Anyone else waiting on NVC? Nearly 60 days.

[SneakyPete 76]

On 12/30/2025 at 4:43 PM, rbv_shard said:

And this morning they replied with the NVC case number.

Curious, did your USCIS status changed to "Case was Sent to Department of STATE" or does it still show "case approved"
TIA

[rbv_shard 81]

1 hour ago, SneakyPete said:

Curious, did your USCIS status changed to "Case was Sent to Department of STATE" or does it still show "case approved"
TIA

Yes it did change, that fact was mentioned in the post before the one you quoted.

[Eskimoblubber 3]

On 12/29/2025 at 11:37 PM, rbv_shard said:

I had gotten this reply from NVC, which doesn't quite say that USCIS lost anything, but definitely puts the blame for slowness on them:
 

Greetings,

The National Visa Center (NVC) received your inquiry and the attached I-797 Notice of Action - Approval Notice. However, we do not have a record of receiving your approved petition from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

We will contact USCIS to determine the location of your petition. You do not need to take any action at this time. Thank you for your patience as we work with USCIS to make sure your case is moving forward. Although the Form I-797 approval notice mentions a delay of up to 30 days for cases to be delivered to NVC from USCIS, current shipping times may be longer.

Once NVC receives this petition from USCIS and enters it into our system, all case parties will receive a notice that they can begin processing if a visa number is immediately available.

For more information, call USCIS's National Customer Service Center at (800) 375-5283 or visit https://www.uscis.gov .

Right after that, the status at USCIS changed from "Approved" to "Sent to Department of State".  I waited three weeks (since NVC record creation is typically 2 weeks) and sent another public inquiry, which is currently awaiting a response.

 

We’re getting similar information from NVC. Our approval was December 16, and the NOA2 advised reaching out after 30 days of inactivity.

Their reply to us was slightly different — they said if the processing date has passed, we can upload a copy of the NOA2 and they’ll research it. I’m not sure what that entails yet, but I submitted it this morning and will update once we hear back.