IV Fee still not invoiced?

[Somedaysoon 0]

My husband e-mailed his DS-3032. We recieved an e-mail back from the nvc stating they have recieved and accepted his choice of agent the 5th of this month. It has now been 7 buisness days later and still no IV fee invoiced. Seems to me that everyone's timeline states they recieved their invoice for their fee within the very next day of that e-mail. So i called the NVC and asked how long this normally takes, and the lady on the phone told me 5-10 buisness days. I know it hasn't been 10 days but it's starting to concern me seeing as how when we sign into our payment portal it just says "$0.00" instead of "not invoiced." With our AOS it first said "$0.00" then later changed to "not invoiced" before we recieved a payment. I feel like 7 days later and nothing has even changed. Has this happened to anyone else? Or are we just the "lucky" ones... Thanks (:

[Jessica1972 0]

When I phoned the NVC about this, they informed me it takes them 20 business days to enter the choice of agent into the system. They mentioned they get hundreds of e-mails a day and that 20 days is the amount of time it takes to process an e-mail.

[Somedaysoon 0]

When I phoned the NVC about this, they informed me it takes them 20 business days to enter the choice of agent into the system. They mentioned they get hundreds of e-mails a day and that 20 days is the amount of time it takes to process an e-mail.

Thanks so much for the reply! You are talking about after they receive your choice of agent and send you and e-mail that they have right? Then it takes another 20 days to invoice our IV Fee? That's so strange that many people get theirs in a couple of days- some even the next day of their e-mail. When i called she told me 5-10 days. I don't understand it, perhaps they are just really busy right now. I will give them another call after 10 days is up to see what they say.

[Darnell 8,478]

when calling in again, i would ask this :

--has the ds-3032 been added to the casefile, or no? if yes

--what day was the ds-3032 added to the casefile ?

then compute any calendar math based on that date.

Go Get Em, and Good Luck !

[green-world2012 1]

Is IV Fee required to process the DS230 only?

[NikLR 13,227]

The IV fee is to process the IV package which includes the ds-230. The AOS fee is to process the AOS package(s).

[green-world2012 1]

Does a separate Invoice ID get generated for IV like it is for AOS?

Only then IV can be paid using the Invoice ID meant for IV?

[NikLR 13,227]

What do you mean? You use the same case number and invoice identification number to login to the payment portal for both invoices. Each invoice, however, creates it's own bar coded cover document that you send with it's respective package.

[Somedaysoon 0]

when calling in again, i would ask this :

--has the ds-3032 been added to the casefile, or no? if yes

--what day was the ds-3032 added to the casefile ?

then compute any calendar math based on that date.

Go Get Em, and Good Luck !

Thanks so much for the reply! I will be sure to ask those questions when i call again, although i hope i wont have to because this coming wednesday will be our 10 business day mark. The operator i called told me it could take between 5-10 business days. So i am hoping it gets invoiced before then. (:

[xeon 1]

So, any news on your IV Application fee? We are in the same situation. That's been more than week since we did not receive the IV Application fee! Logging on to the system to pay, it shows that AOS is paid but the IV remains inactive/inaccessible...

[G & V 3]

So, any news on your IV Application fee? We are in the same situation. That's been more than week since we did not receive the IV Application fee! Logging on to the system to pay, it shows that AOS is paid but the IV remains inactive/inaccessible...

It took slightly over 1 month between the time we submitted the DS-261 and the IV fee becoming available (submitted DS-261 on 9/8, IV fee was available on 10/11). That was with checking the site every day and calling several times over the course of the month. No one on the phone took any action until after the 30 day mark at which point the rep on the phone submitted the issue (that it was taking so long) for review. A few days after that the fee was available.

When I called within 10 days of submitting the 261, they said it would take 10 business days. When I called after 10 business days, they said it would take 20 business days. Maybe 20 days or more is the norm now, I don't know, but if you hit the 20 business day mark and still have not been invoiced, I suggest calling often - maybe eventually you'll get a rep that actually does his job like the one that helped me.

[NikLR 13,227]

it takes up to 30 business days.. give it that much time.

[xeon 1]

Thank you, guys! I will keep checking the status and if it is not showing as available, we will call every few days.

[*Milly* 3]

Thank you, guys! I will keep checking the status and if it is not showing as available, we will call every few days.

Same thing happens to us.

Calling doesnt help unfortunately

They accepted our DS 261 after 24 days then IV fee became available online

Now it takes more than 20 days

Just wait

[xeon 1]

Followup : we called today and found out that our AOS was recently received and entered into the system (processing will take couple of weeks more) and that DS-261 form has been entered into the system as well. What concerns the DS-261 form and the invoice letter, they said it should be sent in 3-5 days. For the latter, I suppose that the payment option will be available in 3-5 days since we don't really need that letter to pay that fee. Am I right? As long as we have the NVC number and the IIN number, once that fee is payable, we can pay it without that letter...