Stupid question on Jame's Barcode Shortcuts

[Looking4Wife 0]

I think I know the answer, but I need to be sure...

When James first mentions creating your own barcode, its for the DS-3032. In this instruction he says:

Type in the case number under "Data to encode."

In subsequent barcode creation instructions, unless I overlooked it, he doesn't mention what barcode number you are creating.

For those of you who are creating barcodes, am I to presume the ONLY barcode you create is ALWAYS for your case number?

Or are there ever any other barcode numbers that you need to create?

[girl 37 7]

The barcode is for your case number: three letters followed by 10 digits.

[simple_male 1]

I think I know the answer, but I need to be sure...

When James first mentions creating your own barcode, its for the DS-3032. In this instruction he says:

Type in the case number under "Data to encode."

In subsequent barcode creation instructions, unless I overlooked it, he doesn't mention what barcode number you are creating.

For those of you who are creating barcodes, am I to presume the ONLY barcode you create is ALWAYS for your case number?

Or are there ever any other barcode numbers that you need to create?

Yes, that is your case number which should start with 3-digit letters followed by a 10-digit number without and space, dash in between. The 3-digit letters stand for the consulate. Example: MNL2006123456 where MNL is Manila, Philippines.

[Looking4Wife 0]

I think I know the answer, but I need to be sure...

When James first mentions creating your own barcode, its for the DS-3032. In this instruction he says:

Type in the case number under "Data to encode."

In subsequent barcode creation instructions, unless I overlooked it, he doesn't mention what barcode number you are creating.

For those of you who are creating barcodes, am I to presume the ONLY barcode you create is ALWAYS for your case number?

Or are there ever any other barcode numbers that you need to create?

Yes, that is your case number which should start with 3-digit letters followed by a 10-digit number without and space, dash in between. The 3-digit letters stand for the consulate. Example: MNL2006123456 where MNL is Manila, Philippines.

Scanning the Receipt numbers from the link below, it appears that the 3-digit letters may be more a function of the service center rather than the consulate... or am I missing something...?

http://www.***removed***/tracker/citizenship.do

[Yodrak 7]

Looking4Wife,

The USCIS and the DoS each assign their own 'case numbers'. The USCIS number starts with a reference the Service Center that processes the petition and the DoS number starts with a reference to the consulate that processes the visa application. (In addition, the USCIS also assigns an A# that they use to tie all of an alien's petitions and applications together throughout the immigration and naturalization processes.)

I don't know which number goes into the DoS barcode (haven't looked through James' material for quite some time).

Yodrak

Scanning the Receipt numbers from the link below, it appears that the 3-digit letters may be more a function of the service center rather than the consulate... or am I missing something...?

http://www.***removed***/tracker/citizenship.do

Edited July 28, 2006 by Yodrak

[aussiewench 9]

I think I know the answer, but I need to be sure...

When James first mentions creating your own barcode, its for the DS-3032. In this instruction he says:

Type in the case number under "Data to encode."

In subsequent barcode creation instructions, unless I overlooked it, he doesn't mention what barcode number you are creating.

For those of you who are creating barcodes, am I to presume the ONLY barcode you create is ALWAYS for your case number?

Or are there ever any other barcode numbers that you need to create?

Yes, that is your case number which should start with 3-digit letters followed by a 10-digit number without and space, dash in between. The 3-digit letters stand for the consulate. Example: MNL2006123456 where MNL is Manila, Philippines.

Scanning the Receipt numbers from the link below, it appears that the 3-digit letters may be more a function of the service center rather than the consulate... or am I missing something...?

http://www.***removed***/tracker/citizenship.do

Have you been assigned a case number from NVC yet? As in Yodrak's post, the service center receipt number and the case number assigned by NVC are two seperate numbers for two seperate purposes. It is the NVC case number that is used in the barcoded sheets and anything to do with NVC and the consulate. The only time a service center receipt number can be used when it comes to NVC is when accessing information eg from the NVC automated phone service.

[simple_male 1]

Lookingforwife,

On DS 3032, you need to enter the case number that was assigned by the NVC. We already discussed the format of the NVC's case number. However, you can take care of the DS 3032 (Choice of Agent) issue by emailing NVC. The beneficiary can email the NVC only after the DS 3032 is generated by NVC. Please let me know, if you need further information regarding emailing choice of agent. By the way, during the NVC process, you always enter the case number assigned by NVC. In fact, the US Embassy will also use NVC case number as a point of reference.

[Looking4Wife 0]

Aussiewench, Yodrak, Simple_Male:

Thanks for straightening me out on the difference between the USCIS "Receipt Number" and the NVC "Case Number".

Sometimes when reading through the plethora of information, I begin to think of them as one and the same and, as you guys pointed out, they are not.

Thanks Again!