K-1 NOA2 Instructions

[jlsuther82 0]

Hello everyone,

I received NOA2 approving of my I-129F petition from CSC in only 41 days, approved on 08/22/13. However, after being told by my USCIS status to follow the instruction on the notice I am confused. It states:

"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..."

It makes no mention of NVC as all of the sample NOA2 online have shown and as I was expecting from the visa journey flow chart. Has anyone else seen this status and figured out what happens next? I'm calling NVC everyday, sometimes twice and they just say 8 weeks. When I call USCIS customer service they give me the usual line about 'automatically' forwarding to NVC but that they don't track the shipment?

Help!

[cahrie99 12]

This is the first I've heard of this also. Like expected, ours was shipped from USCIS to NVC and then to the embassy. The NVC was who gave us our case number. Did they happen to give you one on your notice? You can try contacting the embassy directly to see if they have received your information. I've done this and they always ask for my passport number to find our information. This link https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?eQs=o/iS8zDpeAKjMWCuebHqOw== can also help when checking on your status but you need your case number to do so. Good luck!

[mieve 0]

Hi! Congrats!!

Well, I am at the same situation. I received my approval really quickly as well and the only thing that they say is wait for at least 30 days.

So, ok let's be patients ( its so difficult, I know LOL ) and wait for our package!!

Good luck!

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

The approval notices are worded that way, but they all go through the NVC on the way to your consulate. How it works for your consulate varies. You need to check about how it works for Manila. http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Philippines&cty=Manila

[Tintin and Mike 127]

It will go to NVC after approval from USCIC. It may require 'additional processing' (took them 3 weeks for our case, could be shorter or longer for yours). Once completed, NVC will send a separate letter stating it was forwarded to USEM

Good luck!

[bettypentiér44 12]

Hello everyone,

I received NOA2 approving of my I-129F petition from CSC in only 41 days, approved on 08/22/13. However, after being told by my USCIS status to follow the instruction on the notice I am confused. It states:

"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..."

It makes no mention of NVC as all of the sample NOA2 online have shown and as I was expecting from the visa journey flow chart. Has anyone else seen this status and figured out what happens next? I'm calling NVC everyday, sometimes twice and they just say 8 weeks. When I call USCIS customer service they give me the usual line about 'automatically' forwarding to NVC but that they don't track the shipment?

Help!

That's what we got on our NOA2 letter. Ours got approved on the 8th August and we called the NVC 5th September and they were able to give us the case number. I, like you was confused about the NVC thing too as the letter stated nothing about being sent there. Luckily someone here helped me out and I got my fiancé to call them. I guess give them a call at the end of each week to see if they can give you the case number.

Congrats though, at least it's on it's way!!

[Hank_ 9,174]

Hello everyone,

I received NOA2 approving of my I-129F petition from CSC in only 41 days, approved on 08/22/13. However, after being told by my USCIS status to follow the instruction on the notice I am confused. It states:

"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..."

It makes no mention of NVC as all of the sample NOA2 online have shown and as I was expecting from the visa journey flow chart. Has anyone else seen this status and figured out what happens next? I'm calling NVC everyday, sometimes twice and they just say 8 weeks. When I call USCIS customer service they give me the usual line about 'automatically' forwarding to NVC but that they don't track the shipment?

Help!

The notice always states it will be sent to the consulate, but they all process through NVC before being forwarded to the embassy.

Try checking the CEAC website for tracking.

There is more info in my link below

Edited September 7, 2013 by Hank_

[Pitaya 2,577]

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[Avery Cates 1,141]

You'll get the NOA 2 and then another letter stating which Embassy it's gone to afterwards.

[pro_star 52]

Silly question regarding the notification.

Does the petitioner get the letter from nvc, or does the beneficiary?

[Pitaya 2,577]

petitioner

[jlsuther82 0]

That's what we got on our NOA2 letter. Ours got approved on the 8th August and we called the NVC 5th September and they were able to give us the case number. I, like you was confused about the NVC thing too as the letter stated nothing about being sent there. Luckily someone here helped me out and I got my fiancé to call them. I guess give them a call at the end of each week to see if they can give you the case number.

Congrats though, at least it's on it's way!!

Through which service center was your case processed? From what I'm seeing with the timelines here on VJ, not one approved case from CSC in the month of Aug has been forwarded to NVC. Other customers, with dates even after our approval but processed through other service centers have already been received at the embassy.

[bettypentiér44 12]

Through which service center was your case processed? From what I'm seeing with the timelines here on VJ, not one approved case from CSC in the month of Aug has been forwarded to NVC. Other customers, with dates even after our approval but processed through other service centers have already been received at the embassy.

Ours went through the California Service Center and has been forwarded to the Embassy in London. I've checked on the site where you can check the status and the case is in transit. Not sure when it was sent, but I assume last week sometime. I need to update my timeline as I haven't put it on there yet, but it's definitely on route!