I am starting a new thread to track cases from NVC - embassy to GC.
The best news for RN in China, Phillippines and India has been great and informative thread, but I think it is more appropriate and convenient if we start a new thread.
Also with the rapid scheduling of interviews for most of us, I am looking beyond the CP and anticipating the GC!
The August interview schedules are out already in India, and recently in the Philippines and hopefully in China.
Here is my case details
Category : EX Schedule A
USCIS receipt : April 2004
Processing Center : Vermont
I-140 approved : October 2004
NVC case number : MNL2004813XXX
NVC forwarded packet 3 : April 5, 2005
Packet 3 sent back to NVC : May 3, 2005
NVC case completed : May 16, 2005
Consular Interview : August 29, 2005
Visa received : ???
Date of entry in the US :???
GC receive : ????
I hope you can also post here your details interview experience.
i received the instructional packet to my lawyer from nvc. as promised here are the information stated there:
instruction packet lawyer i-140
attorney's information removed
dear sir/madam:
this letter contains information for processing the immigrant visa case of my-name. our files show that you are the applicant's attorney of record. we have received all necessary immigrant visa and applicable affidavit of support fees for this case.
each traveling visa applicant must now complete applicant document processing. please go to the department of state website at the following address: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_1335.html. click on the applicant document processing link and follor the instructions.
as part of the applicant document process, each traveling applicant will be required to return a ds-230, application for immigrant visa, to the national visa center at the following address:
you must return this page along with requested documents to:
national visa center
attn: cmr
32 rochester avenue
portsmouth, nh 03801-2909
when returning documents to the national visa center, failure to adhere to the following guidelines will result in a delay in processing:
- failure to return this page
- failure to write the applicant's name in the upper right-hand corner of all documents
- attaching documents for other cases to this page
- sending information for other cases in the same envelope without attaching the nvc's letter to the front of each case's documents
(and so forth... there is a bar code with my case number below the page).
then nvc sent this attention page:
attention:
the cut-off dates in most employment-based preferrence categories are expected to advance rapidly during the coming months. these movements are intended to increase demand so that all numbers within the fy-2007 annual numerical limit can be made available. after such rapid advance of cut-off dates applicant demand, primarily for adjustment of status cases at uscis offices, will increase dramatically. therefore, the prospect of cut-off date retrogressions in certain categories will also increase in late summer or early fall. interested parties should remain alert to this possibility in the coming months.
ok. that's about it guys. i will send the ds-230 along with my other documents tom. good luck to all of us.
leis23;
update us on your case status. visa bulletin have just been revised and no visa available till october 1,2007. hope yours will be lucky enough to have allocated one. good luck...
Update us on your case status. Visa bulletin have just been revised and no visa available till October 1,2007. Hope yours will be lucky enough to have allocated one. GOOD LUCK...
:monkeydance:
hi, mutya!
the visa bulletin has just been updated? i can't see the updates.
i don't think there is a visa allocated for me..esp for those on consular processing. they usually allocate visa to adjustment of status applications first. so, this means i'd have to wait for october again. but i will still mail my ds-230 tom again. hope they won't ask me to do it all over again when visa becomes available. my original documents are with them and I have to send them again!!!
i don't think there is a visa allocated for me..esp for those on consular processing. they usually allocate visa to adjustment of status applications first. so, this means i'd have to wait for october again. but i will still mail my ds-230 tom again. hope they won't ask me to do it all over again when visa becomes available. my original documents are with them and I have to send them again!!!
They do not allocate to those going thru AOS first, the issue is that most of those have much earlier PD dates if they were in the US on the H1-B visa. Many have been waiting three years or more.
If you already had approval of everything before the retrogression last year, make sure that they get in what they are asking immediately. You do not know for sure but they may have a visa number for you. No idea if they are doing this or not, but we know that they have used 60,000 visas from the 140,000; so more could be on hold. If they do not receive the documents that they requested in a timely fashion, then there will be no visa at least until October at the earliest.
