ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
National Visa Center (Dept of State)TRACK ALL DS-230 TO INTERVIEW
NAME ------------ DATE ENTERED --- DATE COMPLETED -- INTERVIEW DATE ---- COUNTRY

Merk -------------- 03/??/08 ------- 03/20/08 ------- 04/30/08 ------- Turkey
SAMSHANOE --------- 03/04/08 ------- 04/07/08 ------- 06/04/08 ------- N/A
coolgt ------------ 03/06/08 ------- 03/13/08 ------- ??/??/?? ------- China
ketan128 ---------- 03/31/08 ------- 04/09/08 ------- ??/??/?? ------- India
ALES -------------- 03/31/08 ------- 04/09/08 ------- 05/28/08 ------- Bosnia
June007 ----------- 04/03/08 ------- 04/08/08 ------- 05/13/08 ------- India
NOELANDTINTIN ----- 04/03/08 ------- 04/11/08 ------- 06/04/08 ------- Philippines
SHARIF ------------ 04/03/08 ------- 04/11/08 ------- 07/16/08-------- Iraq
DODSON1 ----------- 04/04/08 ------- 04/15/08 ------- 07/11/08 ------- Guatemala
booboo2 ----------- 04/04/08 ------- 04/18/08 ------- 06/25/08 ------- Morocco
abajaj ------------ 04/07/08 ------- 04/14/08 ------- 06/02/08 ------- India
Teena and Joe ----- 04/08/08 ------- 04/14/08 ------- 06/03/08 ------- Philippines
seanconneryii ----- 04/11/08 ------- 04/19/08 ------- ??/??/?? ------- Russia
indianheart ------- 04/15/08 ------- 04/21/08 ------- 06/06/08 ------- India
KTG --------------- 04/21/08 ------- 04/30/08 ------- 06/16/08 ------- Singapore
scorpio68 --------- 04/22/08 ------- 04/28/08 ------- ??/??/?? ------- Guyana
J-Boy ------------- 04/23/08 ------- 04/25/08 ------- ??/??/?? ------- Thailand
lostGurl18 -------- 04/23/08 ------- 04/25/08 ------- 06/10/08 ------- Philippines
badspellor -------- 04/24/08 ------- ??/??/?? ------- ??/??/?? ------- Canada
jm&mcs ------------ 04/28/08 ------- 05/12/08 ------- 07/01/08 -------
Peru
CiscoStudio ------- 04/28/08 ------- ??/??/?? ------- ??/??/?? ------- United Kingdom
EvilGurl ---------- 05/01/08 United Kingdom
yes yes i got my k1 visa
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Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-11 13:49:00
Russia, Ukraine and BelarusTA DAAA - Visa in hand!!!
kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif Congratulations!!! To everyone who is ready to travel "Home"
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-07 12:05:00
Mexico, Latin & South Americagot my VISA
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Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-09 22:56:00
Mexico, Latin & South AmericaVisa granted!
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Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-11 15:14:00
Asia: East and PacificMy case completed at NVC yesterday HOORAAAAY
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I too hope they sscheduled your interview. God bless you on the rest of your journey!
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-12 20:19:00
Asia: East and Pacifici got my visa june 30,2008
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Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-30 22:09:00
Africa: Sub-SaharanVISA APPROVED TODAY IN LAGOS NIGERIA
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Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-09 11:05:00
Africa: Sub-SaharanAPPROVED!!!!!!!!!!
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Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-29 11:18:00
Africa: Sub-SaharanANOTHER VISA APPROVAL
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Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-27 16:16:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Case complete May 16, 2008
Congrats Fire!!!! Hope I am next on the list for case complete, was just able to pay the IV Fee Bill on Saturday. Great to hear about everybodies success and fast processing to completion.

