NIV: Mon – Wed 8:00 – 10:00 am
IV : Tue & Thu starting at 8:00 am
Refugees: Tue & Thu starting at 8:00 am
Citizen Services: Mon – Thu 8:30 – 12:00 & 1:30 – 3:30
K3 / K4: Mon & Wed starting at 1:00 pm (if on walk-in basis)
K1 interviews are done on Tuesdays and Thursday.
Best Contact Method:
In person / not very responsive by e-mail or fax (as requested on their web site). Good results when phoning.
Approx Waiting Time for Interview After Consulate Recieves
NVC Package:
Appr. 1-2 months usually. Most recently about one month.
Issues Packet 3?
Packet 3 Contains:
Appointment Letter (date and time or walk-in)
DS-156 (one copy but they will need two copies for the filing)
Checklist
List for Medical Exam Facilities
Issues Packet 4?
No
Packet 4 Contents (if known):
All papers are to be filed in person once all docs from checklist have been obtained / completed
Packet 3 contains everything, including interview date
Forms to Consulate?
Other Forms (if any)?
Passport
Birth Certificate
Marriage Certificate (for K3) / Divorce Certificates
Police Certificate
Medical Exam Envelope
I-134 plus 3 recent years tax transcripts
Evidence of Relationship
Direct Consular Filing Offered?
Yes
If DCF Allowed: For all or only US citizen lawfully resident in country?
Residents_Only
Can fiance(e)/spouse attend interview?
Yes
Visa fee payment "same day" or "in advance"?
Same_Day
Did embassy schedule interview or could you walk-in?
Embassy Scheduled
Visa issued same day?
Yes
If not what's the waiting period?
Is the Medical exam same day as interview?
Prior to Interview
Cost of Medical Exam?
ETB 260.00 + ETB 200.00 (Lab) = app USD 50.00
List of doctors?
! Need to have the P3 list to do the exam !
Betheztha Medical 515 88 20
Mexico Square 551 90 84
Cathedral Clinic 112 81 45
Noble Higher Clinic 112 53 63
Addis Childrens Clinic 371 33 33
How many Passport Photo's Required for the medical?
3
How many Passport Photo's Required at the interview?
2
Estimated waiting time at the consulate on the day of interview?
2-4 hours
Vaccination requirements?
None for K3
Cheap and good hotels near the Consulate?
Additional Info?
2 Passport photos required for police certificate (can be b/w)
K3 filing / interview may be done on a walk-in basis if the petitioner appears at the Consulate in person and pleads his/her case sufficiently. Otherwise, the Consulate will schedule the interview within 6-10 weeks of receiving the file from the NVC.
Upon receiving packet 3, the applicant should complete all documents requested on the checklist and obtain both the medical and police certificate. Medical takes appr. 3 days total to complete. Police Certificate takes 2 weeks but can be expedited upon request (we had ours within 3 days).
The problem in terms of total processing time appears to be that the Consulate will take time to actually send out packet 3 (word is that this may take 1-2 months easily). If the USC petitioner is in Addis, the petitioner can pick-up packet 3 at the Consulate by showing the NVC letter. This speeds things up dramatically.
The interview was rather easy in our case but we spoke to applicants that have been back for the third or fourth time. My take was that a complete and accurate filing along with good relationship evidence is the key to a speedy processing of the visa. Also, for all couples that are mixed, the Ethiopian K3 visa applicant will very likely have to go through the interview in English unless it can be established that the petitioning USC spouse speaks Amharic (or one of the other native tongues).
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