I-130 Progress list

[Raj456 0]

Joevilla,

The way it works when both the cases are processed together is when we pay the AOS fee for one parent then it will show as Paid for other parent and it should work the same way. When you login into the payment site using your Dad's AOS Invoice Number and Case Number does it say the status as PAID or is it letting you to pay the $70.

I would advise you to contact NVC if the status for your Dad is not PAID for AOS Fee $70. You have to pay only once for both the parents.

Sorry not able to help much...Good Luck! Thanks, Raj

Hi all,

I have a question both my parents have now been approved and I paid the AOS $70 for mom last week and now i have the the bill for my father. Do i need to pay it or I thought some where here I read that I only pay it once for bith parents? Can someone please help with this and tell me if I don't have to pay a second time, how do i do it to link both cases together.

[Emma_31 0]

Has anyone with a recent NOA2 had luck with NVC, getting a case number?

I called yesterday and a rude lady told me to wait 90 days from NOA2 date before I call Of course, I'm not listening to her, but she was quite rude.

[Clarax 0]

Hi,

I just called and got mine today. You have to use the automated service to obtain the case number and then when you get that you have to call back and speak to a real person and register the email addresses with the case number.

For the automated system

Press #2, then #1 for English , then #1. You will need your NOA receipt #. Follow the rest of the instructions.

When you call to register your email address you will need to know the NVC case number, the petitioner's date of birth and full name and then the petitioner's full name and date of birth.

Hope this helps

Clara

[Richard-UK 2]

Hi,

I just called and got mine today. You have to use the automated service to obtain the case number and then when you get that you have to call back and speak to a real person and register the email addresses with the case number.

For the automated system

Press #2, then #1 for English , then #1. You will need your NOA receipt #. Follow the rest of the instructions.

When you call to register your email address you will need to know the NVC case number, the petitioner's date of birth and full name and then the petitioner's full name and date of birth.

Hope this helps

Clara

Great news Clara

Things move very quickly now!

Best wishes

Richard

[Clarax 0]

Thanks Richard. I just emailed you!!

[Emma_31 0]

Hi,

I just called and got mine today. You have to use the automated service to obtain the case number and then when you get that you have to call back and speak to a real person and register the email addresses with the case number.

For the automated system

Press #2, then #1 for English , then #1. You will need your NOA receipt #. Follow the rest of the instructions.

When you call to register your email address you will need to know the NVC case number, the petitioner's date of birth and full name and then the petitioner's full name and date of birth.

Hope this helps

Clara

Thanks Clara,

I didn't realize i can obtain case no. via automated system.

[Emma_31 0]

Yee-pee

Just got NVC case number and registered emails. Thanks Clara for clarifying this for me.

[vega1x1 0]

Called in to check if they had received the paperwork i sent. AR says "checklist response received" what does this mean? They have received my paperwork or they have received my paperwork and it is complete and now they are reviewing it?

[Joevilla 0]

Joevilla,

The way it works when both the cases are processed together is when we pay the AOS fee for one parent then it will show as Paid for other parent and it should work the same way. When you login into the payment site using your Dad's AOS Invoice Number and Case Number does it say the status as PAID or is it letting you to pay the $70.

I would advise you to contact NVC if the status for your Dad is not PAID for AOS Fee $70. You have to pay only once for both the parents.

Sorry not able to help much...Good Luck! Thanks, Raj

Thanks Raj456 for your answer. My fathers case shows not paid, so I will call NVC and see what I need to do to link both cases.

[Joevilla 0]

you have to pay AOS just one and if you login with another case it will show you paid with related case. IV bill ($400) you have to pay seperate. Once you received email about it after submitting AOS packet.

Hope this will help. Good luck.

Thanks for all your help.

[Raj456 0]

Means they received DS-230 documents ( entered in their system ) and will review them soon....Check my signature for the details....mine took a little bit of time but your login to the payment site should fail soon........and after the login fails...in a day or two your CASE will be completed at NVC.

