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U.S. Department of StateNational Visa Center
• Opened in 1994
• 700+ employees in public-private partnership
USCIS• Accept and approve petition
NVC
• Case pre-processing
• Schedule interview
Embassy• Visa interview & issuance
CBP/USCIS
• Port of entry
• Green card
The National Visa Center
Petition Types
I-130 – Family Based I-600/A – Orphans
I-140 – Employment Based I-800 – Hague Adoptions
I-730 – Asylee/Refugee I-360 – Special Immigrant
I-129F – K1 Fiancé/K3 Life Act I-526 – Investment
Petition Intake
• Data entry upon receipt
• Determine if “current” and can process
• Procedure depends upon type
– Expedited petitions
• K visas
• Orphans
• Refugees
– Welcome Letter with instructions
Applicant Instructions
• http://NVC.state.gov
• 6 Steps in IV processing1. Choose an agent
2. Pay fees
3. Submit visa application
4. Collect financial documents
5. Collect post-specific civil documents
6. Submit documents to NVC
• Interview preparation
• FAQs
I-864 Fee & Application Fee
• Two fees paid online
– I-864 Affidavit of Support fee (one per case)
– DS-260 Immigrant Visa Application (one for each applicant)
• NVC issues fee bills
• Mail-in payment being phased out
Document Collection & Review
• NVC completes administrative review
• Requests missing/incomplete information
– I-864 Affidavit of Support and attached proof
– DS-260 Immigrant Visa Application form
– Civil documents and Police Certificates
Visa interviews
Embassy• 144 embassies/consulates give NVC appointment dates
NVC• NVC schedules interview
NVC• NVC sends appointment letter to all addresses on case
NVC• NVC sends case paperwork & electronic file to embassy
Embassy• Embassy interviews applicants
Processing Times
• NVC receives 12,000 to 14,000 petitions weekly
• Data entry/filing into NVC’s system in <10 days
• Review civil and financial documents in <30 days
• Recent procedural changes mean faster movement of cases to interview stage
Always Improving
• Backlog reduction: procedural changes, equipment, hiring
• No Original Civil Documents - Copies Only• I-864 Assessment Letter• Telephone Unit: 8000 calls/day• Online public inquiry form• All-electronic (MIV) processing is coming
– Piloting the Modernized IV program for applicants– Faster, easier & greener
• Applicants e-mail documents• Electronic forms DS-260 & DS-261• Adoption cases sent to embassy electronically
Fiscal Year 2014 Volume
• Received 709,000+ petitions from USCIS • Updated 99,000 newly current Family-Based
petitions• 450,000 cases processed & sent to embassies• 2.6 million cases at NVC • Received 1.4 million pieces of incoming mail• Sent 3 million pieces of outgoing mail• Responded to 1,700,000 written inquiries• Responded to 1,600,000 public calls• Responded to 98,000 Congressional inquiries
Attorney Inquiries
• Contact us
– Email [email protected]
– Call 603-334-0700
– Must be listed on case as Agent of Record
• Research cases, communicate with overseas embassies and USCIS
• Expedite or transfer requests: NVC is the “middle man”
Public Inquiries
• Email– Use public inquiry form on http://nvc.state.gov– [email protected]
• Telephone– 603-334-0700 Monday-Friday, 7:00 am – midnight
• Letters– 31 Rochester Avenue
Suite 200 Attn: WC Portsmouth, NH 03801
• Always visit NVC website to look at FAQs
Thank You
• Questions?