Approved Petition forwarded to Consulate or Department of State?

[nannyta05 0]

Hello everyone,

Please if someone can clarify me this. On November 7, 2013 we received form I-797, Notice of Action notifying us: "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 now like them to forward the petition to a different consulate."

Then on December 05, 2013 we received the following notification:

"On December 5, 2013, we shipped this approved or re-affirmed case to the Department of State for visa processing. For more information, please contact them directly."

I called the 603-334-0700 phone number and they said I need to wait 8 weeks from the date I received the notification to appear on the system. But I am confused. Where exactly is the approved petition at the Consulate or at the Department of State????

Thanks for your help...

I & R

[Pitaya 2,577]

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Welcome to the forum.

What you have there is a fine example of USCIS government-speak. The left hand often doesn't know what the right hand is doing. ALL approved K-1 petitions are forwarded from the respective USCIS Service Center. which is an agency of the Department of Homeland Security, to the National Visa Center (NVC), which is an agency of the Department of State. After processing at the NVC, it is then forwarded onto the interviewing embassy/consulate, which is also an agency of the Department of State.

The NVC step in the process used to be relatively quick, in comparison to the protracted NOA2 waiting period. But it seems that now the NVC wants to get into the protracted waiting period game. So lately, NVC now seems to take longer to do their processing.

Hang in there, don't give up, keep calling them.

Good luck on your immigration journey.

Edited December 10, 2013 by A&B

[My Name Is Nobody 3]

Please if someone can clarify me this. On November 7, 2013 we received form I-797, Notice of Action notifying us: "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 now like them to forward the petition to a different consulate."

I received the same message on my notice word for word. Im too confused with the information. I see other NAO2 which use the words "forwarded to the Department of State or NVC. Mine also stated the consulate name it was forwarded to.

Yes, it seems confusing.

[nannyta05 0]

OMG!

Thanks for your prompt response!!

I will never give up!!!

[Bin deeq 10]

Uscis > to NVC (DOS) > to Embassy > issuance of your visa on the passport .

[Rotondi.Josie 0]

We received the same thing. I was thinking that the first notice was stating, "yay your approved, not necessarily meaning your case is being shipped this moment"
second notice stating "yay, your case is now being shipped, time to wait until NVC receives it."

[clairegie 265]

OMG!

Thanks for your prompt response!!

I will never give up!!!

that's the spirit! dont worry, everything goes fast after NVC sends them to your consulate. congratulations on your approval!

We received the same thing. I was thinking that the first notice was stating, "yay your approved, not necessarily meaning your case is being shipped this moment"

second notice stating "yay, your case is now being shipped, time to wait until NVC receives it."

congratulations!

[Lynkali 163]

USCIS has been doing this for years, confusing people, there are several posts about it every month. Our NOA2, even last year, said "forwarded to the listed consulate" but of course it was not -- it was forwarded to NVC, and then onwards to the consulate. ALL I-129F petitions pass through the NVC, I've never heard of any exception, ever. Why the NOA2 has to be worded that way, we'll never know ... it is simply wrong and misleading!

[c12h22oh 11]

Hello everyone,

Please if someone can clarify me this. On November 7, 2013 we received form I-797, Notice of Action notifying us: "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 now like them to forward the petition to a different consulate."

Then on December 05, 2013 we received the following notification:

"On December 5, 2013, we shipped this approved or re-affirmed case to the Department of State for visa processing. For more information, please contact them directly."

I called the 603-334-0700 phone number and they said I need to wait 8 weeks from the date I received the notification to appear on the system. But I am confused. Where exactly is the approved petition at the Consulate or at the Department of State????

Thanks for your help...

I & R

You can check your status without call it at NVC and then when you see IN YOUR COMPUTER the attachment YOU SHOULD WAIT ABOUT A WEEK OR SO TO BEGINNING CALL THE EMBASSY .. The USA consul in Bogota have the last say in your case regardless you previous visa approval, let me putting in this way if the Consul who will interview the Beneficiary consider denied the visa ...You can not do nothing about it...

go to the Web site and but your visa number and see what they have to say check the attachment.. be patient and hang in there ... 2014 will be your year

https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?eQs=o/iS8zDpeAKjMWCuebHqOw==

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Edited December 11, 2013 by c12h22oh