Issue 2: Unable to pay your immigrant visa processing fee or Affidavit of Support feeĪn immigrant visa processing fee must be paid in order to allow access to and filing of the immigrant visa application Forms DS-260 online. The agent’s full name, phone number, email address, and mailing address will be required in order to process this request. Issue 1: Unable to Access Form DS-261 in order to select a new agentĪn “agent” is a individual who will be corresponding with National Visa Center on behalf of the applicant(s), such as an attorney.ĭuring the period of time while NVC continues to have issues with the electronic processing of the form DS-261, applicants may choose or change their agent telephonically by calling the National Visa Center at 60 and pressing option “2”. The State Department has released guidance indicating that it is aware of the issues and is working to fix these problems.

State Department responsible for visa processing prior to transfer to consular posts, has reported experiencing technical difficulties with their online system related to the access of electronic immigrant visa application (Form DS-260) as well as the Online Choice of Address and Agent form (DS-261), as well as the ability to make and process immigrant visa fee payments electronically.

Recently however, in addition to extensive delays and other issues, National Visa Center, part of U.S.

The National Visa Center in its guidance addressed this change as one that will streamline and expedite the immigrant visa process. Introduced in September 2013, the DS-260 online filing replaced the paper-based DS-230 Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration for all immigrant visa applications.

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