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Check the Status of a Visa Application To check on the status of your U.S. Visa application: United States: Contact the National Visa Center (NVC) at 1-603-334-0700 for immigrant visas. For nonimmigrant visas, call 1-603-334-0888. Or use the Consular Electronic Application Center (CEAC).

Select the "Current Visa Bulletin." Forward to "Family-Sponsored Preferences" to see a table similar to the sample below. Find your family preference category and compare your priority date to the date listed. If your priority date comes before the date listed, your immigrant visa is current.

When No One Noticed Your Current Priority Date Still, after your priority date becomes current in the Application Final Action Dates chart, you will have one year to pursue your visa or green card.

Now, the Date for Filing determines whether or not you can submit the final immigrant visa application, and the Final Action Date indicates whether or not it is expected that an immigrant visa number will be available.

3. Open the Visa Bulletin. Open the Department of State visa bulletin at https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html. Click on the month of the Current Visa Bulletin.

Select the "Current Visa Bulletin." Forward to "Family-Sponsored Preferences" to see a table similar to the sample below. Find your family preference category and compare your priority date to the date listed. If your priority date comes before the date listed, your immigrant visa is current.

This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during December for: Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing Applications, indicating when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble and submit required documentation to the National Visa Center.