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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsK1 VISA APPROVED!
Congrats!!! Welcome Home!!!!!!!!! kicking.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-10 20:29:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsAPPROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED!
Congratulations!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif
You shouldn't have to wait 5 months...NVC has been moving like lightening!!! Good luck...Peace
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-11 23:39:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reportswaiting is over.. Got the visa today..
Congratulations!!! kicking.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-18 07:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsInterview Date!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-07-03 09:57:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsVisa Approved!!
kicking.gif star_smile.gif COGRATULATIONS!!! star_smile.gif kicking.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-07-03 08:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsSuccessful Embassy Interview!
good.gif Great News!!! Congrats!!! kicking.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-07-11 10:41:00
Middle East and North AfricaCASE COMPLETE
Congratulations kicking.gif kicking.gif I hope I will be jumping out of my seat soon too. Our case just made it to the review. And I think it is great to infuse a little humor into such a tortureous process. Your joy...Is our joy!!!!

Be Well & Peace
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-28 22:33:00
Middle East and North AfricaINTERVIEW DATE!!!!
IT'S HAPPY TUESDAY!!!
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-24 08:27:00
Middle East and North AfricaVisa In Hand!
kicking.gif CONGRATULATIONS! kicking.gif star_smile.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-07-03 09:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNew Fastest NVC Process Final Version - 1.5
QUOTE (lotofpatience @ Jun 6 2008, 12:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Now it is very easy to get NVC live operator (any time of the day star_smile.gif ) when the case is forwarded to the consulate. I think now the call has high priority.

The AVR message is - "NVC has completed the processing of this case and forwarded to the embassy/consulate at Madras on June 5, 2008. Please contact the consulate for further details..." kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif


Great News!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif I am so happy to see the process working!!! Best of luck at the interview and a speedy completion of your "Visa Journey" kicking.gif kicking.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-06 20:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNew Fastest NVC Process Final Version - 1.5
Just got off the phone with an NVC operator. Although my AVR hasn't chnaged yet, as of today our case was COMPLETE!!!! What a relief!!! Waiting on interview scheduling, probably not until next week though for a July date. Almost to the finish line though. Who is next?? kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-02 11:55:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNew Fastest NVC Process Final Version - 1.5
Welcome home Loto!!! Still no change for me today...at least on the AVR. I am on the west coast, so I will give it another couple of hours before I try to get a live operator update. I am always hoping my case went complete and they just forgot to update the AVR message... LOL!!!! Hope Springs Eternal!!!

Once again congrats to you and Mrs. Loto.
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-06-02 09:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNew Fastest NVC Process Final Version - 1.5
Lotto, that is such great news. My status still hasn't changed yet, but I am thinking either tomorrow morning (most of our cose movement has happened Fri/Sat) or next week. Quick question...I am noticing that cases from India are having their interviews scheduled rapidly after the "Case Complete", yet some have to wait awhile. Is this a situation specific to your the US Embassy there or to certain types of cases? Whatcha know? Tell me, Tell me (haha)
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-30 08:22:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNew Fastest NVC Process Final Version - 1.5
Welcome Sara good.gif Yes the NVC process can move very very fast. Loto did us a great service by documenting exactly how to navigate it. We are all following his lead.

Loto, CONGRATULATIONS on your "Case Complete", I was trying to catch up to you, but I guess because of the holiday I will just have to wait my turn (hahaha). Thanks again for all the help you have been.

Be Well & Peace...safe travels
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-28 22:45:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresPort Of Entry Document
Loto...How exciting for you!!!!!!!

Betty got her passport back yesterday and probably could have made her original flight if we would have known for sure. But she will be here midnight next Tuesday, unless I can find space on an earlier flight at not to much more $$$. LOL!!!! It is a big relief, but now the waiting is so intense. I am smiling all the time for all of us. Someday will will have to have a big VJ reunion in the middles of the countrry somewhere.

Godspeed on your travels! good.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-07-11 10:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresThis is a pilot guide, need your feedback...
Loto, good.gif good.gif good.gif
It looks great! With the time difference, I am going to be up and glued to the computer waiting to here "VISA APPROVED!!!!!!!" from you. kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-07-02 19:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAOS Fee Paid Online and Coversheet Generated - Can I just mail it?
QUOTE (kc4them @ May 7 2008, 06:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (hyd617 @ May 7 2008, 07:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Zayd @ May 7 2008, 12:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi all,

I paid my AOS fee bill online on May 3, 2008. The online website now shows paid, and my coversheet has been generated. What is the rule regarding just mailing in my I-864 now? Do I need to wait until the NVC generates it or can I just send it with the online coversheet now? Does anyone have experience with this? The NVC hotline now says "AOS fee bill received," but that is it so far.