And again, for those that have interviews scheduled, do not consider changing the date of your interview; or you may find that the visa number is no longer there. They are trying to get these numbers used before the end of the fiscal year.
They do not allocate to those going thru AOS first, the issue is that most of those have much earlier PD dates if they were in the US on the H1-B visa. Many have been waiting three years or more.
If you already had approval of everything before the retrogression last year, make sure that they get in what they are asking immediately. You do not know for sure but they may have a visa number for you. No idea if they are doing this or not, but we know that they have used 60,000 visas from the 140,000; so more could be on hold. If they do not receive the documents that they requested in a timely fashion, then there will be no visa at least until October at the earliest.
And again, for those that have interviews scheduled, do not consider changing the date of your interview; or you may find that the visa number is no longer there. They are trying to get these numbers used before the end of the fiscal year.
My concerned is wat happens to those who have been waitin for AOS. my documenst were submitted before the retrogression placed. MY I 140 is approved. I m very confused. wat happens now, wud my file still go to NVC in all this sequnce of events.. or wud i be still on wait under EB3, for my PD, and wat is the significance on processin times for respcetive centers like texas, nebraska etc. cuz i m not sure wat does the time on those reflect. do is still follow that processin time,even if my i140 is approved, shall i be keepin eye on proceesin time for i485. pls.. give me some details.. wud be much appriciated..
good luck Leis23!!!! Do we congratulate you today or we wait until the visa arrives aftr the interview? better wait?
yours is the only goodnews amidst the bad news today....waitin for agp_ph to post the same letter.. you guys deserve to get those interviews....you have 2005 PDs, right?.again good luck and keep us posted!!!!!
My concerned is wat happens to those who have been waitin for AOS. my documenst were submitted before the retrogression placed. MY I 140 is approved. I m very confused. wat happens now, wud my file still go to NVC in all this sequnce of events.. or wud i be still on wait under EB3, for my PD, and wat is the significance on processin times for respcetive centers like texas, nebraska etc. cuz i m not sure wat does the time on those reflect. do is still follow that processin time,even if my i140 is approved, shall i be keepin eye on proceesin time for i485. pls.. give me some details.. wud be much appriciated..
Dareto care
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If you are going through the AOS route, your file do not get transfered to the NVC. This is only for those going through the CP route. Both your I-140 and I-485 are handled by the USCIS and you can see your status from their website.
i don't think there is a visa allocated for me..esp for those on consular processing. they usually allocate visa to adjustment of status applications first. so, this means i'd have to wait for october again. but i will still mail my ds-230 tom again. hope they won't ask me to do it all over again when visa becomes available. my original documents are with them and I have to send them again!!!
Hi leis23! I guess we'll just have to send the updated ds230, etc to NVC and then wait....I sent mine last week to my lawyer and I asked him with the visas "unavailable" will he still send the docs...and he said he'll still forward it within the week.... I also asked if how would this news affect those people being asked for the updated ds230. but he didnt answer that.
Hi leis23! I guess we'll just have to send the updated ds230, etc to NVC and then wait....I sent mine last week to my lawyer and I asked him with the visas "unavailable" will he still send the docs...and he said he'll still forward it within the week.... I also asked if how would this news affect those people being asked for the updated ds230. but he didnt answer that.
hi, fruity!
okay. let's do that and keep each other updated. good luck to all of us. God bless!
If you are going through the AOS route, your file do not get transfered to the NVC. This is only for those going through the CP route. Both your I-140 and I-485 are handled by the USCIS and you can see your status from their website.
So do i see the timing based on visa bulletin, or the processing times of respective centers.. since my i140 is approved wat wud be the next step. info wud be appriciated.
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mutya
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leis23;
update us on your case status. visa bulletin have just been revised and no visa available till october 1,2007. hope yours will be lucky enough to have allocated one. good luck...
:monkeydance: