DS 160 for K1/2 or K3/4

[maxbertha 0]

Hi guys. I'm a little confuse what forms to use for the US Embassy Interview. The travel.state.gov FAQ website states that:

"When I apply for a nonimmigrant visa using the online DS-160, are additional forms required?

No, with two exceptions. When applying at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate that is using the new DS-160, Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application, you will use only one (1) form. For Embassies and Consulates that have converted to this new process, the DS-160 has replaced all of the following forms: DS-156, DS-157, DS-158, and DS-3032, which are no longer necessary.

NOTE: The exceptions are Fiancé(e) Visas (K-1/2) which still require use of the forms DS-156 and DS-156K, and the Treaty Trader/Treaty Investor visa "

I called the Visa Information number of the US Embassy, Manila and the person who answered said that the forms that are needed for K1/2 visa are DS 157, DS 156 and DS 156K and NOT the DS160. She also said that these forms (DS157 and DS156) are also the forms needed to be filled up for K3/4 visa. She even gave me the link where i could check the requirements for interview for K1/2 and K3/4. I checked the link and it is new edition (july 2010) cause it reflects the new visa fee which is $350.

Does this mean that for K1/2 visa the forms needed are DS 160, DS 156 and DS 156K? As stated in the travel.state.gov FAQ website

or use the old forms DS157, DS156 and DS156K? As told by the US Embassy visa information representative?

Adding to my confusion is that a friend said that she went to the US Embassy for her K3 visa interview and she used just the DS160 and no other additional form. This is conflicting with the link for K3/4 interview preparation in the US Embassy website and with what the US Embassy information representative said to me.

I don't know what forms to fill out for K1/2. Is it DS160 only, or DS160 with DS156 and DS156k, or DS157 DS156 and DS156K?

Help.

[bruno. 4]

Hi guys. I'm a little confuse what forms to use for the US Embassy Interview. The travel.state.gov FAQ website states that:

"When I apply for a nonimmigrant visa using the online DS-160, are additional forms required?

No, with two exceptions. When applying at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate that is using the new DS-160, Online Nonimmigrant Visa Application, you will use only one (1) form. For Embassies and Consulates that have converted to this new process, the DS-160 has replaced all of the following forms: DS-156, DS-157, DS-158, and DS-3032, which are no longer necessary.

NOTE: The exceptions are Fiancé(e) Visas (K-1/2) which still require use of the forms DS-156 and DS-156K, and the Treaty Trader/Treaty Investor visa "

I called the Visa Information number of the US Embassy, Manila and the person who answered said that the forms that are needed for K1/2 visa are DS 157, DS 156 and DS 156K and NOT the DS160. She also said that these forms (DS157 and DS156) are also the forms needed to be filled up for K3/4 visa. She even gave me the link where i could check the requirements for interview for K1/2 and K3/4. I checked the link and it is new edition (july 2010) cause it reflects the new visa fee which is $350.

Does this mean that for K1/2 visa the forms needed are DS 160, DS 156 and DS 156K? As stated in the travel.state.gov FAQ website

or use the old forms DS157, DS156 and DS156K? As told by the US Embassy visa information representative?

Adding to my confusion is that a friend said that she went to the US Embassy for her K3 visa interview and she used just the DS160 and no other additional form. This is conflicting with the link for K3/4 interview preparation in the US Embassy website and with what the US Embassy information representative said to me.

I don't know what forms to fill out for K1/2. Is it DS160 only, or DS160 with DS156 and DS156k, or DS157 DS156 and DS156K?

Help.

As you didn't set a timeline I don't know where you are exactly in the process. But to share my experience, I had the same question and I just waited the P3 of the embassy where they stated that I should fill a DS-156 and NOT the DS-160. So I would suggest you wait your P3 or P4 and read what they want.

Good luck with your journey

[maxbertha 0]

As you didn't set a timeline I don't know where you are exactly in the process. But to share my experience, I had the same question and I just waited the P3 of the embassy where they stated that I should fill a DS-156 and NOT the DS-160. So I would suggest you wait your P3 or P4 and read what they want.

Good luck with your journey

Thanks for the reply Bruno. The thing is they don't send a P3 here in Manila anymore. They just send a letter.

[sorchaine 10]

NOTE: The exceptions are Fiancé(e) Visas (K-1/2) which still require use of the forms DS-156 and DS-156K, and the Treaty Trader/Treaty Investor visa "

needed for K1/2 visa are DS 157, DS 156 and DS 156K and NOT the DS160

Those should be the forms you need to fill out. If I'm wrong, someone please correct me, but at least in Brazil they say

*Note:

1) DS-156 and DS-157s are still required for K and Refugees Visas, until further notice. DS-160 will NOT be accepted on those cases.

If you can get an email from the embassy or consulate there telling you which forms you need (which would probably the ones they told you over the phone), then I would just go ahead and do the ones that they tell you to do (the most up to date ones of course) and then also print off the email to show that that is what you were told to fill out.

[bruno. 4]

Thanks for the reply Bruno. The thing is they don't send a P3 here in Manila anymore. They just send a letter.

Yes, the P3 was a letter for me too with 4 or 5 pages in it and on 1 of them there was info about what to fill. Maybe someone with recent experience in Manila will confirm but it should be the DS-156 as it seems everyone is using this form.

Good luck