hi everyone

i read that some talking about the fact the NVC send letters and assigns case number! are they new case numbers given by the NVC or they are the case numbers the office centers (vermont , california,.....) give to the cases ??

THANKS FOR ALL UR REPLIES

It is the NVC who assigns case numbers after they receive the approved petitions from USCIS service centers.

USCIS (DHS) assigns a case number to the initial I-130, and will be TSC, NSC, TSC, or VSC, when it reaches NVC (DOS), they will assign a Department of State case number starting with code letters specifying the Embassy or Consulate that will then handle the case, Example Guangzhou China is GUZ.

HI simple_male and evry member

what does it mean the nvc assings case number?? the uscis already gave our case a number whenwe first got the NOA1..

PLEASE i need more explantion
thanks


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The USCIS and the NVC handle different parts of the process. So, you have a case number at the service center (CSC/VSC), then you get approved, sent to the NVC and then they will give you a different case number that starts with the first three letters of the embassy/consulate you will go to for your interview.
Hope that clears it up a bit

Yes, but USCIS Service Center does not assign a case number, it assigns a receipt number. After the approval, USCIS Service Centers send the approved petitions to NVC. Then, NVC assigns a case number for each approved petition. The USCIS receipt number and NVC case numbers are not the same. NVC case number has 3-letter code followed by 10-digit number. Examplea dummy case number: MNL2007552001. MNL stands for Manila, Philippines where the visa applicant will go for the interview, 2007 is the year and rest of the numbers also mean something which I don't remember from the top of my head.

I can only agree with simple_male. USCIS does not actually assign a case number, only a receipt number. Once the files make it to NVC, they assign case number (3 letters, 10 digits). This will be the case number for the rest of the application. As he said, those letters and numbers all have a meaning.