Sending cases to the department of state/consulate

[lanza_david 5]

In the recent Track my Visa Now newsletter, they have the following paragraph:

 

"Transfers to the Department of State's National Visa Center have also slowed in the second quarter, tacking on an additional 2 months for cases post-approval. Cases that are currently being sent to the DOS (NVC) have spent a total of 8 to 11 months at USCIS, with a median wait time of 9.3 months"

 

I got very anxious reading this. Does it really mean that once getting the NOA2, it takes a median of 9.3 months wait after? ridiculous

 

We are NOA1 of December 10th 2024. Still waiting, ** says we are 2700 cases from the front of the line. So maybe 2 to 3 more months wait if they dont hurry like the do sometimes, or more if they stall more. 

So after that, another year?! to just being out of USCIS? 

 

what is your experience? (well, now things are different anyway)

 

Alos, my future step son is 20 yo. we were hoping to bring him over. At his rate, he may turn 21 before they can come, and we need to be married before he is 21. So he might not be able to come over. 

 

What a nightmare. I am just really venting, but thanks for commenting your thoughts and experiences. 

 

 

[Crazy Cat 44,140]

21 minutes ago, lanza_david said:

and we need to be married before he is 21.

Why is this?  I thought a K-2 needs to be under 21 when entering the US......

[Nywoek 104]

No, that means getting your NOA2 takes 9 months on average, and then NVC processing takes another 2. But that sounds kinda short, because we got approved in january at the end of the month and we did not get sent to the embassy for 2 months. So maybe they mean it can take closer to 4 months now. But not nine, that’s the USCIS part. 

 

Sounds stressful about your son, but there is not much you can do but wait. 

[Lemonslice 5,200]

I've seen expedite requests because of aging out before.  Might be worth for the petitioner to request one.

[JeanneAdil 7,032]

you have seen what the average time is for ALL EMBASSIES  

Embassies such as India, Pakistan, Nigeria have long long wait times and bring the average up

 

Spain and Norway have few people coming to the US so wait time for those embassies to request packets for interviews will be much shorter than the average