What exactly happens on NOA2?

[Spiffdandy 0]

I know that on an NOA2 you get an approval for an interveiw, something like that. But what EXACTLY happens? Do they send you a letter stating that they have sent your fiance a K-1 fiancee Visa application ...then send her a letter at the same time? Just not sure what receiving the NOA2 entails... do they send it snail mail to the foreign fiancee? is it mailed from the ebbassy of the sponsors country to the fiancee? Thank in advance for any help

[o0pink0o 3]

>> NOA2 means your application got approved. the petitioner will receive snail mail confirmation (NOA2) from the Service Center

>> Service Center will forward you case to NVC

>> after NVC approves the case then NVC will forward your case to USEM (NVC will send snail mail to the petitioner stating the MNL Case number and when was your papers forwarded to the USEM)

>> when USEM got your papers from NVC then USEM will send a snail mail to the beneficiary informing that the beneficiary can already make an interview appointment (not all beneficiary receives this kind of letter, so better call the USEM to confirm if you are legible to get a sched already)

>> then the beneficiary or petitioner should call the Call Center to get an interview sched

>> while waiting on your interview date, the beneficiary can go to SLEC to have her/his medical (the medical should be done first before the interview date).

Good Luck and hope this reply helps

Edited June 5, 2009 by o0pink0o

[Spiffdandy 0]

Yes It helps so very much .. TY so much. Now please help my ignorance LOL.

I will receive snail mail confirmation from the service center, ( do they also send an email update at the time they send , if you are registered on the USCIS site to recieve email notifications? ) . Forgive my ignorance .. I looked on the acronyms page and cant find USEM , I am assuming you are talking about the US embassy in manilla, ( also .. do they send it snail mail to the US embassy in manilla.. i know snail mail is 3 weeks to manilla) . Wow seems so complicated .. Im so glad I asked this question. Once all the respective agencies have the case info .. making an interview date ..I can handle that ..there is good info online about that. Do you know what method the NVC sends the papers to the USEM ( US Embassy?) in manilla? Snail mail? or by electronic method? You mentioned that not all beneficiary recieves the letter ..so when I receive the letter ..It is good that I should make the call to schedule an interview? Thank you so much for your response and help. I pray an extra blessing for you .

Thank you ......Spiffdandy

[o0pink0o 3]

I will receive snail mail confirmation from the service center, ( do they also send an email update at the time they send , if you are registered on the USCIS site to recieve email notifications? )

yes, they will also send you an email.

I looked on the acronyms page and cant find USEM , I am assuming you are talking about the US embassy in manilla, ( also .. do they send it snail mail to the US embassy in manilla.. i know snail mail is 3 weeks to manilla) .

Yes, your assumption is right when I said USEM, I was pertaining to US Embassy Manila. NVC will send your papers to USEM via snail mail. You really can't tell on how many days will the NVC will forward you papers to USEM or when will your papers will arrive at the USEM from NVC. Some papers get stuck at the NVC for a week, sometimes 2 weeks or worse is 3 weeks or more. In my case, our papers got stuck at the NVC for a week. After NVC released our papers, USEM got our papers from the NVC after a week.

You mentioned that not all beneficiary recieves the letter ..so when I receive the letter ..It is good that I should make the call to schedule an interview?

Actually, most of the time, the letter from the USEM is delayed. It takes them weeeeks to send the letter for some reason. In my case, I got the letter a day after I got interview sched so don't wait to that letter anymore if you want an earlier interview sched. Just call the USEM number and ask them if you can already get a sched. If they say yes you can already then go and call the call center. I don't think it really matters whether the beneficiary or the petitioner is the one who will make the interview appointment I think what only matters is the cost of money you will spend in calling the call center. If the beneficiary is the one who will call then you'll spend peso, if its the petitioner then it will be in $$ hehe.

The info I gave you is just based on my experience and what I know. Good Luck and I hope for a bump free visa processing

Edited June 5, 2009 by o0pink0o

[Ban Hammer 13,342]

I know that on an NOA2 you get an approval for an interveiw, something like that. But what EXACTLY happens? Do they send you a letter stating that they have sent your fiance a K-1 fiancee Visa application ...then send her a letter at the same time? Just not sure what receiving the NOA2 entails... do they send it snail mail to the foreign fiancee? is it mailed from the ebbassy of the sponsors country to the fiancee? Thank in advance for any help

see the flowchart on the below link

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...amp;page=k1flow

[Candy_Vince 0]

I will receive snail mail confirmation from the service center, ( do they also send an email update at the time they send , if you are registered on the USCIS site to recieve email notifications? )

yes, they will also send you an email.

I looked on the acronyms page and cant find USEM , I am assuming you are talking about the US embassy in manilla, ( also .. do they send it snail mail to the US embassy in manilla.. i know snail mail is 3 weeks to manilla) .

Yes, your assumption is right when I said USEM, I was pertaining to US Embassy Manila. NVC will send your papers to USEM via snail mail. You really can't tell on how many days will the NVC will forward you papers to USEM or when will your papers will arrive at the USEM from NVC. Some papers get stuck at the NVC for a week, sometimes 2 weeks or worse is 3 weeks or more. In my case, our papers got stuck at the NVC for a week. After NVC released our papers, USEM got our papers from the NVC after a week.

You mentioned that not all beneficiary recieves the letter ..so when I receive the letter ..It is good that I should make the call to schedule an interview?

Actually, most of the time, the letter from the USEM is delayed. It takes them weeeeks to send the letter for some reason. In my case, I got the letter a day after I got interview sched so don't wait to that letter anymore if you want an earlier interview sched. Just call the USEM number and ask them if you can already get a sched. If they say yes you can already then go and call the call center. I don't think it really matters whether the beneficiary or the petitioner is the one who will make the interview appointment I think what only matters is the cost of money you will spend in calling the call center. If the beneficiary is the one who will call then you'll spend peso, if its the petitioner then it will be in $$ hehe.

The info I gave you is just based on my experience and what I know. Good Luck and I hope for a bump free visa processing

very well said pink....