tataocb

Thanks for replying, what you guys say makes sense. Since what is being issued is an immigrant visa, and the stamp is already on the passport, then that means the visa has already been issued.

I noticed today that F2A will retrogress in June. My wife and daughter's petitions were approved on April 10th and were both given until late Sept. to enter the US. The PD is November 2012. We were planning on them coming to the US in late August or early Sept. because of my wife's job and other personal reasons. So my doubt is if there will be any problems if she waits until Sept to travel, eventhough their visas have been approved, since by Sept. their PD will most likely no longer be current? Or is it that since they've been approved and already have the sealed package, then it doesn't matter that their PD is no longer current by the time they travel?

Thanks in advance.

does nvc grant a visa for f2a if she is 3mos pregnant?

As long as all the requirements are met, case completed and interview goes well, then yes. F2A refers to the relationship the petitioner has with the beneficiary, as long as it is the spouse or unmarried children under 21 years of age, then there shouldn't be a problem. My wife's PD was Nov 12, she got pregnant and had our baby in Oct 13. By that time, our case was at NVC, we simply delayed sending the AOS and filing the DS-230. Once the baby was born, we sent our baby's birth certificate and asked that she be included as a derivative, so we waited until she was added to my wife's petition which was in Dec 2013. Then we sent the AOS, filed 2 different DS-260 (paid the fee twice...once for wife, once for baby), and sent the IV packages in early Jan 2014, our case was completed in late Jan. We received our IL in late Feb 2014, and on April 10th, my wife went to the interview with the baby and both visas were approved. I hope my experience helps you a bit.

Visa approved! Only a couple of questions were asked about the petitioner. No additional papers, pictures, or evidence of marriage were requested. The interview was short and sweet.

My wife and daughter's interview are tomorrow. Nothing was requested of us in the IL, all documents were up to date. She did get the 2013 tax return documents and will take them to the interview. Apart from that she is taking the IL, passports, medical exam receipts, medical exam vaccination records, 2013 tax forms, and pictures. I will let you know how it goes once it's done.

Hi Guys!

I just received the email 7 minutes ago! The interview has been scheduled for April 10th. I had been checking my prior notifications from NVC and had noticed they were all received a little bit after 5:00 pm Eastern Time. So there it is....April 10th...woohoo!

We completed our case on Jan 28. Based on what I saw from other VJ members from my country, it took them about a month to a month and a half to get the IL, so I'm hoping we get it in the first 2 weeks of March.

We completed our case on Jan 28, I called NVC on the 30th and was told that case was completed on 28th. We received an email on Feb 4th confirming the case was complete and we have been instructed to wait until they contact us with details about the interview date and time. So for now, it's time to wait, without a specific timeframe in mind.

What about the AOS package? Is that still mailed to NVC in "physical form"?

DS230 is obsolete as of September 1st. Have you received the IV fee? If no, then you should wait. Check the Ceac portal. If the DS-260 is enabled, fill it out.

I have received the invoice for my wife, but haven't paid it. It doesn't say anything about either DS230 or DS260.

I am waiting for the birth of my baby, to send the birth certificate to NVC, so they can generate a new invoice for her. Then I would pat both invoices and send everything together, AOS, and IV info, unless it's done online.

I haven't received an email instructing me to file DS-260. I received the invoice for DS-230, but haven't paid it yet as I am waiting for my baby to be born, probably in the next 2 weeks, to send her birth certificate and get an invoice for her DS-230 and send my wife's and baby's DS-230 at the same time. I have paid the AOS fee, but haven't sent it yet, as I am waiting for my baby to include her in the form as well.

So my question is, if I haven't received and email instructing me to send the DS-260, does it mean I should send the DS-230 when I have received and paid both invoices?

Thanks for the help guys.

This is great news for all of us!!!!

So I guess this means that who ever gets their papers processed first, regardless of PD, will get to the interview stage and the visa.

Good luck to all!

Hello Folks! Just wanted to share that my wife's interview is received and its on oct 2013 .. Yay soooo Happppyyyyyy... Can't wait to see her in the states!!!! BTW my wife is in Afghanistan and on F2A visa... just a question since her priority date is 19th oct 2012 and she has interview on 6th oct 2013, if the visa bulleting for the month of october is not current for F2A so will she still get the immigrant visa after her interview ?????/ I'm so concerned about this.. can someone help me by answering to this

This is great news, because this might mean that the retrogression might be back to Oct 2012 as otherwise NVC might not have scheduled your wife's interview if they knew a visa number wouldnt be available for her by the time of the interview.

As for your question....if by the day of the interview, Oct 6th, the cut off date has been set to before your wife's PD and therfore her PD is no longer current, then it is my understanding that she might go through the interview and get her approval. But if her PD is not current, then that means that a visa number is not available. If that is the case, then I think she wouldn't get the stamp in her passport, meaning she wouldn't immediately get the visa; she would have to wait until her PD is current to go back to the embassy and get the stamp in her passport and wait for the package to arrive.

