Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Finally I-130 Approved!	QUOTE (BradnKim @ Apr 2 2009, 08:14 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wow... Just got the email from CRIS that our I-130 was approved yesterday! 155 days from the date of our NOA1... YEAH! I'm so so happy! I guess I had better start reading Ling Chi's shortcuts again! FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS, you waited too long... Now get ready to rock-n-roll and do the NVC Shuffle! EN	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-04-02 18:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	APPROVED!!!	Bien Venidos en America!!!! Contgrats !	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-04-02 22:31:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	NVC Scheduling Interview Date for April 2009	QUOTE (khen @ Mar 25 2009, 09:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> GUYS MAY I ASK.. WHAT DOES NVC means??? Can somebody explain that to me.. thank you... it is the "National Visa Center" also known as Nobody Voices Competency	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-25 11:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Any October Filers Out There?	QUOTE (Svetlana @ Feb 5 2009, 10:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi there! I am October filer...waiting for almost 4 month, no transfer to CA, no touches, no nothing.... Is there anyone out there that has figured out how this USCIS VSC vs CSC, and the transferred CSC vs. originally at CSC thing is working? I really have a hard time understanding why people that received NOA1 in October / November that were transferred over from VSC are getting approvals at CSC in January / February. Meanwhile there are people that have been at CSC with NOA1 from July, August, September, October and November that sit waiting for a touch. It does not affect me (yet) because I am a late November/early December CR-1/K-3 filer) but if I were the others I would be confused and very sad I was happy when I was assigned to CSC originally, but now it seems to be a big disadvantage. Has anyone tried to get an answer on this from CSC? EN	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-02-07 13:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Who is approved in MARCH 2009	QUOTE (champi @ Mar 31 2009, 01:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (EricN @ Mar 31 2009, 04:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ignore the snail mail. Pay the AOS. Then you should wait for the IV Bill. Paying the IV bill online before receiving the bill has caused us a final delay which I am trying to resolve. EN Eric, Was your DS-3032 accepted before paying IV Bill? I've not received IV bill but my DS-3032 was accepted, got it through AVR today. I was able to pay IV bill yesterday. Trying to see if I would run into same issue as you... The DS-3032 was accepted electronically from our emailed DS-3032 submission. This gave us the "IIN" number, which then helped us get to paying the IV Bill. BUT since NVC had not generated the bill internally, it has caused us problems. If you have any patience at all ( I DON'T) then I recommend waiting until NVC notifies you (even if only by email) that you can pay the IV Bill. You know we paid on March 17th and today, April 1, they still haven't resolved the issue. Another Supervisor today said they will "Personally take care of it". We shall see. EN	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-04-01 16:44:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Who is approved in MARCH 2009	QUOTE (_Hopefully @ Apr 1 2009, 07:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (jiskat08 @ Apr 1 2009, 08:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (GS4EVER @ Apr 1 2009, 06:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just called NVC again after receiving an email of AOS/IV instructions -DUH!!! NVC already has both (they were received yesterday). So I called them to see what the deal is, and it turns out our review has begun and operator said to ignore email...AMAZING!! I had called a few hours ago and there was nothing new and all of sudden the operator was able to tell me this!! Now hoping for a QUICK QUICK case complete!! Wishing on lucky stars As i observed, once the papers is complete at NVC - the Embassy will assigned an interview date to the beneficiary after a month. I just observed it from the couples here as i look at their timeline.. If our papers will be completed this month of April - our interview will be on June. Thats what i observed...... I think it may be different for each embassy/consulate. The consulate in Juarez appears to give out appointment the second week of each month, so you could be lucky and they could receive your file the first week, or not so lucky and they could receiv it the third week. I think we'll be finish in NVC around the third week in April (fingers crossed). I'm hoping the consulate will assign an appointment for us in the second week in May NVC assigns the Intervew Dates, not the Embassy. Only one currently doing that is Guanzhou in China. However, once scheduled, I believe the Embassy can, at their discrection, rescedule or cancel interviews. EN	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-04-01 16:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Who is