Retrogressed:devasted

Have a PD date as May 12th 2005.

Fee's paid awaitng NVC to request pkt 3. Then rang NVC automated line and now find out via voice mail no more visas available retrogressed to july 2002 on an E3 visa:crying2: given up all hope now.

bettyboop

Betty, I think it's Oct 2005 for Schedule A's and all PDs before that date (like yours) will still be counted on the current 50,000. Check again, Betty.

If the Visa Fee bill is paid, and w/ that PD I think you're safe.

Let's wait for Suzanne or Anna for more details.

Have a PD date as May 12th 2005.

Fee's paid awaitng NVC to request pkt 3. Then rang NVC automated line and now find out via voice mail no more visas available retrogressed to july 2002 on an E3 visa:crying2: given up all hope now.

bettyboop

Agree with Lawrence Info shows PD of last year Oct 05. Hopefully new visas for the UK released soon which should give us more hope as usual demand in the UK is not high.

Keeping fingers crossed for us all

my friends case said completed on monday this week

hers also now says retrogressed as does someone i know whos case is with the embassy

who knows what on earth has happened?

Have emailed NVC to clarify voice mail as others who have been retrogressed have a much later PD date also upto thursday still said waitng for fees to be sent contacted agent and fees were paid in mid oct so agent said they would contact NVC and ask for the automated msg to be updated so was expected fee's recieved pkt 3 sent. The msg doesnt even say case completed etc we were led to beleive that ur PD date was the indicator to wether or not 1 of the 50,000 visa would be allocated. Am so confused and distraught.

It is all very confusing isnt it? Cant make head nor tail of it to be honest....

I know we have already been in touch Betty Boop - just adding my support on here and hope that things get straightened out pretty soon for you..

:kiss

gale, im so sorry

this whole immigration thing is just turning into a big pile of dirty u know what!

i have never known a group of people so effected by something which is out of our control, and makes us all so miserable.

i have had enough of it all this week

i have a friend called jack daniels i have a feeling i will be spending some time with him this weekend he keeps me sane:biere:

mind u better not see to much of him i might fall over and my broken bum wont be amused!

Gale, don't lose hope, we'll get there in the end :icon_hug::icon_hug:

appreciate all the input:

It was the automated line for our case number at the NVC that stated no further action will be taken as there are no more visa's left.

Suzanne: my PD date was May 12 2005 the fee's were paid in oct but as far as we know the pkt 3 was never requested. NVC said we are now in E3 category visa that has a PD date of July 2002.

Very confused i thought with a May 2005 PD we were almost guaranteed a schedule A visa??? obviously not

Again, something is wrong with that tape that you heard. All petitions continue to move forward up until the time that visa numbers get assigned.

I do not go by when the PD is specifically, but more to when the DS-230 gets submitted and approved. No visa number is issued until they have approved the DS-230. It is not strictly based on when the PD date is.

If your DS-230 would have been submitted even in September and approved, then you definitely would have been in line for a visa right now, but the issue is that you did not get the DS-230. You just had the fees paid for the visa in October, there is no way that you would have a visa number reserved for you. Especially since you did not even receive the DS-230 yet. The numbers do not get reserved until the DS-230 is approved.

why is it then, that my friend is getting the same nvc automated message as gale and last week it was saying her case was complete and on its way to the embassy?

she is being told there will not be a visa number for her

i think that ann h from here has had her case at the london embassy for a while and has also found out she will not be getting a visa number either?

just curious

:)