The NVC has confirmed that its systems had generated termination letters for a small subset of I-130 cases where no direct attorney or client contact had been made with the NVC for more than one year, though an I-601A provisional unlawful presence waiver application had been processing at USCIS.

The NVC confirmed that it considers USCIS processing of the I-601A to be a valid form of “contact” to prevent a case from triggering a termination letter while the I-601A is pending. NVC has stated that it will no longer send letters for these cases and is updating its system to “reset the one-year clock” when the I-601A is approved or denied.