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Request of Expedite to NVC

We called NVC yesterday and they received our case.Even though we have not been assigned a case number yet,they gave us the instructions to file for expedite by email which we did.The lady told my husband that because we have an emergency situation,we can go ahead and send the expedite request.I hope she was not just being nice and that they will review our request in the next few days.
Thank you guys for your help,having a high risk pregnancy and taking care by myself of an infant is very difficult,we pray they approve our expedite so we can move on to the next stage.

Edited by Together0515, 24 August 2012 - 07:29 AM.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-08-24 07:28:00

Request of Expedite to NVC

Expedite is only approved if there is a life/death emergency.

Thank you for your response,yes we believe we do qualify for an expedite,and we have all the necessary documentation and letters from our doctors, we are just waiting for a case number.We are curious to know other people experiences; how did they apply for it and how the process differs from the normal NVC flowchart.

Edited by Together0515, 18 August 2012 - 01:27 PM.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-08-18 13:23:00

Request of Expedite to NVC

Hello,

Has anyone here requested an expedite to NVC in the last 2 years? please share your experience.

Thank you,

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-08-18 12:29:00

Good news! My husband just got the AOS Bill :dance:

Darnell was right , thank you all

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-09-10 19:37:00

I am not very familiar with the expedite process, but from your timeline, it looks like they are expecting the AOS forms and fees - through the agent you appointed. It looks like the IV bill should be on the way to your agent.

Take a look at the flow chart here NVC flow chart You should be on the right side of the chart, based on your post.

Because you are acting through an agent, you may not receive the bill or notice of same. Check with the agent, or call NVC about the IV bill if you are at that point. I am not sure who will have information for you, but I might start there. Members that have gone this route, please correct me if necessary.

Edited to ask, did you email the 3032, or just information on your choice of agent? If you did not send the form, that could be the hold up.

Thank you for your response, the question now is whether they will email or mail the bills. We're praying we will get the invoices by email, It's much faster!
Edited to answer:I only emailed the information on my choice of agent (To Sue) as I saw on one of the guides on Visajourney. I did it yesterday and got a response today.

Edited by Together0515, 10 September 2012 - 12:59 PM.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-09-10 12:56:00

I write about expedites @ NVC on occasion -

The primary thing to pay attention to -
is that each expedite intake is different, and each expedite process, what steps to do after told the expedite is approved, is different.

IMO, based on what you've received back, the IV unit wants NVC to collect the forms and fees first.. and
-- NVC has opened a pipe for you to EMAIL all scanned forms (scan to pdf please) and
-- you must pay at the portal.

Dissecting this further -
you need to get IN the pipe at NVC, they need to have their regular switch TURNED ON.

How to do that, from your side? Call, use a telephone, ask for AOS FEE BILL TO BE EMAILED to the Petitioner.
Once the AOS FEE BILL is IN the petitioner's email box, the switch is on, NVC is ready to accept documents...

For now, resend a DS-3032 via email to supervisor sue, using the method they listed for you.

If you stay on top of this, this week, you MIGHT get the invoicing started.

My best guess, is that it'll be two full weeks from today, if you start today, for the payment portal to wrap up on you sending fees in to there.

But that's just a piece of it. Basically, when you have a coversheet to download on a thing (AOS or IV), download that coversheet, make it the first page in a scanned pdf document set, and email all in to Supervisor Sue. Expect some lag inbetween each thing, but if you DRIVE, should be about 2 weeks. In the end, though, expect to show all original documents that you sent off via email, to the IV Unit on interview day.

Good Luck !

Darnell,Thank you so very much for your detailed and very helpful answer, I emailed yesterday my choice of agent and got this response:

We received the principal applicant's DS-3032 (Choice of Address and
Agent) form designating an address and agent. Instructions for paying
the immigrant visa application processing fee and all future
correspondence will be sent to the agent at the address selected on the
DS-3032.

For more information regarding the immigrant visa application fee or for
answers to frequently asked questions, please visit the following
website:

http://travel.state..../info_3904.html

I guess I will give them 24 hours and then I will call to ask for the AOS Bill to be sent...

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-09-10 12:54:00

No response?

