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Email or phone NVC?

I emailed the NVC 1 1/2 weeks ago, got no response. So, I do believe the phone call is more faster. You might sit on hold for an hour, but, if patient and dont hang up they will get to you. But, your wasting your time with an email. Seems they do not bother to check or they just think emails are wasting their valuable time

rjgacek

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2013-08-13 12:26:00

Yes, it happened exactly that way. NVC took my case number said sometimes it will take 8 weeks. That is all the info they gave me. So today i called the DOS recommended by a VJ follower here and they gave me the information right away. Said they received my petition, gave me my case number without even asking me, and said either tomorrow or Thursday it will be shipped to the consulate in Tokyo. They were very polite here.

Good Luck

rjgacek

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2013-08-13 18:05:00

Mr. HaoPhong, I owe you another thank you. thank link you gave me, followed your instructions to the letter. Bingo, yes, my petition is at the NVC waiting to be shipped to Tokyo.

I dont know who you are but you know your VisaJourney business. Again sir, Many thank you's

Question, once it is shipped to Tokyo, then is this Status link no longer any good, or will it continue to tell you the status of the petition once it gets to Tokyo.

Thanks again my friend, you are a basketful of knowledge

rjgacek

rjgacek

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2013-08-13 17:13:00

I would like to take a minute to thank one of the vj people named HaoPhong for his information of calling the Department of State. I called the NVC they told me wait for 8 weeks, they were worthless.

The state department told me they received my petition today, they issued me my case number right over the phone. The very nice Lady told me they would ship my petition to the consulate in Tokyo tomorrow, no later than Thursday. I hope that information is correct, if so, finally, this long, long visa process is starting to wind down.

Thank you HaoPhong for your right on the money information.

rjgacek

rjgacek

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2013-08-13 16:25:00

Thank you kindly sir. This is very helpful. I will wait till end of this week and call them.

Do I need anything in hand if they ask for the USCIS case number or my name or approval date, anything like this??

rjgacek

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2013-08-12 14:36:00

My petition was approved from the USCIS on July 30th. Yes, I know only 2 weeks ago, but I decided to call the NVC anyways. Waited on line for about 45 minutes, but I have no issue with that, I know I am not the only impatient Petitioner in this journey.

Anyways, the nice lady told me I had to wait for 8 weeks from the date of my approval to get any information. Wow, 2 months??

Can any one out there in this forum tell me if they have had to wait this actual length of time for the NVC to issue a case number and to ship it to my Fiancee's consulate??

My approval of the petition expires on November 29th. If the NVC actually takes this amount of time and by the time the Consulate takes their sweet time in setting up an interview date and time, I might have to file for and extension and this will only add more months to this already long, long Government process.

Thank you for any assistance.

rggacek

rjgacek

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2013-08-12 14:12:00

Fiancee Forms needed for her interview in Tokyo, Japan

I see the DS 156, the DS 156K forms are needed for the interview at the Embassy in Tokyo. Can anyone tell me if the DS 157 and DS 230 will be required also??

There are no children involved in my petition it will be only my fiancee coming to the USA.

Besides the above forms can anyone else tell me what other forms that may be needed. Not documents but the forms. I have a link, but not clear on the DS 157 and the DS 230. Any help from VJ land would be greatly appreciated . Thank you

rjgacek

rjgacek

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2013-08-08 21:41:00

Forms to be completed for Interview

The petition was filed on Feb 2013, the petition was approved on July 30, 2013, I sent the I-134 to my attorney probably in April of this year, and I am retired and no longer in the work force so all my proof of social security retirement was submitted properly. I am also using a co sponsor and all the tax returns including for 2012, and pay stubs, etc for my co sponsor were also submitted to my lawyer in April and he is now suppose to be mailing the I-134 to my fiancee.

thank you for responding

rjgacek

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2013-08-10 13:18:00

Forms to be completed for Interview

THANK YOU FOR THE ADVICE SIR, I AM ASSUMING THE I-134 IS THE AFFADAVIT OF SUPPORT?? IF IT IS THEN MY ATTORNEY HAS THAT ALREADY WHICH I DID MONTHS AGO, HE IS SUPPOSE TO BE FORWARDING THAT TO MY FIANCEE.

