Marcela Palomino

Wow... I have my appointment with Monica on Monday, I hope everything was well... Sorry you are going through this

22 minutes ago, Prizm123 said:

i am the same.... the long flight going to Ataturk and coming back were torture, i am the same height. luckily the flight back i sat in a row with a couple that somehow my seat was between them and they asked me to switch so i would be in the aisle seat... so much better because i could stretch my legs

Now that you guys are talking about flights and POE, I was checking routings today and looks like I can enter through Florida, Houston  and LAX. Which one is the smoothest? None of those look easy, lots of inmigrants going through them

7 hours ago, celie&joseph said:

AHHHHH it worked!!!!! PLEASE BABY JESUS DON'T LET ME REGRET scheduling this less than two weeks away lol

 

The soonest at my embassy was April 3rd, I felt comfortable with it. 

2 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

Here is what the Embassy states from their P3 letter. (Note - red text is for emphases only and the original P3 does not contain such highlights) These are notes directed to the beneficiary and not the petitioner. Notarizing something only protects you from additional demands. Since he is the petitioner these rules tend not to involve him so copies are fine. But, for you, you are required to follow the requirement in the P3 letter.

 

We can return most original documents if you also bring notarized photocopies to your interview. If you already included an English translation in the documents you submitted to USCIS as part of the petition process, you do not need to provide additional English translations or duplicate copies.

PASSPORT: Passports must have at least six (6) months of validity left from the date the visa is issued. Applicants who have traveled to the United States should also present all previous passports.

 

BIRTH CERTIFICATES: Each applicant must present an original or a notarized copy of his or her birth certificate. The date and place of birth, parents' names, and date the birth was registered must be included. We do not accept ‘short form ' birth certificates as they are not official extracts from government records. Applicants who present birth certificates issued more than two years after their birth (including corrected birth certificates) should be prepared to provide additional documentation of their birth, including baptismal certificates and/or the original birth certificate.

 

 But @Greenbaum it says applicant.... I am the applicant, if I had a kid to take with me the kid would be also an applicant, my fiance is a petitioner, isn't it? 

Just now, celie&joseph said:

I'm facing the same issue with my divorce decree. The embassy wants a certified copy of it as part of their P3 requirements and they won't take a scanned copy of that one, but a certified copy is already included in my petition so I emailed them to see if that would suffice. It's $223 to send it to him... insane.

Wow that's a crazy amount, I hope they understand

1 minute ago, celie&joseph said:

Passport should be fine although they should have it in the initial petition, no?

Yes that was what he said.... Also we had RFE because USCIS lost the first birth certificate copy, I hope everything is right

Hi, my fiance (petitioner) only sent me a copy of his passport. Do you think they will also require the birth certificate photocopy? The guide for affidavit says birth certificate or passport copy. What do you think? I'm applying from Bogota, colombia

Hello, 

I'm preparing for interview and I was wandering.... I lived in the US for 2 years (2016 and 2017) in the first year there was a misunderstood about a public transportation ticket (I paid the right amount but looks like the driver was getting her share) so I got a fine (I didn't go to court or got arrested, just paid for it) do you think I should take this documents to the interview? Thank you

So I got a pin# to pay for the appointment (biometric and embassy) can someone else do this payment for me at the bank? Of course with my pin#

There is this question in the ds160:

Is asking me if I am looking forward to inmigrante to the United States with the purpose of doing qualified or not qualified job but I am just not authorized yet? What should I say yes or not? 

At the interview should I submit the same letters of intend we submitted with the first application, or should we submit new ones? 

59 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

There is a simple rule to follow and that is if it is not on the P3 letter it is NOT required.

Thank you

5 minutes ago, celie&joseph said:

1. It's not required but I'm sending one anyway, to be on the safe side.

 

2. No, none of the petitioner are usually needed, but you may want to check your embassy's P3.

 

3. Yes, I've seen that be required for co-sponsors.

@Greenbaum what do you think about this? I'll be interviewing in Colombia 

Good afternoon, 

I got the instructions from embassy.... But there are some questions that are still not clear for me:

1. Do I need my fiance's (the petitioner in US) birth certificate for the inerview? 

2. Do I need to bring my fiance's (petitioner in US) passport size pictures to my interview? 

3. We have a co-sponsor/joint sponsor. Do I need her birth certicate for the interview? 

Thank you

1 hour ago, Adry2017 said:

Eso depende si tu ya tienes tu NOA 2 y tu número BGTxxx , puedes sacar cita mirando como está tu caso en ella página de la embajada.

Si ya tengo Noa2 y BGT#, pero no se supone que la embajada me envía un correo con instrucciones? 

1 hour ago, Adry2017 said:

Si, ellos te envían a tu email un formulario con las instrucciones básicas como el médico y las vacunas , todos los papeles ya los debes de saber y puedes apartar tu cita , todo esto con precaución para que no se te crucen con el médico y el laboratorio.

=( cUanto demoraran? 

27 minutes ago, SunflowerHoneybee said:

Sent 'packet 3' 4 days ago, haven't heard back from the Sydney Consulate besides the confirmation of it being received a few hours after sending, although everyone I've seen, hear back in 1-3 days with an interview date. 😵

What does packet 3 contains? 

Hay algo que yo no entiendo : ellos me mandan las instrucciones, entonces yo reúno los papeles me hago los exámenes, aparto citas y me presento a la embajada? O hay algo que yo le deba enviar a la embajada antes de presentarme? 

My case arrived to my embassy since last Thursday and they have not contacted me yet. Is it normal? 

8 hours ago, Valmabe said:

Yes, it`s a lot of reading but the information you get is very easy not complicated, you can ask your fiance to help you out if something is not clear enough. Good luck.

Those don't seem instructions I think is just automatic reply, I'll wait the instruction

3 hours ago, Valmabe said:

I've read that some people do, we didn't. We just sent an e-mail to the embassy, when we got our case number, asking for instructions on how to proceed, the embassy reply with a lot of information and several links, one of them was the instructions file with docs requiered for interview. I'll suggest to just send the e-mail to get the information, we got the reply on the same day.

I got an email with a bunch of links, don't really understand it =(

Is it true that Colombian beneficiaries only get packet 3 through email (not physical mail)? How do we request for it? 

12 minutes ago, Mekulisch said:

We are right behind you!  Our NOA2 was January 15th, got our case # on February 1...but, just missed this last embassy mailing 😔

Don't worry, you'll get there

8 minutes ago, Mekulisch said:

Get really excited!

LOL yess!! 

I just checked also.... My case is showing ready at the embassy!!!