NVC Filers - July 2014

[Eastyo11 20]

My joint sponsor input income from 1040 tax (his and spouse's income) in I864, I heard that his spouse also need to fill in I864A in this case, right? If only he is joint sponsor, he has to input income in W2 tax. Can anyone help me?

The i864A is required if you need the co-sponsor's spouses income ALSO. If not you just need a letter/W2's from your sponsor to show their part of the 1040 joint income that is shown on the tax return - Well this is what we did

[katieflossom 54]

Hubby has been trying to get through to NVC for an hhour now and is just getting a busy signal. He has to go to work now so we won't be able to try again until Monday with the holiday tomorrow. I literally can't take any more of this. 15 months and counting....

[Eastyo11 20]

I believe this is incorrect. They will not review documents until the IV fees are paid according to several customer service reps. Some have even said that they begin reviewing them after receipt of DS260. If what you are saying was correct, he would have had a case complete by now as it has almost been 30 days since he sent his IV package

Remember it is 30 BUSINESS days, and they are taking that long for certain stages now!

[Naumanxenon 38]

Remember it is 30 BUSINESS days, and they are taking that long for certain stages now!

Not sure if you followed the original post. A member stated he had already sent in his IV package prior to even being invoiced. Where are you getting the 30 days from when he hasn't even been invoiced?

They will NOT review packages unless/until the IV processing fees have been made and additionally the 30 business days might actually start after receipt of DS-260. I don't know for sure. Maybe Saylin can comment here.

[Eastyo11 20]

Not sure if you followed the original post. A member stated he had already sent in his IV package prior to even being invoiced. Where are you getting the 30 days from when he hasn't even been invoiced?

They will NOT review packages unless/until the IV processing fees have been made and additionally the 30 business days might actually start after receipt of DS-260. I don't know for sure. Maybe Saylin can comment here.

I am not correcting your comment about the process, you are correct and you need to make the payment first. I was letting whomever mentioned about waiting 30 days that it is 30 business days as previously it has been that they are saying 30 business days an it turns out to be 30 days (total), however now it seems that 30 business days means 30 business days...

Ultimately it will be 30 BUSINESS days from when the fee is paid, i cannot see them accepting the packet before the fee is paid

[Naumanxenon 38]

I am not correcting your comment about the process, you are correct and you need to make the payment first. I was letting whomever mentioned about waiting 30 days that it is 30 business days as previously it has been that they are saying 30 business days an it turns out to be 30 days (total), however now it seems that 30 business days means 30 business days...

Ultimately it will be 30 BUSINESS days from when the fee is paid, i cannot see them accepting the packet before the fee is paid

Do you know if the 30days start from the day the invoice is paid or if it starts from the day the DS260 is submitted?

If it starts from the day the invoice is submitted, then it does indeed make sense to send the IV documents ahead of time (not advisable since they may lose your documents).

[Eastyo11 20]

Do you know if the 30days start from the day the invoice is paid or if it starts from the day the DS260 is submitted?

If it starts from the day the invoice is submitted, then it does indeed make sense to send the IV documents ahead of time (not advisable since they may lose your documents).

I have no idea, however i cannot see them accepting a packet before the fee is paid then when the fee is paid reviewing the packet - its like skipping the que.... however this is the NVC ... i would just follow the process ...

[Pepito1976 1]

Good morning Saylin,

I have called NVC this morning and they told that they do have 2 packets in review for me. The first one is my supporting doc for the IV application scanned on may 30 and the second the response to the AOS checklist scanned june 26th. He told me that a checklist is coming my way for a marriages certificate but he insisted that it does not mean that the marriage certificate is not in the IV scanned on the 30th. How that can be generated if they did not review the packet scanned on the 30th. I just want to be proactive because i send the certified copy of the marriage certification and the translation.

Can you please guide me if possible.

