Hi, I have already submitted the I-864 for my wife with all the documents, and we are nearing 30 days on that. However, a lady at the USCIS desk said over the phone that the DS-261 has to be submitted online with choice of agent, though she put it down on her end. The agent would be me, the petitioner, as I am sponsoring her. However, the CEAC website does not allow accessing the 261 or IV Payment. It also says on there: "Please allow 15 days for the NVC to process your DS-261 before continuing to the next step." I don't know how I ended up completing what's after without doing this, but maybe that is why I cannot access it. It also seems there is no paper form, that it has to be done online. Not sure what to do.
As it is now April and we will need to be ready to go in July without delay, I am getting a little panicky.
As it is now April and we will need to be ready to go in July without delay, I am getting a little panicky.