Need help with ONLINE NVC procedures

[luckymom 0]

My new husband (American) and I (Filipino) are trying to get my 2 boys here from the Philippines, so my husband has petitioned them as IR-1. We are done with USCIS (their I-130's were approved and handed to the NVC), and we received bills for both IV and AOS. We paid the bills online and read that it would take 2 or 3 days before we were ready for the next step. To our surprise our accounts were marked as "paid" the very next day! We have several questions:

1. We were only allowed to pay ONE $70 AOS fee for BOTH boys...Is this correct?? We had assumed that we would have to pay $70 for EACH boy.

2. Now that all fees are marked as "paid", can we submit the I-864's and DS-230's for the boys? Or do we have to wait for some other notice from the NVC before we can submit the completed forms?

3. Should we submit ALL documents TOGETHER (I-864 and cover sheet, financial support documents, DS-230 and cover sheet, 2" X 2" pictures, police report, birth certificate, and passport copy) for each boy in one envelope? That is, we plan on sending all of the above listed documents in 2 envelopes, one for each boy.

4. Can we sign the DS-230's for the boys or do we have to send them to the Philippines to have them sign the documents (one boy is 13 and the other is 18)?

Thanks in advance for your help.

[TVN 0]

My new husband (American) and I (Filipino) are trying to get my 2 boys here from the Philippines, so my husband has petitioned them as IR-1. We are done with USCIS (their I-130's were approved and handed to the NVC), and we received bills for both IV and AOS. We paid the bills online and read that it would take 2 or 3 days before we were ready for the next step. To our surprise our accounts were marked as "paid" the very next day! We have several questions:

1. We were only allowed to pay ONE $70 AOS fee for BOTH boys...Is this correct?? We had assumed that we would have to pay $70 for EACH boy.

2. Now that all fees are marked as "paid", can we submit the I-864's and DS-230's for the boys? Or do we have to wait for some other notice from the NVC before we can submit the completed forms?

3. Should we submit ALL documents TOGETHER (I-864 and cover sheet, financial support documents, DS-230 and cover sheet, 2" X 2" pictures, police report, birth certificate, and passport copy) for each boy in one envelope? That is, we plan on sending all of the above listed documents in 2 envelopes, one for each boy.

4. Can we sign the DS-230's for the boys or do we have to send them to the Philippines to have them sign the documents (one boy is 13 and the other is 18)?

Thanks in advance for your help.

1. I believe you pay ONE $70 AOS fee for BOTH boys since both cases are related (family). Once paid, you'd better

go online to check if the payment status are marked as PAID. If you're not sure, you can call NVC to find out

2. Once status change to paid, you can submit I-864 for the boys. Be very careful with the form you sent.

Last time I sent I-864 form for my wife, another I-864 for my son. Then I got RFE, NVN requested to send

I-864W for my boy (exemption something). Check & double check or even call NVC or ask info from similar case

you're not sure. This will cost you a month if getting RFE

3. DS-230: a choice of agent form needs to be sent to NVC either via mail or email. The form of choice should be

sent to you. You can send an email to NVC for your choice of agent.

Once NVC confirm they get your choice of agent (probably you select your husband).

A bill is generated at NVC. You or your husband can pay it online as well.

Once paid, you can fill DS-230 form, sign Part I of DS-230 and send to your husband (do not sign part II), together with pictures, police record (applied for those who is older than 16)

Your husband will put everything together then send to NVC

Be careful with filling DS-230: Filling the current date as "PRESENT" at the box you have to list from what date to what date you are living at your current address. This is the most RFE.

4. Boy 19 sign the document . His record police in Philippines should be obtained and sent along. He needs to sign the form DS-230. The boy 16 , you sign for him, no police record is needed. Again, do not sign part II since it will be signed at the interview

Good luck

[MumtazG38 1]

My new husband (American) and I (Filipino) are trying to get my 2 boys here from the Philippines, so my husband has petitioned them as IR-1. We are done with USCIS (their I-130's were approved and handed to the NVC), and we received bills for both IV and AOS. We paid the bills online and read that it would take 2 or 3 days before we were ready for the next step. To our surprise our accounts were marked as "paid" the very next day! We have several questions:

1. We were only allowed to pay ONE $70 AOS fee for BOTH boys...Is this correct?? We had assumed that we would have to pay $70 for EACH boy.

2. Now that all fees are marked as "paid", can we submit the I-864's and DS-230's for the boys? Or do we have to wait for some other notice from the NVC before we can submit the completed forms?

