I had the same issue so I called NVC and the agent said this is because my case is processing by mail, not electronically. He gave me an address to mail the civil documents.
I am immigrating under my approved I-140 approved petition.
I was filling my ds-260 together with my wife and submitted it and show completed.
As this is an employer based petition I don't need any affidavit of support fee.
For some reason ceac website doesn't show to me the possibility to submit the documents. (the column "civil documents" is missing)
Anybody experience this issue?
Is this related to the current situation?
I received my case number on the 25th of February.
Hello everyone. Sorry for replying so late. Here's the timeline of the humanitarian reinstatement of the case.
PETITIONER (father) petitioned for son, son’s wife and their daughter in February 2005, and it got approved in October 2005.
PETITIONER (father) DIED in January, 2010
BENEFICIARY (son) notified USCIS and National Visa Center that the PETITIONER (father) died in 2010. I-130 automatically revoked.
PETITIONER’s wife, (mother) now widowed, submitted a petition for son, in 2012 but that petition in the long run was never used to benefit son & his family.
USCIS notified BENEFICIARY on February 21, 2018 (via “Courtesy letter”) that the original I-130 was revoked due to petitioner’s death, but stated there was still a chance to reinstate the case if another family-member petitioner/sponsor could be found. Gave 87 days to respond (due date would be May 19, 2018). Beneficiary never responded within those 87 days because of inefficient attorneys who could not decide if they could work the case.
USCIS notified BENEFICIARY in November 2018 that the case is officially revoked. Any slim chance to reinstate would have to be via I290-B (Motion to Reopen or Reconsider) and gave 87 days to respond to this notice.
BENEFICIARY responded on November 22, 2018 (1 week later) by filing I290B (Motion to Reopen) with a brief attached. In the application, BENEFICIARY marked "Motion to Reopen" (not Motion to Appeal, or Motion to Reconsider, or Motion to Reopen/Reconsider) The brief attached included a personal explanation as well as supporting documents, as well as a new I864 completed by BENEFICIARY’S sister (US Citizen) who became the “substitute sponsor” of the deceased original petitioner. Taxes were also included.
BENEFICIARY received APPROVAL to reinstate original I-130 in March 29, 2019.
Case sent to National Visa Center 1 month afterwards, and BENEFICIARY received notice from NVC to proceed with visa processing.
BENEFICIARY received appointment notice for him and his family for April 6, 2020, but was cancelled due to COVID.
BENEFICIARY sent a “Request to Expedite” to US Embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in March 2021 because daughter would soon turn 21.
BENEFICIARY received EXPEDITE APPROVAL (1 week after requesting expedite) and finally received another appointment for interview for him and his family for April 21, 2021 (1 year later) Interview was successful and family finally immigrated to USA in June 2021.
dec 23 2016–informed uscis of mom’s passing
dec 8 2017–received courtesy letter asking for substitute sponsor which is my brother
feb 12 2018–sent required documents to us is including affidavit of support from my brother
feb 14 0218–docs received by uscis..we received a notice
sept 2018-case still revoked...uscis saying they didn’t received the documents
oct 2018–filed for motion to reopen...with another set of documents we submitted
april 01 2019–case reopened..
april 04 2019–case approved....case sent to nvc
july 15 2019–case is being processed in nvc
sept 16 2019–notice for interview schedule at us embassy PHilippines
oct 3 2019–interview notice..
oct 22 2019–medical exams—it’s up to you..at least 1 week before interview
nov 5 2019–interview..
1 week after received passport
dec 15 2019–Hello JFK airport
feel free to message me if you have questions..we want to help other people with the same cases....goodluck
