

When your DS-260(s) are completed and all documents are submitted, NVC will communicate with the U.S. The letter will also explain what documents you need to email to the NVC to complete applications for you and any qualifying family members. The letter will instruct you to complete an online visa application (DS-260) for yourself and for eligible family members that you listed on the I-360 application. Within several weeks, NVC should send you an email with an attached letter that tells you how to complete the online visa application. The NVC is a government agency that processes visa applications. If you filed your SIV application before July 20, 2022, then read IRAP’s guide on the removal of the I-360 petition requirement to see if you need to file an I-360 petition.Īfter COM approves your application (or, if required, USCIS approves your I-360 petition), it will forward your petition to the National Visa Center (NVC). If you are filing a new SIV application after July 20, 2022, then you do not need to submit an I-360 petition. Before July 2022, all SIV applicants had to file I-360 petitions with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). SIV applicants complete the DS-260 after they apply for and receive Chief of Mission (“COM”) approval.

IRAP is not part of any government, IOM, or UNHCR.

IRAP helps some people find services and prepare refugee and visa applications.The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) provides free legal help to some refugees and displaced people.
