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Hello all! My son's petition finally became documentarily qualified on 12/31/2025, and our visa category is F22. I was wondering if anyone here with the same visa category can share when they received an interview letter from the US embassy. I've seen on other platforms that it can take about 3 months (or more), but the ones I saw are mainly for IR visa categories. I also understand that there is an IV Scheduling Tool online, but I want to check if the dates given there are accurate. My son is already over 21 years old and I am worried that he might age out of the F22 visa category if we do not receive an interview letter soon. Here are a couple more details regarding our case:

- Visa category: F2A (Specifically F22)

- Son's Date of Birth: 01/02/2004

- Priority Date: 07/02/2022

- USCIS Approval Date: 11/06/2025

- Documentarily Qualified: 12/31/2025

Thank you!

I haven't seen anyone start this so I will.

Apparently November filers are the first full month to be able to use the new online form so that's interesting. I didn't realize the online form was so new or I might have done it by mail. Right now I am in total stress out mode.

Timeline so far (spouse and minor son on same I-751 form):

- Submitted packet online form first day possible - 11/13

- Confirmation of receipt notice USCIS online account - 11/13

- Received extension letter in mail - TBD... (still haven't received the receipt notice in the mail yet and it's killing me even though it says it was sent in our account)

The 60 days for inquiry isn't until 1/12/2026 which is killing me.

Hello- I am hoping someone who knows the K-1 process is able to help- we have filed for a K1 as of March 2025, we received a RFE in December and even though I am working with an immigration attorney here in PA, he hasn't been any help and I need to do research on my own.

For our RFE, my Dominican Fiance was asked to provide an Acta Inextensa for proof of his divorce (he sent in an Extracto De Acta De Divocio). The Inextensa is requested because it is more detailed and has more information. He went to the local records office in the Dominican and was told that as of July 2025, they no longer have a Acta Inextensa and now only have 1 option which is an Acta De Divorcio.

I'm concerned if we send this new document and not what was requested it will not be accepted for the RFE. Is anyone familiar with this in the DR? Is there anyway to get the older document? PLEASE HELP!!!!

Hello! I'm a bit confused about what the current situation of our K-1 Visa is. On USCIS Case Status page, we were told our form was approved on 4th of November, 2025. We also received our confirmation via physical mail, and on the letter, it states "We have sent the original visa petition to the Department of State National Visa Center (NVC.)" The physical letter also states our approval is valid from 3rd of November, 2025 to 3rd of February, 2026.

On December 9th, we sent an inquiry to NVC to check if they got our case. They responded and said they did not receive it, and that it could take up to 6 weeks. On the USCIS Case Status page, it still says "Case Was Approved." No status change on the page. Are they still holding our application in USCIS? It's been almost 60 days, and I'm afraid of our case getting lost. Is anyone else experiencing this long of a delay? To be clear; I'm not worried about NVC processing our case, I'm worried about the application leaving the USCIS at all.

Please let me know! Thank you!

I got NVC document checklist but it does not say if I have to upload to physically mail the documents. Can someone please help me with this?
Also the checklist mentions a list of documents which I guess is not applicable to me. How should I know what to send?