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-09-10 02:15:00

Hi everybody,

After we made an expedite request to NVC, we had a first email stating it was under review, an operator telling us they forwarded the request to the embassy and it was up to them, and now this email:

The U.S. Embassy or Consulate General indicated they are willing to
expedite this petition when all of the required fees, forms and
documents are received. Therefore, please forward all forms and
documents to nvcinquiry@state.gov (please enter ATTN: Supervisor Sue in
the subject line of the email) or to the following address:

National Visa Center
ATTN: Supervisor Sue
31 Rochester Avenue, Suite 200
Portsmouth, NH 03801-2915

Upon receipt of the required forms and documents, we will review the
information and forward the file to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate
General.

We have received no invoice to make any payment and no request for specific documents, I emailed my choice of agent last week and no response.
Does it mean that our request has been approved? What should we do now? I think it's said we have the choice and that we can email the forms and documents instead but Im not sure (that would be great though). Any help will be greatly appreciated. This is very confusing! I thought when an expedite is approved the case is automatically forwarded to the embassy.

Thank you,

Edited by Together0515, 08 September 2012 - 05:08 AM.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-09-08 05:07:00

NVC: Translation

Thanks for the responses everybody,

We will translate the documents in the US,using these people : https://www.foxtrans...TranslationType

Do you think NVC will accept the translations? We are going through the Nicosia embassy in Cyprus so the documents are definitely not in the consulate local language.

Edited by Together0515, 10 October 2012 - 09:37 AM.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-10-10 09:35:00

NVC: Translation

Hi everybody,

Is it possible to translate the documents by ourselves at NVC Stage ? (birth certificate and police record)

Thank you,

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-10-09 12:35:00

Send Divorce decree to NVC or not?

Thank you all for your responses

. That was very helpful.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-11-05 12:27:00

Send Divorce decree to NVC or not?

Hi everybody,

We are gathering civil documents to send to NVC for our Spouse Visa CR1,Do we need to send the beneficiary divorce decree from previous marriage as well?

Thank you

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-11-04 14:12:00

US Embassy and Consulate Discussion

Us Consular Report of Birth

Thank you for you answer

I have just found this very interesting manual online,i hope it will help anyone in our situation.They make every decision regarding Birth Abroad according to this manual so its better to be prepared.

Here is the link: http://www.state.gov...ation/86757.pdf

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-06-30 13:21:00

US Embassy and Consulate Discussion

Us Consular Report of Birth

Hi everybody,

I'm wondering how do we know that The us embassy approved our application of report of birth?
We went last week with our daughter of almost 4 months,they asked for the documents,called again asking us to bring my husbands evidence of residency for more than 5 years in the US,scheduled an appointment with an officer , signed in front of him and then called us back again for my husband to show up Monday cause they forgot to make him sign another paper and they forgot also to make a copy of my last divorce decree!!!Last Wednesday,they told us everything is fine we will call you to pick up your baby s passport in about 10 days!they told hubby also to not bother to take the baby on Monday.
Do you think this means that after he takes those documents we are approved?did you have any similar experience?from what moment do you know that your application has been approved?
The only thing that im afraid of is that the baby was conceived when i was still in instance of divorce with my ex husband who disappeared years ago to before signing any divorce decree until the authorities forced him to do so only few days before my baby was born and then finally i married my husband .Thats why i thought it was too good to be true that they just approved without us not even giving them evidence that ive been living with my actual husband when the baby was conceived.They didn't even asked.The officer only told my husband that Bella was beautiful and that she looked like him.
Please share your experiences with me,when did you know that your application of birth abroad was approved?

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-06-30 10:34:00

joint account

My husband tried last year,but opening an account or a joint account is NOT possible if you are not there yet.

However,your wife can put you as her POD,which is what we did;so my name is on all the statements next to my husbands name and even on the checks so they will definitely see that when they cash any check from us.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-07-05 03:33:00

Filling the I130,illegal residence???

Thanks for you response,but to work with the UN anywhere in Europe,they ask for a EU Work Permit which is almost impossible for him to get.
Since almost a year,he has been sending several CVs a day,but nothing,so once the petition is approved hell go back the the states to work -he has work waiting for him there-,for the Affidavit of Support.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-07-01 15:23:00

Filling the I130,illegal residence???

Thank you all for your quick answers

.
They state in the petition that even if you worked illegally you need to list it,that's why im a bit confused here thinking that the same rule apply for living abroad.I will ask my immigration consultant and let you know.

