carhil24 Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Everybody, Believe it or not, I actually got through to GZ today and was told something I've never heard of yet! When I asked why her computer showed that our name check had been resubmitted on the 19th, but my source at DOS as of Friday shows no transmittal, she replied that now, as of 1-2 months ago, they do not submit them to the FBI, but instead to the National Visa Center. Have any of you heard of this yet? She also told me that recently it has been taking 1-2 months for the approval. I don't know if this helps any, it seems to just add another mysterious piece to this unsolvable puzzle. carhil24 Link to comment
carhil24 Posted February 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 To all, If anyone has the ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ for Richard Adams, I would really appreciate it. Also, the phone number for the National Visa Center as well. Thanks in advance, carhil24 Link to comment
carhil24 Posted February 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 That is the email address for Richard Adams. Sorry about that! Link to comment
Mick Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Everybody, Believe it or not, I actually got through to GZ today and was told something I've never heard of yet! When I asked why her computer showed that our name check had been resubmitted on the 19th, but my source at DOS as of Friday shows no transmittal, she replied that now, as of 1-2 months ago, they do not submit them to the FBI, but instead to the National Visa Center. Have any of you heard of this yet? She also told me that recently it has been taking 1-2 months for the approval. I don't know if this helps any, it seems to just add another mysterious piece to this unsolvable puzzle. carhil24 According to Richard Adams, they go to National Visa Center who, in turn, forwards them to the FBI. Rest assured, in terms of the namechecks themselves, the FBI is the final destination. It's just that some Consulates use a different route to get them there. In the past, we have been told the process is that the name checks are sent to DoS, then to "a government agency" for the actual check. I think the confusion here is in terminology. Some GZ staffers, especially non-Americans, may confuse one agency for another. According to Richard Adams, again, the namechecks are conducted by FBI and I have had this confirmed by two other sourcess. It may be that DoS began to route the applications for clearance to NVS at some point. This sound confusing. That's because it is! The exception to this policy was the disk containing family based visa submissions, excluding K1s, that GZ forwarded directly to FBI on January 10th. I think some of the recent clearances we have seen come through on family based visas were from cases on this disk. Basically, one step in the process was by-passed to speed up the process. I really hope I haven't confused you more with all this. Link to comment
carhil24 Posted February 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Yes, that makes more sense. Thanks for the assist! Now I can go back to beating my head against the wall! Link to comment
AZwolfman Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 I really hope I haven't confused you more with all this. D-u-hhh....., what? Just kidding But seriously, I would be surprised if our government hasn't actually confused themselves by all this. We know for sure they have confused many of the employees at the 1225 info line. Link to comment
Mick Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Yes, that makes more sense. Thanks for the assist! Now I can go back to beating my head against the wall! I have been doing that since August 20th! Link to comment
AZwolfman Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Now I can go back to beating my head against the wall! I have been doing that since August 20th! Lucky me!!! I just got a fresh set of walls. I hope I don't have to bang them for 6 MORE months Link to comment
Mick Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 I really hope I haven't confused you more with all this. D-u-hhh....., what? Just kidding But seriously, I would be surprised if our government hasn't actually confused themselves by all this. We know for sure they have confused many of the employees at the 1225 info line.You are right on the money with that one AZ. I think they are dazed, confused, and befuddled. What time is where you guys are anyway? It's around 4:50pm over here. What are you guys still doing up? Link to comment
AZwolfman Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Don't you know, the wolfman is a night critter? It is 12:50 AM here in Nevada. Link to comment
Mick Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Don't you know, the wolfman is a night critter? It is 12:50 AM here in Nevada.Should have known that! Give a couple of howls at that Nevada moon for me. Link to comment
Eric&Yuhui Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 they do not submit them to the FBI, but instead to the National Visa Center.which might explain why Owen, for example, got his EMS with a different case number than the GUZ.. Who knows Link to comment
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