Email Processing for NVC

[cordoba2015 224]

Hi everyone, our I-130 was just approved yesterday and we are getting our documents together for NVC while we wait for NVC to receive our approved petition. I read on the travel.state.gov website that there is email processing available at the NVC stage for the following embassies: ADD, BNS, FRN, GTM, HNK, KEV, MRV, PHP, RDJ, SYD, TGG, or THT.

 

Since BNS is our embassy, and it is on the list, I am definitely going to do email processing because I have heard it is faster. Does anyone have any experience with email processing, and if so, would you be able to detail your experience i.e. process for submitting the documents with email processing and how long it took for your case to be completed.

 

I am most interested in knowing how much time can be saved at the NVC stage by doing email processing as opposed to mail processing, that way I can figure out roughly how long we still have to wait in this whole process. Thanks in advance to anyone who is able to give me any information you might have.

Edited February 18, 2017 by cordoba2015

[Chewbacca 18]

I did. Not only is faster but also cheaper since you do not need to spend $ with international postage fees. Just be sure that all of your documents are in the right format (PDF) and are named correctly. The NVC case number, first and last name (petitioner or beneficiary), and the name of the document as described in the document cover sheet (that also needs to be sent by email). Ex: BNS2016999999_John_Smith_Birth_Certificate; or BNS2016999999_Susan_Smith_Tax_Transcript. 

 

Each document needs to be a separate pdf file (but if the tax return has 5 pages, all the pages need to be in the same file). 

 

There are some instructions on the NVC website: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/submit/documents-scanning-faqs.html

 

In my case, after I sent all the documents, I had a case complete after 3 weeks, but I heard that the process usually takes 6 weeks. Just make sure that you are sending all the required documents, in the right format to avoid any delays.

 

Good luck!

 

 

 

 

Edited February 18, 2017 by Chewbacca

[cordoba2015 224]

Thank you, Chewbacca! Sounds like we could have our visa much sooner than we had originally planned! 

[Chewbacca 18]

You're welcome! Just have everything scanned and ready to be sent as soon as the fees are paid and the online forms are submitted. 

[misshepburn 52]

32 minutes ago, cordoba2015 said:

Thank you, Chewbacca! Sounds like we could have our visa much sooner than we had originally planned! 

 

24 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

You're welcome! Just have everything scanned and ready to be sent as soon as the fees are paid and the online forms are submitted. 

I completely agree with Chewbacca!!! My husband is in Germany (FRN) and we recently did email processing. Its like night and day with mail processing. Even with a checklist, from the time we submitted to case complete was a matter of about 2 weeks, vs. 8-12 which is what most people in NVC are dealing with right now. 

 

My tips are the same. Use the NVC naming convention Chewbacca mentioned for all of your documents and you can put some text like this in the body of the email (I found something similar from VJ). If you need to do 2 emails like I did, write "email 1 of 2" and "email 2 of 2" in the subject of each. Send them very close together. You'll get a CC fast!  

 

Subject: BNS201699999 AOS and IV submission

 

Petitioner’s full name: Brad Adam Pitt

Petitioner’s date of birth: January 1, 1975

Petitioner’s email address: Bradpitt@email.com

Beneficiary’s full name: Angelina Marie Jolie

Beneficiary’s date of birth: October 12, 1985

Beneficiary’s email address: angelinajolie@email.com

 

Please find attached the AOS and IV package supporting documents for case number BNS201699999.

 

Scanned copies of documents submitted are exact copies of unaltered documents and I understand that I will be required to submit original documents to an Immigration or Consular officer at a later date.

[cordoba2015 224]

4 hours ago, misshepburn said:

 

I completely agree with Chewbacca!!! My husband is in Germany (FRN) and we recently did email processing. Its like night and day with mail processing. Even with a checklist, from the time we submitted to case complete was a matter of about 2 weeks, vs. 8-12 which is what most people in NVC are dealing with right now. 

 

My tips are the same. Use the NVC naming convention Chewbacca mentioned for all of your documents and you can put some text like this in the body of the email (I found something similar from VJ). If you need to do 2 emails like I did, write "email 1 of 2" and "email 2 of 2" in the subject of each. Send them very close together. You'll get a CC fast!  

 

Subject: BNS201699999 AOS and IV submission

 

Petitioner’s full name: Brad Adam Pitt

Petitioner’s date of birth: January 1, 1975

Petitioner’s email address: Bradpitt@email.com

Beneficiary’s full name: Angelina Marie Jolie

Beneficiary’s date of birth: October 12, 1985

Beneficiary’s email address: angelinajolie@email.com

 

Please find attached the AOS and IV package supporting documents for case number BNS201699999.

 

Scanned copies of documents submitted are exact copies of unaltered documents and I understand that I will be required to submit original documents to an Immigration or Consular officer at a later date.

Wow, 2 weeks vs 12?! That's amazing. Suddenly not as worried about waiting for NVC. I will definitely be using email for this last stage.

[Ryan H 3,790]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to NVC forum.

[misshepburn 52]

18 hours ago, cordoba2015 said:

Wow, 2 weeks vs 12?! That's amazing. Suddenly not as worried about waiting for NVC. I will definitely be using email for this last stage.

Yep... its kind of crazy how different the timelines are. NVC is really backed up now though. I think they are supposed to be more like 4-6 weeks for mail processing. 

[cordoba2015 224]

22 minutes ago, misshepburn said:

Yep... its kind of crazy how different the timelines are. NVC is really backed up now though. I think they are supposed to be more like 4-6 weeks for mail processing. 

Still cuts the crazy long wait down tremendously, I'll take it haha. Especially after waiting over six months for our petition to be approved. NVC should be a walk in the park after USCIS.

[Louie1988 58]

Is it still fast? We are doing our process through a lawyer, and she will do via email processing, but she said that she never saw significant difference on time processing.

[cordoba2015 224]

On 5/3/2017 at 3:14 PM, Louie1988 said:

Is it still fast? We are doing our process through a lawyer, and she will do via email processing, but she said that she never saw significant difference on time processing.

Seems to be, I know of a few other recent cases of EP who have had case complete in under a month from their scan date.

[SJLOVE 17]

I think I'm going to go the email route as well.  My question is,  is this for only certain countries? If so is there a  list

[cordoba2015 224]

Just now, SJLOVE said:

I think I'm going to go the email route as well.  My question is,  is this for only certain countries? If so is there a  list

Yes, only a few countries allow it. Here is the link with the information about who is eligible:

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/Submit_documents.html

[cordoba2015 224]

Does anyone who has done email processing know if you receive an email from NVC was they receive your emailed AOS and IV packets?

[Chewbacca 18]

30 minutes ago, cordoba2015 said:

Does anyone who has done email processing know if you receive an email from NVC was they receive your emailed AOS and IV packets?

I did not get any email from them to confirm that they received the packages.