K-1 Fiance - Interview

[webbb01 0]

I need some guidance please.

I live in Toronto and my Fiance is in Minneapolis. I'm moving there.

I received a letter on Sept. 9th indicating that I was missing a DS 230 for my son and that (while we were waiting for them to process us) our passports expired. (All true). So the letter said that they could not continue to process our application until they get the appropriate documents. OK. No problem. 3 days later I received another letter telling me that my Interview date has been scheduled for October 16th... that's 3 weeks from now. What?? After all of this waiting, suddenly they are in a hurry? I thought they don't set the interview date until they have gotten the signed checklist back from us stating that I have all of my docs in order (ie police check, doctor appointment, fiance's affidavit etc.). I'm waiting for my passport to be renewed so that I can make the doctor's appt etc. so I don't have the checklist done yet and probably won't in time for the Oct. 16th date. So now what? Can someone make an educated guess as to whether they messed up and shouldn't have scheduled the interview yet or whether this is normal and I should just hussle to get everything in order within the next 3 weeks?

Along the same lines, am I correct in that we (my son and I) have to immigrate within 6 months of the Visa Approval? Does this mean that if I do go to the interview in mid October (and assuming we are accepted) I have to move by April '09? I did not want to pull my son out of school mid year. We were hoping to move next July? Should I therefore ask for the interview to be postponed until Feb '09 or should I just go in October and ask them for an extension to my moving date?

This is all so very confusing!! Any advice would be appreciated!

Barb (and Brad).

[Old Dominion 26]

I need some guidance please.

I live in Toronto and my Fiance is in Minneapolis. I'm moving there.

I received a letter on Sept. 9th indicating that I was missing a DS 230 for my son and that (while we were waiting for them to process us) our passports expired. (All true). So the letter said that they could not continue to process our application until they get the appropriate documents. OK. No problem. 3 days later I received another letter telling me that my Interview date has been scheduled for October 16th... that's 3 weeks from now. What?? After all of this waiting, suddenly they are in a hurry? I thought they don't set the interview date until they have gotten the signed checklist back from us stating that I have all of my docs in order (ie police check, doctor appointment, fiance's affidavit etc.). I'm waiting for my passport to be renewed so that I can make the doctor's appt etc. so I don't have the checklist done yet and probably won't in time for the Oct. 16th date. So now what? Can someone make an educated guess as to whether they messed up and shouldn't have scheduled the interview yet or whether this is normal and I should just hussle to get everything in order within the next 3 weeks?

Along the same lines, am I correct in that we (my son and I) have to immigrate within 6 months of the Visa Approval? Does this mean that if I do go to the interview in mid October (and assuming we are accepted) I have to move by April '09? I did not want to pull my son out of school mid year. We were hoping to move next July? Should I therefore ask for the interview to be postponed until Feb '09 or should I just go in October and ask them for an extension to my moving date?

This is all so very confusing!! Any advice would be appreciated!

Barb (and Brad).

When granted the K-1 visa is valid for six months. Best to seek a later appointment for that and other reasons you mention.

[Ban Hammer 13,570]

mbc

[Carlawarla 1]

This has to be the absolute weirdest situation! I'm so confused. You got your NOA2, no package 3 by the sounds of it, you haven't had your medicals, police checks....actually people wait MONTHS to get an interview in Montreal, and you're getting one within a month? And you didn't give them all your papers, and you have no renewed passports? Yikes! First off, you don't have to have your interview in October. You can say that you have to renew your passports, have medicals, and time your moving to the US for your chid's schooling, and have them reschedule it. That being said however, you could be waiting months for that. You could ask them if you could have one scheduled in say February, it won't hurt to ask, but with Montreal, you just never know. They'll probably just give you one when it's convenient for them.

Here's a link to the Canada forum here on VJ. See postings there about inteviews, what you need for the Montreal consulate, heck, even how to get ahold of them. I hope you're getting the passport renewed asap as well. I'm going to request that this be moved to the Canada forum for more input from fellow Canadians.

Best of luck!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showforum=93