Doubt regarding approval and immigration time

[In NYC 0]

Hi everyone!

I'm here asking for your help as my fiance told me that I will have to be in the States within five months from the approval date (NOA2). Does anyone know if that is correct? According to your experiences, how long does it take to get the visa after NOA2?

Thanks a lot!!!!

[Cacerez 19]

Hi everyone!

I'm here asking for your help as my fiance told me that I will have to be in the States within five months from the approval date (NOA2). Does anyone know if that is correct? According to your experiences, how long does it take to get the visa after NOA2?

Thanks a lot!!!!

You have 6 months from the time your VISA is stamped in your passport to enter the US.

edit to answer 2nd question: It depends on each embassy as to when they schedule the interview. Check with others from the same country to see the statistics.

Edited March 3, 2009 by DavChels

[In NYC 0]

THANK YOU!!!!! You're always so nice and helpful

[cjgator 2]

I don't know about the certainty of "having" to be here within 5 months, he may be referring to the fact that the NOA-2 has an expiration date. But, if there are problems along the way through the NVC and embassy phase, that expiration date can be extended, if the problems were a result of agency actions (For example - in my SO's case, NVC sent approval data to the wrong embassy, and it took 6 additional weeks for it to be forwarded to the right place. However, NVC extended the approval dates because the delay was caused by their actions).

There are a lot of factors that play into how long the gap in time could be between NOA-2 and having a visa in hand. A beneficiary who has to go through administrative processing during the NVC stage may be held up an additional couple of months. Embassy interview scheduling varies widely from one embassy to the next. And, you can never be certain that something won't get lost or mis-routed during the process, as was our case. Based on what I have seen with my case and others, I think within 5 months would be a reasonable expectation, and it could happen even much faster than that, but a wait of up to 3 months would not be highly unusual.

Hope this helps.

-CJ

Hi everyone!

I'm here asking for your help as my fiance told me that I will have to be in the States within five months from the approval date (NOA2). Does anyone know if that is correct? According to your experiences, how long does it take to get the visa after NOA2?

Thanks a lot!!!!

[In NYC 0]

Wow What a very complete response! That is what I thought, that timelines would vary depending on the Embassy or Consulate.

I'm crossing my fingers so documents and stuff won't get lost or misplaced but if it does, now I know who to ask

Thanks!!!