Consular Processing and NVC Receipt Requests

NVC letter to send payment for EB2I PD June 12, 2008

A user posted on IV that their lawyer received a mail around a month ago from NVC to pay filing fees. Exciting !!

Hi,

probably this is a dumb question but what does it mean when NVC sends out emails to pay the fees for jun 08 people. I understand from the forums that it is anticipating that the dates will move till then in the next 2 or 3 months but the people who are getting these notices have their 140 cleared and 485 filed or yet to file 485

Thanks
SC

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Originally Posted by SChowdary

Hi,

probably this is a dumb question but what does it mean when NVC sends out emails to pay the fees for jun 08 people. I understand from the forums that it is anticipating that the dates will move till then in the next 2 or 3 months but the people who are getting these notices have their 140 cleared and 485 filed or yet to file 485

Thanks
SC

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These people have their 140 cleared and are yet to file 485. They opted for Consular Processing while filing their 140.

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Originally Posted by saky007

These people have their 140 cleared and are yet to file 485. They opted for Consular Processing while filing their 140.

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Since they are being Consular Processed, no I-485 is necessary, nor will be filed (unless they choose to convert to AOS), since that is only for Adjustment Of Status within the USA.

They will have a visa issued at the foreign consulate and use that to enter the USA - thereby immediately becoming Lawful Permanent Residents.

Also, attorneys suggest that applicant's opt for CP processing rather than AOS when the dates are not current. The reasoning is that it is very simple to move back to AOS (just file 485). But if someone initially opted for AOS and subsequently wanted to do CP, the transfer of files between the NVC and USCIS can apparently take 8-12 months.

I am new to this blog, have been following it since one week and its a great one-stop information/analysis. This is my first post :)

I am not a guru but I think your co-workers might be going through Consular Processing (CP) instead of Adjustment of Status (I-485) since they got NVC fee notices. Did you check with them? Please confirm.

Refer to below link, it might be helpful
http://www.immihelp.com/greencard/ad...rocessing.html

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Originally Posted by qblogfan

Yes, sir! Originally I thought they got spam and finally they told me it's real deal. They also thought it was scam. Then we thought maybe DOS and USCIS are playing games again, but yesterday my coworkers told me they paid the fee and the $795 fee is only valid for 12 months. I think this is a very serious deal. Usually they won't ask you to pay the fees unless they are 90% confident about the future movement. DOS/NVC won't play a game on real money, right?

Another interesting thing is that a friend with PD Nov. 2007 got his notice right after the release of VB in April. My coworkers with PD 2008 got their notices right after the release of VB in May. June VB mentioned the upgrade from EB3-EB2 is very small, so I guess DOS informed NVC to send out more fee notices to cover some of PD 2008.

I suspect there is some relationship between the fee notices and the estimation from DOS. DOS notices NVC on a monthly basis. Maybe we will see more fee notices after the next VB.


Two of my coworkers have PDs of 2008.02 and 2008.04, but they got NVC fee notices two days after the June VB was released. I heard usually NVC is very careful about these notices and they only send fee notices 4-6 months before a PD becomes current. Both of my coworkers have paid the fee and they said the fee is only valid for 12 months. I think it is a strong sign they may move PD to April 2008 within 12 months, or even within 4-6 months.

What do you guys say about this? Specially the fact that the fees are only valid for 12 months (I didnt know that). That means not only do they have to be current but their interviews must be held within the next 12 months. Otherwise they would make people pay twice. That would at a minimum be wrong and at a maximum open them for lawsuits.

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Originally Posted by saky007

NVC letter to send payment for EB2I PD June 12, 2008

A user posted on IV that their lawyer received a mail around a month ago from NVC to pay filing fees. Exciting !!

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Originally Posted by saky007

NVC letter to send payment for EB2I PD June 12, 2008

A user posted on IV that their lawyer received a mail around a month ago from NVC to pay filing fees. Exciting !!

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Hi saky007,
Can you pls post the IV link? I don't find any entry in IV for PD June 2008.

In this weekend I did further analysis of the relationship of NVC fee notice
and PD movement.

I have an interesting finding: In this summer the EB2 will definitely move
to April 2008 or further! NVC is not sending these fee notices randomly.
They won't send fee notices until they think it is going to be current in
several months.

I searched more topics about NVC fee notice and came cross this article
online.

http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx...1561&publicati

In May 2010, a Phillipine FB4 case got fee notice and he/she has PD of 1989.
At that time FB4 Phillipine VB date was 12/7/1987. He/she asked an attorney
online and this attorney said that he/she may have to wait for years to get
current. The attorney said it was surprising to know NVC sent fee notice so
early because he/she thought this case would not be current for years.

This attorney said: "In the past, the NVC would typically send out the
paperwork a few months before the priority date is current— not years
before, as they are apparently doing now."

In August 2010, the VB was released and Phillipine FB4 PD moved from 1987 to
1//1/1990!

NVC fee notice is definitely connected to the future VB movement. NVC will
not send out these notices if they don't think these cases can be current in
several months!

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Originally Posted by dreamGC

Hi saky007,
Can you pls post the IV link? I don't find any entry in IV for PD June 2008.

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Friends,

It would be great to know till what point in 2008 that NVC is sending fee notices and choice of agent form?
I read in another forum that people with priority dates in March & April 2008 are being asked by NVC to submit the initial fees. Now I read here about June 12, 2008. Can you please post the IV link?

Please speak with your co-workers and friends (preferably EB2 India only) who have opted for consular processing and have received initial notification from NVC. We can use this thread for tracking purposes and supplement the main thread "EB2 Predictions (Rather Calculations)" so that our Gurus can use it for their data analysis and predictions for future movement.

Note:- Though I've opted for Adjustment of Status (not Consular Processing) this information will help us understand visa dates movement in the next 2-3 months.

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Originally Posted by venkat

Friends,

It would be great to know till what point in 2008 that NVC is sending fee notices and choice of agent form?
I read in another forum that people with priority dates in March & April 2008 are being asked by NVC to submit the initial fees. Now I read here about June 12, 2008. Can you please post the IV link?

Please speak with your co-workers and friends (preferably EB2 India only) who have opted for consular processing and have received initial notification from NVC. We can use this thread for tracking purposes and supplement the main thread "EB2 Predictions (Rather Calculations)" so that our Gurus can use it for their data analysis and predictions for future movement.

Note:- Though I've opted for Adjustment of Status (not Consular Processing) this information will help us understand visa dates movement in the next 2-3 months.

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Look at Page 170 of the EB2-EB3 calculations thread on IV.

Sorry I couldn't find that link. If you don't mind can you please copy&paste the link.

Thank you
Venkat