Mario B

On 3/25/2018 at 9:00 AM, Ana Maria said:

They are referring to the printed copy of the ds-160 confirmation page.....which indicates the passport of the person obtaining the Visa.  

 

You need the ds160 printed confirmation for each person in your Visa group.

 

You alone or you and whoever is immigrating with you.

"In preparation for the interview, each applicant must have and bring a copy of his or her CEAC confirmation page, passport, Aramex registration and medical reports. Also, all original documents must be shown at the interview".....

I don't understand why they would mention it twice. They already listed CEAC confirmation page as you see above. Could they be referring to the confirmation page you get once you schedule your appointment online?

• Bring two copies of the printed confirmation of address registration to the visa interview.  Passports for all of the people included in the immigration case must be registered, and the printed confirmation must include information for every person and his or her passport. If the confirmation page(s) are not brought to the Embassy on the day of the interview or do not include information related to all of the people and passports, your interview will be rescheduled.

 Do you guys know what they want by the address registration? and where do we get our passport registered ?

Hello, I wanted to see if you guys agree.....Once my fiance has the visa in hand, the POE at U.S. doesn't have to be the first destination, correct? In other words her and I can travel to another country......because we are thinking of going to Thailand before heading to the U.S. together. Shouldn't be an issue, right ?

Hello, to those who already had their interviews and were approved.......were you asked to provide proof for ongoing relationship? If so, what did you guys use?

22 hours ago, John and Janay said:

Yes, we didn’t have to send anything ahead of the interview. We will bring the medical results and police certificates on the day of the interview.

 

Also, check out the embassy website. It has a list of other things (birth certificate, Letter if intent to marry, etc.) they’ll need that weren’t listed on our email from the embassy. 

Please prepare the following documents for each person applying for a visa and send them to our office via Aramex courier service:

1.        Photocopy of passport (the original to be submitted on the appointment date)

2.        Photocopy of birth certificate

3.        A copy of your divorce certificate (If previously married and divorced)

4.        Police certificate from your country of nationality if you are 16 years old or older

5.        Police certificate if you lived in a different country for more than 12 months and you were 16 years or older at that time.

6.        An Affidavit of Support (Form I-134) signed by the Petitioner.

7.        Petitioner’s most recent year of federal income taxes (form 1040 only).  Please also bring the most recent W2 form and a job letter indicating current salary and length of employment

8.        Medical exam for applicant as attached, medical examination report should be submitted on the day of the visa interview. Applicants are advised to schedule their medical examination 3weeks prior to the date of their visa interview.

9.        Applications: DS-160 application online application form: https://ceac.state.gov/genniv/, please print the confirmation page and send it along with the documents.

10-   Photograph:

Above is the first correspondence from the embassy. It doesn't list any evidence of relationship? Do we still submit it? And what are some examples of evidence that people are using to prove ongoing relationship?

Thank you for your help! 

 "Medical exam for applicant as attached, medical examination report should be submitted on the day of the visa interview. Applicants are advised to schedule their medical examination 3weeks prior to the date of their visa interview"

Above was the one of the items the embassy had requested of us to send to their office. Nothing to send her ahead of the interview, right? Only the medical exam results when you go for your interview.....am I right on this?

Also, the police certificate we send to the office needs to be the original (non-translated)?

Anyone what this is and how to get it for the interview?

"Bring two copies of the printed confirmation of address registration to the visa interview"

Just now, Justmel said:

@Mario B just the beneficiary.

I thought so too. Thank you!

How many passport photos did they ask of you? ours just says photograph and I am assuming they mean only one. 

Do you guys know if the required police certificate by the embassy is for only the beneficiary? Or the petitioner as well?

DS-160 question, it asks whether you "have you ever been refused a U.S visa or been refused admission to the Unites States......" my fiancee applied for U.S visa to come to her brother's wedding and got denied.......do we answer yes then?

1 hour ago, Laura & Chris said:

I do? 

which embassy?

Cairo, Egypt! 

Anyone here heard from the embassy yet? if so, how long was the wait since the arrival of the case?

3 hours ago, Justmel said:

@Mario BAre you from Canada?

I am the petitioner, and my fiancee is from Egypt!!! 

Our case status changed to "Ready", roughly how long before we hear anything from the embassy?

1 hour ago, Justmel said:

I also could be wrong but I don't think the ds160 expires after you submit it but a unsubmited form expires in 30 days.

I think so too. Did anyone run into an issue where the space provided for the home address is not enough on the DS160 form?

12 minutes ago, Justmel said:

@Mario B I clicked yes and I haven't received anything from my embassy yet, I did read the pamphlet when I looked up packet 3 for my embassy though. You can Google it and download a pdf if you want to read it.

Ok. So you submitted and now waiting for the packet 3 to arrive in the mail? Also, do you know if you are able to schedule the medical before hearing anything from the embassy?

35 minutes ago, Justmel said:

@Mario BI believe the link to the pamphlet is above the question.

Right, but the link takes me to a page that is not found! 

Question to those who filed the DS160 form. At the end it ask whether you "hearby certify that you received a copy of the IMBRA pamphlet as part of my application packet". We haven't received anything from the embassy yet. Should we hold off until we receive something? or did you guys check the box regardless.  

3 hours ago, MaSi said:

Ours too! I checked it this morning and it was still "In Transit". Now, a couple hours later it changed to "Ready"

What does it mean exactly when the status changes to "Ready"?

16 minutes ago, Redd said:

Can I fill out ds160 while waiting for case number?

You should be able to yes! 

I was just able to get a case # from NVC over the phone just now! Horray. How long has everyone waited before they sent the case to the consulate?

38 minutes ago, Brasil2USA said:

Yes (granted, only by two days) but it seems that recently this hasn't been a problem. Every time I've called I've never been told 6 weeks--always 2. They used to say 6 weeks because it was actually taking that long. Now, not so much. 

 

Edit: It took 10 days for the NVC to receive my case, and another 16 days for me to actually get a case number. So 26 days in total from NOA2 to NVC number. I hope that clears up some confusion lol. 

Right, I really hope it doesn't take more than 2-3 weeks. 

I just called the NVC inquiring about whether the case was received. The guy told me it was yet to arrive and I should allow up to 6 weeks. Has anyone here waited for more than two weeks?

1 minute ago, Brasil2USA said:

Oh yeah, I would even recommend waiting at least until next week, Monday perhaps. The NVC is moving quickly, but not as lighting fast as people would have you think. 

haha right. I'll wait until Monday  

4 minutes ago, Jeff_9802 said:

So far, I have been emailing the bank.  Initially, they said they would do it, but then they changed their story, and now they said they can't do it.

 

I will go to the branch office tomorrow, and see if I can convince (politely) the branch office to help me.

 

Thank you.

I just had the bank print out the deposit summary for me and stamp the pages. The instructions don't mention anything about it being signed. Am I missing something?

1 minute ago, Brasil2USA said:

It was e-mail for me. I called them (this morning actually) and got nothing, but a few hours later I got an e-mail. But this is not typical. Most people call until the NVC gives them a case number. 

Ok I see. I will wait until the end of the week then start calling. My case was approved on 2/9 so not too long ago.