Packet 3

[UKGirl123 24]

Hi I have been trolling the forums for the last 2 hours and I cannot find the answer to my question, so I am sorry if this is duplicated.

I am trying to get everything prepared for the next stage of the process as we are anticipated our NOA2 in the next week or so (hopefully!!)

What do I need for the next step?

From what I have read it is something to do with Packet 3???

Do I get sent this in the mail?

What is it?

What is in it?

What do I need to get ready?

Thanks

[HeatDeath 431]

A few weeks after you get your NOA2, the USC partner will get a letter saying that the National Visa Center has received your approved petition and are forwarding it to your consulate. A week or 3 after that the UK partner will receive a package from the UK consulate/Embassy saying that they have received your approved petition and can process your visa application. This package will ask you to fill out and fax them some forms, and to let them know when you have gathered some other documentation. This initial package sent to you from the UK embassy/consulate is called "Packet 3" for reasons that are largely historical.

"Packet 1" is the I-129F packet you sent USCIS, or possibly the NOA1 they sent you in response. Either way,

"Packet 2" is the NOA2 USCIS will send you when the I-129F petition is approved.

That makes the next packet - the visa application packet sent to you by the local consulate, "Packet 3".

When you have sent the consulate everything they ask for in Packet 3, they send you a letter giving you an interview appointment and detailed instructions of what to bring to the interview. This letter is sometimes called "Packet 4".

Hope this helps.

[Otto 83]

**Moving from K1 to US Embassy/Consulate

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Hi I have been trolling the forums for the last 2 hours and I cannot find the answer to my question, so I am sorry if this is duplicated.

I am trying to get everything prepared for the next stage of the process as we are anticipated our NOA2 in the next week or so (hopefully!!)

What do I need for the next step?

From what I have read it is something to do with Packet 3???

Do I get sent this in the mail?

What is it?

What is in it?

What do I need to get ready?

Thanks

This should help you: http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/inde...&cty=London it is your consulate specific information as some consulates differ from others.

Best of luck

[SunDrop 59]

A week or 3 after that the UK partner will receive a package from the UK consulate/Embassy saying that they have received your approved petition and can process your visa application. This package will ask you to fill out and fax them some forms, and to let them know when you have gathered some other documentation.

The processing times are very embassy specific, as is how you are supposed to respond to packet 3. I wouldn't say, based on current experience with London that 1-3 weeks post NVC is correct. London also doesn't ask for forms to be faxed but rather submitted by post.

It's called packet 3 because it used to be a wodge of forms for you to fill in. Now that they've moved them all online, it's basically a letter giving you the website for the forms and the checklist, and also instructions for booking your medical. You'll need your London case number (different from your petition number) in order to book the medical. This is the link.

You can start completing the forms and checklist read to return to the Embassy and preparing the originals and copies of the required documents.

Be warned, it's taking London an unusually long time to 'log' your petition as received and sent out packet 3, and then they seem to only be allocating interview dates on a monthly basis. At this stage, assuming you have everything ready to return the day your packet 3 lands, if I were you, I'd be hopeful for a May interview at the earliest (on the assumption you get your packet 3 sometime in March and are allocated an interview mid April).

Congrats and good luck!