approved in MARCH 2009	QUOTE (jiskat08 @ Mar 31 2009, 11:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just today, my husband received a snail mail about DS3032 Form and AOS Bill. I already send the DS3032 form yesterday using the Fedex - what i did i printed out the form in my email, i fill it up and send it. So we just have to ignore the snail mail that my husband received today? Ignore the snail mail. Pay the AOS. Then you should wait for the IV Bill. Paying the IV bill online before receiving the bill has caused us a final delay which I am trying to resolve. EN	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-31 15:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Who is approved in MARCH 2009	I called NVC expecting more discussion on Line 20 of DS230 not saying "Present" instead she said, "YOUR CASE IS COMPLETE" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now the only problem preventing sending it out of NVC is this issue of verifying that I made my IV payment (online 3 weeks ago!!) Tomorrow I am going to overnight them a copy of the payment receipt and hopefully get our package out of that building and on its way to Manila!!!!!!!!!!!! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eric	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-30 18:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Who is approved in MARCH 2009	QUOTE (GS4EVER @ Mar 27 2009, 01:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OMG I AM SO EXCITED!!! Just when I thought we would have to wait till Monday, WOOFREAKINHOO, I get an email from my lawyer stating our completed AOS/IV package is being overnited tonite and will get to NVC by Monday!! YAYYYYYY Happy Friday indeed! I can now have a nice relaxing weekend as it's now out of my hands and lawyer's hand. I hope our ride on the NVC express is a smooth one! I'm happy for you...unfortunately for us it is more of one of those LONG weekends, waiting for next week... I hope you put PRESENT in question #20. I actually asked to speak to a SUPERVISOR today and after some persistance, I was finally put through. When I asked about our DS-230, she said the review had begun. I asked her about question #20 and she said "If you did not put "Present" you will get an RFE! I just said that was so unfortunate because the form did not allow that. She said, "You should have hand written present". No need to argue with her. I told her I am going to send in a duplicate copy of the form on Monday with "Present" written there. She said, "No don't do that, WAIT, until the review is complete so you can address all the items needing correcting at once. (I don't expect any others). I am not going to wait weeks for them to send me something that I already know needs to be corrected! On Monday I am going to send another IV BarCoded Cover sheet, a separate letter explaining what the change is and then include the new DS-230 form with the damn word, "Present" hand written where it currently says 4/2009). This is stupid..."Stupid is as Stupid Does!" I told her I really wanted to resolve any issues before I travel for a month and her only response was, "Who is going to handle your case while you are away?". I said "I AM, that is why I am trying to get this resolved now." Then the Supervisor told me that because I paid online (IV Bill) when the system said we could...their system at NVC had not even issued a hard copy of the IV Bill yet. So now there is this other issue (false RFE) of when and if they are going to finally recognize the fact that yes we have paid the bill and that is why we were able to include the barcoded cover sheet on the DS-230 package. Oh I wish this were already over !!!! take care all. Eric	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-27 21:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Who is approved in MARCH 2009	QUOTE (jiskat08 @ Mar 27 2009, 11:07 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> we just paid our AOS today and i got an email like this but with an attachment of our receipt.. Dear Sir/Madam, The U.S. Department of State's online Immigrant Visa Invoice Payment Center has been utilized to pay the fees associated with the immigrant visa application of PRINCIPAL APPLICANT NAME NOT FOUND. Your copy of the receipt is attached to this email in a PDF file. Why does it says PRINCIPAL APPLICANT NAME NOT FOUND?????? Hi Kat...are you mad at me? Hey maybe the problem is the difference you said about your name (Ann vs Anne)? EN	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-27 13:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Who is approved in MARCH 2009	QUOTE (conquest @ Mar 25 2009, 09:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Waldo Congratultions man!!!!!! yeah I am kind of jelous of Waldo but also thankful, he just brought back all the paper work for my wife from Lima so that things move faster. Hes a great guy. Hey you might be onto something here...Waldo, maybe you are secretly and international mail courier running documents to and fro and stopping over to see the misses every week. You little devil! GO COUGS!!	