mickester

3 hours ago, BellaUnion said:

Much appreciated. If you have some time after your celebrations, please try and leave us a short review of how the interview went, what kind of questions you were asked etc. I'm sure everyone here would appreciate some advance info on how they do things in the Santa Ana FO.

 

Cheers

 

It was pretty quick. I would say 95% percent of the questions was just a review of all the information filled out on the i-485. Including asking my husband for my full name and birthday since that was on the form. My husband was also asked if he works and what his job is.This was to update the info on i485 since when we submitted it he was unemployed. Then they asked for all supporting documents of our relationship and original copies of some documents not all. The only relationship based question was how did we meet. And that was it. Never asked for pictures, vaccine record , or medical exam. We thought we weren't done yet because the officer didn't see our pictures or asks us more questions. But then the officer handed us a paper and said congratulations. We were not expecting to be given the results at that moment, it was a great surprise. 

32 minutes ago, BellaUnion said:

Congratulations! Can I ask when your original interview was scheduled, just for the sake of a data point?

 

@Hphelp - Sorry to hear you're still waiting. Hope you'll hear some good news soon.

March 31st!

7 minutes ago, Hphelp said:

Congrats!! Just wondering how did they inform you of the rescheduled interview?

We're still waiting for ours to be rescheduled. Thank you! 

Through mail.A few days before our case status online would show up as error and then eventually I saw they had done an update but couldn't see the update and then got the reschedule letter. Our rescheduled interview ended up being less than a month away from the day we got the letter.

We just had our interview and were approved on the spot. We filed at the end of August 2019 and this was our rescheduled  interview since our original interview was also cancelled by covid reasons.

18 hours ago, Mary&Rafa said:

Hi!

 

I sent my packet 3 on May 3rd and the status says "Ready" but I haven't received any email or letter saying that I can schedule my appointment.

Do you know how long does it usually take?

 

Thank you!!

Usually about 2 weeks from the date it arrives to the embassy. So I would say, you should be receiving something this week. Hopefully you do!! Good luck!!!

10 hours ago, S-S said:

Hello Mickester: I sent an email to the embassy notifying them I didn’t receive the attachment and they replied to me today with packet 3 attached. You were absolutely right. Thank you very much. All documents requested in packet 3 were sent to the embassy today. Thanks a lot. Regards 

I'm glad to hear!!! Good luck!!! 😊

On 5/12/2019 at 9:38 AM, CinBr said:

I am following  this case. I am guessing i will have news about my case soon. I was wondering how they will notificated me, cause they don't habe my email (the electronic one) just my mail. They just know the Petiotionary email, it is what they ask in the I129-f form. I read here, you never received a letter, so how will you know when your case is ready?

The status can be seen on the CEAC website, it will show "in transit" when on its way to the embassy and "ready" when it has arrived to the embassy. I called nvc and gave them the beneficiary's email when my case was at the NVC. You could email the embassy and provide them with the beneficiary's email. 

5 minutes ago, S-S said:

Thank you so much for your answer Mickester. Last Friday I checked the status of our case in CEAC and it appears as Ready, before the status was In transit. Assuming that Ready means the case is already at the embassy in Madrid I sent them an email the same day asking if we have to wait for package 3 to send the required documents. They replied to me today and this was the answer:

Dear Mr....

Please, see and follow the instructions attached to this email.

Regards,

Immigrant Visa Unit

 

Official - Privacy/PII

UNCLASSIFIED

 

There was not attachment, and I wonder what does that answer mean? They have the case but they haven't process it yet? 

Any thought will be appreciated.

 

It seems like they have sent or tried to send you packet 3 in that email you just got, I would recommend opening the email in another browser or forwarding it to yourself to another email, or to your fiance's email. I was not able to see the attachment in one email but I was able to see the attachment in my other email. Give that a try, if you still do not see an attachment, email them back saying there is no attachment, maybe they made a mistake, but try the other things first. 

14 minutes ago, S-S said:

Hello: I am also processing my case at US Embassy in Madrid but I am not at that point yet. Our case is already at the embassy, and I would like to ask you when did you send package 3 to Madrid, once you knew the case was at the embassy or you waited until the beneficiary received the package 3? In case you waited for package 3, how did you receive it -by email or by email-, and how long it took for the embassy to send it to you? Thank you very much.

We emailed them once we knew our case was at the embassy at ivmadrid@state.gov, asking if it was possible to get packet 3 through email and then 2 to 3 days later they replied to us with the packet 3 attached to the email. We sent packet 3 after receiving it through email. We never received a physical letter so email them asap. 

On 5/3/2019 at 8:14 PM, mickester said:

Hello, 

So we have already sent our packet 3 and are now waiting on receiving the authorization to schedule our interview date and medical appointment. I was just wondering how did those who did the process through the US Embassy in Madrid receive that authorization? Was it through mail or electronically through email?

Would appreciate any type of info on that! Thanks 🤗

For anyone who might be wondering the same,  we ended up receiving the authorization to book the interview through email about 2 weeks after our packet 3 got to the embassy!

9 hours ago, Laura garcia said:

 

Email the nvc? And i should send all the packet 3 items to the nvc also?

No! The embassy. Their email is ivmadrid@state.gov

From now on it should all be with the embassy, no longer nvc. 

Email them first and have them reply to you with packet 3 and then send them packet 3 items.

Just email them and ask them for the electronic version of packet 3, you need to send all the paperwork indicated on packet 3 and then after they will send you an authorization to schedule appointment, pay fees, and do medical. You can't do any of that until they allow you to, and they won't allow you to until you send them those items in packet 3 😁

Hello, 

So we have already sent our packet 3 and are now waiting on receiving the authorization to schedule our interview date and medical appointment. I was just wondering how did those who did the process through the US Embassy in Madrid receive that authorization? Was it through mail or electronically through email?

Would appreciate any type of info on that! Thanks 🤗