AUGUST 2021 K-1 NOA2 to NVC to EMBASSY

[Kev & Lexi 41]

Hey everyone. It'll officially be 2 weeks from approval today. I'm waiting for my fiancé to get home to check the mail, but if we didn't receive anything, are we to call the NVC now or wait the additional 2 weeks?

[AishaniA93 108]

2 hours ago, Kev & Lexi said:

Hey everyone. It'll officially be 2 weeks from approval today. I'm waiting for my fiancé to get home to check the mail, but if we didn't receive anything, are we to call the NVC now or wait the additional 2 weeks?

Ours is 2 weeks right now as well (Aug 11 approval) - we are going to wait at least another 2 weeks because it doesn’t seem like cases are getting to the NVC earlier than at least 4 weeks 

[vagabond1001110 12]

Hello All , I got my case# and inv# today after calling them and the status shows "At NVC" now.

[slex 3]

3 hours ago, vagabond1001110 said:

Hello All , I got my case# and inv# today after calling them and the status shows "At NVC" now.

Hi Vagabond, when you called them today were you placed in queue?  I am trying to call all morning and after the recorded message they just hang up.

[stag 51]

Can someone clarify something for me? After NOA2, you get your case number when the case reaches NVC or when the case is transferred to the respective consulate ? Separately the beneficiary receives a letter? Is it when NVC sends case to consulate that you can officially apply for the visa?

[vagabond1001110 12]

1 hour ago, slex said:

Hi Vagabond, when you called them today were you placed in queue?  I am trying to call all morning and after the recorded message they just hang up.

I called them right at 7 EST and was able to get hold of a human after about 25 minutes. If you are calling them later in the day  during business hours, its likely that NVC just plays a recorded message and hangs up. I am guessing at this point the NVC phone queue can only hold certain number of phone calls in a waiting queue and anyone calling after that is not going to go through. Since they are available until 12 midnight EST, I also read that one may have better luck by calling either very early at 7 am or latter towards the end of the day.

[AishaniA93 108]

1 hour ago, stag said:

Can someone clarify something for me? After NOA2, you get your case number when the case reaches NVC or when the case is transferred to the respective consulate ? Separately the beneficiary receives a letter? Is it when NVC sends case to consulate that you can officially apply for the visa?

Yes, you get your case number when it reaches NVC, it will be a case number which dictated which consulate/country the case is assigned to. You can then use the number to login to https://ceac.state.gov/ceac/ and check the status of your case and fill in DS-160 which you will do once the case says ‘ready’ (which means it’s been sent to your consulate)

 

I’m not entirely sure if the beneficiary receives a letter…if you’re referring to packet3 I think it’s an email. Best is to wait for the consulate to contact before filling in the DS-160

[Nobita24 25]

14 hours ago, stag said:

Can someone clarify something for me? After NOA2, you get your case number when the case reaches NVC or when the case is transferred to the respective consulate ? Separately the beneficiary receives a letter? Is it when NVC sends case to consulate that you can officially apply for the visa?

Usually NVC will create case number in the system around 5 - 10 business days after they received your case from USCIS, so before the case is transferred to respective consulate. Then after the consulate received your case, they will send an email to petitioner to confirm about your case and ask the beneficiary data (name, address, email, phone number). Then they will send an email to beneficiary to inform the docs they needed from beneficiary (the email called P3).

 

 

[Nazim and Debbie 14]

What subject /email address should i be searching for in my email box?

[Nobita24 25]

9 hours ago, Nazim and Debbie said:

What subject /email address should i be searching for in my email box?

Did you mean by the US embassy email?

I don't know if the subject would be the same template or not but what I got is : "K-1; Case number from NVC - Beneficiary name"

For the email address, you can check Brazil portal / Rio De Janereiro Consulate Information, it mentioned several email. It usually one of them.

https://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Brazil&cty=Rio De Janereiro

 

When I checked, the embassy just forward the reply email from my fiancé (petitioner). Also check your spam folder.

[slex 3]

On 8/30/2021 at 12:13 PM, vagabond1001110 said:

I called them right at 7 EST and was able to get hold of a human after about 25 minutes. If you are calling them later in the day  during business hours, its likely that NVC just plays a recorded message and hangs up. I am guessing at this point the NVC phone queue can only hold certain number of phone calls in a waiting queue and anyone calling after that is not going to go through. Since they are available until 12 midnight EST, I also read that one may have better luck by calling either very early at 7 am or latter towards the end of the day.

Thanks a lot -- I know have my case number!

[stag 51]

So just received the welcome letter (I-797) after my NOA2 which was several days ago. The letter came sooner than I expected. The letter says that NVC processing should be complete within two to four weeks. So from what I have seen, I should wait about two weeks before calling NVC for the Case Number. Once I have the Case Number I can see when my case is sent to the Embassy. 

 

Are there any other steps I should be taking? Honestly I have no idea how long this phase will be for waiting but given what I have been reading, I guess I need to be prepared for the long-haul again...

[Kev & Lexi 41]

Nearly on our 3rd week with nothing from the NVC yet. Will get my fiancé to call, as some of you already have!

[AishaniA93 108]

1 minute ago, Kev & Lexi said:

Nearly on our 3rd week with nothing from the NVC yet. Will get my fiancé to call, as some of you already have!

We called NVC yesterday, our NOA2 was August 11. They said they received our case on August 25 but would not have it processed for another week or so, if that timeline helps  

 

he called at around 7.30am EST and was on hold for 90 min 

[Kev & Lexi 41]

1 minute ago, AishaniA93 said:

We called NVC yesterday, our NOA2 was August 11. They said they received our case on August 25 but would not have it processed for another week or so, if that timeline helps  

 

he called at around 7.30am EST and was on hold for 90 min 

Thank you for this! I just know some folks who have posted here have timelines that line up with NOA2 being around August 10th-ish, and fiancé and I received ours the 13th.