THANK YOU AGAIN

rjgacek

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2013-08-10 13:04:00

Forms to be completed for Interview

I have had an attorney to process the fiancee visa up to the interview and receiving the visa (Hopefully), i have paid this man good money for his fee and he is very rude, lazy, impolite. I ask him questions he gives me the impression I should already know the answers too. I asked him about the DS 156K, he told me, Ron, the forms are pretty straight up just take each step by step. I paid this attorney money to help me, to answer questions, and he seems very reluctant to help even though he has received all his fee money up front. Very disappointed, but too late to make a change this late in the process.

Can anyone please answer a few questions for me, that my attorney dont seem to want to help with with. I know the DS 156 and the DS 156K will be needed, any other forms that someone might be aware of that we will also need to complete for the interview. Also, in the 156 and 156K says to have duplicates, I know this is a ignorant question, but duplicates could mean several things. Do they want two originals or do they want one original and one copy. I know it is a ignorant question, but I want no mistakes to delay this interview

It also states if any children on 21 to provide a birth certificate. Now my petition is a fiancee visa petition and there are no children involved in my petition is the birth certificate still required if my fiancees child is 18 but is not applying to come here with her mother??

Any help would be greatly appreciated from the VJ followers

Ron

rjgacek

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2013-08-10 11:31:00

Consulate Interview

Oh, I hope you are mistaken. All the paperwork and documents requested were already mailed to the consulate. Also, they are the ones who sent a copy of the DS 230 not a DS 260.

Very confused here. Why would the Consulate send a DS 230 if it has been replaced by the DS 260??

Thank you

rjgacek

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2013-09-12 13:27:00

Consulate Interview

Just a little help with a question please. Our I-129F (Fiancee Visa) was received at the Embassy in Tokyo. They sent a letter with request for specific documents, a Cenomar, and the DS 230 Part 1.

Now that has all been completed and mailed to the US Embassy in Tokyo (my Fiancee lives in Japan)

Does anyone out there know the next step for the Consulate? Do they now notify her of a interview date, medical exam and the rest of the documents and proof of communication, etc she will need. Or is there another step, before they give her an interview date?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thank you

rjgacek

rjgacek

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2013-09-12 12:59:00

US Consulate in Tokyo

Thank you, just so frustrating it only took 6 months for my petition to get out of the USCIS and to the consulate. Once at the consulate it is suppose to move very quickly, but now telling me no available open slots for the interview till December, this is not good. It is not the consulate that has their life on hold, they have me and my fiancee's life on hold!!

No reason in heck, to take 3 more months to get to the interview, not reason at all

Thank you

rjgacek

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2013-09-27 17:43:00

US Consulate in Tokyo

Everything is done for my fiancee in Japan. She mailed the consulate the documents and DS 230 they requested. Then they sent her more information, which it is all completed.

The medical exam has been completed, she has all her documents, forms all prepared and ready to go. she has paid the Interview fee.

When she went on their website to schedule the interview, they do not have an option, showing open dates that she could pick from. They just said to give them a date of the month, but has to be 14 days in advance from the request so they can verify the workload for the day she picked.

Anyways, she called the consulate in Tokyo, reassured her they have everything they need, but, the soonest available slot for the interview will not be till December. They did not give her a date or an opportunity to pick a date in December.

My problem is, they only interview once a week, every Monday, and interview only in the mornings. What is wrong this this US government of ours. She paid $530 for her medical, $240 for the interview, we paid $975 for our attorneys fee, and $340 for the initial petition of the I-129F. This is all done and paid for. Everything is done and completed. Why do they make us wait another 3 months for the interview??

If they are truly that backlogged in Toyko, which I do not believe this, then why only interviewing once a week and only in the mornings. You can not interview many beneficiarys once a week only in the morning times, and not create a back log. I do not understand the governments lack of organized system

We started the Visa process February , 2013, got the petition approved on July 30th, then was received by the NVC one week later, and in 1 1/2 weeks the consulate in Tokyo had the petition. Now, we sat for 6 months on the peitition, and finally it was approved. Now once approved I was told it will move much faster now. B.S. Now the consulate in Tokyo says December will be the next available slot for my fiancee's interview. Why are they slowing this down??

My petition expires on November 30th and the Consulate knows this. Yes, I know I can get the attorney to do a extension. But the consulate received the fees , documents and everything they requested in more than enough time, an extension should not be required.

I know I am venting more instead of asking a question, but, am interested if anybody else has or is experiencing such a long time to get an open, available interview slot

Thank you

Mr. Frustration

rjgacek

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2013-09-27 16:39:00