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@Lil bear

thank you for your helpful advice. Can you please elaborate your point number two? what do you mean by putting a new document to your NVC case? Do you mean I need to send a document to NVC via express courier?

Hi,

I am new to this community so not sure, whether I am posting it right or not.

History:

1. PD is Current at the moment, lodge petition for EB2 NIW, from Pakistan.
2. July 2022, petition approved.
3. 2022, received NVC welcome letter for ISB Embassy.
4. 2022, submitted DS-260 with in 2 months of the welcome letter.
5. 2023, I migrated to Australia and moved my case to Australia.
6. June 2024, I became documentary qualified and received a notice by NVC that they will schedule an interview for me in the Sydney Embassy of Australia.
7. Currently, case status is showing on website as "AT NVC".
8. July 2024, I requested NVC via public inquiry to not schedule my interview for next 1 to 2 years due to my professional commitments.
9. July 2024, received usual response from NVC stating "thanks for contacting NVC and please contact NVC with in a year as its required to keep your case active"
10. I contacted Australian Embassy 3 days ago, for the same inquiry but have not received any response from them. 

Since, I am not in a position to settle again to another country at the moment, therefore wanted to hold my case in NVC, and do not pursue unless we are ready for this step. I am posting to have your opinion for;

1. Am I on the right track?
2. Do I need to take any other step other than maintaining yearly contact with NVC?
3. Are there any risks?
   1. I have read that sometime NVC closes the case for which I need to prove my 1 year contact with them?
   2. Is there a possibility that NVC will forward my case to Embassy even after my latest correspondence with them?

Remember me in your wishes.

Thank you.

3 hours ago, appleblossom said:

 

Pakistan has a very long wait for interviews anyway, it's a couple of years I think - so you may not need to delay anything. 

 

 

Yes, I knew about Pakistan. But In Pakistan, my DQ was pending for a long time so I moved my embassy to Australia. After moving to Au I thought it was safe to hold and get things ready whenever I needed them. I am not sure if I did it right or not.

On 7/23/2024 at 5:42 AM, Sidd.W said:

Category: EB2 NIW

 

Current Status: l am DQed
Next Step: NVC will schedule interview at Sydney Embassy

 

Query: Can l ask NVC to not schedule interview for 2 years due to my professional commitments.

PD Sep 22

Pakistan

l will fill it up soon.

On 4/19/2022 at 9:11 AM, seekingthetruth said:

This has been discussed many times but I never saw an official answer to it.  I contacted NVC, told them our situation (I-130 approved, but need to delay for a year or two due to shipping costs, housing costs, etc.) and asked what is the proper way to postpone our case at NVC.  This is their answer.  Passing it along.

 

Dear Sir/Madam:

 

Thank you for contacting the National Visa Center (NVC). To keep your case active, do not let more than one year go by without contacting the NVC.

 

The easiest way to keep your case active is to access the Consular Electronic Center (CEAC) at https://ceac.state.gov/iv. Every time you go into your CEAC account, it will update the last contact date.

 

Regards,

 

Romeo | Inquiry Management

Department of State CA/VO/DO/NVC

LDRM | Lockwood Hills | Contractor

DOS - National Visa Center

 

So, it appears:

-  No need to call

-  No need to upload a document

 

Just login.

 

Reminder:  The DS 260 does need to be submitted within 1 year

 

Update below

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I finally had some time and wrote up a clear (hopefully) summary, perhaps for a pinned post.  If you want to ask the admins and they agree to pin it, I will make a new topic with it.  Just my way of giving a bit back to VJ, with the help of Family!

 

Proposal for pinned post

 

Topic:  Need to delay your case at NVC?  Here is the BEST way!

 

After my wife and stepdaughter were approved by USCIS, we received the welcome letters from NVC. We later realized that we are going to have to postpone getting the visas and moving to the U.S.  The delay might be one year, two years, or longer.  We don’t want to lose the fees we paid and start all over, so we are delaying.

 

I asked here on VJ about how to delay and got good advice from several members.  I also asked NVC via the AskNVC web portal.  The advice can be slightly confusing, so I am sharing what I have learned.

 

Please note:  This only applies to cases that are at NVC.  After your case goes to the embassy, this no longer applies.

 

Facts:

1. NVC will keep your case open indefinitely if you contact them once a year.
2. NVC has been known to mistakenly close cases even though there was contact within the required window.  It is up to you to prove that you contacted them by providing contact evidence.
3. Regardless of delaying, your DS 260 must be submitted to NVC within one year of your NVC welcome letter.
   1. There are three options to contact NVC and keep your delayed case open.By phone.  Downsides:  Long waits, might be expensive, and you have no paper trail of your contact.
   2. Log into your CEAC account.  Downsides:  This does not work for cases that were submitted by mail, and you have no paper trail of your contact.
   3. Use the AskNVC web portal.  Only a simple message is required, such as “I need more time for our case.  This is my record of annual NVC contact.”  Upside:  You will receive an immediate automated e-mail record of your contact with NVC including all the communication detail.  In the e-mail, it states: “Please retain this email as a record of your contact with NVC”.

