Thanks you two I sent him the list of three things I need him to do.... hopefully i won't confuse him to much... I am going to check the Spainish consulate and ask to see if he can interview there... much better place than morocco but he doesn't speak Spanish just English, French and Arabic... not sure if that'll be a problem if he is in the U.S. consulate in Spain????

I got so used to them, I would just say "Oh, another earthquake".

A year ago, I moved to Seattle from San Francisco. We would get them all of the time, it was normal. In Fact, I was in San Francisco in 1989 when they had the big one there during the World Series. I had just came out of the shower, so I was standing there naked thinking what should I do. Do I stand there or run out of my apartment naked? I just sttod there.



As long as he speaks english, not a problem!

oh my gosh, DUH! of course i can send it in myself! i don't know why i kept thinking it has to come from my address over there.. my brain is soo tired.. thanks for pointing that out!

it is quite expensive to send it fedex though.. about $30 and it will take 3 days. it's not a P.O. box, is it? because if it is, then my sister has to send it USPS

i have read about the whole auto response too but nothing seems to solve my problem. you got an auto response, right?

LMAO STeve you got me laughing before I walk out the door thanks!!!! but my visiual is the old Avatar you had up with the man behind the desk lol

I needed that laugh thanks

Ya, I kind of wondered what you were thinking about sending things to your sister first, But I know how it is. Sooooooooo many things on your mind!!!!

And no, it is not a PO Box. I sent all of my stuff to the NVC via Fed EX.

Yes, I did get the auto response. But I would not send any more emails, it could confuse them.

have a great day at work, Rajaa! i have work tonight also and tomorrow.. hope the patients are in their best behavior! hehe!

i think i already confused them.. better just leave it alone i suppose. they might think i'm spamming them or something! i'll just call NVC next week and see what happens. i hope they take it.. if not, this will totally delay everything

i have way too many things on my mind. i'm also planning parts of my cousin's wedding too and i'm going to arrive there only 2 days before the wedding.. this is way too much stress on one skinny girl!!

Have him get the same documents for himself to have available there while you have time to gather them. He should be taking those to the consulate as backup if you only decide to pursue CR1. If K3, then he has to send them to consulate anyways. Most of your questions are answered in Loto's guide. You haven't been reading it have you?!?!




Why not use Jame's shortcuts to make your own Choice of Agent? And have your hubby send that to you as a back up for now in case the mail is delayed even more.

i think i might have to do just that. i tried before already but was confused on how to paste the barcode. according to James, the case number should be written where the barcode strip should be.. but then where the heck do you put the generated barcode then if you wrote the number on it's spot already?

i'm so sleepy, LuLu.. i'm suppose to be sleeping already. got work tonight and 12 hours on my feet kinda drains the life out of me every time i go to work..

but now i think my brain has stopped functioning too.. i can't seem to understand anything!

exactly, i can never understand that part either...where do u stick the barcode, if you wrote in that rectangle..i just left it alone that time, thinking that i wud worry about it when the time comes...mayb steve can answer this question..

but Jen, a piece of advice...since you are going to the phillipines and r going to see your husband...have him give u a signed copy of the DS-3032 form also...i have seen a case here on VJ when the NVC did not recieve the email and the person had to send in a hard copy so its good to have a backup...

To be on the safe side, I emailed the DS-3032 and had my husband post the form as soon as we saw the AOS fee bill was generated. I received an auto response from NVC when I sent the email. They received the DS-3032 (do not know which one) within a day and soon the AVR said that they have received it. I think its always safe to try both ways. What the heck...would just cost you the postage...but save you from the trouble later in general.

As for the barcode, after the introduction of the online system, the James' Shortcut has become obsolete. Besides, I do not know how hubby managed to produce those barcodes last time we were at NVC. I think the ONLINE paying and printing system is less hassle.

the directions to generate the bar code are on the james shortcut. but what doesnt make sense is that why would you write your case number and then stick the bar code over it?!?!?!

Jen - Sara did the right thing by mailing the DS-3032 as well as sending an email. Even if you dont want to send that form in the mail, still have it signed from your husband, just in case there may be a problem. Basically you wanna cover all bases.

