MAY 2023 K1 to NOA2 to NVC to EMBASSY

[Arturchik 33]

Could anyone please share a template of the email they have been sending to NVC to check if their case was received? We are approaching 30 days this week and I wanted to do a first attempt once we pass the mark (way optimistic, I know...)

[Darko-Emily 49]

Looks like NVC is processing our NO2 Date, fingers crossed 🤞

[Darko-Emily 49]

Just now, Arturchik said:

Could anyone please share a template of the email they have been sending to NVC to check if their case was received? We are approaching 30 days this week and I wanted to do a first attempt once we pass the mark (way optimistic, I know...)

I use this:

In the subject line of your email, please type only the receipt number from your I-797 Approval Notice. 
 

I would like to check if you have received our petition, thank you. 

Petitioner:  
DOB: (MM-DD-YEAR) 
Receipt number:  
Email:

Beneficiary: 
DOB:  (MM-DD-YEAR)
Receipt number:
Email:

[Shane-Debby 105]

3 hours ago, Darko-Emily said:

I use this:

In the subject line of your email, please type only the receipt number from your I-797 Approval Notice. 
 

I would like to check if you have received our petition, thank you. 

Petitioner:  
DOB: (MM-DD-YEAR) 
Receipt number:  
Email:

Beneficiary: 
DOB:  (MM-DD-YEAR)
Receipt number:
Email:

Friendly heads up. I tried emailing NVC at the email address (NVCInquiry@state.gov) given on the noa2 and got a reply stating they only accept inquiries made via their online public inquiry form at https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html.

 

Edited June 26, 2023 by Warp005

[Arturchik 33]

3 hours ago, Darko-Emily said:

I use this:

In the subject line of your email, please type only the receipt number from your I-797 Approval Notice. 
 

I would like to check if you have received our petition, thank you. 

Petitioner:  
DOB: (MM-DD-YEAR) 
Receipt number:  
Email:

Beneficiary: 
DOB:  (MM-DD-YEAR)
Receipt number:
Email:

@Warp005 I've read somewhere else on the forum to email: NVCResearch@state.gov 

Edited June 26, 2023 by Arturchik
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[vinrup 24]

On 6/24/2023 at 2:48 PM, Bh_sarah said:

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.

Once NVC creates the case number, do they send it to the embassy right away or do you first have to send in the required documents, which adds a few more weeks?

 

[Bh_sarah 942]

Just now, vinrup said:

Once NVC creates the case number, do they send it to the embassy right away or do you first have to send in the required documents, which adds a few more weeks?

 

For K1 visas, nothing is submitted to NVC. Once you have the NVC number, you can track your case using CEAC and see if it's still "at NVC", "In transit" (to the embassy) or "Ready" (at the embassy). It seems to me most people follow the embassy shipping calendar to see when they might ship your case to your embassy (present in the first post of this topic). I don't see a lot of people stuck at either of those "at NVC" and "in transit" stages, it seems to move pretty fast, but I can't give you an estimate.

[ss & mj 42]

5 minutes ago, Bh_sarah said:

For K1 visas, nothing is submitted to NVC. Once you have the NVC number, you can track your case using CEAC and see if it's still "at NVC", "In transit" (to the embassy) or "Ready" (at the embassy). It seems to me most people follow the embassy shipping calendar to see when they might ship your case to your embassy (present in the first post of this topic). I don't see a lot of people stuck at either of those "at NVC" and "in transit" stages, it seems to move pretty fast, but I can't give you an estimate.

Not to be a downer but we have been “at NVC” for 2 weeks and they did a lot of embassy shipping in the last week and half but sadly not our case 😭😭😭

[Darko-Emily 49]

@Bh_sarah

Do you know if a US fiance(e) needs to send an original signed and filled I-134 or can it be just scanned and then printed? Because shipping will add 3 weeks. 

Friends I just don't know at this point. It takes around 2 months for the case to arrive to the NVC, 1 month to process and it leaves us with just barely a month to prepare for the interview. How can we prepare everything before our packet expires? 

[Bh_sarah 942]

39 minutes ago, Darko-Emily said:

@Bh_sarah

Do you know if a US fiance(e) needs to send an original signed and filled I-134 or can it be just scanned and then printed? Because shipping will add 3 weeks. 

Friends I just don't know at this point. It takes around 2 months for the case to arrive to the NVC, 1 month to process and it leaves us with just barely a month to prepare for the interview. How can we prepare everything before our packet expires? 

This is a question I still don't have answers for. I'm currently on day 45 post-NOA2 and my embassy has a 2 month backlog, that's why I am not looking into this too closely. Also waiting on what our lawyer will say and hoping USCIS do not upload any new form after the expiration date on July 31st. I seem to find conflicting answers here on VJ as well, and many people mix up e-signatures with scanned handwritten signatures. Also seems to vary by embassy so emailing the embassy to check may be good.

If it's truly necessary, I am thinking I will have to ask my fiancé to send me the original form with this wet signature via courier. It's absurd in terms of costs, but it will be the only solution. Through DHL though it takes 1-2 days opposed to my unreliable post office that takes 1 month and a half to deliver a simple letter. I can let you know though what I find about it.

What do you mean by the packet expiring? If you mean the I-129f expiring, no worries there, it's renewed by the consular officer. I'd say check your embassy interview backlog (by other people's accounts) so you know how long will you have to prepare from "Ready" to the interview being scheduled.

[GinoNiña 177]

If you do search in here for I-34 regarding wet signature you can confirm your doubts. 

[HGill43 34]

2nd enquiry at 54th day but nothing yet, :((

[Mr.So 56]

5 minutes ago, HGill43 said:

2nd enquiry at 54th day but nothing yet, :((

Have you tried to contact USCIS if they have sent your case to the NVC?

 

[HGill43 34]

not USCIS but NVC only !

[HGill43 34]

so the live agent left the chat after I ask her to check if my case has been sent to NVC yet or not, and she only said constact nvc, before I could ask anything else she was gone :((