Be Well & Peace
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-19 09:18:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Case Complete
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Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-19 19:57:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Case Complete
Congratulations on your "Case Complete" I know the wait is hard, but I am sure you will be togehter with your SO very soon. Watching the process work for others is always encouraging for me.
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-23 15:12:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Oh wow! I just got the interview date!
Congratulations...Good luck at the interview. good.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-29 08:59:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)IV Fee Online Payment (a bit too early?)
Just letting everyone know that my case went "COMPLETE" this morning. AVR hasn't changed, but live operator verified for me. Everyone else should be completing soon too. All my timelines and signatures are updated, so this is the last post for me on this news kicking.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-02 12:11:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)IV Fee Online Payment (a bit too early?)
Just got an updated AVR on our case.

"The NVC has received the checklist letter on May23rd, 2008. Please allow 6-8 weeks for review, then you will be notified."

I think this is becasue they have actually entered our DS-230 into the system. So I am hoping that the "false RFE" we have been talking about ia an intermediate message.
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-24 09:38:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)IV Fee Online Payment (a bit too early?)
Whew!!!! good.gif It is a great relief to hear that the issue was settled. Congrats!!! Progress for one of us, is progress for all of us. Now for the loooooong 3 day weekend!!!

Be Well & Peace...Michael
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-23 09:30:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)IV Fee Online Payment (a bit too early?)
I really hope it is the fake RFE, my DS-230 was signed for this morning, and the AVR has not changed from..."waiting on biographics..." If it changes tomorrow to the dreaded, "...missing documents or imcomplete..." my guess would be that it is a bogus RFE. I will keep everyone in the loop on our case.
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-22 14:44:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)IV Fee Online Payment (a bit too early?)
Hi All!!!!! I am getting the same AVR message ("...waiting on the biographics..."), and the DS-230, is delivering today. I hope we can all get "Case Completed" very very very soon. It has been a long time...I will keep praying for all of us.

Be Well & Peace
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-21 08:55:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)IV Fee Online Payment (a bit too early?)
My Status went to paid this morning and I called to make sure it was ok to send DS-230. Go the thumbs up by a live operator and off to the post office I went. Sent the DS-230, Express Mail, and the USPS says it will deliver next day by noon.

Looks like we are all on a close path through the NVC. Let's stay in touch with any isues (praying there are none, for any of us), and updated timelines.

I am hoping we can finish NVC by the end of May and get a June Interview date. My wife told me she is soooooooooooooo ready to get our life started together.

Be Well & Peace
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-20 23:36:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)CASE COMPLETE
Just got off the phone with an operator at the NVC. And although my AVR hasn't changed yet, our case went to "COMPLETE" as of today. The operator read the complete statement to me about interview scheduling, and actually sounded very happy for the news she was giving me. They schedule based on embassy availability in the 2nd week of the month, for the following month. So it is looking real good for a July interview date!!! YES!!! Thank you everyone for your help and support!

Be Well & Peace
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-02 11:58:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)I-864 question
I did not notarize my I-864. The following is how I put my package together and it sailed right through:

Coversheet (w/barcode)
I-864 (form)
Tax Returns (last 3 years, starting with 2007)
Letter from employer (salary / employment dates / standing)
Pay Stubs (last 3 pay periods)

Best of luck and a speedy NVC process.

Be Well & Peace
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-03 07:42:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)I-864 question
In addition to the required documents, I included the pay stubs of my last 3 pay periods and it was reviewed without a single issue. Be Well & Peace!
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-04 08:33:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)interview date
By my measure of timelines from Peru filers it has been somewhere between 40 and 60 days after case complete for the scheduled interview. If I get "Case Comple" this week I am hopiing for a July intereview.
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-01 23:06:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Police Clearance Certificate
No sealed envelope for me either. We just had the required documents and translations...Peace!
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-04 23:27:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)CASE complete june 3rd
Congratulations Hyd!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif

We are a few of the the lucky first to take advantage of the on-line system. Ot is about time they truely do something like this in the name of "reuniting families!" I am so happy for you and everyone else who has traveled this part of the process with us over the last month. I am waiting for next week to hear about the interview date as well. I hope we all make July our month of independance from the heartache of being apart from our SO.

