F2A PD February 2014 to May 2014 update

[Mr & Mrs. RC 0]

I have completed DS 261.

PD 03 JUNE 2014

What do I do now?

Pay AOS fee, when it says PAID you can submit AOS & IV packet at the NVC while waiting for the IV fee to be open. After you pay the IV fee. You can start filling up ds 260. You have to know when is the scan date of your documents, I don't have any idea right now how many days it takes to review of your documents. You can check at the ceac if you are case complete. If you saw 3 N/A's. Goodluck!

[hardik03 0]

Pay AOS fee, when it says PAID you can submit AOS & IV packet at the NVC while waiting for the IV fee to be open. After you pay the IV fee. You can start filling up ds 260. You have to know when is the scan date of your documents, I don't have any idea right now how many days it takes to review of your documents. You can check at the ceac if you are case complete. If you saw 3 N/A's. Goodluck!

Right now they take 4 to 6 weeks .but u have to call for review agent choose form by phone also after your scan date call nvc with in 30days ..for your case update

[CMBx3 3]

Pay AOS fee, when it says PAID you can submit AOS & IV packet at the NVC while waiting for the IV fee to be open. After you pay the IV fee. You can start filling up ds 260. You have to know when is the scan date of your documents, I don't have any idea right now how many days it takes to review of your documents. You can check at the ceac if you are case complete. If you saw 3 N/A's. Goodluck!

Thanks. I've tried paying the fee but it wont let me.

[arifturzo 4]

Yes you can start.Email comes later ? What is your PD?

May 30th, 2014

[danielenglish 3]

PD 09 april 2014, just filled the DS-261 out on behalf of my wife (the beneficiary).

However, I have not received the welcome letter yet.

[mahfujor 0]

My pd is 9april 2014 still not received welcome letter from NVC. What to do?plz

[Mr & Mrs. RC 0]

PD 09 april 2014, just filled the DS-261 out on behalf of my wife (the beneficiary).However, I have not received the welcome letter yet.

Before when you log in at ceac, does ds 261 says not eligible for processing? Until now I can't access anything. Some says you should wait for the welcome letter to arrived before you can start. It's better we follow their instructions.

My pd is 9april 2014 still not received welcome letter from NVC. What to do?plz

We are on the same boat and we can't do anything but to wait for them to send the welcome letter. I hope this week finger crossed! Keep us posted as soon as you hear something from them. Thank you!

Edited May 18, 2015 by Mr & Mrs. RC

[Indous167 0]

PD April 10, 2014. Received welcome letter email. I was able to complete DS 261 and called the agent in two days and completed the review over the phone.

However no Fee Invoice yet. Does anyone know hoe long does it take for the fees to show up on the website after agent completes review of DS 261?

[arifturzo 4]

Got welcome letter today afternoon. Just completed DS-261. Unable to pay any fees so far. May be I will within next 3-5 days. PD May 30th, 2014

[danielenglish 3]

Before when you log in at ceac, does ds 261 says not eligible for processing? Until now I can't access anything. Some says you should wait for the welcome letter to arrived before you can start. It's better we follow their instructions.

I did complete the form DS-261 before they had sent me the "welcome letter" for two reasons: 1) I read that someone did so without having any problem (actually, if I'm not mistaken - couple of weeks ago - you were among those that said there was no need in waiting the welcome letter as long as the DS-261 was ready to be filled out); 2) it seemed reasonable to me since it was available

Anyways, today I have received the welcome letter (the PAOSF "version") where it said that the AOS fee can be paid but in fact it's been not invoiced yet.

This does not surprise me though because I sent the DS-261 only sunday and in the confirmation letter they make you aware that 3-5 business days must go before being able to pay the fees (actually, in the mentioned confirmation letter they also say I will be receiving an "immigrant visa application processing fee bill"....does someone know what that is?).

Thanks

[Mr & Mrs. RC 0]

I did complete the form DS-261 before they had sent me the "welcome letter" for two reasons: 1) I read that someone did so without having any problem (actually, if I'm not mistaken - couple of weeks ago - you were among those that said there was no need in waiting the welcome letter as long as the DS-261 was ready to be filled out); 2) it seemed reasonable to me since it was available

Anyways, today I have received the welcome letter (the PAOSF "version") where it said that the AOS fee can be paid but in fact it's been not invoiced yet.

This does not surprise me though because I sent the DS-261 only sunday and in the confirmation letter they make you aware that 3-5 business days must go before being able to pay the fees (actually, in the mentioned confirmation letter they also say I will be receiving an "immigrant visa application processing fee bill"....does someone know what that is?).

Thanks

[Mr & Mrs. RC 0]

Yes I always suggest before that as soon as ds 261 is available you can fill it up but some people keeps telling me that we need to wait for the welcome letter and we must follow the NVC instruction but the decision is still up to us. Anyway I posted an attachment. I wonder if this is what you need to be able to pay the AOS and IV fee. I'm not really sure. Let us wait for others comment about this.

[danielenglish 3]

I have just had a conversation with a customer representative of the NVC where he updated my address and phone number (they still had my old ones) and I asked about the AOS fee.

He suggested me to wait for 1-2 days (since I sent the DS-261 two days ago) and then called them again should I still be unable to pay the fee.

However, he did not ask me to go through the DS-261 to review it.

Is that "normal" (should he have done that?)?

On a side note, he also said that "things are moving faster"

Edited May 20, 2015 by danielenglish

[imadol 2]

Can anybody please tell me why I have not received my welcome letter yet? It is really depressing everybody else is receiving theirs but I am still waiting. My PD is April 1, 2014.

I called up NVC yesterday, but they just said I would get it within 42 days. I asked them why and they said every case is different. Of course every case is different, I know that already. But why does it have to be mine? Even my friend whose PD is end of April got his welcome letter this afternoon. I am happy for him but at the same time sad for myself and my wife.

[Mr & Mrs. RC 0]

I have just had a conversation with a customer representative of the NVC where he updated my address and phone number (they still had my old ones) and I asked about the AOS fee.

He suggested me to wait for 1-2 days (since I sent the DS-261 two days ago) and then called them again should I still be unable to pay the fee.

However, he did not ask me to go through the DS-261 to review it.

Is that "normal" (should he have done that?)?

On a side note, he also said that "things are moving faster"

If your AOS is paid that's the time you will call them to review your ds 261 so that they will open the IV. ?