I just got back from a trip away on business, and I wanted to share some good news.

My OH got a letter from the NVC saying that they had received her approved petition on 25th June and would send it on to London.

I got back home today, and I had my Packet 3 waiting for me, and the letter is dated 29th June.

I was not expecting it to get from received by NVC to packet 3 being issued 4 days later!

Gah!

I've just noticed that my packet 3 doesn't have any forms enclosed!!!!

I hope I can download the ones I need!

Don't worry, you aren't supposed to get any of the forms with your Packet 3 - the instructions you got tell you the web address where you can download them all.

You are supposed to get a medical questionnaire though. Did you get one? They forgot to include that in my packet 3 which i got on monday, but they told me i can fill one it when i go for the medical.

when I did this in october my packet 3 was ultra speedy too ,good luck!

Agreed, you should be able to download everything - except maybe the checklist (or did you get that)?

My fiance's 'packet 4' was missing everything, save the interview appointment letter. So I can sort of relate!

I have the check list letter and the medical appointment info with the questionnaire, so it looks like all is good! Thanks for the reassurance.

I assume for the check list, for Date of Travel and Date of Wedding, it's ok to put "Currently unknown" since they say many times not to make plans until you have the visa in hand!

Sure, that's fine.

But if you'd like a slightly faster interview date, put down something, say, in Sept. or so and see what happens. May not help but certainly can't hurt!

You can write whatever you want there - what you said, or "ASAP" or a projected date (as in, just write in your best guess). But anecdotal evidence suggests that if you put "unknown" or "ASAP," the Embassy won't mind letting you wait a bit as they schedule the people who put in hard dates. If you really don't care when you go or you know you have a lot of winding up to do (selling a house, etc etc) then put "unknown." But they wouldn't have those lines on the form if people were "supposed" to leave them free of actual information.

If you have a travel and wedding date in mind, write them in.