Next Steps
1. When the IV fee payment status is PAID, each applicant must submit an Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration. If your case was initiated after October 4, 2010 and your case number begins with AMM, ATH, BGH, LMA, MEP, or MTL you must submit your visa application form online. Otherwise you must submit the paper version of the form. q q
To submit your application form online, go to http://ceac.state.gov/iv and follow the instructions displayed. To submit the paper version log in to http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3190.html and follow the instructions for the DS-230 Application.
2. To complete your Immigrant Visa application you must also submit civil documents. Go to www.ImmigrantVisas.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_5165.html to learn about document submission requirements and options for your case. 3. If you are required to submit physical documents, you must include a barcoded cover sheet to identify the documents as belonging to your case. q If you received an Instruction Packet from the National Visa Center (NVC), it contains a cover sheet which may be photocopied.
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If you need a new cover sheet, log in to http://ceac.state.gov/iv and click the Print Document Cover Sheet button. If you cannot print a cover sheet now, log in to http://ceac.state.gov/iv and click the Email Document Cover Sheet button to send an electronic copy to an email address where it can be printed later.
4. The next steps concerning AOS fee payments are found on the