URGENT-Packet 3 Contents

[Liz and Jonathan 0]

My fiance and I have all the required documents for packet 3 but the list on what to send and documents to keep and take with you are not clear.

I know that we include:

DS-156

DS-156K

DS-157

DSL-1076

However including his original birth certificate, passport, police clearance, medical records and x-ray seems like its not very logical. Also do we include the Affidavit of Support and all supporting evidence or take that with him to the interview? We are dealing with the US Consulate General in Sydney. We have sent them an email and all they said was to refer back to the checklist that we pointed out wasn't very clear.

Is it possible that anyone can help with some feed back, we just want to get this right!!??

[Adrian-Danielle 12]

Hey hope this helps and isn't to late. This is what i sent in with my packet 3. I put it all neatly in a folder. Never had an issue at the interview. Just send in as much as you can and if they need anything they will email you before your scheduled interview date. .

* DS-1076 Applicants statement of readiness to be interviewed + Checklist - Signed and dated

* DS-156 - 2 copies - Signed

* DS-156K - Unsigned

* DS-157 - 2 Copies

* DS-3025 - Copy of Vaccination work sheet from Medical (original sent to Consulate)

* I-134 - Affidavit of Support

- Pay stubs

- Past 3 Year Tax Transcripts

- Letter from Employer

- Beneficiary Property deed

- Australian Home loan bank statements

- Letter from Real estate agent showing Intent to sell property once visa approved

Other Documents :

* Police Certificates from 3 Countries - AUSTRALIA, CANADA, ENGLAND

* Birth Certificate

* Childs Birth certificate (US Citizen - 3 months old)

* Letter of Intent to Marry signed from both of us

* Copy of Biometrics passport page

* Evidence of Relationship - Photos, 25 Airline Tickets, Emails,

* Evidence of Engagement - Ring Receipt

[Liz and Jonathan 0]

Hey hope this helps and isn't to late. This is what i sent in with my packet 3. I put it all neatly in a folder. Never had an issue at the interview. Just send in as much as you can and if they need anything they will email you before your scheduled interview date. .

* DS-1076 Applicants statement of readiness to be interviewed + Checklist - Signed and dated

* DS-156 - 2 copies - Signed

* DS-156K - Unsigned

* DS-157 - 2 Copies

* DS-3025 - Copy of Vaccination work sheet from Medical (original sent to Consulate)

* I-134 - Affidavit of Support

- Pay stubs

- Past 3 Year Tax Transcripts

- Letter from Employer

- Beneficiary Property deed

- Australian Home loan bank statements

- Letter from Real estate agent showing Intent to sell property once visa approved

Other Documents :

* Police Certificates from 3 Countries - AUSTRALIA, CANADA, ENGLAND

* Birth Certificate

* Childs Birth certificate (US Citizen - 3 months old)

* Letter of Intent to Marry signed from both of us

* Copy of Biometrics passport page

* Evidence of Relationship - Photos, 25 Airline Tickets, Emails,

* Evidence of Engagement - Ring Receipt

Thank you so much!! That helps so much thank you. We ended up finding the checklist at the end of DS-1076 and the clarified so much for us. They have received our packet this morning. Fingers crossed all goes well and we get an appointment for the interview soon.

[Alex&Amy 28]

Just so you know in Australia it is not required to submit evidence of relationship. You also must include originals of your birth certificate and police check, you won't need the x-ray probably ever seeing as they have never had a case of tuberculosis from an Australian immigrant, but take it on the plane with you incase they ask to see it at your port of entry, the consulate don't care about it though.

[Liz and Jonathan 0]

Just so you know in Australia it is not required to submit evidence of relationship. You also must include originals of your birth certificate and police check, you won't need the x-ray probably ever seeing as they have never had a case of tuberculosis from an Australian immigrant, but take it on the plane with you in case they ask to see it at your port of entry, the consulate don't care about it though.

That's some very helpful information - thank you! I was wondering why some people included more or less than others. And why in certain cases the x-rays were discounted entirely. I've got mine. I'll take them. If they don't want them, so be it. It was reassuring to read that they looked "normal".

