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Sorry to stick my nose in here but had a question about the I-864. They finally got around to changing the LND to GUZ for my wife's daughters paperwork. So we'll pay the $230. My question is do I need to send in the I-864 now, or will NVC tell us when to do this. You said something about the P3. If you could clarify that would be great. THANKS!! -
I am filling out theDS-260 Online information page - in place of the old DS-230 form and the website keeps asking me for an Invoice ID number. I have looked over all of my information, especially the e-mails and letters from NVC (which informed me that I can now schedule for an interview) and I cannot locate the Invoice ID number anywhere. So, my questions are many-fold: 1) Where can this number be found and how do I request for one if it was not included in the information I have already been provided? 1.5) Is the Invoice ID number only given to me once I have paid for the interview? 2) Also, the payment for the interview and application, must it be paid before going in to the consulate for an interview or can it be paid in the consulate itself prior to interviewing? 3) Last question - do I need to complete the DS-260 form prior to scheduling for an interview or can I schedule an interview first without completing the DS-260 form, as I have only used and submitted the DS-230 form before?
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I've just completed the online DS-260. I'm now being told that we need to send in supporting documentation. The email we've received only states that we submit the following: 1. Completed DS-260 (printed from the website) 2. Copy of biodata page of passport 3. 2 2-inch photographs However, the website link provided immediately after submitting the DS-260 states that we need to submit more than the email states we should (e.g. birth certificate, police records, marriage certificate, etc). So, who should I trust? The email or the website? I have everything the website requests, so providing more than the email requests is not a problem. However, the email explicitly says not to submit more than is requested as extra documents will be destroyed. I'm just confused as two authoritative sources have conflicting requests. -
Hello all, Just a quick update and alert that the Guangzhou consulate now requires the beneficiary to fill out and send a DS-260 along with a copy of the photo page of the passport and two US-sized passport pics. After that's completed, the consulate then sends instructions on setting up the visa interview (in the meantime, we're collecting the necessary documents). It took us about a week to get the I-130 approved, and a month to get this notice from Guangzhou, which has the case number. I'm hoping we're a pretty straight-forward case as we've been married almost nine years and have a child, who is a US citizen. Question -- is the expedited service at the Citic branch on Financial Street reliable/worth it? And does anyone have experience with these new steps? How long is the wait for the instructions on setting up the visa interview? And here's to hoping the government shutdown in the US doesn't occur. Best, Jennifer
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Effective this past Sunday (9/1), the NVC universally requires use of online forms DS-260 and DS-261, replacing the DS-230 and DS-3032 respectively. This includes EP cases. http://travel.state.gov/visa/questions/news/news_4413.html -
(Regarding the IR-1 visa for my wife's daughter, over 21 unmarried) We got the I-130 approved, then also got the Change of Agent form sent in, along with the fees for the DS-230 and I-864 (they show paid as of October 20th). Will we be getting a paper package in the mail for the DS-230? Or is this all done online now? Also, how long do we have to send in the DS-230 and I-864? The reason I ask is that this all happened suddenly. I guess we thought it would be another year before a slot came available for my wife's daughter. As a result we are not where we would like to be with the I-864. We have thought that our situation might be improving later so we have considered waiting on sending in the apps. I see that there is a general statement on NVC e-mails, "If a period of one year passes from the last date of contact with the NVC (by email, telephone or mail), all submitted fees and documents will expire. In that case, your fees will need to be repaid and documents will need to be resubmitted in order to continue the immigration process." Does that mean we have a year from October 14th (when we got our first correspondence from the NVC) to send in the apps? Thanks!
