I-797 received (NOA2 letter)

[Neash 2]

Hi VJers,

Hope you all are doing great. Looking everywhere in the VJ to see if I can find the accurate info regarding NVC, most of them are old posts. We received our NOA2 letter yesterday and now I want to know what is next?

They mentioned that our petition has been approved and forwarded to the listed consulate. I would appreciated anyone can inform me what we should be expecting now to hear/receive? And also how long does this step take?

Thank you in advance and wish you all Luck!

[R&RM 11]

Congratulations! Maybe this can help:

This is just about seeing if your case has been received by the consulate or not, others can chime in and tell you about what next.

All the best to you.

[me&him 2]

You will need to contact NVC now and get a new case number. Usually NVC says it takes 15 business days for them to receive ur approved case and assign a case number. Sometimes its faster and sometimes its slower. Just depends how fast the service center forwards ur file to NVC. Since u got approve yesterday, call NVC on monday and see if they received ur file. I waited a week before contacting NVC and was given the new case number. Hope this helps. Good luck.

[Neash 2]

Thank you for your posts (both of you). Actually we got approval on 15th, we received the letter by mail yesterday. So, you think we should call them by the next week or they may inform us before we ring them?

[steffbry 5]

Hi VJers,

Hope you all are doing great. Looking everywhere in the VJ to see if I can find the accurate info regarding NVC, most of them are old posts. We received our NOA2 letter yesterday and now I want to know what is next?

They mentioned that our petition has been approved and forwarded to the listed consulate. I would appreciated anyone can inform me what we should be expecting now to hear/receive? And also how long does this step take?

Thank you in advance and wish you all Luck!

Hey Neash! usually takes 2weeks for youur case to be forwarded to NVC u can try contacting them at 603-334-0700. You can also check on their homepage site.. just found this on the guidelines

[litlmina 40]

Try calling early in the morning. I've called three times - twice in the morning (around 9am) and once in the afternoon. Both times in the morning I get connected to a person right after I pressed 1 for English. No hold, no waiting.

They can tell you when your case arrived, and when it "left." Have your USCIS receipt number ready and the petitioner and beneficiary's names and birthdays.

Then use the link that R&RM provided to guess your possible DHL tracking number.

[Neash 2]

Thank you again, so you think it's better to call them, ha? out NOA2 date is March 15th, but they mail us yesterday. Maybe it's better to call them by Monday?

[litlmina 40]

Since your NOA2 date is one week ago, I don't think it's unreasonable to call now (one week after).

I think I remember hearing that they track how many times you call...like, one person got called out after they called multiple times in a day. But that's just speculation.

Either way, calling them or not calling them makes no difference (personally, I wouldn't be able to wait if I were you!). They should be able to tell you the dates so you can update your timeline.

[A & K 42 34]

Thank you again, so you think it's better to call them, ha? out NOA2 date is March 15th, but they mail us yesterday. Maybe it's better to call them by Monday?

You can call them Tomorrow (Friday), it is very likely that they have already received your case.

[Neash 2]

So, my fiance called them and the guy told him that we should contact the consulate. We reviewed our NOA2 letter and noticed that it says: "The above petition has been approved and forwarded to the listed consulate, please contact the consulate with any question"

hmmm, what does it mean? did they just forward it directly to the consulate or this is the template?

[litlmina 40]

Did you request your new case number? Even if they've already sent the case to the consulate, I'm pretty sure they can tell you the new case number.