I-864/DS-230 question.

[chrisaivey 3]

I know the DS-230 is online now, and it is not a mailed in process anymore.

Now here's my question - it has its own checklist I presume(this right here) and I have read that people get hit by the NVC wanting these documentations.

Required documents from the Beneficiary for DS-230 Immigrant Visa (IV) Package

1. Two passport-style photographs (2X2 inches) of the beneficiary. (Write down NVC Case# and beneficiary’s full name and date of birth on the back side of both photographs lightly)
2. Completed and signed form DS-230 Part I by the beneficiary
3. Completed and unsigned form DS-230 Part II by the beneficiary
4. Photocopy of the beneficiary's passport biographic data page
5. Original/certified copy of beneficiary’s birth certificate
6. Original/certified copy of beneficiary’s and petitioner’s marriage certificate
7. Original police certificate(s) of the beneficiary
8. Original/certified copy of military record, if applicable
9. Original/certified copy of divorce decree, death certificate, etc. of previous marriage, if applicable

Now - do I send all of this information in with the I-864 documentation? Or is this separate? Kind of confused/lost here.

In my NVC box right now - I have the I-864 filled out, my co-sponsors I-864 filled out, and I have all of these documentation benefic birth cert, marriage, police(translated). Do I put this in the back?

[J&N071213 57]

Hi, all the docs of the DS260 (new version of the ds230) has to be mailed after you pay your immigrant visa fee ($230). Some countries, very few, are allowed to do the process by email, you can check the state's website for that.

[NikLR 13,232]

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

I really think this wiki guide will help you.

[chrisaivey 3]

I am still rather confused.

The DS261 says it is done online, but people get check listed about wanting police certificates, etc. all the time nearly.

Everything else makes sense.

My main question is: where/how do I send the documentation for the DS261 that I see people asking about.

How I see it is, there is two boxes I will need.

I-864 box

Both I-864s of my co sponsor and ours with pay stubs/W2, etc.

DS261 box

The main section of the DS261 is filled out online. I still mail in the documentation asked for though for my wife, her birth certific, marriage certificate and police certificate all in one box and sent in.

Is this correct?

How I saw it before, I put it all in one box and send it all in at the same time.

[NikLR 13,232]

DS-261 replaced the DS-3032. It is the choice of agent and address form. The only thing it does is trigger the Immigrant Visa (IV) invoice once it's added to the case file.

The DS-260 replaced the DS-230. The supporting documents, called the IV package, need to be sent to the NVC after the IV invoice is paid.

The AOS invoice will be paid before the IV invoice so there is no point in waiting to send the AOS documents with the IV documents. Send them as soon as the AOS shows as paid. This has always been the case, so unless there is a lawyer attached to your case, the AOS will almost always be sent before the IV. It doesn't matter if it's not, just most people do it that way. (I didnt, but then my AOS wasn't ready until after the IV was because my husband was slow. LOL) If there is a lawyer attached to the case the DS-261 is skipped and both parts are invoiced at the same time.

How you send them depends, most of the world must use regular mail. You will have a bar-coded cover sheet that you can print after paying an invoice which has the address and needs to be included with the documentation.

I really think you need to spend more time reading that guide very thoroughly. In there is a flowchart so you can visually see how the process works for the NVC.

You do not have a timeline: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=185427 So I don't know where you are on the journey or what embassy the beneficiary will be going through.

Edited August 10, 2014 by NLR