It's common when calling NVC, try to call several time.
Best time to call: Right after they open, which is around 7:00 AM US Eastern Time, Mon-Fri. Most have had luck getting the phone answered after the first ring if they called right at 7 AM. Also, in the evening, phone traffic is a little lighter.
If you can't get through to 1-603-334-0700, maybe you can try the other number on this post below
Hey all, should have updated my profile sooner. My fiance had her interview earlier today and was approved. So just under 10 months from when we started. Ukraine embassy in Kiev. She said was a pretty easy interview but many questions. Anyway good luck to all!
Last week, I ended up sending an email to USCIS Ombudsman's Office with the form they provided on their site. Was super surprised when we were told by NVC that they received our case the very next day! Very unexpected turn of events! We were finally able to receive our case number this week!! I hope everyone's processing is going well
Congratulations on the NOA2!
First let me answer your immediate questions:
1. I am not sure to be honest; I cannot find a spot where the invoice number is helpful other than looking up case information. In your case its probably at the embassy by now.
2. Yes, you are waiting for P3, as I understand it, the beneficiary will receive the packet 3 information.
3. No, it shouldn't hold anything up; I wish I had deleted my earlier post. As far as Paris goes, the DS-160 is done after you get the packet 3. You will also be billed then.
4. Email address update is really good to have, don't know if its needed but it won't hold anything up as far as I can tell.
Now for the bad news, Paris embassy is pretty much in a frozen state. You can track it here, cases that have come in from as early as March-April are still pending, Passports are being held; interviews aren't being scheduled. They aren't telling anyone anything. You can stay in the loop on what is happening to others in this thread
Hope that things work out for you; my NOA2 is from about a month earlier and we haven't heard anything from the embassy either.
Hey everyone! I started this thread to help everyone from Argentina who have their NVC case number or are about to have it. Sorry if there are some writing mistakes, english is my second lenguage.
FIRST if you have your case number, you can track it through the CEAC website https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx (chose the Inmigrant Visa option and the put your BNS number). When it is being transfer to the embassy, it will show 'IN TRANSIT' and when it arrives it will show 'READY'.
In other cases, NVC emails you and let you know the case is in the way to the embassy. Remember NVC shipments are every other Tuesday.
SECOND If you are waiting for your case number or waiting the READY status, you can start gathering the documents for Packet 3. You can see what is required in this link https://ar.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/K1-K3-Instructions-packet.pdf . You will have to send this packet to the embassy before the interview. Below I'll point out what you can start doing. (everything is copies, not originals)
Visa Photos. 5x5 with white background
Birth Certificate AKA Acta de Nacimiento. It is a faithful copy of the books where the birth is registered. It should have the City's Registro Civil Stamp where the person was born, and Copia Fiel Stamp and one more that says it follow the country law (this one changes according the province). If you don't have it, you can order it online (http://portaldetramites.cba.gov.ar/v/552 this is for Cordoba for example) or go to the Registro Civil of the town you or your fiance were born and request it.
Divorce Decree, I don't hae more information about it because neither me or my fiance were married before. If you have information on how to it should be, comment down bellow!
Evidence of Support. You need to proof your fiance can financially support you. Ffor more information https://myimmigrationattorney.com/k1-visa/evidence-of-financial-support/ . You will need from your fiance or your co-sponsor the following docuements
A. W2 for the last 3 years till present, it can be signed digitally.
B. 1040 Forms or IRS transcripts for the last 3 years till present
C. Employment paystubs, 6 months at least
D. Job letter, verification of employment.
E. Bank statements, at least 12 months
F. Form I-134. make sure is signed on page 4 or 5. (if you have blanck spaces complete them with N/A)
Police Certificate You must obtain the nationally produced “Certificado de Antecedentes Penales” issued by the “Registro Nacional de Reincidencia”, it must say “con excepción al artículo 51 del Código Penal”. You can google RNR nearer you, it doesn't have to be made in Bs As like the instructions sayed. The certificate expires, you have 90 days of validation. It doesn't have to be expired when you add it to the P3 or when you get to US, please be aware of this so you don't have to do it twice. If you are from another province follow the next points
Go to www.dnrec.jus.gov.ar and tried to do it online. If you can perfect, you are all done. But if you can´t is because they don't have your fingerprints and you need to do what is next.
