Hello everyone. On the US Embassy website for BA, at website address http://argentina.usembassy.gov/faqs4.html#b
The website states ¨You may begin to apply for the fiance(é) visa before the approval of your petition by requesting from this office a packet of forms and instructions referred to as "packet 3". ¨
I wrote to the Embassy to request a "Packet 3" be delivered to my husband in Argentina.

First they wrote back saying they can not send the pkt 3 until the case arrives. The documents have certain validity and may be expired the date of case arrive.¨ They also told me it takes between 6 and 8 weeks fo the appointment AFTER they recieve all of the documents from the packet 3. We are talking MONTHS between the time the visa number is approved, and the time he can come into the country.

I wrote back to them referring to the website instructions, and recieved this email. ¨Those instructions changed and we are not able to send you the information before the case is here. We are updating the web page.¨

I know everyone has a sad story- but my husband was in the US on a P-1 visa for the last five years, where he built his business...now he has been out of the country for 4 months and is on the verge of losing his business if he can´t be in by January.

We are desperate and I am just wondering what we can do to get ahold of the packet 3 information and the checklist to get started on it before our I-129F information has been sent to the Embassy.

Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks!

I just wanted to offer encouragment and say hang in there

your I-129F has not been approved by USCIS yet.. not until that is approved and the paperwork makes it to NVC then to the Embassy in Brazil can you get a packet 3.. perhaps between the time it is being sent to the embassy but you need your I-129F approved first.

I just read more into it and I dont know .. I would just wait a little longer the time it takes to receive packet 3 and send it back is very little.

The forms that are commonly sent in packet 3 can be downloaded from the USCIS site. You cant submit those forms but at least it will allow you pre fill them in and then copy them to the ones they send you.

Forms

This is everything that you will get in packet 3 and what you will need to do.

By the way search buttons are wonderful thing.

Ummm... you linked to the embassy in Brazil and the case is in Argentina...

As for the dates on the documents and how long they're good for, you can e-mail the consulate and ask them about it. I just did to find out about I134 in Brazil and they were very nice.

OOPs, damn, I apolgize, read that one wrong. The argentine embassy doesnt list those forms. However most of the forms listed there are the same for all countries.

Heh, no problem, dwar.

From what the OP says, I think they've changed the rules so it will work as it works in Brazil.

In Rio, the consulate waits for the petition to get there and then they send packet 3 in the mail.

dwar,

Change 'USCIS' to DoS and you're close. Some of the information will be different for Argentina.

You're right on about search.

Yodrak

Yodrak,

Yep, used wrong term there you are right. Yes some of the procedures will be different but the basic forms dont change and it gives them an idea of what they will need prior to interview.

DoS

This site gives more info and links to alot of other sites that are valuable resources

wawatasse,
So sorry to hear this. Back in 2003 my fiance was in Argentina when we filed the first time. I'm sure our instructions are outdated. Perhaps some of the fiance/e's going through AR now can forward you some more current info. Good luck!!

Toria and Salvador

Just wanted to say thanks for all of the encouraging words... I will do my best to get an idea of what paperwork I need to fill out. I know the longest process is the medical exam by an embassy certified physician.
Thanks again to everyone.

The sad part is that we all have to deal with the government. No matter what, you won't get the visa until you have the interview. The forms will be there in plenty of time for you to complete them before the interview. Trying to get a leg up on the forms will really not gain you anything. Might as well just sit back and wait.

When I spoke to the embassy they told me that they do not schedule the interview until you have returned the completed checklist from the packet 3... So first you wait for the Packet 3, then you complete the packet 3 and send in the completed checklist, then 6 to 8 weeks later they schedule your interview.

That is my understanding.

That's how it happens in Brazil, kind of, since the waiting time for them to schedule the interview varies. I've just replied to your question on another thread, but I'll post it here anyway:

The Bs. As. embassy is terrible. I also requested "packet 3" and was told the same thing. They told me their website has not been updated in 3 years!!!

How are you getting in contact with them? My approved petition should be there by now and I have so many questions I need to ask them and I have on idea how to contact them. I tried e-mails, but they only replied to one, after a week. Their phone number is also pretty much useless if you're in the US.