MovingMountains

Yes that’s correct. Had to wait until fee status shows as paid before I could even open the AOS and ds260 sections. Once fees show as paid the button that says “start now” will become active and you can proceed.

Submitted fees on July 29 and payment was confirmed sent from my bank July 31. NVC status of payment was in process until August 13. NVC has issues with their payment system currently so you will have to wait. Took 2 weeks for my payment to finally process.

This is a thread for June 2023 I-130 Filers to share timelines and experiences. (Consular processing not Adjustment of Status) I filed my I-130 on June 10, 2023 and received NOA1 online the same day. I immediately mailed in a I-129f for spouse K3 which was received at Texas Service Center on June 13 (even though it also says received June 26 on case status tab). I-130 started off with an estimated processing time of 12 months and after a couple weeks it dropped to 11 months. My case is at Potomac Service Center according to USCIS's Emma chat tool. My wife is in Pakistan and hoping the Islamabad embassy reduces its massive backlog soon. Does anybody know of the effectiveness of K3 at Potomac Service Center? Feel free to add your own timeline so we can be aware of how other June 2023 filers are progressing.