In the same website click TRAMITES PARTICULARES, Certificado de Antecedentes Penales ----- INICIA TU TRÁMITE ------ TRAMITE PRESENCIAL
In the page that opens chose Argentina---Province----City----- and then chose the one nearer you.
Then you continue clicking in SIGUIENTE ----- then chose the option to pay $180 pesos to have it in 24 hs
A new page will open where you will complete all your personal information. When you are done, print that form with a copy of your DNI because you will need it for the appointent
To pay the fee you can chose to pay through RAPIPAGO or PAGOMISCUENTAS (save the receipt to take it to the appointment)
You have to make an appointment to get it, if you are from Cordoba use CIUDADANO DIGITAL and TURNERO. I don´t know how it is in another provinces so if you know comment in this thread how you did it.
Evidence of Relationship, you should gather more photos, message record or videocall record. They should be different than the ones you sent on the I-129F packet.
IF YOU HAVE ALL OF THIS WHILE YOU ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE 'READY', WAIT AND KEEP READING
THIRD Once you see ´READY' you can email the embassy (BuenosAires-IV@state.gov) saying that you know the case is ready and you want to know next steps to take. They can answer the next day or take a couple days. When they do, they can tell you to wait a little bit because they are getting ready for your case or they can email you the INSTRUCTIONS PACKET. The instructions packet is what is mentioned SECOND paragraph with a couple more things like filling DS-160 and information about the medical exam.
When you receive the Instructions attached to the email, it means you can schedule your interview and medical exam.
FOURTH You will fill the DS-160 through this website https://ceac.state.gov/GenNIV/Default.aspx . You will need some necessary information
Your adress in the US
National identification number: is your DNI number not your passport
Application receipt number/ petition number: Is the one with EAC, WAC, LIN, SRC, NBC, MSC or IOE at the beggining, not the one with BNS
If you worked in the US, you will need your SSN number
Adresses in Argentina are written the argentinian way (number at last) and the US with number at the beggining
This were the more importants for me, comment down below if you have more recommendations
Once you are done, you will receive through email your confirmation number, print two copies of it and save the number somewhere because you will need it
FIFTH schedule your interview through this website
https://ais.usvisa-info.com/ ----- inmigrant visa applicant ------ register ------- I have received a letter from the consular section with instructions to register or schedule a K visa appointment --------- sign up with your email
Here you will need your BNS XXXX XXX XXX number, your DS-160 confirmation number and in which DHL you want the documents to be send. Next the website will give ou the payment option and you will chose the one you want (by credit/debit card the payment is instantly and by rapipago takes a at least two days to process the payment)
After this you will see all the dates available. If there isn't any date available, email the embassy saying this and asking for next steps and they will let you know when the open more spots. Right now, May 1st the next dates availables are for mid June. So have that in your mind if you are thinking on booking flights or wedding plans.
SIXTH Book your medical exam, the doctors information are in the Instructions Packet. If you are from another province, you can ask to be done nearer the interview date so you only have to travel once. The doctor will tell you what vaccines are obligatory (variccela, influenza, triple viral and triple bacteriana), she also will need your case number (BNS one) and she will inform you how much everything will be. Note: you can schedule your
SEVENTH Send packet 3 to the embassy, you can drop it yourself to Ave Colombia 4300 Bs As or you can send it through DHL or Correo Argentino if you are from another province. Check everything they ask in the instructions packet is there (if you forget something, you can present it the day of the interview so don't worry. You may not have the medical exam results but you can write a lettere saying you have scheduled the interview nearer the interview date and that will work). Save all the originals for the interview (RNR, Birth certificate, Divorce decree).
Send an email to the embassy asking if they can let you know when they receive the packet, so you don't have to worry if they have it or not
EIGHTH medical exam, I'll write down below my experience so you now what to expect but it can change if you do it with the other doctor.
I did it with Dr Grillo. I went to the Trinidad de Palermo hospital (Sinclair street).You go to the secretary desk at the first floor and announce yourself. They will check you in then make you go to another desk near by to pay for the blood test and x-ray $550 pesos. After that you wait until the doctor calls you. Once you are in the room with her, she will ask you for the passport photos, case number and your passport. She will give you the prescription for every test you have to take and you will pay her fee there $2000 pesos
You do all tests in the same hospital but the one that is around the corner (Cerviño street). Level -1. you do the line in laboratory and the secretary will tell you to go to another desk to pay the fee for the Tuberculosis test that is USD 175. Once you are back with the receipt, the secretary will give you a container to collect your urine. Next, you go to a waiting room and without so much waiting a nurse will call you to take out the blood.
