NVC Case number - LMD***********

[Maggie and Jayson 0]

Hey Guys,

My fiance called NV today and received our case# but it's a LMD# instead of MNL#. From all I have read on VJ, NVC case numbers are suposed to be MNL#s so I'm a bit concerned. Does anyone know if that's ok and if anyone's been issued a LMD#? We are K1 filers with NOA2 as of 7.16.

Thanks all!

[sweetforgets 0]

Mine starts with NPL, I was assuming because it is going to the city of Naples. Does "LMD" correspond to the name of the city in which the consulate is located?

[d3adc0d3 186]

NVC Case Number for Consular Processing or Immigrant Visa

When NVC receives the approved immigrant petition from USCIS, it generates the NVC case number, which is different than USCIS receipt number.

The NVC case number is in the format of - EEEYYYYOOOSSS. That is three letters followed by ten digits.

e.g., BMB 2010 534 003

• EEE - The U.S. Embassy or the Consulate that will process the immigrant visa. E.g., BMB for Bombay (Mumbai),
• MDR for Madras (Chennai) and NWD for New Delhi. Embassy/Consulate Codes.
• YYYY - The year in which the case was received by NVC from the USCIS. This year is the calendar year which runs from January to December. It is not the USCIS fiscal year that runs from October to September. e.g., 2010
• OOO - Julian Date which is Ordinal Date plus 500.

Example 1 - 534 means the case was created on 34th day of the year, that is February 3.

Example 2 - The case was created on March 4, 2010. This digits would show 563 (500 + 63rd day)

SSS - Sequence number for the day

e.g., 002 means this case was the second approved petition scanned on that day for that particular

U.S. Embassy/Consulate.

Source:

http://www.**.com/immigrant-visa/nvc-case-number.html

Edited October 16, 2013 by Captain Ewok

[Maggie and Jayson 0]

Well that's the thing. It's supposed to go to Sofia. How is LMD an acronym for Sofia?!

I just hope they haven't messed something up...

[d3adc0d3 186]

SOF is for Sophia, Bulgaria

I would recommend calling the NVC to make sure they're forwarding your case to the right city. Perhaps a new Embassy/Consulate opened up in Bulgaria closer to you, or perhaps there was a typo.

None of the consulate acronyms listed on the page I linked you to are LMD. LND is London, England, and that's the closest.