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Hey Sumar, have you received your welcome letter? and did they tell you to mail in your documents physically to the NVC address? some people are telling me that the NVC is no longer accepting mail in documents starting January 2022 and we have to submit documents online.. can you please let me know how yours go and what do they tell you in regards to submitting your documents to the NVC. thank you 🙏

You’re absolutely right 🙏 Thank you for the info and the motivation fam

thank you for the response 🙏 Yeah I just wanna know if my case stayed in Vermont or it’s in the NBC since I never filed 485. Yeah the 6 month processing for 824 in Vermont is nonexistent. The processing time for 824 in Vermont is now 16 months. My 824 has been pending for almost 9 months now. Vermont responded to my congressman yesterday saying that my 824 is still awaiting to be assigned to an officer and it takes more than a year in average. 9 months and the request has not been assigned to an officer. Even tho it takes 2 months to be approved in California. im not worried about the scheduling of the appointment in the US embassy in the home country because they are fast where I live and most of the people I asked got the Interview letter within one month of being documentarly qualified and the immigrant visa were approved within a month. even if it takes more, it’s a less painful experience than just waiting for Vermont to transfer a simple approval to the NVC. My biggest issue is being stuck for 16 months waiting for Vermont to transfer my approval to the NVC because 824 takes so long in Vermont, unlike CSC and the NBC. I’d rather wait 16 months at the NVC stage working on new steps than waiting this long for Vermont to just transfer my approved petition to the NVC. I can’t do anything about it now, but I just wanted to know if Vermont still has my file or it went somewhere else like National Records Center as other people were telling me.

I know that, but the question that I’m trying to understand is, does my case stays in Vermont till I file 485 for AOS or 824 for consular processing, or does Vermont automatically transfer it to the NBC right upon approving it since I mentioned on the i360 petition that I want to file 485? do they keep/retain the approved 360 in Vermont service center location until the petitioner files the form 485 then they take the action of shipping it to the NBC, or does Vermont ships it to the NBC regardless of submitting the 485 or not? Since the 360 application stated that I will file 485 in the future What I’m trying to understand is does Vermont office keep the approved petition UNTIL the next form is submitted or they send the approved petition to the NBC right away without waiting for 485 to be submitted?

When I first submitted the application form for the 360 petition, I choose that I want to do Adjustment of status by filing 485 in the United States, but I didn’t end up filing 485, I changed my adjustment of status to consular processing through immigration visa. So I didn’t file 485, do they still send my approval to the NBC then the local office even if they didn’t receive the 485 form, or do Vermont keep the approval until 485 is filed then they send it to the NBC? I just want to understand where my case is at now

Even for vawa? Someone previously said that all cases for vawa stay and get processed in Vermont, it never goes to a local office. so since I’ve requested to do AOS by filing 485, they automatically send my approved petition to the NBC then to my local office? Or they ship it to the NBC then the local office AFTER filing the 485 form? because I requested for AOS 485 on my vawa petition application, but I didnt submit form 485 after vawa approval, so I wanna know where my papers would be now, do they wait till 485 is filed to ship the approval the NBC then the local office, or do they ship it to the NBC right away after approval even before filing 485? thank you for responding 🙏

Anyone knows this info?

Where does the approved i360 go after approval when we choose to take AOS 485 route on the application of the petition when first submitted? Does it stay in Vermont till we file 485 or get retained somewhere else? or does it go to the National benefit center ? Or national records center?

Is there any explanation why i360 would be sent to the department of state for consular processing before getting a decision? Like it was updated to “sent to the department of State” before any update of a decision like approved or denied in what case does this usually happen?

Anyone filed I-824 at Vermont service center this year 2022 and got approved? transferring approved petition to the NVC