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7 hours ago, Annas Waheed said:

HEY Guys i got case complete email from nvc and my PRIORITY DATE APRIL 2004 IS ALSO CURRENT, how long will it take to have an interview appointment? 

That's great!  Hope they schedule it soon. How long did it take to get your case completed? 

On 7/18/2017 at 4:02 AM, bebin said:

Glad to know it wasn't a major problem. I sent financial documents and civil info last week Thursday so I'm praying that everything will go on smoothly and come September my case should be completed.😀

I'm hoping to see some movement in the next visa bulletin as it's the last for the year.

All the best!

Wonderful! We are also done with filling out forms and submitting docs. Hope they completes the case soon. 

On 7/11/2017 at 11:53 PM, 2001 said:

We've received a welcome letter like 2 weeks ago. Now we are done paying fees and filling out the DS260 form. However, our DS261 has not opened yet. Does anyone know whats causing this? Anyone experienced this issue, kindly share.

On 7/12/2017 at 5:08 AM, bebin said:

You should inform NVC about this problem.

Thanks! Had a conversation with NVC. Turns out that we have filled out a form called G28 while the case was with USCIS to appoint an attorney. The same attorney information remained on our file at NVC, so there is no DS261form to be filled up on our case.

We've received a welcome letter like 2 weeks ago. Now we are done paying fees and filling out the DS260 form. However, our DS261 has not opened yet. Does anyone know whats causing this? Anyone experienced this issue, kindly share.

On 7/2/2017 at 2:12 AM, ILUVINDIA said:

Need help please.  I m in filling DS260 for my cousin she lives in Italy but hold indian nationality. I m her personal information which includes passport info.  So what do write for question "country/authority that issued Document" do I write India or Italy since  she renewed her passport in Italy.

 

 

It would be Italy since the passport was issued in Italy.

On 6/29/2017 at 7:47 AM, bebin said:

Congrats! Finally Indeed!

Thanks!

23 hours ago, bebin said:

COA first, then paid AOS fee.

I still don't have the option to fill out the  COA but paid both the fees. Hope there would not be any problem.

8 minutes ago, Mutahir said:

No, I am waiting for Civil Documents from my sister's family.  Once I receive those I will complete the application based on official documents/passports.  

I spoke with NVC and 3 different representatives said the same thing.  NVC will use Passports to verify Name spelling and DOB.  That is why I am waiting for passports.

 

Hope you can get your case completed soon. Good luck with your process!

4 minutes ago, Mutahir said:

Relax!

Here is the snapshot of my fee payments.  You can see that AOS-Fees was cleared within few days and so is IV fees.

 

Wonderful! That was quick. Are you done submitting all of the docs? Has your case been completed at NVC?

5 minutes ago, Mutahir said:

Please pay the AOS fees.  I don't recall paying first though.

Thank you! I will keep an eye on the COA form for rest of the day today - if nothing will go ahead and pay AOS fees tomorrow.

3 minutes ago, Mutahir said:

This is sequence of Events happened to my sibling case:

 

1. Received WL (no invoice)

2. Able to login and filled COA/paid-AOS fees.

3. Waited 5 days for AOS payment to say PAID.

4. PAID application fees (after receiving Invoice) and waited another 7 days to start filling out applications.

 

Others in the forum may have experienced slightly different experience than myself.

 

Just be patient, you are almost there.

 

It's strange. I thought it would be the same for everyone. In my case I have a welcome email along with invoices for AOS and IV together. What's really freaking out me was the processing time for DS261 - says upto 3 weeks.

9 minutes ago, Mutahir said:

Yes. please check if you can pay AOS fees, if not then it is another day or 2 waiting, unfortunately.

Yes, there is an option to pay AOS fees and also IV Application Processing Fees. Also, they have instructed to first pay AOS fees.

So. did you first pay the AOS fees and then filled out the DS261 form?

4 minutes ago, Mutahir said:

I had similar problem.  Problem will be fixed within 24-48 hours.

Try it tomorrow and/or Friday.  Calling NVC didn't help me in this case.

The welcome letter says the following:

"Payment must be received before the petition can be processed further. Fee bill invoices for all fees due are included with this message and may be required to be submitted with payments. If you did not receive a fee bill for any applicant who should be named on this case, please contact the NVC; do not send a fee payment for the applicant."

