NOA2 Received - Nothing yet - whats next?

[Sas323 0]

Hey there,

First post here and I'll be honest i've never used a forum before so Hi!

My fiancé is from Florida and I'm from Australia, he has been here in Australia with me on a working holiday visa for the past year and is here till February.

We submitted our case (K1 fiancé visa) to USCIS and got approved, and the last we heard our case was being forwarded to the NVC.

It's only been 9 days since the NOA2 so right now I'm not in panic mode, I emailed the NVC and asked if they have received our case and I got the stock standard response of your case may have been lost its not here etc etc email NVCresearch.

My questions are:

What is the standard time frame we can expect NVC to receive our case within?

Will we be notified by them when they receive it? If so, how? via email or snail mail.

Will calling the consulate in Sydney, Australia about this help me in any way?

Living in Australia makes calling the U.S a bit tough and my fiancé is here with me - can we ask one of his parents who reside in the USA to call on our behalf?

Should I just continuously email the NVC every three days asking where our case is?

Should I contact USCIS and ask them about the location of our case?


I know its still early days in regards to waiting for the case to fly around the World - I would like to locate the problems sooner rather than later though!

Would love to hear from you thank you!

[Cambo 0]

i have been waiting for almost 4 weeks and they say it can take up to 8 weeks to assign a case number. just be patience and call them once a week to check your case.

[ggsacks 82]

Hey there,

First post here and I'll be honest i've never used a forum before so Hi!

My fiancé is from Florida and I'm from Australia, he has been here in Australia with me on a working holiday visa for the past year and is here till February.

We submitted our case (K1 fiancé visa) to USCIS and got approved, and the last we heard our case was being forwarded to the NVC.

It's only been 9 days since the NOA2 so right now I'm not in panic mode, I emailed the NVC and asked if they have received our case and I got the stock standard response of your case may have been lost its not here etc etc email NVCresearch.

My questions are:

What is the standard time frame we can expect NVC to receive our case within?

Will we be notified by them when they receive it? If so, how? via email or snail mail.

Will calling the consulate in Sydney, Australia about this help me in any way?

Living in Australia makes calling the U.S a bit tough and my fiancé is here with me - can we ask one of his parents who reside in the USA to call on our behalf?

Should I just continuously email the NVC every three days asking where our case is?

Should I contact USCIS and ask them about the location of our case?

I know its still early days in regards to waiting for the case to fly around the World - I would like to locate the problems sooner rather than later though!

Would love to hear from you thank you!

All sounds perfectly normal! Our NOA2 was October 22nd and the consulate here in Auckland didn't receive until over a month later. Though we were processed by CSC which it seems suffers more delays shipping to NVC at present.

You definitely don't need to be hounding the NVC or the Consulate yet... just wait it out and if you've still heard nothing when four weeks is up, give them a call. You can call the DoS from Skype for free, and it is the petitioner who needs to call.

One the Consulate receives your file, the beneficiary will be notified. I received a letter in the mail with packet 3, but Sydney may send via email - you should be able to have a look around the forum and find out.

This is a great time to research what the contents of packet 3 is for Australia and start getting all your paperwork together. It may take longer than you think - if you need to renew a passport or apply for a birth certificate copy, for example - so the sooner you get started the quicker things will move once Sydney receives your case. I was able to return my packet 3 the day after I received it as I spent the month after NOA2 compiling everything that the Consulate needed, and the medical and interview were subsequently very fast to schedule.

The best news is that the longest and most frustrating part of the wait (USCIS) is now over - so just try and relax and prepare yourself for the steps to follow.

Best of luck!

[clairegie 265]

What is the standard time frame we can expect NVC to receive our case within?

- they will tell you 8 weeks but start calling after the 2nd week

Will we be notified by them when they receive it? If so, how? via email or snail mail.

if you sent an email to NVCInquiry or NVCResearch, they will respond to your email with your case number. However, I got the email 2 weeks after the case was actually received by NVC. Best to still call them for real time updates.

Will calling the consulate in Sydney, Australia about this help me in any way?

- not really, NVC nor the consulate can't do anything if NVC doesn't have the files.

Living in Australia makes calling the U.S a bit tough and my fiancé is here with me - can we ask one of his parents who reside in the USA to call on our behalf?

- i dont think they can call on your behalf. with the petition you sent in is a question asking if you have a representative and i'm guessing your parents weren't listed on it. just wait a few weeks, if it takes alarmingly long, then call

Should I just continuously email the NVC every three days asking where our case is?

- no, you are just adding bulk to their email and they wont respond unless they have your files.

Should I contact USCIS and ask them about the location of our case?

- you can try but the people there are pretty useless. they cant tell you when it was actually sent, just that they have 8 weeks and make you feel like you're the worst person on earth for inquiring lol

[Sas323 0]

Thank you SO much for all your responses!

I'm definitely a little calmer having read them - I appreciate all the help and clarification so much - It's a little overwhelming after NOA2, theres a lot of blurred lines with affidavits and medicals, background checks, will do more research on all that.

I'm sure I'll be chatting with more questions in the near future!

Thanks again & best of luck <3

[Anna&Adam 0]

Hey, I know this has been well answered, but if it helps your nerves....

My NOA2 to NVC was about 7 weeks. The PETITIONER was notified by SNAIL mail (not Email) that the NVC had forwarded it to Sydney, and again the PETITIONER was notified by email of the Packet 3 from the Sydney Consulate. As the BENEFICIARY, I had to respond to the emailed Packet 3 to add my email details for future correspondence.

Contacts are:

NVC: (603) 334-0700 - waiting usually 30min

DoS: 1 (202) 485-7600 - much more prompt in answering

Web: https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx? - If you've found out the case number via phoning.

If the case is at the NVC stage:

- Sydney consulate is no use - they are involved yet

- NVC takes weeks via email, so barely worth it

- USCIS generally just says they sent it, so unless it has been 8weeks and is possibly lost, USCIS is no help either.

I would say call (DoS number respond faster), or follow on the website.

Hope that helps!