How long do you think the process for an USC spouse and mom to get everything approved?our plan at first was to live in a neutral area to avoid any problems that may result of the confrontation of one of us to the other ones culture,but my husband cannot find work outside the us and is getting terribly home sick day after day.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-06-30 13:17:00

Filling the I130,illegal residence???

Hi everybody,

We are filling out our I-130 petition but we have few questions:

1.Im a Moroccan citizen but we have lived in Cyprus since October 2011.We hate being separated so after my husbands contract ended without a notice in Istanbul,we rented a place here,we don't have a residency permit here but we do have permission to stay 90 days at the time that we break every 3 months by crossing visiting turkey or the other side of the island for few hours so we can get an other 90 days.WE are not illegal but we live here on a renewable Visa,we just don't have the right to work here because of the work permit thing.But we have a rent contract with both our names on and our daughter who is an American citizen as well was born here.So would it be correct to state Cyprus as our address?
2.In the petition,we put our address here in Cyprus,so for the interview do you guys think it will happen here?seeing as how we cant even stay as a couple in a hotel in Morocco because they wont recognize our marriage license as an Islamic one -my embassy wouldn't even give my daughter the Moroccan citizenship because of her non Arabic or Muslim name and because we didn't marry by the Islamic way.I ve become a christian few years ago before i met my husband and by respect to our faith and theirs,we wouldn't sign a paper confessing we are Muslim just to get a Moroccan marriage certificate so we preferred to have our wedding and our life here.
3.Can we just fill the petition and take it to the Nicosia-Cyprus American embassy in stead of shipping it to Chicago?

We just don't want to make any mistakes.

Thank you,

Edited by Isabella2012, 30 June 2012 - 12:33 PM.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-06-30 12:26:00

Yes, you need the case number first before you can request for an expedite. Good luck with that! And with the pregnancy too!

Thank you,reginakrys

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-08-18 07:23:00

The only thing different between cases with and without lawyers is the DS-3032 or the Choice of Agent. Those who have lawyers involved in their cases DO NOT need to send the DS-3032 because it's understood already that their lawyer will be their agent. As a result, their AOS and IV fees are invoiced approximately at the same time (in contrast to those without lawyers where the IV fee is invoiced approximately a week after the AOS fee)

Are you looking at timelines of the same visa category as you? For spousal visa filers, both AOS and IV packages have to be approved at NVC before they can be assigned an interview date. Except for expedited cases - in these instances, forms and fees that are supposed to be submitted to NVC will be given during the interview.

Thank you for your response,we actually plan to request an expedite for high risk pregnancy,we have all the doctors papers and everything,we are just waiting for the right moment to make such a request.I guess we need to get a case number first.

Edited by Together0515, 17 August 2012 - 09:23 AM.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-08-17 09:16:00

Separate tracks meaning the AOS track is the Petitioner getting the AOS documents to the NVC. The IV Bill which is the Visa Application is what the Beneficiary gets together and gets ready for NVC. Both go through NVC. Nothing for IR1/CR1 goes directly to consulate from our hands.

Once your case is complete. You are now in the Interview queue once interview is assigned your case is forwarded to the embassy.

Thanks,i see now why they refer to them as two separate tracks.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-08-17 09:12:00

AOS and IV package both are send to NVC before they can forward your case to embassy with CR1/IR1 visa. I'm not sure about directly sending to embassy without sending to NVC, so just confirm with NVC, call them and find out.

1. call NVC get case # and Invoice Identification number.
2. give them your and your spouse email address when you get case #
3. send Ds3023 from beneficiary's email address. (make sure its beneficiary's email address)
4. after they accept you DS3023 then they will generate your AOS and IV package ( both of them generate different, one by one)
5. As soon as you see your AOS or IV package PAID, you send them that package with bar coversheet provide by NVC. ( only after status shows PAID) (I sent AOS from here in US, and my husband sent IV package from india) they don't care who sent it from where.
6. you will get checklist from NVC, if your missing any documents (sometime they do send FALSE checklist, so just confirm with NVC)
7. After accepting the AOS and IV package, they will complete your case. now wait for your interview to be schedule)
8. NVC only forward you case to embassy after you have your interview date.