We did include an envelope with some evidence of our ongoing relationship, but we kept it fairly basic and offered to bring more to the interview if required. Finding the checklist on page 7 of the DSL-1076 actually answered a lot of questions. When you are dealing with a large amount of paper, it's easy to miss.

In their email reply the Consulate also instructed me to open the sealed envelope that Kinetic Health had given me at my medical examination. Inside the envelope was the x-rays, some details of the results and a second sealed envelope. We left that sealed and included it in Packet 3 as per the checklist.

We included my original birth certificate, a colour photocopy of my passport, my original police clearance and certified copies as and where required for other items. The supporting evidence for the I-134 was probably the largest chunk of paper, but all I all I am pretty sure we got it right.

Thanks for the replies everyone!

- Jonathan

[Alex&Amy 28]

That's some very helpful information - thank you! I was wondering why some people included more or less than others. And why in certain cases the x-rays were discounted entirely. I've got mine. I'll take them. If they don't want them, so be it. It was reassuring to read that they looked "normal".

We did include an envelope with some evidence of our ongoing relationship, but we kept it fairly basic and offered to bring more to the interview if required. Finding the checklist on page 7 of the DSL-1076 actually answered a lot of questions. When you are dealing with a large amount of paper, it's easy to miss.

In their email reply the Consulate also instructed me to open the sealed envelope that Kinetic Health had given me at my medical examination. Inside the envelope was the x-rays, some details of the results and a second sealed envelope. We left that sealed and included it in Packet 3 as per the checklist.

We included my original birth certificate, a colour photocopy of my passport, my original police clearance and certified copies as and where required for other items. The supporting evidence for the I-134 was probably the largest chunk of paper, but all I all I am pretty sure we got it right.

Thanks for the replies everyone!

- Jonathan

You should probably get your checklist for day of interview/packet 4 early next week, (the Sydney Consulate seems to be working quite quickly at the moment!) that will tell you if they want anything else for the interview, but by the sounds of it you've provided everything! Good luck!

[Liz and Jonathan 0]

Fantastic news! We just received Packet 4.

So we sent Packet 3 from Perth on July 4th, they received it 9:30am July 5th and they responded to us on July 10th. A nice speedy response! Interview date is for July 30th....Praying that all goes well!! Thanks for all the help and feedback everyone!!

Very happy with the news!!

[pacharya 6]

Fantastic news! We just received Packet 4.

So we sent Packet 3 from Perth on July 4th, they received it 9:30am July 5th and they responded to us on July 10th. A nice speedy response! Interview date is for July 30th....Praying that all goes well!! Thanks for all the help and feedback everyone!!

Very happy with the news!!

Congrats, it seems you should be done by the end of this month.

I did send you a message couple days ago but it seems writing in the forum is the best way to get in touch.

Hope you wouldn't mind me being naive but since you already have a packet 3 documents (and now packet 4), I just thought may be you can answer few quick questions for me if it is okay with you ?

We recently got an approval for our I129 application. My Fiancee is in Sydney.

Now we are waiting for our case to be received by NVC. What process did you follow?

1. Did you have to call NVC to get your case number?

2. What happened after you received your case number from NVC?

3. Was packet 3 sent to your Fiance(e) ? Was it send via e-mail (someone recently mentioned this so just wanted to be sure) or was it sent via regular mail? I have to change my fiancee's address in AU since she has recently moved but if the packet is sent via e-mail then I may not have to worry about it.

4. Were you guys notified when your case got to NVC and when it left NVC and received by Consulate?

5. What documents were included in packet 3?

6. Did you guys have to send anything to the Consulate before receiving packet 3?

7. Did you include original NOA2 and original I134 when you sent it back to the consulate?

I would greatly appreciate if you can share this information. It has already taken us so long to get approval and I do not want to delay the process by missing a step in the process and want to get it done right the first time.

I hope I am not asking for too much.

Thanks for your help.

