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I originally posted this as a comment on a related post,"how long does it take to get an interview" then discovered that post was a year old, and mostlikely no longer being looked at, being unable to remove it there I reposted it as a new, question with amplifying information that has largely been a mystery to many of us.

I tried a k-1 visa several years ago and things did not work out for my fiancee at the time and I. I brought her over but it seems she had other plans that she came over for instead of marrying me. but at that time the Manila Embassy sent an actual physical packet of forms and list of doccuments your filipina fiancee needed for the interview, and detailed instructions,to her along with the notification she was eligible for scheduling, and then scheduled the medical appointment and interview a week apart a couple of months in the future, to give her time to get all the papers together prior to her interview. so all we had to do after the packet arrived was complete the forms gather the necessary supporting documents and wait. thats what the talk about recieving a packet is about. some of us didnt realize they'd stopped sending packets. Thanks from all of us playing catch up to the new way of doing things, for the heads up. The embassy is very closed mouthed about it. too bad they didnt say on thier website.

In any case I now have a new fiancee, a really good woman i love dearly and miss very much. we spent last summer, the most beautiful of my life, together, on her beautiful island basking in the sun. and want to be together again soon. we were worried about the same issues, of when will we have our interivew scheduled, as the whole process went really fast UP TO TO THE LETTER FROM THE EMBASSY 9 july 2010, stating my fiancee was eligible for scheduling an interview, then all stopped, dead in the water, like an aircraft carrier with all but one mmr dead and the rudder stuck in a hard right turn. we were waiting for the packet to arrive and to be told an interview was scheduled,and checking the website where you can enter your case number to see if you have an interview, for 4 months, til the other day it stoped opening when clicked. we had no idea what had happened to our case. because up to that point it'd been just like the first time i did it, only much faster. now we were very lost and disappointed. we did eventually download and complete the online packet,and somone told us that case number check site hadn't worked since 2008. but the Embassy could save everyone a lot of heartache, panic, and unnecessary research by prominently posting big procedural changes like this on thier website. those of you who now know the embassy no longer sends a packet, are you saying they no longer schedule the medical exam and interivew anylonger either, without us calling them on thier toll line? that line existed the first time too but then just to accelerate the process. now it seems like were being told how long before the interview we need to schedule the medical exam, as if were the ones to do the scheduling, instead of being told when its scheduled. if thats true its ok but we need to know these things, in order to be doing them, in a timely fashion, instead of just sitting idly waiting for something that isnt comming.

one site also says we should complete and send some of the papers back to the embassy. I just saw that today. the first time the embassy said dont send any papers, just bring them all to the interview. So are we supposed to send any papers, now or just bring them all to the interview, like before?

is it now a necessity for us to call the toll number in order to get an interview? I have also seen mention of a ds-230. is that something we now do for what is technically a nonimmigrant visa?

someone asked me the other day if military retirement and social security are sufficient for income as long as they meet the poverty guidelines, and i didnt know the answer, so id like to ask that too.

I looked at hundreds of timelines today on other peoples cases, and the time from NOA2 to interview ranged from 3 weeks (extremely short) to 5 months (very long) normally most were between 2 and 3 months, so i guess the answer to how long is between 3 weeks and 5 months, now that were pushing 5 months we got worried, because we saw little hints here and there that we may need to call. and the downloaded poacket seems very different from what many people say is required. also since its been soo long waiting for interview, some of our papers are becomming old. i did the affidsavit of support, I-134 when i first started the process and its now 8 months old. does anyone know if thats ok?

Daag and Jane timeline: 9 Apr 2010 submitted petition, NOA1 13 Apr 2010, NOA2 15 Jun 2010, letter from NVC 24 Jun 2010 sending package to Manila US Embassy, 9 July letter from Embassy stating fiancee eligible for scheduling of interview. then silence for 4 1/2 months. thats the last we heard.

I originally posted this as a comment on a related post,"how long does it take to get an interview" then discovered that post was a year old, and mostlikely no longer being looked at, being unable to remove it there I reposted it as a new, question with amplifying information that has largely been a mystery to many of us.

I tried a k-1 visa several years ago and things did not work out for my fiancee at the time and I. I brought her over but it seems she had other plans that she came over for instead of marrying me. but at that time the Manila Embassy sent an actual physical packet of forms and list of doccuments your filipina fiancee needed for the interview, and detailed instructions,to her along with the notification she was eligible for scheduling, and then scheduled the medical appointment and interview a week apart a couple of months in the future, to give her time to get all the papers together prior to her interview. so all we had to do after the packet arrived was complete the forms gather the necessary supporting documents and wait. thats what the talk about recieving a packet is about. some of us didnt realize they'd stopped sending packets. Thanks from all of us playing catch up to the new way of doing things, for the heads up. The embassy is very closed mouthed about it. too bad they didnt say on thier website.

