HELP! Just received email with enclosed DS-3032 - Do I opt in to EP now?

[shira 4]

Just double-checking.

Two days ago, my (Chinese) wife's NVC number was assigned, and I gave the NVC our email addresses. Just in the last hour, I received an email from NVC containing the DS-3032 form. At the start of February, I had my wife sign/date a DS-3032 (the date is February 4; is that too long ago?). Assuming the filled-in DS-3032 is okay, is now the time I send an email with the attached filled-in DS-3032 AND OPTIN to electronic Processing in the same Email?

I know that sending the OPTIN too soon is very bad for GUANGZHOU, so I'm double checking.

Edit: I received the AOS Invoice email 10 minutes after the DS-3032 invoice.

Thanks!

Edited February 28, 2013 by shira

[dwheels76 5,468]

Just double-checking.

Two days ago, my (Chinese) wife's NVC number was assigned, and I gave the NVC our email addresses. Just in the last hour, I received an email from NVC containing the DS-3032 form. At the start of February, I had my wife sign/date a DS-3032 (the date is February 4; is that too long ago?). Assuming the filled-in DS-3032 is okay, is now the time I send an email with the attached filled-in DS-3032 AND OPTIN to electronic Processing in the same Email?

I know that sending the OPTIN too soon is very bad for GUANGZHOU, so I'm double checking.

Thanks!

Come on over to the NVC filers thread very good knowledgable folk there. Also read post #1 and #2. Your answers could be there.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/417050-nvc-filers-march-2013/

[unlockingsky 94]

If you are trying to OPT IN - then the DS-3032 has to be signed by the foreign spouse, and sent to NVCElectronic@state.gov from foreign spouse's email, along with the biodata in the body of the email, AND (GASP ) the PROPER SUBJECT LINE. There's an email scanning system in place at that email address - so if 'OPTIN' is NOT in the first 5 characters of the subject line, a human will catch it 5 or 10 days later.

Then ya wait. Bug NVC about 7 to 10 business days later, via telephone, about shifting to NVC Electronic Processing. The NVC Tele-Operators are brain-dead - trained to listen for 'DS-3032' and know NOTHING about the electronic processing system (but they are totally coachable, if you know what to say to them ).

If you get any initial emails about paying stuff ONLINE, note it'll get paid on the old (i.e. GUZ) case number - but don't sweat it - the contractors at NVC will rehome the data / fees from the GUZ case to the newly created GZO case number.

If you call in to NVC, to get your GUZ case number, the Tele-Operators are trained (for paper processing ) to send you a DS-3032 kit. This kit consists of a non-fillable DS-3032 in PDF format, a fee bill for 70 bucks, and a barcode thing. IT'S OK TO PAY THIS BILL ONLINE, but do not do anything with the DS-3032 that you receive. It's the wrong one.

Source: http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Electronic_Processing#Speedbumps_on_OPTING_IN_and_Converting_from_Paper_to_Electronic

[shira 4]

If you are trying to OPT IN - then the DS-3032 has to be signed by the foreign spouse, and sent to NVCElectronic@state.gov from foreign spouse's email, along with the biodata in the body of the email, AND (GASP ) the PROPER SUBJECT LINE. There's an email scanning system in place at that email address - so if 'OPTIN' is NOT in the first 5 characters of the subject line, a human will catch it 5 or 10 days later.

Then ya wait. Bug NVC about 7 to 10 business days later, via telephone, about shifting to NVC Electronic Processing. The NVC Tele-Operators are brain-dead - trained to listen for 'DS-3032' and know NOTHING about the electronic processing system (but they are totally coachable, if you know what to say to them ).

If you get any initial emails about paying stuff ONLINE, note it'll get paid on the old (i.e. GUZ) case number - but don't sweat it - the contractors at NVC will rehome the data / fees from the GUZ case to the newly created GZO case number.

If you call in to NVC, to get your GUZ case number, the Tele-Operators are trained (for paper processing ) to send you a DS-3032 kit. This kit consists of a non-fillable DS-3032 in PDF format, a fee bill for 70 bucks, and a barcode thing. IT'S OK TO PAY THIS BILL ONLINE, but do not do anything with the DS-3032 that you receive. It's the wrong one.

Source: http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Electronic_Processing#Speedbumps_on_OPTING_IN_and_Converting_from_Paper_to_Electronic

Thanks for the response. I sent the OPTIN email early this morning, but from my own email address. I've asked every NVC person I've spoken with whether it matters if the DS-3032 is attached to an email from my or my wife's email address, and every single one has essentially told me that it doesn't matter, as long as the form is filled out correctly and signed/dated by the beneficiary.

[Ryan H 3,812]

from foreign spouse's email, c

That is no longer correct, see my response to the OP.

I sent the OPTIN email early this morning, but from my own email address.

When I sent the OPTIN, I sent it from my own email address. You are good in this regard.

[unlockingsky 94]

That is no longer correct, see my response to the OP.

When I sent the OPTIN, I sent it from my own email address. You are good in this regard.

thank you ryan, i had done that a year ago and gotten no issue.