Since NVC probably already knows what the cutt off date will be as they are the ones who decide it, then it would be illogical for them to schedule an interview knowing a visa wont be available for you at the time. So that is why, some people believe that this means that the cut off date will most likely be set to a date where your PD is current, so the cut off date to be established might be on or after your PD. That would be great news, as it is a full year jump from what the last cut off date established in July was. I hope this is the case, because my wife's PD is November 2012.

Hi My Friends

I finally got approved today.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big day

Congratulations on your approval! I'm glad to hear you got it.

I have a question about the NVC process for my particular case.

We are currently starting out the NVC process, I have already paid the AOS fee and have sent the DS-3032 by email and am awaiting acceptance of it and IV invoice. I still haven't sent out the AOS papers though. The reason for it is that my wife is currently pregnant and the baby is due in the first days of October. It will probably be about a month before the baby is born. We were trying to move full steam ahead with the process seeing that the category was Current thinking we might finish up the interview in December or early next year. Now that we know that a cut off date will be established in October, we feel like we dont have to rush things so much anymore. The reason is that in order to take advantage of the category being Current, we would need a interview to be scheduled at a date before October as that is when the cut off date will be implemented; and we find it unlikely that we will complete our case and have an interview scheduled within the next 35 days or so.

We obviously want to include our baby in my wife's petition. I've noticed that one DS-230 form has to be filled out per immigrant which in our case would be 2. I've also noticed that the AOS form also includes a section where we can list other immigrants that will be accompanying the beneficiary, in our case our baby. However, I cant fill that up yet as we dont know what the date of birth of our baby will be.

We've been told that if we are still in the NVC stage when our baby is born, then we would have to send a translated birth certificate and other documents to include her in my wife's petition. And that would also mean having to modify the AOS as it would include one more person and therefore the annual income has to be higher (that won't be an issue as the annual income is sufficient to cover both of them). But having to modify the AOS would mean having to send a new package in after the baby is born, along with paying the fee for another DS-230 and filing that form for our baby as well.

Since it is only about a month before our baby is born, I'm wondering whether I should wait before sending the AOS and IV package, until our baby is born so we can send all the forms at once without having to re-send the AOS package again in about a month. If I were to send the AOS package now, and then had to send the AOS package again once the baby is born, would I have to pay the AOS fee again for the processing of this other form?

What do you guys recommend? Should we wait to send in all the info all at once, or should we continue with my wife's papers and then include the baby's papers once she is born?

I called the NVC about 3 days ago and talked to the operator about my case.

Basically he told me I could either wait until out baby is born or continue sending in the papers now. Regardless of which is the case, once the baby is born, he told me I could email them the birth certificate (give them 20 business days to process it) and they would issue another IV invoice for the baby so I can fill out form DS-230 with the baby's information. However, if I have already sent out the AOS, then I would have to send it again now including the baby. I didn't ask if I would have to pay the AOS fee again.

What I found interesting is that he made it sound like there was a point in the process at which I wouldn't be able to include the baby in my wife's petition anymore. I think it was somewhere around the Interview time, but I was told by others that I would be able to include her even after the interview is over and the IV has been approved, as long as my wife hasn't entered the US. So there is a discrepancy there between what I've been told and what the NVC agent told me, I don't really know who is right.

After talking to the agent, we have decided to put the process on hold and wait for our baby to be born, she is due in about a month. We realize that most likely, we will be very close to October (if not already in October) by the time the baby is born and a cut-off date will most likely have been implemented, but at least that way we guarantee our baby is included and we don't have to start another petition from scratch for our baby. Besides, the only way we can take advantage of this situation where F2A is Current is if we complete our case and get done with our interview before October, which I find unlikely to happen since we haven't sent the AOS and IV Package (we got the IV invoice 2 days ago).

I just thought I'd let you guys know what we had decided, or in case anyone in the future finds themselves in a similar situation.

No. After you send your payment it will show in process, you can already print the barcoded coversheet and send your documents right away.

Ok. Now I understand...it has to show paid by the time NVC receives it, or processes it, but not necessarily before you send it, as you already have access to the cover sheet with the barcode.

Hi Mily7,

I noticed on your signature it states that you sent the AOS and IV Package one day before they appear as paid on the website.

08/23/2013 - Received IV fee invoice by email. Paid IV fee $230

08/26/2013 - AOS and IV Package sent to NVC

08/27/2013 - AOS & IV fee shows paid on the website payment.

Aren't you supposed to wait until the website shows the status as paid before you can print out the cover letter with the bar code that goes into each package?

Where does this thrilling prediction come from? What is the source?

I have a question about the NVC process for my particular case.

We are currently starting out the NVC process, I have already paid the AOS fee and have sent the DS-3032 by email and am awaiting acceptance of it and IV invoice. I still haven't sent out the AOS papers though. The reason for it is that my wife is currently pregnant and the baby is due in the first days of October. It will probably be about a month before the baby is born. We were trying to move full steam ahead with the process seeing that the category was Current thinking we might finish up the interview in December or early next year. Now that we know that a cut off date will be established in October, we feel like we dont have to rush things so much anymore. The reason is that in order to take advantage of the category being Current, we would need a interview to be scheduled at a date before October as that is when the cut off date will be implemented; and we find it unlikely that we will complete our case and have an interview scheduled within the next 35 days or so.

