I e-mailed our choice of agent last Thursday and still haven't received an acceptance from the NVC. Does it normally take this long? I was expecting to have it at least by today-that's 3 business days not counting Thursday. At what point do I call them? Thanks...

Please relax. While NVC accepts the choice of agent in about 2-4 business days, it is not unusual for NVC to accept the choice of agent in about 7-10 business days. Mine took 8 business days. You can call them and check out. Hopefully, you will hear the news that you are waiting for any day from now.

I am relaxed. I'm not in any hurry whatsoever. I know we can't get a Visa until August, 2008 so I'm just about as relaxed as I can be. I was just interested because I feel like I should wait until they confirm the agent before I send in the I-864 bill. That way I can be sure the rest of the stuff gets sent to me. So in the meantime I'm just sitting on the I-864 bill. That was all. Thanks for your help.

i only just got mine, see my timeline, its pretty normal

yes it varies a lot with their workload - i got mine in 3 days and my fax re change of address was 4 days - but carolyn's fax re change of address has been 7 and counting

All these emails are handled by a little old lady called Edna and her cat is sick at the moment - she has to keep taking mornings off to take it to the vet's surgery

I hear that the cat is much improved and she should be back at work full time soon...

LOL! I like your sense of humour, classic

Life is stranger than anything I can invent - that's why I know I am not insane ! haha he-he-ho-ho

Actually they have problems with rats and the staff will not go into the office where the email terminal is - the union is having low-key discussions with the management and the military are supplying nerve gas to get rid of the rats. Normal email service will be resumed Monday after the gas clears..

Don't encourage me !

Ha! That's funny-thanks!!

Why did you say you can not get a visa until August 2008? Or did you mean August 2007? You send I-864 once it is generated. I-864 is generated after NVC takes care of the AOS Fee Bill. So I-864 does not depend on the choice of agent acceptance.

Our ban is up in August, 2008. And anyway, for IR-1 first interviews in Juarez it takes about a year from when the Consulate receives it. So yeah that's still about August, 2008 (we planned it that way). As for what I meant by I-864 and all that-I want to make sure they get sent to me as the agent. That's why I want to make sure the agent is selected and confirmed before I mail in the I-864 fee so that when that is generated it will be sent to me.

Okay, I understand. Yes, the won't mail out I-864 before the choice of agent selection. They will not generate I-864 until they cake care of AOS Fee bill. NVC has two tracks.

1) AOS Fee Bill ----> I-864

2) DS 3032 (Choice of Agent) ----> IV Fee Bill ----> DS 230 packet

These tracks are independent and finally NVC reviews all documents for completeness before they complete the case.

I know a lot of (and probably most) people have had success with e-mailing their choice of agent to NVC, but this is not the first time I've heard of problems and delays when e-mailing.

The only surefire method for ensuring that your IV fee bill is generated the week after the DS-3032 is generated is overnighting a pre-signed DS-3032 (with either the case number written in by hand or a barcode containing the case number pasted on it) the Tuesday you find out that the DS-3032 has been generated.

Heina's DS-3032 was generated on Monday, June 18. Presumably she found this out (or could have) the following morning. If she had overnighted a pre-signed DS-3032 that day, it would have been entered into the NVC system by the end of the week, and her IV fee bill would have been generated this past Monday, June 25.

Obviously, it costs a bit more -- you do have to get your spouse to download, sign, and pay to send you a DS-3032 early in the game, and you have to pay to send the DS-3032 overnight. But e-mail can't be tracked.

I'm not saying don't e-mail. I'm just saying . . . well, just sayin'.

We actually aren't in a hurry. I just did it that way to save money. My husband doesn't know how to download anything so I would have had to actually send him by courier the copy of the DS-3032 that I received, have him sign it and send it by courier back to me (so he didn't screw anything up), then I would have to courier it to the NVC. That's a lot of money that I thought we might be able to save by e-mailing it.

This morning the NVC told me that they are supposed to answer those e-mails within 5 business days and if we hadn't received any response we needed to send it again. So I'm just going to send it again. Hopefully it works this time-if not I guess we have to go the expensive route.

Yes, you can do that. You should mention that you already mailed the choice of agent email before. Or if you have saved the choice of agent email on the "sent" folder, I would forward that email to NVC and write down the info again. I still think you will get the reply of your Ist email any day.

Heck it's awful all this mailing back and forth... My IV bill was generated 2 weeks ago tomorrow - but the UK mail strike means it's in a backlog somewhere (hopefully !)

about time the NVC sorted this awful system out so it can be done on line or by visa card.

This email system for agents forms is a bit slack security wise actually and i am surprised we get away with it... we should be able to phone for a case PIN number after answering lots of security questions - then using the PIN number we could fill in the agent forms etc on a secured site in real time and pay the visa fees instantly by credit card... no mail no nothing... this is taking me weeks and weeks and is so risky....

There's one problem with that solution...it makes too much sense. It would never fly.

Heina, have you heard anything back yet? We've emailed the Agent of Choice the same day and I haven't heard anything yet.

They emailed me back yesterday confirming the Choice of Agent

Excellent ! it feels good does it not !

It starts to move now - not as fast as you like but you will feel you are on the move !

Mine was 2 weeks since today - still waiting for IV bill - hope it will be this morning - mail strike backlog permitting

Hoping for 485 form to be generated today too... next few hours will see

but any way you must be very pleased because THINGS ARE MOVING AT THE NVC !!! HOORAY !!!

Oh yeah, it feels SO good
And as I can see, your AOS package was generated today.. Congrats!