Sara, how the heck did u get the DS-3032 so fast? did you just downloaded it and sent it? no barcode and all that crap?

since i am going to be there, that is what i'm planning to do, cmnb. no choice now since i am not getting any automated response at all. it's driving me nuts! BUT i don't know how to send it since i'm confused about where to put the barcode.. somebody !!

uuuuggghhhhhh nothing in the mailbox and all this stuff is confusing me!!! I am going to bed now....

Jen, I had given husband several signed copies of DS-3032 a few months ago so he used one of those. He used the James shortcut to create the barcode (I just found out), pasted the barcode there with glue stick and it was ready. He used the james shortcut for producing the barcode. I just tried creating one and it doesn't seem difficult. please try it: http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/...s%27s_Shortcuts

Also Jen if you can see the AOS bill...i believe you have paid it...you are good to send in the DS-3032...which I know you have through email. Maybe wait a few days till it enters the system. It will work don't worry.

AOS IS NOW PAID!!! yahooooo!! but still no automated response for that darn choice of agent! so i will send in my AOS tomorrow cuz i am DEAD TIRED! just got home.. had the most awful night but not THE most awful night.. was it a full moon last night cuz everyone of my patients were a little cuckoo..

i know how to make the barcode, but what i don't understand is according to the shortcut, you must first write the case number in black inside the barcode box thing THEN put the generated barcode ON TOP of the written case number.. that doesn't make any sense!

Hi thirdsjen,

My petition finally arrived at NVC. I have a question for you.....when did your hubby e-mail ds3032 to NVC? Was it right after you got the NVC case # or waited until you were in the AVR?? Thanks......

If you are paying online, you should wait until they invoice your AOS.

Hi Steve Y Jessica,

Thank you responding. So should wait to e-mail ds3032 and pay online the AOS fee until these are generated per the AVR? As you can tell, I am confused!

KAHM, i suggest u follow the nvc instruction guide created by lotofpatience...please let me know if you dont have it otherwise i will be happy to share it with you...you wont have any doubts if u follow that guide

KAHM, if you go to a few older posts in this thread, you'll find the CR-1 Guide by Lotsofpatience as mentioned by CMNB. Also, in our experience, my husband had called NVC about three days after the case was transfered to NVC and found out the IIN. Once he got that, he checked if the AOS fee bill was generated and it was invoiced so he told me to e-mail the DS-3032, he paid online the AOS fee bill and then went out and posted the DS-3032 to NVC. The AVR by the way had not changed. Then Next day the AVR changed to the AOS fee bill being paid and the next day to that they acknowledged our DS-3032. KNow that till now I have not receieved any email from NVC regarding the Choice of Agent and Address so I believe they have accepted the form in post. Hope this helps.
Sara.

KAHM! it finally arrived, eh? good! now you can just fly by NVC if everything is done in order..

ok, here's my story. my case arrived at NVC 7/25. after that, day after day after day i called and called. Same message: that my case has been entered into their system July 25, blah blah blah.. i was getting annoyed. I wanted to know if my AOS fee bill or my DS-3032 (choice of agent was generated.)

Well, July 29, i called NVC to see if they can give me my IIN (invoice identification number.) Wanted to see if my AOS was invoiced cuz i heard you can see this on that online payment site. 1st try during the afternoon EST, lady didn't want to give it to me. said that i should wait for the bill and that it takes weeks. WATEVER. 2nd try, i called 1130 pm EST. Bingo! lady didn't hesitate to give me the IIN. as soon as i got it, i immediately went to the website. saw that the AOS bill status was: NOT PAID. so i went ahead and paid it using my checking account. after i hit submit, status changed to IN PROCESS. tried emailing the DS-3032 at this time. no such luck. couldn't get a automated response.

July 30, tried again by forwarding from his email to mine. dumb yahoo acct. still no replies. so i gave up. AOS fee still IN PROCESS. AVR did change to "received AOS fee bill on July 30. Please wait a few weeks for NVC send blah blah blah."

