Immigrant Visa Process

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Step 3: Pay Fees

The first thing you need to do after receiving your NVC
Welcome Letter is pay your processing fees. There are
two processing fees:

1. Immigrant Visa Application Processing Fee

2. Affidavit of Support Fee

You will need a bank routing number and a checking or

savings account number from a U.S. based bank. 

To pay your fee, log into your case in CEAC and click the
‘PAY NOW’ button under Affidavit of Support Fee or IV Fee
on your summary page.
Please note you cannot pay these two fees
simultaneously; the online system will ask you to pay
them one at a time.

After submitting your payments online, please allow up to

1 week for NVC to process your fees before continuing to
the next step. You will not be able to access Form DS-260
until NVC has processed your payments.

NEXT STEP:
PREVIOUS STEP: AFFIDAVIT OF
NVC PROCESSING SUPPORT