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-25 16:37:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Who is approved in MARCH 2009	QUOTE (Waldo @ Mar 24 2009, 06:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I just got back from Peru visiting my wife and when I opened the mail box in the bunch of junk mail was an envelope from the DHS with a nicely creased US of A NOA2. WOOO HOOO! Congrats! I just want to know what LOTTO you won to visit Peru so many times!!!!	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-25 10:00:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Who is approved in MARCH 2009	To All: You can see from my post today that this is what happened to me today (FALSE RFE) because I sent the packages separately. I told them that the 230 was received by them today aso that the missing IV payment information should be taken care of when they see the IV barcode sheet (can't generate until IV is paid). She said no worries, and that everything should still be fine. She said I did not have an RFE on my AOS I-1864 so that was at least good news. - Eric	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-24 17:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Who is approved in MARCH 2009	Hey guys sorry for the absence: Things have been moving fast after we finally got the NVC number, then the IINumber, emailed DS-3032 (never did mail hard copy), paid the AOS $70 fee, got the DS-3032 accepted so that the IV bill popped up ready for payement... Today, we finally got the DS-3032 accepted and the IV Bill showed up online today. I don't know which email they ended up acting on because we sent it again this weekend. Anyway, now the final nerve wracking job of checking over all the documents one more time to be sure everything is included in both the IV and the AOS packages. I AM GOING TO SEND both AOS and IV packet ALL TOGETHER IN ONE MAILING, WITH SEPARATE COVER LETTERS, hope that is OK. - EricN	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-16 19:24:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Who is approved in MARCH 2009	QUOTE (jiskat08 @ Mar 11 2009, 04:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> When i was at work, i kept checking the USCIS website if we got approved and for the whole night i've been checking it but still no updates. Today is my birthday and before i sleep, i whisper and begged the Lord that my birthday wish is the NOA2... After 3 hours of sleeping, my husband wake me up and he told me HE RECEIVED A MAIL TODAY FROM USCIS - NOA2!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU LORD!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR KAT, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-11 19:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	Who is approved in MARCH 2009	QUOTE (jiskat08 @ Mar 1 2009, 07:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> who is from WA State here? I am from WA State (GO COUGS!) and we were approved in Feb (electronically) and March (hard copy). So I guess we can join here too. I started a WA State thread that will probably get moved out of here to a regional topic pretty quick. - Eric n Ever	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-08 15:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	A happy day, got my interview appointment letter	Good Luck esp. with the medical exam...get your exam done ASAP because you dont' know what that will conclude. EN	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-06-10 15:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	My June 3 & 4 Medical Experience at St. Lukes	Congrats Kat! Good Luck in the Interview!! I am sure you are here soon. - Eric	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-06-04 20:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	QUOTE (jiskat08 @ Jul 6 2009, 10:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 3 days left and i'm leaving.... FINALLY!!!! CONGRATS! I hope we can all meet together next year. ~ E n E	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-07-06 18:29:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	QUOTE (jiskat08 @ Jun 10 2009, 06:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 6 days to go and its my interview! im a bit nervous our prayers are with you.... E n E	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-06-10 09:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	QUOTE (my_panacea = Greg @ Apr 4 2009, 05:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Cool to see a lot of my fellows from November filers graciously moving fast in this process and are almost done.... While us, I don't even know when are we taking the next step...I'm just tired and needs some break. My husband has no time which breaks my heart, and seeing you guys so excited to finally be with your love. So to forget the bad feeling, I'm making myself busy going back to school. later:) Good luck to everyone!!! good luck and God Bless. Only you know your situation so we can only sit by and wait for your husband to realize what he is missing. Please keep us informed when you are back in the race. Good Luck in school that is a GREAT idea to make good use of your time. Remember that there is a reason for everything and maybe getting your degree is most important at this time. Regards, Eric	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-04-04 10:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	I called today the operator said our Case was Complete!