3. Should we submit ALL documents TOGETHER (I-864 and cover sheet, financial support documents, DS-230 and cover sheet, 2" X 2" pictures, police report, birth certificate, and passport copy) for each boy in one envelope? That is, we plan on sending all of the above listed documents in 2 envelopes, one for each boy.

4. Can we sign the DS-230's for the boys or do we have to send them to the Philippines to have them sign the documents (one boy is 13 and the other is 18)?

Thanks in advance for your help.

1. I believe you pay ONE $70 AOS fee for BOTH boys since both cases are related (family). Once paid, you'd better

go online to check if the payment status are marked as PAID. If you're not sure, you can call NVC to find out

2. Once status change to paid, you can submit I-864 for the boys. Be very careful with the form you sent.

Last time I sent I-864 form for my wife, another I-864 for my son. Then I got RFE, NVN requested to send

I-864W for my boy (exemption something). Check & double check or even call NVC or ask info from similar case

you're not sure. This will cost you a month if getting RFE

3. DS-230: a choice of agent form needs to be sent to NVC either via mail or email. The form of choice should be

sent to you. You can send an email to NVC for your choice of agent.

Once NVC confirm they get your choice of agent (probably you select your husband).

A bill is generated at NVC. You or your husband can pay it online as well.

Once paid, you can fill DS-230 form, sign Part I of DS-230 and send to your husband (do not sign part II), together with pictures, police record (applied for those who is older than 16)

Your husband will put everything together then send to NVC

Be careful with filling DS-230: Filling the current date as "PRESENT" at the box you have to list from what date to what date you are living at your current address. This is the most RFE.

4. Boy 19 sign the document . His record police in Philippines should be obtained and sent along. He needs to sign the form DS-230. The boy 16 , you sign for him, no police record is needed. Again, do not sign part II since it will be signed at the interview

Good luck

Could you please explain what you mean in this sentence? If we don't list the current/present date, then which date to we list???

[brnidokiegurl 0]

time u have lived at a certain location example one year Jan 15 2008 until present (today) meaning u still live there

Edited January 16, 2009 by brnidokiegurl

[luckymom 0]

Thanks to everyone for your replies...

Be careful with filling DS-230: Filling the current date as "PRESENT" at the box you have to list from what date to what date you are living at your current address. This is the most RFE.

This confuses me as well. The downloadable DS-230 form is in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format and the cells for the dates have all been formatted to accept ONLY dates listed as mm-yyyy. If you try to enter the word "PRESENT" Acrobat will give you an error message and leave the field blank. The only way to enter the word "PRESENT" is to hand write it.

Once status change to paid, you can submit I-864 for the boys.

I don't think my original questions were as clear as I would have liked. We have paid BOTH fees at the same time - the AOS fee ($70) and 2 separate IV fees ($400 for each boy - $800 total) - all paid online in five minutes. ALL fees are now marked paid. My question is, should I now submit both DS-230 and I-864 (and supporting documents) ALL AT THE SAME TIME IN THE SAME ENVELOPE?

Then I got RFE, NVN requested to send

I-864W for my boy (exemption something). Check & double check or even call NVC or ask info from similar case

you're not sure.

Hmmmm...We will look into that! We have filled out the standard I-864, one for each of the boys and supplied supporting financial documents. The I-864W looks interesting:

1. My husband is a U.S. citizen (though the biological father is Filipino).

2. The child is under 18 years of age.

3. The child will be residing in the US permanently in the legal and physical custody of the US parent (me - though I am only a resident alien at this point in time).

Does this qualify us to use form I-864W?

[luckymom 0]

I guess that there's not much of you has the same case as mine. Finally, we received my 18 year old sons NBI (National Bureau of Investigation) clearance and the DS-230 that he signed together with their 2x2 pictures. I didn't realized that they are that big now (I didn't see them for almost 18 months now). We submitted the DS-230 and the the I-864 with all the the documents needed (originals and photocopies) last January 20 via overnight mail.

If anyone of you who has the same case please feel free to respond or comment. I miss my kids so much now and I want their papers to be done the soonest possible time (I pray for no RFE's). To all my fellow mothers (Filipinos or not) if its not too much of me asking I want to hear from you all.

My best regards to all VJ members. Can someone advise me the next possible step, my kids are IR-2 by the way if I'm not mistaken.

[luckymom 0]

Its the fourth day since we filed my husband petition for my two boys. I just want to know in advance (if you VJ members won't mind) if by chance we will have an RFE, how long we will know that. Is there a possibility that we can call them by Wednesday next and we will know the status (if there is an RFE) from a live operator?

Thank you for your time reading (to all who want to make comments) I would be thankful. :dance: