The best F4 profile tracking app for Vietnamese people: Which tool should I choose?

The best F4 profile tracking app for Vietnamese people: Which tool should I choose?

F4 profile is for sibling sponsorship of US citizens 21 years of age or older.

According to Family Preference regulations, F4 belongs to the Fourth Preference group and is allocated an annual number of visas according to US immigration law. Because the number of applications exceeds the number of available visas, applicants often have to monitor Priority Date and Visa Bulletin for a long time.

This is why choosing a suitable F4 tracking tool is more important than just checking the USCIS Case Status.

F4 IS NOT JUST A USCIS CASE TRACKER

An F4 application can go through several stages:

USCIS

Priority Date

USCIS Approval

NVC

Case Number

CEAC

Documentarily Complete

Visa Bulletin

Interview

Therefore, if an application only allows entering the Receipt Number and then viewing the USCIS status, that application will only solve part of the need.

People with F4 records need a system that can track the entire journey of their records.

WHY F4 NEED TO MONITOR VISA BULLETIN?

Priority Date is one of the most important data for F4 records.

The Department of State publishes a monthly Visa Bulletin to determine the order of visa issuance for Family Preference categories.

In the Visa Bulletin, F4 is identified as the Fourth Preference for siblings of US citizens.

When the F4 category is limited in number of visas, Priority Date holders must monitor the date tables in the Visa Bulletin to know where the application is progressing.

Therefore, a good F4 tracking application should not separate Priority Date from Visa Bulletin.

These two data must be placed in the same tracking system.

IS USCIS CASE STATUS ENOUGH TO TRACK F4?

Are not.

USCIS provides Case Status Online for users to check status based on Receipt Number.

Receipt Number is a 13-character code, usually consisting of three letters and ten numbers.

USCIS also provides tools to check Processing Times and perform Case Inquiry when conditions are met.

These tools are very useful during the USCIS phase.

But once the petition has been Approved and transferred to NVC, users need to switch to tracking another system.

Therefore, a good F4 application should connect the stages instead of forcing users to track each website themselves.

F4 AFTER APPROVED, WHAT TO MONITOR?

After USCIS Approved, the application can be transferred to the National Visa Center.

NVC will handle the next steps for the immigrant visa application under the scope of NVC.

Users need to track information such as:

NVC Case Number

InvoiceID

CEAC

Fees

DS-260

Affidavit of Support

Financial Documents

Civil Documents

Documentarily Complete

Interview

Department of State currently provides CEAC for users to manage their immigrant visa applications online.

CEAC uses Case Number and Invoice ID for login.

So, a good F4 application should be able to track both NVC and CEAC, instead of stopping at USCIS.

SHOULD F4 USE CASE TRACKER APP?

Yes, but you need to choose the right type of app.

On the App Store there are currently great apps focused on USCIS and NVC.

For example, Case Tracker for USCIS