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[sethmichael22 0]

I keep starting new topics when further questions arise, so forgive me you all are just so darn helpful though!!!

ok, fiance visa questions....

Petition was approved as of Feb. 24....I just got off the phone with the NVC who tells me they sent approved petition to Montreal as of March 11. They gave me MTL case #. I then called DOS and talked with a woman here. (I must say, my wait times on both calls was very short!!!). Woman at DOS told me they mailed packet 3 from Montreal to my fiance's address in Hamilton, ON as of March 23. We are now at April 4 and she has not received. Any ideas on how long these packets take to arrive?

What's next once she receives packet 3? From what I understand so far, more docs will then need to be sent back to Embassy with packet 3?

Thanks in advance fellow VJ'ers!

[SF2007 48]

I keep starting new topics when further questions arise, so forgive me you all are just so darn helpful though!!!

ok, fiance visa questions....

Petition was approved as of Feb. 24....I just got off the phone with the NVC who tells me they sent approved petition to Montreal as of March 11. They gave me MTL case #. I then called DOS and talked with a woman here. (I must say, my wait times on both calls was very short!!!). Woman at DOS told me they mailed packet 3 from Montreal to my fiance's address in Hamilton, ON as of March 23. We are now at April 4 and she has not received. Any ideas on how long these packets take to arrive?

What's next once she receives packet 3? From what I understand so far, more docs will then need to be sent back to Embassy with packet 3?

Thanks in advance fellow VJ'ers!

Your fiance doesn't need to wait for your Packet 3 to be delivered to complete and mail the packet to Montreal. As long as DOS tells you it's been logged as sent, it can be received besides, some of us have never received the mailed Packet 3.

Everything required for Packet 3 is listed here : http://montreal.usconsulate.gov/content/content.asp?section=visas&document=visa_pkt3

Next step after will be Packet 4 which is booking the medical and scheduling the interview. You can complete those 2 steps once DOS tells you your fiance is eligible to schedule your appointment with Montreal. In most cases lately, that happened 7 business days after Packet 3 was physically received in Montreal.

Info on packet 4 here : http://montreal.usconsulate.gov/content/content.asp?section=visas&document=visa_pkt4

So you can wait for your fiance to receive Packet 3 if you want, but all the instructions are online and there is no point to wait.

The content and instructions for Packet 3 has been discussed in great length on several post in the Canada regional forum, you might find most questions have already been answered

[Kimbear 53]

As SF2007 stated, you don't have to wait for them to arrive by mail. You can even go ahead and schedule the immigration medical now that you have your MTL case number. Come the medical though, you will need the official letter with your MTL case number on it though if i recall, as they will want to take a photocopy of it.

[sethmichael22 0]

Anyone else notice the DS-156 expires on May 31, 2011?

Should I still go ahead and use the same DS-156 form??

In our packet 3 that we send, we need to send another 2 passport style photographs and another photocopy of the biographic data page from the passport as well?

We're getting ready to send back packet 3 today!!