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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: China
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Visa Journey family, After K1 fiancée visa NOA 2 approval, does anyone know how to track the dates and progress at the National Visa Center (NVC) and Consulate? For example, after NOA2, how can we find out when the NVC received our package and sent the package to the consulate? Also, at the consulate, how can we find out when the consulate received the package, mailed out instructions to my fiancée, etc? Also, how much time does it take at each step? This is good information for everyone to know. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Nigeria
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To find out when NVC received your package, you will need to contact them and provide your USCIS receipt number. The number is 1-603-334-0700. The processing time varies and NVC will tell you it takes between 15-20 business days to process mail after it is received but I still call at least 3 times per week for case updates. There are forums with more specific information to help you figure out what to do next. Please start here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/83-national-visa-center-dept-of-state/

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08/09/12 - Married in Lagos, Nigeria
USCIS:
10/23/12 - I-130 Delivered/USCIS Priority Date

01/17/13 - NOA2 Date (85 days)
NVC:
02/05/13: NVC Received
02/21/13: Received Case number/IIN

04/09/13: Case complete

US Embassy Lagos

XX/XX/13: Embassy received

05/06/13: Medical Completed, Need to do Sputum Test

05/15/13: Sputum Test Done - Now the dreaded 8 week wait

06/13/13: Interview Date - Postponed pending results of Sputum Test

07/26/13: Received Medical Report - Negative Result for Sputum Test; sent request to get interview rescheduled
08/21/13: Interview scheduled - ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING

10/15/13: Medicals Expire

10/21/13: Congressional Inquiries/Requests for Assistance

10/29/13: Hubby received email Administrative Processing is Complete

10/30/13: Hubby rec'd call from Consulate to drop off new medical and passport; Medical Completed

11/05/13: 2nd Sputum Done - 8 Week Wait Again!!!ranting33va.gif

01/17/14: 2nd Medical Done;Medical Report available for pickup

01/21/14: Hubby dropped off medical and passport. Consulate was closed on the 20th. Was told to pick up visa on Tuesday

01/23/14: CEAC Status says ISSUED

01/28/14: Visa in hand, paid USCIS Immigrant Fee

01/31/14: POE Houston, TX

03/04/14: Applied for SSN - Not in SAVE

03/06/14: Green Card Production

03/14/14: Received Green Card via Priority Mail

05/03/14: Received SSN - Had to wait for DHS verification

ROC

12/29/15: Express mailed I-751

12/31/15: I-751 Receipt Date

01/05/16: Fee cleared account

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: China
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Visa Journey family, After K1 fiancée visa NOA 2 approval, does anyone know how to track the dates and progress at the National Visa Center (NVC) and Consulate? For example, after NOA2, how can we find out when the NVC received our package and sent the package to the consulate? Also, at the consulate, how can we find out when the consulate received the package, mailed out instructions to my fiancée, etc? Also, how much time does it take at each step? This is good information for everyone to know. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Welcome to the forum.

After the USCIS sends your approved petition to the NVC, you can contact them at 603 334-0700, and check on the progress and get your case file number. They can also tell you when the file is sent to the interviewing consulate. After it is sent to the consulate, contact the visa specialist at the DoS, 202-663-1225, press 1, then 0, for a live person, for information. Become acquainted with the Guangzhou US consulate website and how to contact them.

http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn/contactiv.html

The K-1 flowchart in the Guides, gives some approximate timeframes:

http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1flow

There is a lot of this good information available by checking out postings at the China regional forum, there are several folks there that have recently gone through the Guangzhou consulate:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/94-china/

Finally, much of this information is readily available by using the forum's Google search function, Google can also be your friend. :yes:

Happy trails!

Completed: K1/K2 (271 days) - AOS/EAD/AP (134 days) - ROC (279 days)

"Si vis amari, ama" - Seneca

 

 

 

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: China
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Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

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Whoa Nelly ! Want NVC Info? see http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

Congratulations on your approval ! We All Applaud your accomplishment with Most Wonderful Kissies !

 

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: China
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Darnell is spot-on in recommending the GUZ P3 shortcut. We followed his advice and executed the shortcut. It shaved a couple of weeks off of our time at the GUZ consulate. :thumbs: :thumbs:

Completed: K1/K2 (271 days) - AOS/EAD/AP (134 days) - ROC (279 days)

"Si vis amari, ama" - Seneca

 

 

 

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