Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	My 2013 tax transcript FINALLY became available today.  It will arrive in my mailbox in probably 3 weeks.   I was going to send out AOS paperwork tomorrow just using hte 2013 return, with a note that I hoped to have the transcript in time for interview.   Do you think I should *wait* for the transcript to come in? I file self-employed and wonder if it's better to wait for the transcript now.   Thank you for opinions   I was check-listed for not including the 2013 tax transcripts, but then again, who knows how they work right?   I hope this is the last Sunday before my CC   Me too! I'm right there behind you... Scan date June 6!	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-29 21:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	Kids finished Term 2 today and I surprised them and took them out to lunch. Just got home and doing my daily VJ read. Great to see so many CC. Looks like they are up to around 30th May although I am sure there are still folk before that who are waiting. I am a June 3rd so hopefully next week. Five sleeps now before our family is reunited for our holiday in Queensland. I will be 'offline' from VJ for a week. Will have so much to catch up on when I return. Let's hope for more good news tomorrow.   You will surely return from your holidays to good news! I'm 6 June so I'm right there behind you All the best and have a great holiday!	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-27 02:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	I left VJ after I got the damn checklist because I couldn't handle it, but I've come back because I can relax (a little) and say that today we got case complete. Waiting on the interview date now.   Congratulations and welcome back	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-26 21:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	CASE COMPLETEEEEE!!! (6/26 - IV scanned 5/23, AOS changed to N/A this morning)   Thank you to everyone who helped us get here, especially my fellow Sept filers!! This community is amazing!!   Congratulations!	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-26 19:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	Why is it so quiet in here? We wanna see some case completes! Anyone with a case complete? Wanna share the date of your last documents scanned please? It's almost the end of the week! NVC we need to see some movement... pleaseeeee...	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-26 08:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	Guys do I need to fill ds260 online. I have a lawyer maybe he has filled it. But I have no idea. If so how can I check whether I have to fill it ( im the beneficiary) Thank you Congrats and good luck with the interviews   I highly doubt that the lawyer can fill out the entire DS260 without your assistance or the assistance of the petitioner. The DS 260 asks for very detailed information about the beneficiary. What I did was fill everything out and let the lawyer know I was done. The lawyer then went over the information once again (checking for discrepancies against the I-130 I guess) before submitting it. Either way, you will need to communicate with your lawyer Edited by Ryan&Joanna, 26 June 2014 - 03:47 AM.	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-26 03:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	Hey guys quick question, do we buy one way flights for our love ones or does it have to be round trip. This might be a dumm question. Anyone?   I would think it would be one way. If there's one thing i've learn being on here, no question is dumb	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-25 23:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	case complete guys   so the deal is this -- they are completing my case and sending it to the embassy, but want my wife to bring another copy of the marriage certificate with her.  not sure how that makes any sense, but i'll take it   Congratulations! So it's basically a CC from your supervisor review right? Not review of docs scanned on June 6...	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-25 21:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	called and got in on the first try, hopefully a good sign   I'm sitting at the edge of my seat waiting for the outcome of your call! I had my docs scanned in on June 6 as well! It would be a downright miracle if they've gotten that far, but hey I believe in miracles!!!   Please let us know if it's the supervisor review or if your checklist response has been reviewed, thanks!	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-25 21:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	NVC are doing May 22! I got case complete tonight! Before I call I go check the website AOS fee became magic "N/A"!! So it really work! you can check the AOS fee status to find out CC or not!    Congratulations Cindy! So happy for you! So they're at May 22, that's more than 30 days Hoping against hope that they are improving though!	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-23 22:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	Hi Joanna I am the US Citizen, and hubby is the Malaysian. Ive been here 7 years! Yes, we're a small bunch   Yup yup, figured that But you are in Malaysia at the moment? So you're filing from abroad?   