About how long does the NVC process take for a US citizen w/ an approved I-130 petition for a spouse until the Visa is received?

While there is no specific processing time provided by the NVC, normally from start to finish for the immediate relative spouse of U.S. citizen to immigrate to the United States takes approximately 1 year. This year period is comprised of approximately 9 months in the United States and then several additional months at the U.S. consulate in the country where your wife is processing. If things are held up at the NVC, perhaps they are waiting on documents from you.

Our experience is that the Fee Bill comes in a couple of weeks after I-130 apprvoal (if not you need to check on it) and the request for documents comes about two weeks after that. If you have anticipated this timeline and have all of the signed documents in the file with original supporting documents then you can submit the day you get the request. If the case is document ready before the 15th of the month then interview will be scheduled the following month; if after the 15th then will be the month following the next month. This assumes the consulate is reasonably current on interviews and not backlogged If not, then you have to check processing times for the particular consulate which vary widely.