rahulddesai
Registered Users (C)
Here is my story in short:
- I am on H1B visa (4th year now) in the United States
- My wife is on Green Card, filed for citizenship in June 06. Case still stuck in FBI Name Check.
- Wife applied for my Green-card in Jan 2004. This case of course falls in the category of 'permanent resident filing for a spouse (F-2A)
Today I received a mail from the National Visa Center. The mail was addressed to my wife. The mail asked her to pay 'Affidavit of Support (I-864) Processing Fee Bill' for $70. It also had Choice of Agent and Address Form. The case number started with BMB. Originally my case number started with LIN. This is the case where my wife (green-card holder) filed an immigrant petition for me in Jan 2004.
What are these forms? I went to travel.state.gov and I found the following information at http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3178.html
The NVC processes immigrant visa petitions after the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security (USCIS) approves them. When the immigrant visa case is current or about to become current, the NVC will send a bill to the petitioner asking him/her to pay an Affidavit of Support processing fee. The NVC will send the bill along with instructions on where and how to pay the bill.
What is all this supposed to mean? Can I expect that my case is close to being approved (or I am about to get a visa number)?
Please help! Appreciate your responses.
- I am on H1B visa (4th year now) in the United States
- My wife is on Green Card, filed for citizenship in June 06. Case still stuck in FBI Name Check.
- Wife applied for my Green-card in Jan 2004. This case of course falls in the category of 'permanent resident filing for a spouse (F-2A)
Today I received a mail from the National Visa Center. The mail was addressed to my wife. The mail asked her to pay 'Affidavit of Support (I-864) Processing Fee Bill' for $70. It also had Choice of Agent and Address Form. The case number started with BMB. Originally my case number started with LIN. This is the case where my wife (green-card holder) filed an immigrant petition for me in Jan 2004.
What are these forms? I went to travel.state.gov and I found the following information at http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3178.html
The NVC processes immigrant visa petitions after the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security (USCIS) approves them. When the immigrant visa case is current or about to become current, the NVC will send a bill to the petitioner asking him/her to pay an Affidavit of Support processing fee. The NVC will send the bill along with instructions on where and how to pay the bill.
What is all this supposed to mean? Can I expect that my case is close to being approved (or I am about to get a visa number)?
Please help! Appreciate your responses.