"IV fee generated"...can send payment before arrival?

[n2ojones 0]

I was just curious. I have read that once an item from the NVC is "generated" that it is officially in the system and therefore, a timesaving method would be to go ahead and send fee (or item) to the NVC immediately.

Anyone know if this is true? I have paid the fee for my 864 and await the bill for my (Thai) wife's DS 230.

Anyone know the amount of the fee?

Thanks so much.

[James 2]

I was just curious. I have read that once an item from the NVC is "generated" that it is officially in the system and therefore, a timesaving method would be to go ahead and send fee (or item) to the NVC immediately.

Anyone know if this is true? I have paid the fee for my 864 and await the bill for my (Thai) wife's DS 230.

Anyone know the amount of the fee?

Thanks so much.

The IV fee must be sent in with the IV fee bill, which you don't have yet. The IV fee bill has the case number on it as well as a case-specific barcode. It also has to be sent to an address in St. Louis, not to the NVC in NH.

Most things can be sent in as soon as they're generated if you're willing to "self-generate" the barcoded forms yourself, as the shortcuts in this thread demonstrate. However, the IV fee bill is the one document that is as yet incapable of being "self-generated" because of an odd, apparently random check number that is assigned to the case number on the document.

[n2ojones 0]

I was just curious. I have read that once an item from the NVC is "generated" that it is officially in the system and therefore, a timesaving method would be to go ahead and send fee (or item) to the NVC immediately.

Anyone know if this is true? I have paid the fee for my 864 and await the bill for my (Thai) wife's DS 230.

Anyone know the amount of the fee?

Thanks so much.

The IV fee must be sent in with the IV fee bill, which you don't have yet. The IV fee bill has the case number on it as well as a case-specific barcode. It also has to be sent to an address in St. Louis, not to the NVC in NH.

Most things can be sent in as soon as they're generated if you're willing to "self-generate" the barcoded forms yourself, as the shortcuts in this thread demonstrate. However, the IV fee bill is the one document that is as yet incapable of being "self-generated" because of an odd, apparently random check number that is assigned to the case number on the document.

Thanks for the reply/information, James. And the best of luck to you and yours.

[simple_male 1]

James is absolutely right.

I was just curious. I have read that once an item from the NVC is "generated" that it is officially in the system and therefore, a timesaving method would be to go ahead and send fee (or item) to the NVC immediately.

Anyone know if this is true? I have paid the fee for my 864 and await the bill for my (Thai) wife's DS 230.

Anyone know the amount of the fee?

Thanks so much.

The IV fee must be sent in with the IV fee bill, which you don't have yet. The IV fee bill has the case number on it as well as a case-specific barcode. It also has to be sent to an address in St. Louis, not to the NVC in NH.

Most things can be sent in as soon as they're generated if you're willing to "self-generate" the barcoded forms yourself, as the shortcuts in this thread demonstrate. However, the IV fee bill is the one document that is as yet incapable of being "self-generated" because of an odd, apparently random check number that is assigned to the case number on the document.