WHEN DOES NVC CONTACT PETITIONER AND APPLICANT WHEN CASE IS ABOUT TO BE CURRENT

[Dordor 10]

Hello all,

Does anyone have any idea when NVC contacts applcants and petitioners if the case is about to be current. If it takes about 55days to 60days to review civil documents, shouldn't they contact us before our case becomes current to give us time to pay the bills and all. Can one request for NVC to continue to process or wait for bills to be invoiced? I found this on their website.

After Your Petition is Approved

Petitions (Forms I-130 and Forms I-140) approved by USCIS in the United States are sent to the Department of State's National Visa Center (NVC) for pre-processing. When your petition becomes current, or is likely to become current within one year, the NVC initiates immigrant visa pre-processing, including collecting visa fees, forms, and documents from sponsors (petitioners) and immigrant visa applicant(s).

Number of Visas Each Year is Limited in Some Categories

United States laws limit the number of immigrant visa numbers available each year in certain visa categories. This means that even if USCIS approves an immigrant visa petition for you, you may not get an immigrant visa number immediately. In addition, U.S. law also limits the number of visas available in certain categories by country. For limited categories, the availability of immigrant visa numbers depends on the date your petition was filed. This is called your priority date.

Next Steps

The next steps in the process for family and employment based petitions varies by immigrant category, as explained below:

If a petition was filed on your behalf as:

Then:

Spouse of a U.S. citizen

Number is not limited. Next: Begin NVC Processing

Unmarried child (under age 21) of a U.S. citizen

Parent of a U.S. citizen who is age 21 or older

Adult sons and daughters of U.S. citizens

Number is limited each year. Next: Check Priority Dates

Brothers and sisters of adult U.S. citizens

Spouses and children of U.S. lawful permanent residents

Employment based, except for certain special immigrants

The NVC performs immigrant visa pre-processing, including collecting visa fees, forms, and documents from sponsors (petitioners) and immigrant visa applicant(s). Therefore, it is important to await contact from the NVC for next step instructions before you pay fees or submit any forms or documents.

NVC will notify you when your case becomes current or is likely to become current within a year, and will ask you to begin next steps in processing your approved petition.

Edited February 6, 2015 by Dordor

[vincemanalo924 1]

All I know is when our case was about to be current they sent a letter to the petitioner a month early. But it took 2 months for us to receive the Choice of Agent letter. Then I think it was about a week for the IV fee to be invoiced. The Ds-260 took 30 days to be reviewed. Then we received an email on what documents to send to NVC. We're currently waiting to get case complete assuming we don't get a checklist.

Edited February 6, 2015 by vincemanalo924

[Dordor 10]

All I know is when our case was about to be current they sent a letter to the petitioner a month early. But it took 2 months for us to receive the Choice of Agent letter. Then I think it was about a week for the IV fee to be invoiced. The Ds-260 took 30 days to be reviewed. Then we received an email on what documents to send to NVC. We're currently waiting to get case complete assuming we don't get a checklist.

Thank You Vincemanalo924, we would wait then and hope we get contacted soonest. Good luck with the rest of your proces, i hope you get a CASE COMPLETE soonest.