Interview Next week...Please help with checklist

[Dan&Aylin 1]

Hi,

I have my K1 interview next week and have been going over the documents over and over again, and of course, the inevitable panic has set in and I'm worrying that I'm missing stuff, which I'm sure is normal for something as huge as this! Anyway, for people that have had interviews at London recently, please answer me this...

Do I need to furnish DS230 Part 2 at ANY point in this process? I have not been asked for it so far, but do I need to take it to my interview? I'm 90% sure I don't need it at all for a K1 Visa, but I need to be 100%. Do I need to send in any other DS forms, or are the one's I sent with Packet 3 everything?

I will be taking to my interview:

• Passport and one photocopy of the photo page
  
• ACPO police certificate and one photocopy
  
• Original birth certificate and one photocopy
  
• 3 US size passport photos
  
• I-134 package from my fiancee and her parents (co-sponsors) and one photocopy of each form and supporting documents. Supporting documents include:
  - Letters to consulate
  - Proof of co-sponsor citizenship
  - Employment letters and pay slips from fiancee and parents
  - Bank letters and statements from fiancee and parents
  - Tax returns from fiancee and parents for previous 2 years
  - Investment details
  
• A letter of intent from her and one photocopy
  
• Payment receipt and interview letter
  
• Some evidence of relationship since petition was sent
  

Am I all good to go? Am I missing ANYTHING?

Thank you!

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

Well since nobody is answering you...

I think you have all you need plus a surplus of things they won't even need. (That is assuming you have no arrests to explain, a prior marriage, a name change from your birth certificate, or any documents not in English.)

DS-230 Part 2 is for true immigrant visas like the CR1 for spouses where the greencard and SSN are approved before US entry. K1 is kinda like a hybrid because it is classified as non-immigrant visa, but the Immigrant Visa Unit handles the paperwork, thus some crossover in some extra steps the rest of the non-immigrant visas don't do. And sometimes the IV unit has generic letters or instructions that don't actually apply to their "step-child" K1 visa.

So many people ask that question and throw around "I think" you do this or that with Part 2. Is there somewhere you read it on the London website because the instruction page for K1s clearly says Part 1. And the list of documents page for the interview does not list Part 2 as something to bring. Where are people getting the idea they need it? Curious.

[David And Katie 5]

http://london.usembassy.gov/application_documents.html

This is the page I'm going off.

All I need to bring is:

Birth cert.

Police cert.

Passport.

photographs.

MRV fee printout.

I-134 affidavit of support.

I think I have that right anyway I'm not bringing a letter of intent because we got our interview within the validity period of the NOA2 nor am I taking evidence of our relationship. I've read over all the reviews of London and I don't believe I've seen anyone needing those.

[rallybug 17]

I think I have that right anyway I'm not bringing a letter of intent because we got our interview within the validity period of the NOA2 nor am I taking evidence of our relationship. I've read over all the reviews of London and I don't believe I've seen anyone needing those.

I suppose I'm looking at it as: If I don't take it, I'll need it, but if I do take it, I won't

[Dan&Aylin 1]

Well since nobody is answering you...

I think you have all you need plus a surplus of things they won't even need. (That is assuming you have no arrests to explain, a prior marriage, a name change from your birth certificate, or any documents not in English.)

DS-230 Part 2 is for true immigrant visas like the CR1 for spouses where the greencard and SSN are approved before US entry. K1 is kinda like a hybrid because it is classified as non-immigrant visa, but the Immigrant Visa Unit handles the paperwork, thus some crossover in some extra steps the rest of the non-immigrant visas don't do. And sometimes the IV unit has generic letters or instructions that don't actually apply to their "step-child" K1 visa.

So many people ask that question and throw around "I think" you do this or that with Part 2. Is there somewhere you read it on the London website because the instruction page for K1s clearly says Part 1. And the list of documents page for the interview does not list Part 2 as something to bring. Where are people getting the idea they need it? Curious.

Thanks yet again Nich-Nick for a fantastic response! You should work for the embassy

That is what I thought, I just wanted to be 100%. Don't want to fall at the last hurdle because I missed one document. They should really revamp the whole K1 process to avoid confusion with other visas. I think why people are getting confused, and why I certainly got confused is because the appointment letter the embassy sends you after receiving packet 3 tells you to review the following document.

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/unitedkingdom/164203/cons-visa/iv_018.pdf

As you can see it clearly asks for DS230 part 2 to be shown at the interview. Although this is the only time part 2 is mentioned in the K1 process, it certainly puts doubt in peoples minds. K1 applicants really need updated forms that apply only to them. This form also mentions payment at the embassy which of course is also false for K1'ers.

Thanks David...Or Katie! lol

[David And Katie 5]

Thanks yet again Nich-Nick for a fantastic response! You should work for the embassy

That is what I thought, I just wanted to be 100%. Don't want to fall at the last hurdle because I missed one document. They should really revamp the whole K1 process to avoid confusion with other visas. I think why people are getting confused, and why I certainly got confused is because the appointment letter the embassy sends you after receiving packet 3 tells you to review the following document.

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/unitedkingdom/164203/cons-visa/iv_018.pdf

As you can see it clearly asks for DS230 part 2 to be shown at the interview. Although this is the only time part 2 is mentioned in the K1 process, it certainly puts doubt in peoples minds. K1 applicants really need updated forms that apply only to them. This form also mentions payment at the embassy which of course is also false for K1'ers.

Thanks David...Or Katie! lol

Sorry, I'm David. My better half never writes on here so its always me

I'm like you, I don't want to fall at this final hurdle... I may bring my entire file or get the general consensus and bring what I need to.

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

They really don't ask for evidence of your relationship, but if you think you will be the first of 500+ who have reported their interviews, then do your thing.

They won't even put most of that financial evidence in the file and the interviewer won't even see it. You will be fine.

I think the interview letter is an example that as a K1, you're the stepchild getting information meant for the real immigrants. It gets worse in the US. Your I-94 (legal stay document) expires in 90 days, but you won't have your greencard yet. So you're a nothing for awhile who can't work or be issued a driver's license. (Most states require a 6 month minimum I-94 so you're the stepchild again) Try explaining the whole K1 process to a highway patrol "bubba" in Texas who wants to know why you didn't follow the state law and get a driver's license within thirty days of moving there. And if you're not a resident, then why are you still there with an expired I-94? Yeah, we did that about 11 PM one night. Poor Nick. Local law enforcement is not versed in Federal immigration law. Luckily I can talk my way out of a paper bag so it ended okay. Don't speed.

Edited June 1, 2011 by Nich-Nick