The Summer timeline

Back on May 7th, Leta White, our Asian Program Casework from Gladney, sent us the following email regarding the timeline for the summer.  At the time it seemed insurmountable, but now we look forward to leaving in a week!

Hi Celia and Chad,

I want to pass along a mini roadmap of our next steps for you to have as a reference.  We can always revisit this as we move through each of our next steps.

We are currently waiting for I800A approval and for CCCWA to issue your Letter Seeking Confirmation.  When your LSC arrives from China, we can move on to filing your I800/I864W application.  The I800 approval process usually takes, 10-14 day after USCIS has receive your application from the lockbox.  

Once you have your I800 approval notice, I will send you the instructions on how to contact the NVC to receive your notice that your information has been ‘cabled’ to Guangzhou.  The NVC letter process usually takes about a week to have this letter issued.  *You will receive this letter in a PDF format and then you will forward this on to me so I file your DS-260 application. 

The DS-260 application can be done on the same day as I receive your NVC letter.  After I have completed your DS-260, I will then forward all of your approval notices to our representative in Guangzhou to submit the request for your Article 5 Letter.  

The Article 5 Letter-from submission to pick-up day usually takes around 2.5-3 weeks.  When your letter is ready for pick up, our representative in Guangzhou will overnight your letter to our representative in Beijing. 

Our Beijing representative will submit your Art 5 letter to CCCWA, then we wait for your Travel Approval.  TAs have been taking around 2-3 weeks. 

When your TA has been received in the NY office, I will make the request for your Consulate Appointment.  *We need at least 2 weeks from TA arrival to travel to give us enough time to prepare your in-country itinerary.  I will work with you to figure out dates closer to travel.

Please let me know if you have any questions about our next steps!