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IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

Just spoke to JOY at the NVC.. She either needs a new line of work or another cup of coffee.  She is not a happy girl today. 

 

She told me it takes 30 days to review the DS260 and another 30 days to review the IV and AOS packages. ( full of ####### )

and she did not understand what I was asking. She just kept saying I cannot submit another DS260.. And I kept saying that is not what I asked and I don't want to submit another one... OMG  thick headed woman..   I explained that my lawyer did not sign the AOS package, she said they will not hold up my package for that. My signature is the one they need.   and if I suspect a mistake on the income, she suggests I wait for a checklist and she would not send in a correction unless asked for one.   

 

SO, I have to beg my lawyer to verify the amount he used on the package. I know the original package they sent to me is definitely incorrect.  I just need to find out what they actually sent.  Getting a reply from this lawyer is worse than pulling teeth. I still want to know what I paid him for.

Joy is never a happy one. And she'll always tell you it takes about 30 days to review.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-14 10:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

Looking for opinions.. Apparently my lawyer is mad because I asked them to hurry and submit our packages...  Below is the email I received at 11am today.   He is blaming me now...   I am on hold with NVC to ask if his missing sugnature will cause delays. I signed the AOS appication.  There is a spot for his signature on that but I don't know what else he would sign except the cover sheet.  My husband is PISSED.

The lawyer is responding to my email this morning asking if the papers were sent yesterday...

 

It did.  However, I feel like you put so much pressure on Dayane that she mailed it out, and she neglected to get my signature on a document.  So your wanting to get it out so fast actually worked against you.

I know you read all the websites and you?re on the phone all the time with the NVC.   So let me make a proposal.  There are two ways to work this:
1) You let us take care of it, realizing that, just like at a Doctor?s office, there are other patients and understand there?ll be a wait for services that?s not too long but probably longer than you?d like.  But it will get done at a pace we are comfortable with and can give it our best.  Or:
2) You take care of all the consular processing yourself, and we just focus on the waiver.  This way, you handle all the consular processing applications and paperwork and you?ve got it in your control, and can move it as fast as you like.  That is workable.  And the waiver part, which requires a legal argument and a framework, will be handled by us, since we have the most experience and a good track record.

Let me know what is best for you and you feel most comfortable with.  And if you have questions, please ask.

Many thanks,

So... You're responsible for their #### ups? No, I think not. It's not like they haven't had like a year to get this ###### together ahead of time.  He would sign the part that asks about the form preparer. If he prepared it and filed out the rest of the stuff, then you will probably get a checklist for that signature. Luckily, all you have to do is sign a copy, have them sign a copy, and resend it after you get the check list (for the coversheet.) And no offense, but it'll probably still be faster, even with you responding to that check list, than just waiting for the NVC to contact you. 

If I were you, I'd have them just take care of the waiver, and let you deal with the NVC. They're just slowing you down at this point. And blaming you for their screw up is 100% ridiculous. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-11 11:04:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

Case complete was 4/3, received the email notification this morning. Just ~3 weeks to go until an interview date is scheduled  :bonk:

I'm waiting with you! Let's hope for early June!


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-11 09:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

I sent mine via priority mail and got a tracking number, so I knew when they got it. They entered it into their system about 3 days later. If they're still saying that they don't have it, I'd wait a few days. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-10 22:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

Congratulations on your Case Complete :) Do you know when was your IV packet entered into their system? 

March 28th. My DS260 was logged into their system at the same time. I'll add those to my spoilers.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-10 12:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

How should I contact the embassy? I will call again this evening... It appears like our timelines are at the same time frame... :/

It's getting really bad for my husband and I emotionally and psychologically. I really can't plan anything... thankfully I'm staying with my parents, but it's hard not being able to plan to rent an apartment and set up stuff for the baby :cry:  :cry:  :cry:

I'm not entirely sure exactly how this works, but I've had good luck emailing the Consulate in Amsterdam and getting a response to questions, even before I have an interview date. 

 

Maybe you can email them now and tell them that you're waiting on your case completion which should happen within the next week or two, and you are requesting as early an interview date as possible, because you are going to be having your baby about the same time you are expecting him to get his visa. Tell them your due date. I don't know if it will work, but it's worth a shot.  Either that, or I'd wait to get a case complete and then contact the Embassy immediately about this. 


YAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats.. You're finally finished ! :joy:  :joy:  (F) 

Almost. :P But if my calculations are correct, he should have his visa in hand around June 9th. :D That's good enough for me!


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-10 11:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

congrats!! may i know when did you send your AOS and IV Package?

Check under the spoilers in my signature! :D


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-10 11:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

I have given up hope on a case complete anytime this week or this month or for a may interview. this is very depressing. I am due in June 12, and the damn government would like to make all illegal immirgrants legal before uniting legally born citizens with their foreign born spouses. What a messed up system!

I was also resigned to the fact that I wasn't going to hear anything this week. So I called up this morning to ask if I was going to have a problem since my case would probably still be pending after April 15th, and then they told me I had Case Complete as of this morning! You're right around the same dates as me, so you're probably going to get a case complete shortly!   Maybe you can contact the embassy and ask them to schedule you earlier because of the baby? 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-10 10:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

Thank you! We're super excited over here! Just waiting on my husband to call in a few minutes so I can give him the good news!