[Liz and Jonathan 0]

Congrats, it seems you should be done by the end of this month.

I did send you a message couple days ago but it seems writing in the forum is the best way to get in touch.

Hope you wouldn't mind me being naive but since you already have a packet 3 documents (and now packet 4), I just thought may be you can answer few quick questions for me if it is okay with you ?

We recently got an approval for our I129 application. My Fiancee is in Sydney.

Now we are waiting for our case to be received by NVC. What process did you follow?

1. Did you have to call NVC to get your case number?

2. What happened after you received your case number from NVC?

3. Was packet 3 sent to your Fiance(e) ? Was it send via e-mail (someone recently mentioned this so just wanted to be sure) or was it sent via regular mail? I have to change my fiancee's address in AU since she has recently moved but if the packet is sent via e-mail then I may not have to worry about it.

4. Were you guys notified when your case got to NVC and when it left NVC and received by Consulate?

5. What documents were included in packet 3?

6. Did you guys have to send anything to the Consulate before receiving packet 3?

7. Did you include original NOA2 and original I134 when you sent it back to the consulate?

I would greatly appreciate if you can share this information. It has already taken us so long to get approval and I do not want to delay the process by missing a step in the process and want to get it done right the first time.

I hope I am not asking for too much.

Thanks for your help.

I got your email, but there's a lot of questions there - there was no short answer I could send you. Also, we've had a fairly busy week ourselves.

Most of the answers you are looking for are posted elsewhere on this website, or will be sent to you by the Consulate when the time comes.

Bear in mind that I am not an expert at this (far from it!) and that your experience may vary depending on your personal circumstances, country of origin and so on. The best I can do is to relay our experiences to date.

1. We have not communicated with the NVC by phone or email at all. We applied in September last year by sending the I-129F and evidence to an address in the USA. We got our NOA1 in October 2012 to say it had been received. In May 2013, our NOA2 was mailed to my fiancee's address in the USA. Around 12 days later, she received a second letter stating that our case had been transferred to the NVC (NVC receipt). These letters were scanned and forwarded to us by family because she has been living here with me in Australia for the past 18 months. Around 5 days after the NVC receipt was sent by mail, we got an email from the US Consulate in Sydney which included our case number and our Packet 3 instructions with everything you need to know including the checklist I was looking for in our post above (this thread). From then on, we were dealing only with the US Consulate in Sydney.

2. The case number arrived in an email with more instructions on how to complete Packet 3 and a request that we return form DS-230 Part I as soon as possible. We did so, then began gathering the documents required to assemble Packet 3, to be sent the US Consulate in Sydney.

3. The Packet 3 instructions were sent via email because we elected the email option wherever possible. The Packet 3 documents are then sent by you TO the Consulate when you are ready to be interviewed. You should ALWAYS keep your current address information up-to-date regardless.

4. The answer to this is more or less answered by my reply to Question 1.

5. Packet 3, as far as I understand, is the list of documents and evidence that you compile. So it includes copies of birth certificate(s), passport, police clearance, medical records and all the forms requested in the Packet 3 instructions which are sent to you (probably by email) by the US Consulate in Australia (probably Sydney).

6. No. After the I-129F was sent in September last year, all we have done is to keep our contact information (address and email address) up to date. Then came the NOA1, the NOA2, the NVC receipt and finally the Packet 3 instructions.

7. The NOA2 is yours to keep. The I-134 and supporting evidence forms part of Packet 3, which you must assemble and send back to indicate you are ready to be interviewed. We completed Packet 3, which took us several weeks, sent it (with some help from the people who replied to this thread - thank you all!) and that was just last week. We got an email notifying us of my interview date today, with the interview set approx 3 weeks from now.

I can understand what you mean about wanting to keep the process moving smoothly. It has been almost a year since we first applied. 212 days to get the I-129F approved and 300 days between sending off our I-129F and getting our final interview date. Hang in there!

Hope this has helped.

