For additional information regarding immigrant visa fees, please go to /fee. If you have not yet received the immigrant visa fee bills from National Visa Center, please contact its representatives telephonically at 60.

Mail the cashier’s check or money order with the fee invoices to the address below:.

Write your NVC case number on the memo line of the cashier’s check or money order.

Department of State for the amount listed on the fee invoices. However, during this time while the State Department is working to resolve this system glitch, applicants are encouraged to make payment via certified mail by completing the following steps: Previously, National Visa Center encouraged electronic payment of the immigrant visa fees via its website. National Visa Center invoices the immigrant fees by sending fee bills via electronic or regular mail to the applicant(s) and/or the designated agent. 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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