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Just now, Jojo92122 said:

Is your friend in the US right now?

No they are both currently in Australia. been dating a few years.

I have a friend who is engaged to his US citizen fiance, they are not sure if they should get married in the US and adjust or stay in Aus and get married then apply for a green card. If they get married in the states can he adjust and work while waiting for the adjustment?  

There are two types of fees. Click the “Pay Now” buttons to pay any required Affidavit of Support fees or Immigrant Visa Application fees. 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. 

So we have filled out the DS-261 and it says completed. Does this mean it has not been approved? Because I was able to pay the AOS fee.

There are two types of fees. Click the “Pay Now” buttons to pay any required Affidavit of Support fees or Immigrant Visa Application fees. 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. 

So we have filled out the DS-261 and it says completed. Does this mean it has not been approved? Because I was able to pay the AOS fee.

I have paid the affidavit of support fee of $120. But it won't let us do anything else on the website. My wife called and said they told us we need to pay a $325 application fee. How do I pay this fee?

I have paid the affidavit of support fee of $120. But it won't let us do anything else on the website. My wife called and said they told us we need to pay a $325 application fee. How do I pay this fee?

On 2/14/2018 at 9:28 AM, Khallaf said:

there are two different fee a total of 445.00 

 

there are also more fees to be expected for the interview.

Can I not move on to pay the IV payment or complete the DS form until the affidavit of support is completed?

When Completing the Family Information: Spouse Page part of the DS-260 form, do I add my wifes details but then say no to immigrating and no to intending to if she is already living in the sates?

1 minute ago, Khallaf said:

DS-260 is for the immigrant not the USC

Thank you very much.

3 minutes ago, Khallaf said:

that is correct, you will have to wait a few days after paying the AOS fee before the IV fee is open for you to pay

Is the DS-260 my details or my wife (US Citizen)?

Just now, Khallaf said:

that is correct, you will have to wait a few days after paying the AOS fee before the IV fee is open for you to pay

Thanks, One of the pages is telling me its been paid but the other isnt so was just wondering what was happening. 

3 minutes ago, Khallaf said:

there are two different fee a total of 445.00 

 

there are also more fees to be expected for the interview.

Can I not pay the IV one until the AOS has been paid?

My wife and I have applied for an I-130 and it has been sent to the NVC. Are their two fees to be paid? one affidavit of support fee and one IV Fee. or are they both the same one?

it does say online that my wife is our chosen agent.

We have received our case number and invoice number. Two days ago we chose our agent. It said wait two weeks before paying the fees but when we go online and put our details in it is allowing is to pay the fee. Should we pay this now? or should we wait until our agent has been confirmed?

9 hours ago, Keith & Arileidi said:

Your next step is to wait for your packet to be sent and recieved by the NVC.. I've been waiting almost 2 months for this process.

 

Here's the rest of the info you are looking for.

 http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

http://www.visajourney.com/examples/NVC_Process_Flowchart_v1-2.pdf

thanks.  have they sent it and their waiting to receive it or haven't sent it yet?

Want to search for specific embassy topics. How do I find these?

On 1/6/2018 at 7:08 PM, Jane Hat said:

Don't trust the estimated times. They are freaking slow. USCIS took about 5 months after approval to send my case to NVC. I was finally notified that the case arrived one week ago to NVC, but they told me it could take up to 5 weeks until I heard from NVC. It is senseless, how could it take 5 months to send an approval package from one place to another. 

Did they give you a date that they sent it and it just took 5 months to actually happen or did it take 5 months and then they said we have sent it now?

Our I-130 was approved and sent to the NVC on the 17th. What happens next? Can we do anything to get prepared? How long does the next step normally take?

9 hours ago, Mozak said:

Congratulations for you and your wife! We've been waiting for almost 7 months now for my husbands i130 approval and are still waiting. I just want to know how you were informed about your approval? 

I requested they send notification by email usibg the g1145 form. Won't thry send me an email? We are living abroad, so how will they inform us bout the approval? 

 

Thank you! 

she received the mail. it was not updated online, no email or text sent. just today I received an email stating it was sent to the nvc on the 17th. online has also been updated. 

doea anyone know how long it normally takes for nvc to receive it?

My I-130 was approve on the 11th of Jan. Took awhile to get to my wife and no online or text updates at all. on to the next step. 

21 hours ago, ASMS said:

It depends first on the service center that your case is routed, then about the adjudicator that check every file. Nationality plays a role only for Philippines, since they are processed way faster than the rest.

 

It should be in chronological order, however, Nebraska is the slowest center, also is the one that receive more applications. That's why people that filled 2/3 months and even 4 months after you, get processed first if they were routed to a different service center.

It can happen the same thing with adjudicators, each one have their own group of files assigned, and the way they check them or the limit time they have for have a decision over each file is a mystery to me.

 

Things like background checks might delay your approval at USCIS stage, but not always, not for everyone.

Thanks for your response. 

I understand what your saying about other sites but for Nebraska are you saying someone will grab a pile and work through them and if they have 20 before you that all require extra work yours will just sit and wait while other people may have gone through three piles in that same time? I just don't understand how at the same site, applications from a month after can be processed before mine. 

Can someone please enlighten me as to how these things are processed? I thought it was done by date but its obviously not? What makes someones get processed earlier or later than others? Its so painful watching people who applied a month after us getting approved before us. Obviously I'm happy people are getting approved but I don't understand why they are and we haven't.

7 hours ago, MaksK said:

You can call the center and ask to speak with tier 2 representative to inquire about your case. I am also waiting 3/28 Texas but all they told me is that it takes time

we have tried this. all that happens is they say we have no reason to speak to t2 and won't put us through.

2 hours ago, MrHanky said:

It sounds like you submitted an inquiry and that's just acknowledging it.

Anyway I can track what it was down? My wife called a few times but not much went on in the conversations but maybe it was something about that.