Who is right? Me or my fiancee

[Love Eth 14]

My fiancee, an Ethiopian and lives in Germany for schooling, got NOA2 approved almost a week and half ago. We argued on this thing and now we looking the solution from VJ's member. I am saying we can send the Biometric form (DS 230-I), DS156 and DS 156k even we didn't get the packet from the embassy. But she strongly argued to wait for the packet 3 from the embassy. Which one of us right or is there any other thing that we can do?

[HeatDeath 430]

In general, US government processes work best when you wait for them to ask for stuff before you send it. When they ask for something, they are waiting for it, they are expecting it to arrive, and they have a nice warm cosy file folder ready for it when it does arrive.

When you send stuff unsolicited, on the other hand, they may or may not be expecting it at all, they may or may not have a place to put it, and pretty much anything can happen. They'll probably be able to match it up to your existing file, but the odds of a mistake happening jumps from 1-in-a-thousand up to 1-in-a-hundred. Call me cautious, bu that's too rich for my blood, particularly when it's unnecessary.

I would tend to only send them

A ) stuff that initiates a process - they know how to deal with that, or

B ) stuff they have requested and are expecting.

Trying to jump the process ahead or hurry it up only confuses them, and confused government officials and offices are not good things to have to deal with. It would probably be fine, but why take unnecessary risks?

Edited June 27, 2011 by HeatDeath