How long does it take to get letter from NVC after i-129f approval

[toor09 30]

Hi, k1 family, how long does it take to get letter from NVC after i-129f is approved 2 weeks ago . Thanks 

[smilingstone 216]

2 weeks is too soon to be concerned. It took us nearly 2 months from NOA2 to Embassy. Be patient.

Edited December 8 by smilingstone

[Edward and Jaycel 279]

It took us 6 weeks from NOA2 until we got the K1-FTP email from NVC. We waited about 3 weeks and made an inquiry on their online form and in that inquiry gave them our email addresses asking them to make sure they had the correct ones. They gave us our case number and we were able to check the status on the CEAC site. The day that the status changed to “In-Transit” we got the K1-FTP email from them

[smitopher 5]

I've been waiting for 4 months since I received NOA2,  My status in My USCIS account remains "Case Was Approved" and NOT sent to NVC.  the responses to all 3 of my inquiries was "just wait, we're busy" 

[toor09 30]

Thanks, according to the answers above I guess I'll initiate an inquiry after next week . And then wait thanks alot family. Best of luck 🤞 to all of you 

[apnzz 268]

2 hours ago, toor09 said:

Thanks, according to the answers above I guess I'll initiate an inquiry after next week . And then wait thanks alot family. Best of luck 🤞 to all of you 

That's still too soon for right now.

 

Until your case status at USCIS updates as "case was sent to the Department of state", USCIS still has possession of your case and therefore NVC cannot help, all they will say is they don't have your case yet - which is natural as USCIS hasn't sent the case the case to DoS yet.

 

The average right now is minimum 50 days. But for some it takes over 90 as per what USCIS states.

 

The most recent cases I've seen sent to DoS this past week are cases approved Oct 9th - 16th sent this last week.

 

So most likely you have several weeks of waiting- if not close to a few months. 

Edited December 9 by apnzz

[Edward and Jaycel 279]

24 minutes ago, apnzz said:

That's still too soon for right now.

 

Until your case status at USCIS updates as "case was sent to the Department of state", USCIS still has possession of your case and therefore NVC cannot help, all they will say is they don't have your case yet - which is natural as USCIS hasn't sent the case the case to DoS yet.

 

The average right now is minimum 50 days. But for some it takes over 90 as per what USCIS states.

 

The most recent cases I've seen sent to DoS this past week are cases approved Oct 9th - 16th sent this last week.

 

So most likely you have several weeks of waiting- if not close to a few months. 

 

Not true... we got our case number from NVC weeks before the USCIS online status changed. The online tracker is notoriously unreliable, delayed, never updates, etc.

[apnzz 268]

6 hours ago, Edward and Jaycel said:

 

Not true... we got our case number from NVC weeks before the USCIS online status changed. The online tracker is notoriously unreliable, delayed, never updates, etc.

Whilst this is true this is on the rarer / less frequent side to happen.

 

People have been religiously tracking and posting updates regarding cases being sent to DoS & even making little graphs/tables to share for everyone to keep up to date with what cases are being sent to DOS and when, across the facebook groups, reddit and k1 discord.

 

Either way, it's taking an extremely longer time  to get sent to DoS - averaging at around 50-60 days and that has been the case since October. (October it was taking around 40-45 but this has increased since then) and hasn't decreased since & so only waiting 2 weeks since approved is still too soon in these circumstances. 

 

Most recent cases that were sent to DOS were cases approved Oct 16, sent to DOS on December 5 & 6th.

[toor09 30]

This is not a good news then , months of wait before approval then months of wait for NVC to get it and then months to get to embassy months to get date for the interview. I'm getting so old waiting for all this . 😭 I was thinking approval was the main thing but I guess I was wrong

[apnzz 268]

1 hour ago, toor09 said:

This is not a good news then , months of wait before approval then months of wait for NVC to get it and then months to get to embassy months to get date for the interview. I'm getting so old waiting for all this . 😭 I was thinking approval was the main thing but I guess I was wrong

Unfortunately not all immigration journey's are fast. Try to keep hold of the positive; approval is a wonderful thing and a big step of the way is now checked off, and it'll all be worth it in the end once you and your fiancé are together and getting married!