hi everyone

i 'd like to know this...when I-130 is approved and the uscis send package with documents . Do the petioner and the inteding immigrant have to get the forms I-864, DS230 and DS3032 from the internet OR the USCIS will send them ?

In other words, WHICH forms we can't get from the internet and which ones the uscis send them?

many thanks to all of you

I don't think there is a downloadable form for the DS3032 (Choice of Agent). You can actually save some time by e-mailing the NVC with the Choice of Agent. Check out "James's shortcuts" pinned at the top of the NVC forum. If you do e-mail, be sure that the e-mail is from the immigrant spouses e-mail account, and not from the petitioning spouses e-mail. If the immigrant spouse does not have an e-mail account, set one up. I would suggest that the US Citizen spouse be assigned as the Choice of Agent, that way all the documents that would be sent within the US rather than internationally.

But the DS230 and I-864 are downloadable. In fact, when the petitioner receives the I-864 packet from NVC, they do not include the actual form, they instruct you to visit the website and download it from there.

The DS230 (which the beneficary has to sign) will be sent in the packet from NVC. However, to save time, you can have your immigrant spouse print of the application, fill in and sign "PART 1" and keep it ready to go.

James's shortcuts will also be applicable to the I-864 and DS230 as well. Be sure to read them carefully and understand the process and timing before using them.

The shortcuts saved me a couple of weeks.

Good luck.

There is a downloadable DS-3023 (Choice of Agent) on the Dept of State website.