slowing down NVC processing

[Klevai 0]

2 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

you need the letter to schedule the medical exam and continue the process of gathering supporting documents

that letter will be sent once NVC forwards your case

 

You should mention in posts that the country /embassy is China as each embassy has specific requirements and steps in their proceedures and best responses will be from those VJ members going thru same 

Understood. Therefore we do have to wait for the letter. 
 

Also the embassy is the Dominican Republic. Will keep that in mind. 

[AgandSa 0]

On 6/4/2025 at 5:59 PM, JeanneAdil said:

For information  NVC assigns a case number for the embassy only and sends the case onward when embassy requests

 

NVC does not process K1 

 

If u know case # , you are set at NVC waiting for them to forward to consulate

from my understanding if i remember right, you get the case number then you go online to file ds160, then the embassy sends the welcome letter .

is that correct ?

[Adjagnon 1]

On 6/4/2025 at 3:45 AM, Joleena said:

I got my NOA2 on Apr4. It's been 61 days without any update. I noticed the people got NOA2 a week before me got sent to DOS one month ago. Does USCIS need to take a month to send a week's cases to DOS? I wonder if they process according to NOA2 date order.

I really don't know what is going on with USCIS now. My case was approved on March 20th and is still waiting to be sent to NVC. At the beginning of May and last week; I reached out to USCIS. I was told both times to follow up after 90 days. I will reach out to them back after June 20th. Hopefully something can be done before June 20th. Fingers crossed.

 

Edited June 6 by Adjagnon

[londoner2025 1]

I'm in the same boat - our petition was approved on April 8th - i've contacted NVC twice and they say to keep waiting. 

[JeanneAdil 7,078]

11 hours ago, AgandSa said:

from my understanding if i remember right, you get the case number then you go online to file ds160, then the embassy sends the welcome letter .

is that correct ?

fill out ds 160 when NVC sends letter that it has forwarded to Casa 

that will explain how to schedule the interview and to register to receive passport (hopefully with visa)

[AgandSa 0]

1 hour ago, JeanneAdil said:

fill out ds 160 when NVC sends letter that it has forwarded to Casa 

that will explain how to schedule the interview and to register to receive passport (hopefully with visa)

my problem is i can't fill out ds160 yet, beause i still need the nvc case number to move forward in this process.

[JeanneAdil 7,078]

37 minutes ago, AgandSa said:

my problem is i can't fill out ds160 yet, beause i still need the nvc case number to move forward in this process.

if it has been 2 months since USCIS sent to NVC ,  send a notice thru EMMA for CSB case #

[AgandSa 0]

22 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

if it has been 2 months since USCIS sent to NVC ,  send a notice thru EMMA for CSB case #

it has been 5 weeks since my approval notice. was aproved on april 30th, will give them till the end of this month and go from there.

[AgandSa 0]

so you file ds160 then you get the welcome letter or is it vice verca.? at what stage my foriegn fiance pays for the visa aplication fee?

[MalloryCat 715]

3 minutes ago, AgandSa said:

so you file ds160 then you get the welcome letter or is it vice verca.? at what stage my foriegn fiance pays for the visa aplication fee?

all of that happens when your case gets sent to the embassy 

the embassy will contact the beneficiary (usually through physical mail) regarding next steps, including when to fill out the DS-160 and how to pay the visa fee

[AgandSa 0]

7 hours ago, MalloryCat said:

all of that happens when your case gets sent to the embassy 

the embassy will contact the beneficiary (usually through physical mail) regarding next steps, including when to fill out the DS-160 and how to pay the visa fee

i doubt the embassy will contact the beneficiary before filling ds-160. dont they need the most recent updated address, you know ppl move around sometimes.

[Joleena 2]

Our case was sent to DOS yesterday. It took 62 days in total.

[MalloryCat 715]

10 hours ago, AgandSa said:

i doubt the embassy will contact the beneficiary before filling ds-160. dont they need the most recent updated address, you know ppl move around sometimes.

that is how it always been, at least in the most recent years. some embassies may do it a bit differently, but it is overall the same. 

thats how my husband (then fiance) received notice from the embassy regarding next steps. he didn't fill out the DS-160 until he was able to schedule his interview. and that was after receiving a letter from the embassy informing him of the next steps of the process. 

it's typically called packet 3.

 

if someone moved before getting to this point in the process, they would need to contact the embassy regarding their address change.