After that you go to the x-ray desk (is all in the same floor and is easy to know where everything is because there are signs everywhere) and you will wait until they call your name.
Come back to the another building (Sinclair street) level 1, and if you have some vaccine missing you have to go to ‘vacunatorio’ that is on the right. You will pay whatever cost is for the vaccine you are missing and you will wait they call your name. The nurses will give the shots and then you are done.
I waited outside Dr Grillo office and after 20 minutes she called me. She completed some information in the computer and then she took my blood pressure, listen my heart, measured my height and weight and tested my visual. After that she told to come back at 4pm for the results. I went again at 4. The medical was approved. She gave me the closed envelope I have to take with me to the embassy.
Total time spent: 2hours in the morning and then picking the results 15minutes
Total cost: $10250 + vaccine cost
NINETH embassy interview. You don't have to do the tourist visa line, go to a window and say you are there for K1 visa.
They will give you a green folder where you put all the originals (birth certificate, divorce decree, medical exam closed envelope, passport photos, more evidence of relationship if you want to add more, confirmation page). Do not make a copy of everything you sent on P3 because is a waste of money, paper and time. Just worry about the originals and what you missed in P3.
Once in, they will call you do deliver the green folder THAT IS NOT THE INTERVIEW.
The next time they call you it will be for the interview. They will make swear everything you presented and what you will say is the truth.
The questions can be: - how we met? - when and where we met? - what I was doing in US when we met? - when I came back from US the last time? - what he does for living? - what would I do for living? - where I will live? - how and when we got engaged? - when we will get marry?
The consul can be empathetic and nice, or it can be really serious. The interview can be in english or spanish and you can request it to be in one lenguage or the other.
The interview can be 5-20 minutes long and you can be at the embassy for an hour or more, it depends on how long they make you wait.
TENTH you can check also the status of yout visa here https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx noninmigrante visa -- buenos aires argentina -- the confirmation number of the DS-160. In there you will see if it is under Administrative Process or when it is Issued. After it is Issued, the embassy will send you an email with the tracking number. You will pick up you packet in a DHL office when is delivered.
I hope this post and thread helps, I did my best to gathered everything I went through.
if you have doubts or question don't hesitate on posting, we are a big community and we have to help eachother to be as soon as possible with our 'media naranja'
Cheers!
Yayyy… 🙌🏽…Yea if it’s anything like the DS-260 it’s takes at least 1.5 to 2.5 hours to complete and I know because assist with helping a lot of my friends but they mostly have spouses or children so kinda know what I I’m gotta so on the fiancé side but it take a lot of time to complete the visa application
Nice your almost there, 🙏🏽
I was able to get my case transferred at NVC to the new embassy and got my new case number two days ago. 🥳 A big relief. I checked my status and it says “at NVC.” Hoping they ship it soon.
For the instructions I posted, that is only for when it is at the NVC. If the petition is with USCIS and you contact NVC then they will tell you they can’t help until they get their hands on it. I don’t believe you can change it while it is with USCIS. It will need to be with the NVC or directly with the embassy
I sent my application in on 9/30 and it was delivered on 10/5. I still haven’t gotten any notification that they received it nor have they cashed my check. Is this normal?
Yes, it's normal. Usually 2-4 weeks before you see your NOA1 letter. Keep checking for your check to have been cashed. Have patience. This is going to be a long ride.
while you are waiting can you so a little housekeeping on your end. Many of our answers are predicated on the information you supply in your profile. When we look at the left column and can't determine your timeline OR your Embassy it's hard for us to give you a factual answer. Our answers will sometimes be tailored to a specific Embassy hence the reason for you to complete your profile. If you look at the profile of others here, they have a flag for their country, so it makes it easy for us to reply as we can quickly determine their Embassy. The country that should be used is the country where the interview will take place.
So, if you could help yourself out and complete your profile that sure would help us out when we want to reply to your question with factual information.
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