New development in MRV fee payment for K-1.

[vantasticvoyge 0]

I have been informed that payment of the MRV fee for K-1 applicants has changed. Can anyone confirm the following?

If you are at the stage of waiting for your interview and have your date, you DO NOT pay your fee PRIOR to the interview. You attend the interview at the embassy, during which you are given instructions on how to complete your payment. It is now not done even on the new website in addition to not over the telephone.

This information came from an employee working in the MRV payment department for the embassy. Can anyone let me know if they have heard, been told, ACTUALLY DONE the same as this.

I live just outside of Edinburgh and want to avoid going all the way down to London to be told I should have paid before I had my interview at all costs.

Thank you very much for all your help.

Robert

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

~ Moved from K-1 Process to UK regional forum- topic is specific for going through London ~

[Azsara 110]

I have been informed that payment of the MRV fee for K-1 applicants has changed. Can anyone confirm the following?

If you are at the stage of waiting for your interview and have your date, you DO NOT pay your fee PRIOR to the interview. You attend the interview at the embassy, during which you are given instructions on how to complete your payment. It is now not done even on the new website in addition to not over the telephone.

This information came from an employee working in the MRV payment department for the embassy. Can anyone let me know if they have heard, been told, ACTUALLY DONE the same as this.

I live just outside of Edinburgh and want to avoid going all the way down to London to be told I should have paid before I had my interview at all costs.

Thank you very much for all your help.

Robert

Hi Robert,

Actually id recommend you pay BEFORE your interview.

Though we are all pretty new to this new payment website we have members that have tried and tested paying PRIOR to the interview, printing out our receipt and taking it to the interview and all has gone smoothly. There have been a couple of us who havent paid before and have paid at the interview too. I think given that they are in the middle of changing the way we pay they are being flexible either way right now.

If in doubt I would follow the London embassys website

MRV Fee for K Visa Applicants

K visa applicants are required to pay the MRV application fee to the Consular Section's Visa Information and Appointment Services contractor prior to the visa interview. Payment is by debit card only through their website at https//usvisa-info.com. Further information will be provided to you in the visa appointment letter.

[B&L 19]

I had my interview on the 5th, I paid prior to attending and I was asked for my receipt of payment I'd printed out. I'd recommend paying before, unless someone knows of more recent changes.

[vantasticvoyge 0]

I just paid my MRV fee online and printed out the instructions it provides directly after this. In the instructions there is a section entitled 'general required documents - for all visa types'.

Within this it states that I must take a 'non-immigrant visa application form DS-160 confirmation page' to the interview.

To the best of my knowledge during the whole K-1 visa process, I have never been instructed to fill out a DS-160. Also, after checking since reading this I still cannot see any k-1 instructions telling me to do this. Should I do this prior to my interview? has anyone else?

P.s. is a k-1 visa technically a non-immigrant visa since you are doing all your adjustment of status stuff once you are in the country and married?

Thank you for any help.

Robert

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

You do not do DS-160. And don't freak out if you get to the interview queue and hear an embassy worker yelling out, "you MUST have your DS-160 with you". That is for the majority of those in line getting student, tourist, etc visas, but not you. Keep calm and carry on.

[QueenOfBlades 224]

You do not do DS-160. And don't freak out if you get to the interview queue and hear an embassy worker yelling out, "you MUST have your DS-160 with you". That is for the majority of those in line getting student, tourist, etc visas, but not you. Keep calm and carry on.

This. When I was there, the grumpy English Embassy woman was yelling out "YOU MUST HAVE YOUR DS-160" etc, but for the purpose of the K-1 visa, you need your appointment letter in place of the DS-160. She'll ask you your appointment time, check your appointment letter, check you're on the list, then you'll have to stand in another couple of queues before going through security. DS-160 is for other types of visas.

