have the rules changed? as the choice agent, does my wife now have to send me the supporting documents instead of taking them to the interview? open the PDF to read the instructions and tell me if i'm reading this right.
thanks
jk

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3190.html

Jediknight,

I don't think the rules have changed at all.

With all cases that fall under the CR/IR1 bucket, the DS230 part 1 (and in some cases depending on the country/embassy DS230 part 2 and supporting documents) are always sent to the NVC.

Specific to our case, (Mumbai, India), we had to submit the DS230 part 1 only to the NVC. The NVC will then forward that onto the embassy. My wife will need to collect the supporting documents (police cleareance certs etc) fill out part 2 and take that to the embassy for the interview.

As I stated earlier, different processes are in place for different countries. You may want to get clarification from others on VJ that are going through the same embassy as you.

The NVC should also provide instruction on what needs to be submited, when and where, when you or your SO receive the DS230 packet.

Good luck

guys, i just called NVC and they told me that the supporting documents for the DS230 now have to be sent to NVC and not taken to the interview in bogota. when did this change? did i miss something? i thought the only thing that had to be sent with the DS230 was a copy of my wifes passport.
also, now that i have to ask my wife to get a police report, i asked NVC if she needed one from each city she has lived in, which would be barranquilla and bogota, but the NVC rep told me that she only needed multiple police reports if she has lived in more than one country. if this is so, do the police in colombia give one report that covers the entire country or does she have to goto bogota to get one from there? i'm a liitle confused after thinking i was on top of everything. please clearify, any help is appreciated
gracias
JK

You may want to check out this thread http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=47531

I know of a couple of folks that just completed the CR1 process (Florida_Photo and Looking for a Wife) you may want to reach out to them directly to get thier thougts on this.

Good luck.

thanks devblt for responding. i'm still looking into this but you're right when you say that each country/embassy is different and so far it seems that the requirments have changed for colombia where the supporting documents now have to be sent to NVC instead of taken to the interview. i'll be contacting others who have recently gone through bogota to see what they did, but i think if there was any change in procedure it may have happened at the end of march. anyway thanks again.
JK

our case just got completed on 04/06, and they did ask for all the supporting documents to be sent over to NVC.. i did call them however when i received the DS230, bec. they have attached a checklist from USE Manila Philippines, that we need to bring the supporting docs. at the time of the interview.. they told me that it used to be that way, but they've changed the rules where we would need to send them all the docs.. hope this helped

now we are just waiting for our appointments for interview and medical..

good luck guys

We're pursuing the K3 visa through the Mumbai consulate. I've heard from Yodrak that normally we would need to fill DS230 Part 1, and additionally Part 2 for certain embassies.

So does this change of submitting the forms to embassy Vs. NVC affect K3? Our K3 visa just got approved at the CSC. Do I need to be doing something related to these forms?

Thanks,
/UM

we're pursuing the CR1 visa and have to send a form DS230 along with supporting documents, so i'm not sure if this affects the K3 at all in your case.
JK

UM no "new rules" have come into effect for Mumbai. Just follow the instructions from either the NVC or Mumbai consulate. There are a couple of indian folks going through K3 in Mumbai on this website. Ask them if you have any questions. I'm going through a CR1 in Mumbai so I'm not exactly sure what the differences are in terms of what docs have to be prepared, when, and who they need to be sent to.

it seems that it affects only immigrant visas and not K visas.
JK

/UM,

Point of clarification: Your K3 visa did not just get approved at the CSC. The USCIS does not approve visas and you (or your spouse) have yet to submit an application for a visa.

Yodrak

Choice of agent and DS 230 part I have to be signed and dated by the beneficiary. The petitioner can fill it out, but they have to be signed and dated by the beneficiary. I think, Choice of agent is not applicable to K-3 process.