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-10 09:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

Case Complete this morning!


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-10 09:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

 

Hold on. So the previous comment about the new hold music was not a joke??

I don't think it was. I think it was a glitch. Albeit a funny as hell one.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-09 10:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

Just got off the phone with Agent Lisa, who really must be the happiest NVC agent I've ever spoken to. No updates on my case, but she did tell me that they've been having massive phone problems the past several days. I told her about the lack of hold music, the "I can't get no Satisfaction" hold music, and that the office was closed yesterday afternoon and she confirmed that the phone system went down entirely at that time.  


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-09 09:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

If you request a transcript from the IRS by mail, (like if you're having problems with their website) there are less fields to fill out and it really does get to you within 10 days. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-09 09:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

 

I worry about this also. I am paying my fees and pushing my attorney hard as she is almost glacial in her movements. She keeps saying "wait for the NVC to contact us to tell us what we need to do, each case is different" which seems a bit storage to me. However she is a very highly regarded lawyer so.....?????

 

I am going to call the NVC today to find out if they will e-mail me at the same time as the attorney, I'm sure they know what an email cc is!


Per a very good lawyer friend of mine; Lawyers will attempt to do everything in writing. That leaves a paper trail that can be followed up.  So if they're moving slowly and waiting for the government to send them instructions, it's so that they can prove that the proper steps were taken with that paper trail.  


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-09 06:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

We haven't had any checklists yet, and my AOS was accepted already with no problems. (That's the only on I was worried about.)    I know that August is very unlikely, and the number of visas going through Amsterdam is fairly low, but if they take their sweet ### time giving me a case complete, then there is a good chance that we won't have an interview until July. And that just blows.  At some point in the summer, the whole country basically goes on vacation. I want to get our interview date before that happens. And I don't know what area is going on vacation when this year. (The different areas of the country rotate vacation weeks every year.)  

 

Ugh. *flails*


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-07 21:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

I think ( not sure) they didn't approve me again.  

it's just impossible to approve case within 8 hours ( they got my case this morning from NvC)

They might add missing documents into my case and send to the NvC again.

 

 

This link is given by Bdrew612.

http://www.uscis.gov...onsular-offices

might be true for my case.

 

 

Yeah, that's what I meant. :P 


I think ( not sure) they didn't approve me again.  

it's just impossible to approve case within 8 hours ( they got my case this morning from NvC)

They might add missing documents into my case and send to the NvC again.

 

 

This link is given by Bdrew612.

http://www.uscis.gov...onsular-offices

might be true for my case.

 

 

Yeah, that's what I meant. :P 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-07 20:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

Weird duplicate post deleted. 


Edited by Kaylara, 07 April 2014 - 08:55 PM.

KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-07 20:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

Just got off the phone with Jim at NVC and was told the first round of interview scheduling is done. When I asked what that means he told me sometimes there's a second round and sometimes not, but basically, they're done with May. Ah well. Settling in for the next few weeks while we wait for an assignment, hopefully it'll be early in June because we were so close to the cutoff.

Well #######. It's coming from Jim, which lends it much more credibility. 

 

There goes my hope for getting my husband here before June then. If they hold onto my case for the full 30 days like Cranky Pants told me this afternoon, I'm looking at July or August even. #######, #######, #######, #######.  #######.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-07 20:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

Holly #######.

I need serious help here.

 

"we shipped this re-affirmed case to the Department of State for visa processing. For more information, please contact them directly."

 

No date mention anymore in my case status.  

What they hell is going on with my case ?

 

Can someone confirm it DOS=NVC? 

And what's their contact number ?

 


 

before I do anything , they changed my case status again.

look my new post. :crying:


Ok, so they re-approved it and sent it back to the NVC. Call the NVC in a day or two to see if they got it back yet.

 

I am so sorry. Maybe you can see if you can get it expedited through the NVC because of their error?


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-07 20:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

Here is latest update about my case.

 

NVC sent back approved case to USCIS and

USCIS got my case  today and changed my case status to initial review again.

 

No idea how long it will take them to make a decision again about my case.

Ugh. Seriously, Write to the director, assistant director, Ombudsman, (and call the ombudsman), director of the Service Centers and that Service Center in particular and Senators and Congresspeople. And call USCIS and get a Tier 2 supervisor, or go to an infopass and find out ####### is going on. (Maybe call the service center?) This is utterly ridiculous. 


Edited by Kaylara, 07 April 2014 - 08:33 PM.

KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-07 20:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

I've had other ones tell me I can call 3 times a day if I want to.  Brady always seems fairly ill-tempered.  


