ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
National Visa Center (Dept of State)What is "packet 3"? IR1/CR1

I've been confused on what packet 3 is. I know that packet 4 is the interview letter, I got that in my email today, but I don't know if I missed a packet 3? I just noticed that the timeline section on VJ has two spots that say:

 

Date Rec Instructions (Pkt 3) :

 

Date Complete Instructions (Pkt 3) :

 

so I was assuming packet 3 is the email that confirms your case is complete? This would explain why I haven't gotten one yet- as I was notified of a CC through a second checklist email yesterday. Am I way off?  :bonk: 

 

 

Thank you for reading this/replying.  :) 


aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-06-12 00:10:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Emailing NVC

I emailed them 3 or 4 times in February/March to change my address and for a few other things. I never once got a response back from them. I had to call to verify they got my emails and changed my address.


aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-05-27 16:33:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)Name Change through NVC, address, ATTN: ??

I took my husband's last name after our honeymoon so there wouldn't be any issues with my passport/plane tickets. The NVC asked for a photocopy of my current passport with my husband's last name so they could change my last name in their system. Does anyone know where specifically in the NVC I should address this to? I regret not asking when I had them on the phone, and don't want to have to wait until Monday to get this out in the mail.

National Visa Center
Attn: ??
32 Rochester Avenue, Suite 200
Portsmouth, NH 03801-2915




 

 

Thanks for any responses!


aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-05-03 13:06:00
National Visa Center (Dept of State)CHANGE OF ADDRESS AND CHANGE OF EMBASSY

I have heard of other people changing their embassy during the process due to a move. I hope someone else sees this and is able to help you. : )


aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-06-09 13:12:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - June 2014

Wow you got lucky you don't have to wait! Congratz!!

 Thank you! :)


aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-06-11 22:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - June 2014

 

CONGRATS!!! YAY!! :)

 

Thank you!!! :) :)


aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-06-11 19:04:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - June 2014

OMG! My husband's interview was scheduled today for July 25th in London! I just got an email:

 

An immigrant visa interview is scheduled for [my husband] and any eligible derivative applicants

(see applicants eligible to attend the interview below) at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in LONDON, GREAT
BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND on July 25, 2014 at 08:30 am.

 

We just got CC yesterday too. I thought we would be too late for a July interview..  :dance: 


aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-06-11 18:32:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - June 2014

 
When was your envelope with the missing documents scanned in?
 


It was scanned in on May 15th. Wishing the best for you! I sent in 2 packages as well, like 9 days apart but USPS was so unreliable they got there 1 day apart.

aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-06-11 00:09:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - June 2014

 
i don't understand their reasoning... if you can bring those items to the interview and are unneeded for a CC, then why do they issue checklists in the first place?


My thoughts exactly! Lol... :/

aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-06-11 00:03:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - June 2014

 

Congratulations to both!! Just the kind of news we needed today! :joy: :dance: :joy: :star:

 

 

 

Alright! DR is scheduling interviews! Congratulations!! :goofy: :goofy:

 

 

Still, big congratulations!! :goofy: :joy:

Thank you! :)  :star:


aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-06-10 22:55:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - June 2014

 

I have a package waiting to be reviewed as well and I received a Case Complete on Monday. My other package was not even scanned until June 6th though, it was just additional documents I forgot.

 

Did the person that you spoke to say that you will get a new Case Complete date? What do they mean by "update" your case?

 

Thanks!

 

The person I talked to said my file is completed because it meets the criteria for a case completion even with a few documents missing because they can be presented at the time of interview... so I won't get another "case complete date" when they finally open the envelope they have that are containing these documents... 

 

But right now my case says I am missing 2 documents which are sitting in an envelope somewhere in their possession, so once they open that, they'll amend my case and it will still remain *complete* and it will say that my husband will no longer need to bring x document and y document to his interview in London. The agent was very nice and said not to worry, that it won't affect me getting an interview in any way (I was worried with them still working on my documents at NVC that my case was somehow still open and that I couldn't be on the list for an interview.) He also said that this happens often... (weird.) Oh and the agent also said once that last envelope that they have is opened, no matter what is in it, my case will be packaged up and sent off to the London embassy and that they cannot send anything off until all packages are opened on their end.

