I just got my I-526 approval notice yesterday. Since I am not from a country with a visa backlog, I know that I can expect a visa interview notice from the National Visa Center soon. I want to know how long it usually takes from this point to get an EB-5 visa. I need to make plans for relocation in advance.
It takes four to six weeks for the I-526 to reach NVC and a fee bill to be generated. Then the DS-160 must be completed and all supporting documents uploaded. After the documents are complete, you are in a queue for the interview. The timing depends on the consular backlog where you will be interviewed and how fast you get the DS-260 and supporting documents uploaded.
That would depend on the processing backlogs of the consulate location that you will be processing for your immigrant visa. The NVC usually takes around 30 to 60 days for completing review and forwarding on the file to the consulate.
It all depends on how prompt you process your DS-260 and the related documentation. You may be interviewed within a few months, but it is advisable that you should process everything within a relatively short period of time.
Once you get the NVC notice in about 30 to 60 days, it takes on average about three to six months to finish consular processing, depending how quickly you submit documents to NVC and how soon a U.S. embassy schedules an IV interview.
Congratulations on the approval of your I-526. Generally, it should not take more than of two to three months for consular processing unless you get stuck in the administration processing (background check).
Depending on how quickly you and your lawyer respond to the NVC, anticipate about six months.
It really depends on which consulate you will be interviewed. Different consulates have different waiting times before an interview can be scheduled. It can range from three to seven months or more.
To be scheduled for your immigration visa interview abroad will take at least six months or longer.
Lately, this period has been getting longer, unfortunately. It used to take six to nine months from I-526 approval to consular interview, but it seems like nowadays it is taking 12 months or sometimes even longer. The length of the period could also have to do with your situation.
If you act timely, you can expect an interview within approximately three months. But it depends on how quickly you and your attorney submit the docs to NVC, complete the visa app and whether there is an RFE.
The processing time is generally about six months from I-526 approval to the immigrant visa interview, assuming there is no backlog in the priority date as exists with China, Vietnam, and India. But until the visa is actually issued, I would not make relocation plans.
First, you will go through a process with the National Visa Center. After you get through this process, you will receive an appointment notice for your immigrant visa interview at the U.S. embassy or U.S. consulate in your home country. From this point, your immigrant visa interview will likely occur in about two or three months. You immigrant visa will be valid for six months.