Good Luck! Thanks, Raj

Called in to check if they had received the paperwork i sent. AR says "checklist response received" what does this mean? They have received my paperwork or they have received my paperwork and it is complete and now they are reviewing it?

[rhowin 0]

Please update: Received approval via email for father on 02/19...NOA2 sent on 02/18 & for mother on 02/22...NOA2 sent on 02/19. YAY!

[at09 0]

Called in to check if they had received the paperwork i sent. AR says "checklist response received" what does this mean? They have received my paperwork or they have received my paperwork and it is complete and now they are reviewing it?

Hi vega11,

Could you please tell me what did you send to nvc in your IV package? I filled for my wife and will need to send all the document too.

Thans

[Emma_31 0]

I have received emails for AOS fee and DS-3032.

Paid AOS fee and emailed DS-3032. I want to send DS-3032 via snail mail too. Is signed and scanned copy of DS-3032 acceptable? My mom has already mailed me one, but I have just realized I have my old address in it (she sent it before we moved to our new place) . What a bummer.

Thanks,

[vega1x1 0]

Hi vega11,

Could you please tell me what did you send to nvc in your IV package? I filled for my wife and will need to send all the document too.

Thans

Following is a list of what should be COMMON in our cases and some help on where to get the docs from in PK. THIS NOT THE COMPLETE LIST OF STUFF YOU WILL NEED TO SEND!!!. You will need other things like the nikah nama (translated in English and certified somehow) etc. Please check with other people on the forum to find out what you will need in addition to the following.

1. Cover page printed out from the NVC site after you have paid your IV bill.

2. Your own cover letter listing the contents of the entire IV package so that the docs are easy to find for the reviewer.

3: Form DS-230 with part I and II complete but with part I signed only. Do not sign part 2. You will need to fill it out and then send this to her by mail and get her to sign it and return it to you.

4. Copy of Applicant’s passport (Biographic Pages). Make sure it is not expiring any time soon. If it is, might as well get a new one while you work on getting other docs done.

5. Applicant’s original birth certificate in English or translated and certified in English. Make sure she has both her parent's name on it.

6. Applicant’s original police clearance certificates(sometimes they call them character certificates) from each police station under who's area she has lived since her age was 16 AND lived there for more than 6 months, including foreign countries. Pain to get, especially if your wife lived in a smaller city since she was 16. I think the way the process works is that you have to go to each local police station and get the form filled out( The local stations should have the forms if not, get them from the SP's office) and then take it to the SP's office and get it stamped. If she lived in the same district but in different places you will need a form done from each address she lived at and then take all of them to the sp's office to get them stamped. The big problem ofcourse is getting the "Thula's" to do something on time) .Another tricky part is that these certificates are valid for 2 to 3 months. you want to get them quick but you don't want to get them too early!. These could take anywhere from 3 days to 2-3 weeks. lots of pleading, begging the thula's to sign and stamp them as you can probably guess...

7. Copy of Petitioner’s US passport (Biographic page)

8: Petitioner’s original birth certificate. if you have one from pk, you will have to make sure it is in english or its translated and certified. Otherwise, the easiest way to get it is through the nearest pk consulate in US. costs like 10 bucks. tell them to make you a couple of copies. take cash with you they only accept money orders and they have western union money order service at the consulate (atleast the one in ny does). Be ready to spend the whole day there if you don't live close to the city with a consulate. You go in and submit the form by 11:00 AM and then come back @ 4 PM to pick it up. take your pakistani passport with you). Make sure you have both parents name on it.

You can do it by mail but i'd rather go in and get it done instead of expecting them to send it back in time by mail.

9: Three photograph’s of the applicant. (2 required i sent one extra. Call the US embassy in PK and ask them where to get the photo's done from and then get them done from their suggested location)

Send a copy SET of all the docs you send to them. that is a requirement.

Good luck!