jr4210 said:
I read that it's common not to receive AOR2 via email. Are you saying that AOR2 (if it's sent via email) will actually say what documents are missing, if any?
We check our email everyday for something from the VO, so I'm almost certain we're not missing anything.
Let's assume they do not send AOR2 via email, if they require any other documents, at which stage is that request normally sent?
From what I have seen here, AOR2 would include things or remind you to send things in, even those that would not apply. You can see in timeline spreadsheets that people say "additional documents requested" date, and appear to almost always coincide with AOR2. There are other communications later on asking for other things: expired medicals, more proof, for complicated marriage situations or customs where marriage cert is not enough more docs, etc. I would say that these are not the typical cases.
For a typical case, AOR2 if sent out with reminders, it is supposed to make your case complete by that time, and allow the VO to finalize eligibility...again, talking about our case as an example. We found out Feb 3 from notes that AOR2 was sent out asking to re-do 5669E...we immediately did it that very same day, and notes later showed an officer took action on Feb 4 to continue eligibility work. Eligibility was completed on Feb 16. I would say that for routine cases where there are no red flags in the relationship, the application is supposed to be complete when submitted, and definitely no more omissions after AOR2 reminder. You can say that the the bottleneck is whether the officers would look at it and then just give the seal of approval as a matter of formality.
So if you think about it, the VO should not keep coming back for more certs, more documents, etc. later on unless it's a non-routine case. And if it's non-routine, then it's really different for everyone so little reference can be obtained looking at other people. The only thing people can do in such cases is to learn what happened and how to handle such situations...how long it takes, it's luck of the draw.
For us, it was a routine case...only thing non-routine was auto-delete of email to my spouse. As this does not happen a lot, but still happens, I wanted to share with everyone to make sure someone can learn from the experience and not have to repeat that.
