NVC and DS-230 Packet

Well on the 24th, we got an email from CR asking if we'd heard anything about our I-800 approval.  Of course we haven't heard anything yet.  I won't go down that whiny road though. So, I got on the phone to call the National Visa Center.

Ron forwarded our I-800 approval to CR 5/14/12
CR sent the approveal to National Visa Center 5/15/12

Guess what I was told on the phone!
NVC uploaded our paperwork on 5/18/12!
WHY are we still waiting for a response now on the 24th?  Thank goodness for the lovely helpful woman on the other end of the phone who forwarded our inquiry to her supervisor.  We had the email NVC response in our in-box that evening.

Up next was the DS-230 packet.  Everything was in the hands of the CR liaison in China just waiting for this NVC upload to be complete.  So, on the 25th our NVC letter was sent to China to accompany our packet.  Of course that was Friday of Memorial weekend so our DS-230 was delivered on the 29th to the US Consulate.  Apparently it is supposed to take about two weeks before the Article 5 is issued.  After that is Travel Approval!!!  FINALLY