AskNVC is the BEST option.  Just logging into your CEAC account does not provide the safety of having a paper trail of your contact.  Logging in does not work for non-electronic cases filed by mail.  Keep your NVC automated responses and perhaps keep a tickler file to remind you when to send another annual contact at AskNVC.

 

AskNVC:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html

 

I hope this information will help others who need to safely delay their cases at NVC.

 

Are you also delaying the case at the moment?

l would be in the same situation.

Thank you for sharing.

On 4/19/2022 at 9:11 AM, seekingthetruth said:

This has been discussed many times but I never saw an official answer to it.  I contacted NVC, told them our situation (I-130 approved, but need to delay for a year or two due to shipping costs, housing costs, etc.) and asked what is the proper way to postpone our case at NVC.  This is their answer.  Passing it along.

 

Dear Sir/Madam:

 

Thank you for contacting the National Visa Center (NVC). To keep your case active, do not let more than one year go by without contacting the NVC.

 

The easiest way to keep your case active is to access the Consular Electronic Center (CEAC) at https://ceac.state.gov/iv. Every time you go into your CEAC account, it will update the last contact date.

 

Regards,

 

Romeo | Inquiry Management

Department of State CA/VO/DO/NVC

LDRM | Lockwood Hills | Contractor

DOS - National Visa Center

 

So, it appears:

-  No need to call

-  No need to upload a document

 

Just login.

 

Reminder:  The DS 260 does need to be submitted within 1 year

 

Update below

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

I finally had some time and wrote up a clear (hopefully) summary, perhaps for a pinned post.  If you want to ask the admins and they agree to pin it, I will make a new topic with it.  Just my way of giving a bit back to VJ, with the help of Family!

 

Proposal for pinned post

 

Topic:  Need to delay your case at NVC?  Here is the BEST way!

 

After my wife and stepdaughter were approved by USCIS, we received the welcome letters from NVC. We later realized that we are going to have to postpone getting the visas and moving to the U.S.  The delay might be one year, two years, or longer.  We don’t want to lose the fees we paid and start all over, so we are delaying.

 

I asked here on VJ about how to delay and got good advice from several members.  I also asked NVC via the AskNVC web portal.  The advice can be slightly confusing, so I am sharing what I have learned.

 

Please note:  This only applies to cases that are at NVC.  After your case goes to the embassy, this no longer applies.

 

Facts:

1. NVC will keep your case open indefinitely if you contact them once a year.
2. NVC has been known to mistakenly close cases even though there was contact within the required window.  It is up to you to prove that you contacted them by providing contact evidence.
3. Regardless of delaying, your DS 260 must be submitted to NVC within one year of your NVC welcome letter.
   1. There are three options to contact NVC and keep your delayed case open.By phone.  Downsides:  Long waits, might be expensive, and you have no paper trail of your contact.
   2. Log into your CEAC account.  Downsides:  This does not work for cases that were submitted by mail, and you have no paper trail of your contact.
   3. Use the AskNVC web portal.  Only a simple message is required, such as “I need more time for our case.  This is my record of annual NVC contact.”  Upside:  You will receive an immediate automated e-mail record of your contact with NVC including all the communication detail.  In the e-mail, it states: “Please retain this email as a record of your contact with NVC”.

AskNVC is the BEST option.  Just logging into your CEAC account does not provide the safety of having a paper trail of your contact.  Logging in does not work for non-electronic cases filed by mail.  Keep your NVC automated responses and perhaps keep a tickler file to remind you when to send another annual contact at AskNVC.

 

AskNVC:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html

 

I hope this information will help others who need to safely delay their cases at NVC.

 

Are you also delaying the case at the moment?

l would be in the same situation.

Thank you for sharing.

22 hours ago, Dashinka said:

This may be helpful.  You can delay cases at NVC indefinitely, but you may need to add newer documents along the way.  I don’t think being DQ’d matters, but others may know better.  Have you filled out the DS260 yet?

 

Good Luck!

 

 

Hello,

Thank you so much for tagging relevant post. It’s really helpful.

yes l have filled the DS-260 long a go. I am doing online consular processing long ago.

Category: EB2 NIW

Current Status: l am DQed
Next Step: NVC will schedule interview at Sydney Embassy

Query: Can l ask NVC to not schedule interview for 2 years due to my professional commitments.