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it. I have always expected the worst and prayed for the best. So far things have just been moving along great. Now for a successful medical and interview!! The ONLY hitch in the rug is the fact that the NVC "payment" side of the house still does not show our IV Bill as being paid. I will express mail the receipt to them tomorrow!! Yippee, looks like we might get the CR1 to catch up to the K3 interview date on May 11th!!! Eric	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-30 19:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	Finally got the DS-3032 accepted and the IV Bill showed up online today. I don't know which email they ended up acting on because we sent it again this weekend. Anyway, now the final nerve wracking job of checking over all the documents one more time to be sure everything is included in both the IV and the AOS packages. I AM GOING TO SEND THEM ALL TOGETHER IN ONE MAILING, WITH SEPARATE COVER LETTERS, hope that is OK. - EricN	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-16 19:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	QUOTE (jiskat08 @ Mar 11 2009, 05:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I know i know..i have that feeling that we will get it today! Thank GOD for that.. We're going to wait for the case number and the next steps.. By the way, who emailed the DS3032. You or Ever? Well let's just say that she did from her email account AND "she" did also from my email account! Also, when you call NVC for an inquiry, they have been asking me for an email address for both me and her so you can get that into their system as well. Oh, I got the standard 4-6 week answers for both the questions every time I called (everyday!): 1) when is the NVC # going to be generated and after we got the NVC # 2) when is the DS-3032 going to be generated. Probably should not be more than a week for each these days. - Eric QUOTE (jiskat08 @ Mar 11 2009, 05:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I know i know..i have that feeling that we will get it today! Thank GOD for that.. We're going to wait for the case number and the next steps.. By the way, who emailed the DS3032. You or Ever? Well let's just say that she did from her email account AND "she" did also from my email account! Also, when you call NVC for an inquiry, they have been asking me for an email address for both me and her so you can get that into their system as well. Oh, I got the standard 4-6 week answers for both the questions every time I called (everyday!): 1) when is the NVC # going to be generated and after we got the NVC # 2) when is the DS-3032 going to be generated. Probably should not be more than a week for each these days. - Eric	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-11 19:24:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	I TOLD YOU SO...I TOLD YOU SO...I TOLD YOU SO....I KNEW IT WOULD BE YOUR BIRTHDAY PRESENT !!!!!!!!!!!! YAHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! OK, NOW YOU CAN JOIN US ON THE RIDE.... GET THE NVC #, GET THE DS-3032 EMAIL (respond immediately!), GET THE AOS BILL EMAIL (pay immidiately the $70), ETC... QUOTE (jiskat08 @ Mar 11 2009, 05:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Finally the NOA2 is in my husband's hands.. He received it 20 mins ago... I've been checking the website for the whole night at work but no updates until i went home to sleep at 3am.... After 3 1/2 hours, my husband wake me up and he told me with a smile face lol that he got a mail (NOA2)... Today is my birthday and this is one of the wonderful gift i got. Thank you Lord for granting our prayers.... Lord, bless and guide us on the next step....	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-11 19:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	QUOTE (my_panacea = Greg @ Mar 4 2009, 01:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> good day guys. I'm glad to see folks here moving so fast and almost case complete. I've been away for quite a short time but most of the time I sneak here. I'm glad that Chrito is almost case complete and so as with the others. I think I'll be the last one to have a case complete here. I can't help feeling a lil envy with y'all guys who are almost near the end. As much as I want to be with my husband soon, but he can't seem to have extra time for our paper work. Have a great day ahead everyone. -Panacea Tell your hubby to put the TV remote control down for 5 minutes and go online and pay the fee so the next step can proceed !!!! E- Eric	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-04 11:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	QUOTE (jiskat08 @ Feb 24 2009, 09:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Eric, we still have dekagunda... three of us left. But i know there's still other couples who's waiting for NOA2 - they're just not posting here. Maleena, you won't believe it..... With mixed emotions I must say YAY!!! after I posted earlier I was YM chatting with my wife and then I received EMAIL that said NOA2 is received/approved!!! We made it...now it is time for Deka and KAT !!! I will not leave you until you move on so don't worry. Kat, we will call you in Manila. Hope by then we are all getting on the NVC train!! Regards, Eric	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-02-25 03:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	QUOTE (Maleena @ Feb 