In any case I now have a new fiancee, a really good woman i love dearly and miss very much. we spent last summer, the most beautiful of my life, together, on her beautiful island basking in the sun. and want to be together again soon. we were worried about the same issues, of when will we have our interivew scheduled, as the whole process went really fast UP TO TO THE LETTER FROM THE EMBASSY 9 july 2010, stating my fiancee was eligible for scheduling an interview, then all stopped, dead in the water, like an aircraft carrier with all but one mmr dead and the rudder stuck in a hard right turn. we were waiting for the packet to arrive and to be told an interview was scheduled,and checking the website where you can enter your case number to see if you have an interview, for 4 months, til the other day it stoped opening when clicked. we had no idea what had happened to our case. because up to that point it'd been just like the first time i did it, only much faster. now we were very lost and disappointed. we did eventually download and complete the online packet,and somone told us that case number check site hadn't worked since 2008. but the Embassy could save everyone a lot of heartache, panic, and unnecessary research by prominently posting big procedural changes like this on thier website. those of you who now know the embassy no longer sends a packet, are you saying they no longer schedule the medical exam and interivew anylonger either, without us calling them on thier toll line? that line existed the first time too but then just to accelerate the process. now it seems like were being told how long before the interview we need to schedule the medical exam, as if were the ones to do the scheduling, instead of being told when its scheduled. if thats true its ok but we need to know these things, in order to be doing them, in a timely fashion, instead of just sitting idly waiting for something that isnt comming.

one site also says we should complete and send some of the papers back to the embassy. I just saw that today. the first time the embassy said dont send any papers, just bring them all to the interview. So are we supposed to send any papers, now or just bring them all to the interview, like before?

is it now a necessity for us to call the toll number in order to get an interview? I have also seen mention of a ds-230. is that something we now do for what is technically a nonimmigrant visa?

someone asked me the other day if military retirement and social security are sufficient for income as long as they meet the poverty guidelines, and i didnt know the answer, so id like to ask that too.

I looked at hundreds of timelines today on other peoples cases, and the time from NOA2 to interview ranged from 3 weeks (extremely short) to 5 months (very long) normally most were between 2 and 3 months, so i guess the answer to how long is between 3 weeks and 5 months, now that were pushing 5 months we got worried, because we saw little hints here and there that we may need to call. and the downloaded poacket seems very different from what many people say is required. also since its been soo long waiting for interview, some of our papers are becomming old. i did the affidsavit of support, I-134 when i first started the process and its now 8 months old. does anyone know if thats ok?

Daag and Jane timeline: 9 Apr 2010 submitted petition, NOA1 13 Apr 2010, NOA2 15 Jun 2010, letter from NVC 24 Jun 2010 sending package to Manila US Embassy, 9 July letter from Embassy stating fiancee eligible for scheduling of interview. then silence for 4 1/2 months. thats the last we heard.

I originally posted this as a comment on a related post,"how long does it take to get an interview" then discovered that post was a year old, and mostlikely no longer being looked at, being unable to remove it there I reposted it as a new, question with amplifying information that has largely been a mystery to many of us.

I tried a k-1 visa several years ago and things did not work out for my fiancee at the time and I. I brought her over but it seems she had other plans that she came over for instead of marrying me. but at that time the Manila Embassy sent an actual physical packet of forms and list of doccuments your filipina fiancee needed for the interview, and detailed instructions,to her along with the notification she was eligible for scheduling, and then scheduled the medical appointment and interview a week apart a couple of months in the future, to give her time to get all the papers together prior to her interview. so all we had to do after the packet arrived was complete the forms gather the necessary supporting documents and wait. thats what the talk about recieving a packet is about. some of us didnt realize they'd stopped sending packets. Thanks from all of us playing catch up to the new way of doing things, for the heads up. The embassy is very closed mouthed about it. too bad they didnt say on thier website.

In any case I now have a new fiancee, a really good woman i love dearly and miss very much. we spent last summer, the most beautiful of my life, together, on her beautiful island basking in the sun. and want to be together again soon. we were worried about the same issues, of when will we have our interivew scheduled, as the whole process went really fast UP TO TO THE LETTER FROM THE EMBASSY 9 july 2010, stating my fiancee was eligible for scheduling an interview, then all stopped, dead in the water, like an aircraft carrier with all but one mmr dead and the rudder stuck in a hard right turn. we were waiting for the packet to arrive and to be told an interview was scheduled,and checking the website where you can enter your case number to see if you have an interview, for 4 months, til the other day it stoped opening when clicked. we had no idea what had happened to our case. because up to that point it'd been just like the first time i did it, only much faster. now we were very lost and disappointed. we did eventually download and complete the online packet,and somone told us that case number check site hadn't worked since 2008. but the Embassy could save everyone a lot of heartache, panic, and unnecessary research by prominently posting big procedural changes like this on thier website. those of you who now know the embassy no longer sends a packet, are you saying they no longer schedule the medical exam and interivew anylonger either, without us calling them on thier toll line? that line existed the first time too but then just to accelerate the process. now it seems like were being told how long before the interview we need to schedule the medical exam, as if were the ones to do the scheduling, instead of being told when its scheduled. if thats true its ok but we need to know these things, in order to be doing them, in a timely fashion, instead of just sitting idly waiting for something that isnt comming.

