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Before you contact us, please review our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs):
If you don’t find the answer you are looking for in the FAQs, you can contact us in the following way:
Online (immigrant visa inquiries only):Public Inquiry Form
(Note: The NVC is unable to respond to nonimmigrant visa inquiries, please visit https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit.htmlfor information.We ask that you make a subsequent inquiry only if you do not receive a response to your email within our published timeframe. Duplicate inquiries slow our ability to respond to you in a timely manner).
Submitting Forms or Documents to the NVC:If you need to submit a form or document to us, please visit ourSubmit Documents to the NVCpage.
Note:Visa records are confidential under Section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), so information can only be provided to visa applicants. There are some exceptions, such as providing information to U.S. sponsors, attorneys representing visa applicants, members of Congress, or other persons acting on behalf of the applicants.
One Year Contact Requirement
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 203(g) provides that the Secretary of State shall terminate the registration (petition) of any alien who fails to apply for an immigrant visa within one year of notice of visa availability. The petition may be reinstated if, within two years of notice of visa availability, the alien establishes that the failure to apply was for reasons beyond the alien’s control. Therefore if you do not respond to notices from theNVC within one year you risk termination of your petition under this section of law and would lose the benefits of that petition, such as your priority date.
Tips for interacting with NVC
Visithttps://nvc.state.govfor detailed instructions on processing your case and a variety of FAQs.
if you cannot find the answer to your question athttps://nvc.state.govor
https://ceac.state.gov, use the Public Inquiry Form athttps://nvc.state.gov/inquiry.
Do not submit repeat inquiries. Multiple inquires on a single topic will delay our ability to respond. Visithttps://nvc.state.gov/timeframes
to check our processing dates. Do not submit a follow-up inquiry while your case is within those timeframes.
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