While we login to CEAC there is an option to Pay Bills

There is an instruction to first fill out the DS261 (Choice of Address & Agent) and then once NVC reviews, we will be able to Pay Bills. Again, read the instruction in NVC website, says it will take upto 3 weeks to process the DS261 to move on to the next step (https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process/approved/Step_1_Choose_an_agent.html).

So, really confused. So are we really waiting for DS261 (Choice of Address & Agent) form to become available and wait for another 3 weeks to pay bills?

On 6/27/2017 at 4:24 PM, bebin said:

Yes I was able to login and pay fees right away, before I got the welcome letter. I'm happy that you can at least login for now..it shows that they're working on your case. Hope you receive your WL today, and you can begin your visa process.

Thank you! Were you able to fill out the COA form also?

Hi All! I have received a welcome letter along with fee invoices today. When I login to CEAC website, there is an option for me to pay the invoices under FEES tab. However, option to enter Choice of Address and Agent is unavailable. The first tab CHOICE OF ADDRESS & AGENT is not clickable. Has anyone experienced this?

I was about to pay the fees, but just read the instructions under Summary Information section and it says the following:

"Note the application fee must be paid by each person who is immigrating, and cannot be paid until after NVC has reviewed the Form DS-261 you submitted in Step 1".

24 minutes ago, Mutahir said:

Congratulations, Finally!

Thank you!

Finally received a WL and able to pay fees today.

On 6/26/2017 at 7:11 AM, bebin said:

Hope so too! I honestly think that they should issue WL based on PD because when it comes to interview appointments, it's first come, first serve.

 

Yes, that's how they should have have processed, but don't know why they have randomized it. However, finally I can now login, but still unable to pay fees / fill out DS261. Hope to receive the WL soon. Were you able to fill out the DS261 and pay fees immediately after you are able to login?

On 6/23/2017 at 6:47 PM, bebin said:

Yeah got WL today, but was able to full DS- 261and pay fee yesterday.

 

That's great! Mine has not been opened yet. Hope to get the WL soon.

1 hour ago, bebin said:

Well what I really meant was I can now login but I haven't received the welcome letter. Yours will come soon.

Wonderful! That means your WL has been generated in the system. Hope they generates mine soon. People have been receiving WL at night on their emails, so may be they will send yours on tomorrow night's batch.

4 hours ago, bebin said:

I finally got welcome letter. Praise Jah!

 

 

That's wonderful! Hope mine is on the way. Are you able to login now? I still can't login.

29 minutes ago, pink_niru said:

 

Have you tried to login to NVC ?

Yes, but can't login yet. 

16 hours ago, bebin said:

Just got through to NVC. They said that they're updating their system when they're through they will start sending out welcome letters.  The rep couldn't give a time frame. God alone knows.

Again 1 day down... still nothing. They said the same thing like 1 month ago. 

June 20 and still nothing. 

Has anyone received a welcome letter lately? Please share.

4 hours ago, bebin said:

June 15th still waiting for WL. Pd Sept 7,2004. NVC said we would be getting detailed instructions soon. It's about 1 month and Nada!! We called about 2 weeks ago they said everything is in order just wait. .up to now nada!!

I really don't understand how this thing works. People with PD's after mine got WL at least 11/2 months ago and I can't get mine?! Smh.

We had a conversation with NVC yesterday. The CSR in NVC said we will have it soon, but did not provide any specific reason for the delay. Asked us to wait for another 2 weeks and call back again if it we still don't have the WL. 

On 6/10/2017 at 9:34 AM, mitesh thakkar said:

visa bulletin predictions never true then why predictions ???? As i see it since long its never come true.....i think prediction is like worthless....

Yes these predictions are absolutely worthless. There are times they moved back the PD final action date for two years and took another 4 years or so to get to where it was before. Not too long ago the waiting time came down to 8 years.  Now 13+ .. god knows how long it will get. 

God bless to everyone riding on this ridiculous journey.

June 12 and still can't login and haven't received the WL. Anyone got a hold of NVC lately?? As per the NVC our case is now open and we will be able to login and welcome letter will be sent as soon as their IT team updates the system. Been over 2 weeks since we were told that and still nothing. Very disappointing!!