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HI! My name is april from the Philippines and my priority date is 12MARCH2010 with preference category of F2B.

The Consulate sent me a letter last September 2010 regarding my Case number.

I would like to ask because i just saw in the US consulate website regarding the ff:

One Year Contact Requirement

After you receive notification that the NVC is processing your case, you must contact them at least once a year. If you do not contact the NVC for one year, all documents and fees on your case will expire and you must resubmit them to resume processing.

If my parents wasn't able to follow up then that means that my petition is now invalid.?

attached is the NVC's message when i checked my case status, what does it mean literally.?

It really makes me sad. can anyone please help me with this.

I am currently living and working in Dubai would it be possible to forward my petition from the philippines to here.?

I will wait for anyone's help. Please kindly reply. Thank you very much.

Hi April,

I have the same question...my son PD is Dec2010 and we haven't heard from NVC since two years ago telling us our visa is not available. I look up NVC's "one year contact requirement" again, it says.

Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 203(g) provides that the Secretary of State shall terminate the registration (petition) of any alien who fails to apply for an immigrant visa within one year of notice of visa availability.

I think that means only when the visa become available starts to count for 1 year??

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Did you submit any documents back in 2010 when his priority date was still current?

Hi Jim,

I also have similar worry.

I filed I-130 for my son on Dec2010 so his Priority date is dec10. He will be 21 year old next month (Jun2012) and the current visa available for Nov2009. Do I need for send in any forms to protect Child aging out? Right now, we are working on filling out DS-230 and gathering civil documents.

Thank you so much!

qoo

Hi Ricardo,

Oh so we paid way too early!

We are both in 2010 dec filer. So our PD is on Dec 2010. And the current looks like on Feb 2009. Is that mean it will takes almost 22 months to be current and to get for interview?? So that they could come???

Oh Ricardo, I'm so sorry, I got your name spelt wrong in the previous replies!

Hi Richard,

I received NVC email reponse regarding my request to make correction of my daugther's name. They said I'll need to submit a copy of biographical page of her passport to NVC.

National Visa Center

ATTN: WC

31 Rochester Avenue, Suite 200

Portsmouth, NH 03801-2915

By the way, are you filing for your brother? I saw from your timeline Brother's journey that you put AOS fee & IV fee paid in 2012 Jan & Mar??? Is it your prediction only?

Are you filing for your brother or your Dad/Mom file for your brother?

Hi Richard,

Thanks for your reply.

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Hi dear friends,

Hope anybody here can help and give me suggestion.

When I was parparing to send DS-3032 to NVC by email, I discovered that my daughter's first name and middle name was mixed up just as I did in the I-130 application form. I quickly sent to both USCIS and NVC with a cover letter requesting for correction, with a scan-copy of the corrected I-130, her birthday certificate and I.D. Card.

What else should I do to hopefully gaurantee there's be no delay for her visa case?

Many thanks to the friends here for help!

qoo

All that letter is saying is that you should receive a letter from the NVC about 9 months before a Visa Number is available for them, that's all...

Hi Bob 4 Anna

Thank you for your reply.

Oh no : ( So the NVC Case Number is not a visa number.

Can anyone please help and tell me what should I do next? I’m really confused. My husband paid for AOS fee $88 each for my 2 kids.

I know I need to send DS-3032 to my kids to sign and return to me to send to NVC. I’m waiting for my kids’ signature return to me.

Then I received NVC email as below. What should I do at the time being?

What is IV fee? Is it $404? How do I pay it? Thanks!!!

Hi Pengiun,

I read one of your message talking about the child have to be under 21 when come to US with F2A visa.

As my son is now 20 years old, what should I do if he still doesn’t get to visa next year?

Is there some age out protection filing I shall prepare to do?

Hi Pengiun_ie & Bob 4 Anna

Thank you for your reply.

What about the DS-3032…. The letter says

“Unless an adjustment of status in the United States is required, after approving an immigrant visa petition filed in the United States, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), forwards it to the National Visa Center (NVC) where the State Department’s immigrant visa process begins. If the petition is for a visa applicant whose priority date is not likely to be reached in the next year, the petition will be stored at the NVC until that priority date is reached.

When there is an immediate visa available or likely to be available within the next 9 months, NVC will send a letter enclosing the Choice of Agent and Address Form (DS-3032) to all of the applicants with a few exceptions.....

My kids priority date is Dec19,2010. They are working on Feb2009.

According to what you said, this is almost 2 years of wait.

But this letter says “likely to be within 9 months”…will they be able to come sooner?

Regarding the DS-3032 form I received, which require not me but my son and daughter's signature in my home country. In order to save time, can I scan and email to them to sign on it and return to me by email. So that I can check everything is correct. And then I email their copy to NVC instead of they each individual email to NVC? Will the NVC accept the form is sent by the petitioner instead of the applicant?

The choice of agent is the step-father. He later will establish email communication with NVC for future corrspondence? Is it ok?

Thanks!

No. Follow-to-join would be based on your original petition, ie you would apply for and get K-2 visas for the kids, they'd have to go do AOS once here etc.This usually only takes a few months from when you start the process.

Did you, the greencard holder, file the I-130 or did your USC husband? If the step-dad filed, it will take about a year to get approved, maybe less (assuming you married before kids turned 18). But if you filed, because you are only a greencard holder, it will take 3+years.

Oh no, I didn't know there is the Follow-to-join policy at all. When I was in the US consulate in HK, I told the officer I changed my mind and decided to leave my kids and come me later. The officer told me it would be a long wait if I didn't take them with me. I guessed the immigration policy are so many so complicated that even the officers didn't know that I can try to file with "Follow-to-join" within a year I got here. I went to an immigration lawyer office and explained my situation, they didn't mention "Follow-to-join" too. They suggested me as a greencard holder to file for I-130 instead of US citzen step-dad to file as my son was 19, daugther was 16.

Last week, I received NVC sending me letters of DS-3032 and AOS invoice bill. As I seached internet what this stage means, I found this website. Still I am confused but hopeful this stage means my son and daugther will be able to join me within 1 year from now?

Or they will still have to wait for 1-2 years for an interview after this NVC process?

Thanks for your reply.

Because follow-to-join has to be done within a year, it is too late (that would have been the fastest option). But as the child is a minor, you can petition for him as your step son. So yes, you will fill the I-130, and the process will take around 9 months. He will definitely need to go to an interview- maybe you can arrange for your wife to fly over for it, and hopefully bring him to the USA after?- and likely a medical.

Hi Penguin_ie,

Is there a case for follow-to-join within 1 year?? I came to US with K1 visa leaving two kids behind Hong Kong. As soon as I got my greencard I filed I-130 for them (within 1 year since I arrived US). Is that mean they will get visa process faster?

Thanks!

@arkinjermy @jelaru....hello,join din kayo sa f2a phillippine pero tayo pinoy doon salamat..god bless

Hi everybody, I filed for I-130 for children on Dec2010. My son was 19, daughter was 16. And today I recevied letters from NVC with the AOS processing fee bill invoice and DS-3032 form for each child. What does it mean? I don't want a false hope. But I am so anxious for my children to join me in US soon. I'm so worried that my son will age out as he is now 20. How long will it take for them to receive from the consulate in Hong Kong?

I see you guys mentioned priority date? What is it? Where can I check the priority date for my petition? And why everybody seems to get notification thru email? How do I also get letter thru email to shorten the process of snail mailing??

Thanks for helping!