Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	No IV for me yet either.... When did you guys get the new email? (I'm still waiting on this too....) I got the email yesterday and was able to pay today. Patience....I'm sure you'll get it soon!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-17 10:51:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	No luck with mine yet :/ Mine isn't there yet either I'm sure you'll get it soon! And can I just say that it feels fantastic to pay $230 instead of $404....what a relief!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-17 10:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Just paid my IV fee online. Seriously? It's finally up?? Oooooooooh I'm gonna open up IE right now to try! WOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO it's working, am paying now! Everyone, check the portal!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-17 10:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Got this email today. Should I be worried? Dear Sir/Madam: Please be advised that the National Visa Center (NVC) has received your inquiry and the attached I-797 Notice of Action - Approval Notice. Unfortunately, we do not have record of receiving your approved petition from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The NVC will contact USCIS on your behalf for information on the location of this petition. Sincerely, Jess National Visa Center Written Inquiry Unit Serco Inc., Support Contractor NVCResearch@state.gov This email is Sensitive but Unclassified based on the definitions provided in 12 FAM 540. Any information in this transmission pertaining to the issuance or refusal of visas or permits to enter the United States shall be considered confidential under Section 222(j) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) [8 US C. Section 1202]. Access to and use of such information must be solely for the formulation, amendment, administration, or enforcement of the immigration, nationality, and other laws of the United States under INA 222(j) and as specified in FAM guidance. If you have received such information in error, do not review, retransmit, disclose, disseminate, use, or take any action in reliance upon this information, and contact the sender as soon as possible. Oh wow, what a disaster! I definitely think you should have Trave&Shell help you with an expedite request!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-17 09:47:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	I have just been informed by NVC that the expedite is denied Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that!! Anybody get their IV bill invoiced yet. I got the email yesterday but so far no bill. Sucks. No bill for me either, thought I also got the email yesterday :-(	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-17 07:54:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Just to make sure, you're using IE, correct? Yup, there's nothing there! Doesn't let me select anything and there is nothing under "IV Application Processing Fees" ...says "Total Amound Selected: $0"	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-16 15:50:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Hey guys!! I finally got a Case Closed!!! Whoohoo!!! CONGRATS! I just got an invoice email from the NVC for the IV Processing Fee, but when I log into the Payment Portal, I can't select anything. Is anyone else in the same boat?	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-16 15:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Your visa app. Is good for 1 year. Once you get the visa stamp in your passport. You don't have any limitations as to when you can travel, once you enter on that visa you are good to go. First off, I'd suggest determining how long it is from case complete date to interview date. If it's the average of two months, then you should try to aim for a case complete around July, if you want the visa in September. And to get a CC in July, then you should hold off on sending the IV package until June/early July. I'd suggest sending the AOS package though as that's the package where most people get checklists. Remember, once you get your visa, it's typically valid for 6 months. So, that means, you have about 6 months after getting your visa to use it at a POE. But my time frame is all dependent upon Chile's time frame from CC to interview date. If it's two months like I estimated, then what I listed above should be correct. If it's less or more than 2 months, you'll have to adjust it. About your question about activating the visa and then returning, it is possible. There are many Canadians that do this. They activate the visa, then return back to Canada to tie up some loose ends (lease, job, school, etc). I'm not sure where the rules are on this though. I'd suggest looking at CBP's site first (US Customers and Border Protection). No, you shouldn't need to go with him. Nope, he doesn't need to stay and wait for the green card or SSN. It could takes weeks to receive that stuff. Just make they're going to an address where someone can safely hold onto it until you both actually move. Thanks to both!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-16 09:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Hi everyone! Happy Monday morning....! I have a question...my husband and I have decided to stall a little bit due to the fact that we'd like to move back to the US in Nov./Dec. We applied early because at that point it was still unclear if we would get auto-expedited because we both live abroad or not (and in fact, we did). So now, what we would ideally like, is to have the visa in the September, so that we can leave at any point between September and Jan/Feb. Considering this, when should we stall? I was thinking of sending in the AOS soon, and then just waiting a month or so to send the DS-230. From sending in the DS-230 to having a visa in our hands, how long is that approximately? When should I send in the DS-230 in order to get the visa by September? Also, can anyone point me in the right direction of where to read about the "rules" that come with the visa in terms of entering/leaving the US? For example, my hubby (I am the USC and he is the beneficiary) was thinking that if we get the visa too early, he could go to the US, enter with the visa, and then come back to Chile. Then we would actually move to the US 1-2 months later. Is that possible? Would I have to go with him? I thought he had to stay in the US for awhile until he got his greencard and SSN? Or is that not right? Thanks!