 

So going off what this man said, since they got your package in their system before your CC it sounds like you will have to wait for them to open it and and add it to your completed package before mailing it off to your embassy. In the mean time you'll get your interview date.


aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-06-10 22:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - June 2014

 

they said you can bring those items to the interview?  so they closed your case?

 

I just got off the phone and they said that there is still a package they haven't reviewed (weird) and when they do review it they'll update my case and let me know if my husband *really* does need to take anything to the interview. This situation is really weird, lol because I don't know what package triggered the checklist now.  :blink: Either way he confirmed my case is complete and to wait for our interview date.


aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-06-10 19:12:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - June 2014

 

no worries, was just curious since it applies to me.  i would love to bring my docs to the interview instead of waiting at nvc :)

dirk_diggler- I saw many people get CC these past months with a checklist who were able to bring items to the interview. ;)


 

Good luck!

A little prayer for you!!!!!!!!

 

Thank you :) :)


aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-06-10 18:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - June 2014

I would call, it sounds like they completed your case (is your IV approved)!

On hold right now :) 23 mins into the call


aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-06-10 18:49:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - June 2014

 

they said you can bring those items to the interview?  so they closed your case?

Yes, I'm sorry I was trying to post quickly on my break. :) My checklist letter says:

 

"We have finished reviewing your case. We will tell you when we set an interview
date for your case. Please do not contact the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in
LONDON, GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND about your
interview until we give you the date."

I just don't like that the items I have to bring are the two exact items I just submitted in my checklist on May 12th. I don't know if they lost them or they just didn't review them at all.

 
So my case was closed today and I got the email at 4:05pm EST.

aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-06-10 18:25:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - June 2014

I just got a 2nd checklist... more specifically, the SAME EXACT checklist I got last time, (May 9th) asking for a letter of employment for myself, and my co-sponsor's birth certificate that I forgot to send in the original AOS package. (oops!)

 

I UPS overnighted both of these off on May 12th and they were scanned into NVC's system on May 15th. Is this a false checklist or did they waste a month of my time reviewing nothing? Should I call them? The checklist email says "Do not submit your new Affidavit of Support to the NVC, as doing so will reopen your case and cause processing delays." But does not say anything about calling, I don't know if calling would cause issues. I don't know what to do.  :(

 

Thank GOD they said my husband can bring the items to the interview but now I have to ask my boss for another letter of employment- which I really didn't want to do the first time around.  :unsure:


Edited by aSweetEscape, 10 June 2014 - 05:07 PM.

aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-06-10 17:03:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNVC Filers - June 2014

19th business day since they've had my returned checklist. This is driving me nuts.  :clock:

 

 

 

Were they working over time during the weekend to catch up? (Wouldn't this be nice.) I got an email response Saturday, mid-day- or is this typical?

 

This was my first email response- they usually don't reply to me, lol.


aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-06-09 12:57:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresPort of Entry in Another State Question
Awesome. Thanks everyone, for the great tips and advice. My husband recieved his passport back in the mail today. :)
aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-08-01 16:15:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresPort of Entry in Another State Question

Thank you all for replying, and thank you bdrew612 ;) I'll have a look!


aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-07-29 14:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresPort of Entry in Another State Question

My husband's visa should arrive in the mail any day now so I've been looking at flights so that we can purchase when it comes. He's in England, and I'm in Las Vegas, so a one-way ticket is around $1,800 this time of the year. I go back to work in two weeks, so I'd really like him to come pretty soon so I have some time with him before I am back at work full time.

 

I did find an airline that has direct flights to Los Angeles (unfortunately not Las Vegas) for around $1,200 which is about a 4 hour drive and a little more than half a tank of gas from me. A lot of my family is in Los Angeles and they are asking us to visit before I go back to work, so this way, we could kill two birds with one stone and stay for a few days before returning to Las Vegas.

 

I am wondering if it is okay to book a flight where my husband's POE would be in Los Angeles and not Las Vegas, where we will live? Any other flight I book will have a different POE than Las Vegas, but they would see he has another flight to catch.

 

 

Thank you for reading this and/or replying.

 

:)


Edited by aSweetEscape, 29 July 2014 - 01:56 PM.

aSweetEscapeFemaleEngland2014-07-29 13:53:00