If you have been following our story, you know because of snowstorms in Kansas City, we waited an entire month for our I800 to be approved. We were so happy to get the written copy of the provisional approvals in the mail on Monday. At our agency's instruction, we then began a daily routine of emailing the National Visa Center. Once the information is entered in their computer they "cable" it (in other words send it electronically) to China. Then they issue a letter to us saying they have done so. One can shave a couple of weeks off the wait time by requesting a pdf in an email instead of waiting on this paper copy to arrive.
I called the NVC this afternoon after three days of receiving no response whatsoever to my emails. It was disturbing to have them attempt to look up the girls' numbers, Ethan's information, even MY information in case someone had entered it wrong. Nothing. They have no record of us at all. Since it has been an entire week from our approval, they seemed concerned and instructed me to call the Hague office to get tracking numbers. You may remember my month of frustration in calling and emailing that office. Now as then, I left a voice mail and an email to our officer. No response today at all. Sigh.
Our agency is involved this time and attempting to get the tracking numbers for us. They assure us that if the NVC doesn't get our forms within a few days they will request that duplicates be overnight express mailed to the NVC.
I guess the lesson here is to always expect the unexpected. Once again, the "predictable" part of this process has been anything but predictable!
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