Need help: First time applying my parents here.

[L_Lisa 0]

Hi,

I really need help with this because I'm pretty much very confuse with the process/procedures. I'm actually not a petitioner, my sister (an US citizen) is trying to apply a green card for our father.My sister isn't sure what to do some i'm taking the initiative to find info. I've been doing a lot of research but haven't been able to find clear answers.

Hope someone can help me:

so my sister petitioned on October, 2009 and got the notice of action on December, 2009. My dad also received a document that asked him who the "agent" would be. my dad filled and send that form already. After researching, We found out that my sister was suppose to fill out the affidavit of support. so she did last week.

My questions are:

Are there anything else that we're suppose to do? What is the next step?

Also, My sister also petitioned for our brother (unmarried and under 21) to come. we hadn't heard anything from USCIS or NVC? Can anyone explain the procedures for me?

Your help is greatly appreciated,

Lisa

[Darnell 8,479]

If your father got the 'agent of support' set, and the sister the 'affadavit of support' set,

then the casefile is at NVC.

Here's the general stuff about NVC -

DS-230 - http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3190.html

I-864 - http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3730.html

General NVC stuff - http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_1335.html

now - yer sister can call NVC, exchange info with a tele-operator, including EMAIL ADDRESSES on her and the father, and then receive an AOS fee bill via email.

IF she gets that fee bill, via email, it will contain the Invoice Identification Number, and with the

NVC Casenumber (different than the USCIS casenumber, btw) she can log in to the online payment portal, and pay fees online.

The fee payments are tied to 'which set' to send in - here's a BRIEF HOW-TO on that -

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/221785-ds-3032-slowdown/page__view__findpost__p__3560467

Some people want speed at NVC, as well, and follow the shortuts at

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/LingChe_NVC_ShortCut

Your Father can also email in the DS-3032 INFORMATION using a text-based email - see http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/Email_DS-3032_form for the template

Edited May 9, 2010 by Darnell