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Invoice ID number for DS-260

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Roryta   0

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I appreciate the wealth of information this website has provided throughout my visa journey. Thank you!

I need help. I have been trying for two weeks to obtain the Invoice ID number so that my fiance can fill out the DS-260. I made an MRV fee payment over the phone and I copied down the reciept number they gave me (when I tried to hear it again to confirm the number, the call got cut off), but the number I copied down doesn't work with the case number when we try to sign in to fill out the DS-260. Am I correct that the receipt number they give you when you make the payment is the Invoice ID number?

I called the embassay and they told me send an email to contactus_en_MX@usvisa-info.com, which I did and they promptly replied asking me to provide information re: last digits of credit card, date payment was made, etc., which I did. After that, I never heard anything back. I waited a week and wrote again and this time they wrote back telling me that they in fact couldn't help me with this and that I need to contact the Department of State by which I believe they mean the NVC.

This wouldn't be so bad except I saw that our NOA2 has an expiration date of 09/19/2011.

I did write an email to the NVC inquiry address, but has anyone had any experience with this? I just need that number. My bank statement reflects that the payment was made. I am sick to my stomach because I am terrified we won't get this all resolved before our expiration date. I don't know what to do.

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Saylin   1,605

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I appreciate the wealth of information this website has provided throughout my visa journey. Thank you!

I need help. I have been trying for two weeks to obtain the Invoice ID number so that my fiance can fill out the DS-260. I made an MRV fee payment over the phone and I copied down the reciept number they gave me (when I tried to hear it again to confirm the number, the call got cut off), but the number I copied down doesn't work with the case number when we try to sign in to fill out the DS-260. Am I correct that the receipt number they give you when you make the payment is the Invoice ID number?

I called the embassay and they told me send an email to contactus_en_MX@usvisa-info.com, which I did and they promptly replied asking me to provide information re: last digits of credit card, date payment was made, etc., which I did. After that, I never heard anything back. I waited a week and wrote again and this time they wrote back telling me that they in fact couldn't help me with this and that I need to contact the Department of State by which I believe they mean the NVC.

This wouldn't be so bad except I saw that our NOA2 has an expiration date of 09/19/2011.

I did write an email to the NVC inquiry address, but has anyone had any experience with this? I just need that number. My bank statement reflects that the payment was made. I am sick to my stomach because I am terrified we won't get this all resolved before our expiration date. I don't know what to do.

I'm not sure if it's the same for the K-1 visa, but for IR-1/CR-1 cases who fill out the DS-261/DS-260, the numbers you need are your case number and the BENEFICIARY ID number. The invoice ID number (for IR-1/CR-1 applicants anyways) are used to log into a payment portal to pay the AOS and IV bills. The beneficiary number (if not received by calling a NVC operator) also is available in the first email that NVC sends out. It includes the case number, Invoice ID number, and the Beneficiary ID number. As a K-1 applicant, did you get such an email from NVC? If so, it should be included there. If not, try calling a NVC operator and asking.

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monyfer   27

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Call NVC, they can provide you the Invoice ID and Beneificary ID number. Invoice ID number is different from the MRV payment confirmation number (although I believe it is important to have that as well).

K-1 Visa Journey

October 1, 2010: I-129F sent

October 5, 2010: I-129F received

October 12, 2010: NOA1 e-mail received, routed to VSC

October 16, 2010: NOA1 hard copy received (dated October 7, 2010)

April 18, 2011: RFE e-mail

April 20, 2011: RFE hardcopy received

April 20, 2011: RFE response sent to VSC

May 2, 2011: E-mail confirming VSC has received RFE response

July 27, 2011: NOA2 e-mail received (9 months, 2 weeks, and 6 days (292 days) after NOA1

July 30, 2011: NOA2 hard copy

August 4, 2011: NVC received case

August 8, 2011: NVC forwarded case to US Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

August 8, 2011: Consulate received case

August 25, 2011: Consulate mailed packet 3

September 3, 2011: Received Packet 3 in US

September 20, 2011: Interview! Not enough information in the system to make a decision

September 26, 2011: K1 visa approved and received via DHL

October 20, 2011: POE at Phoenix, Arizona

October 26, 2011: Married

AOS Journey

11-7-2011 - AOS package sent to lockbox in Chicago, IL

11-9-2011 - AOS package delivered and signed for

11-15-2011 - NOA1 e-mails received (NOA1 date November 10), routed to NBC

11-16-2011 - Check Cashed

11-21-2011 - Hard Copies & Biometrics Appointment Letter Received

11-29-2011 - Biometrics done via walk-in! (Originally scheduled for 12/14/11)

12-2-2011 - Case transferred to CSC

1-17-2012 - EAD/AP Card Production Ordered

1-25-2012 - EAD/AP card received in mail

3-7-2012 - RFE issued

3-19-2012 - RFE response received by CSC

4-4-2012 - Green Card Production!

4-10-12 - GC received in mail

January 3, 2014: ROC

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TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   49,694

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This thread is 2.5 years old, so it's being closed. The most recent poster above can search the CR-1 Process forum for an answer, or post an inquiry as a new thread.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

 
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