July 31, AOS status now PAID. AVR still says they received the bill on July 30. Money not debited from my bank yet. Immediately printed out AOS barcode but i was too sleepy to send it! hehe.. Tried emailing again. Still no automated reply. sheesh. So i got the idea from ninjarocket to maybe use my work email since they might think the yahoo email is spam. so i forwarded it to my work. when i got to work, i then forwarded the DS-3032 to NVC with no automated response! but i got this funky email that the message was sensitive.. i dont get it..

Aug 1, here i am at work. decided that yahoo email sucks. according to Steve, when he used his GMAIL account, he got response right away. so i made an account for my husband. sent in the DS-3032, and behold! AN AUTOMATED RESPONSE!!! yessss!!!! will mail the AOS package USPS express when i get off work.

KAHM, i sent the DS-3032 when the AOS fee was invoiced. But i never got the AVR statement of "DS-3032 and the AOS fee was generated on ....." I basically got my IIN from the operater, went to the website, saw the the AOS was invoiced "generated," then emailed the DS-3032. use GMAIL if i were you.
Haven't gotten the AOS package either and i'm not sure if i ever will since i paid online but i'm going to send it since i have the official barcode from them already.

Hope this long story helps!

and i will probably snail mail the DS-3032 once my husband receives it. since i will be there on vacation anyway i might as well bring it back with me if they still haven't accepted the emailed DS-3032..

my night is going great. Thank you, Lord! i was "floated" to another department so i was able to escape the madhouse that is my regular floor..

correction: just called NVC again. the AVR changed the date when they received the AOS fee bill from July 30 to 31..

Jen do you seriously work at that creepy floor where they keep all those patients who are clinically mad? Isn't it scary?

i don't work in the psych ward, Sara! but sometimes i feel like i do! most of the patients we encounter have psych issues but they are on our floor because they are physically sick.. i enjoy the work sometimes but it's so tiring..

Jenn, I am happy that everything is now working for you. By chance, did you check your spam folder in yahoo?
But I would not also send in the hard copy. You got the auto response, you do not want to confuse them. I no it is not easy waiting, but just relax!!!!

Well last week, I emailed the embassy and explaind them my situation. That we had a K3 interview on August 14th and our CR1 case was now complete at the NVC. And would it be possible to change that interview to a CR1 interview. Well yesterday the replied to me that they contacted the NVC and told them to expidite my file to the embassy, and they let me know that it shipped on Wednesday and they would let me know when they receive it.
But now my wife is in a panic again. She thinks that Cr1 interview is going to be more difficult than the K3 intervirew because it is for a PR visa. I try to tell her that there is no difference.

Steve, I am sure she just wants to do her best...Tell her we are all rooting for her!!

I think Loto's guide is now pinned at the top of the CR1 forum.

and nothing still and it's officially the last day of July WHOOOO HOOOOOO looking forward to a new month. And a NAO2 come on CSC

Rajaa

Thirds_jen longbranch has their Nao2 but the spread sheet hasn't reflected it yet... poor girl so tired and excited at the same time lol... I am so happy for everyone!! and excited too.

just got home.. had to swing by the post office to mail the AOS. Steve, your wife is too cute! hehehe.. but i can understand how she feels though. 'specially since our spouses really don't divulge themselves into this world so they really don't know the minor differences, etc. i have been explaining this whole process to my husband a billion times and i don't think he gets it at all.. but that's ok. in our partnership, i'm the one in charge of details and i just tell him that this needs to be done and we need to go here, etc. and it works.. that is so cool that you were able to change it to CR1.. good job on that one!

i checked every nook and cranny of my yahoo account. nothing. i checked his too. nada. i probably will forget about the waiting for the DS-3032 while i'm over there. i will be on vacation so that might be the last thing on my mind.. I HOPE!

Rajaa, i've updated some but i still have a lot to do on it..just have a lot to do right now, that's all.. haven't packed. still need stuff to buy. i have to bring all the "relationship and marriage evidences" with me and leave it there for him. blah blah blah blah blah... geez..

may August be the month for you, Rajaa!

The hardest thing is trying to talk about the Visa process or her pregnancy. We have no problem communicating. We talk for about 2 hours at least every other night, and lately every night. But the problem is that I do not know the spanish words for legal or medical terms and she does not know then in english. So there is confussion at times.

