NVC QUESTION. HELP

[cwagner41 0]

Hello guys. I have an immigration lawyer helping me with my process. right now we are at the NVC phase. 

So my immigration lawyer says that first we need to pay and submit form i-864 with documents and wait until NVC authorizes it (which we don't know how long it will take). Then once the NVC authorizes that form then we can proceed to pay and submit form DS-260 with documents. He states that we need to do it my steps. Is this true? Or can we submit one after the other straight away?. I haven't seen anywhere that we need to doit that way.

 

Thank you

[Volli 31]

After you've paid all the fees and it shows 'paid' in your ceac account you can submit whatever you are supposed to. There is no order and they don't start to review your case before you have completed all the required documents anyway.

Edited May 20, 2023 by Volli

[appleblossom 2,685]

4 hours ago, cwagner41 said:

Hello guys. I have an immigration lawyer helping me with my process. right now we are at the NVC phase. 

So my immigration lawyer says that first we need to pay and submit form i-864 with documents and wait until NVC authorizes it (which we don't know how long it will take). Then once the NVC authorizes that form then we can proceed to pay and submit form DS-260 with documents. He states that we need to do it my steps. Is this true? Or can we submit one after the other straight away?. I haven't seen anywhere that we need to doit that way.

 

Thank you

The only thing you have to wait for is the payment, once that has been processed (can take up to a week, as per the website below) you can then submit the DS-260 and docs in any order. 

 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-3-pay-fees.html

 

 

[pushbrk 12,969]

Pay both fees.  Once they show paid, submit at will.  No "waiting" to submit.  The wait is after submission.