NVC EP (Electronic processing) FILERS - May 2017

[JBMG 890]

Welcome to first thread dedicated to  EP (electronic processing) filers going through NVC.

 

If processing by regular mail, head over to that thread. 

Following text was created by dswheels76.

 

Please read everything below and refer to it throughout your NVC journey, whether this is your first month at NVC or your third. 

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Before posting questions, please read the wikiSaylin wrote on the NVC process here. Once you're done, read it one or two more times to really understand it ;)Don't forget to also read the official form instructions as well as USCIS and NVC's websites!

If you want to see a visual of the NVC process, please view Saylin's flowchart here.

Yes this thread was created by our great Queen Saylin and the knowledge is still going forward. This thread I pray stays alive and well as many who have gone through the process or still going can chime in and help and assist.

If you're wondering about time frames, look at the fellow members right here in this thread! Study their signatures/timelines and make notes. VJ also has this awesome page. Use it! I sure did during my process  That means if you are on this thread WE expect you to have an up to date timeline.

 

And once you've got a case complete, please join the case complete/interview thread started by, Dwheels76 on (currently May 2017 thread),

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/633307-case-complete-to-interview-june-2017

Edited May 1, 2017 by JBMG

[JBMG 890]

 

[JBMG 890]

Posted by @cordoba2015

 

Just wanted to make people aware of a change atNVC stage. For the following embassies, you are now required to upload your documents on CEAC, rather than the conventional mailing in, or even the email processing method:

 

BNS        FRN        HNK       MTL       RDJ         SYD
 

And your visa category is:
 

IR1          IR2          IR5          CR1        CR2        F1           F2A        F2B         F3           F4          

 

Source:

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/Submit_documents.html

 

It will be interesting to see how this affects processing times to case complete. I bet it will be even faster and more efficient than email processing. Hoping it works out for everyone who uses this going forward, as it now appears that it is not only an option, but a requirement for this stage of the NVC process for those 6 embassies.

 

Edited May 1, 2017 by JBMG

[JBMG 890]

Posted by @cordoba2015

 

EP is only available at the following embassies:

 

ADD = Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

AKD = Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

AMM = Amman, Jordan

BGH = Baghdad, Iraq

BNS = Buenos Aires, Argentina

DMS = Damascus, Syria

FRN = Frankfurt, Germany

GTM = Guatemala City, Guatemala

GUZ = Guangzhou, China

HNK = Hong Kong

KEV = Kyiv, Ukraine

MRV = Monrovia, Liberia

MTL = Montreal, Canada

PHP = Phnom Penh, Cambodia

RDJ = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

SYD = Sydney, Australia

TGG = Tegucigalpa, Honduras

THT = Tashkent, Uzbekistan

 

 

[kellyh 27]

1 hour ago, JBMG said:

Posted by @cordoba2015

 

Just wanted to make people aware of a change atNVC stage. For the following embassies, you are now required to upload your documents on CEAC, rather than the conventional mailing in, or even the email processing method:

 

BNS        FRN        HNK       MTL       RDJ         SYD
 

And your visa category is:
 

IR1          IR2          IR5          CR1        CR2        F1           F2A        F2B         F3           F4          

 

Source:

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/Submit_documents.html

 

It will be interesting to see how this affects processing times to case complete. I bet it will be even faster and more efficient than email processing. Hoping it works out for everyone who uses this going forward, as it now appears that it is not only an option, but a requirement for this stage of the NVC process for those 6 embassies.

 

Has anyone been able to see the upload tool on Ceac? 

[rac717 7]

No tool available to me.  I emailed the docs last night and am on hold now with the NVC to confirm if that's okay.  Will update when I talk to someone.

