January 2023 I-130 filers

[Crazy Cat 41,610]

36 minutes ago, bck86 said:

After we are DQ at NVC, we just sit tight and wait for an interview letter (IL) email from the Embassy, right?

Yes....except that the IL email comes from NVC.  This is the process after DQ:

 

1. Case is DQ'd by NVC.

2. Case then enters NVC queue for your consulate and waits at NVC.

3. Consulate informs NVC of available interview date for upcoming month.

4. NVC schedules interviews for cases at the front of the line.

5. NVC schedules your  interview when your case reaches the front of the queue for that consulate.

6. NVC notifies person of interview date via email.

7. NVC then sends case to consulate.

After the interview is scheduled, it can take several days to several weeks for the consulate to receive the case.

Edited January 13 by Crazy Cat

[bck86 20]

12 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

Yes....except that the IL email comes from NVC.  This is the process after DQ:

 

1. Case is DQ'd by NVC.

2. Case then enters NVC queue for your consulate and waits at NVC.

3. Consulate informs NVC of available interview date for upcoming month.

4. NVC schedules interviews for cases at the front of the line.

5. NVC schedules your  interview when your case reaches the front of the queue for that consulate.

6. NVC notifies person of interview date via email.

7. NVC then sends case to consulate.

After the interview is scheduled, it can take several days to several weeks for the consulate to receive the case.

Super helpful, thank you so much!

[AK65 12]

13 hours ago, bck86 said:

Super helpful, thank you so much!

After we submit all forms and required documents to NVC online, do we need to send anything by email to NVC?

 

How do we know that our Case status is DQ?

Edited January 14 by AK65
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[Williams Agyei 2]

4 hours ago, AK65 said:

After we submit all forms and required documents to NVC online, do we need to send anything by email to NVC?

 

How do we know that our Case status is DQ?

Hello, I only submitted documents online. I didn't see any instructions to send anything by mail during this step. I also found the below statement online. If I am wrong someone please correct me.

IMPORTANT: Do not send any documents to NVC by mail. However, you must bring every civil document you uploaded and submitted with your application to your visa interview. To submit documents, log into CEAC and go to the “Start Now” buttons located under Affidavit of Support Documents and Civil Documents.

https://travel.state.gov › immigrate

 

Submit Documents - Travel.gov

 

[bck86 20]

7 hours ago, AK65 said:

After we submit all forms and required documents to NVC online, do we need to send anything by email to NVC?

 

How do we know that our Case status is DQ?

No, you don’t need to send anything by email. Once you submit all the forms and required docs, you just wait and you’ll get an email. I got two — one saying we were DQ and one saying we had a new message and to log in to CEAC to see it. The message in CEAC simply repeated that we were DQ.

 

If you’re still waiting to be DQ, make sure that the status of your docs says SUBMITTED and not just UPLOADED.

[AK65 12]

2 hours ago, bck86 said:

No, you don’t need to send anything by email. Once you submit all the forms and required docs, you just wait and you’ll get an email. I got two — one saying we were DQ and one saying we had a new message and to log in to CEAC to see it. The message in CEAC simply repeated that we were DQ.

 

If you’re still waiting to be DQ, make sure that the status of your docs says SUBMITTED and not just UPLOADED.

Thanks for the information 

[Jweldon08 8]

I thought I would post our timeline as I found it super useful from others:

 

Submitted 12th Jan 2023 (Nebraska transferred to California)

Approved 11th Dec 2023

NVC welcome letter 8th Jan 2024

Docs submitted 11th Jan 2024
Documentarily Qualified 17th Jan 2024

 

The welcome letter took a lot longer than NVC published with their processing dates, but our documents being reviewed was quicker. 

 

[AE2017 6]

Filed for my 2 step children as a step mom

 

NOA1: January 27, 2023

NOA2: July 18, 2023

RFE: December 26, 2023 

 

[David-1 3]

8 hours ago, Jweldon08 said:

I thought I would post our timeline as I found it super useful from others:

 

Submitted 12th Jan 2023 (Nebraska transferred to California)

Approved 11th Dec 2023

NVC welcome letter 8th Jan 2024

Docs submitted 11th Jan 2024
Documentarily Qualified 17th Jan 2024

 

The welcome letter took a lot longer than NVC published with their processing dates, but our documents being reviewed was quicker. 

 

Was that for a child, spouse, .....?

 

Country????

Edited January 18 by 1004ron

[Jweldon08 8]

9 hours ago, 1004ron said:

Was that for a child, spouse, .....?

 

Country????

Spouse. U.K 

[AK65 12]

On 1/17/2024 at 8:59 PM, Jweldon08 said:

I thought I would post our timeline as I found it super useful from others:

 

Submitted 12th Jan 2023 (Nebraska transferred to California)

Approved 11th Dec 2023

NVC welcome letter 8th Jan 2024

Docs submitted 11th Jan 2024
Documentarily Qualified 17th Jan 2024

 

The welcome letter took a lot longer than NVC published with their processing dates, but our documents being reviewed was quicker. 

 

Update from me: We are DQed today and Case status is "At NVC"

 

Docs submitted 13th Jan 2024
Documentarily Qualified 19th Jan 2024

 

[David-1 3]

I guess we should expect a longer wait considering our I-130 is for an adult child over 21 yo (not married) - anyone know what the typical wait time is for this?

[ak89 13]

DQ’d five minutes ago! Now we wait on Dublin. A great day. 

[isolo 4]

Hello, has anyone paid for the IV case at NVC and the status of the payment at NVC says rejected and goes back to pay now?

[ak89 13]

12 minutes ago, isolo said:

Hello, has anyone paid for the IV case at NVC and the status of the payment at NVC says rejected and goes back to pay now?

Yes it took me a couple of tries to get it to go through. I’d suggest trying the Microsoft Edge browser if you haven’t already, that did the trick for me.