Just to get things going on the next step after NVC. Us January CSC filers seem to be a cohesive and supportive group. I would like to keep this trend going to the interview. Thanks for all your support guys/gals!!! Lets keep this train choo-chooing (sp)

Well, Wendy will be faxing packet 3 to the embassy tomorrow. She will also snail mail it to the Bogota embassy tomorrow. Anyone else at this stage already??

Any Jan. CSC filers with interview dates already?

Chime in!!

I am thinking I could be at the packet 3 stage by now because my fiancee has all the documents ready. I had a few unanswered questions maybe you might have seen in your process. The packet 3 from warsaw has a IV/F04(WRW-1) which is the checklist. Example form here...

My question is first. On top it says "Priority Date". Is that something that needs to be filled out by my fiancee? I am the petitioner and I cannot remember seeing this anywhere.

2nd question. I think you are only supposed to send back the check-list... without attachments. Right? Like no DS-230 Part 1, or what is that form OF-167, Evidence Which May be Presented to Meet the Public Charge Provision of the Law??? It is an enclosure... but I cannot find an example anyone on the embassy site what that form looks like. Then later you read in the checklist to just send back the checklist.

Sooo.. my final thoughts are... I believe in packet 3 you JUST send back the checklist to the embassy via e-mail. And I assume that when you found out that your case got to the embassy you decided to submit packet 3 to put the wheels in motion quicker... right?

You are the first to write here on this new milestone for Jan CSC filers , and I am interested in hearing what ya did

Jason,

After reading the attached page. Your packet 3 consists of 2 forms, WRW-1 (checklist) and the DS-230 part 1. It says you have to send forms WRW-1 and DS-230 part I (pages 1 and 2) to be scheduled for an interview.

Please verify with other members going thru Warsaw.

BTW,

I'd fax and email the forms for the packet 3.

Thanks a 'Bunch' again. hehe. Hey, here is some interesting information to others out there that I found in the 'Embassy Info' section in VisaJourney, here. Interesting enough... "What forms should be send back to the Consulate? Only checklist", then it goes on to explain the following:

(DS-230 is NOT required, this is a common misunderstanding, since the checklist is issued for both K1, K2, K3 and other visas. DS-230 is required for immigrant visas. K1 visa is not an immigrant visa)

And based on that "Packet 3 Contains: 1. checklist, 2. form used to receive police certificate"... so just the checklist I guess. Anyway, too much being sent is not a bad thing. I'll stick with lucho on this one.

So the interview is creeping around the corner! I can't believe we are already so close to this step. It has been nine months now since I have seen my fiancee. The wait is almost over. Is it safe to say when you book the flight for the interview in Poland, that it is kinda safe to at least reserve/book the flight to Miami? I strongly believe the my case is pretty cut and dry. And more and more that a simple case where no children are involved, or if you have never been married before, you do not need a lawyer. Doing things on your own is not hard. I do have to admit that if you do not have good organization skills, patience, or your are a bit illiterate... a lawyer might be a good idea. But for the simple fact that I, a well educated person with a university degree, cannot understand clearly what is being said on the checklist for the items to be returned... a lawyer who does this day and night might have helped. But, again... interview is coming... I feel it!

I am so happy to be here with many other folks in similar situations and being able to share our experiences to get through all this. Many of us are doing this alone and it is all possible for us to communicate and help one another because of the internet... and VisaJourney.com.

Good luck at the interviews!!

WOOOHOOOOO!!!

I got my packet 3 today!!!!!!!!!!

If all goes well I'll send it back tomorrow!

Sweet!!!

We just faxed packet 3....hopefully they received it. We will be sending it out via courier later today. Hopefully we'll have an interview scheduled in a week.

