{
  "id": "us-nvc-processing-timeframes",
  "title": "NVC Processing Timeframes",
  "description": "The National Visa Center's published processing timeframes: for case creation, document review and Public Inquiry Form responses, the date NVC was working on as of the date it gives, as published weekly on the U.S. Department of State NVC Timeframes page. They cover immediate relative, family preference and employment preference cases only, not diversity, special immigrant, K or adoption cases.",
  "version": "2026-10-13-v1",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-13",
  "sourcePublishedAt": "2026-10-13",
  "spatialCoverage": "United States (National Visa Center)",
  "temporalCoverage": "2026-10-13",
  "measurementTechnique": [
    "Official NVC timeframes page ingestion",
    "Date normalization to ISO 8601"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "U.S. Department of State: NVC Timeframes",
      "url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html",
      "license": "public-domain",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-10-15"
    }
  ],
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "measure",
      "label": "Step",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "asOf",
      "label": "As of",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "workingOn",
      "label": "Working on items dated",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "measure": "case-creation",
      "asOf": "2026-10-13",
      "workingOn": "2026-09-25"
    },
    {
      "measure": "document-review",
      "asOf": "2026-10-13",
      "workingOn": "2026-08-04"
    },
    {
      "measure": "inquiry-response",
      "asOf": "2026-10-13",
      "workingOn": "2026-10-05"
    }
  ]
}