I've been here on VJ for ages, but it's so hard to come across Malaysians going through this process, there really isn't much country specific information for us to go by! Especially when it comes to stuff like the medical and the interview, which I hope I'm headed toward soon! Will keep you updated if you'd like	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-19 22:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	I feel for so many of you separated from your spouses. I am not, so my antsiness is more about wanting to leave his country NOW, but for hose of you separated from your spouse, I am sorry for the extra hardship you endure. To go through that and finish with your sanity in tact is no small thing!   Hi Savagechair   So you're in Malaysia? So nice to meet another "Malaysian" on here. We are few and far between.	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-19 22:30:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	I would so love for this to be accurate, but they didn't complete 8 days worth of scanned packages in 6 days. They do not receive documents on the weekends, so you have to leave out weekends in your calculation I'm sorry I had to burst your bubble     Sooooo    The NVC today, 19th of June, has reached cases scanned on the 20th of May On the 13th of June, a nice woman told me that the NVC is working on the 12th of May scanned cases (on the hush hush side)   That means in 6 calendar days the NVC finished worth 8 days of scanned cases/packages  A rate of 1.3 days of scanned packages every calendar day     My case was scanned on the 2nd of June.  That means I have 12 more days of scanned packages   If they continue with the same rate  They will reach my case date in 9 days from today    Did any one get case complete lately to complete this "WILD HYPOTHESIS"   Anyway ... Lets wait and see	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-19 20:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	If you have a lawyer, you don't have to fill out the DS-261 form.  It's taking up to 30 days for NVC to review the DS-261 form now (It only took 5-14 days until early May).  Since the IV fee is tied with the DS-261, they (applicants with a lawyer) can pay the IV fee without waiting for up to 30 days.  So if you have a lawyer, you could finish the NVC stage a month faster compared to applicants (without a lawyer) who have to fill out the DS-261 form and wait for up to 30 days to pay the IV fee.     Supervisor Ike said, "Well, you could hire a lawyer."      Right!  Like I was going to pay $2,000-5,000 to hire a lawyer just to pay the IV fee faster.  LOL      Then again, those of us with lawyers are still sitting here waiting for a case complete thanks to their ignorance or sheer stupidity! All those whom I shared a timeline with earlier (and didn't have lawyers) have gotten CC and even completed medicals and are in line for an interview any time now. I'm sitting here still waiting for a CC that will probably only come in 3 weeks or so because of a silly mistake our paralegal/lawyers made.   So pleaseeeeeee just do it yourself... Don't pay someone to make a mistake for you	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-18 21:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	I'm stuck on the I-864 I'm filling it out for me and they are asking how much my father makes on line Part 6 question 6c do I put the total with cents or do I just put the total amount without the cents?  Or does it even matter?  Thank you.   WITH CENTS!! I got check-listed because the paralegal rounded it up	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-10 01:04:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	You owe your mother in law big time, lol...I am so glad it was fixed ,what a stupid woman!  I had to watch my paralegal with 4 eyes too, in our case we checked everything before she sent the AOS!   I fixed the DS-260 because everything was wrong and she basically approved it   .  The IV my husband sent her everything PDF perfect ready to email and instead she printed everything so bad and sent it.  She included twice my husband information (birth certificate , etc) don't forget is all about the beneficiary(I am the beneficiary).  Anyway, she sent my papers too, so I didn't make a fuss about it.   I am crossing my fingers now!   Oh yes i do! I do owe her big time and it's not for this reason alone   Even through all the mess with your paralegal, I see you are moving on along pretty fine! All the best for a case complete soon!   I wanna do the happy dance for you! Wow it's interesting to hear about all these lawyers (and their staff) who can't seem to get paperwork right.  That must be frustrating because I bet you guys paid up front too.    If I had to do it all over again (And I'm super glad I don't!!!) I would do it myself! I told my husband we're not using a lawyer for whatever comes after this! And yes, we paid the full amount up front, including government fees and additional administrative fees! I hate how they make mistakes we would never have made ourselves.	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-04 22:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	there are 45  "onlookers'  but only a few "contributors"   on this thread...   