K1 visa, packet 3, where to send DS-230 ?

[brian-and-aurore 1]

Hello,

My packet 3 has been mailed to us yesterday but hasn't arrived yet (I am currently in the US with my fiancé).

I am trying to get ready -- I want to send back the forms as soon as possible.

However, there is something I don't understand : I thought that the checklist and the DS-230 needed to be mailed back to the embassy, but the package instruction letter I found here on VJ reads :

"STEP ONE: Complete form DS-230, Part 1, Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration, for each visa applicant and return the completed form(s) to the National Visa Center"

Where do I have to send my DS-230 ? Paris or NVC ?

Since I am in the US, it would be completely silly to overnight the letter to France and have the consulate ship it back to New Hampshire.

Thanks to all for your advice and input.

[SF2007 48]

Hello,

My packet 3 has been mailed to us yesterday but hasn't arrived yet (I am currently in the US with my fiancé).

I am trying to get ready -- I want to send back the forms as soon as possible.

However, there is something I don't understand : I thought that the checklist and the DS-230 needed to be mailed back to the embassy, but the package instruction letter I found here on VJ reads :

"STEP ONE: Complete form DS-230, Part 1, Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration, for each visa applicant and return the completed form(s) to the National Visa Center"

Where do I have to send my DS-230 ? Paris or NVC ?

Since I am in the US, it would be completely silly to overnight the letter to France and have the consulate ship it back to New Hampshire.

Thanks to all for your advice and input.

You would have better luck in the regional forums as this is a France-specific question. In Canada, all items in Packet 3 go to the consulate.

[bruno. 4]

Hi,

you have to send it to the Embassy in Paris.

Here is a link to the some information about the embassy in Paris. There is a chapter that states what forms to send where and when to do it.

[brian-and-aurore 1]

Thanks for your input.

I had seen the link before and this is why I got confused : the sample embassy letter reads something different.

http://travel.state.gov/pdf/pk3_supplements/PRS-PKT3-ENGL-0001-0809.pdf

This link is in the page that you attached to your post and talks about sending your DS-230 to NVC.

[bruno. 4]

Thanks for your input.

I had seen the link before and this is why I got confused : the sample embassy letter reads something different.

http://travel.state....L-0001-0809.pdf

This link is in the page that you attached to your post and talks about sending your DS-230 to NVC.

The thing that they use this letter for immigrant visas usually.

Now, you may have heard that technically the K1 visa in NON-immigrant but because it offers the possibility to quickly adjust status and effectively immigrate the embassies sometimes process it as an immigrant visa. Though it should say you only have to send Part I and not part II of the DS-230 form.

Did the form you show the one you received from the embassy or a sample you found? I ask because when I got my P3 they barred some sentences on the form and replaced words here and there. Unfortunately I didn't keep that specific letter so I'm not sure but it's possible they barred NVC and replaced it with the embassy address. Anyway I never send anything to the NVC when I completed my application so unless they changed the rules you don't have to send it to NVC.

Maybe someone who went throught the process more recently can confirm.

[brian-and-aurore 1]

I haven't received my packet yet, my tracking number still reads it is currently on a plane.

I was just trying to get a little ahead.

It figures that they would modify things on the letter since K-1 is technically a non-immigrant visa (but still hold the same characteristics as an immigrant one, embassy-wise).

Thanks for your input, I will trust you on that !