Help please! one quick question

[alebella 3]

I am finally sending my I-864 packet today ( prority mail) so it can arrive soon. I don't know about the ds-230 form though. Does my husband receive that after the I-864 is approved or does he sent it already?

[Thomas&Cleofe 358]

I am finally sending my I-864 packet today ( prority mail) so it can arrive soon. I don't know about the ds-230 form though. Does my husband receive that after the I-864 is approved or does he sent it already?

No...he will not yet send the IV package until the IV bill is paid. Send the I-864 and DS-230 separate.

[jkelly07 120]

no- you download the ds-230 after the 1-864.

[alebella 3]

no- you download the ds-230 after the 1-864.

Oh okay then thank you. I paid the IV bill already too. So I'll just wait until the i-864 is approved. thank you ever so much

No...he will not yet send the IV package until the IV bill is paid. Send the I-864 and DS-230 separate.

The IV bill is paid already so im confused now

[pushbrk 12,146]

Oh okay then thank you. I paid the IV bill already too. So I'll just wait until the i-864 is approved. thank you ever so much

The IV bill is paid already so im confused now

You are confused because you have been given incorrect information. Anytime after the IV fee bill is paid, the cover sheet can be downloaded and the DS230 and other civil documents can be sent. Do not send them in the same package as the affidavit of support.

[alebella 3]

You are confused because you have been given incorrect information. Anytime after the IV fee bill is paid, the cover sheet can be downloaded and the DS230 and other civil documents can be sent. Do not send them in the same package as the affidavit of support.

Oh really? Great awesome I'm going to start preparing it right now. Since my spouse has to sign it, he has to send it correct?

[Thomas&Cleofe 358]

You are confused because you have been given incorrect information. Anytime after the IV fee bill is paid, the cover sheet can be downloaded and the DS230 and other civil documents can be sent. Do not send them in the same package as the affidavit of support.

So where is the incorrect information....Mr Almighty???

[pushbrk 12,146]

Oh really? Great awesome I'm going to start preparing it right now. Since my spouse has to sign it, he has to send it correct?

It doesn't matter who "mails" the documents. It matters who signs them.

[pushbrk 12,146]

So where is the incorrect information....Mr Almighty???

no- you download the ds-230 after the 1-864.

It doesn't matter when you download the DS-230. Nothing wrong with having everything ready even before the petition is approved. Your answer was correct. Both answers together, is what confused the OP.

I should also clarify for the OP that NVC will not notify anybody the I-864 is approved. They WILL let you know if it is NOT satisfactory and tell you what they need.

Edited August 1, 2012 by pushbrk

[alebella 3]

It doesn't matter who "mails" the documents. It matters who signs them.

True but since he has to sign the forms, that means he has to send it sign I can't sign for him correct or do I leave it blank for him to sign at the interview

[velrich 50]

True but since he has to sign the forms, that means he has to send it sign I can't sign for him correct or do I leave it blank for him to sign at the interview

he has to sign it before it is sent in.

[alebella 3]

he has to sign it before it is sent in.

thank you I will have him sign it and send it from Argentina tomorrow.

[pushbrk 12,146]

thank you I will have him sign it and send it from Argentina tomorrow.

"It" doesn't usually go in alone. The DS230 goes in with a package of civil documents. Again, it doesn't matter who does the "sending" as long as they use the applicable bar-coded cover sheet. Who has the original marriage and birth certificates, passport photos, police report and passport data page copy in their possession? They all go in with the DS230.

[OnionsJester 1]

Just for any future senders reading this, I sent my DS forms before my wife even sent the I-864 forms. A month or two beforehand, actually (our I-864 co-sponsor was a lazy bones).

In fact, so much time had passed that not only did they send a "we have your DS form accepted" email, but also a "we got your DS form a while ago but you know you need to send a I-864 form too, right?" email. It was comical in a dark, bad kind of way.

[pushbrk 12,146]

Just for any future senders reading this, I sent my DS forms before my wife even sent the I-864 forms. A month or two beforehand, actually (our I-864 co-sponsor was a lazy bones).

In fact, so much time had passed that not only did they send a "we have your DS form accepted" email, but also a "we got your DS form a while ago but you know you need to send a I-864 form too, right?" email. It was comical in a dark, bad kind of way.

Right. The only thing that MUST happen prior to sending the DS230 and civil documents is to pay the IV fee and download the cover sheet once the payment is processed. The most time efficient way to get through NVC would have you sending the financial package first, but it is not required.

All this discussion of "who fills it out" and "who 'sends' it" are kind of silly. The most efficient way to handle NVC is for the chosen "Agent" to collect everything and do the sending. The key issues are to have the correct information and signatures where they need to be, not who gets the information on the form or mails it somewhere.