Thanks

[ArthurandMarcela 249]

So then there really isn't a difference then right? Some who have done EP say they wish they had done snail mail, as fif it would have gone faster. What are the pros and cons to snail mail vs. EP? Hope I'm not asking too many questions :s

I did EP and if you look at my signature, it takes longer than snail mail. One good thing happened to me though, I had a missing document that my stupid paralegal forgot to scanned and I thought will take another 30 days to be review( It didn't happened, they reviewed it right away).

1.The cons of doing EP is you can't find any information from the agents, they have no access to EP, they will not tell you when your case is review and what is the latest date they are working on. You can't either follow others because most of the time people do snail mail.

2.The Pros are , you don't have to send your original documents and pay delivery fees. As far I am concerned if you have a checklist, you can send right away your checklist and it doesn't take long for them to review it ( as per my experience, I don't know about other cases).

At this point is your choice, good luck in your journey!

Maybe one more note: now you don't have to send EP enrollment and wait for their email response. This is going to save you a month, also they don't send any more auto-replay and it could be stressful thinking what if they didn't receive your email.

Edited July 3, 2014 by ArthurandMarcela

[Rlelle09 28]

I did EP and if you look at my signature, it takes longer than snail mail. One good thing happened to me though, I had a missing document that my stupid paralegal forgot to scanned and I thought will take another 30 days to be review( It didn't happened, they reviewed it right away).

1.The cons of doing EP is you can't find any information from the agents, they have no access to EP, they will not tell you when your case is review and what is the latest date they are working on. You can't either follow others because most of the time people do snail mail.

2.The Pros are , you don't have to send your original documents and pay delivery fees. As far I am concerned if you have a checklist, you can send right away your checklist and it doesn't take long for them to review it ( as per my experience, I don't know about other cases).

At this point is your choice, good luck in your journey!

Maybe one more note: now you don't have to send EP enrollment and wait for their email response. This is going to save you a month, also they don't send any more auto-replay and it could be stressful thinking what if they didn't receive your email.

Thank you so much for taking the time to write all of those details!!! Very much appreciated :-)

[ArthurandMarcela 249]

Thank you so much for taking the time to write all of those details!!! Very much appreciated :-)

You are welcome, we are here to help each other.

[AustinCanada 681]

Oh no...not good to hear...I did call NVC last night, talked to Gus, and he said 30 BUSINESS days...hoping that is only a deterrent but I guess we won't know until we actually get the IV invoice available....

What time did you call NVC last night and talk to Gus? I called NVC last night and talked to Gus about the IV fee too!

He sounded kind of annoyed! I thought he was one of the few good men left at NVC!?

Maybe it's because he has to repeat the 30 business days thing over and over? Well, it's their fault that it's taking forever to pay the IV fee, not ours!

[LRKO 53]

What time did you call NVC last night and talk to Gus? I called NVC last night and talked to Gus about the IV fee too!

He sounded kind of annoyed! I thought he was one of the few good men left at NVC!?

Maybe it's because he has to repeat the 30 business days thing over and over? Well, it's their fault that it's taking forever to pay the IV fee, not ours!

LOL....22:18 Central time! I made him work for that comment...asked if there was anything I could do to speed up the invoice availability and he said they didn't take bribes! Well, I tried!! ROFL

[AustinCanada 681]

LOL....22:18 Central time! I made him work for that comment...asked if there was anything I could do to speed up the invoice availability and he said they didn't take bribes! Well, I tried!! ROFL

I just talked to Supervisor Sylvia regarding the IV fee invoice. I found her nice.

However, she told me she couldn't unlock the IV fee invoice for me because the system doesn't allow her to do so.

I've talked to three different Supervisors (Octavio, Ike, and Sylvia), and they all were all unable to help me on this issue.

It looks like I'm beating a dead horse on this issue. So I'll need to wait a little longer.

Bad news: I'll have more time to enjoy the summer in Canada.

Good news: It's not winter here.

[urbangirluk 73]

Hubby called today to and got the standard response 'We are backlogged and it is taking 30 business days to review packages', that would take us to July 14th ... not what I was hoping to hear, but on the plus side he did say to call again next week.