What is Termination of a Case?

Suppose an immigrant visa applicant does not answer an embassy or consulate's correspondence with him/her or attempt to process his/her immigrant visa case required documents. The embassy or consulate (post) will begin to close (terminate) the case. The post first send a Follow-up Letter and Instruction Package (Packet 4A) to the applicant. If the applicant does not answer within one year, a termination letter is sent. At this point the applicant has one more year to activate the immigrant visa case. If there is no answer in one year, the case is terminated. You can stop termination of a case by notifying the post before the prescribed time peiod has lapsed, that the applicant does not want the case to be closed (terminated).