USCIS, NVC, and the Consulate don't know where my case is.

[ZandL 1]

Hi everyone, glad this forum is here. We recently received our petition approval for our I129F via the I-797 NOA2. On the approval notice, it said to contact the "listed consulate" with any questions. Well, for starters, there was no consulate listed. Our notice stated the following:

 

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"The above petition has been approved, and forwarded to the listed consulate. Please contact the consulate with any questions about visa issuance, or if you would like them to forward the petition to a different consulate. The petitioner can also file Form I-824, Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition, to request that we notify another consulate of the petition approval for visa processing purposes. THIS FORM IS NOT A VISA AND MAY NOT BE USED IN PLACE OF A VISA.

 

When the person this petition is for enters the U.S. based on this visa, he or she will be admitted for ninety (90) days in order to marry the petitioner, and based on that marriage file for adjustment to permanent resident status on Form I-485. The form to apply for adjustment can be obtained at any local USCIS office or USCIS forms center. Please attach a copy of this notice to the adjustment application when you file it.

 

If the petitioner and the fiance(e) do not marry within these 90 days, the status will expire, and he or she will be in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act if he or she does not depart. An extension cannot be granted. It is requested that the petitioner inform his or her local USCIS office if he or she determines that the marriage will not take place within the 90 day period. Please attach a copy of this notice to any correspondence about this case.

NOTICE: Although this application has been approved, USCIS and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security reserve the right to verify this information before and/or after making a decision on your case so we can ensure that you have complied with applicable laws, rules, regulations, and other legal authorities. We may review public information and records, contact others by mail, the internet or phone, conduct site inspections of businesses and residences, or use other methods of verification. We will use the information obtained to determine whether you are eligible for the benefit you seek. If we find any derogatory information, we will follow the law in determining whether you provide you (and the legal representative listed on your Form G-28, if you submitted one) an opportunity to address that information before we make a formal decision on your case or start proceedings."

 

 

That's it. No consulate listed or any contact information. I contacted NVC about the case, they said to contact the U.S. Embassy dealing with it (which would be Manila). I contact the consulate at the embassy in Manila and they said they didn't have it and to contact USCIS. Well... USCIS says to contact the listed consulate. I'm being sent in a circle.

 

Any help or advice?

[smilingstone 167]

When did you receive your NOA2? Your petition now has to go to NVC, and then NVC will forward it on to your embassy.

 

All of this can take some time, for me it was:

 

NOA2: 2024-08-02

USCIS to NVC: 2024-08-28

NVC to Embassy: 2024-09-24

Embassy Received: 2024-09-30

Letter from Embassy Received: 2024-10-19 (this date is an estimate as I flew to the US on the 19th, and had not received anything before then, but upon returning the letter was here and was dated 15th Oct)

 

You can check the USCIS tracker to see where your petition is at. You will also receive updates via letters at each point (from NVC and embassy) but these typically lag behind the tracker.

Edited November 5 by smilingstone

[apnzz 228]

16 minutes ago, ZandL said:

Hi everyone, glad this forum is here. We recently received our petition approval for our I129F via the I-797 NOA2. On the approval notice, it said to contact the "listed consulate" with any questions. Well, for starters, there was no consulate listed. Our notice stated the following:

 

 

That's it. No consulate listed or any contact information. I contacted NVC about the case, they said to contact the U.S. Embassy dealing with it (which would be Manila). I contact the consulate at the embassy in Manila and they said they didn't have it and to contact USCIS. Well... USCIS says to contact the listed consulate. I'm being sent in a circle.

 

Any help or advice?

My noa2 said the same thing "listed consulate", but after approval, ALL k1 go to NVC then the embassy.

 

I've had several friends experience receiving the same noa2.

 

After contacting USCIS about the noa2 wording, they told me it was a worker error and they will not send a new one and that the current one will suffice, they reiterated the next stages (nvc then embassy) and said it is fine. 

 

Waited for my case to get sent to DOS, all went fine, received by NVC, all went fine, at embassy now, all is fine.

 

Same with my friend - she just got sent to DOS on Friday last week.  

 

 

When did you get your noa2? There is a huge delay between approval and being sent to DOS right now. Around 55-80 days.

 

An example of  recent cases sent to DOS were cases approved on Sept 9th sent to DOS on Nov 1st.

 

If your noa2 is recent, I'd wait.

 

 

-- my timeline:

NOA2: Aug 23

Physical NOA2 (that stated our case went to the  listed consulate): Sept 3rd

Sent to DOS: Oct 7th

Received by NVC: Oct 16th

In Transit: Oct 22nd

Ready at Embassy: Nov 5th

 

ALL K1, after USCIS approval, gets sent to the Department of State National Visa Center,processed, sent to the embassy of beneficiary country. 

Edited November 5 by apnzz

[ZandL 1]

Sorry, I just noticed I failed to give the actual date.

 

9/28/2024: NOA2 Petition Approval

10/22/2024: NVC responded to my inquiry, stating they could not help and to contact the U.S. Embassy or Consulate processing my petition.

10/26/2024: Consulate at U.S. Embassy in Manila responded, stating they had not received my case yet and to contact USCIS.

 

Edit: It seems you can't edit an original post in a thread?

Edited November 5 by ZandL

[apnzz 228]

2 minutes ago, ZandL said:

Sorry, I just noticed I failed to give the actual date.

 

9/28/2024: NOA2 Petition Approval

10/22/2024: NVC responded to my inquiry, stating they could not help and to contact the U.S. Embassy or Consulate processing my petition.

10/26/2024: Consulate at U.S. Embassy in Manila responded, stating they had not received my case yet and to contact USCIS.

Yeah you have a wait ahead of you still.

 

Your next stage would be that your case updates as Case was sent to the Department of State.

 

This is delayed. I'd say you have 2 ish weeks left of waiting maybe even more.

 

The most recent cases sent to the Department of State were cases approved around Sept 9th to Sept 13th. 

 

Ignore the wording of the noa2, it is becoming a very common mistake - so many of us are receiving the wrong format noa2. But USCIS assured me that all k1 process the same:

 

Approval -> Sent to DOS -> NVC create case and provide case number -> forward to embassy -> you book medical and interview  once "ready" status. 

 

I've personally already gone through this and can assure you the wording is just an error & you will eventually get sent to DoS.

[ZandL 1]

It felt like there was something wrong with the NOA2 letter, and I'm glad to hear that it is indeed the case. Thank you for letting me know this is normal and that my case, in all likelihood, is still being processed without issue.

 

Many thanks for the reassurance!

Edited November 5 by ZandL

[apnzz 228]

Of course! 

 

I was freaking out at the time too, I was so so worried. So I contacted USCIS and asked for a new noa2 because this one I received (stating the case was sent to the listed consulate, but no consulate listed anyway) was a mistake.

 

The response I got was that the worker made an error, they outlined and emphasised all k1 process the same.

 

I then found a few people who experienced the same as me noa2 wise, one is already married in the US, the other has her visa. I am at embassy stage.

 

So I know it's so easy to worry but there seems to be soo many of us going through this and it progresses normally and no issue occurs.

 

Another friend messaged me about the same thing last week, I said it'll be okay, mine said the same, I'm about to book my interview, it'll be okay. A few days after that she had the update of "case was sent to the Department of State"!

 

Hang in there, I know it's hard!