That's awsome, Erica! Congrats!

No they still haven't responded to us. I re-sent the e-mail yesterday so hopefully we'll hear something by the end of the week.

You will get a reply from them. Don't worry.

I agree - I sent em about 4 and they responded to them within 4 days - including my faxed change of address - then we faxed Carolyn's change of address and asked for an email reply but didnt get it... so they are not infallible but they will reply to the follow up ..yes

Oh dear, I actually thought you were serious..too funny.....but what's that say about me?......lol..

Love it..!

Goodness this is all starting to make me worry about ours.

I recieved an email shortly afterwards and it said this:

The NVC has received your e-mail inquiry. We are currently processing in the order of receipt.
Thank you for your patience.

National Visa Center

So hopefully the little old lady's cat is much better....lol..

Hooray for the ##### cat.... at least they have it so soon they will accept it...you are on the road now.... it starts to roll regularly now ...not as fast as we want..but its ticking...

I can't believe VJ put ##### on my post when I typed pusssssy cat ! whats this world coming to ? I wonder if it will accept 'willy' or is that too Brit to bother about ? English is too wide ranging for some program to stop


What a load of 'Eartha' !!! (NON BRITS TRY looking up 'eartha' >>>) http://superpan.org/humour/cockney.html

True, thanks for that.

How funny, let me try it....#####! hehe..

Ah, gotta love the Brit humour... hey that cockney seems very similar to aussie slang..!

I still haven't received a response from the first or second e-mails. When I still haven't heard anything on Tuesday I guess I will call them again and see what they suggest.

Heina you should call em as soon as possible - I have always found them helpful--also can you fax them too ? ...

If you have windows xp you can do it from your computer ?

i did for change of address and they actioned it and emailed a confirmation

enough is enough and iot's time for you to bombard them nicely

good luck with it - alan

I sent the Choice of Agent email on June 26, and received a reply indicating that they'd accepted the choice of agent on July 6. Certainly longer than we were expecting, although still less time than it would take for the letter to reach India. The email read,

Dear Sir,

NVC has received the Agent of Choice selection. The Immigrant Visa
Application (DS 230) processing fee bill will be sent to the designated
agent on the case. The fee must be paid according to the instructions
before that form will be sent. Please allow two to four weeks for the
designated agent to receive this fee bill.

Regards,
National Visa Center
CPH

Anyone have any idea how long it will take for the IV Bill to arrive?

Thanks,

Matt & Chandra

If they are being real fast they could generate it this monday! ... if not, then the monday after that. And ours took almost two weeks from generation date till arriving.

AWESOME! Great to hear! I know what you mean about the feeling of eternity. I hope we receive email confirmation of the Choice of Agent next week.

Our DS-3032 finally came..!!!

Sorry to hear yours hasn't come yet Heina, you sent yours before mine too so I'd chase it up somehow.

Glad to hear the IV Bill won't be too far away...

WOOHOO!!!! Glad to hear Pris! The IV Bill should be coming shortly now!

Heina, this may be a stupid question but I have to ask just to make sure...

Did you send the DS3032 email from the Beneficiary's email or the Petitioner's email?

Thanks mate!

Dang, I've been waiting for the DS-230 to be generated and I thought for sure today was the day since it's Monday and all. But nuffin'. Maybe tonight or tomorrow morning.

I sent it from the beneficiary's e-mail. And no, we still haven't heard anything! Tomorrow it will be 5 business days from our second e-mail attempt so I will call the NVC and be like ok what do we do now lol.

I'd wait until tomorrow morning. When I first called to see about the DS3032 / Aos Bill I called late Monday night. Nothing, nada, zilch. I was a bit bummed. I then called on my way in to work and got a nice surprise.

Tuesday morning might be the day for you!

Thanks Vylex, I read that on another post here on VJ. I had totally forgotten about the updated messages on Tuesday mornings instead of Mondays.

Diana

I just called the NVC and the lady told me that it's 5-10 business days for them to respond to e-mails and our first e-mail from June 21 must have gotten "lost." So I ask what my other options are and she says we can just send a letter. None of this would be an issue if I were able to forge my husband's signature but it's too complicated lol!

I didn't get the DS-230 message today either.

Ok question. I went ahead and sent in the I-864 fee-they will be receiving it right about now-ish. So I'm assuming they will plan on generating the I-864 on Monday. My question is what else do they normally generate at the same time as the I-864? I ask this because they still have NOT responded to our choice of agent e-mails and I'm concerned about where they will be sending whatever else they want to generate on Monday.

I sent our version of I-864 last tuesday when they generated it (they received it 3 days ago ) but i don't expect their form to reach us for another week plus - I don't expect anything to be with it apart from the cover sheet..

takes em 2 weeks and 4 days to get it to the UK but US seems to get it a few days...

I would call em and have a chat > better than emails at this stage

Hi Heina,

If they receive the payment today it doesn't mean it gets processed right away. My AoS Bill payment was confirmed delivered July 5th. I called this morning and it didn't make it into the system yet. I will call again Friday afternoon to see where it stands.

The I-864 is on it's own track so it does not get generated with anything else. It's only dependency is the AoS bill being paid.

Yeah I called them yesterday and that's when she told me that it's 5-10 business days to answer e-mails. I said so what should we do since it seems this e-mail thing is not working and she suggested sending in a letter. I don't know-I guess we could do that. And actually Javier has received his DS-whatever packet in the mail. I just don't trust him to fill it out correctly. This is such a pain! Thanks!!!