Get Packet 3 Supplemental Information Sheet

If your visa is annotated “IV Docs in CCD”, it means that your visa is a digitalized visa and you will only receive your passport from us. 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.

(Packet 3) Dear Visa Applicant: We have received approval to start processing your immigrant visa application. For U.S.-filed petitions, please follow instructions provided by the National Visa Center (NVC) because your case is processed by NVC at this stage.

Does the petitioner have to be present at the interview? No, only applicants must appear to be interviewed. If a derivative applicant is following to join the principal applicant, do they have to be present at the interview? Only the applicants who plan to immigrate must appear to be interviewed at the scheduled time.

The annotation field in the US visa stamp/foil is for the US Consular officer to put in additional notes related to your issued visa. Depending on the kind of visa, it could have details like University Name, Employer name, Work visa petition number, etc.

However, if “IV Docs in CCD” is annotated in your immigrant visa, it means that your visa is a digitalized visa, and you will only receive your passport from us. Under rare circumstances, you will still receive a sealed packet containing documents along with your passport even if your visa is annotated.

Family Based Immigration A foreign citizen seeking to live permanently in the United States requires an immigrant visa (IV).

The envelope contains: your immigrant visa petition. copies of your identity documents. any relationship evidence or other evidence required for your visa type.

IV means “Immigrant Visa”. The annotation means that the “Immigrant Visa documents are in Consular Consolidated Database”. It is a note for the US CBP officer at the Port of entry.