MAY 2023 K1 to NOA2 to NVC to EMBASSY

[ample waiting 34]

On 6/23/2023 at 1:27 AM, Bh_sarah said:

Congratulations!!! You're the first one I see from May! Exciting!! 

i have seen another case on facebook from may 3rd getting sent to NVC. I wonder how the do it . they dont have any sort of queue system. totally random ... or maybe when embassy sends in a demand 

[FilledesEtoiles 336]

3 hours ago, ample waiting said:

i have seen another case on facebook from may 3rd getting sent to NVC. I wonder how the do it . they dont have any sort of queue system. totally random ... or maybe when embassy sends in a demand 

 

3 hours ago, ample waiting said:

 

Many May cases are now reaching NVC, I am crossing fingers that it is a sign they are getting faster. I am reaching 50 days and will inquire again at the end of next week.

[ellentee415 50]

Hi all! 

 

Posting to get notifications since I'm seeing a lot of movement for May approvals. Wishing everyone luck! 

 

 

NOA1: April 18th 

NOA2: May 22nd 

Embassy: Kenya 🇰🇪 

[GinoNiña 182]

It’s hard to believe they’re starting for May. I don’t see petitions being sent from April filers yet. I don’t understand. 

[Suresh Singh 6]

Any May NOA2 got their case number from NVC?

 

[Shane-Debby 105]

48 minutes ago, Suresh Singh said:

Any May NOA2 got their case number from NVC?

 

Not yet but hopefully soon. Noa2 May 5.

[haxxx 37]

3 hours ago, ellentee415 said:

Hi all! 

 

Posting to get notifications since I'm seeing a lot of movement for May approvals. Wishing everyone luck! 

 

 

NOA1: April 18th 

NOA2: May 22nd 

Embassy: Kenya 🇰🇪 

Hey, Our NOA2 was May 3rd and we'll be using Nairobi Embassy as well.

[Bh_sarah 942]

10 hours ago, ample waiting said:

i have seen another case on facebook from may 3rd getting sent to NVC. I wonder how the do it . they dont have any sort of queue system. totally random ... or maybe when embassy sends in a demand 

With that account, then there's two cases with an early May NOA2 were indeed sent to NVC/received. Most cases are still from early/mid April.
It's not totally random because it's still following a chronological order, but not really a perfect order – that's why we see March NOA2s and April NOA2s getting their case number at the same day. But if you look at the big picture, most of those getting good news are still in that March/April timeframe. Can't really consider the outliners here. Much like I-129f, there is a chronological order here but since it's not perfect, there are cases that get approved before, others get approved later.

The embassy question seems to come up often here. I have not been able to track this down (too many embassies and I am indeed biased and paying more attention to cases at my embassy). But, I guess in my view there are 4 different stages after NOA2:
1. USCIS sending the case to NVC (taking 60-70 days, some may take less, some may take longer)
2. NVC receiving the case and saying they are getting ready to create a case number (usually you get this through inquiry).
3. NVC creating the case number and letting you know either by enquire or official email with the letter (2-3 weeks after receiving it)
4. NVC sending your case to the embassy (seem to move QUICK, matter of days, after case creation).

To me, only 3 and 4 can maybe be embassy dependent. I would think that who actually organizes the cases by embassy is NVC, so the backlog of cases waiting to be sent to NVC are too complicated to be embassy dependent. And that is the stage that is taking more time/stage where we are right now (about 60-70 days to receive the news that the case reached NVC). Stage 3, case creation, seems to take 2-3 weeks tops and matches their published timeframes. And once someone has the case number, it becomes super quick, the case reaches the embassy in days, and I base this in a lot of different embassies. I'm seeing rare cases of over 100 days waiting for it to even be received, hopefully we will experience better processing.

I think I wrote too much not to say much here haha well, my take is that it doesn't seem to matter much when it comes to embassy in the stage most of us are right now. Like I-129f, some will get luckier than others and will be sent before. I think it's a good estimative to not expect anything until 60 days post NOA2, but keep inquiring and who knows if you're not one of the lucky ones that already got their cases sent! I think once we get a case number, things move fast.

[Darko-Emily 49]

Yup, pretty much not everybody gets lucky. It's been 57 days and our case was still not sent to the NVC. Next friday I will send an email to check if they got it!

[Bh_sarah 942]

1 hour ago, Darko-Emily said:

Yup, pretty much not everybody gets lucky. It's been 57 days and our case was still not sent to the NVC. Next friday I will send an email to check if they got it!

Yep, seeing my luck with NOA2 too, I am not expecting anything up until 60, 80 days. Currently I'm on day 43. Sent an inquiry on the 30th day, and to no one's surprise, still hasn't reached NVC. Some weeks still to go. Will send another next week as well.

I'm glad @Saeid's case moved faster as he's a December 21 filer. I'm hoping they take in consideration the NOA1 date but definitely not a pattern at all. All we gotta do is wait a bit more and keep inquiring  

[Saeid 126]

45 minutes ago, Bh_sarah said:

Yep, seeing my luck with NOA2 too, I am not expecting anything up until 60, 80 days. Currently I'm on day 43. Sent an inquiry on the 30th day, and to no one's surprise, still hasn't reached NVC. Some weeks still to go. Will send another next week as well.

I'm glad @Saeid's case moved faster as he's a December 21 filer. I'm hoping they take in consideration the NOA1 date but definitely not a pattern at all. All we gotta do is wait a bit more and keep inquiring  

I don't know, I probably was lucky in this stage! Let's see how long take them to send the case#....etc, hope NVC stage going faster than what we expected, for everyone. Keep inquiry after 30 days once a week...

[FilledesEtoiles 336]

8 hours ago, GinoNiña said:

It’s hard to believe they’re starting for May. I don’t see petitions being sent from April filers yet. I don’t understand. 

Well lots of beginning of May approvals in our WhatsApp group got a confirmation from NVC that their case is there (no number yet).

I hope they have mine, I am waiting on purpose for Friday next week to launch another inquiry and I hope they have it ! Crossing fingers 

[Bh_sarah 942]

3 hours ago, FilledesEtoiles said:

Well lots of beginning of May approvals in our WhatsApp group got a confirmation from NVC that their case is there (no number yet).

I hope they have mine, I am waiting on purpose for Friday next week to launch another inquiry and I hope they have it ! Crossing fingers 

This is great news!!! Means they are indeed speeding up. Since I’m only on Jan/Feb groups, I’m seeing March and April approvals mostly (some still waiting for the case to be received). Hopefully we’re in the group that is getting there faster! Or in the same shipping batch. Exciting!!

[ellentee415 50]

On 6/24/2023 at 11:59 AM, haxxx said:

Hey, Our NOA2 was May 3rd and we'll be using Nairobi Embassy as well.

Let's keep each other posted as we go through the process! 

[FilledesEtoiles 336]

On 6/25/2023 at 3:54 AM, Bh_sarah said:

This is great news!!! Means they are indeed speeding up. Since I’m only on Jan/Feb groups, I’m seeing March and April approvals mostly (some still waiting for the case to be received). Hopefully we’re in the group that is getting there faster! Or in the same shipping batch. Exciting!!

It seems to be getting à bit faster, fingers crossed ! Will inquire again a bit later this week so will let you know when I get a response