NVC April 2010 Edition!

[sachinky 465]

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/Email_DS-3032_form

Here's the link to the DS3032.

[darkangel1215 4]

We are planning on bying hubby's tickets to US in about a week or two. Getting excited!

33 days left!!!

wow! cant believe after this process we will be with our hubby's!

Cheers wifey! :dance: :dance:

[RyannTanya 2]

Guys.. I finally sent our DS-230 packet to NVC. Our original documents were lost in the mail for over a month and luckily found two days ago. Now hoping for a case complete soon.

[sachinky 465]

That's great news! When's NVC expected to receive it?

[RyannTanya 2]

That's great news! When's NVC expected to receive it?

I overnighted it. So they will receive it tomorrow.

[Cixelsyd 1]

Up until this point, I've been lurking this thread.

But now all I have left is to wait for the NVC to get this thing moving along.

So if you're if you're one of the April NVC stragglers, you're not alone.

[Raluca805 1]

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/Email_DS-3032_form

Here's the link to the DS3032.

Thank you very much Sachi , you are so helpful.My husband paid the $70 fee today and i sent an email to NVC, pointing them my husband as my choice of agent.I got an auto response from NVC, stating that they received my email.When do you think that they will show our fee as paid and what should I expect next?Thank you all so much !!

[TheBears 9]

Good morning, everyone! No news yet. Husby still hasn't gone for his medical, even though he said he would. He has, however, received the 20 pounds of evidence I sent him. For some reason, he absolutely had to go over it all at 3 AM my time instead of waiting for when I called him the next day during an hour that's decent for both of us. And then he goes "Honey, I can't understand you. You're mumbling." Well, yeah! Hehe.

Things I've learned dealing with RFE's:

1.The Italian post office will not sell you stamps if they have already asked someone to go get them, which means you have to go to

the Tabbachi shops, who sometimes have them.

2.Nobody at the bank, the post office, Western Union or the other bank in Italy have ever heard of a cashier's check/money order/bank draft. If you need one of these in Italy they are called Assegno Circolare. (We need one in UK Pounds for the UK PCC). We're even considering having my parents bring one over from the states next week...

3.Expedited mail to the Maldives from Italy takes over 7 days and cost 40E (We chanced it with the cheaper version).

4.Somehow my husband original birth certificate (from Libya) is in Livorno - they actually requested that coins be taped to paper and mailed to them for the .70E fee.

5.Being with family and eating gelato makes up for all these other things.

The things you learn going through this...

And isn't it amazing how difficult it can be to find a bank draft? Husby tried to get one in AUS dollars for his Australian PCC. It took him a week and a half of talking to his bank.

Guys.. I finally sent our DS-230 packet to NVC. Our original documents were lost in the mail for over a month and luckily found two days ago. Now hoping for a case complete soon.

Yay! Good luck! LIF during the first week in May and you'll be just in time for a June interview.

Up until this point, I've been lurking this thread.

But now all I have left is to wait for the NVC to get this thing moving along.

So if you're if you're one of the April NVC stragglers, you're not alone.

Good luck! And no need to lurk. We're a nice, if somewhat frustrated, bunch.

[Deep2009 18]

Please note -- The latest DS230 form has 02-2010 at the left hand bottom corner of the form.

It's expiry date is 2012 but you need to use this version of the form.

Does anyone has the save enabled DS230 form or a link to it that Sachinky has mentioned here.

I have to use this new form now.

PLEASE HELP

[Deep2009 18]

Please note -- The latest DS230 form has 02-2010 at the left hand bottom corner of the form.

It's expiry date is 2012 but you need to use this version of the form.

Does anyone has the save enabled DS230 form or a link to it that Sachinky has mentioned here.

I have to use this new form now.

(DS230, we have filled has 05-2009 at the left hand bottom corner of the form.)

PLEASE HELP

[TheBears 9]

Deep, try using a PDF reader that will allow you to save changes. CutePDF and PDF-Viewer are two good ones. Google them. They're free.

Here's the new DS-230: http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/81807.pdf

Edited April 22, 2010 by TheBears

[deepdawg 3]

Does anyone has the save enabled DS230 form or a link to it that Sachinky has mentioned here.

I have to use this new form now.

(DS230, we have filled has 05-2009 at the left hand bottom corner of the form.)

PLEASE HELP

FoxIt reader worked well for me for saving data in the PDf forms... Try that out!

[Cixelsyd 1]

Does anyone has the save enabled DS230 form or a link to it that Sachinky has mentioned here.

I have to use this new form now.

(DS230, we have filled has 05-2009 at the left hand bottom corner of the form.)

PLEASE HELP

I don't know of any save-enabled version out there. Or at least I wasn't able to find one.

There is a program which will sort of let you save locked PDF files (which I used for exactly this).

Basically you fill out the DS-230 as normal and then (using this program) you select print and it creates a PDF file with everything you filled out.

You won't be able to edit the answers after you do this, but at least you can fill it out and e-mail it to your S.O. if need be.

It's really easy, but let me know if you have any problems.

This is the updated form:

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/81807.pdf

This is where you download the PDF add on.

http://download.cnet.com/CutePDF-Writer/3000-6675_4-10206470.html

(Doh, looks like someone beat me to it)

Edited April 22, 2010 by Cixelsyd

[sachinky 465]

List of VJers waiting for a SIF/CC. Updated by the date on which NVC received their last package. Please use the most current list, arranged chronologically:

(04/07/2010) -- AllyandMoh

(04/12/2010) -- LA&MA, Cixelsyd

(04/14/2010) -- Love Rani

(04/15/2010) -- Deb+Steve

(04/16/2010) -- SeanJohn

(04/19/2010) -- Vanessa1

(04/23/2010) -- RyannTanya

[TheBears 9]

Nice flags, Sachi.