Filed DCF but no case # yet

[Tris 3]

I filed an I-130 petition via DCF in Manila on 5/24/17 and received an email on 06/19/17 stating it had been approved on 06/16/17.  So it's been 10 days since the petition was approved and I still have no case number.  I tried calling the embassy and they instructed me to call NVC.  But I didn't think I was dealing with NVC..  Can someone please give me advice on what I should do to get a case #.

[Oliva 15]

It will take a month to get your case no so don't  get panic,you will get you case no in your mail and your mailbox ...for my case after my I130 approved they took a month to sent my case no..

[Tris 3]

2 minutes ago, Oliva said:

It will take a month to get your case no so don't  get panic,you will get you case no in your mail and your mailbox ...for my case after my I130 approved they took a month to sent my case no..

  And you filed DCF?  I have seen other's who filed DCF get their case # in the 1st NOA email from USCIS.  And some who said it took a week.  I've never heard of it taking a month to get the case #.  I'm not doubting you, I'm just clarifying that you are in fact filing DCF?  

  I was under the impression that DCF would be quick, so I prepared ALL of my proof and documents so that I would be ready. But it took 3 weeks from filing the petition to notice of approval email.  And now it may be 1 month before I receive my case number?  Guess we all can't be as lucky as some people on here.

[Oliva 15]

I am in CR1 visa so for my Case it took a month n my friend got approved of i130 on June 14 n till now he don't get a case no so it take a time between 20 to 25days😊What is DCF I am unable to figure it sorry I don't know that,I got welcome letter n in that welcome letter I got my case no and steps to be followed n I did the same...

[verwen 33]

We filed DCF in Manila and got the approval notice on May 3rd and the case number on May 8th.

[Tris 3]

3 hours ago, Oliva said:

I am in CR1 visa so for my Case it took a month n my friend got approved of i130 on June 14 n till now he don't get a case no so it take a time between 20 to 25days😊What is DCF I am unable to figure it sorry I don't know that,I got welcome letter n in that welcome letter I got my case no and steps to be followed n I did the same...

Oh ok, DCF is Direct Consular Filing.  It is for couples who both reside in the same country abroad.  And the US citizen has to have lived there for 6 months or more.  I have lived in the Philippines for 5 years so I qualify.  Filing DCF usually takes 1-3 months from the time you file the petition at the Embassy, to the time you receive the visa.

  But thank you for sharing your experience with me.

[Tris 3]

On 6/26/2017 at 10:18 PM, Tris said:

I filed an I-130 petition via DCF in Manila on 5/24/17 and received an email on 06/19/17 stating it had been approved on 06/16/17.  So it's been 10 days since the petition was approved and I still have no case number.  I tried calling the embassy and they instructed me to call NVC.  But I didn't think I was dealing with NVC..  Can someone please give me advice on what I should do to get a case #.

Well still no case number and still no closer to an answer. I called the Embassy again and they informed me this time that since I filed DCF, I'm not dealing with NVC and do not need to contact them.  That's what I thought I was aware of the whole time.  But they instructed me to send an email to the DHS office in the Embassy in Manila.  I sent an email to the embassy a week ago with no reply.  I sent another email yesterday to the embassy, DHS office, and USCIS, all with no response except USCIS who told me to write the embassy.  So I'm still at a loss of how I will get the case #.  Nobody seems to have the answer at the embassy.  I'm starting to lose my patients here.

[kenneme 2]

Hello! It sounds like we are having the same problem! We recieved NOA2 informing us that our petition (i-130) was approved dated 9 May 2017, and that we would receive further instructions (Packet 3 arrived with LND number) in 6-8 weeks. We have heard NOTHING and the 8th week just ended. Feeling discouraged and worried, since our son and I have already  moved and my poor husband is now camped out in an empty apartment which he will have to leave for a cheap hotel at the end of the month! Any suggestions very welcome! 

Thanks, 

Megan (We are DCF spousal visa London Embassy, US citizen  and Algerian Citizen, both on Tier 2 visas in UK).

[joanamber 16]

Hi, any updates on your case? Did you already get your case number?

[Tris 3]

On 7/26/2017 at 7:12 PM, joanamber said:

Hi, any updates on your case? Did you already get your case number?

Yes, it took 2 weeks after the 1st email, which was the notice of petition approval.  After many emails to the embassy's email addresses, they finally responded letting me know that they had requested that my case be moved forward for review so I would get my case #.