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My PD is Jan 21, 2014. Today I got the email from NVC with invoices for AOS and IV. I could access them online and paid them both. Now I will have to collect all the documents and send them. Then just the wait for the PD to become current. Glad that things are atleast moving forward :)

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Andreavespa
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Just called and the representative confirmed that I don't need to fill out the DS 261 form as I am already registered myself. Even better! Yesterday I was told I would have been able in a week or so,

hari29
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Keep trying again and again. Eventually you will get through. It happens all the time.

luckytwentyone
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Tell me about it. PD October 7, 2013, completed DS-261 February 20, 2015, scan date/docs received by NVC March 17, 2015. I called them yesterday and told me the same thing. I was calling them for nth

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Great - all the best.

F-2A Visa

Service Center : California Service Center

Marriage (if applicable): 2013-07-20

Priority Date: 2013-09-23

I-130 Approved : 2013-10-23

Received DS-261 / AOS Bill : 2015-02-12

Pay AOS Bill : 2015-02-12

Send AOS\IV Package : 2015-03-10

Send Joint Sponsor AOS Package : 2015-04-13

1st Checklist : 2015-04-16

AOS Checklist response sent : 2015-04-17

New Scan Date: 2015-04-20

2nd Checklist : 2015-05-04

AOS Checklist response sent : 2015-05-05

New Scan Date: 2015-05-11

Case Completed at NVC : 2015-06-09 (Confirmed on 2015-06-15)

Interview Date : 2015-08-19 (Confirmed by IL)

Interview Result : Approved :dancing:

Visa Status : Issued (on CEAC Site)

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My PD is Jan 21, 2014. Today I got the email from NVC with invoices for AOS and IV. I could access them online and paid them both. Now I will have to collect all the documents and send them. Then just the wait for the PD to become current. Glad that things are atleast moving forward :)

That's great! Congratulations :D
Thank for the update!
B1 Visa Approved: October 30, 2013

Priority Date: April 1 2014

NOA Approved: April 26, 2014

Received NVC Case number: June 25, 2014

Welcome letter: May 13, 2015

Completed DS-261 Online: May 22, 2015

Paid AOS Fee Online: June 7,2015

Paid IV Fee Payment Online: July 23, 2015

Documents sent: September 04, 2015

Case complete email: October 05, 2015

Interview letter: October 23

Interview Date: December 2 - Visa Approved!!!

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Hey guys,

I paid AOS fee on Feb-15-2015 and filled choose agent which is me (The petitioner)

Still don't have access to pay IV fee and It shows as in the pic below

It shows " PAY NOW" and when I click on it, shows the pic below :(

Also, I sent all documents to NVC last Monday and called them to make sure it is ok to send the documents, they answered it's ok and will not hurt me :)

Please advice guys,

My PD is 26-SEP-2013

Lets hope the best for us

Hi,My PD also Dec.09,2013 AOS status paid as well waiting for IV invoice .Did you already send your AOS documents and IV documents?...Thank you

Seems like lot of us having this issue... I paid my AOS fee and waiting for the IV fee to paid. Didn't submit the AOS documents yet as I am gathering all the required documents.

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Seems like lot of us having this issue... I paid my AOS fee and waiting for the IV fee to paid. Didn't submit the AOS documents yet as I am gathering all the required documents.

Same boat too. Choice of Agent completed, AOS fee paid. Now collecting documents. Planning to send together both financial documents and supporting documents.. Hope IV fee will be invoice the soonest time possible. Goodluck guys!

PD: November 8, 2013

Visa Category: F2A

Country: Philippines

Lockbox: Chicago Lockbox

USCIS Service Center: California Service Center

I-130 Sent: November 5, 2013

NOA 1: November 8, 2013

NOA 2: February 5, 2014

Date Received by NVC: February 15, 2014

Case Number and IIN: April 2, 2014

DS-261/AOS Invoice Email: February 19, 2015

Paid AOS Fee: February 21, 2015

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Same boat too. Choice of Agent completed, AOS fee paid. Now collecting documents. Planning to send together both financial documents and supporting documents.. Hope IV fee will be invoice the soonest time possible. Goodluck guys!

PD: November 8, 2013

Hi ,same here My PD was Dec.09,2013

AOS paid

AOS documents and IV documents sent in one package today...

AOS documents:

NVC welcome letter

Bar coded cover sheet

Tax transcript 2011,2012,2013

Tax return 2014

W2 2014

copy of marriage contract

copy of permanent card

IV documents:

Bar coded cover sheet

copy of birth certificate

copy of marriage contract

copy of NBI clearance/police clearance

copy of biographic passport page

Photographs 2 pcs

waiting for IV invoice.....

