January 2011 Filers!!!

[TwoCats 55]

Okay thank you. in our case the embassy DID sign for it on May 31st (It was May 30th in the states that was the Memorial Day, not the 31st - it is always the last Monday of May) AND still no packet 3 and we cant get through when we call! Arg! If we send what we think goes in packet 3 how do we know what address to send it to at the embassy?

I wouldn't pre-send anything, even if you know what goes in the packet.

Even in the UK, where packet 3 is on the web, you still have to wait until they issue the packet 3 instructions before sending in the reply mail, and different embassies ask for different things.

[Diana and Chris 25]

Thank you! I assume the required documents to send back are the same for all the embassy, even ours in Barbados. Also, I heard somewhere that any shots taken in advance must be taken at least 6 weeks before your medicals. I dont know if that is true or not

Ashley if you do not have specific information about your embassy I highly advise you to wait until you actually do. We have said it over and over again: embassies are different, they are not all the same. For example me: I didn't even receive a package 3, I got packet 4, and they didn't even ask for the 230.

Lots of blessings.

[new1 2]

Good Motto my interview day buddy!

Glad you think so my interview day buddy! my interview is at 6:40AM! i hope i wake up super early

[Diana and Chris 25]

Glad you think so my interview day buddy! my interview is at 6:40AM! i hope i wake up super early

That's a whole day before mine (I think) if you consider our time difference. Haha. Are they really opened that early at the embassy? Mine says it's at 8, i'm sure ill be there a lot earlier.

[DiZZyLoX 114]

I wouldn't pre-send anything, even if you know what goes in the packet.

Even in the UK, where packet 3 is on the web, you still have to wait until they issue the packet 3 instructions before sending in the reply mail, and different embassies ask for different things.

That has not been my experience in the UK, but hey - to each their own.

Good luck to you both!

[TwoCats 55]

That has not been my experience in the UK, but hey - to each their own.

I'm just going off of what I've read on this site, on the UK forums, etc.

Everything says you can send in Packet 3 after the embassy has logged in your forms and sent out the instructions. You don't have to have received them, but they have to have sent it. I think the reason for that is that they need to have the information actually in their system. If you send it before they actually have the case logged in, then it could get set aside/lost/etc more easily.

In any case, my point was -

The OP had said that the embassy had not logged in their case yet, and were wondering if they could send in what they 'think' goes in packet 3. I advised against that, since they didn't sound sure of what they needed. Not all embassies work the same way, and they all require different things. UK is one of the strait-forward ones where you can find everything on the web. It isn't that way for a lot of other places.

[BenjAshley 7]

Will it matter that ive booked my medical for June 30th? I know they should have logged my petition by then at the embassy, but if they havnt, will it matter??

[TwoCats 55]

Will it matter that ive booked my medical for June 30th? I know they should have logged my petition by then at the embassy, but if they havnt, will it matter??

As long as you have your LND# you should be fine scheduling it.

I think you should be fine on the timing.

[DiZZyLoX 114]

I'm just going off of what I've read on this site, on the UK forums, etc.

Everything says you can send in Packet 3 after the embassy has logged in your forms and sent out the instructions. You don't have to have received them, but they have to have sent it. I think the reason for that is that they need to have the information actually in their system. If you send it before they actually have the case logged in, then it could get set aside/lost/etc more easily.

In any case, my point was -

The OP had said that the embassy had not logged in their case yet, and were wondering if they could send in what they 'think' goes in packet 3. I advised against that, since they didn't sound sure of what they needed. Not all embassies work the same way, and they all require different things. UK is one of the strait-forward ones where you can find everything on the web. It isn't that way for a lot of other places.

We're saying the same thing in different ways. My case was logged in the system but packet 3 hadn't been sent yet when we sent ours. DOS confirmed that our data was entered and case was logged but packet 3 wasn't generated to send yet. Definitely agree don't send anything unless the case has been logged but you do not have to wait until packet 3 has been sent...you can, but you don't have to. The only thing you HAVE to do is make positive that your case has been logged. I asked DOS if it was ok to send, they said yes it would match up. Our case was definitely logged.

The OP I was responding to, and the person that responded to me were two different people. The person I was originally talking to was going through UK Consulate. The person who responded to my post is going through St. Lucia, hence my note for them to please check their consulate because UK is different.

[BenjAshley 7]

Yah i got my LND case number so booked my medical for the day after i get back from dallas.

I could have had it on the 15th, but obv not going to be here.

[GVick87 0]

Hey everyone,

January filer here who just got our NOA2 email notification today! I just have a quick question about form I-134. When filling this in, in the section where it asks for the amount of stocks and bonds that you currently hold, should I list funds that are held through my 401k plan or would they be exempt from this?

Thanks!

[new1 2]

That's a whole day before mine (I think) if you consider our time difference. Haha. Are they really opened that early at the embassy? Mine says it's at 8, i'm sure ill be there a lot earlier.

Thats even the second schedule The first one is 6:30 AM Applicants are outside the embassy as early as 4am, waiting for the gates to open and fall in line to get priority numbers So since my schedule is 6:40AM, i hafto be there by 4AM as well

[TwoCats 55]

Hey everyone,

January filer here who just got our NOA2 email notification today! I just have a quick question about form I-134. When filling this in, in the section where it asks for the amount of stocks and bonds that you currently hold, should I list funds that are held through my 401k plan or would they be exempt from this?

Thanks!

How close are you to the poverty line?

Will this make an actual difference?

With mine, I had enough that I didn't need to list any of these kind of assets.

If you can cover enough with your salary / other funds, I'd say you probably don't need to worry about it.

[GVick87 0]

How close are you to the poverty line?

Will this make an actual difference?

With mine, I had enough that I didn't need to list any of these kind of assets.

If you can cover enough with your salary / other funds, I'd say you probably don't need to worry about it.

I am well above the poverty line, actually. I had read somewhere previously that I would need to fill in 2 of the sections related to finances so I wasn't sure which 2 I should concern myself with.

[TwoCats 55]

I am well above the poverty line, actually. I had read somewhere previously that I would need to fill in 2 of the sections related to finances so I wasn't sure which 2 I should concern myself with.

You can fill in as many as you need to in order to prove that you have enough income/funds.

It's my understanding that in the UK (London Embassy) they only ask you to provide two proofs of income/funds.

So, any two of the following would be fine:

- **2010 Tax transcript OR 2010 1040 + W2 and supporting documents/forms

- **Employment letter

- **Pay stubs

- **Bank letter

- Insurance information (if using life insurance trade-in value)

- Bond/stock information (if using that)

- (insert any other proofs to back up things you claimed)

The ones marked with ** are the ones I think are the important things. But that's just my personal view, not anything official.