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Barcoded Cover Sheet for I-864 (AOS) Form

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Hello VJers,

We are trying to go the "get ahead" route and send in our I-864 forms before getting our "official" barcoded cover sheet. We paid the AOS fee online today, but apparently it says you have to wait for the payment to clear before your coversheet is created. My hubby found this coversheet "cheat" example on "James's Shortcuts" (found here) and I'm trying to find out if this will be accepted by the NVC.

Can anyone confirm that this is okay to use and we can go ahead and send everything for the I-864 in now? Or, if anyone has recently received their barcoded coversheet from the NVC and wouldn't mind posting it here, that would be FANTASTIC!

Thanks,

Jess & Daniel

I-864-Coversheet.doc

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Hello VJers,

We are trying to go the "get ahead" route and send in our I-864 forms before getting our "official" barcoded cover sheet. We paid the AOS fee online today, but apparently it says you have to wait for the payment to clear before your coversheet is created. My hubby found this coversheet "cheat" example on "James's Shortcuts" (found here) and I'm trying to find out if this will be accepted by the NVC.

Can anyone confirm that this is okay to use and we can go ahead and send everything for the I-864 in now? Or, if anyone has recently received their barcoded coversheet from the NVC and wouldn't mind posting it here, that would be FANTASTIC!

Thanks,

Jess & Daniel

It typically only takes three days to when the barcode cover sheet is available after the payment is made, HOWEVER, if you've got any other documents that already have your barcode, I'd use the barcode from that other document instead.

Personally, I'd shy away from the free barcode generator referenced at that link as I just went through it using the steps provided in the cheatsheet and the barcode that's generated is kinda fuzzy (it's a low resolution image).

But that's just me and since I actually waited to make sure that the payment was accepted, I didn't bother searching for other options.

Thanks!

Mike

Relationship Timeline:

07/19/2003 - Met here in the US and just clicked

05/2004 through 08/2009 - many trips back and forth by both of us, phone calls, care packages, etc.

02/14/2008 - Engaged (she was here in the US for Valentines Day so I figured make it official :))

11/21/2009 - Married with a few friends and some family in attendence.

CR1 Timeline:

01/12/2010 - I-130 Packet Sent

<interviening stuff deleted as signature is finite in length>

08/30/2010 - Interview completed, visa granted.

08/31/2010 - Visa in hand!

09/07/2010 - Arriving Seattle.

09/17/2010 - Received SSN.

10/01/2010 - Received green card.

Removal of Conditions:

06/06/2012 - Mailed I-751

06/12/2012 - Got back I-751 as "too early"

06/13/2012 - Re-mailed I-751

06/18/2012 - NOA1

07/13/2012 - Biometrics Appointment letter received (scheduled for 08/06/2012)

08/06/2012 - Biometrics completed.

 
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