packet 3 delays

[Dave and Jess 0]

Hi guys.. still chilling in NY with Jess :-).. Hope everyone is well?

i have a question.. called the DOS today and they tell me my P3 was sent out Jan 2nd.. obviusly today is the 14th and still nothing has turned up at my folks house back home...

Has anybody else experienced this kind of delay and did it turn up in the end. Basically if it was going by royal mail it should be there by now.. Not sure if i should ask them to re-issue it or not????

grrhhhh..lol

[The_dip_sticks 0]

We had p3 drama. We were approved mid Oct and around Nov they kept telling us that our p3 was sent out but after 2 months of nothing arrivig we sent an email and told them that P3 was lost in the mail and requested a new one be sent out. It finally arrived December 15th.

[Rob&Dawn 1]

they sent my pkt 3 just before Christmas...still hasn't turned up.

I had downloaded all the forms and sent it back in as soon as i knew my file was in London!

[*julez* 124]

Same thing happened to my husband back in Dec 2007, and several other VJers. DOS told all of us P3 was sent Dec. 11, but it never arrived for any of us. Call the embassy and ask them to send you another.

[rocks 494]

it took 10 days for mine to arrive, maybe you'll hear something this week.

[Dave and Jess 0]

Thanks guys.

I called them and they said they still had my old address on record. DOS had the new one and my lawyers have an email from London on 2nd jan saying the new address had been noted. The day it was supposed to have gone out. Called the guy who lives at my old house and he has seen nothing. I confirmed the address change by e-mail and asked them to re-issue to my new address anyway..hopefully one should turn up soon..talk about frustrating ..especially as everything was going so smoothly. Hopefully i wont have to wait FOREVER for an interview date... did anyone get a date yet in the last few weeks..if so what kind of wait time are we looking at right now?

Cheers.

[T and M 1]

Thanks guys.

I called them and they said they still had my old address on record. DOS had the new one and my lawyers have an email from London on 2nd jan saying the new address had been noted. The day it was supposed to have gone out. Called the guy who lives at my old house and he has seen nothing. I confirmed the address change by e-mail and asked them to re-issue to my new address anyway..hopefully one should turn up soon..talk about frustrating ..especially as everything was going so smoothly. Hopefully i wont have to wait FOREVER for an interview date... did anyone get a date yet in the last few weeks..if so what kind of wait time are we looking at right now?

Cheers.

It has been a while since i went through this, but i seem to remember that you can call DOS in DC and get your LND number. With this you can fill out all the paper work (which you can get from VJers....and go ahead and send it in!

A bit risky maybe, but worth considering. We waited til mine arrived, but then again, we didn't know for sure that it was sent weeks ago!!!

Good luck. The majority of the waiting is over.

[Rob&Dawn 1]

Thanks guys.

I called them and they said they still had my old address on record. DOS had the new one and my lawyers have an email from London on 2nd jan saying the new address had been noted. The day it was supposed to have gone out. Called the guy who lives at my old house and he has seen nothing. I confirmed the address change by e-mail and asked them to re-issue to my new address anyway..hopefully one should turn up soon..talk about frustrating ..especially as everything was going so smoothly. Hopefully i wont have to wait FOREVER for an interview date... did anyone get a date yet in the last few weeks..if so what kind of wait time are we looking at right now?

Cheers.

called DOS today and they advised my interview is booked for 3rd Feb, so thankfully not the 6week wait i was expecting! So within 4weeks from pkt3 being loaded on their system.

You can download the pkt3 paperwork and send it in before you receive the official pkt3...didn't do us any harm! Just a thought to save a few weeks.

[T and M 1]

Thanks guys.

I called them and they said they still had my old address on record. DOS had the new one and my lawyers have an email from London on 2nd jan saying the new address had been noted. The day it was supposed to have gone out. Called the guy who lives at my old house and he has seen nothing. I confirmed the address change by e-mail and asked them to re-issue to my new address anyway..hopefully one should turn up soon..talk about frustrating ..especially as everything was going so smoothly. Hopefully i wont have to wait FOREVER for an interview date... did anyone get a date yet in the last few weeks..if so what kind of wait time are we looking at right now?

Cheers.

called DOS today and they advised my interview is booked for 3rd Feb, so thankfully not the 6week wait i was expecting! So within 4weeks from pkt3 being loaded on their system.

You can download the pkt3 paperwork and send it in before you receive the official pkt3...didn't do us any harm! Just a thought to save a few weeks.

Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We'll done. You were one step ahead of my advice!

[Talyss 0]

Thanks guys.

I called them and they said they still had my old address on record. DOS had the new one and my lawyers have an email from London on 2nd jan saying the new address had been noted. The day it was supposed to have gone out. Called the guy who lives at my old house and he has seen nothing. I confirmed the address change by e-mail and asked them to re-issue to my new address anyway..hopefully one should turn up soon..talk about frustrating ..especially as everything was going so smoothly. Hopefully i wont have to wait FOREVER for an interview date... did anyone get a date yet in the last few weeks..if so what kind of wait time are we looking at right now?

Cheers.

called DOS today and they advised my interview is booked for 3rd Feb, so thankfully not the 6week wait i was expecting! So within 4weeks from pkt3 being loaded on their system.

You can download the pkt3 paperwork and send it in before you receive the official pkt3...didn't do us any harm! Just a thought to save a few weeks.

how do you download the checklist ? the link I followed from the Embassy website took me to a list of what I would need but not a printable list with boxes to tick

[Rob&Dawn 1]

Thanks guys.

I called them and they said they still had my old address on record. DOS had the new one and my lawyers have an email from London on 2nd jan saying the new address had been noted. The day it was supposed to have gone out. Called the guy who lives at my old house and he has seen nothing. I confirmed the address change by e-mail and asked them to re-issue to my new address anyway..hopefully one should turn up soon..talk about frustrating ..especially as everything was going so smoothly. Hopefully i wont have to wait FOREVER for an interview date... did anyone get a date yet in the last few weeks..if so what kind of wait time are we looking at right now?

Cheers.

called DOS today and they advised my interview is booked for 3rd Feb, so thankfully not the 6week wait i was expecting! So within 4weeks from pkt3 being loaded on their system.

You can download the pkt3 paperwork and send it in before you receive the official pkt3...didn't do us any harm! Just a thought to save a few weeks.

how do you download the checklist ? the link I followed from the Embassy website took me to a list of what I would need but not a printable list with boxes to tick

IV-15 checklist is not on the list, if you PM me your email i can forward them to you...i have got them on word doc.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

I have the whole p3 (April 2008 version) scanned and on a Google drive. I can share it if you PM me an email address. Also P4 which isn't much but shows you what you get.

Edited January 14, 2009 by Nich-Nick