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-07 16:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

Called and spoke to Cranky Pants Agent Brady (a woman, btw) who very exasperatedly told me that they needed 30 days to review my civil documents, so I shouldn't call back until the second week in May. (hahaha, no.) She also told me that they can't see the DS260 or when it was filled out, but they also need 30 days to review that. And that I should just wait until they contact me to find out what's going on with my case.  Ok, whatever, talk to you tomorrow. :P 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-07 16:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

I got a few agents last week who didn't have a clue. One even told me that my Case number was invalid. My guess is that they're training new people.  I'm right there with you, theluckygirl, we filled out the DS260 on March 26th, and are waiting for review. I'm calling later, so I'll let you know what they say.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-07 11:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

 

I tried and after a short hold was able to get through....amazingly they changed the "on hold" messaging to Rolling Stone's...(I can't get no)..."Satisfaction"   :no:
 

Ok, that is just awesome. At least someone has a sense of humor.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-07 09:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

If his timeline is correct, Hotter Otter also has a case complete as of yesterday!

 

Congrats, BOS_LHR, PVP, ____Waiting, and Hotter Otter!


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-04 23:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

I'd just pay them... But I'm like that.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-04 15:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

Yeah, I was wondering if it would save you any time. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-03 23:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

Good luck Ja&Ka! 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-03 22:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

hi rickkant, 

 

yeah i get that.. but it's saying I need to fill out a DS 260 for my son who is already a US Citizen. @_@

 

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That's weird. Have you called them to find out what's going on?


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-03 22:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

I'm right in there too. I have a mental list of people I'm watching to see where they're at and what's going on.  Still waiting for review on my last little bits as of this morning. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-03 21:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

I think you're probably right about that. 


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-01 12:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

:D It's a great name for it! I can't claim to have come up with it, but I'll happily appropriate it!


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-01 11:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - April 2014

Kaylara how many days did you have yellow triangle? I'm waiting 8 days, call yesterday, it's normal... But i want to know how many days you were stuck?

I called on 3/20/14 because we still hadn't gotten our Triangle of Doom, and the wonderful Agent Todd contacted a supervisor because I had been told it should be 10 business days from filling out the DS261 before I got the IV bill. (And it was past that.) On 3/20/14 we got the Triangle of Doom, and it was available on 3/24/14 to be paid. But Agent Todd did tell me there had been having problems with the payment portal.  Maybe call again and see what's up?


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-04-01 11:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary 2013 I-130 Filers

jan 14 filler our file is setting at newark local field office since may. infopass results was that our file is setting at the record department still and was told that we can do nothing but wait.

is there anything you guys can advise? please come forward

 

thank you

 

Which record department, exactly? I've heard before that cases have gotten misrouted, and then you need to get supervisors and the ombudsman involved to get them re-routed to the correct place.  Can someone else who has dealt with this weigh in?


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-23 02:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary 2013 I-130 Filers

I would either make an infopass or contact a Tier 2 Supervisor on the regular line and ask them nicely for the physical location of your file and a service request for being outside of processing times. Also contact the Ombudsman's Office and give them every detail of what's happened in your case. You might have done these things before, to no avail. Try again. Sadly you have to hope to get a sympathetic ear so that someone will help you.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-17 11:24:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary 2013 I-130 Filers

I am still waiting for NOA2.  We were transferred to the Orlando local office.  Otherwise known as the black hole of despair.

Ok, just to be clear, you weren't transferred to a Service Center via an email that said you were being transferred to a local office?  Man, you must have been one of the last people transferred to the field. What was your transfer date, if you don't mind my asking. 


I am also waiting on NOA2.  Receipt date is Jan 31st, and transfered to ATL field office in March.  Since then, sent multiple service request, last one as recent as last week.  All replies have been pending.  I have an infopass appointment, hoping to get some answers in regards to my position in Queue.  Got a reply fellow VJers that his file was processed on the spot when he went in for his infopass last month.  Not really expecting something that dramatic, but hopefully if the file has been overlooked It will atleast be shed some light on. 

 

What has been the feeling around here for ATL field office?

What was your transfer date, if you don't mind my asking?


Edited by Kaylara, 17 December 2013 - 01:29 AM.

KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-17 01:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary 2013 I-130 Filers

I am still waiting for NOA2.  We were transferred to the Orlando local office.  Otherwise known as the black hole of despair.

Ugh. Have you done all the stuff that you're supposed to do when you're outside of the posted processing dates? If not, since you are now officially outside the processing times, perhaps you can actually get some help on your case? 


 

I hope the answer is a big NO

I was really hoping so too.  I'm so sorry for any of you that are still waiting. :(


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-14 22:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary 2013 I-130 Filers

Question: Do we have any January Filers still waiting, or ones who got transfers? I don't think we have a spreadsheet for January...


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-14 21:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsJanuary 2013 I-130 Filers

If you January filers are still waiting on an NOA2 you can file a service request as you are officially beyond processing times! Call the 800#, get transferred to a tier 2, and tell them you need a service request because you're beyond processing times, and that should, in theory, get your case done quicker.  

 

If I were you, I'd also be contacting the ombudman. (I will be shortly.)


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2013-12-03 10:59:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsEveryone going through Administrative Processing in ISLAMABAD

 

i got green slip tooo its for administrative processing I interview in jan 2012 and was put  in  administrative processing, its two years now and still awating for visa. 

Can you contact your congressperson and ask for them to inquire about your case for you? I've read that sometimes that helps.


KaylaraFemaleNetherlands2014-01-08 11:02:00