one site also says we should complete and send some of the papers back to the embassy. I just saw that today. the first time the embassy said dont send any papers, just bring them all to the interview. So are we supposed to send any papers, now or just bring them all to the interview, like before?

is it now a necessity for us to call the toll number in order to get an interview? I have also seen mention of a ds-230. is that something we now do for what is technically a nonimmigrant visa?

someone asked me the other day if military retirement and social security are sufficient for income as long as they meet the poverty guidelines, and i didnt know the answer, so id like to ask that too.

I looked at hundreds of timelines today on other peoples cases, and the time from NOA2 to interview ranged from 3 weeks (extremely short) to 5 months (very long) normally most were between 2 and 3 months, so i guess the answer to how long is between 3 weeks and 5 months, now that were pushing 5 months we got worried, because we saw little hints here and there that we may need to call. and the downloaded poacket seems very different from what many people say is required. also since its been soo long waiting for interview, some of our papers are becomming old. i did the affidsavit of support, I-134 when i first started the process and its now 8 months old. does anyone know if thats ok?

Daag and Jane timeline: 9 Apr 2010 submitted petition, NOA1 13 Apr 2010, NOA2 15 Jun 2010, letter from NVC 24 Jun 2010 sending package to Manila US Embassy, 9 July letter from Embassy stating fiancee eligible for scheduling of interview. then silence for 4 1/2 months. thats the last we heard.

I tried a k-1 visa several years ago and things did not work out for my fiancee at the time and i, but at that time the Manila Embassy sent an actual physical packet of forms and list of doccuments your filipina fiancee needed for the interview, and detailed instructions,to her along with the notification she was eligible for scheduling and then scheduled the medical appointment and interview a week apart a couple of months in the future, to give her time to get all the papers together prior to her interview. thats what the talk about recieving a packet is about. some of us didnt realize they'd stopped sending packets. Thanks from all of us playing catch up to the new way of doing things, for the heads up. The embassy is very closed mouthed about it. too bad they didnt say on thier website.

in any case i now have a new fiancee, a really good woman i love dearly and miss very much. we were worried about the same issues, as the whole process went really fast UP TO TO THE LETTER FROM THE EMBASSY 9 july 2010, stating my fiancee was eligible for scheduling an interview, then all stopped. we were waiting for the packet to arrive and to be told an interview was scheduled,and checking the website where you can enter your case number to see if you have an interview, for 4 months, til the other day it stoped opening when clicked. we had no idea what had happened to our case. because up to that point it'd been just like the first time i did it, only much faster. now we were very lost and disappointed. we did eventually download and complete the online packet,and somone told us that case number check site hadn't worked since 2008. but the Embassy could save everyone a lot of heartache and unnecessary research by prominently posting big procedursal changes like this on thier website. those of you who now know the embassy no longer sends a packet, are you saying they no longer schedule the medical exam and interivew anylonger either, without us calling them on thier toll line? that line existed the first time too but then just to accelerate the process.

I looked at hundreds of timelines today on other peoples cases, and the time from NOA2 to interview ranged from 3 weeks (extremely short) to 5 months (very long) normally most were between 2 and 3 months, so i guess the answer to how long is between 3 weeks and 5 months, now that were pushing 5 months we got worried, to because we saw little hints here and there that we may need to call.

Daag and Jane timeline: 9 Apr 2010 submitted petition, NOA1 13 Apr 2010, NOA2 15 Jun 2010, letter from NVC 24 Jun 2010 sending package to Manila US Embassy, 9 July letter from Embassy stating fiancee eligible for scheduling of interview. then silence for 4 1/2 months. thats the last we heard.

the mention of a ds-230 took me aback. ive done fiancee visas twice the first fiancee paniced and left again at the culture shock and her uncertainty of whether she really wanted me or one of several other boyfriends, releasing me after the visa was completed and she was here to find the true love of my life, whom i am now helping get ready for an interview, and i never did a ds-130 for either, it being an immigrant visa application that duplicates much of the information on the ds-156,156k and 157,and the k-1 visa being technically a non immigrant visa, that will allow your forign fiancee to enter the USA to marry you and then become a resident and possibly citizen. i wonder if theres been a change requireing the ds-230 for a k-1 visa or if i bungled into a different discussion.

before signing up on this site i found it searching for the validity time of a cenomar, and on this site someone said they have no validity period and that you dont have to get another based on the time since you got one. then i sigend up and have been unable to locate that thread again. i hope someone with more expereince on this site can give me a clue. i searched at the top with no sucess.