I will be leaving to go to Buenos Aires on August 9th. 8 days, 21 hours 50 minutes and we will finally be together for always!!!!!

Steve, are you sure you're excited enough?

I will try to step it up a little.

But ever since we got the interview date, the days just drag on. It feels like the next day will never come.

the past 3 months of waiting have been the longest months ever but they went by pretty fast! it's all the mind game of waiting.. at least we have this forum to make us even crazier! hehe! i'm going to see my husband on wednesday! but really tuesday, our time..

they had better receive my AOS by that time!!

July 2008 is already a history

Sara, cmnb, thirdsjen, Steve Y Jessica:
Thank you so much for your input. It's more clear now. I was a little uncertain about when to start with the first step from Loto's guidelines. I called NVC today and the AVR states that my case was entered into NVC system on July 29th and wait six to eight weeks for the beneficiary to be notified. I'll call NVC later on today and try to get the IIN. Hopefully, they'll give it me so that I could proceed...

thirdsjen,
I know you're having a hard time with getting an automated response for your ds3032 e-mail but I hope everything works out before you go on vacation so that you could relax and not worry too much about NVC.......

i can totally understand..loto's guide is very helpful but i myself had to read that flowchart a few times before i could fully grasp as this stuff is very new to all of us and its hard sometimes to understand the jargons...good luck with the rest of ur journey!

Thanks yeah I find when I start reading too much I get myself more confued.... still haven't gotten touch....or an approval

I called NVC and managed to get my IIN. The NVC Operator hesitated first and asked if I was going to make a payment, I told him that I just needed it for my reference. I logged to the NVC website and the AOS fee was invoiced. Just got done paying the $70 on line. The current status is In Process..........

You can also now do the DS-3032 e-mail

Thanks.......this was my next step and was hoping at the same time that I get the auto response.........good luck to me....

My husband has a 'yahoo' e-mail account and he was not successful with getting an auto reply from NVC for ds3032. He then forwarded the e-mail to me. I sent it from my hotmail.com account and received an auto reply within seconds. Now I'll wait until next week for any progress......

all the best to you... I am interested to see how well the email thing works...seems almost too easy lol

alright KAHM! you might make it out of NVC before me! yahoo, it appears, does not seem to be the preferred email account of NVC. so ya'll.. just set up other accounts to send your DS-3032. Sent his with GMAIL.. and definitely don't tell the operator that you are going to pay online.. haha! they don't want you doing that at all! glad you manage to get your IIN, KAHM!

by monday the status might change to PAID then you can go ahead and print out your barcode and send in your AOS package. then the waiting begins for them to receive your DS-3032. as soon as they've received that, your IV fee will be invoiced. at least that's how i understand it..

With me, they invoiced the IV a few days after they accepted the DS-3032. But also, it took about a week for them to invoice my AOS.

did you see t0+'s timeline? they received his DS-3032 in like a couple of days! in a week, he was had already paid his IV bill... dang...

Like I said, you could be through the NVC by the end of August. With a October interview.

i really want to be there for the interview then leave with him.. but how to ask my supervisor is the problem.. crap. i have already taken waay too much vacation time this year. i'm surprise i still have my job!

but then i haven't researched how the manila embassy sets up the interviews.. it might take 2 months..

i'm in the middle of packing.. do you think it's necessary for me to bring his old letters to me while we were dating years ago? aren't we just suppose to prove MARRIAGE?

I think any evidence related to you both would be useful. Our courtship too lasted about 2 years so I am getting letters, chat sessions and saved screens with web cam imagines as proof. But then again, my story could be different from yours. you both have roots in Philipines. My husband is a half palestinian half caucasian married to a pakistani....so we will be needing all the proof there is ...or so it seems...hmmm

Also, needed to warn you guys...we paid the IV Bill after the DS-3032 had entered the system and the Bill had been invoiced on the 31st. Then it showed IN PROCESS. Now the AVR updated on the 1st and the message was about the IV bill has been generated and on the website...the status went back to NOT PAID . I do not know what will happen from here as I have not been able to speak to Zayd since last night but its weird. He did say he will speak to someone at NVC. I just hope they don't charge this bill twice. I have already been a really very Expensive Wife Just wanted to inform you all on this latest development.