DS-230 Barcode Coversheet

[James 2]

The barcode sizing thing probably has to do with not cropping enough -- the barcode image after you crop can't be too big or you will run into these problems of bumping the text to the next page. A rule of thumb would be to crop as tightly as possible, leaving almost no white border along the sides and top and bottom of the bar code.

Re: black and white printing -- I don't think that would be a problem since the importance of the sheet lies in the barcode(s). If they think about the logo being in black and white at all, they might just think you ran the cover sheet through a copier and kept the original.

james I trust you 100% on this but you know how things change and I just imagine some bureaucrat starting a campaign to fish out non original forms on the very day mine arrives - yes I am over anxious - you want to see my wife - she worries about satellites crashing through the roof I swear !

I am sure some people must put the wrong code number into the bar code generator and nvc will get annoyed at some stage

oh I know worry worry worry... readers - follow james not me !

Believe me, we speculated quite a bit on how NVC would take to all of this a couple of years ago. At the time, it was really thought to be pushing the envelope by writing your case number on a downloaded DS-3032 instead of waiting for the barcoded version to arrive from NVC (this was before they started accepting choice of agent by e-mail).

Someone who knew some folks at NVC PM'd me and told me NVC was aware of the shortcuts and even read this board fairly frequently. My dim recollection is that this actually helps them b/c the cases get pushed through faster.

[Erica 0]

Someone who knew some folks at NVC PM'd me and told me NVC was aware of the shortcuts and even read this board fairly frequently. My dim recollection is that this actually helps them b/c the cases get pushed through faster.

*waves at reading NVC people*

Hahahahaha! That's just ossum! So, we're basically doing them a favour by shortcutting. For some reason that makes me happy

Thanks for that, James!