USCIS still approving I-130

[Vbreezy 19]

Our petition was approved on the 3rd of  April,  Will the NVC package be sent by postal mail or electronic mail (email) to the beneficiary; my husband in Nigeria.

[arken 4,197]

Email to the petitioner and beneficiary both if both’s emails are provided in the petition.

[pushbrk 12,136]

2 hours ago, arken said:

Email to the petitioner and beneficiary both if both’s emails are provided in the petition.

Correct.  They also seem to be sending those emails virtually immediately now instead of weeks later.   Please come back and report when you get the email.

[Danova 22]

On 4/12/2020 at 1:57 PM, Vbreezy said:

Our petition was approved on the 3rd of  April,  Will the NVC package be sent by postal mail or electronic mail (email) to the beneficiary; my husband in Nigeria.

You’ll have to wait for like 2-4 weeks for uscis to mail your package to nvc, then another 1 -2 weeks for nvc to asign a case number and invoice. 

 

NB: you’ll be the one to get the package from nvc via email and postal mail. You’ll get email first then they will also mail it to your postal address, after that, your husband can now head to ceac website, login and fill the form 261- which contain his email, your email and agent email. 
 

i will use my F1 case as an example, my case got approved on 1st of Jan 2020, then I called nvc after 2-3 weeks to know if they have received my case but they said no, and should call back in 7 working days. I didn’t call them back but on 1st of April my dad got case creation notice also known as welcome letter I guess, the letter contain my nvc case number and invoice and instruction to login. 

[Jessandmargarito 13]

6 hours ago, Danova said:

You’ll have to wait for like 2-4 weeks for uscis to mail your package to nvc, then another 1 -2 weeks for nvc to asign a case number and invoice. 

 

NB: you’ll be the one to get the package from nvc via email and postal mail. You’ll get email first then they will also mail it to your postal address, after that, your husband can now head to ceac website, login and fill the form 261- which contain his email, your email and agent email. 
 

i will use my F1 case as an example, my case got approved on 1st of Jan 2020, then I called nvc after 2-3 weeks to know if they have received my case but they said no, and should call back in 7 working days. I didn’t call them back but on 1st of April my dad got case creation notice also known as welcome letter I guess, the letter contain my nvc case number and invoice and instruction to login. 

I received my welcome email with case # the day after approval. For US citizen petitioner apps, I think it is pretty much immediately after the approval. No waiting anymore. Of course you still have to wait for them to review your docs. 

[Enie 7]

23 hours ago, Danova said:

You’ll have to wait for like 2-4 weeks for uscis to mail your package to nvc, then another 1 -2 weeks for nvc to asign a case number and invoice. 

 

NB: you’ll be the one to get the package from nvc via email and postal mail. You’ll get email first then they will also mail it to your postal address, after that, your husband can now head to ceac website, login and fill the form 261- which contain his email, your email and agent email. 
 

i will use my F1 case as an example, my case got approved on 1st of Jan 2020, then I called nvc after 2-3 weeks to know if they have received my case but they said no, and should call back in 7 working days. I didn’t call them back but on 1st of April my dad got case creation notice also known as welcome letter I guess, the letter contain my nvc case number and invoice and instruction to login. 

They changed their method. I think they only send email to both petitioner and beneficiary, they've stopped sending postal mail (at least we didn't receive one). Also, you don't need to fill any form 261 again. You just go ahead with payments (AOS and immigrant fees) and documents uploads. 

[NikLR 13,220]

On 4/12/2020 at 11:57 AM, Vbreezy said:

Our petition was approved on the 3rd of  April,  Will the NVC package be sent by postal mail or electronic mail (email) to the beneficiary; my husband in Nigeria.

The USCIS sends the package via courier to the NVC. It takes between 4-6 weeks for NVC to recieve and assign a case number so you can continue. 

The NVC case number is sent via email if you choose to wait for that.  Otherwise you can call to find out your case number in that 4-6 week range to start processing. Everything is done via online form and uploads to the NVC CEAC website. 

Edited April 15, 2020 by NikLR

[Vbreezy 19]

On 4/13/2020 at 5:03 AM, pushbrk said:

Correct.  They also seem to be sending those emails virtually immediately now instead of weeks later.   Please come back and report when you get the email.

Glory be to GOD, we'd received both emails; my husband and i after 6 weeks. I'm very happy we've proceeded with our visa journey, thank you.