Priority Date Dec.09,2013

Feb.06,2014 NOA2

March 27 2014 IIN# and Case #

Feb.20,2015 DS261

Feb.21,2015 AOS paid

Feb.28,2015 AOS documents and IV documents sent in one package

March 4,2015 Scan date (NVC Package received email confirmation)

March.5,2015 invoiced IV

March 11,2015 IV status showed paid

March 12,2015 DS260 completed

April 1,2015 Case Completed No checklist (phone and email confirmation) :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea:

July 21,2015 Medical Passed

August 6 ,2015 Interview date scheduled over the phone confirmation 6/25/2015 :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea:

Interview letter via email received 6/30/2015

August 6,2015 interview Approved

August 6,2015 CEAC Status:"Issued "the same day

August 10,2015 Visa available for pick up at 2go MOA

August 11,2015 Visa on hand & CFO Seminar done

August 17,2015 flight to Las vegas

My interview experienced

Hi guys,my interview experienced at the US EMBASSY Manila Philippines
I arrived at the embassy around 3:30 am and I was number 11 on the line
Around 5:00 AM the guard let us in and there were 2 woman collecting the
documents :
1.DS260 confirmation page
2.Appoinment letter first page only
3.Passport
and then returned it to me with my passport inside the plastic and delivery
infromation sheet.You have to fill it out later for your visa delivery
Next I went inside for body and bag checking
Then I proceed to :
Step 1.finger print scanning and the woman asked me DS260 confirmation
page andAppoinment letter she wrote something on it and returned it to me
.And then she told me to go directly to step 2.
waiting time 2 minutes only before step 2
Step 2.Pre Screening Filipino consul.
He asked me the following documents because we only sent a xerox
copy to NVC.
:NSO Birth Certificate
:NSO Marriage Contract
:NBI
:CENOMAR/CEMAR
:Medical report
I submitted all those documnets
Questions
A.What is your Full name and Birth date?
B.Who is your petitioner?
C.When did you get married?
D.when was the last time he visited you.?
E.How did you know each other ?
F.Do you have a pictures together?
And that's all he then told me to go directly to step4 for final
interview and OATh taking.
waiting time before step 4 almost 2 hrs of sitting and waiting before the
consul called my # and I don't know why the're not using there screen to
show numbers.
Step 4. American Consul.( a woman and she was very nice.)
First I took oath after that she directly asked me a questions
Questions:
A.Your Full name and date of Birth?
B.who is your petitioner?
C.How long have you been married ?
D.Do you have kids?
E.what is your husband's job?
F.where does he work?
G.when did you get married?
H.how did you know each other?
I.what is his adress?
J.how many times he visited you ?
And that's all she said ( well everything looks good you may now go to step
5 for releasing.And then I said thak you very much!!!
Step 5: Releasing this time you will know if you have 221g.
1. woman asked me my ds260 confirmation page again
2. what is your full name and date of birth
and then she said alright everything is fine you may now go to 2go
counter for passport and visa pocket delivery.
2GO counter woman only asked me the delivery information sheet wherein you
have fill out all the details for delivery of your visa pocket.
And then I'm done around 9:30 am with a smile in my face and hungry
stomach,
All you have to do guys just be honest for every details everything will be
fine....

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Hi ,same here My PD was Dec.09,2013

AOS paid

AOS documents and IV documents sent in one package today...

AOS documents:

NVC welcome letter

Bar coded cover sheet

Tax transcript 2011,2012,2013

Tax return 2014

W2 2014

copy of marriage contract

copy of permanent card

IV documents:

Bar coded cover sheet

copy of birth certificate

copy of marriage contract

copy of NBI clearance/police clearance

copy of biographic passport page

Photographs 2 pcs

waiting for IV invoice.....

I was about to do that too but I got hit at NBI and it will take 5 working days to claim the certificate. So probably I'll be sending the documents 1st week of March. hopefully if everything turns to be okay.

Visa Category: F2A

Country: Philippines

Lockbox: Chicago Lockbox

USCIS Service Center: California Service Center

I-130 Sent: November 5, 2013

NOA 1: November 8, 2013

NOA 2: February 5, 2014

Date Received by NVC: February 15, 2014

Case Number and IIN: April 2, 2014

DS-261/AOS Invoice Email: February 19, 2015

Paid AOS Fee: February 21, 2015

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I was about to do that too but I got hit at NBI and it will take 5 working days to claim the certificate. So probably I'll be sending the documents 1st week of March. hopefully if everything turns to be okay.

ah okay yes it will be fine then...

