expedite NVC Approved Expedite w/o Case Number

[Oakley1234 1]

Hi All!

 

So we had our I-130 Expedited for Humanitarian Reasons and requested the same for the NVC.

 

Today we received an email from NVC says that the US Embassy (Bangkok) accepted our case for expedited processing and they will send this file immediately to the US Embassy.

The NVC received our approved I-130 on 10/2/19 Wednesday

I requested NVC to expedite 10/3/19 Thursday

NVC requested docs to submit for expedited processing 10/4/19 Friday

NVC emailed saying they are reviewed docs submitted for expedited processing 10/7/19 Monday

NVC emailed saying the US Embassy Approved to expedite and NVC is immediately sending our file to the US Embassy 10/9/19

 

This happened so quickly that we never received a case number from NVC nor have we submitted ANY documents to NVC other than our expedite request, I-797, and USCIS sending them our approved I-130.

 

Questons:

Will we still receive an NVC case number at some point?

Does not having this NVC case number slow things down?

Is dealing with the US Embassy for collecting and submitting the remaining documents much faster than dealing with NVC typically?

What should we expect for our next steps (specific to our situation). I've done my homework and understand the usually process but not with this sort of quick expedite approval.

 

Thanks in advance for any help you can be!

 

Jay

[Liam2021 583]

You should call NVC and ask for case number. NVC will create a case # when they received your case from USCIS.

[Oakley1234 1]

On 10/9/2019 at 10:50 AM, H&T said:

You should call NVC and ask for case number. NVC will create a case # when they received your case from USCIS.

Thanks H&T! NVC actually emailed us the case number and invoice number today. Looks like things are starting to move quickly!!!

 

NVC's prior email said that they were forwarding our file to the US Embassy and to deal with them for questions and scheduling interview. Does this mean that instead of going on CEAC.state.gov and submitting docs, should we wait to communicate with the embassy directly since the docs MAY need to be brought in person? Thanks!

[s.ramos510 14]

47 minutes ago, Oakley1234 said:

Thanks H&T! NVC actually emailed us the case number and invoice number today. Looks like things are starting to move quickly!!!

 

NVC's prior email said that they were forwarding our file to the US Embassy and to deal with them for questions and scheduling interview. Does this mean that instead of going on CEAC.state.gov and submitting docs, should we wait to communicate with the embassy directly since the docs MAY need to be brought in person? Thanks!

Yup you will submit everything at the interview .

[Oz90 0]

May I know how you expedited the i-130?

[Oakley1234 1]

On 10/10/2019 at 1:13 PM, s.ramos510 said:

Yup you will submit everything at the interview .

Actually we received an email from the US Embassy today saying to go onto the CERC website and submit the DS-260 before they can process and schedule interview. I believe we will upload documents on that website and after take the originals to the interview. Thank you!!! I'll update once we finish the DS-260 to see if they require anything more.

[Oakley1234 1]

On 10/10/2019 at 11:19 PM, Oz90 said:

May I know how you expedited the i-130?

Requested USCIS to Expedite based on Humanitarian Reasons 

then once NVC received the approved I-130,...

Requested NVC to Expedite based on Humanitarian Reasons

 

Our specific reasons are very private but lets just say there may have been immediate physical danger to the beneficiary in her country.