DS-260 and NVC fees: one form per family or one per person?

Community answers

The answers below are translated from the original Russian - the language of the community chats.

• Your personal account should have two individuals. You pay the Application Fee separately for each one. After the payment is processed, the system will allow you to fill out the DS-260 - it needs to be filled out for each family member individually. Until the payment is confirmed in their system, you will not be able to fill out the DS.

• In your personal account, you should have all the individuals for whom there was an application in I-140. Payment is made by a U.S. bank card - a separate fee for each. After that, gather your document package and send it.

• When filling out the immigration form DS-260, provide information according to your passport. It is worth reading the instructions carefully - answers to most basic questions about the form are already available in the chat's pinned messages.

• If the marriage occurred after the petition was filed, the petitioner can add a new dependent - I know many successful stories. I can't give a step-by-step guide, try searching online; this is relevant for winners of the DV lottery as well.

The answers are anonymized community experience from the public chats, not legal advice. Officers may decide similar cases differently.

Sources

• USCIS: petitions returned by consular offices
• Form I-140 on uscis.gov

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• DS-260 guide
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• NVC fees without a US card

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