Deposit of Money at BDO

[J and O 0]

Does BDO always require DS156 and DS157 or will just the confirmation letter from the US Embassy be enough to deposit the money into the bank. Olive's renewed passport will not be released until 7/16 and the interview appointment is 7/23. I would like to be able to have the money in the account next week but she cannot print out these documents until the passport is released.

I know there will still be time to get the money in but we would like to at least be ahead of the game with this since now everything is going on track.

Thanks

J & O

[Tahoma 2,292]

Does BDO always require DS156 and DS157 or will just the confirmation letter from the US Embassy be enough to deposit the money into the bank. Olive's renewed passport will not be released until 7/16 and the interview appointment is 7/23. I would like to be able to have the money in the account next week but she cannot print out these documents until the passport is released.

I know there will still be time to get the money in but we would like to at least be ahead of the game with this since now everything is going on track.

Thanks

J & O

Hi again Oregon...

I have read reports here on VJ where BDO sometimes asks for the DS forms, and sometimes not. Sometimes they simply ask to see the interview appointment confirmation email. Why not have your fiancée take her appointment letter down to BDO and try to pay the visa fee? If BDO wants to see the DS forms, she will simply have to do this errand after she has her passport and is able to completely fill out the DS forms.

Also, the visa fee is not really "deposited" in the escrow sense of the word. Instead, you are simply paying a fee.

[J and O 0]

Hi again Oregon...

I have read reports here on VJ where BDO sometimes asks for the DS forms, and sometimes not. Sometimes they simply ask to see the interview appointment confirmation email. Why not have your fiancée take her appointment letter down to BDO and try to pay the visa fee? If BDO wants to see the DS forms, she will simply have to do this errand after she has her passport and is able to completely fill out the DS forms.

Also, the visa fee is not really "deposited" in the escrow sense of the word. Instead, you are simply paying a fee.

I think I will have her do that...thanks...really do not see why they would need to see the DS forms anyway.

[JORDANTONI09 10]

She doesn't need to fill up the passport information just yet. It's okay to leave it blank for now. I actually went to my interview and left the "date of issuance" and "expiration date" of my passport blank since I filled up my forms after the medical and it wasn't a problem since the Embassy had my passport anyway. I didn't go through any delays that day due to the missing passport information. Everything else, she has to fill up.

Some people go there with just the interview appointment letter or the email confirmation. They won't stamp anything on her papers anyway. I brought my DS 156, DS 157 and the email confirmation just in case. The lady just scanned through the email confirmation and returned them to me as quickly as I handed them over.

Toni

Does BDO always require DS156 and DS157 or will just the confirmation letter from the US Embassy be enough to deposit the money into the bank. Olive's renewed passport will not be released until 7/16 and the interview appointment is 7/23. I would like to be able to have the money in the account next week but she cannot print out these documents until the passport is released.

I know there will still be time to get the money in but we would like to at least be ahead of the game with this since now everything is going on track.

Thanks

J & O

[CATHYlovesRICK 2]

I just paid yesterday afternoon and they just take a quick glance at my appointment letter and then i paid..that's it! :dance:

[Tahoma 2,292]

She doesn't need to fill up the passport information just yet. It's okay to leave it blank for now. I actually went to my interview and left the "date of issuance" and "expiration date" of my passport blank since I filled up my forms after the medical and it wasn't a problem since the Embassy had my passport anyway. I didn't go through any delays that day due to the missing passport information. Everything else, she has to fill up.

Some people go there with just the interview appointment letter or the email confirmation. They won't stamp anything on her papers anyway. I brought my DS 156, DS 157 and the email confirmation just in case. The lady just scanned through the email confirmation and returned them to me as quickly as I handed them over.

Toni

I just paid yesterday afternoon and they just take a quick glance at my appointment letter and then i paid..that's it! :dance:

Thanks Toni and Cathy...this is good information!

Cathy...good luck with your interview!

[JORDANTONI09 10]

Sure thing! We all learn something from each other.

Toni

Thanks Toni and Cathy...this is good information!

Cathy...good luck with your interview!

Edited July 2, 2010 by JORDANTONI09

[CATHYlovesRICK 2]

Thanks Toni and Cathy...this is good information!

Cathy...good luck with your interview!

THANKS

[J and O 0]

Olive is going to just use the appointment letter...will update with what her outcome is when she goes around the 9th or first of the following week. Will send money today and see what happens.

Thanks for the information. Also on topic of DS160...when I made the interview date embassy said she did not have to do DS160...is this what everyone is finding too?

Thanks,

J & O

[JORDANTONI09 10]

DS 160 is not needed for the K-1 process.She doesn't need to fill it out.

Olive is going to just use the appointment letter...will update with what her outcome is when she goes around the 9th or first of the following week. Will send money today and see what happens.

Thanks for the information. Also on topic of DS160...when I made the interview date embassy said she did not have to do DS160...is this what everyone is finding too?

Thanks,

J & O

[Tahoma 2,292]

Olive is going to just use the appointment letter...will update with what her outcome is when she goes around the 9th or first of the following week. Will send money today and see what happens.

Thanks for the information. Also on topic of DS160...when I made the interview date embassy said she did not have to do DS160...is this what everyone is finding too?

Thanks,

J & O

DS 160 is not needed for the K-1 process.She doesn't need to fill it out.

Agreed...K-1erz don't need the DS-160.

[J and O 0]

DS 160 is not needed for the K-1 process.She doesn't need to fill it out.

Just one less piece of paper she needs to worry about Thanks we are getting really excited because this part of the journey is just about done!

[JORDANTONI09 10]

Precisely. I know how it feels like. Wrap this up and get your lady.

Just one less piece of paper she needs to worry about Thanks we are getting really excited because this part of the journey is just about done!