I E-Mailed the Choice of Agent

[Traviesa 0]

I e-mailed our choice of agent last Thursday and still haven't received an acceptance from the NVC. Does it normally take this long? I was expecting to have it at least by today-that's 3 business days not counting Thursday. At what point do I call them? Thanks...

[simple_male 1]

I e-mailed our choice of agent last Thursday and still haven't received an acceptance from the NVC. Does it normally take this long? I was expecting to have it at least by today-that's 3 business days not counting Thursday. At what point do I call them? Thanks...

Please relax. While NVC accepts the choice of agent in about 2-4 business days, it is not unusual for NVC to accept the choice of agent in about 7-10 business days. Mine took 8 business days. You can call them and check out. Hopefully, you will hear the news that you are waiting for any day from now.

[Traviesa 0]

I am relaxed. I'm not in any hurry whatsoever. I know we can't get a Visa until August, 2008 so I'm just about as relaxed as I can be. I was just interested because I feel like I should wait until they confirm the agent before I send in the I-864 bill. That way I can be sure the rest of the stuff gets sent to me. So in the meantime I'm just sitting on the I-864 bill. That was all. Thanks for your help.

[NikkisPrecious 0]

i only just got mine, see my timeline, its pretty normal

Edited June 28, 2007 by NikkisPrecious

[Captain Oates 911]

i only just got mine, see my timeline, its pretty normal

yes it varies a lot with their workload - i got mine in 3 days and my fax re change of address was 4 days - but carolyn's fax re change of address has been 7 and counting

All these emails are handled by a little old lady called Edna and her cat is sick at the moment - she has to keep taking mornings off to take it to the vet's surgery

I hear that the cat is much improved and she should be back at work full time soon...

[NikkisPrecious 0]

i only just got mine, see my timeline, its pretty normal

yes it varies a lot with their workload - i got mine in 3 days and my fax re change of address was 4 days - but carolyn's fax re change of address has been 7 and counting

All these emails are handled by a little old lady called Edna and her cat is sick at the moment - she has to keep taking mornings off to take it to the vet's surgery

I hear that the cat is much improved and she should be back at work full time soon...

LOL! I like your sense of humour, classic

[Captain Oates 911]

i only just got mine, see my timeline, its pretty normal

yes it varies a lot with their workload - i got mine in 3 days and my fax re change of address was 4 days - but carolyn's fax re change of address has been 7 and counting

All these emails are handled by a little old lady called Edna and her cat is sick at the moment - she has to keep taking mornings off to take it to the vet's surgery

I hear that the cat is much improved and she should be back at work full time soon...

LOL! I like your sense of humour, classic

Life is stranger than anything I can invent - that's why I know I am not insane ! haha he-he-ho-ho

Actually they have problems with rats and the staff will not go into the office where the email terminal is - the union is having low-key discussions with the management and the military are supplying nerve gas to get rid of the rats. Normal email service will be resumed Monday after the gas clears..

Don't encourage me !

[Traviesa 0]

i only just got mine, see my timeline, its pretty normal

yes it varies a lot with their workload - i got mine in 3 days and my fax re change of address was 4 days - but carolyn's fax re change of address has been 7 and counting

All these emails are handled by a little old lady called Edna and her cat is sick at the moment - she has to keep taking mornings off to take it to the vet's surgery

I hear that the cat is much improved and she should be back at work full time soon...

Ha! That's funny-thanks!!

[simple_male 1]

I am relaxed. I'm not in any hurry whatsoever. I know we can't get a Visa until August, 2008 so I'm just about as relaxed as I can be. I was just interested because I feel like I should wait until they confirm the agent before I send in the I-864 bill. That way I can be sure the rest of the stuff gets sent to me. So in the meantime I'm just sitting on the I-864 bill. That was all. Thanks for your help.

Why did you say you can not get a visa until August 2008? Or did you mean August 2007? You send I-864 once it is generated. I-864 is generated after NVC takes care of the AOS Fee Bill. So I-864 does not depend on the choice of agent acceptance.

[Traviesa 0]

I am relaxed. I'm not in any hurry whatsoever. I know we can't get a Visa until August, 2008 so I'm just about as relaxed as I can be. I was just interested because I feel like I should wait until they confirm the agent before I send in the I-864 bill. That way I can be sure the rest of the stuff gets sent to me. So in the meantime I'm just sitting on the I-864 bill. That was all. Thanks for your help.

Why did you say you can not get a visa until August 2008? Or did you mean August 2007? You send I-864 once it is generated. I-864 is generated after NVC takes care of the AOS Fee Bill. So I-864 does not depend on the choice of agent acceptance.

Our ban is up in August, 2008. And anyway, for IR-1 first interviews in Juarez it takes about a year from when the Consulate receives it. So yeah that's still about August, 2008 (we planned it that way). As for what I meant by I-864 and all that-I want to make sure they get sent to me as the agent. That's why I want to make sure the agent is selected and confirmed before I mail in the I-864 fee so that when that is generated it will be sent to me.

