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Immigrant Visa Disclaimer Notice

On this page:

• Overview
• Disclaimer Notice
• USCIS Immigrant Fee

Overview

The visa appointment system is intended for eligible applicants who have not yet been interviewed, or who were not able to meet their original appointment dates or received notification that they must schedule an appointment.

Note: Your Case ID and profile information must be the same with your Case Number when scheduling an appointment (except for K1/K2/K3/K4 applicants), otherwise your scheduled interview will be cancelled

Disclaimer Notice

If you meet any of the following conditions, do not schedule an immigrant visa interview appointment:

• You have been interviewed and informed by a consular officer that you are ineligible to receive an immigrant or a K visa.
• You are the principal beneficiary and have failed to reschedule your visa interview appointment within a year from the original appointment date or if your CEAC application status is Expiring Soon. You can check your status at https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?App=IV.
• You are the principal beneficiary and have failed to contact or communicate with the Embassy for more than a year from the time you were informed that your case is ready for final processing or if your CEAC application status is Expiring Soon. You can check your status at https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?App=IV.
• You are a K2 derivative applicant and have failed to apply for a visa within a year from the time of the principal beneficiary’s visa issuance.
• Your case is not current for processing based on the current cut-off dates. This includes retrogressed cases.
• Your case is still with the National Visa Center (NVC).
• You have not received instructions from the Embassy or NVC that you may schedule an interview.
• Aged-out FTJ children applying for the first time under CSPA.
• If you are a derivative beneficiary of a visa petition under 14 years old applying together with the principal applicant unless specifically required.
• FTJ cases (spouse or children) whose principal applicant has naturalized as U.S. citizen.

If your case falls under any of the above conditions, you may contact us at https://ph.usembassy.gov/contact-us-visas/ to confirm the status of your visa petition.

• I meet one or more of the conditions listed above, therefore I should not schedule an immigrant visa interview appointment.

• I do not meet any of the conditions listed above, and I wish to have more information about immigrant visas.

• I do not meet any of the conditions listed above, and I wish to schedule an immigrant visa appointment.

USCIS Immigrant Fee

If you are immigrating to the United States as a lawful permanent resident, you must pay the USCIS Immigrant Fee online unless you meet one of the exemptions. This fee is not related to the immigrant visa application fees collected by Department of State.

Select USCIS Immigrant Fee to go to the USCIS Website to learn more.