Priority Date Dec.09,2013

Feb.06,2014 NOA2

March 27 2014 IIN# and Case #

Feb.20,2015 DS261

Feb.21,2015 AOS paid

Feb.28,2015 AOS documents and IV documents sent in one package

March 4,2015 Scan date (NVC Package received email confirmation)

March.5,2015 invoiced IV

March 11,2015 IV status showed paid

March 12,2015 DS260 completed

April 1,2015 Case Completed No checklist (phone and email confirmation) :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea:

July 21,2015 Medical Passed

August 6 ,2015 Interview date scheduled over the phone confirmation 6/25/2015 :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea:

Interview letter via email received 6/30/2015

August 6,2015 interview Approved

August 6,2015 CEAC Status:"Issued "the same day

August 10,2015 Visa available for pick up at 2go MOA

August 11,2015 Visa on hand & CFO Seminar done

August 17,2015 flight to Las vegas

My interview experienced

Hi guys,my interview experienced at the US EMBASSY Manila Philippines
I arrived at the embassy around 3:30 am and I was number 11 on the line
Around 5:00 AM the guard let us in and there were 2 woman collecting the
documents :
1.DS260 confirmation page
2.Appoinment letter first page only
3.Passport
and then returned it to me with my passport inside the plastic and delivery
infromation sheet.You have to fill it out later for your visa delivery
Next I went inside for body and bag checking
Then I proceed to :
Step 1.finger print scanning and the woman asked me DS260 confirmation
page andAppoinment letter she wrote something on it and returned it to me
.And then she told me to go directly to step 2.
waiting time 2 minutes only before step 2
Step 2.Pre Screening Filipino consul.
He asked me the following documents because we only sent a xerox
copy to NVC.
:NSO Birth Certificate
:NSO Marriage Contract
:NBI
:CENOMAR/CEMAR
:Medical report
I submitted all those documnets
Questions
A.What is your Full name and Birth date?
B.Who is your petitioner?
C.When did you get married?
D.when was the last time he visited you.?
E.How did you know each other ?
F.Do you have a pictures together?
And that's all he then told me to go directly to step4 for final
interview and OATh taking.
waiting time before step 4 almost 2 hrs of sitting and waiting before the
consul called my # and I don't know why the're not using there screen to
show numbers.
Step 4. American Consul.( a woman and she was very nice.)
First I took oath after that she directly asked me a questions
Questions:
A.Your Full name and date of Birth?
B.who is your petitioner?
C.How long have you been married ?
D.Do you have kids?
E.what is your husband's job?
F.where does he work?
G.when did you get married?
H.how did you know each other?
I.what is his adress?
J.how many times he visited you ?
And that's all she said ( well everything looks good you may now go to step
5 for releasing.And then I said thak you very much!!!
Step 5: Releasing this time you will know if you have 221g.
1. woman asked me my ds260 confirmation page again
2. what is your full name and date of birth
and then she said alright everything is fine you may now go to 2go
counter for passport and visa pocket delivery.
2GO counter woman only asked me the delivery information sheet wherein you
have fill out all the details for delivery of your visa pocket.
And then I'm done around 9:30 am with a smile in my face and hungry
stomach,
All you have to do guys just be honest for every details everything will be
fine....

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same here AOS showed PAID but still can't pay the IV.

haven't send yet the docs because I was included in my husbands 2014 ITR,

we maybe delayed for about a week or 2 but its ok because the tax refund he'll be getting far bigger compared if he'll files single.

Good luck to all of us hopefully the good news will continue :)

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I can't pay IV fee either. And I'm waiting to do my taxes for 2014 as I'm in US only since late 2013 and then get IRS transcripcts etc. So probably I will send package in 2/3 weeks time.

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Today I sent from my country Nicaragua, all my original documents to my wife, She will send them next week. We haven't payed IV fee, also the DS 260 yet, We maybe get acces once that we recived the IV invoice.

thansk for update!!!!

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USCIS Stage:

Dec 02 2013: Priority Date

Feb 28 2014: NOA 2 Received.

Aug 14 2014 : No Visa available letter

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NVC Stage:

Feb 25 2015: DS 261 Completed

Feb 26 2015: AOS Fee Paid

April 10 2015: IV fee Paid and IV Packet sent

April 11 2015: DS-260 Completed

April 13 2015: Resend I-864 to NVC with Check list and Bar Coded Cover Sheet

April 14 2015: New Scan date Asigned

May 8 2015: E-mail with 2nd Check list, CC but I need new AOS form for interview day, because item missing.

May 14 2015: Case complete by e-mail.

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June 29 2015: I.L. received by email Scheduled for August 18

July 9 2015: Case Status Checked as "READY"

August 18 2015: Visa Approved

August 20 2015: VISA ISSUED (in CEAC status)

October 15 2015: Visa In Hand

October 23 2015: Travel to New york and Admitted.

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guillermorjoanna   0

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Guys to we have to send first the aos? or should we wait til iv is available? And then sending it together?