Edited September 16, 2013 by QueenOfBlades

[Azsara 110]

This. When I was there, the grumpy English Embassy woman was yelling out "YOU MUST HAVE YOUR DS-160" etc, but for the purpose of the K-1 visa, you need your appointment letter in place of the DS-160. She'll ask you your appointment time, check your appointment letter, check you're on the list, then you'll have to stand in another couple of queues before going through security. DS-160 is for other types of visas.

Is the appointment letter packet 4? I.E the letter with my interview time and date in the bottom left hand corner?

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Is the appointment letter packet 4? I.E the letter with my interview time and date in the bottom left hand corner?

Yes, that is your appointment letter to show to the people at the embassy like your entry ticket. Packet 4 is old talk. It used to be a packet. We got one. Now you get a page and are told to read your IV 19 "packet" online here http://photos.state.gov/libraries/unitedkingdom/164203/cons-visa/IV019_fiance_appt_letter.pdf

[Azsara 110]

Yes, that is your appointment letter to show to the people at the embassy like your entry ticket. Packet 4 is old talk. It used to be a packet. We got one. Now you get a page and are told to read your IV 19 "packet" online here http://photos.state.gov/libraries/unitedkingdom/164203/cons-visa/IV019_fiance_appt_letter.pdf

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[vantasticvoyge 0]

Thanks for the info and advice. As always, many thanks.

Also, I got my letter with my appointment date and time and gave me all the instructions to follow. After a whole loads of trouble paying my MRV online, I finally was given the option to do so and did. However it made me choose another date and time on the new website. So now I have an embassy sent letter one date and the website says another. My print off from directly after paying for and scheduling that appointment also says the new date. Therefore don't have a letter from the embassy with the new date. Will they accept my print out from the website to gain entry?

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Thanks for the info and advice. As always, many thanks.

Also, I got my letter with my appointment date and time and gave me all the instructions to follow. After a whole loads of trouble paying my MRV online, I finally was given the option to do so and did. However it made me choose another date and time on the new website. So now I have an embassy sent letter one date and the website says another. My print off from directly after paying for and scheduling that appointment also says the new date. Therefore don't have a letter from the embassy with the new date. Will they accept my print out from the website to gain entry?

It almost sounds like you booked yourself a non-immigrant visa appointment. Those are chosen for student, tourist, etc visas. K1s don't pick a date. They are issued by the immigrant visa side. I wouldn't count on that new date being your real K1 appointment, which was given in the letter. It doesn't sound right to me.

[vantasticvoyge 0]

I definitely see what you are saying nich-nick. It's a bit of a worry. Could it possibly be a new feature of the new system/process? it was referred to as a k-1 visa throughout the whole process of paying the $240 MRV and scheduling the new date. Also, everything on the website as of now refers of a nothing but a k-1. As far as I could see my old appointment date and time was not on the website where it once was (since i received my appointment letter in the mail) when they finally informed me there was an option to pay the MRV online and had no option but to complete what it was asking of me. I think i am well and truly in the centre of all the transitions in the process they are going through. I might turn up at the original appointment first, just incase.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

I definitely see what you are saying nich-nick. It's a bit of a worry. Could it possibly be a new feature of the new system/process? it was referred to as a k-1 visa throughout the whole process of paying the $240 MRV and scheduling the new date. Also, everything on the website as of now refers of a nothing but a k-1. As far as I could see my old appointment date and time was not on the website where it once was (since i received my appointment letter in the mail) when they finally informed me there was an option to pay the MRV online and had no option but to complete what it was asking of me. I think i am well and truly in the centre of all the transitions in the process they are going through. I might turn up at the original appointment first, just incase.

I honestly don't know. There have been so many verbal reports of what people have done or couldn't do, but without seeing it and all.....who knows. I think their software is not very intuitive and it's almost like they tried to modify the K1 part to fit the design for the larger group (non-immigrants) and it still has bugs. Maybe you really did change the date. Give it a few days, then call DOS and ask your date.

[vantasticvoyge 0]

sorry for the obvious question, but what does DOS stand for?