Choice of Address & Agent Contact Question

[USArmyWifey 2]

Hey there! This is probably a question that is either really ovbious or have been asked a million times so i do apologise!

After months of waiting we have finaly recieved our first set of forms from the NVC!

Going over the paperwork what i am reading seems to be contradicting itself.

For my Choice of Agent form it states to email the form back to them and supply them with an email adress, however upon following the instructions on the website link it gave me it says i am unable to do it via email and have to do it via post/mail because i do not live in one of the selected countries?

If this is the case that is fine, but does that mean i still have to email them to request they contact me via email? Or can they not contact me via email at all?

If anyone could clear this up i would really apriciate it as i believe i am confusing myself more than i need to over this issue!

Thanks!

[Ryan H 3,812]

The DS-3032 can be emailed, see this wiki for how to do that.

[USArmyWifey 2]

It states on the instruction page online that:

"Important Next Steps: Review U.S. Embassy/Consulate Specific Requirements and Options

E-Mail communication and other information technologies are now being integrated to eventually achieve an entirely paperless immigrant visa application process. New paperless processes which may be available or required for your immigrant visa case include being able to:

•Submit all correspondence to the NVC by e-mail with required documents and forms scanned and e-mailed to the NVC as attachments - Called Electronic Processing.

•Register an agent and submit the immigrant visa application fully online - Web-based Form DS-260, Online Immigrant Visa Application and Registration and Form DS-261, Choice of Address and Agent.

At this time, the availability of paperless processes is limited to certain selected U.S. Embassies and Consulates.

If you will be applying for an immigrant visa at any of the following U.S. Embassies or Consulates, you may be involved in a paperless process. See the below chart which lists the paperless processes by Embassy/Consulate where immigrant visa applicants will be interviewed. Click on the Embassy/Consulate name for further instructions:"

And my Embassy is not listen below, therefore does that not make us invalid for electronic processing or does that only apply to people who are filing directly through the embassy and not the NVC?

[Laure&Colin 558]

It states on the instruction page online that:

"Important Next Steps: Review U.S. Embassy/Consulate Specific Requirements and Options

E-Mail communication and other information technologies are now being integrated to eventually achieve an entirely paperless immigrant visa application process. New paperless processes which may be available or required for your immigrant visa case include being able to:

•Submit all correspondence to the NVC by e-mail with required documents and forms scanned and e-mailed to the NVC as attachments - Called Electronic Processing.

•Register an agent and submit the immigrant visa application fully online - Web-based Form DS-260, Online Immigrant Visa Application and Registration and Form DS-261, Choice of Address and Agent.

At this time, the availability of paperless processes is limited to certain selected U.S. Embassies and Consulates.

If you will be applying for an immigrant visa at any of the following U.S. Embassies or Consulates, you may be involved in a paperless process. See the below chart which lists the paperless processes by Embassy/Consulate where immigrant visa applicants will be interviewed. Click on the Embassy/Consulate name for further instructions:"

And my Embassy is not listen below, therefore does that not make us invalid for electronic processing or does that only apply to people who are filing directly through the embassy and not the NVC?

You can email the Choice of Agent form using the wiki Ryan H linked, I did although France is not doing electronic processing at the time, and so did tons of other members, all successfully. It's gonna save you a lot of time.

If you haven't done so yet, call the NVC and provide e-mail addresses for the petitioner and beneficiary, so they will send all communication to you by email: saves ages instead of waiting for snail mail to come.

When it's time for you to send the affidavit of support and immigrant visa application packages, then yes, you will have to send paper forms with supporting paper documents.

You should join the NVC filers topic, in the IR1/CR1 progress section!

[Ryan H 3,812]

And my Embassy is not listen below, therefore does that not make us invalid for electronic processing or does that only apply to people who are filing directly through the embassy and not the NVC?

Electronic Processing (EP) is the ability to send scanned forms (I-864, DS-230) and accompanying documents to the NVC via email. While EP is only available in certain countries, anyone and everyone that is going through a non-EP Embassy or Consulate (such as London) can email the DS-3032 as described in the wiki that I linked to in my previous post. Many people have followed that wiki to a T and have had no issues in doing so.

[USArmyWifey 2]

Thank you so much for clearing that up everyone!

I just sent the email!