 

[cordoba2015 224]

4 hours ago, JBMG said:

Posted by @cordoba2015

 

EP is only available at the following embassies:

 

ADD = Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

AKD = Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

AMM = Amman, Jordan

BGH = Baghdad, Iraq

BNS = Buenos Aires, Argentina

DMS = Damascus, Syria

FRN = Frankfurt, Germany

GTM = Guatemala City, Guatemala

GUZ = Guangzhou, China

HNK = Hong Kong

KEV = Kyiv, Ukraine

MRV = Monrovia, Liberia

MTL = Montreal, Canada

PHP = Phnom Penh, Cambodia

RDJ = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

SYD = Sydney, Australia

TGG = Tegucigalpa, Honduras

THT = Tashkent, Uzbekistan

 

 

Awesome thread! Great idea starting a topic for EP. We may want to remove from the list the countries now required to upload their documents. NVC makes it sound like for those 6 embassies the only way to submit documents is by uploading them.

[rac717 7]

Currently talking to person at NVC who had NO IDEA about this change.  Literally, I'm on hold now b/c she went to go talk to supervisors.  She's very nice, just totally surprised about this as apparently they weren't given any guidance.  Stay tuned!

[kellyh 27]

Just now, rac717 said:

Currently talking to person at NVC who had NO IDEA about this change.  Literally, I'm on hold now b/c she went to go talk to supervisors.  She's very nice, just totally surprised about this as apparently they weren't given any guidance.  Stay tuned!

Looking forward to some great news !

[rac717 7]

27 minutes later - the new upload method ONLY applies if it's a new application.  If you are already set up in the system and have paid fees, etc - then you will continue the old method of electronic processing (i.e., email)

 

 

[JBMG 890]

1 hour ago, cordoba2015 said:

Awesome thread! Great idea starting a topic for EP. We may want to remove from the list the countries now required to upload their documents. NVC makes it sound like for those 6 embassies the only way to submit documents is by uploading them.

Great idea. As it applies to new filers, I just created a thread for those filing via  the CEAC upload method.  

 

 

[kellyh 27]

55 minutes ago, rac717 said:

27 minutes later - the new upload method ONLY applies if it's a new application.  If you are already set up in the system and have paid fees, etc - then you will continue the old method of electronic processing (i.e., email)

 

 

Thanks for the update! 

[JBMG 890]

7 hours ago, rac717 said:

27 minutes later - the new upload method ONLY applies if it's a new application.  If you are already set up in the system and have paid fees, etc - then you will continue the old method of electronic processing (i.e., email)

 

 

Thank you!  

[JBMG 890]

12 hours ago, JBMG said:

 

EP is only available at the following embassies: (Assuming BEFORE MAY 1, 2017)

 

ADD = Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

AKD = Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

AMM = Amman, Jordan

BGH = Baghdad, Iraq

BNS = Buenos Aires, Argentina

DMS = Damascus, Syria

FRN = Frankfurt, Germany

GTM = Guatemala City, Guatemala

GUZ = Guangzhou, China

HNK = Hong Kong

KEV = Kyiv, Ukraine

MRV = Monrovia, Liberia

MTL = Montreal, Canada

PHP = Phnom Penh, Cambodia

RDJ = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

SYD = Sydney, Australia

TGG = Tegucigalpa, Honduras

THT = Tashkent, Uzbekistan

 

NVC changed their process. Any new cases (assuming from May 1st), the following embassies can file using "Method 1: Email processing"

 

Method 1: Email processing required

 

If your NVC case number begins with one of the following prefixes:

• AKD - Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
• AMM - Amman, Jordan
• BGH - Baghdad, Iraq (except I-730 petitions) 
• DMS - Damascus, Syria
• GZO - Guangzhou, China

Scan and save your financial forms and evidence, supporting civil documents, and translations as a PDF file. Then send them to NVCelectronic@state.govas attachments to an email. Please type your case number in the subject line of the email. You can attach multiple PDFs to a single email, but each PDF can be no more than 5 MB (megabytes) in size. If you have more than one case number, use a different email message for each case. For more information, review our Document Scanning FAQs.

 

See link for detailed instructions: https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/Submit_documents.html

[AstroCanada 206]

What an interesting development.  EP was far faster than paper processing.  Should really help speed this process along.