Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Packet 3 and 4 (what is this)	QUOTE (mstangie @ Dec 17 2009, 04:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Maybe I’m missing something. Please can someone read this very carefully! My husband’s case was completed on Sept 24-09 he has not been scheduled an interview for January. I’m thinking I may be missing a packet 3 and 4 can someone tell me what this is, and could it be holding him up for being scheduled an interview. Call the DoS and ask about the status of the case.. NVC could also give some insight possibly but IMO DoS is easier to deal with and dont just read scripts...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2009-12-17 16:24:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	AP at NVC	They can tell when you are about to get out of AP... if you call, ask them "when should I call back.. what day?" if they say a wek or two... you will be in AP for a while longer.. if they say call back on Friday.. good news you are likely on your way to the consulate soon...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-01-07 17:39:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC called me?????	Calls have been placed to some folks in AP @ NVC... usually asking about a former spouse... but in those cases, we knew we were already in AP for some time...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-01-14 18:56:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	How long does NVC take to reply to an email inquiry?	They often wait until the file has been sent out to respond.. that way the response is easy to write..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-03-29 10:18:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Emailing vs.Calling NVC!	its all about timing.. Fridays and Mondays are the busiest days.. late at night EST is the best time.. email is useless	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-04-11 11:40:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	APPLICANT HAS A FELONY ON THEIR RECORD	<P>Edited.. <BR>My initial post referenced K1 and not CR1 petitions.. I apologize for any confusion created by that post..once you have already married, the US has little interest in the petitioners background...</P> Edited by ScottThuy, 02 June 2010 - 07:25 AM.	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-06-01 18:58:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Whne can we file for children?	The visa category is F2B, and would currently take about 8 years (except for Mexico and Philippines). She can upgrade the petition to F1 when she get's her citizenship, which will knock a couple of years off the wait time. Once she has her Green card she is a LPR... and can start the process...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-06-07 18:58:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	Whne can we file for children?	How old are they?	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-06-07 17:39:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC Notice Error	keep calling.. try later in the day	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-06-07 16:17:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	NVC stuck	should be sent to the consulate within a month... it could be an additional check resulting from the case being flagged due to criminal record... does ot mean it will get denied, just that they are making sure everything is in order before it is sent to the consulate...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-06-24 13:50:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	What Next Guys	Ours was there over a month.. We were in AP @ NVC and they actually called me asking for my ex-wife.. there is no cookie cutter response that will fit all...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-04-15 23:17:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	What Next Guys	moving to NVC forum	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-04-13 19:46:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	AP... 1. Additional Processing 2. Administrative Processing It's my understanding that all recieved petitions go through #1:Additional Processing, which means it is being bundled scanned etc. in order to be sent to Embassy. After speaking to a CS Supervisor tonight, she confirmed this is the term for "we are getting it ready to send out to a con/emb." "It should be sent in about a week." According to another post, which I can't find now, #2:Administrative processing means they are reviewing the application/petition for some other reason. It is not being readied for sending to a con/emb. This is the "Oh #######" one. Can anyone confirm this? The CSR's @ NVC use the terms interchangeably.. they don't really know what is going on just that it is taking longer than normal... in a nutshell it means that they are doing something that has slowed down the case and it could be a background check or any number of other reasons... the good thing is that it usually takes a month or less...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2011-06-03 16:11:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	likely only a week or 2 more	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-11-15 18:21:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	They can do background checks at all 3 stages as well as an additional round done by DHS after the interview in some cases. The background checks at stages 1 & 2 are usually about the USC and the rest are the SO..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-11-08 09:40:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	I had my I-130 sent back to Vermont service center from NVC after about 6 months AP. But my I-129f K3 flew right through in a couple of weeks. I'm sure you will not wait long for a fiance visa. There is alot more to prove and check when you actually are married than a new couple from my experience. Not correct.. they look at K1's more deeply in many countries..