I'm an early Jan filer. Tell Wendy not to bother mailing the Packet#3, it not required. Fax only thr DS-230 part 1 and the OF-169 to the embassy. Check out these 2 links: packet#3=http://bogota.usembassy.gov/wwwfck1instrucciones_temp.pdf packet#4=http://bogota.usembassy.gov/wwwfcivappointment_temp.pdf
You will receive packet#4 in 2-3 weeks depending on where Wendy lives. Mine fiancee is from Cali and we faxed the documents on May 1 and received packet#4 by mail on May 17. If you don't receive Packet#4 in 2 weeks do one or the other: get Wendy to fax a letter to the consular section ( put name, phone no.,case no. and the problem). They will call her back and tell her the appointment date and resend her another packet#4 or you can call the Visa Help Center @ 202.663.1225 between 8:30am & 5pm ET (call @ 8:30) ask them to look and see if you have an appt. Provide your case number and Wendy's full name. Since you faxed the documents after the 15th, which is the cut-off date for June appts., Your appt. might be in July(probably 1st week)or maybe you'll get lucky and get an appt. the last week of June. Go look @ my timeline and get an idea for your appt. date. I guessed@ our appt. date when we received the NOA2 and only missed it by 5 days. June 6th. Good luck!!! jeff

I gotta deal with the communist government, so needless to say, I'll be waiting a while for an interview date

Jeff,
Excellent post. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

I hear that the cut-off date is between the 15th and 20th of every month....hopefully we got ours in time for a late June appt. No biggie, early July appt. will do fine as well.

Jeff,
Is there a way to verify that the embassy received the fax?

the fax machine usually gives a receipt when the fax goes thru or wait for the phone call. Maria faxed them twice and called back twice( concerning packet#3). jeff

I heard that the embassy is no longer taking phone calls. I guess i'll have her fax it one more time, then mail it just to be safe.

poppscc,

How long is the typical wait time for an interview in Vietnam?

who receives the packet 3 me or my fiance receive a letter from the NVC stating that with in a week they will forward to the US Embassy in Manila

The beneficiary should receive the packet 3. Although I am almost certain you can find packet 3 on your embassy's web site. Get it from the website to get a head start.

i got package 3 last week, after reading lucho's post i decided to fax it. I gave them a call to see if they got it and the first thing i heard was DO NOT FAX ANY DOCUMENTS TO THIS OFFICE!!! hahaha I will have to make a walk-in delivery tomorrow morning

Gabriela had her interview today at Embassy in Bucharest all went well. She got her visa. Standard questions and asked "What hobbies do you have in common"?

Carla,

The faxing of packet 3 is good for the Colombian embassy, as well as the embassy in Poland. Sorry that I made you fax yours in.

Rick,

What other questions were asked??

Thanks!

It wasnt your fault, after a few months here I should already know EVERY CONSULATE IS DIFFERENT!!!! LOL. good luck with the rest of the process!!

My Fiancee faxed everything to the embassy today. I am hoping that we will make it in before the June cut-off. Who knows? hehe. Funny she got her packet 3 today as well in the mail from the embassy. Tomorrow she will e-mail it just in case because she wrote in blue ink and it did not come out so well in the first scan. So she wrote over it in black ink and will scan it again. She will e-mail the forms tomorrow if they tell her that she did not get the fax when she calls. She is also going to try and get a little info on maybe getting a push for the july interview date. If she speaks as well as I do.. who knows?!

hehe

ALMOST THERE!

I think that is only true of Warsaw -- London requires it:

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/visa/...processing.html




Bears repeating: different consulates have different instructions!

We're going to send off Packet 3 tomorrow or Wednesday! YIPPEE!

Well.. believe it or not.. I wrote that quote off of the Warsaw page in the Embassy section of VJ. And... after reading the Warsaw US Embassy web site and calling them on the phone and reading the checklist... Warsaw does require it. This reminds me kinda of a common occurance on here where people end up making rules up, and false claims to what needs to be done and what doesn't. I also keep leaning towards this idea of just following directions. Even though the directions have not been totalllly clear at times, the process is still pretty basic and has not caused any headaches for me thus far.

We got our interview date- June 26th! I called the Embassy today, they've already mailed packet 3 to his PO Box (In Ethiopia, packet 4 is done in person at the interview). The lady who answered my call also gave me the date and time of the interview. Jesus! What a wonderful way to begin the day!

-DA

On a side note, I still have not received the hard copy of my NOA2 or the NVC letter.

my interview is in less than 2 weeks but i dnt know if my SO will send me the rest of the documents. Good luck guys

wow .... you guys are so efficient !! share with us your interview later !
I just received my Packet 3 today ! but it's good that we have prepared quite a lot of things in advance !

my fiance is coming to Hong Kong this Sunday and will stay for a week !

We have faxed and mailed packet 3 already. We are waiting for our interview date to be set. Which should be around the last week of June or first week of July.

