Hi, I received my NOA2 last week (only online so far) and my case is transferred to NVC (consular processing). While I read a lot about the F2A process, I'm still not sure what happens at the NVC stage. Is it correct, that I don't do anything before NVC requests documents from me? When do I have to pay the fees? Will they requires the Affidavit Of Support immediately? The problem with my affidavit of support is that my sponsor hasn't filed a tax return for the last year yet. There's no doubt that the income will be sufficient to sponsor me, but can you tell me at which point NVC will request the tax return receipt as proof? Can we move forward in the process without this tax return receipt at the moment? How much time will NVC give us to provide this receipt before we run into issues? A lot of question...it would be great if you could help me out here. Thank you in advance! :)

Please see these links: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_5161.html http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/nvc/nvc_1335.html http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3190.html

Thank you Amazon, those links are really helpful! One question I couldn't get answered though: What time do I have to send the I-864 with all needed support documents after it got requested by NVC? Is there a response timeframe or is it not that critical? I understand this will of course delay the process, but I'm not sure how long IRS will take to process the tax return and I don't want the F2A process to fail because of this. Thank you!