NVC fees

[Maria Yanez 3]

Hi, 

I received my welcome letter on my email from NVC yesterday 5/17/2020 I know the nvc fees are good for a year , but is it from the day they gave me a case number or the date of the payment receipt ? If the payment for the fees expire in a year do I have to pay for them again ? 

[onek 306]

8 hours ago, Maria Yanez said:

Hi, 

I received my welcome letter on my email from NVC yesterday 5/17/2020 I know the nvc fees are good for a year , but is it from the day they gave me a case number or the date of the payment receipt ? If the payment for the fees expire in a year do I have to pay for them again ? 

Are you not planning to pay the fee or move forward with the case for a year?

[Maria Yanez 3]

Yes, but I Have to do the i-601a waiver and they are taking up to a year to get approved, so I have to have the waiver approved before closing my case with NVC that’s why the question.

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to NVC forum.

[Punisher 40]

On 5/19/2020 at 3:04 PM, Maria Yanez said:

Yes, but I Have to do the i-601a waiver and they are taking up to a year to get approved, so I have to have the waiver approved before closing my case with NVC that’s why the question.

That's incorrect. You need to have 601a by the time of the interview, not NVC which only does doc prep work before consular.

 

One of the things I often see on this forum is the unawarness that you can postpone your consular interview up to a year. Once NVC schedules initial date, work directly with consular post regarding scheduling for a later date.

 

From the time of fees being paid you have a year to submit your docs to NVC, then NVC review (2-3 months), then another year to do consular interview. If you throw in extra RFE for i.e. missing civil documents (that you conveniently "forgot" to include) then you could easliy span 2.5 years or more! That should be plenty enough for what you do.

 

Now, it is interesting that CEAC says:

If a period of one-year passes from the last date of contact or login to the CEAC portal, all submitted forms and fees will expire and you must resubmit them to resume processing.
if one was adhere to that alone, you could just log in from time to time into ceac and prolong the process indefinitelly.
 

[Punisher 40]

On 5/19/2020 at 3:04 PM, Maria Yanez said:

Yes, but I Have to do the i-601a waiver and they are taking up to a year to get approved, so I have to have the waiver approved before closing my case with NVC that’s why the question.

By the way:

 

when filing 601a please MAKE SURE you meet all 601a criteria and that an unlawfull presence is the  ONLY ground of inadmissibilty. Especially MAKE SURE you don't fall into other cathegories you are not aware of at the moment. 
 

Seeing you are from Mexico, a good example would be i.e. not recognizing that entry w/o inspection is a separate inadmissability from (naturally resulting) unlawfull presence inadmissability. 

 

separately, do a reasearch where your 601a will be adjudicated, how lenient are they adjudticating there and realistically assess potential of your case of "extreme hardship" to USC/LPR (which is probably hardest to do objectively for the parties interested)