I recieved the notice from the consulate in Cuidad Juarez telling us what papers to gather. All of this I had expected , but then came the shocker.

It did not tell us to send the papers back, it simply told us to gather the papers and then appear at the Consulate in Cuidad Juarez, we did not get a date or an appointment or anything. It said that we could appear at any point for the K-1 Visa and be interviewed.

I was a little dumbstruck by it, since everything I had read up to that point was that we needed to send everything to get an interview date, but it seems that this is not the case.

So now we are at the point in time where we basically have everything together, and are planning our trip to Cuidad Juarez. I have all the required information.

The other question that I have is whether or not its vital that her daughter come with. From what I can gather from the letter she does indeed need to attend so that she can get her medical examination 4 days prior to us trying to get in at the interview.

We are planning on a week and half stay in Cuidad Juarez at the moment.

I hope that is enough time.

Some consulates do P3 P4 and others simply combine P3 and P4 and just tell you to bring everything to the interview.

Well thats comforting to know. So it seems its now entirely in our hands. Boy this is stressful.

My real concern is my fiancee's daughter, and the length of time. I guess its required that she come with to get her medical examination?

My wife was from CDJ but she did not have any children. Her family was all there so we stayed with them. Also if you will be using El Paso as your point of entry make sure you allow enough time to cross the bridge if you need to fly from El Paso.