23 2009, 07:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello VJ fam I am excited to share with you all that I just recieve word via email that our I-130 was approved as of 2/23/09! Gosh I am relieve! Anyways, any approx idea before petition reaches NVC? Also, what documents will be needed for NVC stage? Thank you all for your support! Maleena, congrats to you dear. Oh my that is great. Seems like Jskat and I are going to be the last ones standing on the Journey. We haven't even had a touch since our I-130 and I-129f were combined in December. Meanwhile all the newbies come and go...well what can you do but wait and pray. All the best to the rest of your journey... Regards Eric and Ever	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-02-24 22:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	QUOTE (aidy @ Feb 14 2009, 02:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This morning i got this in my inbox: The last processing action taken on your case Receipt Number: WAC0904112982 Application Type: I130 , IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN Current Status: Approval notice sent. On February 13, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service they finally approved us! we hadnt had a single touch up to this point so it was a great valentines surprise.! hopefully this means their cracking on with all the CSC filers.! hope everyone that hasn't yet had their case approved will hear something very soon and a big conratulation to those that have.! Please add your timeline (Immigration Timelines - tab above) so that we can all get an idea of how long it took you to go thru the process.. Thanks, EN	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-02-14 10:27:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	CONGATS TO ALL THE NEW NOA2s!!! It certainly clears the desk off a bit to find all those original CSC assignees! I see several more VSC transfers to CSC got approval. I don't understand this logic. If you filed before these people, regardless if it was sent to VSC or CSC originally, you are getting overlooked at the expense of USCIS management "Ours is not to wonder why...ours is just to do and die!" Our file is starting to see some light above it...keep approving USCIS please !! - EN	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-02-11 13:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	Amazing! Congratulations! I don't understand how the system works, but you too proved me wrong. Good luck on your journey. I only feel so sorry for the 100's who wait in line in front of you watching all of those behind them get approved. I really don't understand this random system. Anyway...your faith made the difference. Cheers! Eric N. QUOTE (my_panacea = Greg @ Feb 6 2009, 06:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (JoenKate @ Feb 7 2009, 09:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulations! Hope you have a speedy journey through NVC! Joe n Kate Thanks Joe and Kate. In USCIS web still says pending. So others, please check your mail.	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-02-07 13:17:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	OK, let's see if I can be a bit more optimistic for everyone!! The good news is that most of the July folks have received their NOA2s !!!! Congrats to you all, I am sure it has felt like forever. A new year has begun (Year of the Ox !) which opens the door to Spring and all the good things that come with the change of season. Change is good, right! A few of the September folks are clearing the hurdle and in a month or so I am sure the majority will be across the finish line along with some of the Halloween crew. Let's get the gobblins out of the way because all of the Novermber folks are awaiting their own "Thanksgiving Day Parade" in March ... April... and May. Everyone please keep us all updated, because we are the only "REAL" data we can count on. // HEY it seems like CR-1 and K-3 are being processed at the same time. Is there a general feeling of whether or not NOA2s for I-130s are bounced backward for those also filing the I-129f? What I mean is, if I filed I-130 in November and I-129f a month later, is my I-130 losing a month because of this? Maybe I should not have filed the I-129f at all if it is actually delaying my I-130 time. - Happy Eric QUOTE (Chrito @ Jan 30 2009, 02:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (EricN @ Jan 30 2009, 10:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My Dear Fellow November Filers: go take a walk around the block because it is going to be awhile.... Nobody from September and October have been receiving the NOA-2 yet. (there is 2 months to add to our wait time). The USCIS webiste lists the current processing time average as 7.3 months. So add yet another month or two. http://www.uscis.gov...00045f3d6a1RCRD WIth all the VSCs added to the CSC stack, California's former rate of 6 months must surely slow down. Probably similar to the 7.3 month reported overall average wait time. Any way you look at it, we are in for a 5 to 7 month wait for the NOA2. 