NVC Filers - April 2014

[etrangais 947]

I paid my IV fees on 21-Apr and it still shows IN PROCESS as of today.

I called NVC about it and guess what?

They asked me to send an email to NVCInquiry@state.gov explaining the issue and attach a screen shot of my bank transaction to show the fee cleared my account.

I was like seriously? an email to NVCInquiry@state.gov will take a month to be responded to. The lady was like no, it should be quick and she laughed.

I have a bad feeling about this. Hopefully this will not end in a nightmare.

[doctorwho 6]

Has anyone with a NVC case receive date 3/19 or later, or case assignment date of 4/18 or later been able to pay aos bill or fill ds-261 yet? i saw benipals and Arriana were able to fill them in.

NVC case receive date 3/18 , and we got cae # and IIN # date of 4/18 by phone but still not been able to pay aos bill or fill ds-261 yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[savanp90 7]

I paid my IV fees on 21-Apr and it still shows IN PROCESS as of today.

I called NVC about it and guess what?

They asked me to send an email to NVCInquiry@state.gov explaining the issue and attach a screen shot of my bank transaction to show the fee cleared my account.

I was like seriously? an email to NVCInquiry@state.gov will take a month to be responded to. The lady was like no, it should be quick and she laughed.

I have a bad feeling about this. Hopefully this will not end in a nightmare.

It funny because i called and got the same answer... and i laughed on the phone too. lol

Who did you speak to?

Are you planning on sending the email?

[etrangais 947]

It funny because i called and got the same answer... and i laughed on the phone too. lol

Who did you speak to?

Are you planning on sending the email?

I already sent the email! I hope they respond to this quick. I can't afford any delays anymore!!

[r060106 109]

NVC case receive date 3/18 , and we got cae # and IIN # date of 4/18 by phone but still not been able to pay aos bill or fill ds-261 yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm in the same situation as you...it's so frustrating!

[xprecious32 50]

I paid my IV fees on 21-Apr and it still shows IN PROCESS as of today.

I called NVC about it and guess what?

They asked me to send an email to NVCInquiry@state.gov explaining the issue and attach a screen shot of my bank transaction to show the fee cleared my account.

I was like seriously? an email to NVCInquiry@state.gov will take a month to be responded to. The lady was like no, it should be quick and she laughed.

I have a bad feeling about this. Hopefully this will not end in a nightmare.

As I stated before, mine took a full week before it showed paid and the DS-260 became available. It should be available for you today or Monday. Send the email off anyway just in case it stays in process, but it probably will take a month for them to respond to your email. or call back and ask to speak to a supervisor

[etrangais 947]

As I stated before, mine took a full week before it showed paid and the DS-260 became available. It should be available for you today or Monday. Send the email off anyway just in case it stays in process, but it probably will take a month for them to respond to your email. or call back and ask to speak to a supervisor

I'm hoping the delay is normal and will not go beyond today or Monday.

I sent the email to cover all the bases.

Hoping DS260 will be available soon so that I get done with all this craziness and just go nuts waiting for a "Case Complete".

Good luck to all!!!!!!!

[Sukie 1,463]

I already sent the email! I hope they respond to this quick. I can't afford any delays anymore!!

For those of you who are waiting on the PAID status - here is an explanation of what happens with your payment - and why it might be delayed...

1. When you fill out your payment form, you give them your bank number and your account.

2. NVC collects all your payment information and formats it into a standard "transaction" - essentially a "go to this bank and take out this money"

3. NVC (most likely) sends these transactions in a "batch" or, a collection of similar transactions. These batches probably are transmitted several times per day - but not on a one-on-one basis (again, most likely).

4. The "batches" are transmitted to the Automated Clearing House (ACH). Think of it as central warehouse where ALL transactions from ALL banks, ATMs, companies, and individuals end up on a daily basis. The ACH sorts the transactions by the bank number, creates a "batch" of all the transactions, and then, at some point during the night, sends the batches to the respective financial organization.

5. The banks do their thing - debiting your account, and creating a return "transaction" that goes back to the ACH. This batch will have both successful and non-successful transfer information.

6. The ACH then sorts the transactions again - this time by recipient (in our case, NVC), and sends a batch transaction, with all the individual information, back to NVC.

7. NVC then has to apply all those transactions to our individual accounts so that their system has us marked as "PAID".

If NVC has a problem in their system where they cannot receive the batch from the ACH, OR, they cannot apply the individual transaction data to each account, there will, most likely, be a 24-hour delay. The transaction data program is probably only run once a night (after ACH sends the data back). If that program blows up, then it has to be run the NEXT night. And, they will have to run the batches in date order - which might delay stuff down the line. If they have two days' worth of transactions, they'll try to catch up by running the "apply" program twice in one night. IF they have enough time before the online systems have to come back up.

If NVC uses satellite reception (instead of, say, fiber optic cable), then the high winds we've had over the past two days might have meant that they didn't get the WHOLE batch data from the ACH. The "batch" has a header and a footer (the first transaction is a summary, and the last transaction is a summary - they have to receive both of these transactions for the batch to be complete).

I don't know what is REALLY going on at NVC. But this is an explanation of how the banking system works for automated transactions like our payments.

