K3 in Juarez

[dbarker2 1]

This question is for anyone who has done, or who knows about the K3 visa process in Ciudad Juarez. Our case was approved at the California Service Center on January 22, so it wasn't subject to the new administrative closing of K3 visas. It was sent at the Consulate in Juarez on the 29th of January.

I have been calling once every week or two to ask if they had assigned an interview date and they kept saying no, but that they would soon. Anyway, I called today and the guy told me that on the 26th of February they had sent the Packet 3 to my wife, and that she would have to fill it out and send it to them before giving an interview date. This totally just confused me, because on their own website it says that they will send a packet with information and with an appointment notice. It says nothing of K3 visa applicants needing to receive or send in the packet 3. Packet 3 is supposed to be for an immigrant visa according to their website, and K3 visas are under a separate section.

If anyone who has experience with the Juarez Consulate or with the K3 visa processes could help us out it would be great. My wife is hysterical over this right now because we were expecting the next step to be getting the appointment notice, because that is what the website says. Any help would be great. Thank you.

[dbarker2 1]

So I called back to verify the information, because you would think that they would follow their own guide which specifically says that they will send a packet with an appointment notice.

Wrong.

He said they sent me and my wife packet 3 and that we have to return it before they can schedule an interview. When I read him what their website says about the packet including an appointment notice he said the following, "Yeah, well that is actually what should happen with a K3 visa, but the consulate sometimes decides just to do what they want and so they aren't held to what their website says."

So I ask which one of us has to fill out the information and he said that either one of us could, and that after it is received by them that they can start assigning an interview. I asked him how long it would take and he said it could take a maximum of 3 MONTHS! This is ridiculous, in three months my wife will be 24 months pregnant! I called last week and they said we should be having our interview within 4 weeks! Do they not realize that they are screwing with people's lives with this kind of BS?

It's no wonder why so many people can't stand our government - they just simply don't care about anyone or anything except for themselves.

[rudyb 0]

This is ridiculous, in three months my wife will be 24 months pregnant! I called last week and they said we should be having our interview within 4 weeks! Do they not realize that they are screwing with people's lives with this kind of BS?

It's no wonder why so many people can't stand our government - they just simply don't care about anyone or anything except for themselves.

Really your wife will be 24 months pregnant?

What would make you think that the people at the call center care about you or that they are"screwing with people's lives" or are only doing some for "themselves"? They are doing a job. Nothing more. They are not out to get you or screw with you - they don't care about you period. It's a job.

Since the K3 process in general has just recently changed, it's not surprising if changes have happened at the consulate. And really, I would not be concerned about what one person from the Call Center tells you. Wait and see if there is a letter in the packet. If not, send it back asap and wait for the date. What else can you do?

[dbarker2 1]

Haha, yeah ... I realized it later that I put 24 months, woops. Meant 24 weeks. Anyway, I have had some time to calm down about the whole thing and things are going at least relatively smoother now.

We still haven't received the packet that they sent a couple of weeks ago, but my Senator's office was able to make an inquiry and as a response the consulate sent her a link to the pages that they sent us. We just needed to fill out the DS-230 part I and Part II and send it back. They gave us the fax number and everything was sent to them about 1 hour ago. So hopefully now they will process it and we can get our interview date here pretty soon.