77 days til I see my bride again !!!!!!!!!!!!!! EricN dear eric most of us got transferred, and yes, some from September got their NOA2 First rule when it comes to USCIS: Never ever trust their website, especially when it comes to processing times. It clearly states there that those dates are from end of November. CSC has to post 6 months there because they are within their processing time frame. Hint: Look closer at the Immigration Timelines... On the other hand it doesn't make any sense for them to touch our files that often. Why should they even open them when they are not working on them? I was being called pessimistic here when I wrote that the last touches where just file-pushing touches. No offense, but you're posts are pessimistic. Never give up hope!	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-01-30 18:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	My Dear Fellow November Filers: go take a walk around the block because it is going to be awhile.... Nobody from September and October have been receiving the NOA-2 yet. (there is 2 months to add to our wait time). The USCIS webiste lists the current processing time average as 7.3 months. So add yet another month or two. http://www.uscis.gov...00045f3d6a1RCRD WIth all the VSCs added to the CSC stack, California's former rate of 6 months must surely slow down. Probably similar to the 7.3 month reported overall average wait time. Any way you look at it, we are in for a 5 to 7 month wait for the NOA2. 77 days til I see my bride again !!!!!!!!!!!!!! EricN QUOTE (steveltx @ Jan 30 2009, 11:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> As far as I understand, after the file got transferred to CSC, it will usually take 2 weeks to 1 month to get approval. It should be very soon. My file got touached again (1/30/09) today. Something is happening over there (CSC).	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-01-30 16:24:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	Dear Panacea and Friends, I have been looking at the group of people that just now have been receiving their NOA2s. Most are for filers from July and August (6-7 months). Doesn't that mean as November filers we have to wait at least another 3-4 months (April / May) before we should expect to receive our NOA2s ?? To me this seems to make sense because the USCIS website graphs and tables indicate it is about a 6 month process, esp. at CSC. Do any of you have good reason to expect a 3 month turnaround? = Eric	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-01-30 03:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	November CR1 filers	We are CR-1 I-130 filers in late November. I filed for both wife and stepdaughter. Stepdaughter is daughter of a US father. No Consular Report of Birth has yet been filed on the 3 year old. Nobody has filed for a US passport either. I am sure this is going to cause delays, but we are working the issue now. Eric N.	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-01-27 15:14:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	DS230 question	They are accepting Email DS-3032. We did not file a hard copy at all. Just include the information recommended in Ling Che's shortcuts for your email. (Basically same info contained in the form). We used the maiden name everywhere, until the final document (IV application form DS-230). In that form my wife switched over to her married name. On that form it asks for other names so she included her maiden name which matched it up to all the other forms. I don't recommend this method, but it workd for us. It would have been better to use the married name from beginning to end with the only problem related to the name in the passport etc. - Eric QUOTE (akech @ Mar 30 2009, 05:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello again, My hubby(petitioner) received the DS 3032 as well as AOS Bill, but I haven’t received the DS 3032 (Choice of Agent) yet from NVC. As far as I know, the NVC will generate and send a copy of Form DS-3032 to the alien as well at the same time. My questions are; 1. Will I be receiving the DS 3032 directly from NVC in my home address? It's in my thought that since we received already my case number, this means that I can send the form of DS-3032 through email. I'm really kind of worried about it because my husband has no extensive background in terms of processing documents. We talked about this and I told my husband(petitioner) to send DS-3032 through email but he told me that it's a lot better for us to send it through express mail. He told me to download the form from the internet and then after typing the important info, I'll sign my signature and immediately send it through LBC to his address.I'm kind of confused about it. Which way is a lot better, more advisable, and safer? After sending this form, what's the next step? One thing more, I'd like to include these as my questions here (Other info: When I did my biographical form, I wrote my complete name when I was single e.g. Erin Ballesteros Villanueva, I didn’t use my hubby’s last name yet, and I did sign it with my signature when I was still single (when I filled it up, I haven’t had my signature with my hubby’s last name so I just used my signature when I was single). If I received that DS3032, will I write my complete name with my hubby’s last name or will I write the same info just like what I wrote in my biographical form? Will I use my new signature with my hubby’s last name or just my signature that I’ve used before in my biographical form? Pls advice. Thanks a lot. They are accepting