Peace!!!
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-04 22:30:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Documents for NVC
I am not sure I can really give you any more information, but here is what we sent in:

Original documents from issuing authority
-birth cert
-marriage cert
-3 police certs (w/ translations...not professional, but with notarized statement stating they were acurate)

O aho[e others will be able to give you a clear course on the rest of your questions. Have a speedy and smooth NVC process. Be Well & Peace!!!
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-04 23:20:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Case almost done
Congrats on making it this far. I would definitely send in those police certificates (w/ translations), they will be looking for them. They don't have to be professional translations, but you must include a notarized statement from the person translating that they are proficient in the language of the documents and English. And that the translation is complete and accurate to the best of their ability.

This is what we did and out application sailed right through. Good luck...Peace!!!
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-04 23:25:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Blazing fast...CASE COMPLETE!!!
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Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-09 13:28:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)CASE COMPLETE!
I know I have sent you a PM, but I wanted to publicly say 'CONGRATULATIONS!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-09 08:41:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)what a sweet words
I don't know how I missed this post...CONGRATULATIONS!!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-09 08:39:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)interview date
ME TOO!!! ME TOO!!!

July 3rd - 10am / Lima, Peru

My wife is finally coming HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats Hyd, and everyone else who is going to find out their interview date today!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-10 11:10:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)interview date
Hyd I got the same response as you this evening..."call back in the 3rd week..."

I also agree with the suspension of logic...LOL, but I am not sure I can continue to handle the disappoint day after day. But becasue of everyone else here waiting, I think I will keep calling daily. So, is "Friday, the 13th" going to change into our lucky day? Wouldn't that be so ironic...or actually it would just make perfect sense after all this. laughing.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-09 22:42:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)interview date
Well, I have to reply "NO" I haven't heard anything yet. I did get through to an operator this morning, and they told me everything was based on embassy capacity, and to call back next week. I am hoping for an early July interview, becasue my wife's b-day is July 19th and we would love to spend it together.

I will try the NVC again tonight. I don't think Peru has a page to view scheduled appointments, but I have been able to call down and check to see if they have received anything. I am not sure if that includes appointment dates, or just confirming that they have received the documents from NVC. I feel like I am feeling around in the dark at this point.
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-09 13:27:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)INTERVIEW SCHEDULED
I called and talked to an operator this morning. Ihave to admit that I was really not expecting to hear this, becasue last night they told me to call back next week. It is you guys that keep me pushing through all this...THANK YOU!!!

I would say, "YES CALL...talk to an operator"...if you are waiting on the interview appointment they are really making progress this morning.
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-10 10:21:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)INTERVIEW SCHEDULED
I think this is the easiest way to inform everyone else who has been waiting for their interview scheedule.

WE HAVE OUR INTERVIEW SCHEDULED ON JULY 3rd @ 10am - LIMA, PERU

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Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-10 10:03:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Interviews Scheduled By Country Order
Marlita,
I am really not sure what method they using to get these interviews scheduled. I can tell you that I really wasn't planning on calling the NVC until tonight when I woke up this morning. But as I was surfing the VJ postings I saw that a member from the Philipines had posted they got their interview. So using what I thought to be logic that alphabetically Peru comes before PI, I called and was given the gift of having our interview scheduled.

This doesn't make much logic when "J" comes before "P", and I am sure is just more infuriating, but this how the floodgates started opening this morning.

Be Well & Peace....Hope you get your interview soon,
Michael
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-10 23:52:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)how long
It took us about 1 full week, maybe a little more, but once we got the case number, things really started to move. Check out all the timelines of those who who received around May 1st.

Be Well & Peace
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-09 19:52:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)GOT INTERVIEW DATE
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Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-19 20:24:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Peru Interviews
Thank you everyone for your information. I am feeling more and more confident that everything is in order and we will make the flight on July 10th.

Loto, here is that smiley face you asked for...
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Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-23 23:30:00