I-864 AOS Online Payment

[Ije 8]

NVC emailed me the bill for I-864 AOS. I went to the payment portal on the website. It states that it will read "PAID" after 2-3 business days. Does it means that it takes 2-3 business days for the payment to clear through your bank. I thought that once you made the payment, it clears through your bank account right away. Your thoughts.

[TechKing 0]

I just paid mine and it took 1 and half day to change from IN PROCESS to PAID hope this can help u

[Scott & Ale 3]

I just paid mine and it took 1 and half day to change from IN PROCESS to PAID hope this can help u

That is about right, if you get it in there prior to approx 4 PM by around 4 PM the next day it will be changed to paid. It has to go through the ACH (automatic clearing house) which goes overnight and each bank tends to have a cut-off as to when those transactions get picked up and funded. If after 4PM it may take an extra day to clear the bank.

The day you see the money come out of your bank account the NVC will most likely also change the status to paid.

Edited June 27, 2012 by Scott & Ale

[Ije 8]

Thanks for info. I know after the payment is cleared through the bank, NVC will then email me the I-864 package. I have the required information ready. When they email me the information, I have to send it by USPS express mail since Nigeria is not in the opt email countries. Please clarify.

[Iryna 0]

After the status changes to PAID send your affidavit of support package right away, do not wait for nvc to send you an email, you would just be loosing time! Make sure you write the cover letter and print out the bar coded sheet from the online payment page. Here is the link

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_bring_your_foreign_spouse_to_live_in_the_US#Step_2_.E2.80.93_Choice_of_Agent_Form_.28DS-3032.29_Generation_.26_I-864_Fee_Invoicing

I did the choice of agent by email last Friday and did not get any response from NVC. Do they tell you if it's been accepted? Please let me know if you herd something from them regarding that. Thanks

Thanks for info. I know after the payment is cleared through the bank, NVC will then email me the I-864 package. I have the required information ready. When they email me the information, I have to send it by USPS express mail since Nigeria is not in the opt email countries. Please clarify.

[Scott & Ale 3]

After the status changes to PAID send your affidavit of support package right away, do not wait for nvc to send you an email, you would just be loosing time! Make sure you write the cover letter and print out the bar coded sheet from the online payment page. Here is the link

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_bring_your_foreign_spouse_to_live_in_the_US#Step_2_.E2.80.93_Choice_of_Agent_Form_.28DS-3032.29_Generation_.26_I-864_Fee_Invoicing

I did the choice of agent by email last Friday and did not get any response from NVC. Do they tell you if it's been accepted? Please let me know if you herd something from them regarding that. Thanks

When they accepted that is when I received the IV invoice. It took nearly 3 weeks in our case and when calling the NVC they kept saying that we needed to wait 20 business days prior to calling. In fack I even received an RFE for it during that time. I suggest doing both the on-line DS-261 and e-mailing the DS-3032 as I saw some people on this site doing that as well.