[simple_male 1]

I am relaxed. I'm not in any hurry whatsoever. I know we can't get a Visa until August, 2008 so I'm just about as relaxed as I can be. I was just interested because I feel like I should wait until they confirm the agent before I send in the I-864 bill. That way I can be sure the rest of the stuff gets sent to me. So in the meantime I'm just sitting on the I-864 bill. That was all. Thanks for your help.

Why did you say you can not get a visa until August 2008? Or did you mean August 2007? You send I-864 once it is generated. I-864 is generated after NVC takes care of the AOS Fee Bill. So I-864 does not depend on the choice of agent acceptance.

Our ban is up in August, 2008. And anyway, for IR-1 first interviews in Juarez it takes about a year from when the Consulate receives it. So yeah that's still about August, 2008 (we planned it that way). As for what I meant by I-864 and all that-I want to make sure they get sent to me as the agent. That's why I want to make sure the agent is selected and confirmed before I mail in the I-864 fee so that when that is generated it will be sent to me.

Okay, I understand. Yes, the won't mail out I-864 before the choice of agent selection. They will not generate I-864 until they cake care of AOS Fee bill. NVC has two tracks.

1) AOS Fee Bill ----> I-864

2) DS 3032 (Choice of Agent) ----> IV Fee Bill ----> DS 230 packet

These tracks are independent and finally NVC reviews all documents for completeness before they complete the case.

[James 2]

I know a lot of (and probably most) people have had success with e-mailing their choice of agent to NVC, but this is not the first time I've heard of problems and delays when e-mailing.

The only surefire method for ensuring that your IV fee bill is generated the week after the DS-3032 is generated is overnighting a pre-signed DS-3032 (with either the case number written in by hand or a barcode containing the case number pasted on it) the Tuesday you find out that the DS-3032 has been generated.

Heina's DS-3032 was generated on Monday, June 18. Presumably she found this out (or could have) the following morning. If she had overnighted a pre-signed DS-3032 that day, it would have been entered into the NVC system by the end of the week, and her IV fee bill would have been generated this past Monday, June 25.

Obviously, it costs a bit more -- you do have to get your spouse to download, sign, and pay to send you a DS-3032 early in the game, and you have to pay to send the DS-3032 overnight. But e-mail can't be tracked.

I'm not saying don't e-mail. I'm just saying . . . well, just sayin'.

Edited June 29, 2007 by James

[Traviesa 0]

We actually aren't in a hurry. I just did it that way to save money. My husband doesn't know how to download anything so I would have had to actually send him by courier the copy of the DS-3032 that I received, have him sign it and send it by courier back to me (so he didn't screw anything up), then I would have to courier it to the NVC. That's a lot of money that I thought we might be able to save by e-mailing it.

This morning the NVC told me that they are supposed to answer those e-mails within 5 business days and if we hadn't received any response we needed to send it again. So I'm just going to send it again. Hopefully it works this time-if not I guess we have to go the expensive route.

[simple_male 1]

We actually aren't in a hurry. I just did it that way to save money. My husband doesn't know how to download anything so I would have had to actually send him by courier the copy of the DS-3032 that I received, have him sign it and send it by courier back to me (so he didn't screw anything up), then I would have to courier it to the NVC. That's a lot of money that I thought we might be able to save by e-mailing it.

This morning the NVC told me that they are supposed to answer those e-mails within 5 business days and if we hadn't received any response we needed to send it again. So I'm just going to send it again. Hopefully it works this time-if not I guess we have to go the expensive route.

Yes, you can do that. You should mention that you already mailed the choice of agent email before. Or if you have saved the choice of agent email on the "sent" folder, I would forward that email to NVC and write down the info again. I still think you will get the reply of your Ist email any day.

Edited July 2, 2007 by simple_male

[Captain Oates 911]

We actually aren't in a hurry. I just did it that way to save money. My husband doesn't know how to download anything so I would have had to actually send him by courier the copy of the DS-3032 that I received, have him sign it and send it by courier back to me (so he didn't screw anything up), then I would have to courier it to the NVC. That's a lot of money that I thought we might be able to save by e-mailing it.

This morning the NVC told me that they are supposed to answer those e-mails within 5 business days and if we hadn't received any response we needed to send it again. So I'm just going to send it again. Hopefully it works this time-if not I guess we have to go the expensive route.

Yes, you can do that. You should mention that you already mailed the choice of agent email before. Or if you have saved the choice of agent email on the "sent" folder, I would forward that email to NVC and write down the info again. I still think you will get the reply of your Ist email any day.

Heck it's awful all this mailing back and forth... My IV bill was generated 2 weeks ago tomorrow - but the UK mail strike means it's in a backlog somewhere (hopefully !)

about time the NVC sorted this awful system out so it can be done on line or by visa card.

This email system for agents forms is a bit slack security wise actually and i am surprised we get away with it... we should be able to phone for a case PIN number after answering lots of security questions - then using the PIN number we could fill in the agent forms etc on a secured site in real time and pay the visa fees instantly by credit card... no mail no nothing... this is taking me weeks and weeks and is so risky....