online I130 Filers waiting for NVC welcome letter

[Voilet 41]

Hi everyone, I started this thread for all those who filed I130 online (IOE....), July 2019 ,got approval notice from USCIS and are waiting for NVC welcome letter , guys share your ideas ,experiences and expectations.. In some case USCIS taking longer to send approved petition to NVC .Anyone who got case number from NVC yet ?  And if not , Who else is facing same problem ! 

Maybe some piece of info would be helpful for others ! 😊

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[Alix64 425]

Hi Voilet,

You'll see all about our journey in my signature.

Approved on Nov26th (like you or very close), and waiting for the welcome letter.

Take care,

Alix

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[Voilet 41]

1 hour ago, Alix64 said:

Hi Voilet,

You'll see all about our journey in my signature.

Approved on Nov26th (like you or very close), and waiting for the welcome letter.

Take care,

Alix

We also got approved on 26 November ! But nothing heard from NVC yet !! Your case no. starts with IOE .....? Did you call USCIS or NVC and asked about your case ??and what they said  Isn’t it taking longer ?? Normally it takes 6-8 weeks to transfer case from USCIS to NVC and in some cases in 20 days  ?thanks 

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[Alix64 425]

27 minutes ago, Voilet said:

We also got approved on 26 November ! But nothing heard from NVC yet !! Your case no. starts with IOE .....? Did you call USCIS or NVC and asked about your case ??and what they said  Isn’t it taking longer ?? Normally it takes 6-8 weeks to transfer case from USCIS to NVC and in some cases in 20 days  ?thanks 

I called them about 10 days ago and they said that they had well received our file on December 19th and that a case number should be created either this week or next week. That's all.

My receipt number (no case # yet) starts with SRC ( = south region center for Texas Center at USCIS).

What about you?

[Voilet 41]

1 hour ago, Alix64 said:

I called them about 10 days ago and they said that they had well received our file on December 19th and that a case number should be created either this week or next week. That's all.

My receipt number (no case # yet) starts with SRC ( = south region center for Texas Center at USCIS).

What about you?

It’s good to hear ☺️

My receipt number starts with IOE ,July 3rd at the time we filed our I130 and sent(mailed ) all paper work to USCIS Phoenix lockbox , i m wondered why they assigned us IOE(electronic receipt number )  my service center is also Texas service center  !😔

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[Alix64 425]

44 minutes ago, Voilet said:

i m wondered why they assigned us IOE(electronic receipt number )  my service center is also Texas service center  !😔

I have no idea. But don't torture yourself with too many questions.

Right now, our process is not late, so no reason to get alarmed (even if some people got their welcome letter before us 😋).

Take care,

Alix

[LilyJ 1,258]

1 hour ago, Voilet said:

It’s good to hear ☺️

My receipt number starts with IOE ,July 3rd at the time we filed our I130 and sent(mailed ) all paper work to USCIS Phoenix lockbox , i m wondered why they assigned us IOE(electronic receipt number )  my service center is also Texas service center  !😔

Your receipt is IOE since you filed in July, since around June-July they switched to all I130 cases being IOE

[Voilet 41]

5 hours ago, Alix64 said:

I have no idea. But don't torture yourself with too many questions.

Right now, our process is not late, so no reason to get alarmed (even if some people got their welcome letter before us 😋).

Take care,

Alix

Thankx I appreciate . Best of luck 😇

[user555 196]

Patience is key here. It took 4 weeks after my USCIS approval notice for NVC to invite me to log into their website. Your timeframe may take longer. It is still within their recommended processing times. It will come. 

[Imtiaz Mahmud 3]

My case aproved september 13 and I received Wellcome

letter on November 29

[Voilet 41]

31 minutes ago, Imtiaz Mahmud said:

My case aproved september 13 and I received Wellcome

letter on November 29

Happy for you , Probably you didn’t have IOE receipt number? 

[Voilet 41]

1 hour ago, user555 said:

Patience is key here. It took 4 weeks after my USCIS approval notice for NVC to invite me to log into their website. Your timeframe may take longer. It is still within their recommended processing times. It will come. 

True ! We are in 7th week already after approval on 26 November 2019,  no nothing from NVC yet 

[user555 196]

I read this on an immigration website: It takes approximately 30-60 days for an immigrant visa application to be transferred from USCIS to the National Visa Center. The National Visa Center recommends that an applicant wait at least 60 days from the date of the immigrant petition's approval before calling to confirm the receipt of an application.

 

From NVC: 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.

[Voilet 41]

13 minutes ago, user555 said:

I read this on an immigration website: It takes approximately 30-60 days for an immigrant visa application to be transferred from USCIS to the National Visa Center. The National Visa Center recommends that an applicant wait at least 60 days from the date of the immigrant petition's approval before calling to confirm the receipt of an application.

 

From NVC: 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.

 

13 minutes ago, user555 said:

30-60 days for an immigrant visa application 

It takes 4 to 8 weeks to transfer case from USCIS to NVC , but IOE petitions are abnormally taking longer for a lot of people, I saw VJ profiles of many people waiting here more than 7 months , they need to fix this problem , it’s so frustrating..God bless All and best of luck to who are waiting still  for NVC , hope to listen from them soon 😇

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[aabd1987 72]

Ok so I filed my I-130 petition on August 1, so really close to July.  USCIS made an error in my husband's name, so it was expedited and approved on October 25, 2019.  As of now, my case has NOT been sent out of USCIS office yet to NVC.  I have been waiting for 86 days so far, and my case is still at USCIS.  Please keep me updated on what happens with you all.  If I hear anything new, I'll let you know!