The NVC told me that they generated the I-864 last week. (couldn't give me a specific date though) Should I expect it sometime maybe today or Saturday? Or next week?

NVC takes SO long! Glad I'm not the ONLY one who is going through this though! *sigh*

It should get to you any day now. Mine was generated on the 14th and I got it on the 30th. I'd say two to two and a half weeks of waiting. The good thing is you can pretty much assemble everything well before then. I just waited for the I-864 coversheet since the DS-230 generation message is still pending.

It seems that with the NVC everything takes 2-3 weeks. I can't stand it. For some reason I was ok waiting almost 3 months for an NOA2 from the USCIS, but 2 weeks with the NVC is just pure agony!!!

NVC sent our AOS package July 16 and we still haven't gotten it. I am getting super worried about it

As long as you get it right aroung the same time, or before the DS-230, you should be ok. Once the NVC reviews both, the I-864 AND DS-230, they complete the case. So you're fine Jasmin.

LOL I know! 3 months was nothing compared to 2-3 weeks! I guess it's just the common sense of how long it takes us to send out something in the mail. We send it and it arrives in like 2-3 days right? But not with NVC. Oh no, they like to do things slow and complicated, I guess. They have SUCH a slow system!


Thanks for all the replies everyone, hope to see my AOS packet in the mail soon and anyone else awaiting theirs like I am, hope it comes SOON!

If I remember right, you can shortcut the I-864 packet too if needed. Thus it's arrival doesn't matter that much or..? Do you need to have a date in order to send it back?

Mononoke, I am just worried because my husband often doesn't get mail... the mailman puts it in the wrong mailbox and such. Not so good.

Ours got here yesterday (Thurs.) and it only took 11 days. So yours should be here soooon.

Hopefully. I am just very very worried because our mail gets lost so often... Our IV Fee Bill only took like 11 days, too.

If you want you can use James' shortcuts. I used them for the I-864 and didn't have any probles with it, and actually I never received the I-864 anyway. I would've used the shortcuts for the DS-230 as well but NVC was just not helpful with the generating date.

Don't be afraid to use the shortcuts for your stuff if you have the generated date because they do work.

Diana

Maybe we should.. I can't seem to find the updated version of the shortcuts, though. Where can I find it?

Okay, I actually did find them.

Now, I have a couple of questions:

When I create the barcode, do I put "FRA" for Frankfurt in there as well or just the numbers starting with 2007?

Also, why do I have to resize the code after pasting it onto the coversheet? It looks the same size as the one that's on there as an example. When I resize it (after converting inches to cm) it's much smaller.



Oh oh.

Jasmin,
You have to include the letters in the barcode, and if your barcode's the same size as the example, go with it
Different editing programs make for different sized barcodes. I made mine in MS Paint and with the first barcode I was resizing from dusk till dawn. The converting from inches to cm didn't help either.
I'm such a spaz

Best of luck!

jasmin - i tried to do my own thing but honestly, following james' shortcuts precisely is the best way---

make the sizes what he says - eventually i downloaded 'infanview' to handle the barcode images - just like he says...

ms paint works too but infanview was a bit easier

ok link >

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...100#entry885374

Yes, following James' shortcuts word for word works really well.

Guess what we had in the mail today

Good for you!!!!

Thank you!

That "missing info" in your timeline, that's the DS-230 that hasn't been processed yet, right?

'missing info' means they have received the 864

then when they receive the 230 it changes to 'we have received your checklist'

then you sit and stew for a long while - then you get 'case complete' - then they wait 2 weeks to send it to the embassy

then you wait wait wait and wait and after that you wait to wait

oh dear i think it's sent me NUTS !

Hoping Diana gets her 'complete' today or wednesday then we will be the day after

Nothing as of this morning Alan.

Right that's it ! going to string myself up - florida is off- new car is off - had enough

going to live in a driftwood shack in the Canaries and Carolyn can come with me or go back and live in a snow drift in Wisconsin surrounded by raccoons and survivalists.