Thanks,
Zayd



same here i paid aos fee online may 5 and right now may7 it is showing paid, and 70$ came out of my account, i was able to print the aos cover sheet online now,

can i mail in AOS packet along with cover sheet now... i think you can.. but someone plz confirm it.. and i mail it to what address? the NH addres we got on our NOA2? or st.louis?

just put in any yellow big envelope right.. anything elsE?


yes u can.



I just went through the same process. I generated the barcoded cover letter and the rest of the documents for the I-864 (AOS) and sent it to the address on the cover letter (Portsmouth, NH) yesterday. Basically I believe I am done with my part of the AOS, at least I hope so. All this and I have stillnot received the NVC bill via snail mail, and they initially said it was mailed April 28th.
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-07 08:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresMy wife's interview is tomorrow 05/09/08 @ 9:30am / Lima-Peru
Carlos - I meant to get this to you yesterday. Good luck to you and your wife at the interview today. I will be in a similiar situation (soon I hope), where I won't be able to be ther with her. It would be great to hear about how things went. My prayers are with you.

Be Well & Peace, Michael
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-09 09:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC mail and e-mail response
Just got into my office in Monterey, CA...it is turning into a beautiful day! As always I make a call to the NVC Auto-Update and today the message changed to "NVC has received the DS-3032..." Thanks again for given me pause and peace with this process. Off to see if I can pay the IV Fee now!!! Peace
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-13 08:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC mail and e-mail response
QUOTE (DaniAndEnrique @ May 12 2008, 08:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Arequipa4us @ May 12 2008, 12:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I have been following the NVC flowchart from lotto and I am probably overly concerned. My sent the DS3032 e-mail on 5/3/2008, but we haven't received any confirmation and the phone verification doesn't state they received it.
I was able to pay my I-864 on line and it states they received it. Printed the barcode coversheet and mailed my package last week, delivered on 5/9/2008. But I have yet to receive the hardcopy of the AOS Fee Bill, and my wife hasn't received the hardcopy of the DS3032. Just wondering at what point we should generate our own hard copy of the DS3032, and is there a barcode associated with that?

I mailed our DS3032 on Jan 30 with next day delivery, it was in the system on 31st the very next day they received, I was so surprised.


Thanks for all the feedback and a big sigh of relief. I sent a hard copy of everything to my wife last Tuesday and she received it today (Just regular 1st Class Post)...can you believe it? She is going to DHL back to me tomorrow, so I will send the hard copy too. I am just like everybody else I am sure...tired of the waiting...JUST WANT TO PAY AND BE DONE!!!!! LOL....

Good luck to all of us...praying for your quick processing and reunioun with your loved ones...Be Well & Peace
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-12 23:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC mail and e-mail response
I have been following the NVC flowchart from lotto and I am probably overly concerned. My sent the DS3032 e-mail on 5/3/2008, but we haven't received any confirmation and the phone verification doesn't state they received it.
I was able to pay my I-864 on line and it states they received it. Printed the barcode coversheet and mailed my package last week, delivered on 5/9/2008. But I have yet to receive the hardcopy of the AOS Fee Bill, and my wife hasn't received the hardcopy of the DS3032. Just wondering at what point we should generate our own hard copy of the DS3032, and is there a barcode associated with that?
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-12 11:40:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresChoice of agent?
I had my wife e-mail her DS-3032, Choice Of Agent on May 4th. On May 12th the NVC auto-phone response said they had received it. I followed up with a live operator the next day to confirm.

Go figure...the snail mail hard copy of the DS-3032 arrived on May 14th in Arequipa, Peru.

I also used the on-line patment for my I-864 on May 5th, and was able to send my package in on May 7th. I called this week to confirm, and it has been entered into the system. I just pray that I don't get an RFE on it. I doubt it.

Just this morning I was able to pay the DS-230 Application Fee on-line and I am waiting for it to process.

So to answer your question use e-mail and online payments...it is much, much faster!!!

Be Well & Peace
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-17 18:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresMy wife's VISA was just APPROVED!!!!!!
Congratulations!!!!! Yes please do post a timeline for the rest of us still here. It has made my Friday to hear of your success! Be Well & Peace!!!!!!!
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-09 16:24:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresDS-230 Did you assist beneficiary to complete it?
I answered yes to this question fro my wife and put my information. I am also her choice of agent, so I think it only makes sense. I filled it out, mailed it to her, and we discussed it over the phone, question by question. She then signed and used DHL to get it back to me. It arrived on Friday, May 16th, and on Saturday May 17th I was invoiced (online) by the NVC for the IV Fee Bill. It seemed like it was perfect timing...at least compared to the endless delay at the USCIS. whistling.gif

Be Well & Peace
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-19 19:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresI got my visa
Congrats!!!! Great News!!!! Life begins NOW!!!!!!!!!
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-21 11:59:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresHeard this morning...CASE COMPLETE!!!!!
Congratulations!!!!!!!! It is great to see how quickly the NVC is working these days. Hope we are all next to post such great news. ENJOY THE DAY!!!!! My fingers are crossed for a quick interview date for you!!!