Just call NVC and confirm with them about it, "will my case send to embassy without AOS and IV, or i have to send to NVC first, before they can send to my embassy"

But they do tell you, you have to sent to NVC first, they you follow that list

Thank you very much for the instructions,we actually have an attorney but we don't want him involved anymore,all his advices turned out to be anything but helpful;if we followed his instructions and put my husband's US Legal address on the petition;we would be still waiting for NOA2.
We will try to call them this evening and do what you said.Thanks a million.

Edited by Together0515, 17 August 2012 - 09:10 AM.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-08-17 09:07:00

Thank you for your response

,so if we don't have a lawyer we don't need to send the AOS(Affidavit of support) until the consulate stage?I noticed that in the first track you send the AOS and in the second one you don't.
I also noticed in some timelines here that some people send the AOS to NVC and others after case completed in NVC and directly to their Embassy without sending it the first time to NVC.Im very confused about that and start to wonder if for some countries Its only the Embassy that handles directly the AOS without the income issue being reviewed by the NVC.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-08-17 08:04:00

Hi everybody,

NVC will receive our case at any time.I was trying to gather some information on Visajourney,and I found this Flowchart: http://www.visajourn...wchart_v1-2.pdf
Can anyone please explain to me why they say that there are two different independent tracks?Is each track country specific or something?I thought everybody goes through the same process at NVC.

Thank you,

PS:Even though we put Morocco on our profile,we are going through Nicosia Embassy since we live in Cyprus.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-08-17 07:34:00

Laure and Colin,thank you,if it wasn't for this thread;we would have followed a very stupid advice from our attorney and put a US Address.

1. Country USC resides in: Cyprus
2. USCIS field office or DCF?: DCF Only available for Syrian fugitives living in Cyprus.
3. When did you file I130: Received by USCIS on 07/30/2012,NOA1 on 08/01/2012.
4. How long has the USC been living abroad: 2 Years and a half but only 8 months in this country.
5. Do you reside in the country legally: Yes but on a Non Immigrant visa
6. What is the reason for your residence: To be with my wife and baby.
7. Did you list your overseas address on I130? Yes
8. Did you send the package from abroad? Yes.
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in your I130 package? 2 lease contracts with both our names as evidence of Bona Fide relationship and a copy of all the pages of our passports to prove we were in the same location in the last 2 years.
10. Did you mention that you reside abroad in your cover letter? Yes
11. Has your case been auto expedited? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes. 7 Days!
12. Which Service Centre? California

Edited by Together0515, 17 August 2012 - 08:31 AM.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-08-17 08:26:00

I don't think it would cause an issue. My wife just moved back to the US, and we updated her address over the phone. I am now writing a letter to USCIS updating my address with them and updating the intended address I will be living at when I move to the US (wife's current new address). But then again, I haven't had results to verify that. I think a lot of people put "To Be Determined" on that part of the application.

Thank you.That's the only thing we were worried about.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-08-08 11:17:00

Hi all,

First post!

I'm currently residing in Thailand and am about to send my I-130 to the Chicago lockbox (tomorrow!, though I will send it first to my parents so that they can add one additional piece of marriage bonna-fideness and a money order before sending it along).

Anyway I have decided I would like to use my current address here in Thailand instead of my parents' place in the US as a result of this thread in the hopes of getting the fast track. However, I'm worried that we will still get the slow track since DCF is still avialable here in Bangkok (though we did not qualify due to the type of Thai visa I currently hold). Has anyone gotten expedited service even if you've filed from an overseas location that still offers DCF?

Also, my wife and I may (or may not) move to a different apartment here in Bangkok at the beginning of November for the last several months before heading to the US. Is it possible/fairly painless to change addresses amid the application (either with USCIS or NVC) or should I consider using the wife's permanent family address as my own on our I-130 to avoid the issue??

Thanks!

Taylor

Someone said in a previous post on this thread that DFC was still available where they lived and they still got auto-expedited after sending their petition to Chicago.The only condition is putting your foreign address everywhere and to mention it on the cover letter.
I think you can change your address online or on the phone once you get a file number.

Good Luck,

Edited by Together0515, 29 July 2012 - 03:57 PM.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-07-29 15:53:00

We put on US mailing address our friends address back home.

Edited by Together0515, 29 July 2012 - 02:57 PM.

Together0515

Female

Morocco

2012-07-29 14:57:00