Abandoning Immigration Process at NVC Stage

[Gabriel5454 19]

Hello all,

 

I am wondering what are the consequences of giving up the immigration process, once we are at the NVC stage?  As I understand, the I-130 does not expire, but we should contact the NVC at least once a year in order to keep the petition alive, in the event that we want to immigrate in the future.  What is the best way to contact NVC for this purpose?  By phone or public inquiry?

 

We have been waiting more than one year now and with no end in sight, it does not seem worth it, all the mental anguish and the not knowing what or when anything will happen.  I know many of you have also been waiting as long as not longer but the absurdity of this system is becoming too much for us to deal with.

[Redro 4,611]

8 hours ago, Gabriel5454 said:

Hello all,

 

I am wondering what are the consequences of giving up the immigration process, once we are at the NVC stage?  As I understand, the I-130 does not expire, but we should contact the NVC at least once a year in order to keep the petition alive, in the event that we want to immigrate in the future.  What is the best way to contact NVC for this purpose?  By phone or public inquiry?

 

We have been waiting more than one year now and with no end in sight, it does not seem worth it, all the mental anguish and the not knowing what or when anything will happen.  I know many of you have also been waiting as long as not longer but the absurdity of this system is becoming too much for us to deal with.

If you abandon the petition, you'll have to submit another I-130 when you decide to move to the States- and the entire process (and wait) will start again (one hopes processing times will speed up, but it might be the same or even slower).

You'll also have to check the "have you petitioned someone before/ has the beneficiary been petitioned before" box. 

You the petition at NVC active by logging in to your account. Some users suggest you need to submit some paperwork/work on the DS-260 but others believe just logging in will suffice.