Next steps after paying the NVC fees.

[craftercool 7]

Dear members of this community, once you get access to the NVC online portal (after Form I-130 has been approved) and you've paid the fees for the Affidavit of Support and the Application, can you submit both of them the very same day? Or do you need to submit the AOS first and wait until it gets approved?

 

Last but not least, as the petitioner, can you fill out the application for your beneficiary? 

 

Thanks in advance for any help you could provide.

[neca 166]

2 hours ago, craftercool said:

can you submit both of them the very same day?

If I'm understanding your question correctly, I think fee processing takes a day or two, but whenever it's ready you'll be able to upload. If the document upload is available to you, then I don't see why you can't do it. I uploaded all of my documents on the same day.

 

2 hours ago, craftercool said:

as the petitioner, can you fill out the application for your beneficiary? 

I believe that legally the beneficiary is required to fill in the DS-260, but I have read of cases where the petitioner assists the beneficiary. Sharing screens, the petitioner printing out the pages and filling in the answers so the beneficiary can copy them, stuff like that. The final page (or thereabouts) requires the beneficiary's "signature," that absolutely must be completed by them.

Edited April 7, 2021 by neca
Clarification

[craftercool 7]

3 minutes ago, neca said:

I believe that legally the beneficiary is required to fill in the DS-260, but I have read of cases where the petitioner assists the beneficiary. The final page (or thereabouts) requires the beneficiary's "signature," that absolutely must be completed by them.

 

Got it, thank you! Hey, do you know if the DS-260 and the IV Application are the same thing?

 

Best regards 🙏

[payxibka 10,047]

1 minute ago, craftercool said:

 

Got it, thank you! Hey, do you know if the DS-260 and the IV Application are the same thing?

 

Best regards 🙏

Yes