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-16 08:33:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	For me, the site says: The system will not be available between 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 12 and 11:30 a.m. EST on Friday, April 13, due to scheduled maintenance. If you are unable to use the system during these hours, please try again later. So, I'm going to wait another couple of hours and then try to log in.	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-13 07:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Hehe I'd suggest sending the original to NVC and keeping a copy for your records. And pay stubs are optional, so that's fine if your dad doesn't have any. Thanks!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-12 15:05:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Question....does the employment letter I send to the NVC be the original? Or should I save the original for myself and send the copy? Also, my dad is joint sponsor, he is self employed and way over the threshold for poverty line requirements. He wrote a self-employment letter and will send in tax transcripts, but he doesn't have paystubs. Do you all think that will be fine? He doesn't pay himself regularly, so that why he doesn't have them. What do you think?	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-12 15:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Oh NVC, how you humor me! I just got a response back from them (email) about the payment problems I was having a week and a half ago. Thanks for being so on the ball!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-12 10:52:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	I'm a bit late on this, but congrats Trav&Shell....so happy for you!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-12 10:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	I feel like i want to scream, NVC is driving me crazy 1st i have to wait for the IV invoice to be released on the 13th, so i have been sitting and wasting time. I paid my AOS it moved from in process to paid, and when i called they say they have no records of it being paid and that the site is not functioning properly due to the new prices and i also dont see the money coming out of the account. Operator telling me I might have to do the payment again because the site not working properly and i might not have gone through any at all. What should i do???? I hope they really do release those invoices soon, Pending deployment and paperwork is double stress and unhappiness. I know it's tough, but try to be patient....the money for my AOS fee came out of my bank account like 5 days after I paid (and when I paid, I received an error message). But finally it got all cleared up on its own. Good luck, I hope it works out soon	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-11 13:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	You put what ever is on line 22 of your form 1040. (I don't know if it includes foreign income or not) The rule is; foreign income does not count on AOS if it will not continue in the US. Yeah, I know I don't qualify, my dad will be the joint sponsor, but I'm super confused about what to put. In any case it's sort of irrelevant seeing as how I can't sponsor anyways. Jesus the Holy Christ!!! Going against what I said earlier about not calling up NVC or DOS, I did end up dialing the DOS number, and lo and behold, I get an interview date for May the 9th at 7.30 am. May 30th it is! OMG! OMG! Faints..... Interview Date Assigned!!!!May 3RD 3PM CONGRATS TO ALL! Sheesh.....crossing my fingers for you!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-10 15:48:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Question for all of you....in any of your cases, is the USC applying from abroad? I am confused whether to report my pre-form2555 income on the AOS or the post-form2555 income. The difference is about $20,000!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-10 13:58:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Hi guys! Just called DOS and got interview date on May-29, I cant describe how happy I am Thank VJ for every piece of information I got, thank everyone of you for sharing knowledge, experience. Especially Saylin, thank you once again God bless you all SnK Wooohooo, lots of good news today!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-10 13:01:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Finally back on this morning...trying to catch up with everything. Just wanted to wish all of you good luck...especially those of you waiting for expedites and interviews. I know some of you are feeling hopeless, but like Saylin says, being positive brings about positive results! And congrats to the others....who have gotten their AOS bills to show as PAID, and to the member expecting TWINS! And Trav&Shell....hang in there!!!!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-10 10:06:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	It's only for the IV fee. If you haven't been invoiced yet, you will get invoiced after the 13th with the new fee. so $230.00 fee + $74.00 surcharge= $304.00. Was $404.00 The rest of us that have already been invoiced are outta luck. Thanks! I am wondering, though, according to this sentence "The National Visa Center will resend the Immigrant Visa Application Processing Fee bill to those individuals who have yet to pay"....it would seem that those that have been invoiced already but don't pay before the 13th, can wait and thus pay $100, no?	