EllisForevaInLuv

Thank you so much! I think there was definitely a lack of careful reading. I haven't seen the letters and he was reading it to me over the phone. That completely explains it. Thank you again.

No problem, glad I could help

My fiance received Packet 3 today and there seemed to be conflicting information in the packet regarding visa fees. He said one letter said the visa fee was about $400. The other said it was $350. I thought the $400 might include a security fee I had read about for Kingston. Could someone with recent experience with Kingston tell me how much they had to pay in advance for the visa fee?

Thanks!

Hi, the fee is $350...i think your fiance was like mine and read too fast lol. I see the fee about $400 (i have my packet in hand as im typing) but then in bold print underneath that it says this fee does not apply to fiance/fiancee' (K1) or K3 visa applicants. Hope this helps! and good luck on your journey!!

have been wanting to put this out there for some time so I might as well do it now.

In general our experience was like anyone else's. A lot of waiting for the NOA2 and then the scheduling of the interview. Everything is nerve wracking and you are always afraid someone is going to tell you sorry and hand back months of hard work. Looking back it's one of those things that you just have to wait on and plug through it and it should all work out, but don't expect it to be a cake walk.

As we were called up to the first window for the interview, they asked my fiance like 2 questions in Spanish and then the woman started to ask me things in English like he wasn't even there. I didn't appreciate that since my fiance didn't speak English. As for the questions, we are just simply not super sentimental people and it really seems that's what they like. When they asked us when we started dating we said the general "oh in January of 2010" and we looked at each other searching for an approximate date. We do not celebrate our "one month of dating" anniversary or even the "one year" anniversary. We starting dating that month but we didn't mark it on our calendar. That was the first thing. Then I got the questions about our wedding plans. As others have stated it seems as though you should just make up a date even if you don't have one just to appease them. We had talked about a date but couldn't finalize it because of WAITING FOR A VISA. So I gave them the date I hoped for and she started asking about the wedding dress. I had already bought it and I loved it, but since I am a simple person, it was a simple dress - your basic strapless without beading, without embroidery and it's only distinguishing feature was one large pleat/fold in the front and light grey in color. So I gave her exactly what it looked like which I realize sounds like pretty much any generic wedding dress description, but that was my dress. After about 15 minutes of that I was waiting for the "your approved" statement and instead we got the question "could you come back at 4 p.m. today for a more extensive interview." Of course we said yes and were sent away with an appointment slip to go sweat out 2 hours. My poor fiance tried to calm me down as we got some food and prepared for the "Stokes interview" as it's called.

We returned and had to wait more, then they called us and he went first. They interviewed him for about 40 minutes while I waited and then he had to wait out of sight while they called me down then he went up to wait. The interviewer was different from the other two people we had talked with and it was a young male. I answered basic questions about my fiance and his family and things like music he likes. Then things got a little more personal. I was asked when was the last time we had sex? where was it? did he use a condom? I was asked who initiates use of the condom and do I ever let him not use one. I could not believe I was being asked things like that but of course I answered all of the questions not wanting any problems and possibly being denied a visa. At the end of everything my fiance was called back down and the guy said that we had passed but we'd have to wait for a decision because he was not authorized to make the final decision.

Following that, we had no further problems with getting the visa, everything arrived fine and we are now in the US, but I sort of want to bring this up with someone here in the US. My family has told me to just let it go and not cause waves, but it really makes me mad that things like that are allowed and no-one is going to say anything for fear of getting denied. Is that really a legal line of questioning? Or am I just being a prude American? Did that happen to anyone else? Before the interview we had talked about things in our relationship, but I didn't want to try hashing out exact answers that we didn't have because I didn't want us to sound like we had scripted what we said. Now I think we should have done something like that just to give them what they wanted to hear.

Im so sorry you had to go through that..but sadly

I've heard of this before. I think it is completely unethical and downright disrespectful!!

Great that you guys got the package. I'm guessing ours will come in about a week then. What was in the package? I'm assuming a paper copy of the DS-230. Anything else? Thanks!

Im sorry..Never saw this response. But yes..there were several other forms:

DS-156

DS-156k

Affadavit of Support I-134

DS-157

Just to clarify, you (the US-Citizen) will NOT receive the packet 3, the packet 3 is for the non-US fiance(e) only, you will need to send them some documents (affidavit of support etc.) but yeah the non-US fiance(e) is responsible for filing the Packet3 document package at the US consulate in their country.

And regarding the I-864, I'm not sure but mine definitely did (I just rechecked that).

That being said, for me anyways (it might differ from country to country) but the I-864 Affidavit was only required as part of the AOS (Green Card) application. For K-1 VISA, the affidavit of support was via form I-134... you might want to double check that. The main difference is for I-134 didn't want to know about IRS tax information (for K-1 VISA) but form I-864 does require submission of IRS tax documents.

So yeah I think you might be confused as to which Affidavit of Support you need to file..

Thanks and best of luck to you!

GrayL

GrayL, thank you so much!! You really saved me some time! I do recall my fiance telling me about the I-134 earlier tonight as we were going through the contents of the package..I was kind of unsure about it though. Reason being, that we have to use a joint sponsor because i don't make enough I saw in another post that you and your fiance also had to use a sponsor. I know this is silly, but was form I-134 the only affidavit of support form you used? It just doesn't seem like enough to me

Hi, im new to this, but my fiance has received his packet 3..i havent gotten mine as yet..but for the affidavit of support form I-864, does it need to have a barcode at the bottom of the first page?

Okay, thanks for the info!! But it's so funny..my fiance checked his mail shortly after i wrote on this post and ironically the package was in there!! But i was also confused about the DS-230...so i will be doing that A.S.A.P!! I really appreciate the info, hope you and your fiance get your package soon

Hi, i'm in the same position as you. I received a letter from the NVC 20 days ago telling me that my case has been sent to Kingston. I haven't heard anything back as yet. For the email you sent to the Kingston embassy, the only things you addressed were 2nd inquiry and your case number? I really dont know how to address them in regards to my case status..thanks!