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-09-23 22:09:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	better than expected...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-08-03 17:26:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	Well, it looks like we are now members of the "AP Club" (womp-womp). We have sailed through the process thus far, so I guess we had to hit a snag at some point (or two - first the Juarez consulate shut down on Friday, and now today when I called the NVC to find out our status I discover that we are in AP). *sigh* It seems like the general consensus is to not pester them and things will work themselves out in a few weeks? Interesting though, neither of us has been married before or had trouble with the law - are these things generally just random? Calling and talking to a CSR is not pestering them.. two seperate departments.. the CSR's just answer thephone and check the computer... same thing with DoS.... It can neither help nor hurt anything unless some communication has been lost in transit asking you for something additional.. you should be on to the consulate before the end of the month..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-08-02 13:11:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	Squeaking does not help when it comes to AP... They often run FBI checks or other forms of investigations.. often when the petitioner was married before... nobody can speed up the FBI.. not even a congressional inquiry.. been there done that... its only a few weeks extra in the scheme of things... if you let this get to you, it will make the rest of the journey more painful..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-07-22 20:20:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	No worries... glad to hear they are still under 1 month...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-07-06 17:52:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	I think they set the interview when they get the docs from the spouse... pkt 3 response.. still possible it could happen this year...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-07-03 19:45:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	could be a number of things.. been married before.. that often causes them to check the validity of the divorce... govt security clearance holders sometimes get checked out... and name checks that came up in USCIS also get redone or additional checks done at NVC... in any case.. its usually less than 4 weeeks to get done now...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-07-02 18:34:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	no need to worry.. just a delay	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-06-28 13:50:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	I pray so it is just hard to see other people who got approved the same day as me or after me and there paperwork has already been sent to there interviewing countries and mine is still sitting at the NVC I pray that it is sent this week...... Usually within 4 weeks... hello our case say additional processing... any one have idea what going on? Usually happens for USC's that are divorced or for a few other reasons.. its just NVC doing some additional checks to be sure there are no problems before it is sent to the consulate... could be a few days or up to a month.. have not had any over a month for a while now...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-06-28 10:04:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	hello NVC staff, Have a nice day..i am just checking about our papers, my fiancee keep on having follow up our papers and still nothing could tell the feedback on it, we forwarded it last march 2010 for the second time around but until now we never heard on it...they just keep on telling that on process, but its already 3mos old now, mostly the member on this site advise me just to try to check to the nvc if it stuck here..i hope i can have an answer from the nvc staff..godbless and more power to ur services... Did you send this in an email to NVC?	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-06-27 22:20:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	You just got NOA2 a week ago.. relax and give them time to get through it... it may be on the way to the consulate already..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-06-27 16:56:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	Depending on the office saying AP they can often be interchangeable... AP usually means they have something they need to do before they are done with the case.. AR usually means they need someone higher up to review the case to sign off on it... they both mean it will take some time before they decide or are finished with the case... Is additional processing the AP you guys are talking about in this forum? because they told me I was under additional processing not admin Review Yes that is what AP stands for in this forum..	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-06-26 13:00:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	It should not take long...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-05-26 10:37:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	great news bro.. you are out of AP.. when the case is done at NVC they send an electronic version to the consulate.. the paper copy follows by mail/DHL courrier.... it takes a week or two for the paper file to get there.. then they will start doing what they do at the consulate... you should be getting everything ready for the interview.. paperwork I mean.... check with others in the Thailand regional forum to see what you need to have ready for the interview so you have all of your ducks in a row...