After paying the IV fee ( I-130 ) what is next?

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We're already done with the AOS ( we received checklist but sent the NVC the docs they need )

In my understanding, I can pay the IV fee correct? As it appears anyway in the CEAC the amount and say NOT PAID. So ones I pay it, Do we have to do the DS 260 first before sending the NVC the IV Packet? As a petitioner, we can do the DS-260 online right? - Is there anything that needs to be printed out DS-260 and sent to the beneficiary?

I also, read about DS 261 in the VJ http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

In step 5: Submit DS- 260 there's a statement that says "As with the DS-261, print out the confirmation page at the end. But make sure to bring this one to the interview as NVC states it's required."

Can we do the DS-261 too and just sent the print out to the beneficiary?

Thank you!

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since I can not edit my post, I would just want to just post the changes here. Just disregard the question about DS 261..i have the answers already..thank you

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We're already done with the AOS ( we received checklist but sent the NVC the docs they need )

In my understanding, I can pay the IV fee correct? As it appears anyway in the CEAC the amount and say NOT PAID. So ones I pay it, Do we have to do the DS 260 first before sending the NVC the IV Packet? As a petitioner, we can do the DS-260 online right? - Is there anything that needs to be printed out DS-260 and sent to the beneficiary?

I also, read about DS 261 in the VJ http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

In step 5: Submit DS- 260 there's a statement that says "As with the DS-261, print out the confirmation page at the end. But make sure to bring this one to the interview as NVC states it's required."

Can we do the DS-261 too and just sent the print out to the beneficiary?

Thank you!

You won't be able to pay the IV fee or fill out the DS-260 until you've filled out your DS-261 (choice of agent) online (unless you have a lawyer attached to your case). Once the NVC have reviewed and accepted your DS-261 and it has been added to your case file, the IV fee should become available to pay through the payment portal on the CEAC website. It will take some time before the NVC review it, and different users have been quoted anywhere from 20 to 60 days. In our case, it took around 30.

Once your fee has been paid and you have completed the DS-260, you can email the confirmation page to the beneficiary to print and take to their interview.

We sent our IV package BEFORE paying the fee as we knew NVC were slow in reviewing the DS-261/generating the IV fee. We included the same bar coded cover sheet generated after paying the AOS fee with a cover letter explaining we were instructed to do so by an NVC operator over the telephone. Hopefully, that will have saved us some time rather than just sitting on the IV package until the fee became available.

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- pay IV fee and print the barcoded coversheet

- send civil docs (IV package) to NVC. Don't forget to attach the coversheet

- fill out DS-260

- tell beneficiary to print out the DS-260 confirmation page to be brought to the interview

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- pay IV fee and print the barcoded coversheet

- send civil docs (IV package) to NVC. Don't forget to attach the coversheet

- fill out DS-260

- tell beneficiary to print out the DS-260 confirmation page to be brought to the interview

do they need the confirmation page also for the DS 261?

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do they need the confirmation page also for the DS 261?

DS261 is the Choice of Agent, right? Then, no.

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DS261 is the Choice of Agent, right? Then, no.

yeah..it was just confusing since it says in the : http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

Step 5 - Submit DS-260

"The DS-260 replaces the old DS-230. As before, you will still submit the IV package, just without the DS-230. The DS-260 will be done online. It's only available once the IV appears as PAID in the payment portal. Like the DS-261, it'll be on the online forms portal (link in first section).

• Note: depending on how prepared you are, the DS-260 can take a few hours. You can always save and return, if you wish; it doesn't need to be all done in one sitting. But, it'll take an hour at the least (30 minutes maybe if you're really fast). My suggestion is to have a DS-230 pre-filled out (found here [18]) and that way you can just copy over the answers. This will shave off quite some time if you prepare ahead. But be warned, there are some differences between the DS-230 and DS-260 where the DS-260 asks for more information. You can view screenshots (and thus the differences) here [19] from when it was first released back in 2010. NVC also has a page with DS-260 screenshots (from October 2013) found here [20].

As with the DS-261, print out the confirmation page at the end. But make sure to bring this one to the interview as NVC states it's required.

• Note: if needed, yes, the petitioner can file the DS-260 on behalf of the beneficiary. This is very common, especially due to the language barrier and/or no/low internet connection.

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You won't be able to pay the IV fee or fill out the DS-260 until you've filled out your DS-261 (choice of agent) online (unless you have a lawyer attached to your case). Once the NVC have reviewed and accepted your DS-261 and it has been added to your case file, the IV fee should become available to pay through the payment portal on the CEAC website. It will take some time before the NVC review it, and different users have been quoted anywhere from 20 to 60 days. In our case, it took around 30.

Once your fee has been paid and you have completed the DS-260, you can email the confirmation page to the beneficiary to print and take to their interview.

We sent our IV package BEFORE paying the fee as we knew NVC were slow in reviewing the DS-261/generating the IV fee. We included the same bar coded cover sheet generated after paying the AOS fee with a cover letter explaining we were instructed to do so by an NVC operator over the telephone. Hopefully, that will have saved us some time rather than just sitting on the IV package until the fee became available.

Hi,

We were done with the AoS thing ( including the DS-261 ) We just submitted the checklist..and in the CEAC portal, the IV fee is already there saying NOT PAID...I assume we can go ahead and pay it already, since the Letter form the NVC says we can pay it already too.

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As I've said the Choice of Agent is no longer needed in the interview stage. Only the DS260. Check US Embassy Manila's official page for your peace of mind.

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Hi,

We were done with the AoS thing ( including the DS-261 ) We just submitted the checklist..and in the CEAC portal, the IV fee is already there saying NOT PAID...I assume we can go ahead and pay it already, since the Letter form the NVC says we can pay it already too.

Yes, if you've received your invoice from the NVC go ahead and pay it, and send in your documents with the cover sheet provided if you haven't already. As a handy hint, make sure you're extremely familiar with each stage of the process so you know what to do and when - waiting on the NVC to contact you will add a lot of time onto the processing of your case. The NVC wiki on here has helped us immensely, as has calling the NVC themselves and hassling them for information when required.