Therefore if you do not respond to notices from the NVC 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. 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.
If you are traveling with family, each family member will also need to complete a DS-260. The form is completed and submitted online and in English. It asks many personal questions, including about your past addresses, work history, education, and family members. 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 DS-260 is an electronic visa application form. Duplicate inquiries slow our ability to respond to you in a timely manner. We ask that you make a subsequent inquiry only if you do not receive a response to your email within our published timeframe above. We will update this information every week. Current Public Inquiry Form response time: As of 6-Nov-23, we are responding to inquiries received on 2-Nov-23.