Email DS-3032. We did not file a hard copy at all. Just include the information recommended in Ling Che's shortcuts for your email. (Basically same info contained in the form). We used the maiden name everywhere, until the final document (IV application form DS-230). In that form my wife switched over to her married name. On that form it asks for other names so she included her maiden name which matched it up to all the other forms. I don't recommend this method, but it workd for us. It would have been better to use the married name from beginning to end with the only problem related to the name in the passport etc. - Eric QUOTE (akech @ Mar 30 2009, 05:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello again, My hubby(petitioner) received the DS 3032 as well as AOS Bill, but I haven’t received the DS 3032 (Choice of Agent) yet from NVC. As far as I know, the NVC will generate and send a copy of Form DS-3032 to the alien as well at the same time. My questions are; 1. Will I be receiving the DS 3032 directly from NVC in my home address? It's in my thought that since we received already my case number, this means that I can send the form of DS-3032 through email. I'm really kind of worried about it because my husband has no extensive background in terms of processing documents. We talked about this and I told my husband(petitioner) to send DS-3032 through email but he told me that it's a lot better for us to send it through express mail. He told me to download the form from the internet and then after typing the important info, I'll sign my signature and immediately send it through LBC to his address.I'm kind of confused about it. Which way is a lot better, more advisable, and safer? After sending this form, what's the next step? One thing more, I'd like to include these as my questions here (Other info: When I did my biographical form, I wrote my complete name when I was single e.g. Erin Ballesteros Villanueva, I didn’t use my hubby’s last name yet, and I did sign it with my signature when I was still single (when I filled it up, I haven’t had my signature with my hubby’s last name so I just used my signature when I was single). If I received that DS3032, will I write my complete name with my hubby’s last name or will I write the same info just like what I wrote in my biographical form? Will I use my new signature with my hubby’s last name or just my signature that I’ve used before in my biographical form? Pls advice. Thanks a lot.	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-30 19:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	our visa isnt valid for 6 months	congrats on the visa what was your AP for ??	EricN	Male	Philippines	2010-01-23 23:14:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	VISA Received	WOW Congratulations...you WERE with us...been hanging on here at VJ for a long time!! Now you are on the other side, looking back. All the best to you. I just now recognize some of our old posting friends. We are getting so close to joining you. Interview is complete 1/28/10. Missing NBI with "Also Known As" provided 2/1/10. Waiting for a visa, with flight scheduled 2/25/10...OH I hope she can be on that plane!! Regards, E.	EricN	Male	Philippines	2010-02-01 14:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 Week of January 20th	QUOTE (OBX @ Mar 30 2009, 04:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (couple0426 @ Mar 25 2009, 10:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello OBX, Pls update the sheet I got interview dat MAy 6 at USE-Manila...Goodluck to all who are still waiting. I hope you guys can get interview soon.God bless Belated congrats on the interview date. Just caught the post now. QUOTE (cris11 @ Mar 30 2009, 05:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I had got a interview at 13 th May. by NVC. I asked the embassey about a earlier appointment and got it! Now my interview is at 9 April.. Feel really good! If I do the POE at Guam can I get my SSN? Wow, that's just around the corner! Good luck No sure what you are referring to with regard to the SSN. Generally the SSN is received after entry to the US. Many people are reporting that they have had to go to the local SS office and apply (even though the appropriate box is checked off on the DS230) OBX - I called and our case is complete...Goose Bumps as I type this !!!! EricN	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-30 18:38:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures	NOA2 Week of January 20th	QUOTE (OBX @ Mar 25 2009, 01:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (elyandmichael @ Mar 25 2009, 03:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi OBX... We received a RFE in our AOS package...my husband sent 2008 tax returns, but i guess they are not complete...anyway, he called and spoke with a live operator who told my husband must send his 2008 tax returns, nothing else, not new form neither 2005 tax returns as the checklist letter says....so, we are still waiting to get Case complete.... still waiting.... Just a little bump in the road. Hopefully they will process your file quickly once they get the 2008 return. Good luck! You know the damn system is so variable. For me I did not include any 2008 tax info and my AOS was already reviewed and approved. EN	EricN	Male	Philippines	2009-03-25 15:27:00