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-09 14:02:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Immigrant Visa fees are decreasing by $100.00 and non-immigrant fees are increasing by $100.00 Seriously? I thought for sure it would be an increase! I just did a few Google searches but can't find any info on this...can someone please tell me what exactly is decreasing? The original app fee? (Unfortunately, if that's what it is, it's too late for most of us...) The IV fee as well? Any other fees decreasing? Thanks, and congrats again, Sheeshkabelle! Edit: just found the link... http://travel.state..../info_3905.html But I'm still a bit confused, does the "discount" only apply to the IV processing fee? Also is it for sure that all people who haven't been invoiced yet will get the new lower fee, or could we still be invoiced for the current fee? Thanks! Edited by lemayz, 09 April 2012 - 01:48 PM.	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-09 13:46:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	I was gonna say in a few days, but I remember Shell mentioned that an operator said that all IV invoices were on hold until the 13th when the new fees are in effect. So, it'll either be this Friday (if they're fast about it), or next week. Apparently I missed this....new fees??? How much of an increase are we lookin at?	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-09 13:35:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	After numerous phone calls and three emails and finally talking to a supervisor at NVC this morning, I came home from my son's doctor appointment to this email: Dear Sir/Madam: All documentation necessary to complete the National Visa Center's processing of your case has been received. As soon as an interview date has been scheduled, the applicant, petitioner and attorney (if applicable) will be notified. CASE COMPLETE BABY!! CONGRATS!!!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-09 13:28:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Grats on your AOS finally appearing as PAID! For the IV, when was your DS-3032 accepted? And there were a couple of interview dates assigned last week Thanks :-) The DS 3032 was accepted today, so approx. how many days should we be looking at for the IV? Good, I'm glad some people got their interview dates :-)	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-09 10:53:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	I woke up this morning to some good news. I had an email from SantiagoImmigration@state.gov in reply to an email I sent them last week about divorce certificates in Chile. I sent them a scanned copy of the divorce decree I sent to the NVC to confirm that it was the correct document. The NVC rejected the document last week and issued a checklist for the IV packet. Here is what the email said: Mr. Rogers: Thank you for your email. You are right. The divorce decree you are sending is ok. This is how divorce decrees looks like in Chile. It is very strange as the NVC is familiar with the certificates. We will contact the NVC to confirm that the certificate you are sending is correct. Sincerely, Immigrant visa unit Santiago, Chile Hoping to get case closed for my wife today so she and my step-daughter can get their interviews scheduled in the next few days. That's great news!! I've had horrible communication with the Santiago Embassy and they haven't been helpful at all, but it's great to see that in your case, they are actually look for solutions. I hope you get it sorted out soon! I got some good news too.....the DS3032 that my hubby sent by email was accepted today! Now waiting for the invoicing of the IV....	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-09 10:21:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Hi there everyone! I'm back after a weekend away, and I'm happy to report that my AOS fee did get charged and paid...it showed up 4 days after payment on my bank website! So, things are moving along! Should I expect to get the invoice for the IV packet soon? Anyone want to give me a summary of what happened these last couple of days? Did people get interview dates and/or any other good news? Hope everyone has a great day....	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-09 08:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	I am. Plus I'm tutoring someone at the moment, so hard to stay up on this thread Underneath each person's post, to the right, is a button called 'multiquote'. Hit this button each time you see a post you want to quote. You can continue onto other pages as well, and it'll remember which posts you wanted to reply to. Once you've got everyone (max of 8 posts, by the way), hit the 'add reply' button at the bottom of each page. Got it, thanks!!!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-05 15:03:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Guys!And thank you Saylin (because of you I searched that Peaksy girl ,found her in March thread,so she goes there:I called NVC ,no interview yet,called DOS line-got the date. So,I am like why don`t I call DOS?So I did,and got the date!!!!May the 7th!!! I was talking to them over Skype,so I had this stupid smile on my face,the DOS lady (no name)almost saw me smiling here! CONGRATS! Hey guys, i assume it's becoming boring to these questions over and over again, but to us it's important we can make it work from the first time Can you guys review the content of the IV (DS-230) package for please? • Barcoded cover sheet • Completed DS-230 part I & II + attachment for question 39 • Original trilingual certified extract from birth registration + copy • Original trilingual certified extract from marriage registration + copy • Original certified Military Record + copy + translation • Photocopy of Valid Passport Biographic Data Page • Original certificate of nationality + copy + translation • Original certificate of residence + copy + translation • Original Police Certificate + copy + translation • 2 identical Photographs + info on backside Sorry, but why are you sending a nationality and residence certificate? I didn't know those were needed...?	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-05 14:34:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Whoops, forgot to update your line He was obsessing over it more than I was since he's the one with the US bank account They were both invoiced early in the morning when he got to work at 8am, so... Thanks for the tip, Saylin and Sheeshkabelle. Sorry, still can't figure out how to do the multiple quote thingy!