I am going to buy some spray paint and write 'BUM' on the wall !!!!!!

Cooked a nice chicken this afternoon though so I think I will have that first - then a pint of Timmy Taylor championship beer - then rethink it.....

something is not happening at NVC - the wheel is off - vacations ? re-training ? new computers ? I dont know but they have stopped !

They received my JAMES 230 form a week last thursday at 9am but I have not even got their original 230 yet !!

they can't even lick a stamp !

crazy !

gibber gibber rant rant stamp crash wallop grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Oh boy... the drama!

Hey guys,
I understand that usually the "missing info" part is about the 864. But in Diana's timeline it says that they have completed reviewing it. How can the missing info still be about it? Sure it's not about the 230?

Diana is getting the same message as me at the moment which says 'your checklist has been received' and means the ds 230 is on the system to be reviewed and the 864 is ok

she was getting 'missing documents' prior to her 230 arriving there (and getting on the system which takes 2 or 3 days)

No doubt she will confirm this soon...

right going to call em now to see if they worked all night on my file


alan

Since there are 2 parts to the NVC process, 1) is the AOS/I-864 and 2) the IV bill/DS-230, they were finished with the I-864 when I sent it and said that they were missing info to complete my case, which was the DS-230. As soon as I sent that one it now says that they are reviewing it.


Alan, I checked this morning again and... NOTHING.

Diana

Diana - nothing for me either - but I went to yorkshire this morning and left a spreadbet running on the £ and the euro against the $

that is both legal and tax free in Europe and a crime in the USA

- just got home and it has made £330 !!! drat so I cant do it in the US- just when i was getting good at it
so i think our luck is turning and it is SOON !!!!

the actual message refers to the 'checklist' being received and is being reviewed....

It is 2 weeks tomorrow since they received mine and guess what ? the 'real' 230 dropped through my letter box this morning...

So james shortcuts actually saved around 2 weeks and the email agent saved 2.5 weeks also - the 864 was not worth doing and did not save anything BUT if there had been a problem with it, doing James' would have helped so yes I am glad I did the 864 too ..


ok I am assuming the lotus position and going on hunger strike until 'case complete'


alan

correction - the letter i received today from nvc today is dated july 20th and says they received the 864 but not the visa fee ...

the visa check was processed by them on july 20th so this letter has crossed in the post with the check..

So I do not have the original 230 yet and it is taking 19 days to receive letters from nvc...

So that means that James short cuts have saved me even MORE time than I estimated although I can't say that for certain until I get 'case complete'

Maybe you won't get since you sent it ahead of time. I never got my I-864.

Hmm... maybe I did and I can't remember since that was two months ago.

Oh my gosh... over 3 months at the NVC. This whole thing just blows.

It's weird because I sent the 230 the day after they said it was 'coming out to me' - I can't believe their system is so sophisticated that it does not mail out a form if the fake is received by them the day after the real one is generated
No way is their mail room system up to that...cant be...nope...who knows - not me

Chin up Diana - last lap gal.... the end is nigh....lets hope we get to the promised land before the asteroid vapourises us

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/aste...ecy_030224.html

yes it has sent me insane ! gibber

you are tooooooo much!

I, too, found a missing info message on the NVC hotline this morning. It sounded very dramatic. It said they had "reviewed packet of forms" and found that information was "missing and incomplete" and that they had sent me a letter yesterday requesting the missing information.

When I then spoke to an operator, however, she said that this mesage had been generated by the fact that they had received and finished reviewing the DS-230, but at the time this message was generated, the review of the AOS package (which they have received already) had not been completed yet. The corresponding information, therefore, is not in the case file yet, and that's what prompted the ominous telephone message.

That was a relief! I have been following James's shortcuts and I was very worried for a moment that I had screwed up somewhere along the line.