- Jonathan

Edited July 10, 2013 by Liz and Jonathan

[pacharya 6]

I got your email, but there's a lot of questions there - there was no short answer I could send you. Also, we've had a fairly busy week ourselves.

Most of the answers you are looking for are posted elsewhere on this website, or will be sent to you by the Consulate when the time comes.

Bear in mind that I am not an expert at this (far from it!) and that your experience may vary depending on your personal circumstances, country of origin and so on. The best I can do is to relay our experiences to date.

1. We have not communicated with the NVC by phone or email at all. We applied in September last year by sending the I-129F and evidence to an address in the USA. We got our NOA1 in October 2012 to say it had been received. In May 2013, our NOA2 was mailed to my fiancee's address in the USA. Around 12 days later, she received a second letter stating that our case had been transferred to the NVC (NVC receipt). These letters were scanned and forwarded to us by family because she has been living here with me in Australia for the past 18 months. Around 5 days after the NVC receipt was sent by mail, we got an email from the US Consulate in Sydney which included our case number and our Packet 3 instructions with everything you need to know including the checklist I was looking for in our post above (this thread). From then on, we were dealing only with the US Consulate in Sydney.

2. The case number arrived in an email with more instructions on how to complete Packet 3 and a request that we return form DS-230 Part I as soon as possible. We did so, then began gathering the documents required to assemble Packet 3, to be sent the US Consulate in Sydney.

3. The Packet 3 instructions were sent via email because we elected the email option wherever possible. The Packet 3 documents are then sent by you TO the Consulate when you are ready to be interviewed. You should ALWAYS keep your current address information up-to-date regardless.

4. The answer to this is more or less answered by my reply to Question 1.

5. Packet 3, as far as I understand, is the list of documents and evidence that you compile. So it includes copies of birth certificate(s), passport, police clearance, medical records and all the forms requested in the Packet 3 instructions which are sent to you (probably by email) by the US Consulate in Australia (probably Sydney).

6. No. After the I-129F was sent in September last year, all we have done is to keep our contact information (address and email address) up to date. Then came the NOA1, the NOA2, the NVC receipt and finally the Packet 3 instructions.

7. The NOA2 is yours to keep. The I-134 and supporting evidence forms part of Packet 3, which you must assemble and send back to indicate you are ready to be interviewed. We completed Packet 3, which took us several weeks, sent it (with some help from the people who replied to this thread - thank you all!) and that was just last week. We got an email notifying us of my interview date today, with the interview set approx 3 weeks from now.

I can understand what you mean about wanting to keep the process moving smoothly. It has been almost a year since we first applied. 212 days to get the I-129F approved and 300 days between sending off our I-129F and getting our final interview date. Hang in there!

Hope this has helped.

- Jonathan

Thanks a lot Jonathan. I realize you had to spend some time reading/writing this response and I apologize for taking so much time of yours.

I am just concerned seeing others stumble upon not doing little things correct which then delays the entire process so just want to keep myself on top of everything.

I sincerely appreciate your response. Thanks again. I will follow your suggestions and try to keep everything organized so the process is smooth altogether.

Thanks,

Priyank

[Liz and Jonathan 0]

Thanks a lot Jonathan. I realize you had to spend some time reading/writing this response and I apologize for taking so much time of yours.

I am just concerned seeing others stumble upon not doing little things correct which then delays the entire process so just want to keep myself on top of everything.

I sincerely appreciate your response. Thanks again. I will follow your suggestions and try to keep everything organized so the process is smooth altogether.

Thanks,

Priyank

No problem. Good luck! Just stay calm and read carefully. ;-)

[AdamAndDana 8]

Excellent and informative thread! We are right behind you all, waiting for our interview date. Good luck with your July 30th interview. -Adam and Dana

[Liz and Jonathan 0]

Excellent and informative thread! We are right behind you all, waiting for our interview date. Good luck with your July 30th interview. -Adam and Dana

Thanks! That's nice to know. I'm flying to Sydney on Monday morning. We'll let you know how it goes after I get back on Tuesday night. Fingers crossed!!

- Jonathan