Notice of Immigrant Visa Case Creation

[Sal2021 0]

Hi,

On 25th May I received a Notice of immigrant Visa Case Creation. When I login to CEAC link provided in the email using my  NVC case number and invoice id number I see my application in the list and next to that Pay Fee and Start Application buttons. Pay Fee and Start Application options both are grayed out for me. When it will be available for to start my 12 steps process? 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

When your priority date is current in table B “dates for filing” in the visa bulletin. What is your priority date?

[Kanke 11]

Normally it takes few days for a case to be activated from the day one received the notice of case creation. The reason why the buttons are grayed out could be because of that. So just wait for few days and try again. 

[Sal2021 0]

Hi, I’m not really sure how to check that. My brother a US citizen file for me in 2013, I’m from Pakistan and when I see the bulletin table B, it says F4 - 01OCT07.

[Sal2021 0]

6 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

When your priority date is current in table B “dates for filing” in the visa bulletin. What is your priority date?

I see this on the login page

Due to the numerical limitations on immigrant visa issuance prescribed by law, this petition is not eligible for further processing at this time. The National Visa Center (NVC) will retain the petition until an immigrant visa becomes available. The NVC will notify the petitioner, principal applicant, or attorney of record when this petition is eligible for further processing. The principal applicant should not make any firm plans such as disposing of property, giving up jobs, or making travel arrangements at this time.

 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

1 hour ago, Sal2021 said:

Hi, I’m not really sure how to check that. My brother a US citizen file for me in 2013, I’m from Pakistan and when I see the bulletin table B, it says F4 - 01OCT07.

Well if he filed in 2013 your priority date will be sometime in 2013, so you have some years still to wait, until the date in table B matches your priority date. Your brother should have a receipt notice from uscis for the petition that will have your exact priority date on. It should be somewhere on your NVC case page too, I never went through NVC so not sure exactly what it shows there.

[Sal2021 0]

1 hour ago, SusieQQQ said:

Well if he filed in 2013 your priority date will be sometime in 2013, so you have some years still to wait, until the date in table B matches your priority date. Your brother should have a receipt notice from uscis for the petition that will have your exact priority date on. It should be somewhere on your NVC case page too, I never went through NVC so not sure exactly what it shows there.

It says priority date 05-Sep-2013. So if I understand correctly, currently in the bulletin for F4 it says current priority date 01Oct2007 in 2021 and I have 2013, is it 7 years waiting time? 
also what is the timeframe from NVC case creation to when they want you to start the application? Is that login page with disable Fee and Start Application I’m gona see for 7 years?

 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

8 minutes ago, Sal2021 said:

It says priority date 05-Sep-2013. So if I understand correctly, currently in the bulletin for F4 it says current priority date 01Oct2007 in 2021 and I have 2013, is it 7 years waiting time? 
also what is the timeframe from NVC case creation to when they want you to start the application? Is that login page with disable Fee and Start Application I’m gona see for 7 years?

 

The priority date in table B is the date for filing. It is when you can pay fees, submit ds260 and i864, etc. This is usually 6-12 months in advance of when your priority date is expected to be current in Table A. You cannot interview or get a visa before your priority date is current in table A; the earlier date in table B is to allow you to get all your ducks in a row so you can (theoretically, depends on consulate) be scheduled  for an interview as soon as table A allows.

 

The wait for your priority date to become current is not very predictable. In general, it moves more slowly than actual time so it may “look” like 6 years to go now but in practice historically that might have ended up being more like 9 or 10 years. But then every so often you have a year or two where it moves quite fast. It all depends on the demand for visas vs what is available (there is a quota max) in each (fiscal) year. Bear in mind there has been a large backlog built up over the past year or so from both the Trump ban and the Covid shutdowns at the embassies, so that is likely to affect the speed of progression going forward as well. 

[Sal2021 0]

4 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

The priority date in table B is the date for filing. It is when you can pay fees, submit ds260 and i864, etc. This is usually 6-12 months in advance of when your priority date is expected to be current in Table A. You cannot interview or get a visa before your priority date is current in table A; the earlier date in table B is to allow you to get all your ducks in a row so you can (theoretically, depends on consulate) be scheduled  for an interview as soon as table A allows.

 

The wait for your priority date to become current is not very predictable. In general, it moves more slowly than actual time so it may “look” like 6 years to go now but in practice historically that might have ended up being more like 9 or 10 years. But then every so often you have a year or two where it moves quite fast. It all depends on the demand for visas vs what is available (there is a quota max) in each (fiscal) year. Bear in mind there has been a large backlog built up over the past year or so from both the Trump ban and the Covid shutdowns at the embassies, so that is likely to affect the speed of progression going forward as well. 

Thank you, you cleared alot of things for me how the system works. When first time I saw the email about NVC migration case created I googled and found after you receive the NVC case number from there it may take 1-2 months, I was not sure for specific category it takes more time  and I was also wondering what happened to other people in the queue if they process my case in next month.

Thanks

[wahsan 0]

Any further update that you got after that? One of the family I know also got the email and invoice ID. Their priority date was Oct 2014. 

 

[Sal2021 0]

12 minutes ago, wahsan said:

Any further update that you got after that? One of the family I know also got the email and invoice ID. Their priority date was Oct 2014. 

 

No, nothing happened after that.

[wahsan 0]

Why some recently approved petitions are receiving invoice ID but some old petitions have no invoice ID? 

[wahsan 0]

On 11/14/2021 at 5:42 PM, Sal2021 said:

No, nothing happened after that.

Any further update?