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-05 14:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Yay! I love love love love people with signatures! Makes it so much easier when it comes to my spreadsheet for adding dates You might not get an email about invoices. My husband nor myself ever received any emails about bills being invoiced. Once my husband saw them invoiced, he just paid right away. Which is what you have to do, pay. It's probably pending with your bank. Don't worry about it. It'll disappear. The bank probably has a certain time in which accounts are updated. How did your husband realize it was invoiced? Just checking the Payment Portal every day? I hope you are right and that the charge appears on my statement soon!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-05 13:43:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	The IV bill will show up like the AOS bill did. You usually get an email the day after it shows as invoiced on the payment portal. When some people have had that issue there's a number of things gone wrong. 1. didn't use internet explorer, confusing NVC's servers 2. the bank information was put in wrong, so it never reached your bank in the first place 3. NVC messed up Give it another day or so. If something went wrong it will go from PAID to REJECTED and you will have to pay again. (if it hasn't been debited from your bank, no biggie) IF the money was debited from your account and it shows REJECTED or it keeps showing PAID but the money isn't debited call NVC ASAP! I don't like those options one bit	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-05 13:41:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	YAY! You're moving now! You should get an IV bill soon! Sorry if this is a stupid question, but they will email that to me on their own, or do I need to do anything...? OK, I have a REALLY bizarre situation....and am wondering if this has ever happened to anyone. So online it says my AOS bill is paid, and I have the receipt and everything. But I just went into my bank account, and all the money is still there, nothing has been deducted. WHAT IS GOING ON???	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-05 13:26:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Yay finally! The payment portal was really jerking you around! psssst Send in your AOS packet. The one with the I-864, tax forms etc so on.. Thanks :-) I know I have to send in the AOS packet, but it's not ready yet....my dad (joint sponsor) is still filling out his taxes, but they should be done in a few days. For now, I just wanted to figure out how to get the receipt and cover sheet, but I figured it out and emailed them to myself!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-05 13:19:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Nah, I never boot anyone I love all my immigration babies Please don't kick us out of your nest!! We really do want to be informed before opening our "traps" but sometimes there are just too many messages to keep up with! And good news.....my AOS fee now shows as PAID!!!! Don't know what happened there, how bizarre. Anyways, now I'm going to read up what I have to do next so that I don't get kicked out of the nest for asking unecessary questions, hehe.	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-05 13:13:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	I think my request for an expedite worked!!!! WE GOT OUR INTERVIEW DATE!!!!!!!!! May 16th wooohoooo!! I almost started crying when she told me! I'm so happy I don't know what to do with myself! Wooohooo, congrats!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-05 13:07:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	yay! Just got the email they have received the AOS checklist email! I'll call back after school and see if they've reviewed it yet. (apparently they didn't get the first one) That's fantastic!!!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-05 09:10:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	yep, I got two. ACL is the choice of agent form, meant for the beneficiary. PAOSF is the invoice plus a courtesy copy of the choice of agent form, meant for the petitioner. If they have both your email addresses, you will get both. That's all they are ...you sent the request and didn't have the letter? I hope you get the letter fast. Thanks :-) It's strange though, they have both of our emails, but my hubby didn't get anything!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-05 08:18:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Another possibly silly question....I got two instruction emails from the NVC, both with different subjects. The subjects were: 1.SNT2012XXXXXX (ACL FOR NEOPOST DS-1200)(CC) 2.SNT2012XXXXXX (PAOSF I-130 FOR NEOPOST DS-1200) Has everyone else also gotten two? What is the difference between them? My only guess is that the first one says CC, so it's a copy of what should've been sent to my hubby, but he hasn't received anything...	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-05 08:08:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Click on reply at the bottom of the post if you want more than one quote, click on multi quote on all the quotes you want to reply to, and it will put them all in one post How long ago did you make the payment? Has the money been debited from your account? Got it now, thanks :-) And no, the money hasn't been debited. How quickly does it usually get debited if it DOES go through? Is it immediate? I tried to pay yesterday, so.....	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-05 07:55:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Filers - April 2012	Wow, I went home, got to work, and there's like 15 pages of new posts....can't keep up! I have a REALLY silly question, please forgive me, but can somebody tell me you you quote people inside your own response? I can't seem to figure out how to do it... In response to Laure&Colin, I just logged in to the Payment Portal, and the payment still says "In Process"....and I know I definitely didn't click the send button twice. I just wrote an email to the NVC to see if they can fix the issue, but we'll see how long it takes for them to get back to me... Thanks again, everybody!	lemayz	Female	Chile	2012-04-05 07:46:00