Hiya! I'm on of those onlookers who hardly contributes but I figure I better keep quiet rather than offer wrong advice. I'm not the smartest 'smartie' in the pack when it comes to immigration matters really...	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-04 21:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	Thanks BOS_LHR, I see more and more CC's and hope mine comes through soon too! The only thing I'm concerned of in any way is them accepting my wife's (sponsor) evidence to re-establish USA as her domicile as she lives here in Canada right now. I sent in a bank statement with our intended US address, notarized letter from her parents we'll be living there, and a car insurance quote using the US address. We are also waiting on getting a job offer letter to take to my interview if needed.   Hi ncglenn, would you mind creating a timeline? It would really help out a lot of people here We're kinda crazy about people's timeline and signatures and watch them like hawks! Thanks!	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-04 20:59:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	Please don't tell me it was sent again this way!      It almost was Marcela!!  Thanks to my observant mother in law, who picked up the mistake when she got home, called and stopped the paralegal just in time! I stand amazed at the lackadaisical attitude they seem to have	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-04 20:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - June 2014	My incompetent lawyer wrote the wrong zip code on the AOS. It was received on 5/22 so now I'm expecting a checklist over a f*#king zip code. I hate this woman with a burning passion.   I totally understand how you feel! Sometimes I wonder how these people passed their bar exams when they cannot copy 5 numbers from one sheet of paper to another! Our paralegal screwed up by rounding up the total income instead of putting it exactly as it was. We got checklisted for that. So they redid it and when my husband went to check, she'd rounded it up again on the new forms!	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-06-03 22:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	Looks like you got your good news     I did! I did!!! Yaaay!!!	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-18 06:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	Early almost congratulations! Fingers crossed for you.     So it was a case complete!! As of July 17! Before everyone asks, last docs scanned June 6th   Thanks a bunch everyone!	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-18 06:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	That's awesome! Congratulations! Just a few more hours of patience to hear those magic words!   THanks nightingalejules!      OMG CONGRATULATIONS!  I'm so very happy for you I could..................         WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!   Thanks Soloenta! I see you already are	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-18 02:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	Another stage in the medley is in the books. Onward and upward!   Hahah yes! I had to get it when my dance partner Marcela is probably asleep!	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-18 01:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	So my AOS finally went from PAID to N/A. Yes! The magical N/A! I can't call for another 4 hours and 38 minutes though	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-18 01:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	Gave up running long time ago. a) it's too hard on my middle-aged joints, b) it hovers around 120 degree for the entire summer here, and c) traffic around here treats pedestrians/joggers/cyclists worse than Soloenta treats bugs lately. Besides, all the above allow me to string readily available and malleable excuses to no end. Managed an entire decade without exercising this way. That's why I switched to home fitness HIIT videos.   I see you're a June 6 scanner. Hopefully today (Friday) is your day.   At this point I think any movement is exercise All i want to do lately is bury my face in my pillow and cry! But you guys really crack me up... Soloenta especially. So it makes this all just a tiny bit more bearable. Yup I'm a June 6 filer. Been checking CEAC every few minutes. AOS still says PAID though I'm hoping I get an early interview since Malaysian consulate is quite low volume.	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-17 23:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	Where is everyone at today? Thought we'd hear some good news!!!    I'm waiting to tell you guys good news but it just won't come my way!!	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-17 22:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	Tell me about it,  I gained so much weight since this process started!       Awww... I keep telling myself I'll exercise when I get to the US! It's much better weather for a run anyway	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-17 22:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	OMG depression is so bad for you, I have gained and I need to lose what I gained.   I'll have to start working out this coming week.   I used to workout every day until I moved to Egypt then poof nothing but didn't gain an oz actually lost. Happy really does a body good in so many ways.    