NVC Case Number Changes

NVC档案号变更解析

作者: Yevgeny Samokhleb

In recent months, Chinese immigrant visa applicants have been receiving notifications from the National Visa Center (NVC) that their case number is changing. NVC case numbers are initially assigned to applicants after their immigration petition is approved by USCIS. In recent years, most cases in China have been assigned a GZO case number, which is now changing to a GUZ case number.

最近几个月，中国移民签证申请人陆续收到美国国家签证中心(NVC)关于档案号变更的通知。NVC档案号是指移民申请经移民局(USCIS)批准后由NVC最初分配给申请人的号码。近年来，大部分中国移民签证申请都已分配GZO档案号，现在正更改为GUZ档案号。

The first three letters of an NVC case number represent the U.S. consulate that is processing the case. Both GUZ and GZO represent the consulate in Guangzhou, China. Whereas GUZ cases have always required paper submission of documents, GZO was created as a separate code several years ago to process cases via email document submission. NVC is slowly rolling out a new Consular Electronic Application Center (CEAC) that is not yet available in China, but will eventually become uniform throughout cases from all countries. The recent transition to GUZ case numbers means the cases will have to be processed by paper filings in the immediate future. However, in the long-term, this is another step toward implementation of the new CEAC system for Chinese cases.

NVC档案号的前三个字母表示正在审理案件的美国领事馆。GUZ和GZO都表示美国驻广州领事馆。GUZ案件都是要求提交纸质文件，而GZO档案号则是几年前NVC单独创建的号码，用来审理邮件递交的申请材料。NVC正在逐步推出一个新的领事电子申请中心(CEAC)，目前该系统尚未在中国使用，不过最终会在所有国家统一推行。当前档案号变更为GUZ说明近期所有的申请都必须提交纸质申请材料。不过从长远来看，这是中国移民签证申请将要采用新CEAC系统的又一进展。

Applicants do not need to be concerned about these changes, and do not have to take any action upon receiving a case change notice from NVC. Our law firm receives these notifications as well and enters the new case number into our database.

申请人无需担心这些变更，收到NVC档案号变更通知也不用采取任何措施，我们律师事务所也会收到这些通知，并将新的档案号录入数据库。