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Employment-Based Green Card: Consular Process Guide

Updated: Author: Alina Kanametova

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A procedural guide for a pending asylum applicant who wants to pursue an employment-based green card through consular processing. It lays out the eligibility…

EB-1A EB-2 NIW Petition Consular / NVC

About this document

A procedural guide for a pending asylum applicant who wants to pursue an employment-based green card through consular processing. It lays out the eligibility checklist, I-140 filing, NVC case handling, third-country embassy transfer, DS-260 and document submission, interview, and post-interview outcomes including approval or administrative processing.

Key points

  • Targets a pending asylum applicant waiting for an asylum interview, not an asylum case referred to Immigration Court.
  • Lists eligibility factors: valid passport and approved EB petition are required; expired passport is marked ineligible.
  • After I-140 approval, the guide says USCIS sends the case to NVC, which assigns the case number and invoice number.
  • It says the applicant may email US embassies worldwide to request third-country processing as a TCN and may need 30-40 emails.
  • NVC sends a welcome email to start DS-260, pay fees, and submit documents for documentarily qualified status.
  • If the case is transferred, the invoice number stays the same but the case number changes in the new embassy post.
  • At the interview, the applicant should bring copies of civil and support documents such as marriage, birth, petition, and police certificates.
  • If the consulate uses administrative processing, the status may show refused while the visa is still under review; later the passport is resubmitted for visa issuance.

What is inside

  1. Eligibility Requirement
  2. Applying for I-140
  3. After Approval of I-140
  4. Emails to US Embassies
  5. NVC Welcome Email
  6. Transfer of Case to 3rd County
  7. Wait for DQ Email

When it helps

Serves as a procedural roadmap for consular processing after I-140 approval in an employment-based green card case. It also shows the document flow and interview-stage evidence the applicant is told to prepare and submit.

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