Be Well & Peace
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-21 11:56:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresVISA APPROVED IN LONDON-SUBJECT ACCESS STILL VALID!
CONGRATULATIONS kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif I am so looking forward to posting that information on our case!
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-22 16:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAOS Packet Question CR1
If you have already paid the "I-864 (Affidavit Of Support) Fee Bill" online, and the status has changed from processing to "PAID", you should be able to print the barcoded coversheet from that site.

If this is the case...you now can send in your I-864 (+supporting documents) to the NVC. This is what I did and it was a day later that I actually received the fee bill via snail mail.

It has to make you laugh! By using the on-line payment, VJ, and verifying steps as I took them with a live operator at NVC. I have surpassed the snail mail routine, and have already paid the "IV Bill" and submitted my wife's DS-230 appliation.

I hope this helps, and you can check my timeline below.

Be Well & Peace
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-22 20:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresMay 23 interview....
Congratulations!!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif
Sure hope my case breezes through as quickly as some of the other posts I have read. But for now we just celebrate those who have made it!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-23 11:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCase completed!!!
Congratulations!!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-22 17:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresCase completed!!!
Congratulations!!! I wish you a speedy continuation of your journey good.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-21 20:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC Mail
Thanks for the info..THANK GOD FOR VJ and The New online access!!!!
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-24 22:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC Mail
Thanks for the info...I have sent everything through the NVC already. I have never received any checklists through "snail mail." I just followed process flowchart, put out by 'Lotto', which includes the online payment and coversheet printing. Our case has moved through NVC quite rapidly doing this, with no RFEs.

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 I am just waiting now for "Case Complete", scheduling of our appointment, and the sending of everythign to the embassy in Lima.
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-24 16:36:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresNVC Mail
Does anyone know why the NVC "snail mail" actually moves at that pace? I have read and followed all the VJers advise on how to move through the NVC quickly. I think I am having great success. But I am curious that when I hear the AVR system say they have sent bills, checklists, more information...that it is not arriving at my house.

Ex...AVR that the DS3032 and AOS Fee Bill was sent on 4/48/2008, actually arrived on 5/13/2008.
(Of course we had already sent the DS3002 by email and paid the AOS Fee online, and my I-864 was in the system on 5/12/2008)

I haven't received any other documentation from the NVC, and you can see, by my timeline below that we are very far along in the rest of the process. I have called and spoken to a live operator numerous times and no RFEs are indicated as yet.

Any experience or answers. I started a similiar thread, but this is just to odd, so I am asking again?
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-23 20:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAPPROOOOOOVED.........SCREAMING, SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations to eveyone who got approved today!!! Welcome to the NVC..may we we all leave there soon too! kicking.gif good.gif

Then we can truly have an answer to the heart wrenching immigration questions from our "friends & family"
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-23 20:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresFinally!!! Case approved!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif See ya in LIMA!!!! I wasn't paying much attention...did you post your interview date?
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-24 22:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresINV PAID & AOS Package sent to NVC
Congrats on getting started with NVC. Here is a guide that I picked up here on VJ. Many thanks to lotto for putting it together! So far it has been a very acurate timeline.

Attached File  NVC_Process_Flowchart.pdf   21.66KB   18 downloads good.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-26 08:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedureswaiting for IV Bill
I think it is very safe. I paid my IV Fee Bill online this past Saturday, May 17th. I checked online this morning, and my status went to paid. I was able to print the coversheet to submit the DS 230 package. I just got off the phone with an operator at NVC (only 2 calls to get through). They verified receipt of my payment and that it was now ok to send in the DS 230 package.

Come on post office!!! Open up!!! I have an Express Mail envelope for you!!! wink.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-20 08:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresVISA IN HAND AFTER ONLY TWO BUSINESS DAYS!
Congratulations....Hope our interview will be scheduled soon too... kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-28 08:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresAffidavit of support and documents
In your post you say you are submitting the I-864 (Affidacit of support) If so, then the police cert & brith certificates are not needed for this submission. Those documents would be a part of your DS-230 (Visa Applicaton) submission.

This is what I sent for my I-864 and it sailed through with out any problems:

Coversheet w/barcode
I-864 Form
Tax Returns (last 3 years...if you filed for 2007, you must inckude that)
Employment Letter (Stating position, salary, tenure, and standing)
Pay Stbs (Last 3 pay periods)

I hope this helps...keep asking questions! Be Well & Peace!!! good.gif
Arequipa4usMalePeru2008-05-28 22:52:00