IF YOUR INTERVIEW WAS APPROVED

• Your immigrant visa will be placed on a page in your passport. Please review the printed information right away to make sure there are no errors. If there are any spelling or biographical errors, contact the embassy or consulate immediately.
• They will also give you a sealed envelope containing documents that you must give to U.S. immigration authorities when you arrive in the United States for the first time. Do not open this envelope. You must carry it with you; do not put it in your checked luggage.
• If you receive X-rays during your medical examination, carry those with you and give them to the U.S. immigration authorities.
• You must pay the USCIS Immigrant Fee to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) after you receive your immigrant visa and before you travel to the United States.
• You must arrive in and apply for admission to the United States no later than the visa expiration date printed on your visa. An immigrant visa is usually valid for up to six months from the date of issuance unless your medical examination expires sooner, which may make your visa valid for less than six months. Your visa cannot be extended and all fees are nonrefundable.
• When traveling to the United States, The principal applicant must enter before or at the same time as other family members with visas.
• Children who are issued a visa before turning 21 years of age must enter the United States before their 21st birthday to avoid losing their immigrant status, unless they are eligible for benefits under the Child Status Protection Act(CSPA).
• Passport, Medical, and Visa should be valid at the time of POE.
• Your Form I-551 Permanent Resident Card, also known as a green card, will be automatically mailed to the address in the United States that you write in your visa application form. This is a very important document that proves you have permission to reside in the United States.
• If you plan to travel outside the U.S. before your green card arrives: Please consult USCIS’s and CBP’s websites for rules about what documents you need to re-enter the country.

If your visa was denied under 221(g)

Note: If you are refused under 221(g), your CEAC Case Status will show "Refused". This is nothing to worry about. Once the conclusion is made, and application is approved. CEAS Case Status will show "Approved".

• Sometimes a consular officer is unable to make a decision on a visa application because he/she needs to review additional documents or the case requires further administrative processing.
• When additional documents are requested, the consular officer will give you a refusal letter that asks you to submit additional documents. The letter will include instructions on how to send those documents to the consulate.
• Administrative processing takes additional time after the interview.
• Most administrative processing is resolved within 60 days. However, the timing varies based on the circumstances of each case.
• Before inquiring about the status of administrative processing, please wait at least 180 days after your interview.
• After you consular receives your additional documents, you will be contacted about the final decision.
• At the conclusion of the administrative processing the consular officer might conclude that an applicant is now qualified for the visa for which he or she applied.
• The officer may also conclude that the applicant remains ineligible for a visa and ask for more evidence or documents.
• If your application requires additional documentation, you may submit them to one of their 11 document drop-off locations.
• Do not send documents to the consulate by mail.
• If you are requested to personally return to the consulate with additional documents or information, schedule a Category 2 appointment online.