We obviously want to include our baby in my wife's petition. I've noticed that one DS-230 form has to be filled out per immigrant which in our case would be 2. I've also noticed that the AOS form also includes a section where we can list other immigrants that will be accompanying the beneficiary, in our case our baby. However, I cant fill that up yet as we dont know what the date of birth of our baby will be.

We've been told that if we are still in the NVC stage when our baby is born, then we would have to send a translated birth certificate and other documents to include her in my wife's petition. And that would also mean having to modify the AOS as it would include one more person and therefore the annual income has to be higher (that won't be an issue as the annual income is sufficient to cover both of them). But having to modify the AOS would mean having to send a new package in after the baby is born, along with paying the fee for another DS-230 and filing that form for our baby as well.

Since it is only about a month before our baby is born, I'm wondering whether I should wait before sending the AOS and IV package, until our baby is born so we can send all the forms at once without having to re-send the AOS package again in about a month. If I were to send the AOS package now, and then had to send the AOS package again once the baby is born, would I have to pay the AOS fee again for the processing of this other form?

What do you guys recommend? Should we wait to send in all the info all at once, or should we continue with my wife's papers and then include the baby's papers once she is born?

Hi JRF, it does say that. I was actually referring to the next steps after I-130 is approved, does the visa bulletin for F2A category where it indicates current, change the process after I-130 is approved?

The fact that the F2A category is current doesn't change the process of the I-130 if you are going through consular processing. If your wife is in the US in legal status, then you might be able to adjust status from within the US. There is another thread on that topic which is currently active.

If your wife is outside the US, then you have to go through the consular process which has not changed. The fact that it is Current is great news for those that have completed their case at NVC and have received an Interview appointment. If by the time they get approved at the interview, their PD is current (either because the category is still Current or because the cut off date is after their PD), then they get their Immigrant Visa.

Hello Tataocb , I had that problem a few years ago and i solved this way :

My kid was birth ( 3 months ) before the interview in the embassy , so I added in that stage.

the day I went to interview the officer asked me if I had kids? I said yes, then she told me to add him in the DS 230 that I filled for the embassy (because i didnt do it ) , and to get his birth certificate with me and obiously pay the fee for the baby.

- so if your child is birth before interview you just add him to the ds 230 and pay the fees and he will be a PRL like your wife when they enter here

Thanks for the info....I noticed you're from El Salvador too!

I have a couple of questions.

1. Was your case complete by the time your baby was born?

2. If your case was complete and you were just waiting for the interview, did you send any documents to the NVC to include your baby prior to the interview being scheduled, or did you wait until the day of the interview?

3. If you waited until the day of the interview, did she ask you to just include the baby in your DS-230, or did you have to fill out another DS-230 for the baby? Did you have to modify anything for the I-864? Were you scheduled another interview so you could get the birth certificate translated? If another interview was scheduled, for how many days/weeks/months later was it scheduled?

4. Was your spouse a US Citizen, or a Permanent Resident at the time you got your visa?

Thanks for the help

Okay so as long as NVC gets the application before October , beneficiaries with approved petitions should be okay right ?

I understand that all applications that go to NVC ( which is just a triage office) are set an interview and get a visa ( as long as anything is wrong with the application )!

It is my understanding that NVC only schedules interviews if/when a visa number is available. So if our case has moved to the NVC, we might be able to complete it, but if by that time, a visa number is no longer available for our PD, then the interview wont be scheduled. But I could be wrong.

My PD is Nov 2012, it was sent to CSC and was approved on July 16th.

You can check other people's timelines for the F2A category in the following link:

http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?cfl=&op3=8&op5=&op6=All

Another thing to consider is that there wasn't much movement (a lot of i-130 weren't being processed) in our category during a lot of time. So they have to make up for all the time lost. There are people in this forum with PD in late 2011 who still haven't received their NOA2. So that could also mean that since all of that paperwork has accumulated, they might set the cut off date to late 2011 or before; and it could also mean that the rate at which the cut off date moves in the following months might be slow due to all the paperwork they've accumulated. Hopefully that is not the case.....a cut off date of Oct-Nov 2012 would be great!

I don't see why would they schedule an interview if visa is not available. I think the issue with visa is not available after interview might happen only if person goes through AP or reschedules interview him/herself.

It depends on how NVC operates. If they already know what the cut off date will be, then they have sufficient knowledge to determine which petitions will have their PD still current after the cut off date is established and can therefore schedule an interview for them and not schedule an interview for those petitions with a PD after the cut off date.

If they dont know what the cut off date will be, then they should continue with business as usual and continue processing all petitions and forms they receive and continue completing cases and scheduling interviews regardless of whether a visa number will be avialable by the time the interview takes place.

By the way...what does AP stand for? What does IL stand for?