I would think I'd be losing weight from missing my husband. Apparently not	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-17 22:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	That's the ticket. Well done! A fantastic way to relieve stress, balance your perspectives, and gain a healthy lifestyle to boot. I've been doing P90X3 for months now... at my age!!! Folks, this Visa Journey will make you or break you. The choice is yours.   OK... a bit dramatic.   I just go home after work, grab a pack of chips and sit in front of the TV. Oh and I eat the chips too!	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-17 01:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	My last scan date is june 9 ( and awaiting CC as well) I called this morning and was given the standard 30 buisness day speech. Its been 26 buisness days.  They dont have very much time until I go bezerk.  Mentally I am prepared to handle the 30 buisness days but if they start saying longer I may lose it.   I know how you feel! I'm at 27 business days since my scan date was June 6th. I'm going berserk tooo! Checking CEAC every few minutes and hoping the PAID magically transforms into N/A. I somehow don't want to call them before the N/A appears because I dont want to hang on for 45 minutes to hear the 30 business days spiel. Plus calling from Malaysia ain't cheap.	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-16 23:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	VACCINATIONS WILL BE COMPLETED DURING THE MEDICAL EXAM AND TAKEN TO EMBASSY FOR THE INTERVIEW.   There you go.     Soloenta.... go to sleep	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-16 03:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	stuck at one question while completing DS-260     Do you have documentation to establish that you have received vaccinations in accordance with U.S. law?  Yes No     Can any one help regarding this question what should i choose as i haven't done my medical yet.     If you don't, then just say No and put in an explanation "will get the required vaccinations at the medical"	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-16 03:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	CASE COMPLETE!!!!!   Still got a checklist (wrong number of immigrants, which is strange as it was not brought up on the last one!) however they are scheduling an Interview...   I got Recce (? sounded like a woman) and was told that i would be given a months notice but she wouldn't tell me when I would hear .... Although I was only tilt that he/she was not informed that the August interview slots were closed yet so fingers crossed.!   How long do you usually have to wait to be told the interview date?   Yaay!! Congratulations! Finally!! Now that they're done with yours, they can finally look at mine	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-15 20:11:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	My Case have been completed in NVC ! Alhamdolillah,      Whats Next //  ?  or I have to see GURU Sylin's Documents     PS. Mine Scanned Date was 6th June   Your scanned date was June 6? Seriously? There are people waiting from June 3... Well I'll be most happy if they have indeed hit June 6. Did your AOS go from "paid' to "n/a"?	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-08 20:23:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	Hi Joanna, Was your checklist scanned in on June 4th?  And thanks for the well wishes!   I just updated my signature probably while you were asking... It was received on June 4th and scanned on the 6th.	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-08 02:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	I'm betting you'll hear something in the next few days.  I'm watching your progress as well as a few others closer to our date.  Good luck.   Thanks PCOZ. I will hit the 30 business days mark on 21 July. I really hope something happens before that! All the best to you as well!	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-08 02:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	Hi everyone ! Never thought I'd say these words but case complete finally so happy. Any suggestions on next steps. Wishing everyone else luck   Congratulations! Could you please fill out your timeline. I'm sure everyone will be wondering when your docs were scanned in at NVC. Thanks!	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-07 22:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	LOL. When you get cc and a date, Joanna, maybe you can email the embassy to see if they'll allow an earlier date   Oh you bet i plan to do that! Rain.... yaaaayyyyyy!!!	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-02 03:39:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - July 2014	I just copies Saylin's spreadsheet and deleted every country other than Australia.  Although, I don't know how accurate this method is, because obviously not everyone being interviewed in Australia is a) on Visa Journey or b) adding their info to their timeline or the spread sheet   But it makes me feel better knowing an "approximate" time frame    If I copied Saylin's spreadsheet and deleted every county but Malaysia, I'd probably be left with savagechair and myself, hahahaha. Being in Malaysia sucks! I can't even get a decent approximate time	Ryan&Joanna	Female	Malaysia	2014-07-02 02:52:00