NOA2 letter

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I recently received my NOA2 letter, which was sent from VSC on March 30th. It say:

"The above petition has been approved, and forwarded to the listed consulate. Please contact the consulate with any questions about visa issuance, or if you would like them to forward the petition to a different consulate. The petitioner can also file Form I-824, Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition, with this office to request that we notify another consulate of the petition approval for visa processing purposes. THIS FORM IS NOT A VISA AND MAY NOT BE USED IN PLACE OF A VISA.

When the person this petition is for enters the U.S. based on this visa, he or she will be admitted for ninety (90) days in order to marry the petitioner, and based on that marriage file for adjustment to permanent resident status on Form I-485. The form to apply for adjustment can be obtained at any local USCIS office or USCIS forms center. Please attach a copy of this notice to the adjustment application when you file it.

If the petitioner and the finance(e) do not marry within these 90 days, status will expire, and he or she will be in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act if he or she does not depart. An extension cannot be granted. It is requested that the petitioner inform his or her local USCIS office if he or she determines that the marriage will not take place within the 90 day period. Please attach a copy of this notice to any correspondence about this case."

There is not mention of the National Visa Center. And today, April 9th, I called the automated number at NVC (603-334-0700) and there is no record of them receiving my petition from VSC. How should I proceed? Is it normal for an approved petition to not be sent to NVC with 10 days of approval? Is it possible that the petition will go straight to the consulate and bypass NVC altogether?

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Congrats for your NOA2!

Your petition will be forwarded to NVC for additional name checks before it is sent forward to the Embassy you specified on your I-129F. It can take 2 weeks for NVC to receive your petiton to be sent on...

Alan

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Thank you for your message Alan. I called NVC and in the automated system there is no record of my petition. But looking on the VisaJourney forums I saw many people said you had to speak to an operator. So I did, and she told me the file was sent to the Consulate on April 2nd.