March 2023 NVC Submission

[Alex&Nayden 91]

I submitted my paperwork on March 3rd, so I figured I'd start the thread.  

[NorthnerSouth98 23]

Thanks for starting! 
 

We submitted March 2nd, it looks like those who submitted in February were DQ’d fairly quick. Most by 17-18 days, even saw a 14 day! 
 

Best of luck!

[Alex&Nayden 91]

On 3/5/2023 at 1:19 PM, NorthnerSouth98 said:

Thanks for starting! 
 

We submitted March 2nd, it looks like those who submitted in February were DQ’d fairly quick. Most by 17-18 days, even saw a 14 day! 
 

Best of luck!

Yup, I'm so happy that NVC is kicking butt and working fast! I'm hoping to hear something in the week of March 20th!  Yours might be even the week before. 

[davidtech 8]

9 hours ago, Alex&Nayden said:

Yup, I'm so happy that NVC is kicking butt and working fast! I'm hoping to hear something in the week of March 20th!  Yours might be even the week before. 

Is there any tips or links you can share to prepare for the NVC stage? (My I-130 was approved today, from what I have read I just wait a couple days to receive the welcome letter email from NVC).

 

If you could outline what you submitted it'd be helpful!

 

Thanks

[IRFUN 59]

We submitted March 6th! 

Fingers crossed everyone gets DQ'd on the first try!!!

[IRFUN 59]

VJ User	Submitted	DQ Estimate	RFI	Days to RFI	Resubmit	DQ Actual	Days to DQ
@NorthnerSouth98	3/2	3/20
@Alex&Nayden	3/3	3/21
@IRFUN	3/6	3/24

Edited March 8, 2023 by IRFUN

[Alex&Nayden 91]

9 hours ago, IRFUN said:

VJ User	Submitted	DQ Estimate	RFI	Days to RFI	Resubmit	DQ Actual	Days to DQ
@NorthnerSouth98	3/2	3/20
@Alex&Nayden	3/3	3/21
@IRFUN	3/6	3/24

Oooo thank you for doing the table! Super helpful! 

Edited March 8, 2023 by Alex&Nayden

[Alex&Nayden 91]

10 hours ago, davidtech said:

Is there any tips or links you can share to prepare for the NVC stage? (My I-130 was approved today, from what I have read I just wait a couple days to receive the welcome letter email from NVC).

 

If you could outline what you submitted it'd be helpful!

 

Thanks

It will take 1-3 days for your status to change “CASE WAS SENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE” then 1-3 days to get your email from NVC. 
 

When you log in, pay the fees right away. It will wake 2-5 days for the payment to process. Then, you can submit documents.

 

Here is what we submitted:

 

Petitioner (I am a USC):

US Passport Photo or US Birth Certificate

i864 Form (print and sign with pen!)

2022 Tax Return or Transcript

2022 W2

2021 Tax Return or Transcript

2021 W2

2020 Tax Return of Transcript

202 W2

2023 Paystubs

Employment Verification letter

Copy of Apartment Lease (proof of domicile)

Copy of Electric Bill (proof of domicile)

 

Beneficiary (my husband):

 

Police Certificate + Translation

Marriage Certificate + Translation

Birth Certificate + Translation 

Passport Photo

2x2 photo

DS260 (fill out online)

[davidtech 8]

40 minutes ago, Alex&Nayden said:

It will take 1-3 days for your status to change “CASE WAS SENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE” then 1-3 days to get your email from NVC. 
 

When you log in, pay the fees right away. It will wake 2-5 days for the payment to process. Then, you can submit documents.

 

Here is what we submitted:

 

Petitioner (I am a USC):

US Passport Photo or US Birth Certificate

i864 Form (print and sign with pen!)

2022 Tax Return or Transcript

2022 W2

2021 Tax Return or Transcript

2021 W2

2020 Tax Return of Transcript

202 W2

2023 Paystubs

Employment Verification letter

Copy of Apartment Lease (proof of domicile)

Copy of Electric Bill (proof of domicile)

 

Beneficiary (my husband):

 

Police Certificate + Translation

Marriage Certificate + Translation

Birth Certificate + Translation 

Passport Photo

2x2 photo

DS260 (fill out online)

 

Thanks this will help a lot in preparing!

