Good new at NVC

[Muñequita 0]

This is great news!!!

How do i get my invoce number?

[xichdu 0]

This is great news!!!

How do i get my invoce number?

call the NVC operator.

[Tyrobe 1]

I think after your payment is accepted you can print the cover sheet and send your documents to NVC without using Jame's shortcut to creat cover sheet. You dont need jame's shortcut for those steps but choice of agent. You dont need to call NVC again because you pay by via online.

So are you saying that, when you pay I-864 (AOS) Fee Bill online, then upon payment you can print cover sheet for I-864 with barcode included and immediately send I-864 Form and Supporting Documents?

IV Fee bill don't need to send any documents with it so when you pay IV Fee Bill online then you can print DS-230 Coversheet online and Send DS-230 with Supporting Documents.

Let's hope that this is true. I this this would be ideal way but I think that since Online Payment is handled via Department of Treasury (NOT NVC) through the Immigrant Visa Invoice Payment Center they would not have integrated both systems. Not only that but NVC doesn't even have online case tracking system yet .

I know IV bill sent out itself but you can print the cover sheet after your payment within few days. I-864 or ds230 with cover sheet to NVC. Good luck.

Would you mind to post the details on the DS-230 cover sheet since you're one of the first case for HCMC as it changed to appointment post? Of course, I'll be doing the same thing when I receive it to help future VN members. Thanks in advance.

[badspellor 0]

For those who think the page disappeared, try going into it directly HERE.

I tried to pay just now 3:30pm EDT 15-Apr-2008 and the transaction isn't going through due to it being offline.....

EDIT!!

You can't pay online with FIREFOX. I had to use Internet Explorer and now my payment has been entered!!

[badspellor 0]

For those who think the page disappeared, try going into it directly HERE.

I tried to pay just now 3:30pm EDT 15-Apr-2008 and the transaction isn't going through due to it being offline.....

EDIT!!

You can't pay online with FIREFOX. I had to use Internet Explorer and now my payment has been entered!!

Spoke too soon again. Tried to continue to the receipt page and a database error occurred. It kicked me out, I had to log back in and the screen shows a payment status of not paid. Now since it said that they already requested the money from my bank, I hope that they don't get the money and not record it as being paid!

[sunshine18 0]

For those who think the page disappeared, try going into it directly HERE.

I tried to pay just now 3:30pm EDT 15-Apr-2008 and the transaction isn't going through due to it being offline.....

EDIT!!

You can't pay online with FIREFOX. I had to use Internet Explorer and now my payment has been entered!!

Spoke too soon again. Tried to continue to the receipt page and a database error occurred. It kicked me out, I had to log back in and the screen shows a payment status of not paid. Now since it said that they already requested the money from my bank, I hope that they don't get the money and not record it as being paid!

Hi badspellor, it probably did not go through. Payment status for both my bills show: IN PROCESS.

[xichdu 0]

For those who think the page disappeared, try going into it directly HERE.

I tried to pay just now 3:30pm EDT 15-Apr-2008 and the transaction isn't going through due to it being offline.....

EDIT!!

You can't pay online with FIREFOX. I had to use Internet Explorer and now my payment has been entered!!

I will but my payment is still in processing. I ll post when it done

[happyinlove012408 0]

Finally they are making things a little easier for us.

[badspellor 0]

Hi badspellor, it probably did not go through. Payment status for both my bills show: IN PROCESS.

Yeah, unfortunately mine says NOT PAID. The AOS fee bill is there and listed as paid as I paid that via James's Shortcuts so the box is grayed out. I ticked the box for just the IV bill, put in all my info and got the confirmation screen, but when I clicked 'Continue to Receipt' is when I got the database error. Luckily I saved the one in a screen shot so I still have the pay.gov tracking ID. I'm going to register over there and see what the deal is with the payments. Clicking through this in vain 10x or so can add up to a lot of money being taken out of my account if that's what it's really doing!! Maybe this is only an issue for those who have already paid their AOS fee bill by mail?

[Muñequita 0]

Please somebody verufy this

I can pay both fees together?

I can pay the IV fee even if they haven't requested or generated it yet?

Where does it say that you can print your barcoded page after the payment is approved?

Thanks

It just sounds to good to be true!!

