Embassy in Kingston Jamaica - appointments? interviews?

[wynterstail 0]

I can't believe I filed the I-129F on September 1, 2006 and on September 17th got an email from USCIS saying petition was approved--I was expecting this to take a very long time. Now I'm feeling a little panicked. How long will it take to get to the embassy in Kingston? I've looked at the embassy website, and it seems confusing. I've heard that if I Fed Ex the original 797 to my fiance, he can bring it to the embassy in person and pick up the "packet", but how long does it take to get an interview? I'm also confused because the embassy website refers to K-1 visas as "immigrant" visas, but elsewhere I've seen them referred to as non-immigrant visas. Does anyone know about this Certificate of Eligiblity to Marry that I've seen some posts about on other sites? Does anyone know which form Kingston uses for the Affidavit of Support, is it the I-134? I just want to get everything together so there won't be a delay, if at all possible.

Ann

[Savanphil 3]

I can't believe I filed the I-129F on September 1, 2006 and on September 17th got an email from USCIS saying petition was approved--I was expecting this to take a very long time. Now I'm feeling a little panicked. How long will it take to get to the embassy in Kingston? I've looked at the embassy website, and it seems confusing. I've heard that if I Fed Ex the original 797 to my fiance, he can bring it to the embassy in person and pick up the "packet", but how long does it take to get an interview? I'm also confused because the embassy website refers to K-1 visas as "immigrant" visas, but elsewhere I've seen them referred to as non-immigrant visas. Does anyone know about this Certificate of Eligiblity to Marry that I've seen some posts about on other sites? Does anyone know which form Kingston uses for the Affidavit of Support, is it the I-134? I just want to get everything together so there won't be a delay, if at all possible.

Ann

WOW, Congratulations on your approval .

What you should do now is have your fiance fill out part 1 of the Ds-230, you can download it off the net. He can mail it in even if he has not physically received packet 3 yet. jus as long as the embassy says it was mailed out. We never did get our packet 3 in the mail

Don't wait for more than 2 or 3 wks for the packets, to come in the snail mail...if it takes extremely long you might want to have your fiance go to the embassy and pickup a duplicate packet.

and yes Kingston uses the I-134 form.

I'm not sure about the other document they want...we are already married, but hubby is calling today...so you know what I find out.

As for interview dates, I don't know what is going on, when hubby went to get his pac 3, he asked the lady when they were scheduling the interviews, and she told him November or sooner. But when he called a week later they gave us Oct 13th. So my guess would be Oct. or Nov. I think they schedule the interview once they receive the completed ds-230 part 1.

Edited September 19, 2006 by Savanphil