Woohoo! Praise Smurfette! We got our Packet 4 today!


Interview date is June 26th!

Congratulations, 6th Nephilim!

Dawn.

Usually 3 months after packet 3 arrives. I got my NOA2 March 26 and still no interview date yet

I am sooo anxious to hear about the interview date! I know that my Fiancee will call them on Tuesday to see what the status is because we have some planning to do... airline tickets, hotel, etc.

They have not posted the dates yet on the Warsaw page for June... but I have this strong sensation that it will be in late June as we requested to the Embassy on a phone call after they received our fax.

I am super impressed how the US Embassy in Warsaw has treated us. They are SUPER nice to us so far. Both my Fiancee and I have called and they have been nice and helpfullll to the two of us. Guess I just have to wait for the memorial day weekend to end to find out anything!

I will, congrats about your fiancee comming over, you must be very excited!!

Hello!

"Ski" already set her medical appointment at the embassy certified doctor in Kiev this Friday, before she has her packet 3 or 4. I thought she needed authorization and an embassy form contained in packet 4. This would be carried to the Doctor's office to be filled out after her exam.

Any ideas on this?

George

Intreview on July 5th!!!!!

Fabulous! Congratulations!

Congrats on the interview Lucho!

Graciasssssssssssssss wooooooooooo hoooooooooooooooooooo

Congratulations!

Yea Lucho!

I hope to be joining your scheduled club soon!

Congratulations!! Im happy for you guys!!

Congrats Lucho! By the way, you guys make a great looking couple.

Hopefully we'll have an interview date soon:)

I scheduled "Ski's" interview for July 3. In the past, I've heard petitioners must purchase the beneficiary a round-trip open ended airline ticket home. This is to remove the government's liability to return the beneficiary home if marriage does not occur in 90 days. Is this true?

George

I don't know about that George but there have been plenty of people on VJ who were fine just purchasing a 1 way ticket. Congrats on the interview!

Warsaw embassy staff was super nice... when we called they helped us out, and were super nice.

Also.. my fiancee called them when she sent her paperwork to the embassy via fax, and she wanted to schedule her interview and the woman was super nice and said she will write the date down, and believe it or not... we got it when we wanted it. June 28, 2007 because she graduates the week before that. Now, more waiting and I will get all the plane tickets and hotel reservations done this weekend. Good luck everyone!

Any other January filers with set interview dates??

Jenny, thanks, same to you two too

Thanks Sarah, we're keeping our fingers crossed that everything in packet3 and packet4 will be available when really really needed. Last Friday she made her medical appointment for tomorrow morning based on a call from the Kyiv embassy with her NVC number.

This gave me some confidence to move forward without documents in hand. So last night I called the interview scheduling service for Kiev and told them the NVC number. I assured the interview scheduler our checklist was complete. He made the appointment for July 3!

fwaguy has been absent for a couple weeks, anybody seen him?

George

Yay Lucho!

Dawn.

I called this morning after I sent them an email requesting status, let them know we have everything we need (which we do) they scheduled her for a July 16th interview, wonder why such a disparity between July 3 and July 16?
Did not realize you had to call the Medical place for a reservation, will have Anna do that in the morning.
Did the same stuff happen to you, where they did not send you a packet 3 yet? However you just called and told them you had everything? Thats what I did.
Regards,
T.

I agree it's peculiar three days between scheduling calls caused almost two weeks between the interviews. Yeah, no packet three here either. We haven't received anything in writing from USCIS or NVC since NOA1 the first week of February. The 25th "Ski" got an email from the embassy with her KEV number.

She immediately called the approved medical center and set up the appointment. She had the appointment today, said it was long but effortless. They took x-rays, blood, and reviewed her records. The center gave her the results the end of the day.

I got our KEV number just by chance by calling NVC the 25th. They also informed me our 129f was approved the 10th! LOL!

I told the interview scheduler at 888-889-3780 we have completed everything on the KEV-1 check list. He said good, and offered to set up an appointment. I said the earliest possible, please. It's set for the third of July!

George

I am assuming that she is from Kiev so she was able to get that medical done already?
Thanks for the info as well.
Regards,
T.

Yes, "Ski" completed her medical yesterday. She was given an informal clean bill of health by the office, and a sealed packet with the results to take to her interview.

George