One more question, for the beneficiary documents did you use the same one's that you submitted for I-130 or did you get new one's? 

Thanks for your input.

[Ramirez65 69]

11 minutes ago, davidtech said:

 

Thanks this will help a lot in preparing!

One more question, for the beneficiary documents did you use the same one's that you submitted for I-130 or did you get new one's? 

Thanks for your input.

I got new ones only because in my husband's country (Colombia) they consider official documents to "expire" after 6 months so we got all new documents that had an issue date of March, 2023 stamped on them.  I don't think this is so important for NVC but it will be when he goes to his interview at the consulate in Colombia and they look at his original documents.  That's what I've heard from other filers from Colombia.

[Alex&Nayden 91]

2 hours ago, davidtech said:

 

Thanks this will help a lot in preparing!

One more question, for the beneficiary documents did you use the same one's that you submitted for I-130 or did you get new one's? 

Thanks for your input.

The only new thing we had to prepare was the police certificate + translation and 2x2 photo. Remember that the police certificate must be current (only valid for 6 months) and the 2x2 photo should also be current. My husband cut his hair so even though he had old 2x2 photos laying around, he went and got new ones taken. 

[Alex&Nayden 91]

2 hours ago, Ramirez65 said:

I got new ones only because in my husband's country (Colombia) they consider official documents to "expire" after 6 months so we got all new documents that had an issue date of March, 2023 stamped on them.  I don't think this is so important for NVC but it will be when he goes to his interview at the consulate in Colombia and they look at his original documents.  That's what I've heard from other filers from Colombia.

Wow that's so interesting. So your marriage certificate and birth certificate expires every 6 months? That sounds like a nightmare. 

[davidtech 8]

2 hours ago, Ramirez65 said:

I got new ones only because in my husband's country (Colombia) they consider official documents to "expire" after 6 months so we got all new documents that had an issue date of March, 2023 stamped on them.  I don't think this is so important for NVC but it will be when he goes to his interview at the consulate in Colombia and they look at his original documents.  That's what I've heard from other filers from Colombia.

 

12 minutes ago, Alex&Nayden said:

The only new thing we had to prepare was the police certificate + translation and 2x2 photo. Remember that the police certificate must be current (only valid for 6 months) and the 2x2 photo should also be current. My husband cut his hair so even though he had old 2x2 photos laying around, he went and got new ones taken. 

Thank you both this information is going to help me a lot when organizing my documents.

[Ramirez65 69]

11 minutes ago, Alex&Nayden said:

Wow that's so interesting. So your marriage certificate and birth certificate expires every 6 months? That sounds like a nightmare. 

It doesn't "expire" per se but the issue date becomes old after 6 months so whenever you are to present documents for any reason, you have to go and request them with a newer issue date stamped on them.  It's ridiculous - I don't see any logic in that because my birth certificate has an issue date of 2017 on it and it's perfectly fine to use in the US.  The other oddity with documents in Colombia is that whenever there's a change in your marital status (i.e., you get married or divorced), they hand write that information on your birth certificate (either in the notes section or on the back).  So that's another reason for requesting a new birth certificate - we had to have our marriage notated on my husband's birth certificate in order for it to be valid for NVC and the interview at the consulate in Colombia.

[A&J22 30]

3 hours ago, Alex&Nayden said:

It will take 1-3 days for your status to change “CASE WAS SENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE” then 1-3 days to get your email from NVC. 
 

When you log in, pay the fees right away. It will wake 2-5 days for the payment to process. Then, you can submit documents.

 

Here is what we submitted:

 

Petitioner (I am a USC):

US Passport Photo or US Birth Certificate

i864 Form (print and sign with pen!)

2022 Tax Return or Transcript

2022 W2

2021 Tax Return or Transcript

2021 W2

2020 Tax Return of Transcript

202 W2

2023 Paystubs

Employment Verification letter

Copy of Apartment Lease (proof of domicile)

Copy of Electric Bill (proof of domicile)

 

Beneficiary (my husband):

 

Police Certificate + Translation

Marriage Certificate + Translation

Birth Certificate + Translation 

Passport Photo

2x2 photo

DS260 (fill out online)

Thanks for sharing this, it's helpful, I'm just waiting for the NVC welcome letter to pay and start the NVC process.