USCIS Stage:

Dec 04 2013: I-130 Sent

Dec 16 2013: Priority Date assigned

April 01 2014: NOA 1 received

June 03 2014: NOA 2 Received

NVC Stage:

Feb 26 2015: DS 261 Completed

Feb 27 2015: AOS Fee Paid

Feb 27 2015: Cover Sheet Received

March 16 2015: IV Packet sent/ AOS

March 20 2015: NVC scan date/ email confirmation

April 17 2015: Pay IV

April 21 2015: Completed DS-260

April 23 2015:Case Complete thru phone call

Received Instruction and Interview appointment letter : July 31,2015

Medical: August 19,2015

Consulate Received :

Interview Date : September 14,2015

Interview Result : Need joint sponsor

Submission of additional documents at USEM: OCT.1,2015

Received by USEM: Oct.2,2015

Status update at CEAC: oct.5,2015

Status update at CEAC: oct.7,2015

Status update at CEAC: oct.7,2015- ISSUED VISA!

US Entry :

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Guys to we have to send first the aos? or should we wait til iv is available? And then sending it together?

You should submit all the docs to the NVC in one package (AOS + IV together). You can wait and mail your documents after you've paid the IV fee. But even the NVC confirms that you can submit your package as soon as your AOS fee shows PAID.

10/06/2007 - Met

07/14/2010 - Tiger left for the US

04/27/2012 - Tiger came visiting

10/13/2012 - Visited Tiger in Chicago

09/19/2013 - My second visit to Chicago

10/04/2013 - Got married in Mt.Pleasant, IA

05/18/2014 - Tiger came visiting again (YAY!!!)

USCIS Stage

10/24/2013 - I-130 sent

10/28/2013 - PD

10/29/2013 - NOA-1 received in email

10/30/2013 - Check cashed

10/31/2013 - NOA-1 hard copy received

12/04/2013 - NOA-2 approved (in email)

12/09/2013 - NOA-2 received in snail mail

NVC Stage

12/16/2013 - NVC received the case

01/09/2014 - Got my case and invoice ID numbers

02/12/2015 - NVC started generating forms and invoices for our case (according to a nice NVC rep)

02/13/2015 - DS-261 available and filled out

02/13/2015 - Got an email with NVC Welcome letter and AOS Invoice

02/13/2015 - Paid AOS Fee

02/18/2015 - AOS shows PAID on ceac

02/22/2015 - AOS and civil documents sent off
02/23/2015 - DS-261 reviewed and IV Fee invoice received

02/24/2015 - IV Fee paid

02/25/2015 - Documents delivered to the NVC (scan date)

02/25/2015 - DS-260 submitted

03/30/2015 - Case Complete by phone

04/06/2015 - Case Complete email received

06/03/2015 - Got my interview scheduled for July, 6

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Thank u so much vlad77?

USCIS Stage:

Dec 04 2013: I-130 Sent

Dec 16 2013: Priority Date assigned

April 01 2014: NOA 1 received

June 03 2014: NOA 2 Received

NVC Stage:

Feb 26 2015: DS 261 Completed

Feb 27 2015: AOS Fee Paid

Feb 27 2015: Cover Sheet Received

March 16 2015: IV Packet sent/ AOS

March 20 2015: NVC scan date/ email confirmation

April 17 2015: Pay IV

April 21 2015: Completed DS-260

April 23 2015:Case Complete thru phone call

Received Instruction and Interview appointment letter : July 31,2015

Medical: August 19,2015

Consulate Received :

Interview Date : September 14,2015

Interview Result : Need joint sponsor

Submission of additional documents at USEM: OCT.1,2015

Received by USEM: Oct.2,2015

Status update at CEAC: oct.5,2015

Status update at CEAC: oct.7,2015

Status update at CEAC: oct.7,2015- ISSUED VISA!

US Entry :

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Guys question about the aos.what if my husband is making only 20,000$ -21,000$ for his irs yearly and wasnt able to meet the desired poverty guideline....?

How much is the desired income if your only sponsoring 1 person?

USCIS Stage:

Dec 04 2013: I-130 Sent

Dec 16 2013: Priority Date assigned

April 01 2014: NOA 1 received

June 03 2014: NOA 2 Received

NVC Stage:

Feb 26 2015: DS 261 Completed

Feb 27 2015: AOS Fee Paid

Feb 27 2015: Cover Sheet Received

March 16 2015: IV Packet sent/ AOS

March 20 2015: NVC scan date/ email confirmation

April 17 2015: Pay IV

April 21 2015: Completed DS-260

April 23 2015:Case Complete thru phone call

Received Instruction and Interview appointment letter : July 31,2015

Medical: August 19,2015

Consulate Received :

Interview Date : September 14,2015

Interview Result : Need joint sponsor

Submission of additional documents at USEM: OCT.1,2015

Received by USEM: Oct.2,2015

Status update at CEAC: oct.5,2015

Status update at CEAC: oct.7,2015

Status update at CEAC: oct.7,2015- ISSUED VISA!

US Entry :

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