mister.buddha

When she's prepping the P-3 documents - ask her to write , in a cover letter, and ask for an earlier interview date.

Should she state a reason for requesting earlier interview? Expiring visa and potential hardship or something like that.

If my fiancee overstays her visa by a few weeks, say between 2 to 4 weeks, will this been an issue with the K1? Is there a grace period?

Estimates look as interview date would be mid to late August, a bit past August 4th.

No, our case # starts with MDD

Got some good news earlier as my fiancee did send me a text message saying she received packet 3.

Based on reviews of Madrid embassy here, looks approximately 5 to 10 days after embassy receives packet 3 to schedule interview date, which would be 4 to 5 weeks out (and only on Wednesdays), then 1 week out after interview to receive visa (if approved).

case # ? NVC has the case number. Get the Case number from NVC.

THEN - call DOS Hotline (# in my profile), get a HUMAN, and inquire for case status.

DOS HOTLINE will know WHEN the casefile is opened at Madrid.

NVC # is not DOS # is not the Embassy #

These 3 entities have different functions, have different info to give you.

IMO, contacting the Embassy is the most difficult part. DoS Hotline knows all about this casefile, you should call them.

Sorry, I didn't get to post this earlier.

Yes, I do have my NVC case # and I did contact DoS for case status inquiry. Stated embassy received case and packet was mailed out on June 4th.

Operator did give an odd slip-up saying was mailed through Philippines postal, however, my fiancee lives in Spain. When I noted this, the operator corrected herself. Hope is nothing to worry about.

IMO, if you do all that , today, you'll have better picture of 'dates' for her.

Good Luck !

Darnell,

Thanks for all those. I called NVC to double check on the dates, confirmed left for Madrid embassy on 2010-05-26. Going to try and get a hold of embassy there and see if can get case number.

Hi all. My fiance received packet 3 a few weeks ago and returned it to the consulate with the appropriate forms. The consulate has not sent us packet 4, so I emailed them about our packet. They replied that it had not been received yet. My fiance sent it through certified mail, checked it online and it was received May 27 at the consulate. I emailed them to double check their records and have not received a reply after 4 days. Their phone lines do not get through either.

We have not yet paid the visa fee as we were waiting to get the interview date before we paid it. Could it be that they havent ¨received it¨ yet because they are waiting on payment? Or is it likely they lost my packet?

what times are you calling? am told they only accept calls mon, tue, and thur, from 15:00 to 17:00. keep trying during those times. good luck.

I think you fill out an address change after it happens (it has to be official already). I haven't done that, so it'd be great for someone to confirm.

https://egov.uscis.gov/crisgwi/go?action=coa

Yes, I'm trying to research this. Am not sure how this will work since case should be at the Embassy already.

You should call the embassy to request an appointment date for some time in July.. I wish you the best!!

Yes, I will have her call soon as packet 3 arrives. I hear some embassies don't like to do anything, let alone discuss visa items, unless they already have the case in their system.

Any other thoughts out there?

Am looking for some thoughts on what my fiancee and I should do regarding this situation.

She is citizen of the Philippines. She currently is living and working in Spain on a work visa. It is set to expire on August 4th 2010. Our K1 journey as taken us up to the point where we are waiting on packet 3 from the embassy in Madrid. I estimate it should arrive this week. Realistically, I don't feel we will have the interview before Aug 4th, let alone an approved visa.

Are there any options/steps we can take? Transfer case to another embassy (Philippines)?

Thanks.

Thanks. We got packet 3 last Thursday and are sending it out tomorrow! YAY!

Nice. Good luck with the rest of your process. Hope the interview goes well. I'll be following your progress. Was a few days behind, but now a few weeks as NVC finally just got my items.

Am in same situation as you because my fiancee's work visa expires in August. From what I can tell, there's no email contact for them.

Poking around their website, I did find this:

If your immigrant visa case is already in our office in Madrid, call (34) 91 587 2244 any Monday, Tuesday or Thursday from 15:00 to 17:00

It's at: http://www.embusa.es/cons/immigren.html

Received NOA2 approval email notice today.

meghan... i'm a exactly a few days behind you.

APPROVED 5/5/2010. Thank you Lord!!!

congrats

I´m still so pumped for you, that is so great you got your NOA2!!! Can anyone tell me where I can find an exhaustive list of all of the things we need to send to the consulate? And, for the shot fiance, where can I find a list of all the vaccines my fiance needs to take so that we can get that rolling? Thanks!

Not sure what part Spain, but there's a review for Madrid here:

http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=Spain&cty=Madrid

I'm also a Feb filer going through Spain.