get on the case of the NVC. well, they said they would. i did eventually get a letter from the NVC saying they received it and approved it.

i really feel for everyone that has to wait because i know how you feel. my fiancee did not quit her job, but i told her not to bother to look for one because she will come to america soon. that was over a year ago and she's not here yet. i hope it works out for you. tell your fiancee not to lose hope. the waiting will make the final reunion so much better, won't it?
desotomanMaleChina2006-09-17 12:05:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussionwhat's in packet 3 from guangzhou?
well, that's all good in theory, and i will keep that page bookmarked it seems useful, but we all know what we read and what we are told by these people that work at these service centers and consulates is often far from correct and legitimate.

i'm more interested in first-hand experiences than any help from the consulate themselves. if you have recently received the packet 3 from guangzhou, i'd like to hear from you.
desotomanMaleChina2006-09-17 13:42:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussionwhat's in packet 3 from guangzhou?
my fiancee just get her packet 3 from the guangzhou embassy in china. what are in those packets? i was very surprised at the amount of papers in her packet. there were only 2 forms!!! i know i need to fill out an I-134 or now it is an 816 or something. the affidavit of support? well, here is everything that she got...


OF-169 (i think she got two of these, one in chinese)
DS-230 part 1

all she said she had to do was return these two things and then they would give her further instructions. but on her OF-169, it has a checklist of things. i thought that this checklist is just for personal use, but she says there is something else about this. something about some translations and if she checks something...oh i really don't know. any help is greatly appreciated from other guangzhou fiancees or anybody who knows specifically about guangzhou's business
desotomanMaleChina2006-09-17 11:35:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionHow long it takes from NVC to Guangzhou Consulate?
check out my timeline. up until a few days before she received her packet, the embassy at guangzhou told me they hadn't received it. it really will just show up at the door one day. it took like two months for our application to go from the NVC to Guangzhou. but, it took 3 months to go from the CSC to the NVC. it will be there soon. don't worry :)

i don't know if it will do any good, but you can go here
http://www.usembassy...u/iv/email.html
and send in an inquiry, but like i said, the package just showed up a few days later.

zhu ni hao yun
desotomanMaleChina2006-09-17 11:53:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNVC slow as molasses
yeah, after i wait the 30 days for some jackass to check on my application, the 90 day waiting period from the NVC will be up. i just got off the phone with the USCIS again, no help. they said i could try sending the California Service Center some mail, but i'm sure they'd just lose that too.
i don't know what to do anymore. i have to wait to do anything, and then after i can do something, i must wait again. it's like i'm in a jail-cell, and all i can do is sit there hopelessly, wait, and watch the world go by...can't really be mad at someone. who should i be mad at? if you yell at one of those people, they'll just put a hold or something on your application. if only bribing still worked and wasn't so illegal, oh, and if i had some money to bribe someone
desotomanMaleChina2006-06-07 16:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNVC slow as molasses
i really want to strangle that lady at the USCIS that told me that bogus stuff. i waited on the phone for half an hour and was essentially lied to so she could get to the next poor chap waiting to talk to an incompetent government employee. i just really want to know where my visa application is. my fiancee is convinced she'll never get to come to america. if they don't get their act together soon, i'm just going to move to china next year instead of 2009. such jerks.
does anybody know if it is possible to contact the California Service station directly and talk to someone who is qualified to work there and could tell me where the visa is?? :help:
desotomanMaleChina2006-06-07 15:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNVC slow as molasses
AH!!!
I got a hold after waiting half an hour with a USCIS operator, they said the I129F Fiance visas are supposed to go straight to the embassy and the letter i got from them was wrong. I told her she must be mistaken, but then she told me she had been working there for 3 years and that was standard procedure. Now I don't know what to think, but it does remind me of people saying they were surprised that their application was suddenly received at their embassy. I'll just call Guangzhou tomorrow, or later tonight and find out what the hell. Maybe all this worrying should have been directed in china's general direction and not at the incompetency of US government workers.
desotomanMaleChina2006-06-07 14:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNVC slow as molasses
well, on one of my routine calls to the damn NVC, of which i get new information each time, i was told that there is really not a chance that the NVC has my case yet, even though it has been 7 weeks since the NOA2 date. This operator told me that as soon as the cases come in, which is by bulk, they are entered into the computer and processed that same day. This is contrary to what I have been told before, but makes more sense than my case has been sitting on someone's desk for over a month now.
She also told me that after the mandatory 90 day waiting period for missing cases, the only action taken is a letter to the service station who originally processed my case notifying them that it has been 90 days and the NVC has not received my case yet. So, after the 90 day period, of which i will be out of the country for that and the two following months, i have to fax the NVC my NOA2 letter and then they will send that and a letter confirming it back to the original service center, whether it is California or Texas, since i think my case got transferred to california from texas.
Now i'm just really pissed off. and i just called the 1-800 USCIS customer service hotline, and because the wait is more than 30 minutes, they hung up on me and told me to call back. I would say that i could wait 30 minutes on the phone for the most important thing in my life if i have been waiting almost 5 months already. jerks.
does anybody else just have a hopeless feeling??? my NOA2 date was April 14, 2006 and my application is lost :(
desotomanMaleChina2006-06-07 13:23:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresNVC slow as molasses
i got my NOA2 about my K1 Fiance(e) visa from the USCIS over 6 weeks ago and everyday i call the NVC, they still have no record of my case. Everytime they say they must wait 90 days before they can take action. If they really have no record of my case, i can tell them the receipt date was 90 days ago, then they will actually start to look for it. I asked the last operator i talked to about this. I said, "so, if i call back next week and say it has been 90 days, what will happen?" she replied that as long as the receipt date is over 90 days ago, they will start to look for the case. but, the only thing i am worried about is after they track it down, they put a hold on it when they realized i lied about the date.
i'll actually be in china when the 90 days are up, and won't be able to make a long-distance call to america or come back to america until another 60 days. maybe they will and maybe they won't screw me over if i trick them. what does everybody think about this? according to everyone else's timeline, my file should already be in china, and maybe at my fiance(e)'s place 6 weeks after the NOA2. let's hear some opinions.
desotomanMaleChina2006-06-02 10:58:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsMarch 2009 k-1 people
QUOTE (Richard-Joanna @ Apr 6 2009, 01:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hey Joe,

Somehow it is nice to know there is another local going through this process.... I am not sure why. smile.gif

I live in Marietta... work around 400 and 285 area.

The pic of the Ostrich was sent to me by my SO.. I thought it was cute and kind of looked like me, so I posted it.... You can photoshop (or similar) your large photos (decrease size in pixels) to upload here.

Richard



Hello everyone,

I'm also at ATL, and even tough we are not applying for the same country, i'm glad i;m not the only one.
I tend to think what if they put "BUT" to my application because of my country or hwat if they delay it because i'm in ATL, and they might not get too many applications from this area..


I know I'm a little paranoic but after reading many discussions plus being anxious to have my fiancee with me, i think eberyone can understand.

Catty

cattyFemalePeru2009-04-23 13:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Proceduresno case status at USCIS website
QUOTE (Candy_Vince @ Apr 15 2009, 11:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
online checking of status is not a a reliable one...it takes sometime before they update it.....



the best way to do is patiently wait and keep praying ....




I still have hope that they update it, although i still have not only my k-1 application but also my N-400 as pending... eventhough i got my citizenship en AGO 08 blink.gif
cattyFemalePeru2009-04-15 12:54:00