r/NationalVisaCenter

Hi all,

I got my USCIS case transfer to DOS 1 week ago and haven’t received the NVC welcome letter yet, have anyone got approved recently? If so, how long after the DOS you got the NVC letter? Thanks

IR-1 case. DQ Dec 11/25. Received IV letter today (Apr11) for an appoitment Jun 4. So it took exactly 4 months to get a letter and then 51 more days to wait for interview. We hope 75 countries visa pause will be lifted by then. Maybe this information can be heplfull to somebody waiting for interview at Bogota Embassy.

📌 I-130 Petition Timeline + NVC Timeline (IR1) >(Filed as Lawful Permanent Resident → Later Naturalized before I-130 approval) >>Beneficiary: Residing in India.

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🏛️ USCIS Phase

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• 📩 Aug 8, 2022 – Case received by USCIS (filed as LPR)

• 🗽 May 20, 2025 – Became U.S. Citizen (naturalized)

• 📑 May 28, 2025 – RFE issued

• 📤 Aug 1, 2025 – RFE response received by USCIS

• ✅ Aug 18, 2025 – I-130 Petition approved

• 🔄 Aug 21, 2025 – Case sent to NVC

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🌐 NVC Phase

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• 📧 Aug 22, 2025 – Email from NVC (case received & under review)

• 🔑 Aug 22, 2025 – Second email with Case # & Invoice ID (CEAC access)

• 💳 Aug 26, 2025 – All payments approved (AOS & IV fees)

• 📂 Sept 28, 2025 – Uploaded all required docs: (AOS, Financial Evidence, DS-260, Civil Documents)

• 📥 Sept 29, 2025 – NVC accepted all docs

• ✅ Sept 30, 2025 – Case became Documentarily Qualified (DQ)

• 📅 Feb 13, 2026 – Interview Scheduled

• 🫆 April 8, 2026 – Biometric

• 🏁 April 9, 2026 – Interview Completed (Approved)

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🧾 Documents Required for Biometric

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• Original Passport

• Biometric Appointment letter

• DS-260 confirmation page

• 2 Passport-size photographs (2x2 inch, 65% face coverage)

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📂 Documents Required for Interview

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• Original passport

• Interview appointment letter

• DS-260 confirmation page

• Original civil documents (birth certificate, marriage certificate, PCC)

• Financial documents (Affidavit of Support, tax transcripts, W-2s)

• 2 Passport-size photographs (2x2 inch, 65% face coverage)

• Atleast one Copies of all above documents

• A few chat screenshots and photos with your spouse, along with your wedding album

• Other Supporting Documents

Interview Questions

• Name of your husband
• Where does he work, and what kind of work does he do?
• Most recently filed tax transcript
• How many people attended your wedding?
• Name the food that was served at the wedding

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>Good luck to everyone waiting in the process... Feel free to ask anything.

my wife visa was printed December 18,2025 That’s crazy the ban is still effective thank god I left with my wife before they did the ban we left December 25 during Christmas and the ban was on January 1 and till now they haven’t gave any visa to no one I have family member waiting for years now it’s just so sad why the system is allowing such things you separating families it’s just so sad 🥺

Hello,

I am waiting for my IR1 interview in Montreal and wondering if the birth certificate I was DQ’d with will be accepted.

My birth certificate from Brazil (certidão de inteiro teor) was issued by the registry in digital PDF format, with an electronic signature and QR code for validation. I’m worried this original but digital format won’t be accepted (I would print it for the interview). Has anyone had experience with an electronic birth certificate?

I've been waiting for over a year for the appointment at the US consulate for over a year. Every 2 months I receive an email saying:

"Dear (my full name here),

This notice is to inform you that your case for an immigrant visa is documentarily complete at the National Visa Center (NVC) and has been since 07-Mar-2025.

\- This means that NVC received all of the fees, forms and documents required before an immigrant visa interview. Your petition is waiting for an interview appointment. Thank you for your patience.

Your case will remain at NVC until an appointment is scheduled. Then, we will send it to the proper U.S. embassy or Consulate General."

So, I contacted the US consulate in Peru and they said since they haven't received my case they can't schedule an appointment.

Does anyone knows how this works?

Hi everyone,

My fiancée and I are in the K-1 visa process, and I’m hoping to get some insight from others who’ve been through this stage.

Our I-129F petition was approved in January. It was sent to the NVC in early March, and we received our case number by mid-March. However, our case still hasn’t been forwarded to the embassy.

We’re applying through a very low-volume embassy that, based on what we’ve seen, usually follows the ~2-week transfer timeline. Because of that, we’re confused about why our case hasn’t been sent yet, even after multiple shipping cycles.

We contacted the embassy directly, and they confirmed they are currently accepting K-1 petitions. They also mentioned they’re not sure why they haven’t received our case and suggested we follow up with the NVC.

So I wanted to ask:

•	Is this delay still within a normal timeline for NVC processing?

•	At what point does it make sense to involve a congressional office?

•	Can a congressperson actually help at this stage?

•	Has anyone experienced something similar, and did it resolve on its own?

•	Is there any realistic chance the case could be lost, or is this just a backlog issue?

Any insight or shared experiences would really help—this stage has been more confusing than expected.

Thanks in advance!

I've been waiting for over a year for the appointment at the US consulate for over a year. Every 2 months I receive an email saying:

"Dear (my full name here),

This notice is to inform you that your case for an immigrant visa is documentarily complete at the National Visa Center (NVC) and has been since 07-Mar-2025.

- This means that NVC received all of the fees, forms and documents required before an immigrant visa interview. Your petition is waiting for an interview appointment. Thank you for your patience.

Your case will remain at NVC until an appointment is scheduled. Then, we will send it to the proper U.S. embassy or Consulate General."

So, I contacted the US consulate in Peru and they said since they haven't received my case they can't schedule an appointment.

Does anyone knows how this works?

• U.S citizen filing for Turkish spouse

• IR1 visa category

• Vermont Service center

• Interview at Ankara Embassy

• No RFE, no K3, no expedite

~ Full timeline:

Marriage: October 27, 2023

I-130 Applied: June 16, 2024

I-130 Approved: August 25, 2025

Sent to Department of State: August 29, 2025

NVC welcome letter: September 10, 2025

Documents Submitted: October 13, 2025

Documents Qualified: October 15, 2025 (yes it took 2 days for some reason)

Interview Letter: January 2, 2026

Medical Examination: February 4, 2026

Interview Date: February 26, 2026

Passport received: March 11, 2026

U.S entry: March 17, 2026

SSN recieved: March 26, 2026 (it came in mail)

Green Card recieved: April 10, 2026

* it was a not-very-fun journey 🥲

Hi,

I have my US immigration interview scheduled in the US embassy in Frankfurt. The embassy has approved doctors in Germany, but I live in the Netherlands, so I would really like to do my medical exam in the Netherlands instead of traveling to Germany. Is that possible?

Thanks!

Hello everyone, I’m a little stressed out. I went for my immigrant visa Interview in US embassy Johannesburg. I’m from one of the 75 pause countries and not the ban countries. But I was given a 212(f) form. Now I’m seeing on here that people from the pause countries are getting 212(g). What does this mean for my case?