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.
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Also, some may disagree with me but I hope cut-off dates for EB3 do not ever go forward to being 'current' for this fiscal year even if just for a month. Let it move forward as much as they can but not to the point of being 'current'. This will just open the floodgates and some people with a much, much later PD may go through ahead of the others. esp. those waiting in the wings to do an AOS and that will be unfair for everyone. Another batch of filing of AOS, even for just 1 month will add up considerably to the backlog some more. Personally, I hope that USCIS and DOS has learned their lesson from last year's fiasco already and will not make the same mistake again.
Everything depends on how fast your lawyers send back the missing docs or the updated docs to NVC.
Usually, someone who underwent CP and was given an interview date is already reserved a visa number but that did not happen last year for some reason. Don't leave anything to chance and just send everything ASAP.
Also, some may disagree with me but I hope cut-off dates for EB3 do not ever go forward to being 'current' for this fiscal year even if just for a month. Let it move forward as much as they can but not to the point of being 'current'. This will just open the floodgates and some people with a much, much later PD may go through ahead of the others. esp. those waiting in the wings to do an AOS and that will be unfair for everyone. Another batch of filing of AOS, even for just 1 month will add up considerably to the backlog some more. Personally, I hope that USCIS and DOS has learned their lesson from last year's fiasco already and will not make the same mistake again.
Just what like happened last year, a lot of AOS cases were given their visas with pd's as late as Nov. 2006 and have consular interview's cancelled. I hope this year would be different. I hope a visa will be assigned to those asked of updated ds230. If we don't have our interview before the dates retrogress it only depicts the purpose of the NVC asking for new docs.... Its becoming costly to send papers yearly to lawyers and renewing files and more than the money the feeling of having a race to the endline before the time is up!
I hope they do things with respect to Pd's this time.
Just want to update you guys... Just called NVC automated response system "NVC received docs on April 18, please allow 6-8 weeks...etc"
I didn't know that my lawyer already received the request from the NVC not until I called the NVC today. But on April 14 I decided to send my lawyer the docs so in case the the requests arrives lawyer will just send it, to save time. But I haven't heard from my lawyer then. But I'm happy of what he did.
I sent passport size photos, DS230 xerox of passport and new nbi clearances.... I hope I sent the right photos, though my lawyer would have asked me another if they were the wrong size.
I'll now wait for my case to be "case complete"
To Leis23 and agp, I think your request are on the way.
Just want to update you guys... Just called NVC automated response system "NVC received docs on April 18, please allow 6-8 weeks...etc"
I didn't know that my lawyer already received the request from the NVC not until I called the NVC today. But on April 14 I decided to send my lawyer the docs so in case the the requests arrives lawyer will just send it, to save time. But I haven't heard from my lawyer then. But I'm happy of what he did.
I sent passport size photos, DS230 xerox of passport and new nbi clearances.... I hope I sent the right photos, though my lawyer would have asked me another if they were the wrong size.
I'll now wait for my case to be "case complete"
To Leis23 and agp, I think your request are on the way.
Hi. When di ur lawyer received the letter? My pd is Feb 06.thanks
This time we have had to send police clearance birth certs and marriage certs along with photos and ds230s
Hi topscot!
You mean the photocopy of the SECPA birth certificate? together with NBI clearance, ds230, photos and photocopy passport? The one i have submitted last time was only the ds230 and my NBI clearance.. have u tried speaking with an agent at the NVC's callcenter? I did tried it last year, that is what they have required from me, i wonder if i can call them again now since they have sent some notice to my lawyer which until now i dont have any news yet.
You mean the photocopy of the SECPA birth certificate? together with NBI clearance, ds230, photos and photocopy passport? The one i have submitted last time was only the ds230 and my NBI clearance.. have u tried speaking with an agent at the NVC's callcenter? I did tried it last year, that is what they have required from me, i wonder if i can call them again now since they have sent some notice to my lawyer which until now i dont have any news yet.
Hoping for the best.
Have just called NVC and my case was completed 18th April, we are obviously delighted:nuke::nuke:
hi suzanne4, i just want to ask you if i still have to check with NVC re: visa availability like what everybody else is doing or just wait for the embassy to contact me. i was just wondering why those people with PD dates earlier or later than mine gets response from NVC like "no visa available yet" but then when i tried to contact them the automated response says they don't have any record of my file? i've been to embassy last year but unable to obtain visa because i lack NBI and told me i just have to send it next time visas are available. why don't they have any record of my file? is it because they've already forwarded it to the embassy?
Hi pinkpurple :)
I was hoping someone would answer your question as I know someone in the same situation.
Hi. When di ur lawyer received the letter? My pd is Feb 06.thanks
My PD is dec 2005. I don't know when did the lawyer received my letter, He is not answering my emails. I think he is annoyed with me always asking so I decided to stop asking the same questions. My lawyer is kinda moody though I really didn't have problems with him with regards to my papers. In my opinion lawyer already have the request by 14 or 15 also since NVC says that they already received my docs on the 18. I'm suspecting my lawyer sent it right away.
john83, BSN, RN
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I strongly agree and I second this motion.