Packet 3 checklist - Sydney

[Kym 0]

I am looking for a Packet 3 checklist that is received from the Consulate in Sydney, Australia. Can anyone help me out and let me know what all is on there and what we will need?

Thanks!

[SharynY 2]

Will try as best i can - if anyone thinks i've missed something... pls add...

they send you a form DS - 230I - biographic data that you must send back to the consulate asap as they wont start processing your case until that is recieved.

there are another two forms to fill out - one is sent to you and the other is found online (this is explained in the letters and the address online to find the other form) you dont sign these - you do so in front of the consular officer in your interview.

* evidence of relationship

*Please obtain original documents or certified copies of an appropriate authority for yourself and all unmarried children under 21 - who will accompany you to the US. all docs that relate to your petitiion are required, even if thye were previously submitted to USCIS with your petiition (so basically - just give them everything you sent in with the petition)

*birth certificates

*or unobtainable birth certificates (examples are given of what you can provide)

*child custody (if applicable)

*passports

*deportation (if applicable)

*medical examination (arranging a medical with one of the physicians that the consulate provides you contacts with)

*court and prison records (if applicable)

*military records (if applicable)

*termination of prior marriages (if applicable)

*translations (if applicable)

affidavit of support - petitioner provides this

photographs - 2 are required for the consulate

police certificate (examples of what is needed is given)

as soon as you have all these you send in a form that they provide saying that your ready for your interview.... which i guess will issue packet 4.

with the medical - dont forget to take with you - your case number that NVC assigns to you - not the USCIS case number....

hope this makes sense... i only got my medical done today... if your in Sydney - i suggest Dr Waks - he's fantastic!

[Kym 0]

police certificate (examples of what is needed is given)

hope this makes sense... i only got my medical done today... if your in Sydney - i suggest Dr Waks - he's fantastic!

Thanks very much!!!!

I have heard stories about getting the police certificate and in some countries it can take a very long time. Can you tell me how long to except (approx.) in Sydney and how to go about getting that?

I will tell Darryl about Dr. Waks!!!

Thanks again

[Rings 10]

This may help you. This tells a lot about how long it has taken us. My life is in Melbourne.

01/12/07-I fly to Australia

01/13/07-I touch David for the first time

01/25/07-We Got Married!!!

01/27/07-I fly back to Colorado

01/30/07-I order copies of my birth certificate

02/01/07-David gets our marriage certificate

02/02/07-David got his passport photos done

02/02/07-David mailed me his documents

02/03/07-I got my passport photos done

02/04/07-David sends me a packet of papers

02/08/07-My birth certificates came in the mail

02/10/07-Received marriage licence!

02/13/07-I got David's 2nd package in the mail

02/13/07-Name change info to the SS Office

02/15/07-Package arrived at SS office

02/27/07-Approval on my name change arrived

03/01/07-David's taxes are done

03/07/07-I got my new Social Security card!

03/07/07-David did his passport interview

03/10/07-I changed my name at the bank

03/20/07-David got his first series of shots

03/22/07-David got his passport

04/17/07-David got his 2nd series of shots

05/06/07-David flies home for a visit YAY!

05/11/07-Got my name changed on my license

05/13/07-David meets the family Dun Dun Dun Dun

05/20/07-We planted a garden together

05/20/07-David flew back to Australia

05/25/06-I finished most of our immigration paperwork!

05/30/07-David got police check/fingerprints done

06/04/07-David got blood test results

06/05/07-David's back at the doctor for immunizations

06/06/07-David sends me more paperwork

06/07/07-Sent I-129F & I-130 copies to Australia

06/13/07-I got David's paperwok

06/13/07-Customs invades my box to steal jerky

06/14/07-More immunizations boo...

06/16/07-Finished the Affidavit of Support...Finally

06/17/07-David's medical examination

06/18/07-Mailed Affidavit of Support to Australia

06/18/07-David calls police station and police check complete

06/18/07-David gets I-130&I-129F (Customs stole beef jerky)

130 PETITION IR-1/CR-1

02/15/07-Mailed the I-130 Petition to the NSC

02/16/07-I-130 petition arrived in Nebraska

02/23/07-Touched

02/26/07-NOA Arrived (I-797 Notice of Action)

02/26/07-Check Cashed by USCIS

05/17/07-Touched

I-129F PETITION K-3 VISA

02/27/07-I-129F Petition Sent to Chicago

03/01/07-I-129F Package Arrives In Chicago

03/08/07-Check Cashed by USCIS Chicago

03/12/07-NOA Arrived (I-797 Notice of Action)

03/15/07-Petition sent to the California Service Center

03/19/07-I-797C Arrives in mail (Notice of Transfer)

03/30/07-Petition arrived at CSC

04/03/07-Touched

05/17/07-Touched

?????? -No NOA 2...

05/30/07-Case forwarded to US embassy in AUS YAY!

05/31/07-APPROVED petition dated at NVC (National Visa Center)

06/04/07-Letter confirmation received in mail from NVC

06/06/07-Consulate mailed Packet 3 to David

06/07/07-I mailed David interview paperwork

06/11/06-Packet 3 Received

06/11/06-David completed the DS-230 (Part 1)

06/13/07-Completed DS-230 mailed back to the Consulate

06/13/07-David obtains Embassy US non immigrant visa receipt

06/17/07-David's Medical Examination

NOTE: All dates are based on Colorado time. Australia time would be a day ahead.

[Rings 10]

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[SharynY 2]

2 weeks exactly it took them...

i even rang their HQ and spoke to someone in Criminal history to find out where they were at.....

[jezz85 0]

Kym, it was about 10 days between when I got my fingerprints taken and when I received my police certificate.

Don't be worried, its quick and its easy! I'm from Sydney too... just ring up your local police station and ask to come in to get your fingerprints taken for a national police certificate. Its very important that you get fingerprints, not just a name check. On the phone they will tell you how much it will cost and when to come in. Usually you don't have to book but if they're always too busy to do it (like they were for me) you might be able to book ahead on Sunday.

They ask for the fee in cash and theres a form to download online and fill out. Or you can fill it out on the day I hear. You need to take a few forms of identification too. They'll cover all that on the phone I'm sure. Call your local police station and ask for "A National Police Certificate with fingerprints".

Also, I saw Dr Waks too, I liked him, he's very friendly.

Edited June 22, 2007 by jezz85