Visa Packet

[Dylan Holmes 0]

So our interview went well and my wife was approved.

 

She received her passport in the mail a couple of days later. It has the actual visa printed on it.

 

However on the website I keep hearing about this sacred visa packet. And to not open it and pay the fee and all.

 

However, we never received a visa packet was it supposed to come with the passport?

 

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

Regards,

 

Dylan Holmes

[Crazy Cat 42,642]

Many, if not most, consulates no longer issue an immigration packet.  All the records are transmitted electronically.  

[Dylan Holmes 0]

1 minute ago, Lucky Cat said:

Many, if not most, consulates no longer issue an immigration packet.  All the records are transmitted electronically.  

So, do we need to pay the immigrant fee online still for the "visa packet"?

 

Or do we just show up to the US with the visa in the passport and nothing else accompanying us?

And pay afterwards or something?

[Crazy Cat 42,642]

18 minutes ago, Dylan Holmes said:

So, do we need to pay the immigrant fee online still for the "visa packet"?

 

Or do we just show up to the US with the visa in the passport and nothing else accompanying us?

And pay afterwards or something?

The $220 immigrant fee is for production of the Green Card.  The actual plastic card will not be produced until the $220 fee has been paid AND the visa holder has entered the US.  Most people pay the fee after the interview, but before arrival in the US.   

Edited March 10, 2021 by Lucky Cat

[Dylan Holmes 0]

2 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

The $220 immigrant fee is for production of the Green Card.  The actual plastic card will not arrive until the $220 fee has been paid AND the visa holder has entered the US.  Most people pay the fee after the interview, but before arrival in the US.   

I looked into paying that online, but I needed an A number and DOS number, which is said to be inside the visa packet...

[Crazy Cat 42,642]

3 minutes ago, Dylan Holmes said:

I looked into paying that online, but I needed an A number and DOS number, which is said to be inside the visa packet...

Those numbers are on the visa itself.  You don't need a packet to pay the $220 fee or to enter the US.  You need only the passport with attached visa.

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-fees/uscis-immigrant-fee/immigrant-fee-payment-tips-on-finding-your-a-number-and-dos-case-id

 

 

Edited March 10, 2021 by Lucky Cat

[Dylan Holmes 0]

3 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

Those numbers are on the visa itself.  You don't need a packet to pay the $220 fee or to enter the US.  You need only the passport with attached visa.

https://www.uscis.gov/forms/filing-fees/uscis-immigrant-fee/immigrant-fee-payment-tips-on-finding-your-a-number-and-dos-case-id

 

 

Thank you very much, I was wondering if this were the case.

 

I wish they were labeled more clearly.