Need help understanding the NVC Process for I-130

[hotzone 1]

Hello All,

I'm asking a question here on behalf of my brother who is applying for his wife. His USCIS was approved and we got welcome letter from NVC. Here's what we have done so far:

• We submitted Choice of Agent DS-261 online & it says Completed
• We have paid both of the fees online and they show Paid
• We have submitted DS-230 form online last week and it says Completed

Here what is pending:

• Affidavit of Support Documents & Financial Evidence says N/A
• Civil Documents says N/A

We have couple of questions now:

1. How do we submit the Affidavit of Support and Financial Documents? Is that an online application which we submit or does it go through snail mail?
2. My brother has been laid off from last 2 years. Can I submit an affidavit of support to support his wife? Which forms do I use?
3. Are we going to receive any other letter from NVC or should we send the civil documents using the Cover letter which we got as part of welcome letter?
4. Are all documents required, which are listed on Cover Sheet (i.e. Tax Transcripts, Tax Returns) or we can send either one of those?

Any help is much appreciated. We are already week behind since we submitted the DS-230 online last week and don't want to delay sending the papers any further.

Thanks,

[hotzone 1]

Hi Guys,

Does anyone has the answer to my question. Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks

[Ryan H 3,791]

We have couple of questions now:

1. How do we submit the Affidavit of Support and Financial Documents? Is that an online application which we submit or does it go through snail mail?
2. My brother has been laid off from last 2 years. Can I submit an affidavit of support to support his wife? Which forms do I use?
3. Are we going to receive any other letter from NVC or should we send the civil documents using the Cover letter which we got as part of welcome letter?
4. Are all documents required, which are listed on Cover Sheet (i.e. Tax Transcripts, Tax Returns) or we can send either one of those?

Any help is much appreciated. We are already week behind since we submitted the DS-230 online last week and don't want to delay sending the papers any further.

Thanks,

Answers:

1. snail mail
2. You can be a joint sponsor if your income, assets, or combination of both is sufficient enough to meet the threshold for your household size. You would complete an I-864.
3. Send the civil documents along with the AOS documents using the same cover sheet that was received with the welcome letter.
4. If you send Tax Transcripts, you don't need the tax returns.

Lastly, the form submitted was the DS-260, not the DS-230.