Mark A Ivener, A Law Corporation

Category: NVC


CLIENT UPDATE: IMPORTANT CHANGES TO U.S. VISA APPOINTMENTS AND SCREENING IN 2025

If you or someone in your family is applying for a U.S. visa in 2025, there are several important updates you should know about. The U.S. government has made changes that affect how student visas are processed, how interviews are scheduled, and how long your case might take. Below is a clear summary of what’s… Read More

State Dept.’s NVC Is Now Handling All Domestic Visa Inquiries

The Department of State’s Visa Office has established one point of contact for all domestic inquiries regarding nonimmigrant and immigrant visa cases. The National Visa Center (NVC) has begun handling all domestic email and telephone inquiries from the public on nonimmigrant and immigrant visa cases as of January 12, 2015. See original notice.

India Second Preference Visa Numbers Available in April; Iraqi, Afghani Translator Numbers Going Fast

The Department of State’s Visa Office announced in the April 2008 Visa Bulletin that visa numbers have once again become available to the India employment second preference category.  The Department noted that if total demand is insufficient to use all available numbers in a particular employment preference category in a calendar quarter, the unused numbers may… Read More