case complete after a nasty fright!

[ninjarocket 1]

Received a letter from the NVC today saying that the DS-230I was missing!!! (was in complete shock!)

Then I called the NVC operator to find that my case was complete on August 22 and is awaiting interview scheduling!!!!! yippee!!!!

The AVR still only says that they received my documents on August 13: so much for that!

So using James's shortcuts + online IV payment + the odd phone call to NVC to check on billing etc... it's possible to be case complete in 38 days after I-130 approval date (or 27 days after NVC receipt). I'm sure it's possible to shave some days off this timeline with better organization with respect to the DS-3032 (which I lost due to being on travel). Emailing the DS-3032 also takes longer (I found out because I tried that route in parallel).

timeline

July 14: I-130 and I29F approved

July 26: NVC acknowledges receipt of both I-130 and I-129F

July 28: DS-3032 and AOS fee bill generated (although dated 2 days earlier when I received the snail mail)

July 29: mailed off $70 AOS fee

July 29: email forwarded DS-3032 from wife (snail mail got there first!)

July 30: spouse mailed off DS-3032 by express mail (UPS) from Philippines

August 4: DS-3032 hard copy received at NVC from Philippines

August 4: AOS fee bill received by NVC (although wrong date was on James' short cut generated bill!)

August 6: AOS generated

August 6: IV bill generated

August 6: send off AOS (I-864EZ) lets hope they accept a non-notarized version with IRS tax transcripts for last 3 years rather than actual tax returns! (there's not even any space to notarize an I-864EZ, so it makes no sense to me)

August 6: paid IV bill online with invoice # obtained from NVC operator (who also told me the online system doesn't work, so I'll just have to see what happens)

August 7: IV bill status is now "paid" and deducted from my bank account

August 7: mail off DS-230 + pile of documents + IV payment receipt + bank statement showing deduction

August 8: AVR says IV bill generated? (online status changed to "unpaid" although paid receipt is right there online. duh!)

August 11: finally they accepted email DS-3032 (hard copy got there one week earlier)

August 13: IV received at NVC (they need to be informed again to reconcile online payment with visa application, grrrrrr)

August 13: online payment system status changed back to "paid" yippee!!!

August 13: receive snail mail IV bill

August 14: AVR says IV payment received August 6

August 14: AOS instructions received by email

August 22: case complete according to operator

[LRA 0]

Great to hear. Best wishes for a quick interview date!

[Mina76 0]

Good Luck and hope you get the Interview date soon!!!

[happyinlove012408 0]

Congrats on case complete. Good luck on the interview.

[jedinite 0]

Congrats on the interview. Who does the DS-3032 and AOS Bill get sent to after it's generated? I've been waiting for nearly 2 weeks now and I haven't received anything yet. I want to pay and submit my DS-3032 form ASAP. I'm the beneficiary by the way.

[ninjarocket 1]

The AOS bill is sent to the petitioner whereas the DS-3032 is sent to you the beneficiary. Many VJ beneficiaries generate their own DS-3032 by downloading it from the website and entering the visa case number by pen in place of the barcode. Then send it by express mail directly to the NVC. This definitely works. The snail mail version of the DS-3032 can take a long while to arrive from NVC. Mine still didn't arrive as far as I know. (all this is discussed in the shortcuts topic which is permanently pinned).

Congrats on the interview. Who does the DS-3032 and AOS Bill get sent to after it's generated? I've been waiting for nearly 2 weeks now and I haven't received anything yet. I want to pay and submit my DS-3032 form ASAP. I'm the beneficiary by the way.