E-Mail "Inquiry Box" At National Visa Center Available To Attorneys And Accredited Reps

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E-mail “inquiry box” at national visa center available to attorneys and accredited reps
Immigrants' Rights Update, Vol. 18, No. 2, April 2, 2004

The State Dept.’s National Visa Center has created an e-mail “inquiry box” to which attorneys and accredited representatives can direct inquiries regarding their clients’ cases. The address is nvcattorney@state.gov.

Inquiries to this address should include the following:

      1. Case or receipt number as the subject line of the e-mail
      2. The visa beneficiary’s name and date of birth
      3. The petitioner’s name and date of birth
      4. Contact information for the attorney/accredited representative’s agency or law firm
      5. For employment-based (I‑140) inquiries, the name of the company or organization filing the visa petition

The new inquiry box has been available since Mar. 8, 2004.

Attorneys and accredited representatives may continue to send written correspondence by regular mail to the following address: National Visa Center, ATTN: WC (written correspondence), 32 Rochester Ave., Portsmouth, NH 03801-2909. Or they may contact the NVC via phone at 603-334-0700, Mon.–Fri., 8 AM–8:45 PM EST.