Our I-800 has arrived!

Our approval for our I-800 was on 12/17/12 and the letter officially arrived on 12/22/12...So whats next?!

We are now awaiting our National Visa Letter and then everything heads back to China!

Her is some information about our next step!

You can use the following contact information to check on the status of your cable and to ask for the NVC letter by email once you have been cabled.

• Email: NVCInquiry@state.gov
• Phone: 1-603-334-0700
• Hours: Monday through Friday from 7:30 AM to 12:00 AM (Eastern Time)
• NOTE: Email is the NVC's preferred method of communication as stated on their website. It can take up to an hour to get through to the NVC by phone. Plus, a lot of the operators who answer the phone at NVC are not familiar with adoption cases and will give you incorrect information!

The NVC will email you a .pdf of your cable approval letter. There is somewhat of a science to this. Follow these instructions very carefully for the best results:
Here is the email I sent to NVC to check on our case. You can copy it if you like. I recommend that you try sending the email in the evening right before you go to bed so that they see it first thing in the morning.
Also, what you put in the subject line of the email is important. Something like this:
SMITH ADOPTION - DOB 04/15/1969 - Receipt Number SIM0983034989 (take it off your I800 approval)
In the body of your email, say something like this:
To Whom It May Concern:
I would like to know if my visa petition has been forwarded to the appropriate Embassy yet. If so, please send a copy of the approval letter to my email address as soon as possible: smithfamily@cox.net (or whatever your email is)

Receipt Number: SIM080934398

Beneficiary's Name: An, ZhangHuan

Beneficiary's DOB:10/20/2006

Petitioner's Name: Mary Smith

Petitioner's DOB: 11/4/1969

NOTE: NVC may email you back and say that you are NOT cabled yet or in their system. If you receive this email, repeat this process again in a few days.

• Once you receive an email back from NVC that you are in their system and will be cabled shortly, it is important that you send ANOTHER email to NVC a day or two later replacing the receipt number in your email with your new GUZ# that NVC sent you. This is VERY helpful in obtaining your .pdf.