Sukie, former bank programmer

[etrangais 947]

For those of you who are waiting on the PAID status - here is an explanation of what happens with your payment - and why it might be delayed...

1. When you fill out your payment form, you give them your bank number and your account.

2. NVC collects all your payment information and formats it into a standard "transaction" - essentially a "go to this bank and take out this money"

3. NVC (most likely) sends these transactions in a "batch" or, a collection of similar transactions. These batches probably are transmitted several times per day - but not on a one-on-one basis (again, most likely).

4. The "batches" are transmitted to the Automated Clearing House (ACH). Think of it as central warehouse where ALL transactions from ALL banks, ATMs, companies, and individuals end up on a daily basis. The ACH sorts the transactions by the bank number, creates a "batch" of all the transactions, and then, at some point during the night, sends the batches to the respective financial organization.

5. The banks do their thing - debiting your account, and creating a return "transaction" that goes back to the ACH. This batch will have both successful and non-successful transfer information.

6. The ACH then sorts the transactions again - this time by recipient (in our case, NVC), and sends a batch transaction, with all the individual information, back to NVC.

7. NVC then has to apply all those transactions to our individual accounts so that their system has us marked as "PAID".

If NVC has a problem in their system where they cannot receive the batch from the ACH, OR, they cannot apply the individual transaction data to each account, there will, most likely, be a 24-hour delay. The transaction data program is probably only run once a night (after ACH sends the data back). If that program blows up, then it has to be run the NEXT night. And, they will have to run the batches in date order - which might delay stuff down the line. If they have two days' worth of transactions, they'll try to catch up by running the "apply" program twice in one night. IF they have enough time before the online systems have to come back up.

If NVC uses satellite reception (instead of, say, fiber optic cable), then the high winds we've had over the past two days might have meant that they didn't get the WHOLE batch data from the ACH. The "batch" has a header and a footer (the first transaction is a summary, and the last transaction is a summary - they have to receive both of these transactions for the batch to be complete).

I don't know what is REALLY going on at NVC. But this is an explanation of how the banking system works for automated transactions like our payments.

Sukie, former bank programmer

Thank you very much for the valuable information Sukie.

The fee was debited from my bank on 22-Apr at 06:25 AM.

All these delays are just nerf-wreaking

[xprecious32 50]

Found another Miss Nasty Pants. Olivia. Don't think she had enough coffee this morning. They just don't seem to listen to what you are asking them. Some are just like robots reciting the same bs over and over again. Still don't have a straight answer.

[Sukie 1,463]

Thank you very much for the valuable information Sukie.

The fee was debited from my bank on 22-Apr at 06:25 AM.

All these delays are just nerf-wreaking

etrangais,

If the system worked like it was supposed to, your bank would have sent a return "transaction" to the ACH on 22-Apr. The ACH would have sent the information back to NVC the evening of 22-Apr - which was probably 23-Apr by the time it arrived. NVC would have run its batch program the night of 23-Apr, which would have meant that it should have shown up as PAID on 24-Apr, if things were working properly.

If the ACH batch was botched somehow, the ACH would have to resend the batch (meaning someone at NVC would have had to catch the problem and report it!). I'm betting there was either a transmission problem (meaning NVC had trouble receiving the transmission), or NVC has a programming problem (meaning NVC cannot apply the individual data to each case).

It might actually change today - but it's good that you have your banking debit record to prove that it was sent back!

Sukie

[etrangais 947]

etrangais,

If the system worked like it was supposed to, your bank would have sent a return "transaction" to the ACH on 22-Apr. The ACH would have sent the information back to NVC the evening of 22-Apr - which was probably 23-Apr by the time it arrived. NVC would have run its batch program the night of 23-Apr, which would have meant that it should have shown up as PAID on 24-Apr, if things were working properly.

If the ACH batch was botched somehow, the ACH would have to resend the batch (meaning someone at NVC would have had to catch the problem and report it!). I'm betting there was either a transmission problem (meaning NVC had trouble receiving the transmission), or NVC has a programming problem (meaning NVC cannot apply the individual data to each case).

It might actually change today - but it's good that you have your banking debit record to prove that it was sent back!

Sukie

I hope who ever gets my email from NVC understands this and does not take a month to figure it out!!

[Merrily 14]

Paid the AOS fee today morning. Shows as ' IN PROGRESS'!! Will be sending out the application packet soon!! :-)

[TJTIE2012 42]

Just an update i paid my IV fees on both my cases on 4/21

Today 4/25 one cases DS-260 is ready. Hope the other one is ready later today

Aos sent on 4/21 arrived on 4/22

Have not called to confirm giving them some time.

Waiting on hubby police report to send civil docs. Hopefuly in the next week.

Feel good about the movment. Its long over due!!!

[DearJohn 28]

Hello.

can anyone please help me with the number 10 of form i-864ez.which says country of domicile.

am from Ghana.is the answer supposed to be U.S.A or Ghana?.your Reply will highly be appreciated.thank you.

Questions Number 1 to 6, are Information on the Immigrant (Beneficiary). The address in Ghana should go in question number 2.

From question Number 7 to 15, is all about the Information on the Sponsor (Petitioner). So, number 10 should be the address where the petitioner lives in the USA.