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Has anyone paid their AOS or IV fee online in the past month? Did it work?

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amna-h   7

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oh that sucks.. i kind of had my hopes high! At this point i have to wait for iv fee to become available on the ceac portal. but is there any way to hasten this. Should i call nvc?? i dunno wht to do. My priority date is going to get current in August most probably and i want to get all this done before that..so it is worrying!

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02/20/2014: Case received by NVC

04/26/2014: Called NVC, they said they have sent an email on March 28th. No further processing can be done till priority date is current.

02/25/2015: Welcome letter sent, Invoice ID number included
05/04/2015: DS-261 completed

05/05/2015: AOS Fee paid; status “in process”
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05/21/2015: AOS & IV Package mailed to NVC *Fingers crossed*

05/29/2015: NVC received our documents (SCAN DATE) - Notified through email on 6/4/2015
06/09/2015: DS261 reviewed (found out by calling NVC)

06/14/2015: IV fee bill generated (received email) *cant pay - ceac portal having issues*

06/26/2015: Checklist received for not paying IV fee *waiting to pay online*

07/05/2015: IV fee paid finally website is fixed! *Showed as PAID 7/8/15*
07/08/2015: DS260 submitted

09/22/2015: Case completed finally (over the phone with NVC)
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Morganalmonshid94
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Pay it online do not do it by mail you'll regret it .

Morganalmonshid94
Morganalmonshid94

I'm about to request it as I was waiting to see if it actually went through paying online and it did and I can happily say I was just able to complete the ds260 as well so it worked .

DB18
DB18

Hope you don't mind me asking but could you please tell me when were you able to see IV FEE online after you got an email? I got IV INVOICE on June 11th and still not able to pay it online.

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mostly the issue online with the iv fee was that either like me they paid by mail a long time ago and it won't switch to paid or when you went to click pay now it said 0.00, if when you click on pay now it says 325.00 go ahead and pay it . I just decided to pay online (the second time now counting the first by mail) and it switched finally to in process and the money just got pulled and is a pending transaction from my bank account this morning . Paid mine yesterday morning .

Does it show paid now?

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very true :/ again you waited 2 months I would have done the same lol. Its only been about 3weeks for me after I paid IVfee.

Anyways, keep us updated :) I'm anxious to know how refund process works out for u.

Did you pay it online again?

Because mine is the same for DS260.

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passion-fruit   3

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Did you pay it online again?

Because mine is the same for DS260.

I'm gonna have to wait a lil bit more because It's a lot for me (mine is IR5 for parents = $650)

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Our IV fee was paid online June 10 and our DS-260 became available on June 11 and was completed. According to the NVC it's still showing not paid on their end after which point I emailed them a screenshot of our bank account with the money withrdrawn and paid as well as our completed DS-260 confirmation page that they say they haven't received. Unsure what heck now.

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Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2015-04-23

Pay AOS Bill : 2015-04-23

Send AOS Package : 2015-05-15

Submit DS-261 : 2015-04-23

Receive IV Bill : 2015-05-01

Pay IV Bill : 2015-06-10

Send IV Package : 2015-05-15

Completed DS-260: 2015-06-11

Receive Instruction and Interview appointment letter :2015-08-27

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I'm in the same situation. We received the IV Fee bill dated June 19, 2015 and the CEAC portal says that it is not invoiced. Is this what you experienced as well? We're considering mailing the fee since it seems like other members of this forum were able to get it to say PAID about a week after mailing their checks.

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VisaHelpPlease   2

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Man I paid the AOS the 21st of April.

I still can't pay the IV fee on the website. I click under IV Fee Pay Now, still shows $0.

Over 2 months just waiting to pay IV...

Was your choice of agent approved? I was having the same issue and I called them up. They approved my agent on the spot and within a week my IV fee showed up (both in the mail and on the website)

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11/17/2014: NOA1 received
03/31/2015: Case approved by USCIS
04/09/2015: Case Was Sent To The Department of State for visa processing
04/14/2015: NOA2 (I-797) received in mail by applicant
NVC
04/28/2015: NVC Welcome Letter (PAOSF) with cover sheet for documents and invoice + case #.
04/30/2015: DS-261 filled out/submitted online
05/12/2015: AOS fee paid
05/26/2015: DS-261 accepted
05/25/2015: AOS Packet sent
05/29/2015: AOS Packet received by NVC
07/07/2015: IV Packet sent
07/13/2015: IV Packet received by NVC
07/14/2015: IV fee paid
07/16/2015: DS-260 Completed
08/29/2015: DS-260 and documents sent to supervisor for review
09/03/2015: Status letter issued (never received)
09/15/2015: Case Complete
Interview/Consulate
10/27/2015: Medical Exam
11/04/2015: Interview @ Montreal Consulate. Required medical results via mail.
11/13/2015: Medical mailed to Montreal Consulate through Loomis
11/16/2015: Medical delivered to Montreal Consulate

12/01/2015: Visa Issued
12/03/2015: Received Visa and IV Packet
12/10/2015: :PoE/Moving date

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Hey VisaHelpPlease

Did you pay the IV fee online? If so, how long ago? Did the DS-260 come up for you in the system afterwards?

Or did you mean the AOS fee in your post?

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VisaHelpPlease   2

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Hey VisaHelpPlease

Did you pay the IV fee online? If so, how long ago? Did the DS-260 come up for you in the system afterwards?

Or did you mean the AOS fee in your post?

We actually haven't paid the IV fee yet (will likely in the next few days). I made this thread to ask people if the system was working online to pay things. Since we haven't paid that part yet, the DS-260 is not up for us.

USCIS
11/03/2014: I-130 Package sent
11/06/2014: I-130 Package Delivered to Pheonix Lockbox
11/17/2014: NOA1 received
03/31/2015: Case approved by USCIS
04/09/2015: Case Was Sent To The Department of State for visa processing
04/14/2015: NOA2 (I-797) received in mail by applicant
NVC
04/28/2015: NVC Welcome Letter (PAOSF) with cover sheet for documents and invoice + case #.
04/30/2015: DS-261 filled out/submitted online
05/12/2015: AOS fee paid
05/26/2015: DS-261 accepted
05/25/2015: AOS Packet sent
05/29/2015: AOS Packet received by NVC
07/07/2015: IV Packet sent
07/13/2015: IV Packet received by NVC
07/14/2015: IV fee paid
07/16/2015: DS-260 Completed
08/29/2015: DS-260 and documents sent to supervisor for review
09/03/2015: Status letter issued (never received)
09/15/2015: Case Complete
Interview/Consulate
10/27/2015: Medical Exam
11/04/2015: Interview @ Montreal Consulate. Required medical results via mail.
11/13/2015: Medical mailed to Montreal Consulate through Loomis
11/16/2015: Medical delivered to Montreal Consulate

12/01/2015: Visa Issued
12/03/2015: Received Visa and IV Packet
12/10/2015: :PoE/Moving date

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Bogota Rocks   8

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Okay VHP, thanks. But you see the IV fee in the CEAC website, with the $325 fee, and you could pay it right now if you wanted to? And it appeared after you called the NVC? How long after the AOS fee was paid and your choice of agent was confirmed?

I got the DS-261 and AOS fee paid confirmation on May 17th, got the IV invoice email on June 10th and still have my IV fee appearing as 0$ in the CEAC system. I am currently going to give it a month from the IV invoice to show up in the CEAC website and then decide what to do next.

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