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My Dads F4 was filed by her sister(US citizen) in April 1995. I have been having hard time tracing the case now. I have sent email to NVC about status of the case.

As of October 2010, F-4 visa for India is on priority date of Dec 2001. That is petition date of 1995 should have received the visa 6 or 7 years back.

I reached Chennai Consulate but then they pointed me back to NVC and I am not getting any feedback from NVC.

Couple of friends suggested me to work with an immigration lawyer to trace the case and get it approved.

Please advice.

Do you have an old INS case number? If so, file an I-824 with USCIS for action on an approved petition. You are in a danger zone since so much time has passed. If there was a change of address that never got reported, they may have previously attempted contact in the past and gave up. Dont know how they would treat that situation.

Actually, the F4 PD of April 1995 became current on Sept 1, 2006 (see Sept 2006 bulletin) , little over 4 years ago, not 7 years as you are suggesting. Either cases, its been a long time.

Dont worry, once your dads F-4 petition is approved, your dad has a lifetime to apply , there is no expiration. BUT no where in your post does it mention if the petition was approved or not, was it?
Good Luck

p.s., you dont need an attorney!