roshinobi

It took somewhere around 10 days for my wife to receive the interview appointment letter from the Embassy after DHL tracking showed it was signed for at by the Embassy (just google something like "track nvc package" to learn how to do it). They then scheduled the interview about 40 days out. Somewhere between the DHL tracking showing it was delivered and finally getting the letter, I emailed the Embassy asking if they got it, and they said they hadn't, and that the NVC schedules the interview. Seems like a pretty standard response.

what do you mean, exactly, when you write this?

ds 261 choice of address and agent form -current status -completed

completed = what? submitted? detached? added to casefile? NVC TeleOperator confirmed date of added to casefile?

you are mixing IV and AOS documents? Why ?

I didn't write that, but I see the same thing, so I can comment on it:

In the CEAC portal, "Completed" is exactly what it says under current status, so there's no interpretation happening on our part as applicants. Your guess is as good as mine as to how that corresponds to the terms you're using: "detached," etc. No idea. The term is coming from NVC's website, not me.

According to the instructions on the VisaJourney "NVC Process" walkthrough, though, once that portal says "completed" for status of DS-261, you should be set to receive the IV invoice. Like others here, I submitted DS-261 about a month ago. Not sure when the status changed to "completed," but it's there now, so I'm just hoping the IV invoice appears sooner rather than later.