I-130 Approved... But what kind of time-frame comes next?

[TimInTampa 0]

Hello, my wife (Colombia) was finally approved for her I-130 application filed June of 2013 by the USCIS. I am a US citizen. The letter states that it's been forwarded the State dept (NVC) approx 30 days ago... and that's about all we know at this point. Can anyone help me understand what kind of times we're looking at next? I realize that the NVC will send me and my wife some papers next (where I can be declared as our point of contact, for mail, etc) but i'm not entirely sure how many steps come next before the interview.

How long until the next round of papers? Timeframe to get an appointment after that?

Any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks!

- Tim

[MCherie 10]

Call the NVC and get your case number, iin, and hand over your emails. also read this

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

[li_09 40]

You need to call them to get your case number. It's take about 30 days from your case reaching NVC to a case number being assigned. When you get your case number you give the agent your email address and your spouse's so that you can receive all communication through email, a lot faster.

You have two separate fees that need to be paid, two lots of paperwork that needs to be sent, and two online forms to be filled out so you're looking at around 2 months in NVC before it's sent to your local consulate for medical and interview.

[TimInTampa 0]

Thank you both! Extremely helpful information for me, I've called the NVC and thankfully they see my app was recieved but have not assigned it a case number - so more waiting I guess.