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[De & Al 0]

What does the Packet 4 from the US Consulate/Embassy consist of??????????, What documentation is needed????

[MaryandMian 1]

Each embassy does their interviews and packets differently. In our case packet 3.5 was the information needed to proceed with an interview police certificates, medical, etc. Packet 4 was the actual interview letter. I am guessing you are going thru Havana embassy. Here is the link to it.

http://havana.usinterestsection.gov/family...immigrants.html

Once NVC has received all of the required documents and fees from the petitioner, all of the paperwork is forwarded to the U.S. Interests Section. When the petition arrives in Havana, the priority date is checked against the Department of State's Visa Bulletin to determine if the petition is current. If the petition is current (the priority date is earlier than the cutoff date in the bulletin), the beneficiary is mailed a superpacket of forms and instructions to the address of record to begin the visa application process. If the petition is not current, it is filed away and the applicant is contact once the priority date does become current.

When the applicant has gathered all of the required documentation, he or she should contact the Information Unit of the U.S. Interests Section to schedule an appointment for an interview, either by calling (53) (7) 834-4400 (Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM) or online in Spanish or in English. The first available visa interview appointment for an immigrant visa applicant is usually 3-6 weeks out.

This quote was taken from the embassy page. Good luck.

Mary

[De & Al 0]

Each embassy does their interviews and packets differently. In our case packet 3.5 was the information needed to proceed with an interview police certificates, medical, etc. Packet 4 was the actual interview letter. I am guessing you are going thru Havana embassy. Here is the link to it.

http://havana.usinterestsection.gov/family...immigrants.html

Once NVC has received all of the required documents and fees from the petitioner, all of the paperwork is forwarded to the U.S. Interests Section. When the petition arrives in Havana, the priority date is checked against the Department of State's Visa Bulletin to determine if the petition is current. If the petition is current (the priority date is earlier than the cutoff date in the bulletin), the beneficiary is mailed a superpacket of forms and instructions to the address of record to begin the visa application process. If the petition is not current, it is filed away and the applicant is contact once the priority date does become current.

When the applicant has gathered all of the required documentation, he or she should contact the Information Unit of the U.S. Interests Section to schedule an appointment for an interview, either by calling (53) (7) 834-4400 (Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM) or online in Spanish or in English. The first available visa interview appointment for an immigrant visa applicant is usually 3-6 weeks out.

This quote was taken from the embassy page. Good luck.

Mary

OK, I still dont understand about the dates; the priority date is checked against the Department of State's Visa Bulletin to determine if the petition is current. If the petition is current (the priority date is earlier than the cutoff date in the bulletin), I am sory, this is realy confusing for me.

[Yodrak 7]

De & Al,

Petitions for immediate relatives are always current - there is no quota, no backlog, and thus no cutoff date.

Yodrak

OK, I still dont understand about the dates; the priority date is checked against the Department of State's Visa Bulletin to determine if the petition is current. If the petition is current (the priority date is earlier than the cutoff date in the bulletin), I am sory, this is realy confusing for me.

[aussiewench 9]

What I have found, what would be confusing for many when reading immigrant visa related pages on the various embassy/consulate websites, is that the information is all rolled into one in many cases and gives a general outline of the process and forms required as if one has filed the I-130 directly with the embassy/consulate. One should remember this when reading the information to weed out what has already been done at the NVC stage by way of application for a an immigrant visa.