Todd

Is there a general rule of thumb as to how long it takes the INS to notify the
embassy abroad of the I-797 approval. I received the I-797 on 12 March 2002, and have
been calling the American embassy in Nairobi, Kenya - but they have yet to receive
notification (it's been five weeks now).

Any insight on this would be appreciated. Todd

Cheryl

I have no idea of how long it takes to notify an embassy abroad but note that the
I-797 has an expiry date, 4 months from the date of your second NOA. Your foreign
fiancée should have her K-1 visa approved within that 4 months. If she doesn't then
you as the USC should send the foreign consulate a notarized letter asking them to
revalidate the I-797. The newsgroup just faced this problem. See this link for more
details: http://www.foia.state.gov/masterdocs/09fam/0941081N.pdf

"Todd" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Is there a general rule of thumb as to how long it takes the INS to notify the
    > embassy abroad of the I-797 approval. I received the I-797 on 12 March 2002, and
    > have been calling the American embassy in Nairobi, Kenya - but they have yet to
    > receive notification (it's been five weeks now).
    >
    > Any insight on this would be appreciated. Todd

Jennifer

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    > Is there a general rule of thumb as to how long it takes the INS to notify the
    > embassy abroad of the I-797 approval. I received the I-797 on 12 March 2002, and
    > have been calling the American embassy in Nairobi, Kenya - but they have yet to
    > receive notification (it's been five weeks now).
    >
    > Any insight on this would be appreciated. Todd

I think it depends on the service center. We went through the NSC - and I was able to
reach a real person at the service center last week and asked how long it takes for
the I-797 approval to reach the Consulate in Amsterdam. We were approved 3/13/02, the
INS agent said the approval was sent to the consulate same day, and for me not to
expect it to get there for 5-6 weeks.

Aangiela

Yes, it depends on the consulate and how it was sent to the consulate. We were
approved on April 1st and Mickey received his Packet 3 in the mail today. We went
through NSC. It was a lot sooner than we had expected.