[badspellor 0]

Warning to those of you considering this. I just called Pay.gov with the tracking ID I captured from the confirmation page. Even though the system crapped out on me, the payment did go through on their end, so now the NVC's system shows me as NOT paid, even though the money is now coming out of my account. Subsequently, the system makes you think that it never went through so it will let you pay AGAIN, which I did erroneously just to have the system ####### out again after the confirmation screen. So now I've paid the Department of State $800 and I cannot stop it. I'll have to check with my bank to see if they can order a stop payment which will likely cost me $30 on their end and probably another $30 on the NVC's end for a bounced electronic debit due to the stop payment. Or I can attempt to get the NVC to refund me $400 and then wait for them to send me a cheque in the mail! All this with the IV bill still not showing up as paid! Consider yourself warned!

[Muñequita 0]

Hi

Will they give me the invoce # over the phone?

If not, is the invoice # on the AOS fee the same for the IV fee?

After paying the fees and the payment is processed , what do i do? will they send me the barcoded sheets or am I going to be able to print them from their website?

Can i send in the AOS packect and DS-230 and documents right sfter payment is processed or do i have to wait until they are generated?

Thanks

[lheeanne 0]

That was really a good news. At least now we know where are all payments and taxes going through right?! Clap clap for them!

[Marlita 0]

Warning to those of you considering this. I just called Pay.gov with the tracking ID I captured from the confirmation page. Even though the system crapped out on me, the payment did go through on their end, so now the NVC's system shows me as NOT paid, even though the money is now coming out of my account. Subsequently, the system makes you think that it never went through so it will let you pay AGAIN, which I did erroneously just to have the system ####### out again after the confirmation screen. So now I've paid the Department of State $800 and I cannot stop it. I'll have to check with my bank to see if they can order a stop payment which will likely cost me $30 on their end and probably another $30 on the NVC's end for a bounced electronic debit due to the stop payment. Or I can attempt to get the NVC to refund me $400 and then wait for them to send me a cheque in the mail! All this with the IV bill still not showing up as paid! Consider yourself warned!

This has happened to me multiple times during online purchases and payments. I call the bank and tell them that there was a error and they don't stop payment they just credit me the amount back pending I have a request come from vendor to reverse the money back into my account. I have WAMU, their really cool about that stuff. So what you'd have to do is get incontact with either NVC or whoever is taking the money and have them reverse the charge. May take a bit of work when dealing with NVC but you'll get your money back.

Until then, this online payment system sounds freakishly crazy and I just advise people to wait til NVC says its working correctly. They keep telling everyone that its not up yet for a reason, sounds like its in BETA mode and they are testing out the kinks...which is why some get thru some dont and some get multiple payments taken without their knowledge.

[badspellor 0]

This has happened to me multiple times during online purchases and payments. I call the bank and tell them that there was a error and they don't stop payment they just credit me the amount back pending I have a request come from vendor to reverse the money back into my account. I have WAMU, their really cool about that stuff. So what you'd have to do is get incontact with either NVC or whoever is taking the money and have them reverse the charge. May take a bit of work when dealing with NVC but you'll get your money back.

Until then, this online payment system sounds freakishly crazy and I just advise people to wait til NVC says its working correctly. They keep telling everyone that its not up yet for a reason, sounds like its in BETA mode and they are testing out the kinks...which is why some get thru some dont and some get multiple payments taken without their knowledge.

I called the bank pretty much right away (within the hour) and they stated that if it's ACH that there's not really much they could do. They could issue a stop payment charging me $32 but that I'd have a 99% chance of it not doing anything and I'd still get charged the $32. They told me after it posts that I could dispute the charge.

The payments are processed by a third party, http://www.pay.gov whom I contacted first. On the confirmation screen for the NVC payment system a pay.gov tracking number appears. Calling them they could track the payment. Apparently the payment goes through quite quickly and even though I had them on the phone within 20 minutes, it wasn't soon enough for them to stop it. They told me to contact my bank or the NVC. The number they had for the NVC is the same number that we use to check the automated system. I suppose I'll have to call them once it actually posts to my bank account. I'll check the online system at that time to see if they register it as being paid. Hopefully it will and this won't delay my case. I'm worried that this will not be taken care of by the time the paper IV bill arrives in the mail, in which case attempting this online payment has at least effectively delayed the processing of my case.