K3 visa issues with Ciudad Juarez Consulate

[dbarker2 1]

Ok, I already posted this in the Consulate forums, but didn't get any response at all, so I am reposting it here. This is two different posts, so I am just putting them together into one. Any advice/insight/help would be wonderful please!

This question is for anyone who has done, or who knows about the K3 visa process in Ciudad Juarez or anywhere. 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.

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.

[TBoneTX 45,871]

in three months my wife will be 24 months pregnant!

Uh, I think that only elephants are pregnant this long, si man. Have you inquired in the Latin American regional subforum? I'll use the "report" feature here to see if a VJ Moderator will transfer it there, si man.

[dbarker2 1]

Uh, I think that only elephants are pregnant this long, si man. Have you inquired in the Latin American regional subforum? I'll use the "report" feature here to see if a VJ Moderator will transfer it there, si man.

Lol, sorry, I meant 24 weeks! haha Thanks

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Moved from K-3 forum even though it was acceptable there, as it will probably be more useful for the OP to have this information posted here where those who have specific experience with this consulate/situation may be of help.