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-05-11 22:33:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	The duration has decreased in the past months as there have been fewer petitions... its not a manditory 30 days it just averaged 30 days for along time... best of luck... you should be on to the consulate in the next week or two	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-05-10 15:23:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	You should hear back from them before the end of the month. It is impossible to speed up an FBI background check... A senate or congressional inquiry will get a staus report, but can't move the process along any faster... they have been getting them done quicker this year as there has been a lighter load coming through...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-05-09 13:27:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	Tried NVC again tonight .... nothing. Tomorrow I think it is a call AND a visit to the congressman's office. I had read that occasionally they will pull a random file for additional checks .... honestly, they being the government .... I can understand it ..... but do it BEFORE approval for crissakes !! To approve it and tell you it has been sent... AND then tell ya again it is "enroute " ...... I don't know, it just chaps my #### !!!! we got pulled for an additional check at NVC and it took about a month.. they lose files, they send files out for extra checks.. delays can be found everywhere... they likely left your file sitting on a desk or in a box somewhere at USCIS and they just realized and sent it on to NVC...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-04-06 21:59:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	LOL ... EXACTLY my first thought ! and the second was " the check is in the mail ! " BUT I am still remaining positive I gave them Monday, called last night and nothing, and I WILL be calling again tonight ! Keep touching base with uscis	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-03-31 11:28:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	Scott,, I can't imagine being stuck in NVC for AP....then on to the embassy and hitting AP again.. I hope you get out of there soon... Thanks.. I suspect some time next month or May... It was really our own fault as there was a problem with 1 of the documents that they did not explain the issue initially and when we resubmitted wrong again then the guy explained why it was wrong... that was our last chance to get approved without having to go through another AP... we submitted the correct document a couple of days latter to hear.. thanks, go home and we will send you a letter...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-03-26 22:34:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	<br />Yeah...I think they just misplaced your file...which is a bit unsettling since those files have tons of private info.. <img src='http://www.visajourn...fault/blink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />   Feel free to vent away...  That's how we survive this madness!  You'll probably call them one day and they'll just out of the blue...say...ohhh you're file shipped to the embassy today!!!  And they'll of course have NO reason why it sat there for a few weeks.... <img src='http://www.visajourn...lt/headbonk.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> A couple weeks is alot better than a few months.. I have seen others files get lost between USCIS and NVC for months and in 1 case a couple had to go through USCIS and get a second NOA2...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-03-26 21:44:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	keep your fingers crossed.. I though it was a pain being in AP at NVC.. now I'm in it again at the consulate.. woo hooo... this killin time is killin me!	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-03-25 21:45:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	Yeah, I called again today....you know thinking....best 2 out of 3 answers??? Well...today she (Alice) said...ohhh you're in additional processing sir. And she started explaining what AP is....and I said ohh you can skip the script....can you tell me how long..approximately?? She said...No, sorry.. I said is it in between 1 month and 1 year?? She said..I don't know. I said...ummm can you say why it's there?? She said...we have no case info. I think if they just said....30-60 days, I'd be ok. You know, USCIS says 5 months, so we assume 5 months and hopefully we can get results sooner. But we have a baseline. NVC just says...we don't know, it's really like a black hole with no answers. Expect 30 days or so... it cant be rushed.. My congressional rep inquired and was told it was an FBI check and there was nothing that could be done until the FBI was done. If you call ask them when should I call back... and if they say call back on Friday or any specific day for that matter.. expect that the case is back from FBI and about to be sent out to the consulate... dont let them frustrate you.. they are only allowed to say what is on that script and nothing more... they can get in trouble if the go off of the script...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-03-24 23:07:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	ok .... 24 hrs later ..... I call back and talk to Kelly. As I am approaching 3 weeks and/or 15 business days ( tomorrow ) she tells me to scan the NOA2 and attach it to an e-mail to nvcresearch@state.gov. Now WHAT THE HELL does that mean ??? They CAN'T find it !?! Contact USCIS and make sure they sent it out... there have been cases that got lost before they left...	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-03-24 23:02:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP	Well NVC today says I'm not in AP.....but she couldn't say if I was being shipped out this week or not. Crossing my fingers. Wow that is quite odd. Since NVC has the standard response of AP if the case has not left for the consulate yet... If it is really not AP, then it is likely heading out to the consulate in the next 48 hours. Keep calling and the truth will come out eventually.	ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-03-23 08:45:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)	STUCK @ NVC for AP		ScottThuy	Male	Vietnam	2010-02-14 20:48:00