Approval to NVC time frame?

[William2011 1]

Hey guys,

I got a question and need some advice. I finally got an approval after waiting 298 days at the VSC. It has been over two weeks now, and the NVC has not recieved anything from USCIS. When I was approved the first time, the application was there in 3 days. I call the NVC daily, and they keep telling me to wait and call back in a few days. This seems to be going in circles. My question is waiting over two weeks normal now? Is is safe to assume it was not sent or lost? Should I go ahead and do another congressional inquiry into this? Any thoughts on it?

[Blessing+faith 1]

Hi There,

My understanding from previouse posts is that there is a back log, so give it atleast 4 weeks. Also emailing them is good,though it takes a few days for them to reply.

Good luck

[Saylin 1,605]

Hey guys,

I got a question and need some advice. I finally got an approval after waiting 298 days at the VSC. It has been over two weeks now, and the NVC has not recieved anything from USCIS. When I was approved the first time, the application was there in 3 days. I call the NVC daily, and they keep telling me to wait and call back in a few days. This seems to be going in circles. My question is waiting over two weeks normal now? Is is safe to assume it was not sent or lost? Should I go ahead and do another congressional inquiry into this? Any thoughts on it?

Unfortunately, since the early summer, NVC has been going through a backlog. For IR-1/CR-1 cases, it's been taking a month from NOA2 date to getting a case number assigned, where before, it used to only take a week. It's obviously affecting K1 applicants as well. All you can really do is to continue calling every day. Hopefully you hear something very soon!

[yonglin 1]

After 15 business days (day of approval, holidays, etc. not included), the NVC customer service representative will tell you to scan a copy of your USCIS approval notice (paper version of NOA2) and e-mail it to nvcresearch@state.gov. Then, they will search for your file and enter it into their system.

Our case was "received" by the NVC (= entered into their computer) two days after I had sent the above-mentioned e-mail (which was then almost a calendar month after the NOA2). If you look at the timelines, you'll see that most people have their cases received a lot faster. There seems to be a lot of randomness there.

Moral of the story: no need to panic, but make sure to be proactive and send them that e-mail immediately when the 15 business days have passed, i.e., no need to wait 4 weeks.

After it has been received, they will tell you to allow for another 10-20 business days for processing...

Edited September 27, 2011 by yonglin